6.(　　 )　 A. near　　　 B. not far　　　　 C. far from　　　　 D. near from

5.(　　 )　 A. asked　　　 B. liked　　　　 C. chose　　　　　 D. bought

4.(　　 )　 A. difficult　　 B. easy　　　　　 C. quickly　　　　 D. slowly

3.(　　 )　 A. yet　 　　　B. still　　　　　 C. already　　　　 D. also

2.(　　 )　 A. easy　　　 B. bad　　　　　 C. well　　　　　 D. difficult

1.(　　 )　 A. in　　　　 B. for　　　　　 C. after　　　　　 D. before

5.(　　 ) From the story we know that the writer _____.

A.　　 likes the dog better than his daughter

B.　　 likes to have two children in the house

C.　　 wants to make his daughter happy

D.　　 wants to make his wife happy

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Rose left school at the age of seventeen years old, and went to learn to type(打字)　 1 a year. She passed her exam quite 　2 and then went to look for work. She was 　3 living with her parents.

A lot of people were looking for work at that time, so it was 　4 to find an interesting job. Rose went to several offices and then 　5 one of them. It was 　6 her parents’ house. She thought, “I’ll walk there every working. I won’t 　7 to go by bus.”

She went to the office again and said to the manager: “I want to work here, but　 8 will you pay me every week?”

“we’ll pay you ￡27 every week now,” the manager said, “and ￡30 in three months.”

Rose thought for a minute 　9 she answered. Then she said, “All right, then I’ll　 10 in three months time.”

4.(　　 ) The writer has stopped smoking for _____.

　　　　 A. making his wife happy　　　　　　 B. his daughter’s health

　　　　 C. making the room clean　　　　　　 D. keeping the dog happy

3.(　　 ) The dog is easy to look after because _____.

A.　　 it doesn’t cry as often as his little daughter

B.　　 it is not very dirty

C.　　 there’s no need to wash clothes for it

D.　　 it eats more quickly than his daughter

2.(　　 ) How does the farmer know that his daughter happy with the dog?

　　　　 A. She sometime laughs.　　　　　 B. She wasn’t alone any longer.

　　　　 C. She often plays with the dog.　　 D. She laughs more than before.