In the end I lost my ______ and shouted at her.

     A. character     B. manner      C. benefit           D. patience

She’s going to have problems finding a job ______she gets good marks.

     A. for              B. since            C. so that            D. even if

The bill would ______ workers twelve weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies.

     A. permit         B. supply          C. admit            D. provide

The reason for his success is ______ he worked very hard.

     A. why               B. that              C. whether          D. how

--Excuse me, sir, ________

--I’d like a cup of coffee and two pieces of bread.

     A. what do you want? 

     B. may I have your order?

     C. this table is reserved.     

     D. I would like to serve you.

--Excuse me, sir, ________

--I’d like a cup of coffee and two pieces of bread.

     A. what do you want? 

     B. may I have your order?

     C. this table is reserved.     

     D. I would like to serve you.

     Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was very tired and wanted to sleep. He therefore asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. "I'll strongly protest(抗議) when you try to wake me up," he said to the conductor. "But do not take any notice, just put me off the train anyway."

    Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up it was night time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him." I have never been so angry in all my life," Mark Twain said.

    The conductor looked at him calmly. "You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off the train at Dijon," he said loudly.

11. Mark Twain couldn't wake up himself because ________.

       A. he was so busy                                B. he was very tired

       C. he was a writer                                D. he was so heavy a sleeper

12. Mark Twain told the conductor __________.

       A. it was difficult to wake him up when he fell asleep

       B. he was too heavy to be woken up

       C. he was too strong to take any notice

       D. he should be helped as he had something heavy with him

13. Mark Twain wanted to go to _________.

       A. France             B. Paris               C. Dijon              D. America

14. Why did Mark Twain get so angry?

       A. Because the conductor had put someone else off the train.

       B. Because the conductor had forgotten to put him off in Paris.

       C. Because the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon.

       D. Because Mark Twain had not had enough sleep.

15. The conductor _______.

A. was a man who didn’t care much about others’ feelings.

B. didn’t realize what had happened when he was shouted at

C. put Mark Twain off at Dijon by accident

D. became extremely angry when he was shouted and shouted back

        Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he got. He thought for a long time before answering and then said, "Yes, it was at school.  I can remember   1   about it. Schoolboys in those days never   2   teachers and never took care of thing of the school. They often damaged their desks.  There was a(n)   3   in our school that anybody who damaged his desk with a pencil or knife would be beaten before the   4   school or have to pay five dollars."

"One day, I damaged my desk in some   5  . I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it   6   be too bad to have our face lost in front of the whole school. He   7   to give five dollars to hand over to the teacher. But before giving me the money he took me upstairs and give me a beating."

"But as I had had one beating and wasn't afraid of it any   8  , I decided I would take   9  r beating at school and   10   the dollars. So that was what I did. That was the first money I ever got."

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1. __________ , I found the reason why the room can stay up after the terrible storm.

2.Such bad manners can not be __________.

3.My brother’s illness __________ his absence.

4.She ______ her brother that she would write to him.

5.We don’t ______ drinking wine in the office.

6.I won’t buy the house, ______,it is too close to the road.

7.We mustn’t ______.We’d better play safe.

8.It ______ little if I miss the bus.

9.Don’t be ______.What you say is impossible.

10. ______ the man is poor, he always helps others.