先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

（一）

Nasreddin was a poor man， so he tried to grow __1__ he could in his own garden， so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.

One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and __2__ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick， ran out and chased the ox， but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden， he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables.

__3__， while he __4__ in the street near his house， he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that __5__ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him， __6__ he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other， he beat both of them equally hard.

The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a __7__ coffee-house. When he saw __8__ Nasreddin was doing __9__ his animals， he ran out and shouted， What are you doing？ What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that？

You keep out this！Nasreddin shouted back， This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well __10__ I am beating him！

（ ）1. A. so many vegetables B. many vegetables

C. as many as vegetables D. as many vegetables as

（ ）2. A. was eating B. ate C. had eaten D. has eaten

（ ）3. A. Next day B. Next morning C. Last morning D. The next morning

（ ）4. A. walks B. waked C. was walking D. walking

（ ）5. A. ruined B. had eaten C. ate D. had ruin

（ ）6. A. so B. and C. but D. or

（ ）7. A. beside B. nearby C. near D. near by

（ ）8. A. that B. which C. why D. what

（ ）9. A. for B. to C. with D. on

（ ）10.A. reason B. when C. why D. because

（二）

Time is money

Someone says， Time is money. But I think time is __1__ important than money. Why？ Because when money is spent， we can get it back. However， when time is __2__ itll never __3__. Thats __4__ we mustnt waste time.

It goes without saying that the __5__ is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do __6__ useful.

But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking， drinking and __7__. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own __8__.