Mr. Edison was a professor. He worked in a ____1____. He was busy with his research work all the time. But his wife whose father was a ____2____ businessman had nothing to do at home and ____3____ a lot of time dancing.

　　It was the woman's birthday one day. There ____4____ a birthday party in their house. All their friends were invited to ____5____ it. That afternoon, when everything was ready, Mr. Edison came back from his lab, being ____6____. As soon as she saw him, she called out, “Oh dear! Our guests will soon come, but you ____7____ the old clothes! Go to change to the best ones !”

　　Mr. Edison had to go upstairs. The party had been on for half an hour, but he didn't come downstairs. The woman felt ____8____. She looked out a few times and then told her girl servant to go to ____9____ what had happened to him. To the girl's surprise, the professor was ____10____ in a bed.

　　For Mr. Edison, it was time to go to bed after he came upstairs and took off his clothes.

（　）1. A. cinema　　　　　　 B. theatre　　　　　　　　 C. university　　　　　　　　  D. park

（　）2. A. rich　　　　　　　　 B. poor　　　　　　　　    C. nice　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. foolish

（　）3. A. took　　　　　　    B. spent　　　　　　　　   C. used　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. gave

（　）4. A. will be　　　　　　 B. would be　　　　　　 C. has been　　　　　　　　   D. had been

（　）5. A. hold　　　　　　　　 B. appreciate　　　　    C. watch　　　　　　　　　　   D. attend

（　）6. A. hungry　　　　　　 B. tired　　　　　　　　    C. sorry　　　　　　　　　　    D. satisfied

（　）7. A. are wearing　　  B. will wear　　　　　　 C. are putting　　　　　　    D. will put on

（　）8. A. happy　　　　　　  B. shy　　　　　　　　　　 C. excited　　　　　　　　　　 D. strange

（　）9. A. look up　　　　    B. find out　　　　　　   C. think over　　　　　　　　 D. send for

（　）10. A. afraid　　　　　　 B. awake　　　　　　　　 C. asleep　　　　　　　　　　   D. alone

　　It was the woman's birthday one day. There 4 a birthday party in their house. All their friends were invited to 5 it. That afternoon, when everything was ready, Mr. Edison came back from his lab, being 6 . As soon as she saw him, she called out, “Oh dear! Our guests will soon come, but you 7 the old clothes! Go to change the best ones!”

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One day when I was five years old , my mother was washing the kitchen floor. I was telling her about a new girl at school, and she looked up at me and said, “__1___are your two best friends?”

I was not __2___ what to say, “Um--- Jenny and Mary.”

My mother __3___ washing the floor and asked me, “ Well, what about Kate and Cindy?”

“But they’re my __4___.”

“Yes, but they can __5___ be your best friends. Friends may come and __6___, but your sisters will always be there for you.”

At that time I felt __7___. How could my two sisters be my closest friends? We fought all the time over toys, food, and what to __8___ on TV. How could my sisters be my best friends? They weren’t even the same age as me. We all had our own ___9__ at school. But my mother never let us _10___ that sisters are lifelong friends. Like all mothers, she wanted to give us a great gift ___11__ let us know how lucky we were. She let us play together and always punished us in the same way, too.

We didn’t always __12___ well and fought just like any other sisters. Now twenty years have __13___. We realise that our mother is __14___. Today I share things with my sisters that I don’t ___15__ with anyone else.

Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found ___1___weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love and the birds both grew ___2___. They thanked her ___3___a wonderful song every morning.

   But something happened one day. Mary left the door of the ___4___open. The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would ___5___. As it flew close, she grasped (紧抓) it. She was very ___6___ to catch it. ___7___ she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the ___8___ bird. Her great love had killed the bird!

   The other bird was moving back and forth (来回) in the cage. Mary could ___9___ its great need for freedom (自由). It wanted to fly into the clear and blue___10___. At once, Mary took the bird ___11___the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once, twice, three times…

  Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing ___12___. Suddenly the bird flew ___13___ and landed softly on her head. It sang the ___14___song that she had ever heard.

  The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight. The best way to keep love is to ___15___it wings (翅膀).

1. A. some                           B. several                            C. two                         D. three

2. A. small                           B. strong                     C. thin                          D. tired

3. A. with                                   B. for                          C. about                       D. at

4. A. house                         B. room                      C. cage                      D. garden

5. A. return                       B. die                           C. fly back                   D. fly away

6. A. sorry                     B. afraid                       C. frightened                 D. excited

7. A. Suddenly                            B. Usually                   C. Easily                     D. Hardly

8. A. living                         B. interesting                 C. lucky                       D. dead

9. A. take                             B. feel                          C. say                         D. get

10. A. river                          B. trees                        C. sky                          D. box

11. A. out of                     B. out from                   C. out off                          D. away of

12. A. sadly                         B. happily                     C. friendly                   D. angrily

13. A. higher                  B. farther                    C. closer                      D. later

14. A. sweetest                    B. poorest                     C. worst                       D. loudest

15. A. show                         B. give                         C. pass                       D. buy