Billiards（臺(tái)球） is my favorite ball sport. The English player Ronnie O’Sullivan and Chinese player Ding Junhui are   46  my favorite players. They play it very well. I hope I’ll be   47  to play it well, too. Of course, it is only a dream. Of the two players, I  48  O’Sullivan, because he played it so quickly in the races.
When I was nine, I   49_  this ball sport for the first time. My PE teacher, Mr. Xu, and I became good   50  because of billiards. I still remember that one day Mr. Xu and I played billiards   51  class. We were so excited that we both  52  the lunchtime. Suddenly, my father showed up, he was very angry with me.
Well, it is   53 to know the rules, but it is not easy to get a good  54  in the game. Now billiards is becoming more and more  55  in China, and more and more Chinese are enjoying it.
【小題1】A.two            B.both             C.all
【小題2】A.able           B.free             C.glad
【小題3】A.love           B.like             C.prefer
【小題4】A.hit            B.joined           C.played
【小題5】A.athletes       B.friends          C.teachers
【小題6】A.after          B.before           C.in
【小題7】A.knew           B.forgot           C.remembered
【小題8】A.easy           B.hard             C.difficult
【小題9】.A.rule          B.score            C.player
【小題10】A.boring        B.famous           C.popular

Paul is a worker. One of his feet is bigger than    46  . He can’t    47   the right shoes    48    his feet. His friend, Dick, says to him, “   49    don’t you go to a shoemaker(鞋匠) ? A shoemaker can    50    you the right shoes.”   51    Paul goes to the shoemaker near Dick’s home. Very soon the shoemaker makes him a pair of shoes. Paul    52    the shoes but he is not happy. He    53    the shoemaker, “You aren’t    54    good shoemaker！I want you to make me one shoe bigger than the other.    55    you make me one shoe smaller than the other. ”

Paul is a worker. One of his feet is bigger than    46 . He can’t    47  the right shoes    48   his feet. His friend, Dick, says to him, “   49   don’t you go to a shoemaker(鞋匠) ? A shoemaker can    50   you the right shoes.”   51   Paul goes to the shoemaker near Dick’s home. Very soon the shoemaker makes him a pair of shoes. Paul    52   the shoes but he is not happy. He    53   the shoemaker, “You aren’t    54   good shoemaker！I want you to make me one shoe bigger than the other.    55   you make me one shoe smaller than the other. ”