Unit 7 Would you mind turning down the music?
one year，the first class had been studying chemistry for several 6 when miss richards suddenly asked，“what is water? who knows? 7 up?”
there was silence (沉默) for a few seconds，and miss richards felt saddened(難過)，but then one boy 8 his hand.
“yes，dick?”said miss richards encouragingly(鼓勵地). he was not one of the brightest children in the class，so she was 9 that he could answer.
“water is a liquid which has no 10 until you wash your hands in it，miss. then it turns black，”the boy replied with great confidence(信心).
1. a.teaches b.teaching c.taught d.teach
2. a.schooling b.school c.schools d.home
3. a.learned b.learning c.had been learned d.were learned
4. a.slow b.being slow c.slowly d.slowest
5. a.repeated b.repeating c.do d.repeat
6. a.years b.minutes c.weeks d.seconds
7. a.put b.hands c.get d.look
8. a.lows b.ride c.raised d.put
9. a.sad b.glad c.angry d.hungry
10. a.colour b.colourful c.colourless d.with colour
四. 閱讀理解
we spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. our car was full of flowers inside! on the way home we had to stop at traffic lights，and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
it stood outside a furniture（家具）shop.“buy it，”she said at once.“we’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（車頂架）. i’ve always wanted one like that.”
what could i do? ten minutes later i was twenty dollars poorer，and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. it was tall and narrow，quite heavy too.
as it was getting darker，i drove slowly. other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. the police even stopped traffic to let us through. carrying furniture was a good idea.
after a time my wife said，“there’s a long line of cars behind. why don’t they overtake（超車）?”
just at that time a police car did overtake. the two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. but then， with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. the police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. one of the officers came to me.