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A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After ________ weeks the editor________ the story to her. The lady was ________ . She wrote back to the editor: “Dear Sir. Yesterday
you sent back a story of mine. ________ do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it.
________ I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18,19 and 20. This was a ________to see if you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were________ pasted together. Is this the ________ you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back: “Dear Madam, when I have an egg ________breakfast, I ________ eat the whole egg to discover that it is bad.”
1.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
2.A. gave B. came back C. handed D. returned
3.A. unhappy B. happy C. pleased D. Glad
4.A. How B. Why C. What D. Where
5.A. After B. until C. Before D. Since
6.A.lesson B. test C. question D. thing
7.A. already B. still C. even D. yet
8.A. work B. check C. road D. way
9.A. on B. for C. at D. in
10.A. must not B. have not to C. need not to D. don’t have to
— My brother fell off the bike and hurt himself yesterday.
—_____________.
A. It doesn’t matter. B. Never mind.
C. I’m sorry to hear that. D. He should be careful.
It’s __________ for him to complete the project in one day.
A. unpossible B. impossibly
C. possibly D.impossible
The Grade 8 students will ______ about two hours on the trip and the ____ is $50 per person.
A. take, cost B. spend, price
C. take, price D. spend, cost
If Jim ______ free tomorrow, I will ask Tom to go instead.
A. doesn’t be B. isn’t
C. won’t D. won’t be
Study hard, _______ you will fail in the exam.
A. or B. and C. but D. because