Yesterday my mother went into a shop for some a　　1　　．She put her basket and her handbag on a table and went to look at the apples．There were a lot of people in the shop．When the shop assistant was f　　2　　, he weighted(称)the apples for my mother, put them in a paper-bag and said, “That will be twenty pence(便士), Mrs．Black．”

　　My mother said, “My m　　3　　 is in my handbag on the table．” She went to the table and was surprised to f　　4　　 the basket was still on the table, but the handbag was no l　　5　　 there!

　　Just then there was a lot of n　　6　　 at the door of the shop, a policeman came in．He was holding a man w　　7　　 my mother’s handbag．My mother went up to the policeman and said,”That’s my bag．” The policeman looked in the bag and asked, “How m　　8　　 money did you have?”“Two pounds and a few pence．” “It’s all here,” the policeman said and gave her the bag．”I stopped the man out there．He was running a　　9　　 in the street．”

　　There was a s　　10　　 on my mother’s face．

综合填空：

　　It is interesting to visit another country, but there are sometimes problems when we d　　1　　 know the language very well．It may be difficult to talk with the people there．We may not know h　　2　　 to use the telephone．We may not know how to do shopping．

　　In a foreign country we might not know w　　3　　 to eat or order in a restaurant．It is not easy to d　　4　　 to tip(付小费)waiters or taxi drivers．When we n　　5　　 help, we might not know how to ask for help．It is not pleasant to have an experience l　　6　　 that．A　　7　　 a short time, then we learn what to do a　　8　　 what to say．We learn to e　　9　　 life in another country, and we may be sorry to l　　10　　．

　　Mother’s Day is c　　1　　．But Jim doesn’t have a present for his mum．”How can I buy a present w　　2　　 any money?”he thinks．He looks at a n　　3　　 and sees a large ad(广告)．”Tell us why your mum is special and win a shopping spree(狂欢)for her,”says the ad．”This is perfect!”Jim says．

　　Jim takes a pencil and a blank piece of paper from his s　　4　　 and begins to write．Then he s　　5　　 it．”Mum will love having a shopping spree,”Jim thinks．

　　Jim checks the mailbox every day for his prize(奖品)．But soon it is the day b　　6　　 Mother’s Day; there is still n　　7　　 in the mailbox．”What am I going to do now?”Jim thinks．

　　Suddenly he has an idea．He finds a blank piece of paper and write on it,”My mum is the best mother in the w　　8　　．She always makes a good l　　9　　 for me to take to school……”

　　On Mother’s Day, Jim gives the present to his mum．”Happy Mother’s Day!”Jim says．Mum reads it and s　　10　　,”Thank you, dear．This is the best present I have ever had．”