If you don’t work _______ enough, I don’t think your dream will come_______.

—__________ is it to your home town from here?

— Well, it takes a little over three hours to get there by coach.

—When ______ you ______ reading Jane Eyre?

—It’s hard to say. I’m busy recently.

—I can’t find Mary. Where’s she?

—Sorry, I don’t know ______.

We can make a fire ______ the room warm so that we can chat for a while.

Nanjing isn’t so large __________ Shanghai, however, it’s the second __________ city in East China.

—Peter doesn’t mind lending you his camera.

—He __________. I’ve already borrowed one.

14. Don’t try to do everything at once. Take it a bit __________.

—We’re organizing a party next Saturday, and I’d like you to come.

— ______! I have a meeting to attend that day. Thank you all the same.

Mr. Smith was an old miser (守財奴). He had a lot of   16  , but he never bought anything     17 . He and his wife lived in an old house outside the town. He often went to the shop  18  in order to save some money. In the   19 , as soon as it was dark in the room, he   20 . He had no TV but bought a cheap radio and often 21 the advertisements.

The old man had no   22 , his wife was often ill. He wouldn’t send her to the hospital. He thought he would   23  much to the doctors if they looked her over. He bought a few medical books and bought some  24  for her.

One night, Mrs. Smith felt unwell. She had got a bad headache. She asked her husband to      25 a doctor, but he didn’t agree. He brought out some pills and made her  26  them. But it was no use.

The old woman began to   27  at home. Mr. Smith locked the door and went in another room and     28  there. The next morning, when he woke up, he came into her   29 to see if she was all right. But he found the poor woman had died. He hurried to the telephone, but   30  his mind at once. He ran out and shouted to the servant (傭人), “Don’t cook breakfast for Mrs. Smith this morning, Linda!”