Once upon a time there were two good friends. One is a captain of a ship ,the other is a merchant (商人). The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor ，so the captain took him for voyages(航海) in his? ? ? . One day when the captain had come from a voyage with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron(鐵) had? ? ?? and suggested that he should buy some with his money. “I’ll ? ? ? it for you in my storehouse? ?  you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get? ? ? money．”

But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up very  ?  ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his  ?  friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had  ?  all the iron．

The captain knew that his friend was telling  ? ，but he stayed  ? ? and said，“I knew that you had problems with mice in your storehouse．”

After a few days，the captain started  ?   voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but  ? ? our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．”      

The merchant was very  ?  and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And? ? ? can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a judge ，who said，“The merchant must give the captain the money which he got when he  ?   the iron，and then the captain must bring the merchant’s son back to him. ”

1.A. car?????? ????????????? B. ship????????????? ??????? C. train??? ????????????? D. boat

2.A. fallen???? ????????????? B. changed??? ????????????? C. rised??? ????????????? D. widened

3.A. hide?????? ????????????? B. hold????? ????????????? ??? C. put?????? ????????????? D. keep

4.A. when???? ????????????? B. since????? ????????????? C.until????? ????????????? D. after

5.A. less?????? ????????????? B .many????? ????????????? C. more???? ????????????? D. little

6.A. slowly??? ????????????? B. expensive?? ????????????? C. cheap???? D. high

7.A. dishonest? ????????????? B. honest???? ????????????? C. real????? ????????????? D. former

8.A. eaten????? ????????????? B. sold????? ????????????? ??? C. drunk? ?? D. borrowed

9.A. lie??????? ????????????? B. a lie?????? ????????????? C. lay?????? ????????????? D. lying

10.A.friendly??? ????????????? B. quietly???? ????????????? C. calm???? ????????????? D. angry

11.A. the other?? ????????????? B. another??? ????????????? C. other???? ????????????? D. others

12.A. while???? B. after????? ????????????? ??? C. during??? ????????????? D. before

13.A. disappointed? B. puzzled?? ????????????? C. happy???? D. afraid

14.A. either???? B. neither???? ????????????? C. so?????? ????????????? D. yet

15.A. won????? B. lose????? ????????????? ??? C. bought??? ????????????? D. sold

I'm sorry to have you waiting so long for Marcia, and I'm afraid it'll be ten minutes             she comes back.

A. before   B. after   C. until

 Many people learn English from English movies. However, some people watch hundreds of     , they still have problems understanding what the actors say! The main reason for this is that they     watch it with the purpose(目的) of learning English.

           you want to learn English from English movies, you should follow the following steps(步驟)，or you may waste your time and learn      .

    Step 1:Watch a movie with Chinese subtitles(字幕) for the     time. Your eyes and ears should work all the time. And try to       the main idea of the movie.

Step 2: Watch it again, still with subtitles. But now try your best to look at    less often, and      as much as possible. Look at the subtitles       only when you really don’t understand.

Step 3: Watch it without subtitles. It sounds      , but after enough      during the first two steps, you’ll find it easier to watch movies in       .

But don’t go to the last step too quickly         it could make you feel bad. However, if you go to watch it when you’re ready, you may         that watching a movie in English is a piece of cake for      .

1.A. games        B. shows          C. plays              D. movies

2.A. should        B. might          C. don’t              D. could

3.A. If            B. After                              C. Before                         D. So

4.A. anything       B. nothing         C. everything          D. something

5.A. same         B. first            C. next              D. last

6.A. lose           B. forget          C. leave              D. get

7.A. them          B. it              C. the movie          D. your watch

8.A. listen          B. look           C. touch              D. plan

9.A. quietly         B. beautifully      C. quickly            D. seriously

10.A. easy          B. difficult        C. famous            D. unlucky

11.A. information    B. practice        C. discussion          D. culture

12.A. Chinese       B. Russian        C. America           D. English

13.A. because       B. although       C. after               D. so

14.A. look for       B. find           C. hope               D. choose

15.A. me           B. them          C. you                D. us

 We shouldn’t go to school _______breakfast. It’s bad for our health.

   A. with                                            B. after                                          C. without

Making friends is not easy. Sometimes it can take years      you become true friends with someone.

 A. before    B. after    C. because    D. Unless