6. wet towels　 7. quality and quantity　 8. on the fourth floor　

1. boat　 2. boot　 3. convenient　 4. southerners　 5. gymnasium　

试题五

At the entrance to a big office in London there was a book which all employees had to sign when they arrived each morning. At nine o’clock, the manager’s secretary, who lived in a small flat above the office, had to draw a red line under the last name in the book, and anyone who came after that had to explain why he was late.

Whenever there was a thick fog in the city, the first person to arrive late usually wrote “Delayed by fog” under the red line in the book, and then everybody else who came after that just put “ditto” underneath.

But one foggy morning, the first man to arrive late wrote “My wife had a baby early this morning” instead of “Delayed by fog” under the red line in the book. Twenty or thirty people who came after him put “ditto” underneath this as usual.

10. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

1. rich　 2. reach　 3. arduous　　 4. character　 5. luxurious　　 6. ripe pears　 7. caught tigers　 8. wet with sweat　　 9. Strike while the iron is hot.　

试题四

A gentlemen once had a cat which he was very fond of. At dinner time the cat sat up at the table with him. She had a napkin tied round her neck, and was served with a plate of fish.

The cat fed herself with her paw, and always behaved very well at the table. Sometimes, when she had finished her fish, her master gave her a bit from his own plate.

One day the cat was missing at dinner time, and the meal began without her. Before the dinner was over, the cat rushed into the room and at once sprang into the chair.

She had two fine mice in her mouth, and before anyone could prevent her, she dropped one into her own plate, and the other into her master’s plate.

She thus shared her dinner with him as he had often shared his with her.

1. cool　 2. cold　　 3. ambulance　 4. ceremony　 5. previous　

6. hot-tempered　 7. caught hold of　　 8. shed it　　 9. all of them　　

10. Better late than never.

试题三