It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot. Mr. White saw an old man at the bus stop with a big and black umbrella in his hand.

Mr. White said to him, “Do you think it’s going to rain today?”

“No,” said the old man, “I don’t think so.”

“Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?”

“No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”

Mr. White looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking-stick. But people will say, ‘Look, the man is so old, and I don’t like that.’ When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘look at that stupid man.’”

1.The story happened         .

2.It was a very        day.

3.There was         in the old man’s hand.

4.There was something wrong with the old man’s             .

5.Which is TURE according to（根据）the story?

用所给词的适当形式填空（共10小题 ，每小题1分 ，共10分）
【小题1】Congratulations! Both of you are the_________ (win) of the match.
【小题2】According to the ________ (science) studies, the color red can make people hungry.
【小题3】Next Sunday is my grandpa’s____________ (ninety) birthday.
【小题4】Mike, tell them not to climb the stones, or they may hurt_________(they).
【小题5】After watching this programme , you will realize the________(important) of learning English.
【小题6】---What’s the weather like today?         ---- It’s        (cloud).
【小题7】—How many times have you been to Hong Kong?    —_________(two) .
【小题8】________________ (luck), Kate hurt her leg last week.
【小题9】The more you practice, the____________ (easy) it becomes.
【小题10】Everyone needs to have at least eight____________ (hour) sleep a night.

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音员). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申请). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
【小题1】After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in        at first.

从A.B.C.D中找出并能替换划线部分的选项

1.Mum has a bad headache. We have to send for the doctor at once.

A. ask the doctor to come　　　　 B. find the doctor by ourselves

C. send the doctor away　　　　　 D. go to the doctor's

2.I have just come across a beautiful poem in this book.

A. read aloud???? B. written down???? C. discovered????? D. went through

3.The fire broke out at 5 o’clock early in the morning.

A. stopped?????? ????????????? B. started?????????? C. opened???? ????????????? D. closed

4.They’ll be here in ten minutes. Meanwhile, we’ll have some coffee.

A. after all???????? B. at the same time?? C. for a minute?? ????????????? D. before long

5.You will find a basket filled with flowers in your room.

A. had?? ??????? B. covered??????????? C. was full????? D. full of