“Wanted: Violin. Can’t pay much. Call…”

         That advertisement in the newspaper made me remember my childhood. I, too, had wanted a violin, but we didn’t have the money. Even though times were   16  , I couldn’t wait any longer to ask. “Daddy, may I have a violin of   17  ?” Daddy’s face looked   18  . But a few weeks later, Daddy went home, with a case in his hand,   19  ,“Mary, I found this secondhand violin for seven dollars.”

         The day when I carried my violin to school for my first lesson , no one could know how   20   I was. I practiced, joined the school orchestra(管弦乐队), gave performances……Several years seemed to run even quickly and I found myself in the first violin chair. More years   21  , and my violin made every move with me, until one day, I carefully   22   it away.

         Now here   23   this want advertisement, I discovered the case deep in my closet（储藏室）. I put it on the table. Then I picked up the   24  , walked to the telephone and called by the   25 .

         Later in the day, a man of about 30 knocked at the door. “I’ve been expecting someone would  26  my advertisement. My daughter wants a violin so  27 ,”he said, examining my violin. “How much are you asking?”

         I said, “Seven dollars.” “Are you sure?” he asked,   28   he did not believe his ears. “Seven dollars.” I   29   and then added,” I hope your little girl will enjoy it   30   I did.”

I smiled, but I found my tears(眼泪) rolling down my face.

1.A. easy                             B. hard                                 C. late                                  D. long

2. A. my                               B. mine                                C. myself                             D. me

3.A. angry                           B. happy                              C. sad                                   D. funny

4.A. answering                  B. saying                             C. asking                             D. telling

5.A. surprised                    B. excited                            C. interested             D. embarrassed

6. A. past                   B. was passed                    C. passing                      D. passed

7.A. carried                         B. put                                   C. took                                 D. threw

8.A. about                           B. by                                     C. in                                      D. for

9.A. advertisement          B. violin                                C. case                        D. newspaper

10. A. date                          B. name                               C. number                           D. address

11.A. offer                                    B. answer                                     C. receive                            D. find

12.A. badly                          B. easily                               C. quickly                   D. luckily

13. A. though                     B. when                               C. as if                                  D. until

14. A. repeated                          B. continued                       C. reminded              D. suggested

15.A. which                         B. when                               C. what                                D. as

 The policeman supposed             .

  A. whether the victim had rung the doorbell

  B. he would come to get the money in the rubbish bin.

  C. when did the witness see the murder

  D. that how the man ran out of the dark house

 ―Look, Linda’s been back from the teacher’s office.

   ―She looks sad. Please don't ask her anything           she tells you about it.

  A. after                                  B. since                             C. while                              D. until

 ―           is the nearest theme park from here?

   ―It will take us half an hour to get there by bike.

  A. How long                   B. How soon                       C. How far                           D. How much

The woman always says a bad word about others.        her workmates       her child dislikes to make friends with her.

  A. Either; or                             B. Neither; nor                C. Both; and              D. Not only; but also

 The little girl preferred       hours solving the problem to      others’ answer.

  A. to spend; copying                                                            B. spending; copying

  C. spending; copy                                                                 D. to spend; copy

The old lady is        seriously ill        we can’t tell her about the death of his son.

  A. very; that                            B. too; to                             C. so; that                           D. such; that

 We can raise more money for the disaster area Yu Shu if the clothes here            well.

  A. sell                                     B. are sold                           C. will sell                            D. will be sold

She           her sick dog for two whole days, and she found it in the animal center at last.

  A. looked after                        B. looked over                    C. looked for                       D. looked up

Bob did everything     than the other three students. Our teacher chose him to be our monitor.

  A. much careful                                                                    B. much carefully             

  C. much more careful                                                          D. much more carefully