49．A．after         B．away           C．before             D．out

48．A．understand  B．hear           C．stop                D．know

  47．A．riding       B．running        C．ride                 D．run

  46．A．look for           B．look after        C．find              D．find out

  45．A．while        B．when           C．minute            D．second

  44．A．inside       B．outside           C．in                   D．out of

  43．A．in          B．with                   C．from               D．of

  42．A．out of     B．out                    C．for            D．after

  41．A．ready for          B．prepare         C．to prepare       D．preparing

  40．一Where is Mike?

      一He______ a letter to his father in his room.

    A．writes                  B．wrote              C．is write            D．is writing

One afternoon，Benson Was reading the news papers and his mother was busy   41  lunch．in the kitchen．She ran  _42_ cooking oil and asked Benson to buy a bottle  43  the shop．

Benson decided to ride there．He left his bike   44   the shop before he went inside．Benson didn’t lock the bike as he was going to be away only for a short   45 ，When he came out of the shop a few minutes later, Benson couldn’t __46__ his bike．Just then he saw a man   _47   along the road．He found that was his bike. “That's my bike．Stop．” Benson shouted．The man didn’t   48   but rode away quickly．

   Benson ran after him but couldn’t catch up．A few boys who was playing nearby heard him shout mad ran  49   the thief. The thief became so frightened   50   he left the bike on the road and ran away．Benson was glad to get his bike back．