Mr. Smith lived in a village far away __ 16_  a town . One day he felt very ill and every one   17 he would die . They sent for a doctor . The doctor    18   and looked at the man closely . The doctor asked for a pen and  ___19   paper to write down the name of the medicine(药). But there was no pen  _20 _  paper because all the villagers never went to school before. The doctor had to use a piece of charcoal to write down the name of the medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine for him .” he said , “and he will ___ 21 _ get better .” Mr Smith’s family and friends didn't know  _ _22__  to do . They could not read the  __ 23_  writing . Then Mr. Smith’s son had an idea . He shut ___24  the door of the house , put it on his back and ran to the nearest town . He bought the medicine , he soon got rid of his __ 25 . He would not let anyone wash the magic words from the door .

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Little Tommy Was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors（家庭教师）, cards , special learning centers—in short , everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to catholic（天主教的）school. 

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead , he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread（铺开）out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating，he went back to his room、without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening .

Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise，little Tommy got all A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity（好奇心）. She went to his room and asked , “Son， what was it? Was it the nuns（修女）?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head，“No.”

“Well then，”she asked again. ‘‘WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said , “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed（钉）to the plus sign（加号）, I knew they weren’t joking.”

1.Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

2. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son        .

3. “ hitting the books ” means “_____” in Chinese·

4.The last sentence in the passage shows that        .

5. From the passage , we can infer（推断）that        .

根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。

Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert, so we had to take food, water, and extra gas(汽油) w  1   us.

The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other’s jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get b  2  . We had been quiet for a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We were b  3   excited and decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up to

c  4   up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!

Chris s  5   the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo l  6   completely quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its h  7  . He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm a  8   the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. I was still surprised, but I took out my c___9___. While I was ready to take photos, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.

I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, h  10  , when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket!

A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the   16   soon.

Twenty minutes   17  , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she   18   to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he   19   it.

In the following hours on the flight,   20   time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile   21   he needed help or not. But the passenger never   22   her words.

When he was going to get off the   23  , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very   24  . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her   25   the job.   26   with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she   27   the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times   28  . How can I refuse   29   twelve sincere smiles?”

That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger

  30   and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!

1. A. milk              B. juice            C. coffee               D. water

2.A. late           B. later            C. ago              D. after

3. A. remembered        B. forgot               C. wanted           D. learned

4.A. accepted           B. took             C. refused          D. received

5.A. some           B. either              C. another          D. each

6. A. why           B. when             C. whether              D. how

7. A. paid attention to     B. thought of           C. heard of             D. worried about

8.A. coach              B. bus             C. train                D. plane

9.A. happy          B. cheerful         C. sad              D. excited

10. A. lose         B. loses            C. losing               D. lost

11.A. And           B. So              C. Then             D. But

12. A. opened           B. closed               C. destroyed            D. hid

13. A. at all           B. in all               C. of all               D. all over

14.A. her              B. your             C. their                D. our

15. A. peacefully       B. comfortably      C. deeply               D. slowly