Jenny Gordon was a very kind and beautiful woman．Before she __1__，many young men were in love with her．Many of them __2__ to her，telling her how wonderful she was，how much they loved her and each of them waited to be her __3__．Jenny kept all these letters．She tied them up with a red ribbon and put them away in all old box．She __4__ read them because her husband took good care of her．However，they were a part of her __5__ and she didn't want to throw them away．

Jenny had a __6__，Sue．Sue was six．One day，a friend of hers was in hospital．Jenny wanted to go to see her．Of course it was __7__ to take Sue there with her．So she had to leave Sue __8__ for two hours．

“Now be a good girl，” she said，“play __9__ in the yard．If you need anything，go to the lady next door and she will __10__ you．”

When she returned home，she asked Sue，“Have yon __11__ a good girl?”

“Oh，yes．Mommy．” Sue said．

“What did you do while I was __12__?” Jenny asked her．

“I played mailman．” Sue said．

“__13__ could you play mailman，darling?” Jenny asked，“You didn't have any letters．”

“Oh，yes．I did．Mommy．” Sue said，“I __14__ some in an old box upstairs．They were tied up with a red ribbon．I put one in every mailbox in the __15__．Wasn’t I a good girl?”

1．A．died                      B．left                      C．married                  D．started

2．A．wrote                    B．listened                C．talked                    D．spoke

3．A．classmate              B．husband               C．brother                  D．friend

4．A．always                      B．usually                 C．sometimes              D．never

5．A．study                    B．life                      C．job                        D．interest

6．A．daughter                B．sister                   C．pupil                      D．student

7．A．helpful            B．useful                  C．important             D．bad

8．A．asleep                 B．afraid                   C．alone                     D．away

9．A．slowly                B．quickly                C．clearly                   D．quietly

10．A．help                     B．teach                   C．show                     D．like

11．A．learned                 B．been                    C．played                    D．hoped

12．A．in                        B．free                     C．out                        D．at work

13．A．When                  B．How                    C．What                     D．Where

14．A．found                  B．bought                 C．borrowed                      D．looked for

15．A．bank                    B．park                    C．street                     D．theater

Jenny Gordon was a very kind and beautiful woman．Before she   1  ，many young men were in love with her．Many of them    2    to her，telling her how wonderful she was，how much they loved her and each of them wanted to be her   3  ．Jenny kept all these letters．She tied them up with a red ribbon（缎带）and put them away in an old box．

She   4   read them because her husband took good care of her，however，they were a part of her   5   and she did not want to throw them away．

Jenny had a   6  ，Sue．Sue was six．One day，a friend of hers was in hospital．Jenny wanted to go to see her．Of course， it was   7    to take Sue there with her．So she had to leave Sue   8    for two hours．

“Now be a good girl，” she said．“Play   9   in the yard．If you need anything，go to the lady next door and she’ll   10   you．”

When she returned home．she asked Sue，“Have you   11    a good girl?”

“Oh，yes Mommy，” Sue said．

“What did you do while I was    12   ?” Jenny asked her．

“I played mailman．” Sue told her．

“   13    could you play mailman，darling?” Jenny asked．“You didn’t have any letters．”

“Oh，yes，I did，Mommy，” Sue said．“I   14    some in an old box upstairs．They were tied up with a red ribbon．I put one in every mailbox in the  15   ．Wasn’t I a good girl?”

1．A．died                                    B．left                                    C．married

2．A．wrote                                  B．1istened                             C．talked

3．A．classmate                            B．husband                             C．brother

4．A．always                                    B．usually                               C．never

5．A．study                                  B．life                                    C．job

6．A．daughter                              B．student                              C．pupil

7．A．helpful                          B．bad                                    C．important

8．A．asleep                               B．away                                 C．alone

9．A．slowly                              B．quietly                               C．clearly

10．A．help                                   B．teach                                 C．show

11．A．learned                              B．been                                  C．played

12．A．in                                      B．free                                   C．out

13．A．When                                B．How                                  C．What

14．A．found                                B．bought                               C．borrowed

15．A．village                                B．park                                  C．street

根据句意及提示写出合适的单词

1．Have you got any other s_________? This one is too small．

2．The two shops has c_________ for customers since they were opened．

3．If you eat too much candy, you'll h_________ teeth．

4．Have you ever h_________ a boy who set up a company at the age of fifteen?

5．She kept on writing essays for her school m_________．

6．If we buy a house, it wilt cost much money．We can r_________ a house．It is cheap．I think．

7．She spoke loudly in order to be h_________ clearly．

8．She was a v_________ of a road accident．

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

When the Great Library of Alexandria burned，the story goes that one book was saved．But nobody thought it was a v__1__ book．A poor man，who could read a little，bought it for a few coins．

The book wasn't very interesting．but between its pages there was something very interesting i__2__．It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which as written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could t__3__ any common metal into pure gold．The writing e__4__ that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it．But the secret was that the real stone would feel w__5__，while ordinary pebbles were cold．

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles．He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again b__6__ they were cold，he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of t__7__．So，when he felt one that was cold，he threw it into the sea．He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone．Y_8__ he went on and on this way．

One day，however，about mid-afternoon，he picked up a pebble and it was warm．He threw it into the sea b__9_ he realized what he had done．He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away．

So it is with opportunity（机会）．U__10__ we are careful，it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand．