My name is Steve. I move into this house __1_____ weeks ago, and I really enjoy__2_____here.There’s only one bedroom, and at the moment my sister is staying with me because she is __3____ a job.

I work in a big company(公司).It’s hard__4____, and the hours are really long , but I like it. And it pays well. I don’t really __5____worried about my work.

The only thing I don’t like about this house is one of the neighbors, Mrs.Snell, I think her name is. She’s really strange.She never speaks to___6____, I always says hello to her, and “ Are you all right?’ and what a lovely day today!”,but she never says a word.____ 7___she doesn’t like young people.

My sister and I had a party a few days ago. It really wasn’t very noisy(吵闹). About ten of us were here____8___11.00pm and then we went out to dance. When I saw Mrs. Snell the next day, I said I hoped there wasn’t __9_____niose(噪音)for her, but as she didn’t saying anything. Funny lady.

This evening my sister and I are going to visit a friend of ours who is in hospital, and then we ___10____out for a Chinese meal.

1.                A．few            B．a few           C．little D．a little

2.                A．live            B．lives           C．living D．to live

3.                A．seeing         B．looking at       C．finding   D．looking for

4.                A．work           B．job            C．something D．matter

5.                A．want           B．feel            C．think D．have

6.                A．someone       B．anyone         C．no one   D．everyone

7.                A．Maybe         B．May be         C．Like D．For

8.                A．After          B．until           C．when D．before

9.                A．too much       B．much too       C．many D．much

10.               A．go            B．went           C．are going  D．aren’t going

My name is Steve. I move into this house __1_____ weeks ago, and I really enjoy__2_____here.There’s only one bedroom, and at the moment my sister is staying with me because she is __3____ a job.
I work in a big company(公司).It’s hard__4____, and the hours are really long , but I like it. And it pays well. I don’t really __5____worried about my work.
The only thing I don’t like about this house is one of the neighbors, Mrs.Snell, I think her name is. She’s really strange.She never speaks to___6____, I always says hello to her, and “ Are you all right?’ and what a lovely day today!”,but she never says a word.____ 7___she doesn’t like young people.
My sister and I had a party a few days ago. It really wasn’t very noisy(吵闹). About ten of us were here____8___11.00pm and then we went out to dance. When I saw Mrs. Snell the next day, I said I hoped there wasn’t __9_____niose(噪音)for her, but as she didn’t saying anything. Funny lady.
This evening my sister and I are going to visit a friend of ours who is in hospital, and then we ___10____out for a Chinese meal.

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  Kate Holmes was visiting a friend, old Mrs. Sydney. Mrs. Sydney had known Kate all her life. She liked to tell Kate about mysteries（神秘故事）and see whether Kate could solve them.

  “You are very good at solving mysteries.” she said to Kate, “but some day I’ll you! Maybe I’ll be able to fool you today. Did I ever tell you the story of the Unknown Brother?”

  Kate said no and listened. She liked Mrs. Sydney’s stories.

  “Well,” Mrs. Sydney said, “Jed Wright was my friend when l was a child. He ran away from home when he was very young and lived for years by doing all kinds of jobs. Finally, in l927, he went to Michigan, where he found a copper mine（铜矿）. He bought the land and ran the mine and became a very rich man.”

  “Jed never married. His parents had died years before, and his only relative was a brother.”

  “One day Jed knew he was dying. He sent for a good friend, Dan Cole, who had worked for him for years.”

  “Jed gave Dan two envelopes, ‘This one is for you,’ he said, ‘and please give the other one to my brother Alf. He is…’ while he was speaking, Jed died. ”

  “There were his dying wishes in Dan’s envelope. It gave him Jed’s mine and house. The envelope for Alf had some money and business papers in it. Dan and Alf were each to get about half of Jed’s fortune（财富）. They would both be rich.”

  “Dan had never seen Alf. He had only two clues（线索）. One was all old photo that showed Alf and Jed. But it was taken on their tenth birthday, fifty years ago. The other clue was a postcard from Alf. It had no address. It was mailed in Boston file month before Jed died.”

  “Dan went to Boston. He put all advertisement in the newspaper. It said there was good news for Alf Wright. It told where Dan was staying.”

  “The next day, more than a hundred men came to Dan’s hotel. They all said they were Alf Wright. But though he had never seen Aft, Dan was able to pick him out right away.”

    When Mrs. Sydney finished her story, she smiled.

    “All right, Kate,” she said. “How did he know Alf?”

    Kate smiled too. ”That’s easy,” she said. “You told me how. The clue was the photo.”

    “Yes, it was,” said Mrs. Sydney. “But it was taken when Alf and Jed were boys. How could that help?”

  “You said it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were…”

  Kate gave Mrs. Sydney the answer and she had to admit that Kate Holmes had won again.

1．What made Jed Wright a rich man?

    The                    made him very rich.

2．What was in the envelope for Dan?

3．Did Dan do what Jed asked him to do?

4．What helped Dan to find Alf?

                                   and the advertisement.

5．What was Kate’s answer to the mystery?

    Kate said, “…so they were             ”.

根据短文内容完成下文，每空一词

　　One of Sam's neighbours gave a big dinner party one evening. Many rich people came, but Sam was not invited(邀请). When the party had already begun, Sam got a good idea. He found a piece of paper and put it in an envelope(信封) and took it to his neighbour's house. He was let in when he said that he had an important letter for his neighbour. Everybody was eating good food in the big room. Sam went up to his neighbour and gave the letter to him, and at once sat down to eat. The rich man opened the letter and was surprised to find that there was nothing on the paper. So he said to Sam, “Are you sure this letter is for me? There is no address on it.”

　　“Oh, yes,” explained(解释) Sam, “because it was prepared(准备) in hurry.”

　　One day Johnson went to a 1 party. 2 he was wearing old clothes, nobody gave him a seat at a table. So he went home and 3 on his best clothes. When he came back, he was taken to the best table. He 4 his coat off, put it in the food and said, “ 5 , my coat.” The other guests were very 6 . He 7 , “ 8 I was in old clothes, nobody even looked at me. Now I am wearing fine clothes, and I was given the best 9 and drink. So these things are 10 my clothes, not for me.”