Ⅰ. 完形填空
I was interested in playing the guitar when I was a middle school student. At that time I 1 at least three hours playing the guitar every day. My parents told me it's not good for my study. And they just let me 2 playing the guitar for one hour a day.
One day, I didn't pass my English exam, and I lied to my parents. When my English teacher called them, they knew the 3. My dad was angry and broke my guitar. He told me not to play the guitar. I 4 he was afraid I would get into the habit of telling lies.
The next day, I got up early and said sorry to my parents carefully. To my 5, they said sorry too. They said they thought about the whole thing the night before. 6, they repaired my guitar and I could go on playing the guitar.
After that, I spent most of my time on my schoolwork 7 playing the guitar. As a result, my English improved greatly.
I was very 8 to have understanding parents. This is a good 9 to me. And from this I 10 the importance of communication (交流) between teenagers and parents. Do you agree with me?
()1. A. made B. learnt C. spent D. put
()2. A. grow B. practise C. show D. wait
()3. A. plan B. subject C. life D. truth
()4. A. understood B. dropped C. left D. built
()5. A. spirit B. goal C. surprise D. size
()6. A. Usually B. Finally C. Hardly D. Slowly
()7. A. in front of B. in the middle of
C. instead of D. in need of
()8. A. excited B. worried C. tired D. afraid
()9. A. letter B. rule C. culture D. experience
()10. A. take B. realize C. hear D. focus

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.B

Ⅱ. 短文填空
Far, far away, there is a king who is unkind to his people. All his people don't like 1. (he).
One hot day, the king went swimming by himself 2. a river. Suddenly, he felt very weak and couldn't move his hands and 3. (leg). He began to drown(溺水). Luckily, two farmers in the field nearby 4. (see) him. Of course, the farmers didn't know the man in the river was the bad king. 5. the two farmers jumped into the river and saved him.
6. king thanked the farmers and said, "I'm the king of the country. Ask me for anything, and I 7. (give) it to you."
"My mother and father are sick in bed," the first farmer said. "Can you help them to see a doctor? " The king said, "8. an easy thing!"
Then he turned to the 9. (two) farmer and asked, "How about you? What do you want?" The farmer looked worried and unhappy. "You're really 10. (friend). But don't let other people know I saved you," he said.

1. him 2. in 3. legs 4. saw 5. So 6. The 7. will give 8. What 9. second 10. friendly