On a hot day, I decide to mow our extremely hilly lawn. It was likely to    21    a jungle（叢林）with weeds growing wildly. I need to mow it at once.

After several false    22      , I had to examine it and finally got our old lawn mower     23      . I was mowing and trying hard to push the machine uphill, which was really a hard job, for the machine was too old to work well. I was so   24  that I complained under my breath, so I decided to take a short break.

At the top of a rise, I   25  to see my 12-year-old John Thomas standing there, with a smile on his face and a glass of    26   in his hand.  "Here, Mom, "he said, "have a drink, Want me to help you? Dad   27  me work on hte flat places."

I  28   the ice water and went to sit in the      29   of a tall tree. As I took my drink, I   30     my son. To my surprise, he didn't seem to be    31    the normal mowing pattern. And he kept smiling at me   32    he worked. I wondered    33  made him so happy? I thought to myself.

After a while, he    34   mowing and looked in my direction. "Hey, Mom. Could you  35  here? "   "He's always　naughty like this, lazy again?" I said to myself    36     .  Then I stood up and walked across the lawn, noticing that he had missed a sizable spot. "John, you didn't..."  My angry words gradually became      37      , for the spot I thought he'd missed had been       38     mowed into the shape of a（an）   39   , suddenly I felt something warm and gentle rising from inside.

"Like it, Mom? It's mine and it's for you."  he asked with a big    40  .

"Now I'll finish the job."

Our teacher won't think ___________of us because of our shortcomings. He says that all of us are good after all.

A. any less               B. highly           C. most       D. any better

I wish for a family ____________ my parents are treating me like a friend.

A. why              B. which           C. that        D. where

----What do you think of the tourist attraction?

----Nowhere else______________.

A. can enjoy such a scenery           B. can you feel so close to nature.

C. can relax yourself                     D. can you finish it.

---____________when has he started boxing?

----2006, I suppose.

A. In                B. Since              C. Before             D. After

I'm feeling blue, for they ate all the cake and _________left.

A. none           B. everything      C. everyone        D. no one

---Go now?

--- It's too late; tomorrow will be a _________time for you to visit them.

A. better           B. good          C. best          D. more

---When shall we have a talk?

--- This Saturday evening, if it ___________you.

A. fits                  B. meets            C. suits                   D. interests

If I had tried my best last term, I ________more progress then.

A. could make       B. would make      C. must have made      D. could have made

Peter, together with his parents _________ every Sunday.

A. went hiking      B. go hiking        C. goes hiking       D. hiking