【正文】 wo days __2___ the doctor came and examined the sick man . __3___ asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine . But there was no pen __4___ paper in the village , because no one could write .The doctor ___5__ up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the door of the house . “Get this medicine __6___ him ,” he said , “and he’ll soon get __7___ .”Mark’s family and friends did not know ___8___ to do . They could not read the strange words . Then a young man ___9__ an idea . He took off the door of the house , put it on his carriage and drove to the nearest hospital . He bought ___10__ there , and Mark was soon well again .1. sorry 2. 3. sick man doctor farmer4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. paper house medicine pen答案 :1. C2. A3. C4. B5. A6. D7. A8. B9. D （5）☆☆☆A(yù) young man once went to town and bought himself ___1__ trousers . When he got home , he went to his room and put them __2___ . He found that they were about two inches too long . He went into the kitchen , and his mother and two sisters were doing some washing there . He said to them , “The new trousers are too ___3__ . They need cutting by two inches . Would one of you mind __4___ this for me ?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said ___5___ .But as soon as his mother had finished washing up , she went to ___6__ silently and cut the trousers by two inches . She came back without saying anything to her daughters . After supper , the elder sister __7___ her brother’s trousers . She went to his room and cut the trousers by two inches __8___ saying anything to anyone . The younger sister went to the cinema . But when she came back , she also remembered her brother’s __9___ . __10___ she went to his room and cut them by two inches , too .1. pair pair of of D./2. 3. 4. 5. 6. kitchen son’s room daughter’s room room7. 8. 9. 10. 答案 :1. B2. A3. C4. B5. A6. B7. B8. C9. B10. C（6）☆☆☆When you have a post office , the postman does not bring letters to you , but you have to go to the __1___ and get your letters and parcels from your box . The box is locked , and you have the key , so the letters are quite ___2__ .One day Mr. Brown , the __3___ of a school , wrote to the post office and asked for a post office box for his school . He soon got an answer . It __4___ , “We will give you a post box __5___ one month .”Two months later , Mr. Brown wrote to the post office ___6__ and said , “Why haven’t we got a post box yet ?” Five months later , there was still __7___ news . Mr. Brown was __8___ angry that he went to the office and asked why .The postman said , “We have written two letters to you and told you to get the __9___ to your post box back , but you didn’t __10___ .” “Where are the letters ?” “We sent them to your post box .”1. office 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. once9. 10. 答案 :1. B2. D3. A4. C5. C6. A7. B8. A9. D10. B（1）☆☆☆A(yù): Sometimes English is very difficult !B: That’s __1__ . It isn’t the easiest language in the world .A: Think about there and they’re and their . They ___2___ alike , but they have different meanings . And the plural（復(fù)數(shù)） of ox is oxen , but the plural of “box” isn’t __3__ ! And “hard” can mean ___4__ or it can mean the opposite（相反的） of soft . I don’t think I’ll ever learn English .B: Oh, don’t be discouraged（氣餒的） . You’re doing very well . And things could be worse !A: What do you mean ?B: Be happy you aren’t __5____ the Eskimo __6___ !A: Why ? Is Eskimo harder than English ?B: It certainly is . You were talking about the two ___7___ meanings of “hard”. Some Eskimo（愛(ài)斯基摩人）nouns ___8__ more than a thousand meanings ! A: I’m glad I don’t ____9__ in Alaska（阿拉斯加）! I don’t think I’m strong enough to study Eskimo !A: Don’t you mean clever enough ?B: No, I mean strong enough . I don’t think I’m strong enough to __10___ an Eskimo dictionary !1. 2. 3. 4. A. “hard” B. “strong” C. “easy” D. “difficult”5. 6. 7. 8. about are9. 10. up 答案 :1. B2. C3. C4. D5. B6. C7. A8. B9. D10. C（2）☆☆☆ Mr. and Mrs. Wang are very forgetful . For example , Mr. Wang sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning , because he thinks it is __1___ . And Mrs. Wang sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family . One summer they planned to __2___ to New York for their holidays . They got to the airport only ten minutes ___3__ the plane took off . So time was short . But __4___ Mrs. Wang said she must