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I enjoy telling stories. To those parents and teachers who      telling children’s stories, I have an important       — tell your story seriously. No matter how silly you think it is, ________ it is good enough to tell, you should tell it seriously. You should tell the story ________ the attitude (态度) of the children towards it. Perhaps I can make it      by telling a story.

A few students of a class had prepared the story of “The Fisherman and His Wife”. The first girl felt that it was a silly story. She tried to tell it   ________ , but some parts of it ________ her feel ashamed. When she came to the words, “Oh, man of the sea, come, listen to me. For Alice, my wife …” she said them very ________  . The next time she came to the same words, she said them so fast and so low that they ________ be heard. And when she tried to repeat the words the last time, she could ________  go on.

Of course everybody laughed, but the flavor (意味) of the story was broken.

Now, it was Kate’s turn to tell the ________ story. Each of her rising and falling tones (声调) showed her   ________  attitude to the story. When she repeated the words, “Oh, man of the sea, come …”, the whole class could ________  the fisherman’s feeling.

Those words may   ________  silly, but they are important for expressing the fisherman’s feeling. If the person who tells the story thinks they are silly, ________  can see no flavor at all! So please tell your story seriously.

1.A. forget   B. finish     C. prefer          D. hate

2.A. mistake    B. trouble     C. decision        D. suggestion

3.A. so         B. until       C. if             D. although

4.A. in        B. with        C. about           D. without

5.A. clearer   B. louder     C. more important D. more successful

6.A. simply    B. well        C. badly           D. quietly

7.A. left       B. got        C. watched        D. made

8.A. slowly    B. easily     C. quickly         D. impolitely

9.A. need       B. needn’t    C. could           D. couldn’t

10.A. hardly    B. still       C. always          D. mostly

11.A. latest    B. oldest    C. same           D. different

12.A. negative  B. serious    C. general         D. strange

13.A. hide      B. change     C. invent          D. imagine

14.A. sound   B. taste       C. smell           D. feel

15.A. tellers   B. listeners  C. singers         D. Members

—I’ll be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat?

—Not at all. ________________.

A. I have no time.     B. I’d rather not.

C. I’d like it.      D. With pleasure.

—Do you know ____________? —Let me have a guess. Is that Ms Luo?

A. whom we can ask for help

B. who go with us

C. whose the bicycle belongs to

D. how to call the woman in white

Your parents care______ about your marks that you always feel stressed.

A. too much    B. much too    C. very much   D. so much

－Let’s go to see a film this weekend, can we go on Saturday or Sunday?

－_____ is OK, I’m not free at weekends.

A. Neither        B. Either         C. Every         D. Each

Spud _______ carry on practicing ______ give up so he could make an excellent player.

A. liked, better than   B. preferred, to

C. would rather, than   D. preferred, rather than

—How soon will Sam get his money back?  —__________. Better late than never!

A. Till next week          B. Until the next week

C. Not until next week      D. Not till the next week

You can trust Frank. We never doubt ______ he is honest.

A. weather      B. that      C. whether     D.if

Mozart had a amazing gift for art and his music is well worth ____________.

A. being listened   B. listen to

C. listening to     D. to listen

Peter does not like the shoes there because they are _______ too big _____ too small.

A. not only, but also    B. neither, nor

C. both, and             D. either, or