He (4) in bed and wondered what excuse（借口）he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find (5) wrong. A little headache? (6) . He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose（松动）. Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟） (7) he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would (8) ! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it. (9) of the toes was really hurting, Tom began to groan.

　　“What's (10) with you?”Aunt Polly asked.

　　“My toe hurts.”

　　The old lady fell into a chair, (11) a little.“Tom, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of (12) .”

　　Tom felt like a thief being caught.“Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much (13) I forgot my tooth.”

　　“Tooth, eh? What's wrong with your tooth?”

　　“One of them is loose and it hurts (14) .”

　　“No problem,”answered Aunt Polly.“I can pull it out.”

　　“Please, Auntie! Don't pull it out. It has (15) hurting now. Please!”

　　“No way! Well, you'll have your tooth out and you'll go to school?”

One morning a student was walking with his teacher when they noticed a pair of old shoes by the roadside．They   1   the shoes might belong to a poor man．In fact，the   2   of the shoes was working in a field nearby，and he had nearly   3   his work．

The student said to his teacher，“Let's play a trick on the man：we hide his shoes，and wait to see what he will do   4    he can’t find them．”

“My young friend，we should never have   5   by tricking others like that，”answered the teacher．“  6  ，1et’s put a   7   in each of the shoes．and watch what he will do．”

The student did so，and then they   8   nearby．

The man soon came back to get his   9  ，but when he slipped his foot into one of his shoes，he felt something    10   in it．He bent down and found the coin（硬币）．

___11    appeared on his face．He looked at the coin for a minute，and then   12  ，but nobody could be seen．He then went on to put on the other shoe，  13    he was even more surprised to find the   14    coin．

He then knelt down（跪下），looked up to heaven and said   15   aloud，in which he spoke of his wife，  16    and helpless，and his children without bread．

The student was deeply moved（感动的），and his eyes were filled with tears．“Now，”said the teacher，“you must be much more pleased than if you had played your   17  ．”

The boy replied，“You have taught me a lesson which I'll never   18   ．I feel now the truth of these words，which I didn’t    19    before：‘It is more blessed（神圣的）to   20    than to receive．’”

1．A．believed                 B．found                  C．decided                  D．thought

2．A．owner                   B．maker                  C．seller                     D．repairer

3．A．enjoyed                 B．changed               C．finished                  D．started

4．A．since                     B．when                   C．while                     D．until

5．A．lessons                  B．experience            C．fun                        D．games

6．A．Instead                  B．Generally             C．Afterwards             D．Maybe

7．A．stone                     B．coin                     C．sweet                    D．clip

8．A．hid                        B．stood                   C．worked                  D．rested

9．A．lunch                    B．coat                     C．drink                     D．shoes

10．A．terrible                 B．hot                      C．hard                             D．soft

11．A．Surprise               B．Fear                    C．Pity                       D．Courage

12．A．looked up             B．looked around       C．looked down          D．looked out

13．A．for                      B．so                        C．but                        D．or

14．A．strange                B．second                 C．interesting              D．lost

15．A．goodbye              B．yes                      C．hello                      D．thanks

16．A．homeless             B．lively                   C．careless                 D．sick

17．A．trick                    B．role                     C．game                     D．cards

18．A．learn                    B．take                     C．forget                    D．accept

19．A．hear                    B．understand           C．remember              D．write

20．A．work                   B．refuse                  C．advise                    D．give

The clock in the old building in front of Max showed six o'clock. As the clock began   1  , he noticed a tall man with a bag walking to him. 2 turned around, looked at the clock, and then moved his steps   3  . Max walked faster as well. Miss Fritz invited him for dinner. He didn't want to be  4 .

"I’m glad you can come," Miss Fritz said. "I've  5  a lovely cake for us. " She pointed Max to a chair. "Good thing I prepared just now. A surprise visitor just left. " "Who  6  you?" Max asked.

"A teacher  7 a school for the deaf. He was totally deaf （耳聋的）himself. What a poor man! But he could  8  the shape of my mouth perfectly. He wrote down   9   he wanted to tell me." "Why was he here?"

"Well, the   10  needs more money. I was glad to help out. I got    11   money from the bank so I was able to give him five hundred   12  ." "Did he just leave? Was he a   13  man with a bag?"

"Yes."

"We'd better 14  the police. I don't think that man is honest. I know for sure   15   was not totally deaf," How did Max find it out?

1.                A．to go           B．to work         C．to run    D．to ring

2.                A．Max           B．A teacher       C．The man  D．Miss Fritz

3.                A．farther         B．closer          C．slower    D．faster

4.                A．late            B．early           C．polite    D．tired

5.                A．passed         B．given           C．made D．sold

6.                A．helped         B．decided         C．visited    D．traveled

7.                A．by             B．behind         C．around   D．from

8.                A．fit             B．take           C．read D．find

9.                A．what           B．who           C．whom    D．which

10.               A．factory         B．school         C．police D．bank

11.               A．little           B．some          C．no   D．less

12.               A．chairs          B．bags           C．clocks     D．dollars

13.               A．fat            B．thin            C．tall   D．short

14.               A．beat           B．call            C．catch D．save

15.               A．I              B．it             C．he   D．she

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Tom woke up on Monday morning.  He felt   1 . He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a   2  week! He almost wished there were no week-ends.   3  was even more difficult for him to go back to school!

He   4  in bed and wondered what excuse（借口）he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find   5  wrong, A little headache?  6 . He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose（松动）. Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟）   7  he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would  8 ! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it.  9  of the toes was really hurting, Tom began to groan.

“What’s   10  with you?” Aunt Polly asked.

“My toe hurts.”

The old lady fell into a chair,   11  a little. “Tom, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of 12 .”

Tom felt like a thief being caught. “Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much   13  I forgot my tooth.”

“Tooth, eh? What’s wrong with your tooth?”

“One of them is loose and it hurts   14 .”

“No problem,” answered Aunt Polly. “I can pull it out.”

“Please, Auntie! Don’t pull it out. It has   15  hurting now. Please!”

“No way! Well, you’ll have your tooth out and you’ll go to school?