1. The children were ________ because they didn't get Christmas presents. (happy) 　　
2. How can you make yourself ________ if you cannot express yourself clearly. (understand) 　　
3. December is the ________ month of the year. (twelve) 　　
4. The doctor's ________ made all of them sad. (dead) 　　
5. I think this dictionary is ________ for your study. (help) 　　
6. After a day's walk, she felt so tired that she couldn't go ________. (far) 　
7. Which river is the second ________ river in the world? (long) 　　
8. It is a ________ for me to stay with you. (please) 　　
9. They don't know why you talked to them so ________. (angry) 　　
10. Someday you'll find a foreign language a bridge to a lot of ________. (know)

      Sam is a strong man. He likes sports and isn't often ill. One Sunday he went to visit a place of
interest outside the city. On his way home, something was wrong with his motorbike and he had to
mend it himself. Suddenly it began to blow and the clouds were flying one after another in the sky.
Soon it began to rain heavily. He couldn't find any houses around and had stand under a tree.
       When the rain stopped, his clothes were wet through.He felt very cold, and he caught a bad cold
when he got home. He went to see a doctor at once. The man looked him over carefully and told him
to be in hospital. He stayed there for about one week. He felt very terrible. He wanted to go out for a
walk, but the doctor didn't let him do so. When he got a little better, the nurse told him to walk in the
ward(病房).
       One day there was nobody in the ward except him, he went out. It was warm that day. The sun
was shining and there were a lot of flowers in the hospital. Sam was very happy. Half an hour later he
was tired. He went to a garden, and sat on a chair. There was an old woman not far from him. She was
reading a newspaper.
       He came up to her and said,"Could you tell me what the date is today, Granny?"
       "I'm sorry I didn't know." answered the old woman.
       "What day is it today, then?"
       "I don't know, either." 
       "May I read the newspaper?" 
       "It's no use for you." said the old woman," It's yesterday's paper!"

1. How did Same go to the place of interest? 
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2. Why did Sam have a bad cold?
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3. What did Sam hope to do? 
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4. Why did Sam go out? 
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5. Why did Sam want to read the newspaper? 
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