Mr and Mrs Black both work in a big factory. They hate their  41  because she is always borrowing things from them.

One evening Mr Black said to his wife, “The woman has  42  nearly everything we have. Almost every day she comes over.”

“You are quite right,” his wife was  43  , too, “and she’s never returned most of the things.”

Mr Black said, “I want to know why she can’t  44  the things needed, like everyone else.”

“Because we were too  45  to her.” She answered, “The next time when she asks to borrow something, I’ll say no.”

“It’s  46  to have a good reason for saying no,” Mr Black said, “and we must  47  to be polite to her.”

The next morning the bell  48 . Mrs Black knew their neighbor was coming to borrow something again, and she was ready to  49  her politely.

“Good morning.” the neighbor said. “Could I borrow your garden scissors(剪刀)?”

“I’m sorry,” Mrs Black said, “but I am  50  my husband and I will use them today. We’ll be spending all day working in the garden.”

“Oh, I see.” the neighbor said. “Well, may I borrow your golf clubs(高尔夫球棒)? I think you can’t use them if you’re working in the garden all day.”

41.	A. friend	B. neighbor	C. boss	D. workmate
42.	A. borrowed	B. caught	C. taken	D. brought
43.	A. happy	B. tired	C. worried	D. curious
44.	A. buy	B. get	C. return	D. stand
45.	A. bad	B. friendly	C. careful	D. rude
46.	A. popular	B. difficult	C. easy	D. important
47.	A. help	B. try	C. show	D. hope
48.	A. called	B. rang	C. heard	D. cried
49.	A. tell	B. meet	C. refuse	D. shout
50.	A. sure	B. glad	C. sad	D. afraid

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Mr and Mrs Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They    1    their car outside and went in. Mr Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was    2    not to drink too much,    3    his friends asked him to drink more    4   .       During the party, Mrs Moore found that she had    5    to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and     6    it for her. He    7    so, but on his way back to the hotel gate,he heard a car horn (喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought    8    might be in need of help and went over to the car with the    9   . He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.       When Mr Moore    10   the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to   11   that his story was   12  , he found that the car with the   13   in it had gone. There were so many   14   about Mr Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement (广告) in the newspaper; "If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel   15   the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…"       Two days later   16   Mrs Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (宠物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that   17   he had blown the horn.       Mrs Richards did not   18   to think there was anything   19   about that."Our bear likes blowing car horns," she said, "and we don't   20   when we are not driving the car."

(     )1. A. pulled     (     )2. A. polite     (     )3. A. whether    (     )4. A. all along  (     )5. A. learned    (     )6. A. buy        (     )7. A. said       (     )8. A. one       (     )9. A. noise      (     )10. A. was sent to (     )11. A. show       (     )12. A. interesting (     )13. A. horn       (     )14. A. laughs     (     )15. A. for        (     )16. A. the        (     )17. A. quickly    (     )18. A. mean       (     )19. A. useful     (     ) 20. A. agree

B. stayed           B. careful       B. until            B. once again     B. known         B. get              B. went          B. someone          B. voice           B. was seated at B. notice           B. correct      B. bear           B. shouts        B. at             B. a                B. completely    B. have             B. strange       B. like

C. left           C. glad         C. or             C. just then  C. remembered    C. send          C. did           C. his wife        C. cry              C. got rid of  C. require         C. true        C. bag            C. smiles        C. in             C. /               C. maybe        C. know            C. common       C. mind

D. hid               D. afraid           D. though               D. for ever       D. forgotten          D. return             D. thought            D. the bear          D. shout                  D. got back to   D. promise             D. exciting       D. driving-seat       D. calls            D. on                D. some               D. almost           D. seem               D. bad               D. worry