阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C或者D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

（一）

Our dog Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep！ Many of them were to bears， lambs and ducks. We never could ___1___ the owners.

One day Dad was ___2___ the paper， “Listen to this， everybody，” he said.

“To the person who took a Teddy bear from a childs wagon[手推車]-please bring back the toy bear. Our two-year-old son is very ___3___.”

“Zip has been ___4___ again，” said Anita.

“Yes，” said Dad. “Well， the paper gives the ___5___. This time I can take back Zip ___6___.”“Do you think it ___7___ to do that？” Mom asked. “If you tell about Zip， who will believe you？”

“I will ___8___ until dark. Then Ill just put the Teddy bear at the front door and walk away. ___9___ will see me.”

Dads idea ___10___ worked. He put Teddy at the gate. He turned to walk away and knocked into a chair！ Dad started to ___11___. But he didnt get very far. The gate lights came on. A man threw open the door. “___12___ is going on here？” he called out.

Dad didnt even try to ___13___. He just wanted to get away. Then the man saw ___14___.

He shouted after dad. “How ___15___ can you get！” he said， “Taking toys from babies！”

（     ）1.A. pay  B. agree  C. find  D. choose

（     ）2.A. buying  B. reading  C. writing  D. sending

（     ）3.A. sad  B. surprised  C. happy  D. afraid

（     ）4.A. busy B. lazy C. sorry  D. worried

（     ）5.A. picture B. story  C. address  D. time

（     ）6.A. food  B. name  C. idea  D. present

（     ）7.A. wrong  B. clever  C. dangerous  D. free

（     ）8.A. speak  B. wait  C. watch  D. think

（     ）9.A. Someone  B. Everyone  C. No one  D. Anyone

（     ）10.A. never  B. always  C. already  D. almost

（     ）11.A. speak  B. drive  C. run  D. cry

（     ）12.A. What  B. Who  C. How  D. Which

（     ）13.A. help  B. answer C. listen  D. knock

（     ）14.A.the bear  B. Zip  C. nothing  D. the baby

（     ）15.A. angry  B. kind  C. bad  D. sorry

（二）

The bell rang loudly. Everybody packed their schoolbags and got ready to go home. When the ___1___ dismissed the children， ___2___ lined up in two rows and walked orderly to the school gate.

Usually Davids ___3___ would fetch him home from school but today she was not there. David waited for 15 minutes ___4___ he walked home.

When he reached home， he knocked on the ___5___ as he did not bring his keys. Surprisingly， no on answered the door. David ___6___ his mother was in the toilet so he waited  patiently for his mother. After a few minutes there was ___7___ no response[回答]. Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to ___8___ the keys， he heard the ___9___ voice of his neighbour， John.

David told him that no one was at home and Johns mother suggested that David ___10___ in their house till his mother came back. David and John played __11___ till evening when Davids mother came back.

David ___12____ John and his family before he went back into his house. Davids mother ___13___ David that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. ___14___ this experience， David learnt an important ___15___， “Neighbours are people who help each other.”

（     ）1.A. teacher  B. nurse  C. worker  D. farmer

（     ）2.A. he  B. they  C. she  D. we

（     ）3.A. father  B. neighbour C. mother D. doctor

（     ）4.A. before B. after  C. when  D. while

（     ）5.A. window  B. floor  C. wall  D. door

（     ）6.A. hoped  B. thought  C. said  D. preferred

（     ）7.A. almost  B. already  C. still  D. always

（     ）8.A. get  B. make  C. find  D. buy

（     ）9.A. friendly  B. angry C. lazy  D. unhappy

（     ）10.A. sit  B. stay  C. come  D. drop

（     ）11.A. carefully  B. quickly  C. easily  D. happily

（     ）12.A. called  B. loved  C. thanked  D. visited

（     ）13.A. told  B. answered  C. asked  D. kissed

（     ）14.A. From  B. About  C. To  D. Of

（     ）15.A. word  B. lesson  C. sentence  D. saying

（三）

Mr White is a member of his office. Hes ___1___ and can easily deal with all kinds of matters. So hes always ___2___ more than his workmates. Of course hes often ___3___ and has no time to do the housework. His wife ___4___ him well and does all at home.

___5___ ！ their daughter was hurt in a traffic accident last month and had to be ___6___. Now Mrs. White to look after her there ___7___ she cant go home. Mr. White often eats something in the restaurant. As he ___8____ did some cleaning， the rooms were all disorderly[零亂不堪].

