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阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Frank was a very talkative(爱说话的)boy. He never saw a new thing______asking a lot of questions about it. But his mother was very kind and ________enough to answer his questions.
The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏)，he was really _______in it, but he did not know what it was.His mother________, “An hourglass is a glass made into the shape of the figure‘8’. The sand is put in the glass,and runs_______a small opening in the middle. And the sand will go from one end to_______in an hour.”
Frank watched the little stream of sand.Then he became impatient, because the sand ran slowly. “Let me________the glass, Mother,” he said, “or the sand will never get through.”
“It will, my son,”said his mother. “The sand moves_______, but it moves all the time. _______you watch the clock, you will feel the same. ______you are playing, the sand is running grain(粒)by grain; and the second hand of the _______is moving second by second. They do not stop to think about how much they will have to do, and_______it will take them to do it.”
The next day, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a poem,but he said, “Mum,the poem is too______. How soon can I learn it?” His mother said, “Study all the time.____ __care about the time it will take. You will be able to learn it very soon.”
Frank followed his mother’s_______. He read the poem time after time and an hour later he learned it perfectly.
1.A.with B.of C.without D.for
2.A.strict B.patient C.nervous D.polite
3.A.pleased B.relaxed C.interested D.bored
4.A.explained B.repeated C.asked D.added
5.A.through B.along C.over D.across
6.A.others B.any other C.another D.the other
7.A.shake B.get C.take D.carry
8.A.carefully B.quickly C.heavily D.slowly
9.A.Although B.If C.Because D.Whether
10.A.Since B.Unless C.Before D.While
11.A.boy B.mother C.clock D.hourglass
12.A.how far B.how long C.how much D.how soon
13.A.easy B.long C.short D.old
14.A.Often B.Never C.Always D.Sometimes
15.A.thoughts B.steps C.advice D.ways
— How was your stay in Hong Kong?
— And it was a pity that I couldn’t stay there longer.
A. Nothing could be worse. B. It was just fantastic.
C. A terrible experience. D. What a hard time I had!
— Don’t forget to ________ your homework to school.
—I ________, Mr Li.
A. take, won’t B. take, will
C. bring, will D. bring, won’t
—Did you ________ at the meeting?
— Yes. I ________ something about the water pollution.
A. say, spoke B. speak, told
C. say, told D. speak, said
—________ did you go to the hospital ________ yesterday?
— I went there to see my friend in hospital.
A. Why, on B. What, for C. How , for D. What , /
—Do you know when they ________?
—________ a winter morning.
A. arrive at, On B. arrived , On
C. reached, In D. got , In
