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Mr. Jones woke early one morning， before the sun had risen. It was a beautiful morning， _1_ he went to the window and looked out. He was _2_ to see a neatly-dressed and mid-aged professor， who _3_ in the university just up the road from Mr. Jones house， coming the direction of the town. He had grey hair thick glasses， and was _4 an umbrella， a morning newspaper and a bag. Mr. Jones thought that he must have _5_ by the night train _6_ taking a taxi.

Mr. Jones had a big tree in his garden， and the children had tied a long _7_ to one of the branches， so that they could swing on it.

Mr. Jones saw the professor _8_ when he saw the rope and looked carefully up and down the road. When he saw that there was _9_ in sight， he stepped into the garden ， put his umbrella， newspaper， bag and hat nearly on the grass and _10_ the rope. He pulled it _41_ to see whether it was strong enough to take his weight， then ran as fast as he could and swung into the _42_ on the end of the rope， his grey hair blowing all around _43_. _44_ he swung， sometimes taking a few more _45_ steps on the grass when the rope began to swing _46_ slowly for him.

_47_ the professor sTOPped， straightened his tie， combed his hair carefully， put on his hat， _48_ his umbrella， newspaper and bag， and continued _49_ his way to the university， looking as _50_ and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be.

1.A. because B. as C. so D. for

2.A. surprised B. glad C. worried D. excited

3.A. studied B. worked C. stayed D. lived

4.A. passing B. doing C. carrying D. sending

5.A. left B. gone C. taken D. arrived

6.A. because of B. instead of C. by D. with

7.A. rope B. line C. stick D. ruler

8.A. run B. walk C. jump D. sTOP

9.A. nothing B. nobody C. no room D. no house

10.A. carried B. grasped C. took D. threw

11.A. hard B. high C. heavily D. greatly

12.A. garden B. tree C. land D. air

13.A. hands B. his shoulders C. his face D. his neck

14.A. Backwards and forwards B. Up and down

C. Left and right D. Around and around

15.A. running B. sTOPping C. rising D. falling

16.A. enough B. more C. too D. less

17.A. At first B. At last C. At once D. At least

18.A. set up B. gave up C. send up D. picked up

19.A. on B. for C. by D. with

20.A. clean B. slow C. funny D. quiet