Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents     _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He    _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not     _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens      _he had no tools to do the work with.

     Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer      __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to      __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was     _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick     him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother      _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

         “Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”

        Alan’s mother smiled     _ . We should learn from him.

1.A. in            B. at              C. with         D. for 

2.A. said           B. told          C. thought      D. spoke

3.A. spring       B. summer      C. autumn      D. winter

4.A. when         B. because      C. while        D. after

5.A. now           B. right           C. just          D. only

6.A. take           B. catch          C. carry        D. put

7.A. friendly     B. kind            C. wrong      D. possible   

8.A. taught        B. gave           C. made         D. asked

9.A. that            B. when          C. what        D. where

10.A. sadly        B. happily      C. politely     D. happy

The King lived a small house near New York with their child . Sometimes Mr King came back from work very late. When his wife and the child were asleep, he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.

But one night when he was coming home late, he lost his key. So when he reached his house , he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr King knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a minute. Then he began to speak like a small child. “Mum,” he said, “I want to go to the toilet.” He spoke quietly, but at once Mrs King woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.

1.When Mr King came back very late from work and his wife was asleep, he usually came into his house         .

A．with his wife’s help

B．by knocking at the door

C．with his child’s help

D．by opening the door with his key

2.One night when he found his key lost, he first        .

A．spoke to his wife

B．shouted at his wife

C．rang the bell

D．knocked at the bedroom window

3.Mrs King woke up because           .

A．she heard the sound of the bell

B．she heard Mr King’s voice

C．she heard a knock at the door

D．she heard the voice “mum” like her child’s

4.Like a small child, Mr King spoke to his sleeping wife          .

A．loudly                                B．in a low voice

C．angrily                                D．with tears in his eyes

5.At last              .

A．Mrs King opened the door for Mr King

B．his child opened the door for Mr King

C．Mr King opened the door by force

D．Mr King opened the door with his wife’s key

Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a small house near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Brown came back ___11___ home from work very late. At that time both his wife and his son___12___to bed. He would open the front door of his house with his key and came in very ___13___.
One night he came back late again. He lost his key ___14___ the door. He knocked at the door. But ___15___ happened. He knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, and ___16___ to her but she did not ___17___. At last he stopped and thought for a while. Then he began to speak ___18___ a child. “Mother, I want ___19___ to the toilet.” He spoke very quietly, but at once, Mrs. Brown got up and ___20___ the door for him.
【小题1】A. to                B. /                C. at      
【小题2】 A. was going          B. go              C. went     
【小题3】 A. quietly             B. slowly           C. quickly   
【小题4】A. of               B. to               C. about 
【小题5】 A. nothing            B. something         C. a sound
【小题6】A. shouted            B. told              C. talked  
【小题7】A. listen to            B. listen            C. hear  
【小题8】 A. like               B. liked            C. liking
【小题9】A. go                B. to go            C. am going to
【小题10】 A. locked             B. closed           C. opened

The King lived a small house near New York with their child . Sometimes Mr King came back from work very late. When his wife and the child were asleep, he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.
But one night when he was coming home late, he lost his key. So when he reached his house , he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr King knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a minute. Then he began to speak like a small child. “Mum,” he said, “I want to go to the toilet.” He spoke quietly, but at once Mrs King woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.
【小题1】When Mr King came back very late from work and his wife was asleep, he usually came into his house         .

My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.
I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that was good enough. I didn’t mind repeating myself many times.
Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.
“Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don’t know what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye,” she said.
Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.
After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.
When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down. I wasn’t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.
Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech, that’s a good thing, but if you don’t have it, it is never too late to improve.
【小题1】The article is probably taken from       .