[单项选择]Conversation Two
A. He forgot to buy his wife’s favorite flowers.
B. He forgot the exact date of their anniversary.
C. He didn’t take his wife out last week.
D. He failed to fulfill his dream.

[填空题]Where did Mr. Finch buy his cottage
He bought a small cottage in ______.

[填空题]Where did Mr. Finch buy his cottage He bought a small cottage in （）

[单项选择]He gradually（）that his wife was right and he had to change his way of living.
A. explored
B. repelled
C. simplified
D. perceived

[填空题]His wife was sure that he would arrive on time. This (certain) ______ made her rush to prepare the dinner.

[单项选择]Mr. West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas (圣诞节) present, but he was always very busy, so he was never able to find time to go to the shops. At last when it was the week before Christmas, and the shops were very’ crowded, he decided that he could not wait any longer. One day he didn’t have lunch in a restaurant as usual. He bought some bread, ate it quickly, then went out to a big shop near his office. The shop was full of women who were also buying presents during their lunch hour. Mr. West stood politely at the edge (边，刀口) of a crowd (人群，挤满) of women who were pushing forward to try to get to the shop-assistants. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were coming into the shop and pushing past him.
After half an hour, he was just as far from the shop-assistants as he had been when he came (来，出现) in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his way of doing things. He put his head down, gave aloud shout
A. he found (发现，找到；创办) it was hard to get to the shop- assistant (帮助的，助手)
B. there were already several women there
C. he tried to push his way through the crowd