Tony is not as clever as Lucy, but he works ______ than her.

A. hard  B. harder  C. hardest  D. the hardest

—What’s wrong with you, Eric? You look tired.

—I ______ to prepare for the final exam last night.

A. picked up   B. woke up  C. stayed up  D. put up

 You can improve your English ______ practicing more.

A. by   B. with  C. of  D. in

Hurry up, or you ______ catch the train.

A. needn’t  B. mustn’t   C. can’t  D. shouldn’t

I hate traveling by air ______ you usually have to wait for hours before the plane takes off.

A. because  B. though  C. until  D. unless

—Is Tom at home?

—No, he ______ to town.

A. has been   B. has gone   C. goes  D. will go

I often watch movies to practice my spoken English. I think it ______.

A. helps   B. does  C. impresses  D. matters

There is a ______ near our school. We often buy books there.

A. library  B. restaurant   C. bookstore   D. bank

—When did you have your school trip?

—______.

A. In five days  B. For five days

C. Twice a day  D. Five days ago

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn（谷仓）. The watch was very cheap but it was very   1   to him because it was a gift from his father.

After   2   the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for   3   from a group of children playing nearby.

He   4   them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded（报偿）.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn   5  . They searched everywhere but still could not find the  6  . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another   7  .

The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer   8   the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he   9__ where others had failed.

The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a   10   mind can think better than an excited one.

1.A. important   B. expensive  C. useless      D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching     D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger     C. work        D. help

4.A. promised   B. taught     C. warned       D. believed

5.A. angrily     B. slowly     C. quickly      D. hardly

6.A. rule        B. book      C. child        D. watch

7.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson       D. smile

8.A. threw       B. sent      C. gave         D. caught

9.A. came       B. knew     C. succeeded     D. suggested

10.A. beautiful   B. smart     C. peaceful       D. quick