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A mother was having her birthday．Her children woke up earlier but asked their mother to rest in bed．After the while，she smelled something well from the kitchen．She was very pleasing for she thought her children were cooked breakfast for her．And she thought if she should come out of the room and give her children some adivces．Then she did and saw the second children sitting beside the table．Each had a plate of bacon and an egg front of them．Then，one of them said，"Mum，this is our present for our birthday．We have made up our own breakfast．"

16．When I lived in Spain，some Spanish friends of （61）mine（ I ） decided to visit England by car．Before they left，they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation．I suggested they （62）shouldstay at"bed and breakfast"houses，because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance （63）to speak（speak） English with the family．My friends accepted my advice，but they came back with some （64）funny（fun ） stories．
"We did not stay at bed and breakfast houses，"they said，"because we found that most families were away on holiday．"It was obviously impossible．Finally I understood what （65）had happened（happen）．My friends spoke little English，and they thought"VACANCIES"meant"holidays"，（66）becausethe Spainish word for"holidays"is"vacancies"．So they did not go to the houses with the signs outside saying"VACANCIES"，which in English means there are free rooms．Then my friends went （67）directly（ direct ） to the houses with the signs saying"NO VACANCIES"，because they thought this meant the （68）owners（ own ） of the houses were not away on holiday．But in fact，all of these houses （69）were filled（fill ） with travelers．As （70）aresult，they stayed at hotels!

15．Mr．Black was very forgetful．Each time when Mrs．Black wanted her husb and to do something，she had to tell him again and again not to forget it．
Once Mr．Black was asked to post a letter，"Do remember to put it into the letter box on your way to work．"The wife said．"This time I won't forget．"Mr．Black said to his wife．"I will hold the letter in my pocket．""Oh，my dear，you may go now．Please come back early．"Mrs．Black said．As Mr．Black was shown out，he felt as if his wife touched him affectionately （温柔地） on the back．
Hand in his pocket，Mr．Black walked slowly down the street．Soon a man caught up with him from behind and smiled at him，"Don't forget to post the letter．"Mr．Black was wondering how the man knew he had a letter to post．Then a girl passed him and turned to smile at him，too．"Now be sure to post the letter，"the girl said．Mr．Black was even more puzzled，"Why are they smiling at me？And how do they know I'm going to post a letter？"he thought to himself．
21．"Do remember to put it into the letter box on your way to work"showedC．
A．Mrs．Black believed her husband would certainly do as he was told to
B．Mrs．Black believed husband's memory
C．Mrs．Black doubted her husband's memory
D．Mrs．Black hoped her husband wouldn't post the letter in a wrong place
22．The man who caught up with Mr．Black from behindD．
A．might be a man of his neighbors       
B．might know Mr．Black's shortcomings
C．might be Mrs．Black's friend and he was told to warn Mr．Black
D．might be a stranger but he noticed something unusual on Mr．Black's back
23．The girl turned to smile at Mr．BlackD．
A．because she knew him
B．because she wanted to be friendly to him
C．because she wanted to show she had good manners
D．because of some obvious reason
24．According to the pa ssage we can infer Mrs．Black touched her husband on the back so as toA．
A．stick something on his back                 
B．show her love
C．warn him not to forget to post the letter    
D．let him go to work right now．

14．Though Jenny is the best student in the school，she shouldn't ________ telling a lie．（　　）

A．

break away from

B．

come up with

C．

stay away from

D．

get away with

13．He got burnt because he was exposed to sunlight too much during his vacation on the beach．
Beingexposed to sunlight too much did harm to his skin during his vacation on the beach．

12．More than 1，500representatives from different walks of life attended the conference in
Beijing yesterday．

11．The road and the railway areparallel（平行的） to each other．

10．Thefinancial（金融） crisis is affecting people in the developing countries．

9．Because of theacute（急性的）pain in his stomach，he was rushed to the hospital．

8．They agreed on the price of the house，that is to say，they reached a consensus on the price of the house．