Yesterday morning， before Mr. White got up， the telephone ___9___. He sat up to answer it. His friend told him to ___10___ an important telephone number down. But he could find ___11___ a piece of paper. He found there was much dust[灰尘] on the table and wrote the number on it. But soon he ___12___ it and went to work. Two hours later ___13___ came back and looked for a sweater for her daughter. Her husband came in while she was ___14___ the table. He couldnt ___15___ the number on the table and called out angrily， “Who let you clean the table？”

（     ）1.A. important  B. strong  C. good  D. able

（     ）2.A. helped  B. thought  C. paid  D. asked

（     ）3.A. busy  B. quiet  C. lazy  D. happy

（     ）4.A. sees  B. knows  C. misses  D. takes care of

（     ）5.A. Well  B. Once  C. Whats more D. Bad luck

（     ）6.A. in hospital  B. outside  C. in bed  D. in time

（     ）7.A. but  B. or  C. while  D. and

（     ）8.A. not  B. never  C. almost  D. often

（     ）9.A. shouted  B. spoke  C. rang  D. called

（     ）10.A. write  B. remember  C. understand  D. use

（     ）11.A. either a pen or  B. neither a pen nor

C. both a pen and  D. not only a pen but

（     ）12.A. forgot B. read  C. took  D. threw

（     ）13.A. he  B. his friend  C. his wife  D. his daughter

（     ）14.A. brushing  B. walking in  C. leaving  D. cleaning

（     ）15.A. find out  B. listen to  C. see  D. write

（四）

Bill loved to scube dive. He loved to be in the ___1___ water. He loved to watch the beautiful plants and ___2___.

One Saturday afternoon Bill was scuba diving near the Florida coast[海濱]. He was ___3___ some beautiful fish. Suddenly， the water pulled ___4___ down. Bill tried to swim up， but he failed.

Bill looked down and ___5___ a huge pipe[管道]. It was about 16 feet across[直径]. The pipe was ___6___ the sea floor. The water was pulling Bill into the pipe. Again， Bill tried to swim up， again， he failed.

A few moments later， Bill was inside the pipe. The water was ___7___ pulling him. Whre was he going？ What was at the end of the pipe？

Then Bill remembered： There ___8___ a big factory nearby. The pipe went straight to the factory. Bill ___9___ there was probably a pump[抽水机]at the end of the pipe. Then he felt afraid.

For four long minutes， Bill was in the pipe. He could see ___10___. Everything was black. Then Bill saw something blue. ___11___ was it？ It was blue sky！ Bill was out of the ___12___ ！ he was in a pool of water at the factory.

___13___， there was no pump at the end of the pipe. There was only a pool of water.

A worker at the factory ___14___ Bill out of the water. Bill had a few cuts on his legs and arms， ___15___ he was not really hurt.

（     ）1.A. hot  B. cold  C. deep  D. clear

（     ）2.A. flowers  B. fish  C. trees  D. birds

（     ）3.A. looking at  B. looking after

C. looking over  D.looking up

（     ）4.A. the fish  B. him  C. the plants  D. her

（     ）5.A. sees  B. saw  C. seeing  D. to see

（     ）6.A. to  B. on  C. at  D. under

（     ）7.A. still  B. even  C. only  D. also

（     ）8.A. is  B. were  C. are  D. was

（     ）9.A. asked  B. found  C. believed  D. thought

（     ）10.A. anything  B. something

C. nothing  D. everything

（     ）11.A. When  B. Where  C. What  D. How

（     ）12.A. house  B. factory  C. water  D. pipe

（     ）13.A. Luckily  B. Unluckily

C. Surprisingly  D. Badly

（     ）14.A. put  B. pressed  C. pulled  D. pushed

（     ）15.A. and    B. or  C. but  D. so

（五）

Mr. Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars were new Beta400s， ___1___ most of them were yellow. Mr. Perkin always ____2___ ta same clothes as other men， ate the same ___3___ as other people，and did the same things after work， and ____4___ the end of the week， Mr. Perkin did not like to be ____5___.

The following week， Mr. Perkin bought a new， bright， yellow Beta 400. He was very ___6___ with it， and drove to work in it ___7___ the next day. He was even more pleased with his new car， when he ___8___ all the other Beta 400s， in front， behind， and on ___9___ sides of it.

Mr Perkin parked his car in a big car-park near his office， and walked the ___10___ of the way. But when he came back at five oclock there were ___11___ many bright yellow Beta400s in the car-park that Mr Perkin did not know ___12___ car was his. He tried his ___13___ in some of the cars， but people passing by ___14___ him a look that he did not like. So he stopped.

___15___ Mr Perkin had to wait for nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta 400 in the car-park.

（     ）1.A. but  B. and  C. or  D. because

（     ）2.A. wore  B. dressed  C. put  D. joined

（     ）3.A. drink  B. apple  C. food  D. meal

（     ）4.A. at  B. on  C. to  D. with

（     ）5.A. free  B. busy  C. same  D. different

（     ）6.A. angry  B. pleased  C. strict  D. fine

（     ）7.A. nearly  B. rather  C. just  D. very

（     ）8.A. saw  B. sold  C. bought  D. heard

（     ）9.A. each  B. both  C. either  D. neither

（     ）10.A. other  B. longest  C. last  D. rest

（     ）11.A. such  B. so  C. too  D. as

（     ）12.A. where  B. that  C. which  D. whose

（     ）13.A. key  B. hand  C. best  D. way

（     ）14.A. had  B. made  C. gave  D. asked

（     ）15.A. Grateful  B. Clever  C. Rich  D. Poor