(1)
A very new, yung officer was at a railway station. He was on his way to visit his mother in 1 town. He wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train, 2 she could meet him at the 3 in her car. He looked at all his pockets, but 4 that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went on and looked 5 for someone to help him. At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, “Can you change the money 6 me?”
“Wait a moment,” the soldier 7 , and he began to put his hand in his 8 “I’ll see whether I can help you.”
“Don’t you know how to speak to an officer?” the young officer said angrily “Now let’s 9 again, Can you change the money for me?”
“No, sir,” the old soldier answered 10 .
1.A.other
B.the other
C.another
D.one
2.A.so
B.so that
C.because
D.when
3.A.place
B.station
C.street
D.stop
4.A.knew
B.thought
C.found
D.found out
5.A.up
B.down
C.around
D.into
6.A.to
B.with
C.for
D.and
7.A.answered
B.spoke
C.told
D.smiled
8.A.coat
B.handbag
C.wallet
D.pocket
9.A.start
B.to begin
C.doing
D.ask
10.A.easily
B.fast
C.happily
D.quickly
(2)
One of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous films was “The Gold Rush” The film was set in California in the middle of the 1 century. At that time, gold was discovered in California and thousands of people 2 there to look for gold, so it became 3 as “the gold rush” People said gold could 4 be picked up by washing sand from the river in a pan of water. This was known as “panning for gold”
In the film, Chaplin and his friend are in California. So far, they have been 5 in their search for gold and have no money at all. They 6 in a snow storm in a small wooden house. They have 7 They are so hungry that they 8 a pair of shoes, by boiling them in a pan of water. Chaplin sits down 9 the table and eats the shoe. He makes it seem as if this is one of the 10 meals that he has ever enjoyed.
1.A.nineteen
B.ninetieth
C.nineteenth
D.ninth
2.A.went
B.left
C.climb
D.found
3.A.famous
B.known
C.wonderful
D.great
4.A.hard
B.easily
C.difficulty
D.slowly
5.A.unhappy
B.unsuccessfully
C.unlucky
D.unluckily
6.A.have got
B.meet
C.are caught
D.live
7.A.a little food
B.some water
C.nothing
D.nothing to eat
8.A.wear
B.cook
C.make
D.mend
9.A.at
B.by
C.near
D.beside
10.A.biggest
B.dearest
C.cheapest
D.most delicious
(3)
Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three ye |