Christmas was coming．Mr. Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children．His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her m  （1）  ．And the harvest（收成）was bad and all his family were going to be h  （2）  the next spring．He was q  （3）  worried about it．

“We have only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day．“You’d b  （4）   take it to the town．Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our c  （5）  ．”

“It’s a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box．It was d  （6）   to walk on the road covered with thick snow．Two hours l  （7）  he was very tired and wanted to have a rest．He put the box to the ground and sat down．

“The air in the box must be close,” the man said to h  （8）  ． “I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, or it’ll die．”

So he put the cock to the ground．When he started again, he couldn’t catch it any l  （9）   

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith called out a  （10）   ．“You can herald（预示…来临）the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”

Mr. and Mrs.Smith’s flat(公寓) was full of boxes,small and large,trunks and furniture.The t  76   of them were busy with pencils and paper checking their list of luggage(行李) when there was a ring at the door.Mrs Smith went to open it and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The ladys said that she come to w    77    them to their new homes.

Mrs Smith i   78     her in.

“I hope youll e  79    us for all this mess(困境). ”said Mrs Smith, “we are trying”

“Oh thats quite all right.” said the lady, “Do you know in some p  80   of this town neighours are not at all friendly. There are some streets --where people don’t know their neighbours--not even their next-door o  81   . But in this building everybody is friends with everybody else. We are one big happy family. I’m sure you’ll very happy here.”

The lady was greatly s  82     when she visitd the flat the next time because she found a quite d  83    man and woman in it. Mr and Mrs Smith didn’t have the h  84   to tell her that they were not the new owners of the flat but the old owners !During these two years the lady never visited them or even n   85     them who were her next-door neighbours.

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1.The worker often went h_________ because the boss didn’t give him enough food to eat.

    2. Mr and Mrs Smith have been m_________ for thirty years.

3. Her father has just had his  _________（四十）birthday.

4.Xiao Hua has _________ (买) the book for two days

5. It’s said that the aliens have landed on the earth _________ (安全).