Question

An old man⁽¹⁾      on Maple Lane. None of his neighbours know much about him. They wonder why

he⁽²⁾     leaves his home, why he keeps his lights off at night, and why he often yells (大喊)at children to be quiet when they are playing outside his house. Children are⁽³⁾     him. When they walk ⁽⁴⁾     his house, they stop talking and laughing, and walk very quickly. All his neighbours think he is ⁽⁵⁾     and unkind. Only one person on Maple   Lane understands the old man. That is Maria. Maria lives⁽⁶⁾     door to the old man. She⁽⁷⁾     be afraid of the old man too, until one day she looked out of her window and saw him feeding a little bird in his garden. Then, she understood the old man is a bird lover and a birdwatcher. He rarely leaves his home so that he can always watch the birds that fly past his window. He keeps his lights ⁽⁸⁾     so that he can see the birds very clearly through his binoculars. He yells at children to be quiet because he does not want them to⁽⁹⁾     the birds. Only Maria understands birds are the^（10)     thing to the old man.

(   ) 1. A. live      B. lived      C. has lived      D. lives

(   ) 2. A. rarely      B. sometimes    C. often    D. likely

(   ) 3. A. afraid to      B. afraid of      C. afraid for  D. afraid from

(   ) 4. A. pass      B. across      C. past      D. crossed

(   ) 5. A. strange      B. stranger      C. strangely   D. strangest

(   ) 6. A. side      B. beside      C. behind      D. next

(   ) 7. A. was      B. once      C. used to      D. has

(   ) 8. A. in      B. off      C. on      D. around

(   ) 9. A. attack      B. hurt      C. frighten      D. shake

(   ) 10. A. most good       B. most happy  C. most lovely  D. most important

Answer 1

1-5 DABCA   6-10 DCBCD