One winter afternoon, a bear met a fox. The fox was carrying a fish. “    nice fish!” said the bear. “How did you catch it on    a cold winter day?” The fox didn’t want the bear to know the truth, so he said, “Go to the pool and cut a hole in the ice. Put your long tail in the pool. Then wait for the fish to bite. If you sit with your tail in the pool for a long time, you will catch a lot of fish. When you think you have caught enough fish,    your tail. Give a quick, strong pull.” “Thank you!” said the bear. “That    a funny way to catch fish, I’ll try.”

At the pool, the bear cut a hole in the ice. He    his tail in the waterhole. Then he waited for the fish. The water grew    . The bear’s tail grew colder, too. Finally he thought he had caught enough fish    supper. He tried to stand up and pull out his tail. The poor bear couldn’t stand up. The water in the pool    into ice. The bear gave a    pull. But only part of his tail came out. The long part was frozen in the ice.

All this happened long ago. But from that winter day, all bears have had very short    .

1.A. HowB. WhatC. How aD. What a

2.A. soB. suchC. veryD. quite

3.A. get outB. push outC. take outD. pull out

4.A. looksB. looks likeC. sounds likeD. sounds

5.A. putB. getC. tookD. brought

6.A. more colderB. much coldC. colder and colderD. very colder

7.A. inB. forC. haveD. eat

8.A. becomeB. changedC. gotD. turn

9.A. quicklyB. stronglyC. hardD. hardly

10.A. headsB. handsC. feetD. tails

—I can’t keep on studying. I have a stomachache.       —_______.

A. That’s bad.     B. I’m sorry to hear that.

C. All right.     D. It doesn’t matter.

This is the only thing _______ I can do for you.

A. whatB. whichC. that  D. who

——What did you say to your grandmother on the phone just now?

—— I asked her _______ .

A. if is she cooking for lunch

B. if she is cooking for lunch

C. what did she cook for lunch

D. what she cooked for lunch

I’m sorry I’m very busy now. If I ______ time, I ______ come to see you.

A. have, wouldB. had, will 

C. were, willD. have, will

___ weather it is! Let’s go for a picnic!

A .What fine  B. What  a bad

C.  How bad D. How a fine

He ________ for Beijing next week.

A. is leavingB. leave

C. leaves      D. left

Jim often gets up ________than his sister.

A. more earlyB. much early

C. more earlier D. much earlier

Don’t open your books, _______?

A. will youB. won’t you

C. do you  D. don’t you

—— Li Lei can speak French very well.

—— ________.

A. So he canB. So can he

C. So he does  D.  So he is