The house next door had been empty for so long that we had quite forgotten what

The house next door had been empty for so long that wehad quite forgotten what it was to have neighbors. One day, __36__, a greatfurniture lorry drew up near our front gate and a short time, all kinds offurniture were __37__ on the pavement. A small car arrived, out of which cameseven people , a man a woman and five children of __38__ ages. The childrenrushed out and began laughing__39__ as the whole family moved into the house.Windows were __40__ open; furniture was put into__41__; and little faces lookedcuriously at us over the fence and disappeared. It was our first__42__ to theRobinsons.

  Though we became firm__43__ with our neighbors,we often had causes to be made angry by them. Our garden became an unsafeplace: little boys __44__up as cowboys or Indians would jump up from somewhere,__45__wooden guns at us and __46__ us to put up our hands. Sometimes our liveswere __47__; at others, we were killed with a __48__ “Bang, Bang!”. Even moredangerous were the arrows that occasionally came sailing __49__ the gardenfence.

  But we did not __50__ go in fear for our lives.The Robinsons were friendly and helpful and when we left for our holidays, weknew we had nothing to fear __51__our neighbors were around. We understood whatit was like to have __52__ in the long, dull winter evening __53__ Mr Robinsonwould __54__ in for a cup of tea and chat; or when Mr. Robinson would __55__over the fence and talk endlessly with father about gardening problems.

1.A. so                        B.but                                   C.however                                    D.therefore

2.A. unloaded            B.loaded                              C.moved                                       D.bought

3.A. the same             B.various                    C.same                                          D.young

4.A. delightedly                   B.angrily                              C.sadly                                           D.friendly

5.A. forced                           B.broken                             C.kicked                                        D.pushed

6.A. place                    B.order                                C.room                                          D,building

7.A. interview   B. introduction           C.arrangement                            D.management

8.A. strangers             B.enemies                           C.friends                                       D.relatives

9.A. pretending         B.looking                    C.dressing                                     D.making

10.A. put    B. take                     C.throw                                         D.point

11.A. leadB. order                                 C.ask                                              D.make

12.A. wasted                        B.saved                                C.devoted                                     D.spared

13.A. fast                     B.soft                                    C.sharp                                          D.slow

14.A. in              B.on                                      C.over                                           D.under

15.A. always                         B.often                                 C.even                                           D.then

16.A. though     B. unless                               C.so long as                                  D.even if

17.A. cheers     B. fun                                    C.discussion                                 D.company

18.A. as                       B.when                                C.while                                          D.since

19.A. drop         B.jump                                 C.slip                                              D.break

20.A. fall             B. swim                             C.lean                                            D.lie

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1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

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