According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge and told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”
The thief was afraid of being found out, and so he cut an inch off his stick. The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison.
1.The judge gave each man a stick _______.
A. to change back the farmer’s corn
B. to beat the thief
C. as a tool to find out the thief
D. so as to play a game together
2.Since the thief cut the stick short, ________.
A. he was found out
B. the judge couldn’t catch him
C. his stick had an equal length with the others’
D. his stick wouldn’t be any longer
3.The wise way the judge found out the thief in the end was to make ______.
A. the thief cut the stick off
B. the thief cut an inch off the stick
C. the stick grow an inch longer
D. the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter
An old friend from abroad（国外）__16__ I wanted to stay with telephoned me from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still in the __17__, but I had done something to get ready for his coming. After explaining where my new room was, I told him __18__ I had left the key under the doormat（门垫）. __19__ I would be home rather __20_, I asked him to go into the kitchen and __21__ himself to some food and drink.
Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the __22__. At the moment, he said __23__ was __24__ the radio __25__ having a truly wonderful meal. He had cooked two eggs and helped himself __26__ some __27__ chicken from the refrigerator. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of milk __28__ he hoped I would __29__ him. When I asked him if he had __30__ the room without __31__, he answered that he had __32_ been able to find the key under the doormat. As the living-room window just __33__ the apple tree had been left _34__, he had climbed in. I listened to all this in __35__. There in no apple tree in front of my living-room. There is one in front of my neighbor’s.
1.A. what B. as C. which D. whom
2.A. room B. office C. station D. airport
3.A. that B. where C. why D. how
4.A. For B. When C. So D. As
5.A. late B. soon C. on time D. early
6.A. eat B. help C. cook D. make
7.A. airport B. station C. bus stop D. living-room
8.A. I B. he C. she D. my boss
9.A. repairing B. buying C. listening to D. hearing
10.A. after B. before C. as D. while
11.A. to B. with C. for D. from
12.A. cold B. hot C. new D. warm
13.A. and B. but C. because D. though
14.A. help B. see C. join D. join in
15.A. got B. arrived C. reached D. came
16.A. joy B. regret C. thinking D. difficulty
17.A. also B. always C. not D. none
18.A. in front of B. near C. far away from D. around
19.A. open B. dirty C. closed D. shut
20.A. silence B. surprise C. the room D. the office
After working for two hours, I found impossible to complete the paper in time.
A. me B. this C. that D. it
Although ________ to stop, he kept on working
A. tell B. telling C. having told D. told
Was_______ John’s quick action and knowledge of first aid ________ saved her life?
A. it, which B. that, what C. it, that D. it,/
Only after you have reached eighteen _______ the army.
A．you can join B．can you join
C．you can join in D．can you join in
