One cold afternoon a postman was slowly pushing his mail cart (邮车)____the hill that led out of the small town of lane.He was walking very____because there was a lot of ice on the____.He had only one more letter to deliver(传递), and this was for an old lady who lived at the____.Everybody____her “grandma”.
She had lived alone____her daughter had____to Hawaii many years before.She used to invite the postman____for coffee whenever he____her letter, and she would tell him about her two grandchildren in Hawaii,whom she had____seen.However, she had lots of____of them, which she used to____him.
Just as the____came near her gate,a small boy came____down the hill.Suddenly the boy slipped on the ice and fell.The postman stopped his mail cart and hurried____the street to help the boy.After a quick____,he saw that he had hurt his leg very badly.In fact, he was____that the boy's leg had been broken. He knew that “grandma” did not have a____,so he stopped a____driver and asked him to____the boy to Lance Hospital.
1.A.down B.up
C.along D.around
2.A.bravely B.carefully
C.fast D.slowly
3.A.cart B.ground
C.field D.road
4.A.gate B.bottom
C.end D.top
5.A.named B.shouted
C.called D.talked
6.A.ever since B.just as
C.ever after D.until
7.A.left B.came
C.moved D.been
8.A.in B.there
C.up D.to
9.A.carried B.sent
C.wrote D.brought
10.A.already B.often
C.never D.hardly
11.A.pictures B.letters
C.news D.things
12.A.tell B.show
C.give D.send
13.A.postman B.lady
C.children D.boy
14.A.and ran B.to run
C.ran D.running
15.A.in B.on
C.across D.into
16.A.search B.look
C.hurry D.test
17.A.sad B.angry
C.afraid D.disappointed
18.A.driver B.TV set
C.telephone D.radio
19.A.passing B.careful
C.good D.walking
20.A.send B.bring
C.get D.take
Since then the population of London________by almost 50,000 a year—an increase largely fuelled by immigration.
A.has risen B.have risen
C.rises D.rise
—Don't always turn to particular patterns time after time in our life.
—I agree. We would otherwise________our thinking by rules or common attitude.
A.inspect B.limit
C.judge D.recover
Everyone knows how________feels to get so angry that you want to throw things or even hurt others.
A.that B.it
C.he D.you
Although the increase in the present sum used for the research is________, a great breakthrough could still be achieved by the end of this year.
A.common B.sudden
C.enormous D.modest
________the American economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in July—September, it faced a long road to recovery.
A.Since B.If
C.While D.When