Mr. Jackson was on duty that evening. It was 1 and there was thick snow outside. So few people came to the hospital and he could  2 on the bed in his office and soon he went to sleep . Suddenly someone knocked at the door and it woke him up. He got up and opened the door. In went an old man. His wife was ill and he asked the doctor to go to look her over.
　It was still 3 when Mr. Jackson came out. The old farmer walked fast and he hardly catch up with him. It was 4 for him to walk on the snowy roads. When he got to the man’s house, he was very  5  . He looked over the old woman and found she had a bad cold. He gave her some 6 and began to return to the hospital. The wind was blowing strongly and he couldn’t walk too 7 .
　And when he was near the hospital, he had a pain in his foot.
　He walked slowly and at last he went into his office, He took 8 his shoe and looked at his foot. There was much blood on it. He  9 he stepped on a broken glass. He looked at his shoe carefully and said to  10 “Luckily, it didn’t prick my shoe!” 

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My twin brother is called Daniel, and he is four___younger than me. Our birthdays are ____ on the 5th of January. We have the same eyes and noses. Most people say we ____ the same, but Daniel looks a little ____than me. We aren’t in the same class at school, ____ my parents want us to be a bit different. We often _____ the same way, but we choose different______ .I like red and he likes blue. I think we are very_____ .He is really, really active, and he_____ every day. He also plays computer games a lot but I don’t.  At school I always come top, but he hardly ever does well_____ the exams. So teachers often say we are very different .

1.A. years            B. weeks         C. minutes       D. days

2.A. all               B. both          C. also          D. either

3.A. look             B. think          C. sound        D. see

4.A. taller            B. hotter         C. tall           D. short

5.A. because          B. if             C. though        D. but

6.A. study            B. play           C. wear         D. put on

7.A. colors           B. kinds          C. prices         D. style

8.A. serious          B. quiet          C. different       D. atletic

9.A. sleeps           B. exercises       C. studies        D. smile

10.A. in             B. at             C. for            D. on

Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard（胡子）and takes good care of it. It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends' help he got a ticket a few days ago.
After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on .There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）a back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn't grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy hardly fell to the floor. He looked around and saw Mr. King's beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, "Let go off（松开）my beard, boy!" "Are you going to get off, sir?" asked the boy.
【小题1】Mr. King is a ___.

.--He hardly has any spare time for his hobbies, _________ he?

--________.He has too much homework to do every day.

A. does, No        B. does, Yes            C. has, No          D. hasn’t, Yes

He hardly ever feels tired, ______?