Mr Brown saw a sweater in a shop window. It was very cheap, so he bought it. When he got home, he put it on. It was all right and he was pleased with it.

In the afternoon, he went to work in his garden. It soon began to rain and Mr Brown had to run into the house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink(收縮)! It got smaller and smaller. Mr Brown tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs Brown laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

1.Mr Brown saw a nice _________ in a shop window. And he bought it.

A. jacket           B. coat         C. sweater          D. shirt

2. When he _________, he put it on.

A. got to the office   B. got home         C. went to work   D. went to the shop

3. It soon began to_________ while he was working in the garden.

A. rain                 B. snow         C. cloud            D. shine

4.Mr Brown got wet and he tried to _________ the sweater.

A. take away        B. take off     C. put up           D. put on

5. From the story, we know Mr Brown bought _________.

A. a good sweater                       B. an expensive sweater 

C. a comfortable sweater                D. a cheap but not good sweater

Mr Brown saw a sweater in a shop window. It was very cheap, so he bought it. When he got home, he put it on. It was all right and he was pleased with it.

In the afternoon, he went to work in his garden. It soon began to rain and Mr Brown had to run into the house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink(收縮)! It got smaller and smaller. Mr Brown tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs Brown laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

1.Mr Brown saw a nice _________ in a shop window. And he bought it.

A. jacket           B. coat         C. sweater          D. shirt

2. When he _________, he put it on.

A. got to the office   B. got home         C. went to work   D. went to the shop

3. It soon began to_________ while he was working in the garden.

A. rain                 B. snow         C. cloud            D. shine

4.Mr Brown got wet and he tried to _________ the sweater.

A. take away        B. take off     C. put up           D. put on

5. From the story, we know Mr Brown bought _________.

A. a good sweater                       B. an expensive sweater 

C. a comfortable sweater                D. a cheap but not good sweater

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

One morning, he got up very __16__because his clock stopped. He tried to shave( 刮胡須 ) quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood all over his ___17___,so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean ___18__ironing( 熨燙 ). While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water ___19__ he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he __20__he couldn’t go to work by bus. He ___21___for a taxi to take him to work. When the taxi arrived and Harry got in.

In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman __22__ a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman ___23___ to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was ___24___till 3 o’clock p.m. ___25___the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about 4 p.m., his boss took a look at him and told  him to find another job.

(  )16.A. early   B. late      C. worriedly   D. fast

(  )17.A. coat    B. sweater   C. jacket      D. shirt

(  )18.A. need    B. needed    C. needing     D. to need

(  )19.A. money   B. change    C. bill        D. pay

(  )20.A. wondered   B. thought  C. believed   D. decided

(  )21.A.looked   B. wished   C. waited   D. telephoned

(  )22.A. by      B. with     C. in       D. through

(  )23.A. seemed  B. said     C. happened D. appeared

(  )24.A. stopped B. caught   C. left     D. kept

(  )25.A. before  B. after    C. since    D. while