Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (12分)

         People of all ages, especially young children, follow comic strips in newspapers, magazines and the movies. Who is your favourite superhero --- Spideman? Wonder Woman? These heroes have been around for a long time. Comics came out even earlier. In ancient times, people made funny drawings of animals _____ paper.

         Comic strips first came out during the 1800s and remain much the same style today. These comics are drawn in connected boxes. The boxes usually show a dramatic _________. Some comic strips are printed in newspapers, which often continue from day to day. Some people even read the comics before they read the front page.

         The comic books first _____ during the 1930s. It seemed that everyone wanted to read comic books. They loved reading about the adventures of The Man of Steel and Batman. During the 1940s, the nation was at war and some comic book characters, such as Captain America, reflected （反映）the times. Others, such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, made people laugh during this _______ time in history.

         After the war, people became __________ interested in old comic book characters, so new superheroes had to be made. The new superheroes, such as Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Spideman, talked and acted more like real people. As time went on, comic books had to _________ TV because TV has offered a lot of fun to people.

         Comic strips are usually good for a laugh or at least a smile. But they have held a place in history. They take people away from their daily lives into another world. In this world, the hero always wins, and failure only comes to the bad guys.

1.A. with                      B. on                            C. without                   D. over

2.A. story                    B. copy                        C. collection                         D. picture

3.A. grew                    B. knew                       C. appeared                         D. finished

4.A. happy                  B. alone                       C. noisy                                 D. terrible

5.A. more          B. much                       C. less                                    D. little

6.A. link wih                B. compete with        C. talk with                           D. communicate with

Once upon a time there were two good friends. One is a captain of a ship ,the other is a merchant (商人). The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor ，so the captain took him for voyages(航海) in his? ? ? . One day when the captain had come from a voyage with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron(铁) had? ? ?? and suggested that he should buy some with his money. “I’ll ? ? ? it for you in my storehouse? ?  you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get? ? ? money．”

But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up very  ?  ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his  ?  friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had  ?  all the iron．

The captain knew that his friend was telling  ? ，but he stayed  ? ? and said，“I knew that you had problems with mice in your storehouse．”

After a few days，the captain started  ?   voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but  ? ? our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．”      

The merchant was very  ?  and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And? ? ? can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a judge ，who said，“The merchant must give the captain the money which he got when he  ?   the iron，and then the captain must bring the merchant’s son back to him. ”

1.A. car?????? ????????????? B. ship????????????? ??????? C. train??? ????????????? D. boat

2.A. fallen???? ????????????? B. changed??? ????????????? C. rised??? ????????????? D. widened

3.A. hide?????? ????????????? B. hold????? ????????????? ??? C. put?????? ????????????? D. keep

4.A. when???? ????????????? B. since????? ????????????? C.until????? ????????????? D. after

5.A. less?????? ????????????? B .many????? ????????????? C. more???? ????????????? D. little

6.A. slowly??? ????????????? B. expensive?? ????????????? C. cheap???? D. high

7.A. dishonest? ????????????? B. honest???? ????????????? C. real????? ????????????? D. former

8.A. eaten????? ????????????? B. sold????? ????????????? ??? C. drunk? ?? D. borrowed

9.A. lie??????? ????????????? B. a lie?????? ????????????? C. lay?????? ????????????? D. lying

10.A.friendly??? ????????????? B. quietly???? ????????????? C. calm???? ????????????? D. angry

11.A. the other?? ????????????? B. another??? ????????????? C. other???? ????????????? D. others

12.A. while???? B. after????? ????????????? ??? C. during??? ????????????? D. before

13.A. disappointed? B. puzzled?? ????????????? C. happy???? D. afraid

14.A. either???? B. neither???? ????????????? C. so?????? ????????????? D. yet

15.A. won????? B. lose????? ????????????? ??? C. bought??? ????????????? D. sold