Mr and Mrs Black both work in a big factory. They hate their  41  because she is always borrowing things from them.

One evening Mr Black said to his wife, “The woman has  42  nearly everything we have. Almost every day she comes over.”

“You are quite right,” his wife was  43  , too, “and she’s never returned most of the things.”

Mr Black said, “I want to know why she can’t  44  the things needed, like everyone else.”

“Because we were too  45  to her.” She answered, “The next time when she asks to borrow something, I’ll say no.”

“It’s  46  to have a good reason for saying no,” Mr Black said, “and we must  47  to be polite to her.”

The next morning the bell  48 . Mrs Black knew their neighbor was coming to borrow something again, and she was ready to  49  her politely.

“Good morning.” the neighbor said. “Could I borrow your garden scissors(剪刀)?”

“I’m sorry,” Mrs Black said, “but I am  50  my husband and I will use them today. We’ll be spending all day working in the garden.”

“Oh, I see.” the neighbor said. “Well, may I borrow your golf clubs(高尔夫球棒)? I think you can’t use them if you’re working in the garden all day.”

41.	A. friend	B. neighbor	C. boss	D. workmate
42.	A. borrowed	B. caught	C. taken	D. brought
43.	A. happy	B. tired	C. worried	D. curious
44.	A. buy	B. get	C. return	D. stand
45.	A. bad	B. friendly	C. careful	D. rude
46.	A. popular	B. difficult	C. easy	D. important
47.	A. help	B. try	C. show	D. hope
48.	A. called	B. rang	C. heard	D. cried
49.	A. tell	B. meet	C. refuse	D. shout
50.	A. sure	B. glad	C. sad	D. afraid

    Peter and Mike were in  1  class．Peter was born in a  2  family．But Mike’s father was a businessman(商人)and got  3  money．When Peter got into trouble(困难)he always helped him．

Peter liked to have sports．He was good at  4  ．He ran  5  than any others in their class It was Sunday．Mike and Peter went to a forest to have a picnic．Mike took a lot of food there．It was a  6  ay．The birds were singing and there were all kinds of flowers．They ate and drank then went  7  in the river．They had a good time．Suddenly they heard a great noise．They found it was a tiger behind a big tree．They were both very  8 ．Peter put on his shoes quickly and was going to run away．Mike stopped him and said：”It’s no use for us．The tiger runs  9  faster than us．Let’s find a way．”“It doesn’t matter．”said Peter．”I’m  1 0  I'll run faster than you．”

1．A．same            B．different         C．difference              D．the same

 2．A．rich             B．happy            C．poor                   D．bad

 3．A．many            B．lot             C．any                 D．much

 4．A．ran                    B．running         C．run                 D．runs

 5．A．fast             B．faster          C．fastest               D．best

 6．A．sun             B．rain            C．rained               D．sunny

 7．A．fish             B．to fishing      C．fishing               D．fished

 8．A．happy           B．afraid         C．sad                  D．exciting

 9．A．more           B．much         C．many                D．1ittle

 10．A．afraid          B．worried         C．sure                D．glad