5.　 I think February is the ________ (cold) month of all.

4.　 Walk along this street，take the eighth _______ (turn) on your left. _______ (turn) right at the first crossing.

3.　 We are going to learn the _______ (seven) lesson next week.

2.　 In the north of China，it's often ________ (snow) in the winter.

1.　 At first he was ________ (sleep)，and two hours later he woke up.

　　 Long，long ___1___ there lived a king(国王). He loved horses. One day he asked an artist (画家) ___2___ him a beautiful horse. The artist said，"All right，but you must wait." So the king waited. He waited and waited. ___3____ ，after a year he could not wait any longer. He went to see the artist ___4___.

　　 Quickly，the artist ___5____ paper and a brush(毛笔). In five minutes he finished ___6__ a very beautiful horse. The king was very angry. "You can draw a good horse in five minutes，but you kept me waiting ___7__ a year. Why?"

　　 " Come with me，please，" said the artist. They went to the artist's workroom. There the king saw piles(堆) and piles of paper. ___8__ every ____9___paper was a picture of a horse. " It ___10____me more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five minutes，" the artist said.

1. a. ago　　 b. after　　 c. before　　 d. until

2. a. draw　　 b. to draw　　 c. drawing　 d. drew

3. a. At last　　 b. At first　 c. At the end of　 d. At most

4. a. him　　　 b. he　　 c. himself　　 d. themselves

5. a. bring　　 b. brought in　　 c. put away　 d. brought out

6. a. buying　 b. to draw　　 c. drew　　 d. drawing

7. a. at　　 b. for　　 c. in　　　 d. with

8. a. On　　 b. at　　 c. in　　　 d. with

9. a. /　　　 b. piece of　　　 c. pieces of　　 d. pieces

10. a. takes　　 b. took　　 c. brings　　 d. brought

15.　　 Tim wants to have a drink of ______.

a. orange　 b. blue　 c. red　 d. yellow

14.　　 Johnson ______ me he was very tired after ______ for six hours.

a. said，worked　　 b. talked，work　　　 c. told，working　 d. spoke，working

13.　　 You can't work out the problem _____ this way.

a. on　　 b. in　　 c. of　　　 d. by　 　

12.　　 Michael is often ill ______ at this time of year.

a. on the bed　　　 b. on bed　　 c. in the bed　　 d. in bed