—Did you see Mr. Black just now?

  —Yes. He ______ his car when I met him.

  A. parked             B. was parking  C. parks            D. will park

Mr. Black was over fifty years old. He sometimes made some mistakes in his work, and he lost his work. So he had_____ time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They had drinks there and____ anything they liked.
One day, some old men were sitting together again and talking about young people in the world. They all agreed that old people were____ than young people. Then one of the old ____said that young men were stronger than old men.
____ of them agreed that this was true, _____ Mr. Black didn’t. He said, “No, I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised ____ what he said.
“Well,” said Mr. Black, “near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I used_____ to move it, but I couldn’t because I was not _____. I am an old man now, and when I try to move it, I still ____. So, I am as strong as when I was young.”

词汇(每小题1分，共10分)

1.We w________ the first prize in the sports meeting last night.

2.We should speak English as much as p_____ if we want to learn it better.

3.People in our village built many tall b______ last year.

4.His father is an e_______. He can plan the making of bridges.

5.Thank you for i______ me to visit next week.

6.John plays football ________(好) than his brother Jack.

7.There are some _________ (外国的) friends visiting our school.

8.____________(然而), many young trees died ten days ago.

9.Mr. Black and his son are great _______（科学家）in Green City.

10.I can’t _________（忍受） Healthy Living.

Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time     36   with her. One night, when he     37   his house, Helen came running to him and was ready to play. But he had a lot of work to do,     38    couldn’t play with his daughter. In order to keep her     39   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. Mr. Black said he had     40    time to play right now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to make up a map of the world, and then they could both play.
About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, “Okay, it’s finished. Can we play now?” Mr. Black was surprised, he said, “That’s     41   . Let’s go and see.” And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every    42     in its place. Mr. Black said, “That’s surprising!    43    did you do that?” Helen said, “It was    44   . On the back of the paper was a picture of a    45   .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place.”