It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. Green was reading a newspaper. Suddenly he heard his wife 16    in the next room. He hurried to her and asked, "What happened to you. my dear?”

“Oh, dear!” his wife cried out, "My head hurts!   17    a doctor. Hurry up!” Their two children were both   18    at that moment and something was wrong with the telephone. Mr. Green 19    go to a hospital himself. Bad luck! All the hospitals in the town were  20  that day. Mr. Green didn't know    21   . Just then his friend, Mr. Brown, saw him and asked. "What is    22 ?"

Mr. Green told him everything. The man .said. "Why not turn to   23   ? He can help you."

Mr. Green remembered his friend, Mr. Black was a good doctor. He hurried to Mr. Black's.

When he got there, Mr. and Mr. Black were having their  24  meal . The doctor asked Mr. Green to drink with him. He was happy and sat  25 . After that they began to chat. And when Mrs. Black asked, “How is you wife?” “She is fine, thanks…” Mr. Green stopped at once — he remembered his wife was waiting for a doctor at home. ^

1.A. crying    B. laughing C. whispering      D. singing

2.A. Look for  B. Wait for C. Send for        D. Ask for

3.A. in        B. out      C. up              D. down

4.A. should    B. could    C. had to         D. was able lo

5.A. expensive B. open     C. free           D. closed

6.A. when to go  B. how to do C. where to go D. what to deal with

7.A. the matter  B. the wrong C. trouble D. problem

8.A. Mr. Brown  B. Mr. Black C. Mr. Green D. Mrs. Green

9.A. lunch      B. supper     C. morning  D. evening

10.A. in bed    B. on floor    C. at the table  D. at home

 

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."

"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."

The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."

1.Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A. he would be away from home for four days

B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month

D. he liked a cup of tea

2. Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A. the wall             B. the door            C. a piece of paper         D. his son's pocket

3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the second day        B. the third day        C. the fourth day          D. the fifth day

4.The man was very surprised because _________.

A. he thought the child's father was dead        B. the child didn't ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea                 D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

5.What was burnt? ___________.

A. The piece of paper.     B. Mr. Smith.          C. The visitor.            D. The boy.

 

Some people do not like anything to be out of place, they are never late for work, they can remember people’s birthdays; and they are always  31  to their friends and family members. Mr. Brown is such a person.
Mr. Brown works in a  32 , and he lives in the town alone . He only has a sister. She lives in   33  town with her husband and her son, Mike. Mr. Brown doesn’t have time to see his sister or her family, from one year to the  34 , but he never forgets  35  them different kinds of greeting cards. These days, he is busy  36  a birthday card and presents for the 20th birthday of his nephew, Mike.
Last Sunday, Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the hotel at the usual time, and he drove his car very  37  , not too slowly or too fast. When he got home, he parked his car as usual in the right place, and then he went into the house to make supper. Suddenly, there was a  38  the door. Mr. Brown opened the door and found a policeman standing outside the door.
“What’s wrong?” he asked  39 . ‘Did I drive on the wrong side of the street? Or did I make a mistake at work?’
“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman with a big  40  on his face, “My name is Mike”.

【小题1】

A．rude B．ungrateful C．kind D．unkind

【小题2】

A．hotel B．school C．police station D．bank

【小题3】

A．the same B．a busy C．an old D．another

【小题4】

A．second B．next C．another D．last

【小题5】

A．to get B．to keep C．to send D．to borrow

【小题6】

A．collecting B．getting C．choosing D．writing

【小题7】

A．slowly B．fast C．carefully D．carelessly

【小题8】

A．knock off B．knock over C．knock into D．knock at

【小题9】

A．someone B．himself C．no one D．none

【小题10】

A．anger B．cry C．sadness D．smile

短文填空。从下面方框中选出10个单词并使用其正确形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确，通顺（每词限用一次。共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

a,  daughter,  friend,  and ,  on ,  with,  have,  also,  like,  but,  be,  watch

    Mr. Brown is    1    English teacher. He has two    2    . They are Jenny and Mary. Mr. Brown    3   a great collection(收藏品). He has ten soccer balls, six basketballs    4   nine baseballs. He    5   has eight tennis rackets and ten ping-pong bats.    6   he doesn't play sports. He only watches them    7  TV. Jenny is five. She likes playing ping-pong _  8   her friend every day. She doesn’t like soccer. Mary    9   nine. She likes playing basketball. She also likes   10    it on TV with her father.