There lived a young man in a village. He was born in a      family. His parents had a lot of farms and got much money . He was in school for only four years, but he thought he knew all.        the villagers called him Mr. Know-All. And he told his servants not to tell him the results（结果） directly (直接地). The servants . were afraid of  him and had to listen to him.

    One day Mr. Know-All went to     his friend who lived in a town. He stayed there for nearly a week. Suddenly one of his servants came and called out, “     , sir!”

“What happened?”

“Your cat has died!”

“What’s there to be surprised at （吃惊）?” said the young man. “Throw it to the river. By the way, of what illness did it die?”

“It     much meat of the horse and died.”

“What? Has my horse died, too? And what illness did it die of, then?”

 “It pulled(拉) the carried (马车) to the hospital,” said the servant. “ We made it     as fast as possible. When we reached the hospital, it was so tired that it couldn’t     up any longer and died.”

“Wait a minute,” said Mr Know-All. “What did you go to the hospital for?”

“To     your mother there.”

“What’s the matter with my mother?”

“She     down stairs and hurt her head. We sent her to the hospital, but it was too late. The doctors operated on（动手术）her at once, they tried their best to save her, but she died!”

Mr Know-All became angry and shouted, “Why didn’t you tell me about it      ?”

“You never let us tell you the results directly, sir.”

1.A. worker’s        B. teacher’s         C. farmer’s         D. soldier’s

2.A. But            B. Then            C. Or              D. So

3.A. look after       B. hurt             C. look for         D. visit

4.A. Good news      B. Bad news        C. Good morning    D. Good afternoon

5.A. ate             B. saw             C. touched         D. cut

6.A. run            B. walk             C. jump            D. fly

7.A. sit             B. lie               C. sleep           D. stand

8.A. post            B. bring             C. take           D. put

9.A. went           B. lived             C. stayed          D. fell

10.A. early          B. earlier            C. earliest         D. the earliest

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）。 

be;  climb;  sick;  think about;  kind ;  die  ; dream  ; chance ;  child ;  hit

Wu Wenhong was the first climber in Yancheng to leave his footprints at the top of Mount Everest（珠穆朗玛峰）．He was born in Yandu and left Yancheng Teachers’ college．

It was his dream   1   to the top of Mount Everest．On May 18, 2009 his   2__ came true．He was there ---at the top of the mountain 8844．43 meters above the sea level． Unluckily when he came down from the top the next morning, he got   3   suddenly and   4   at 4:00 a．m． on May 19．

       Wu was   5   and warm-hearted．Before he climbed the mountain, he bought lots of ‘fossils（化石）’ from the local poor _ 6  , because they said they needed money to buy stationery．When the earthquake   7   Wenchuan last year, he drove there to be a volunteer．He spent lots of time on football in Yancheng．He chatted with his friends on QQ, “I love the world and I love all the people．”

       I always   8   this question, “How should a person live?” In fact everyone is climbing Mount Everest．Get ready for it, and wait for your   9   ． Some day you   10   there．

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Wen Jiabao is the premier of China．But 1  of people would rather call him "grandpa". He is always so   2   to his people. About several hours after the earthquake hit Yushu, Premier Wen Jiabao went there by plane. He asked the helpers to try   3  best to save lives, and also   4 the people there to be brave. He said that the whole country   5  help them to rebuild a new hometown.