A．That's great! B．That's a really bad excuse（借口）! C．We all learn from mistakes，don't we? D．Yes，but only a few words． E．Yes，unless you're busy．

（The boy（B）has talked with some foreign teachers at the English Corner．Now he is telling his English teacher（T）about it．）

B：I've just been to the English Corner．

T：Oh? ___1____ Did you talk with Ben and Andy?

B：____2____ And I'm not sure if they understood me．

T：No problem．You have a good start．

B：But I'm afraid of making mistakes when I speak．

T：____3____ Be confident of yourself．

B：But do you think they like to talk with us beginners?

T：____4____

B：Well．I'm still not so confident．Yon know my pronunciation is poor．

T：____5____ Try to talk with them as much as possible．

B：All right．Thank you，sir．

　　Tom woke up on Monday morning. He felt (1) . He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a (2) week! He almost wished there were no weekends. (3) was even more difficult for him to go back to school!

　　He (4) in bed and wondered what excuse（借口）he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find (5) wrong. A little headache? (6) . He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose（松动）. Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟） (7) he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would (8) ! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it. (9) of the toes was really hurting, Tom began to groan.

　　“What's (10) with you?”Aunt Polly asked.

　　“My toe hurts.”

　　The old lady fell into a chair, (11) a little.“Tom, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of (12) .”

　　Tom felt like a thief being caught.“Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much (13) I forgot my tooth.”

　　“Tooth, eh? What's wrong with your tooth?”

　　“One of them is loose and it hurts (14) .”

　　“No problem,”answered Aunt Polly.“I can pull it out.”

　　“Please, Auntie! Don't pull it out. It has (15) hurting now. Please!”

　　“No way! Well, you'll have your tooth out and you'll go to school?”

(1) A．happy	B．tired
C．sick	D．hungry
(2) A．whole	B．all
C．next	D．this
(3) A．That	B．This
C．The weekend	D．It
(4) A．lie	B．lay
C．lied	D．lying
(5) A．something	B．anything
C．everything	D．nothing
(6) A．No	B．Yes
C．None	D．Great
(7) A．then	B．when
C．while	D．as
(8) A．pain	B．work
C．hurt	D．be good
(9) A．One	B．Two
C．Some	D．Many
(10) A．matter	B．trouble
C．problem	D．wrong
(11) A．saying	B．smiling
C．shouting	D．talking
(12) A．school	B．chair
C．bed	D．kitchen
(13) A．what	B．which
C．that	D．until
(14) A．bad	B．badly
C．worse	D．terrible
(15) A．stopped	B．forgotten
C．enjoyed	D．begun

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Tom woke up on Monday morning.  He felt   1 . He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a   2  week! He almost wished there were no week-ends.   3  was even more difficult for him to go back to school!

He   4  in bed and wondered what excuse（借口）he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find   5  wrong, A little headache?  6 . He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose（松动）. Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟）   7  he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would  8 ! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it.  9  of the toes was really hurting, Tom began to groan.

“What’s   10  with you?” Aunt Polly asked.

“My toe hurts.”

The old lady fell into a chair,   11  a little. “Tom, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of 12 .”

Tom felt like a thief being caught. “Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much   13  I forgot my tooth.”

“Tooth, eh? What’s wrong with your tooth?”

“One of them is loose and it hurts   14 .”

“No problem,” answered Aunt Polly. “I can pull it out.”

“Please, Auntie! Don’t pull it out. It has   15  hurting now. Please!”

“No way! Well, you’ll have your tooth out and you’ll go to school?

1.	A．happy B．tired C．sick D．hungry

 

2.	A．whole B．all C．next D．this

 

3.	A．That B．This C．The weekend D．It

 

4.	A．lie B．lay C．lied D．lying

 

5.	A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

 

6.	A．No B．Yes C．None D．Great

 

7.	A．then B．when C．while D．as

 

8.	A．pain B．work C．hurt D．be good

 

9.	A．One B．Two C．Some D．Many

 

10.	A．matter B．trouble C．problem D．wrong

 

11.	A．saying B．smiling C．shouting D．talking

 

12.	A．school B．chair C．bed D．kitchen

 

13.	A．what B．which C．that D．until

 

14.	A．bad B．badly C．worse D．terrible

 

15.	A．stopped B．forgotten C．enjoyed D．begun