Peter and James were brothers. One afternoon ___1____ the lessons were over, they stayed in school to help their teacher. They___ 2__ for an hour. Then the teacher said, “Thank you, boys. We will finish the work tomorrow. Now you must go home.”

When the boys ___3_____ home, it was seven o’clock. There was light inside their house and the door was ____4____. They could see a man inside, too.

“Who can it be?” thought Peter. “Father and Mother have gone shopping. They won’t be home ____5____ eight o’clock.”

When the _____6____ man saw Peter, he smiled and said, “Come in! You don’t know me, but I’m your ______7______ friend. He  asked me to fetch （取）some money for him.” The man did not see James.

Peter went inside and began talking to the man but James did not. He quietly but quickly ran off to call the police. He soon found a policeman and _____8____ him back to their home. The man was still there, but when he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman _____9____ him and held his arm.

Just then Mr. and Mrs. Baker, the boys’ parents ______10______.

“No!” said Baker. “I don’t know him. He must be a thief. I am glad you have caught him.”

(   )1. A. if          B. when         C. before           D. until

(   )2. A. studied     B. worked        C. stayed           D. watched

(   )3. A. arrived in   B. went to        C. got to            D. reached

(   )4. A. open       B. opened        C. opening          D. close

(   )5. A. at          B. since         C. until             D. after

(   )6. A. away       B. out           C. outside           D. inside

(   )7. A. father       B. fathers        C. father’s          D. brother’s

(   )8. A. brought     B. bring          C. take             D. caught

(   )9. A. stoped      B. stopped        C. catch            D. saw

(   )10. A. returned    B. come          C. arrive           D. reached

“Have ________ try, you are so close to the answer,” the teacher said to Eric.

阅读下面短文，从方框内选择恰当的句子填入短文空白处，使短文内容完整、意思连贯。

Four girls were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together.     1.    

One day one of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s go to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls said. “He’ll be angry.

    2.  ”

The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire(爆胎).” “   3.   ” the other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.”

   4.  The test was finished.

“Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You miss the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.

The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher said, “Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper:  5.  ”

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）。

afraid   start   hardly    progress   with    speak   either   understand   help    laugh

Last year, I had a difficult time in my English class. To begin   1.  , it wasn’t easy for me   2.   what the teacher said-she  3.   too fast, and I could   4.  follow. I was also   5.   of speaking in class because I thought I would   6.  at.. I couldn’t make complete sentences,   7.. Then I   8. to watch English programs on TV. It  9.  a lot. Now, I have made great   10.  and I even got an A in the last exam!

---Did you catch what the teacher said?

---No. She spoke so fast _______ I couldn’t hear her very clearly. 

A. which                               B. that                                  C. when                               D. since