用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

	happen,  make,  ground,  shout,  through,  cry,  head,  sell,  rest,  throw

 

 

There was a man named Ben. He made caps to 1.money. One day he went to 2.his caps. It was very hot. When he went 3.a forest, he wanted to have a 4.. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the 5., took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.

“Where are my caps?” Ben 6.when he woke up. He looked up and saw many monkeys in the trees. Each monkey had a cap on its 7..

“Give back my caps!” Ben 8.at the monkeys. But the monkeys couldn’t understand him. Ben got very angry. He took off his own cap, threw it on the ground and cried, “If you want all my caps, you may take this one, too!”

What 9.then? The monkeys did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and 10.it on the ground. Ben was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.

 

Police in America were looking for a thirteen-year-old boy, Ben. He was a middle school student. He was lost last Friday night.

  Ben’s mother went to bed early that evening because she had a bad cold. She thought Ben was spending the night with his friend. However, Ben did not appear at the family lunch the next day. She became worried and called the police.

  That evening, Ben left home to play baseball with two friends. They both said Ben went home after the game. Some neighbors said to the police they saw a UFO flying over Ben’s house that night. So they thought Ben might be taken away by aliens.

  The police said they would not give up until they found him.

1.When was Ben lost?

  ______________________________________________________________

2.What did Ben do with his friends that evening?

  ______________________________________________________________

3. What might happen to Ben according to his neighbors?

_______________________________________________________________

 

 Ben was busy taking a training class.  ______we had to wait for himfor half an hour..

        A.so      B. if     C. or      D. but

 

Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared with a bucket（桶）of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence（篱笆）around the garden. It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue.
Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work.
Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended（假装）not to see Ben.
“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to stay and work, don’t you?”
“Work?” Tom said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”
Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added（增加）a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager（渴望的）to have a try himself.
After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care.”
“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple. Well, I’ll give you all of it!”
“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “You must be very careful.”
He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him a basketball, and so on.
By late afternoon Tom had got all kinds of toys, and the fence had got three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom’s work that she gave Tom a large cake!
【小题1】Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben when he came and watched him painting?

A．He saw Ben eating an apple happily.

B．He tried to make Ben interested in it.

C．He didn’t want to go swimming with Ben at all.

D．He didn’t want Ben to share the chance to paint the fence.

【小题2】What does the underlined word “spring” probably mean in Chinese?

A．春天

B．弹簧

C．泉

D．活力

【小题3】What do you think of Tom?

A．Honest.

B．Smart.

C．Shy.

D．Stubborn.

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词填空（每次限用一次）

But  happy   Nobody   friends around

This morning a big rock was in the way. (86)_____knew where it was from. All the cars had to go(87) _____it. Ben saw the rock. He tried to move it. (88)_____it was so heavy. He called three of his (89)______to help. Little by little the rock was moved out of the street. They pushed it to a nearby park. Ben was (90)_____ to see people sit on the rock in the park.