A wise gentleman retired and bought a modest home near   junior high school. He    the first few weeks of his retirement   peace and satisfaction. Then a new school year began.The very next afternoon three young boys, full of youthful, after-school enthusiasm, came down his   ，beating happily on every trash can they   ．The noise continued day after day,   finally the wise old man decided it was time to take some   .

The next afternoon, he walked out to       the young boys as they banged their way down the street.   them, he said, "    kids are a lot of fun. I like to see you   your happiness like that. I used to do the same thing when I was your age. Will you do me a favor? I'll give you each a dollar if you'll promise to come around every day and do your thing，

The kids were    and continued to do their job on the trash cans. After a few days, the old man greeted the kids again,    this time he had a sad smile on his face. "I lost a lot of money in the stock market," he told them. "    , I'll only be able to pay you 50 cents to beat on the cans." The troublemakers were    displeased, but they did accept his offer and continued the afternoon    

A few days later, the old man approached them again as they went their way down the street. "Look," he said, "I haven’t received my Social Security check yet,    I'm not going to be able to give you more than 25 cents. Will that be okay?"

"A quarter?” the leader exclaimed．"If you think we are going to    our time beating these cans around    a quarter, you are crazy！No way，mister. We quit！"And the old man enjoyed    for the rest of his days.

1.A. the     B. a C. an D. /

2.A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost

3.A. for B. with C. in D. at

4.A. house B. street C. way D. school

5.A. made B. found C. knew D. met

6.A. until B. when C. since D. because

7.A. methods B. time C. action D. place

8.A. hear B. meet C. notice D. please

9.A. Inviting B. Calling C. Visiting D . Stopping

10.A. Your B. You C. Yours D. My

11.A. express B. use C. produce D. like

12.A. surprised B. excited C. interested D. satisfied

13.A. but B. just C. thus D. as

14.A.From now on B.Since then C.In the meantime D.In no time

15.A. merely B. obviously C. hardly D. eventually

16.A. shouting B. sound C. voice D. noise

17.A. instead B. also C. now D. so

18.A. use B. find C. waste D. take

19.A. in B. for C. within D. on

20.A. peace B. noise C. happiness D. suffering

一How do you like the book?

一Wonderful, and I as well as most of my classmates＿＿＿quite interested in it.

A. are      B. were

C. has been D. am

The experiment can’t have been completed in such a short time,＿＿＿？

A. can it B. was it

C. has it D. is it

Don't you understand the fact, my dear daughter,＿＿＿he is interested in is nothing but your model？

A. that       B.which

C. that what  D. what that

I don't want any of the three books because I find＿＿＿of them useful for my study.

A. nothing B. no one

C. neither D. none

Thanks a lot. But for your text message, I＿＿＿my ID card at home this morning.

A. would leave     B. might forget

C. would have left D. should have forgotten

Talented＿＿＿he is, he is not yet ready to turn professional.

A. although B. while

C. as       D. before

Excuse me. Is there any hotel around＿＿＿I can stay at for a night?

A. which  B. where

C. that  D.hat

There＿＿＿so many careless mistakes in his writing, Tom was told to write another passage carefully.

A. to be    B. were

C. had been D. being

Much to his disappointment, what he had devoted himself to＿＿＿in nothing but failure.

A. resulting     B. was resulted

C. has resulted D. resulted