Mrs. Jack was always 41 lots of time and money in 42 the shopping.
　 It was winter, Mrs. Jack wanted to do a lot of shopping, she waited 43 it was Saturday when her husband was 44 , and she 45 him to the shops with her and 46 for everything. They went to a lot of shops and supermarkets, and Mrs. Jack 47 a lot of things, and Mr. Jack certainly had to 48 all these things. Mrs. Jack often 49 and said, "Look, Joe! 　50 that beautiful!
He then answered, "All right, dear. How 51 is it? " and took his money out to pay for it.
It was dark when they came out of the last 52 and Mr. Jack was so 53 that he didn't stop 　54 about those things. Suddenly his wife looked up and said, "Look at that beautiful moon, Joe!" Without 55 , Mr. Jack answered, "All right, dear, How much is it?"
(　 ) 41. A. spent　 B. spending　 C. spend　 D. to spend
(　 ) 42. A. do　　 B. doing　　 C. does　　 D. did
(　 ) 43. A. for　　 B. when　 C. until　　　 D. because
(　 ) 44. A. busy　 B. working　 C. free　 D. out
(　 ) 45. A. took　 B. brought　 C. let　　　 D. showed
(　 ) 46. A. sold　 B. bought　 C. saw　　 D. paid
(　 ) 47. A. sold　　 B. carried　 C. bought　 D. paid
(　 ) 48. A. give　　 B. catch　　 C. find　　　 D. carry
(　 ) 49. A. stopped　 B. asked　 C. went　　 D. walked
(　 ) 50. A. isn't　　 B. doesn't　 C. aren't　　 D. don't
(　 ) 51. A. many　　 B. much　 C . beautiful　 D. dear
(　 ) 52. A. money　　 B. cinema　 C. shop　　 D. hour
(　 ) 53. A. tired　　　 B. sad　　 C. happy　　 D. sorry
(　 ) 54. A. to think　 B. thinking　 C. thought　 D. think
(　 ) 55. A. to think　 B. thinking　 C. think　 D. thought

　

  I started learning to play pipa at the age of four. At that time,

I was really   46   of pipa because the four strings always cut my

fingers. The cuts were not deep   47   they were long, and they

really hurt ! So my parents bought me a roll of tape to protect the

  48   of my left hand.

      After a few days, however, I   49    the tape! When my

mother found out the reason, she said   50   and bought a new roll

of tape.

      I had only used the second roll for a few weeks   51  I lost it again! "You should try to play pipa without tape," my father said to me. But I cried and   52 another roll. My father agree and bought me another new roll.

     After a few months, I lost the third roll! Then the   53   , and then the fifth  After this

happened eight times, my mother got really   54  !

      "I won't buy you any more tape," she said to me. " Now you have to play pipa without tape

You must   55   it is carelessness that hurts your fingers!"

46. A. fond                     B. afraid                  C. proud

47. A. but                  B. and                      C. then

48. A. arms              B. ears                         C. fingers

49. A. sold                 B. lost                       C. bought

50. A. nothing              B. anything                      C. something

51. A. until                B. after                         C. before

52. A. asked for            B. worried about          C. thought of

53. A. third                B. fourth                      C. fifth

54. A. happy                B. excited                   C. angry

55. A. expect             B. forget                       C. remember

Ted worked in a factory in a bit town. He liked    51    very much, and was very good at it. Whenever he was free, he    52    to the small river behind the factory and tried to catch some fish,       53    there were very few there, because the river was    54   . Then one summer, he went to a town by the sea    55    his holidays and stayed at a small cheap    56   .

“I’ve never fished in the sea before,” he thought. He was    57    that it would be rather different from fishing in the rivers. So he asked the owner of the hotel to tell him    58    to fish in the sea.

On the first day, he caught a lot of fish and was very    59    . He went back to the hotel where he stayed. He    60    all the fish and asked all the guests (客人) to eat with him. The guests enjoyed it very much. Ted had a good time during his holidays.

(   ) 51. A. swimming                            B. boating                            C. fishing

(   ) 52. A. had to go                       B. would go                         C. didn’t go

(   ) 53. A. but                                B. and                                 C. so

(   ) 54. A. clean                             B. wide                               C. polluted

(   ) 55. A. before                           B. for                                  C. after

(   ) 56. A. hotel                             B. building                           C. restaurant

(   ) 57. A. happy                            B. satisfied                           C. afraid

(   ) 58. A. why                              B. how                                C. what

(   ) 59. A. sad                               B. angry                              C. happy

(   ) 60. A. sold                              B. bought                                C. cooked

—Where is your dictionary, John?

  —Oh, I _______ it to David yesterday. He’ll return it tomorrow.

A. sold                 B. showed           C. lent         D. borrowed

 

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you       today wasn’t made until the Qin Dynasty. They spent most of the important       work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to      words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary（牛津字典）. The        for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor（編者）of its new dictionary. Murray had never been to      . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in bank.       he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job. Murray had a small house       in  his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and      in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years but after five year, he was       adding（增加）words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary       he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

1.A. use        B. write           C. copy          D. miss

2.A. easy      B. boring          C. early          D. dangerous

3.A. spell      B. invent          C. collect         D. make

4.A. way       B. idea            C. use           D. prize

5.A. school    B. cinema         C. village        D. collage

6.A. Later      B. Longer before   C. So far        D. Ever since

7.A. sold      B. built           C. broken       D. drawn

8.A. read     B. wrote           C. worked       D. thought

9.A. already  B. still            C. usually        D. always

10.A. if      B. because         C. until         D. since