阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空。

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空。

The London Olympic Games is still a few months away. But in the US, kids had 1.___________ in a mini-Olympics competition.

Michelle Obama（米歇尔.奥巴马）, the First Lady of the US, held the games. Children played basketball 2._________ four-time gold medalist(金牌得主) Lisa Leslie. They 3.___________ played soccer and tennis with famous players. The 4._________ of the competition was to teach kids the Olympic spirit(精神).  “The most important thing is not to win, 5._________ to take part.” The First Lady said. How meaningful it is!

Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days.        he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard there. Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a        future.

When he was 25 years old, however, he began to be        his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months       , he found a new job in a big       . Workers in this company        traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to        it. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The        thing was that he couldn’t make any new friends. Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he        the company.

He was so        at that time that he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a         shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it! He made new friends every day and he        reading books. Three years later, he        the shop owner's daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three        and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.

“Life is wonderful,” he told me. “The most        thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”

1.A. While                           B. When                     C. Until                                 D. If

2.A. bad                         B. bright                       C. coming                            D. interesting

3.A. tired of                         B. crazy about                      C. interested in          D. afraid of

4.A. ago                          B. before                     C. later                                 D. afterwards

5.A. factory                          B. shop                                  C. school                               D. company

6.A. hardly                          B. usually                             C. seldom                            D. never

7.A. like                           B. prefer                                C. hate                                  D. practise

8.A. worst                   B. happiest                           C. best                                   D. strangest

9.A. reached                        B. called                                C. left                                    D. started

10.A. happy                        B. energetic                       C. rich                                 D. poor

11.A. cloth                           B. fruit                                 C. book                      D. dress

12.A. enjoyed                B. finished                    C. began                               D. forgot

13.A. married                    B. knew                     C. met                                 D. visited

14.A. sisters                        B. brothers                      C. cousins                            D. children

15.A. difficult             B. important                         C. amazing                            D. Boring

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16. I heard someone __________ (sing) in the next room just now.

17. My little sister wants to get __________(marry) with the rich man.

18. He is writing a composition __________ (careful).

19. __________ (not come) here in winter. It is very cold.

20. There might be 35,000 Asian elephants __________ (leave) in the wild.

21. The difficulty is to stop people ___________(kill) them.

22. Luxun was one of __________ (great) Chinese writers of the 20th century.

23. The __________（surprise）thing was to hear how many animals are in danger.

24. Let’s find out what we can do __________ (save) the animals in danger.

25. I want to know how _________ (get) to Dongchang’an Jie.