the medicine to the consulting room (诊室), the doctor said to her, " The bottle of (9)is for your husband and the pills (药片) are for you."

" For me?" the woman said in surprise, " I'm (10) . I don't need any medicine!"

" I don't think so, madam," said the doctor, " They're sleeping pills. Your husband will soon be all right if you take them!"

1.________ 2.________ 3.__________ 4.___________ 5.__________

6.________ 7.________ 8.__________ 9.____________ 10._________

VIII. 完型填空：

Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered (坏脾气的) and never gave way to _1_

One day the father decided to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He _2_ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got what his father wanted, turned _3_ and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn't _4_ enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But _5_ of them would give way to the other. They _6_ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn't _7_ yet. I can't wait any longer." He wanted to know what was the _8_ with his son. So he left his friends at home, and went to town to look for his son. " You may first take the _9_ home for my friends. Let me stand against him

_10_ ." He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

( ) 1. A. one B. another C. other D. others

( ) 2. A. hoped B. told C. let D. wished

( ) 3. A. down B. over C. back D. off

( ) 4. A. long B. wide C. high D. narrow

( ) 5. A. either B. all C. both D. neither

( ) 6. A. stood B. went C. lay D. been

( ) 7. A. gone B. bought C. returned D. been

( ) 8. A. wrong B. accident C. thing D. matter

( ) 9. A. meat B. dinner C. bread D. money

( ) 10. A. politely B. instead C. safely D. kindly

IX. 阅读理解：

Xia Ming's Letter and the Answers

Xia Ming was worried about his study, so he wrote a letter to a magazine:

Dear editors,

I'm a slow student in my class. Most of my classmates are much better than me. So I get very stressed out. It's difficult to keep on working hard and it's really not fun. And I think although I spend much time studying for the tests, I can't get good grades. My father gives me some help sometimes. He tells me not to worry about it. But what do you