Yesterday my brother __________to say "Happy Birthday" to me from Spain.

A. calls     B. called        C. is calling        D. was calling

John Thomas was a student, but he had been a famous champion(冠軍). Everybody at Boston University liked this tall, quiet boy. Once he was hurt, everybody at Boston University was      . People all over the country       about John Thomas and often asked, "Will he ever jump again?"

     John's mother went to the hospital to see her son. She looked at his       leg. Then she looked into his      . She knew what her son would      . "You're going to jump again, John, I know it," she said."      will be all right."

    If John hoped to jump again, he would have a      to do. He began at once. Even in his hospital bed John started to exercise. He used a wheel(輪子) and other metal things. Soon his      looked like a machine shop!

It was May when John      the hospital. "Is it all right if I go camping this summer?" he asked the doctors.

"Yes," the doctors said. "But take it easy on that foot."

John took only      walks at first. He was taking it easy on his foot. But not on anything else. He went swimming and did other kinds of exercises. He exercised        his body cried for a rest. Some days later, he exercised a little        . In late summer John went back to       . He asked if he could practise with the football team. Football wasn't his favorite, but he had to get that leg         again! He worked hard. "No one pushed him as hard as he pushed himself," said one of his friends. "To          a champion fighting back is a wonderful thing to watch."

1.A. sorry            B. scared            C. alone                  D. tired

2.A. thought       B. talked                 C. heard               D. moved

3.A. broken                B. lost                     C. missing               D. dead

4.A. face             B. foot             C. eyes               D. leg

5.A. make          B. use                     C. agree              D. do

6.A. Nothing         B. Anything              C. Something          D. Everything

7.A. little            B. lot                     C. few                 D. bit

8.A. chair            B. classroom         C. home                 D. bed

9.A. reached      B. called                 C. left                  D. found

10.A. short                 B. long             C. quick              D. fast

11.A. after          B. if                      C. until                D. when

12.A. later           B. better            C. more            D. less

13.A. school         B. hospital                C. shop                           D. church

14.A. thick           B. strong            C. straight                   D. hard

15.A. look              B. hear                  C. know                   D. see

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was born is Spain. There is no doubt he was one of the ________artists of the twentieth century. ________ he was a small child, he could draw and paint very well. ________the age of nineteen years old, he visited art galleries（陳列室） in Paris to learn ________ other artists. Picasso was _________ important painter who invented new ways of painting. For one period of his life, he used mainly blue in his paintings. Then with his friend, Georges Braque, he invented a way of painting called Cubism（立體派）. He tried ________ round shapes look flat（公寓）.

When a war broke in Spain, it made Picasso very _______ and angry. During the war, a town ________ Guernica was destroyed. So he made a large painting, ________ the name of Guernica, about the war. In the picture, a woman is crying and a horse is making a loud high noise. This painting, which is very famous, shows us _________ Picasso felt about the war.

1.A. great                             B. greater                    C. greatest

2.A. When                            B. Where          C. What

3.A. In                         B. At                C. On

4.A. front                              B. from                        C. for

5.A. a                               B. the                            C. an

6.A. to make             B. make        C. makes

7.A. happy             B. glad            C. sad

8.A. call                          B. called             C. calls

9.A. with                     B. without                 C. of

10.A. what                   B. how                           C. where

Yesterday my brother __________to say "Happy Birthday" to me from Spain.

A. calls     B. called        C. is calling        D. was calling

John Thomas was a student, but he had been a famous champion(冠軍). Everybody at Boston University liked this tall, quiet boy. Once he was hurt, everybody at Boston University was    . People all over the country    about John Thomas and often asked, "Will he ever jump again?"

     John's mother went to the hospital to see her son. She looked at his     leg. Then she looked into his     . She knew what her son would    . "You're going to jump again, John, I know it," she said."    will be all right."

    If John hoped to jump again, he would have a    to do. He began at once. Even in his hospital bed John started to exercise. He used a wheel(輪子) and other metal things. Soon his   looked like a machine shop!

It was May when John     the hospital. "Is it all right if I go camping this summer?" he asked the doctors.

"Yes," the doctors said. "But take it easy on that foot."

    John took only    walks at first. He was taking it easy on his foot. But not on anything else. He went swimming and did other kinds of exercises. He exercised      his body cried for a rest. Some days later, he exercised a little    . In late summer John went back to    . He asked if he could practise with the football team. Football wasn't his favorite, but he had to get that leg     again! He worked hard. "No one pushed him as hard as he pushed himself," said one of his friends. "To    a champion fighting back is a wonderful thing to watch."

1.A. sorry      B. scared           C. alone                   D. tired

2.A. thought    B. talked            C. heard                     D. moved

3.A. broken    B. lost                   C. missing             D. dead

4.A. face      B. foot             C. eyes              D. leg

5.A. make     B. use                     C. agree             D. do

6.A. Nothing   B. Anything           C. Something                D. Everything

7.A. little         B. lot                   C. few               D. bit

8.A. chair     B. classroom        C. home                    D. bed

9.A. reached   B. called           C. left               D. found

10.A. short    B. long             C. quick              D. fast

11.A. a. after   B. if                C. until              D. when

12.A. later    B. better             C. more             D. less

13.A. school   B. hospital          C. shop                 D. church

14.A. thick    B. strong           C. straight                      D. hard

15.A. look           B. hear               C. know                    D. see