I have _________ to tell you．

A．something exciting                       B．exciting something

C．exciting anything                    D．anything exciting

—You look so happy, Linda.

—Yes, Sandy. I have______ to tell you.

阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D中选出能填入文章中空白处的最佳答案。
    Boys and girls!Do you want to know what a hobby means?OK,let me tell you.
    From Monday to Friday most people are busy working and studying,but in the evenings and weekends they are free and   1 themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies.Others 2  sports.This is decided by their own  3 .
    There are many different ways to spend our   4  time.
    Almost everyone has some  5  :it may be something from colleting stamps to   6  model planes. Some hobbies are very  7  ,but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth  8  of money, others are valuable(有价值的)only to their owners.
    I know a man who has a coin which is worth several  9  dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which  10  him$250!He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600of them, but I wonder   11  they are worth any money. However,   12  my brother they are quite valuable. 13 makes him happier than to find a neo match box for his collection.
    That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we 14  to do in our free time just for the   15  of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
1 A．love     B．work    C．enjoy     D．play
2 A．look like   B．take care of    C．think about    D．take part in
3 A．lives   B．jobs     C．interests    D．things  
4 A．working      B．free    C．own    D．whole
5 A．hobbies      B．things    C．jobs      D．ways
6 A．make      B．making     C．makes     D．made
7 A．interesting    B．exciting        C．cheap     D．expensive
8 A．a little       B．a few       C．a lot    D．a number
9 A．thousand     B．thousands     C．thousands of     D．thousand of
10A．paid     B．cost       C．took        D．spent
11A．that      B．if       C．what       D．why
12A．to   B．on       C．with    D．in
13A．Everything       B．Anything        C．Nothing       D．Something
14A．have    B．need      C．refuse    D．like
15A．money     B．work    C．fun         D．time

It was Mother’s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home. When he walked by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. “I’ll send Mum some roses (玫瑰).”

While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The shop assistant told him that roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen (一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨). She told him they were a lot cheaper than roses.

“No, I have to have red roses,” he said, “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, as the rose is her favorite.”

After hearing this, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the shop assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you two.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air. He thanked John, and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the shop assistant to send them to his mother.

As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery (墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”

Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.

1.The shop assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because _____.

A．there were not enough roses in the shop

B．carnations were much nicer than roses

C．roses were more expensive than carnations

D．carnations were special flowers for Mother’s Day

2.John spent _______ in the flower shop that day.

A．$5 B．$25 C．$ 45 D．$ 55

3.The young man cried at the cemetery because he _______.

A．had spent all his money on the roses

B．wasn’t able to tell his mother he loved her himself

C．felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowers

D．hadn’t got enough money for his sick mother

4.At last John decided to take the roses home himself because he wanted to _______.

A．tell his mother he loved her

B．ask his mother for more money

C．tell his mother the young man’s story

D．ask his mother if she liked roses

5.The writer wrote this passage to tell us “_______”.

A．Buy roses for your mother when she is ill

B．Let your mother know how much you love her

C．Work hard to get more money for your mother

D．Send your mother flowers on Mother’s Day