It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry，but there was not any meat in the house. Thinking that there was no   46  way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words   47  it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said, “  48  this to the butcher, and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”
  49  the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it   50 , recognized that it was   51  the lady’s handwriting and soon did   52  he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At midday, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave half a pound of meat     53 .
The next day, the dog came again just at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog   54  meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customer.
But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock. The butcher   55  puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? ”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words there.

先阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的首字母已给出。

Once I went shopping on my first visit to Macao. Coming from cold and cloudy England, I enjoyed the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt. Not having much c_____1. to enjoy the sun in England, my legs were very white. In England this is not a fashionable look at all . Most women spend every sunny day out t_____2. to get darker skin(皮肤). The darker the skin, the better the look. I have tried to get darker but nothing w____3. for me!

   As I walked around one shop, the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs all the time, talking q_____4.to each other in Chinese. I began to feel u____5.and  asked my friend if we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what was wrong . I c____6.about the shop assistants being very impolite . They must be talking about my white skin. My friend laughed. “They weren’t laughing at you. They were saying how nice your legs were. Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours. In fact, there are many beauty products(美容产品)  in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is s_____7. on them.”

   It just s____8. that we are never happy with what we have. The grass is much g______9.on the other side. If the women of the West and East thought the s_____10.way, Western women wouldn’t spend so much money on beauty products that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter.

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry，but there was not any meat in the house. Thinking that there was no   46  way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words   47  it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said, “  48  this to the butcher, and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”

  49  the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it   50 , recognized that it was   51  the lady’s handwriting and soon did   52  he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At midday, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave half a pound of meat     53 .

The next day, the dog came again just at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog   54  meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customer.

But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock. The butcher   55  puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? ”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words there.

One afternoon, in Paris, I took a trip to an art museum .I was looking forward to a quiet view(观赏) of some great paintings of excellent artists.

A young couple looking at the paintings in front of me were talking non-stop. I watched them a moment and found the woman was doing all the talking. In fact, I was surprised at the man for putting up with her long speech. Bored by their noise, I moved on. Each time I heard her voice, I moved away at once.

I was standing at the museum gift shop when the couple walked to the exit(出口).

“He’s a brave man ,” said the shop assistant. “Most of us would give up if we became blind at such a young age. But he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”

It explained the non-stop talk! A sudden sense of shame (愧疚感) came to my heart for what I was thinking just now. “But shat does he get out of the art?” I asked. The shop assistant answered, “His wife describes each painting so that he can see it in his head. ”

At that moment I realized what patience and love really mean. And I felt their love as I watched them walking away holding each other’s hands.

1.We can learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 that the writer ???? .

A.was a person with few words????????

B. was waiting for some artists

C. was looking for some great paintings??

D. wanted to enjoy great paintings quietly

2.How did the writer feel when hearing the woman’s talking at first?

A. Calm.??????? B. Bored.?????? C. Excited.?????? D. Happy.

3.The woman kept talking because ???? .

A. she preferred talking to listening

B. she was too excited to keep silent

C. she had to describe each painting to her husband

D. she liked to show how clever she was in front of others

4.What did the writer think of the woman at last?

A. She was noisy but brave.???????? B. She was patient and loving.

C. She was lonely and patient.?????? D. She was brave but lonely.

5.The passage mainly tells us???? .

A. what patience and love mean???? B. how we should treat a blind person

C. what a good art show is like????? D. how art changes our lives

Joe Brown had a shop. He sold(卖) meat in his shop. One Thursday a woman came into his shop at five to one. “I’m sorry I’m late,” she said. “I need some more meat for my dinner tonight.” Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the fridge and said, “This is＄6.50.” “That piece is too small.” the woman said, “haven’t you for anything bigger?” Joe went into the room behind his shop, put the piece of meat into the fridge, took it out of again and closed the door with lots of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said, “This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It’s ＄8.75.” “Good,” the woman said with a smile, “give me both of them.”
【小题1】When did the woman come to Joe’s shop?