Mr. Edison was a professor. He worked in a ____1____. He was busy with his research work all the time. But his wife whose father was a ____2____ businessman had nothing to do at home and ____3____ a lot of time dancing.

　　It was the woman's birthday one day. There ____4____ a birthday party in their house. All their friends were invited to ____5____ it. That afternoon, when everything was ready, Mr. Edison came back from his lab, being ____6____. As soon as she saw him, she called out, “Oh dear! Our guests will soon come, but you ____7____ the old clothes! Go to change to the best ones !”

　　Mr. Edison had to go upstairs. The party had been on for half an hour, but he didn't come downstairs. The woman felt ____8____. She looked out a few times and then told her girl servant to go to ____9____ what had happened to him. To the girl's surprise, the professor was ____10____ in a bed.

　　For Mr. Edison, it was time to go to bed after he came upstairs and took off his clothes.

（　）1. A. cinema　　　　　　 B. theatre　　　　　　　　 C. university　　　　　　　　  D. park

（　）2. A. rich　　　　　　　　 B. poor　　　　　　　　    C. nice　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. foolish

（　）3. A. took　　　　　　    B. spent　　　　　　　　   C. used　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. gave

（　）4. A. will be　　　　　　 B. would be　　　　　　 C. has been　　　　　　　　   D. had been

（　）5. A. hold　　　　　　　　 B. appreciate　　　　    C. watch　　　　　　　　　　   D. attend

（　）6. A. hungry　　　　　　 B. tired　　　　　　　　    C. sorry　　　　　　　　　　    D. satisfied

（　）7. A. are wearing　　  B. will wear　　　　　　 C. are putting　　　　　　    D. will put on

（　）8. A. happy　　　　　　  B. shy　　　　　　　　　　 C. excited　　　　　　　　　　 D. strange

（　）9. A. look up　　　　    B. find out　　　　　　   C. think over　　　　　　　　 D. send for

（　）10. A. afraid　　　　　　 B. awake　　　　　　　　 C. asleep　　　　　　　　　　   D. alone

A. funny　　　　   B. friendly　　　　  C. outgoing　　 D. shy

A. am　　　　  B. feel　　　　　　  C. are　　　　　　 D. being

ideas about money. They were quarrelling（争吵）about what would happen if a poor fellow could  2   a million pound note. One thought that anyone with such a   3   would have   4   he wanted; the other thought that it would be   5   for him to get anything with the note（钞票）.They couldn’t agree with each other. So they   6   to make a bet (打赌).

    It happened that a young man named Henry was   7   through the street that day, who had come to Britain only by chance.   8   home and job, he looked pale（苍白的）and  9  . Suddenly he saw an apple   10   away by a child. The man was so hungry that he was thinking of   11  it up to eat. Just as he was   12  out his hand, he heard a   13  calling him. He looked up and saw the two   14  . They gave him an envelope. They told him not to open it   15  two o’clock. They said, “Nothing but money in it.” Then they left…

1. A. two　　　　   B. more　　    C. different　　　　  D. the same

2. A. get　　　　   B. make　　　　 C. find　　　　　　 D. give

3. A. idea　　　　  B. note　　　　  C. way　　　　　　 D. chance

4. A. what　　　　  B. whatever　　  C. that　　　　　　 D. which

5. A. nice　　　　  B. possible　　   C. impossible　　    D. certain

6. A. decided　　    B. had　　　　   C. wished　　　　   D. wait

7. A. going　　　　  B. wandering　　 C. walking　　　　  D. running

8. A. With　　　　   B. Without　　   C. Not　　　　　　  D. No

9. A. strong　　　　  B. happy　　　　 C. hungry  　　　　 D. shy

10. A. thrown　　    B. left　　　　    C. picked　　　　    D. found

11. A. eating　　　　 B. picking　　　　 C. looking　　　　   D. collecting

12. A. reaching　　   B. putting　　　　 C. holding　　　　   D. raising

13. A. noise　　　　  B. sound　　　　  C. voice　　　　　　  D. shout

14. A. apples　　　　 B. letters　　　　  C. gentlemen (绅士)    D. fellows

15. A. after　　　　  B. until　　　　    C. since　　　　　　  D. for