My father wants to give up       _  , but it’s hard for him to      _   .

A．smoke; give up it                        B．smoking; give up it

C．smoking; give it up                      D．smoke, give it up

Danny is a schoolboy. He  36  in a small town. His home is about ten miles  37  school and the roads are not flat(平坦的). So it’s   38  for him to get to school. He   39  at about five thirty every day and has breakfast. Then he  40  school at around six o’clock. First, he  41  his bicycle to the bus station. That takes about forty minutes. 42 the bus takes him to school. It usually takes about thirty minutes. Sometimes he has 43 time for breakfast at home, so he has something for breakfast on the bus.

   “I’ve never taken trains. It must be a lot 44  fun than taking buses,” says Danny. He studies very 45 at school. He hopes he can go to school in a big city some day. He can take a train to school then.

1.A. lives           B. works             C. plays             D. teaches

2.A. at             B. from             C. in                   D. for

3.A. easy               B. good             C. interesting          D. difficult

4.A. gets up        B. gets to          C. goes to bed          D. goes to work

5.A. gets back      B. leaves for       C. leaves               D. gets

6.A. by             B. sends            C. on               D. rides

7.A. Then           B. But               C. Ago             D. After

8.A. much           B. no              C. not                  D. a

9.A. little             B. less             C. more             D. many

10.A. badly             B. bad              C. hardly          D. hard

Peter is thirteen. He is   1  Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often   2  newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.
Now Peter is having lunch. He is   3  the radio, too.  He is very happy   4  there will be a nice football match on TV at four   5  this afternoon. He wants   6  it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s   7  for him to find a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher   8  the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”
“Oh, I’m   9  to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But   10  is that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

Peter is thirteen. He is   1  Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often   2  newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.

Now Peter is having lunch. He is   3  the radio, too.  He is very happy   4  there will be a nice football match on TV at four   5  this afternoon. He wants   6  it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s   7  for him to find a way.

“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher   8  the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”

“Oh, I’m   9  to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But   10  is that?”

“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”