阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

My friend Mr. Smith is a famous doctor and has a hospital. So he has enough money to ___   all over the world. And he’s been to a lot of places of interest. He likes to ____   _ children and has a lot of little friends. They often ask him to tell them all kinds of funny things he _____. It makes them happy and his room is always full of children when he’s free.

It was my little son’s seventh birthday yesterday. The boy wanted to invite  (邀请) his old friend Mr. Smith to the party. He ____   Mr. Smith for himself and tol d him about it. The doctor accepted his invitation ____   _. At half past seven the boy was waiting for his coming at the gate. ______ he saw his car, he ran towards him. Mr. Smith came on time, with a nice present in his hand. After dinner the children sat around the traveler and asked him to tell them some funny stories. Mr. Smith agreed and his stories made them ____   again and again. At last he told them the funniest story. He said, “Once I reached a city _____   _ a foggy(雾的)  day. The fog was the thickest in the world …”

“Please wait a ___   , Mr. Smith,” said my son. “it’s said that the fog in London is the thickest in the world.”

“You’re _____   , my clever boy,”  said the funny doctor. “The city had much fog that day …” “What was it, then?” the boy couldn’t wait to ask again.

“The fog was so thick that I couldn’t see it at all,” the funny doctor said with a smile.

1.A.work          B.fight      C.live        D.travel

2.A.wait for     B.look over   C.play with  D.look after

3.A.read          B.wrote      C.thought     D.saw

4.A.knew          B.caught     C.taught      D.called

5.A.sadly         B.happily    C.surprised   D.interested

6.A.as long as    B.as soon as  C.as far as   D.as well as

7.A.think        B.laugh       C.cry         D.fear

8.A.with          B.in          C.at         D.on

9.A.moment       B.day        C.week       D.year

10.A.sorry        B.sad         C.wrong      D.right

______ a long holiday early ?

A. Why not expect to take

B. Why not expect taking

C. Why don ’ t you to expect to take

D. Why don ’ t you expect taking

The furniture in the other shop will be ______, but ______.

A. cheaper; not as better

B. more cheaper; not as better

C. cheaper; not as good

D. more cheap; not as good

Hello, Tim. What gift ______ for Lily ’ s birthday?

A. you think  I should send her

B. you think should  I  send her

C. do you think should  I  send her

D. do you think  I  should send her

--- You can ’ t understand this  grammar , can you?

--- ______. How  I  wish to get some help from the teacher!

A. Yes,  I can             B. Yes,  I  can ’t

C. No,  I  can             D. No,  I  can ’ t

We hope you ______ your promise.

A. to keep   B. keeping   C. kept    D. keep

The price of books is ______ than before.

A. more expensive        B. very expensive

C. much higher           D. more  higher

--- Do you mind if  I  smoke here?

--- ______. You can go to smoke in the next door.

A. Yes, please           B. Never mind

C. You ’ d better not   D. Of course not

--- Why are you in such a hurry, Billy?

--- There ______ a TV show  “I  am a singer! ”  in ten minutes.

A. will have          B. will be

C. is going to have    D. are going to be

It will be bad for your health to eat ______ food and take ______ exercise.

A. fewer; more     B. more; less

C. little ; much   D. less; more