When Tom saw his doctor again, she suggested that maybe a more substantial lunch, like a

 Tom stopped and watched the man for a few minutes. He saw that most of the people who passed by him believed he must be rather mad.

 Tom pitied the man, so after a few minutes he went up to him and said kindly, "Hello, would you like to come into the bar and have a drink with me?" The fisherman was delighted to accept his offer, and the two men went into the bar together. Tom bought the fisherman a few drinks, and finally said to him, "you've been fishing outside here, haven't you? How many did you manage to catch this morning, if I may ask?"

 "You are the eighth," the fisherman answered happily.

8. What was the poorly dressed man doing when Tom saw him?

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Every morning, Tom goes to work by train. As he has a【16】way to go, he always buys a newspaper. It helps to make the time【17】more quickly.【18】Tuesday morning, he turned on (翻出) an important【19】match. The report was【20】interesting that he forgot to get off. He knew this when he looked out of the window and saw the sea. He got off at【21】station and had【22】a long time for a train back. Of course, he arrived very【23】at the office. His boss was very【24】when he was told Tom was late.

  "Work is【25】than football!" he shouted.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Tom was only seven【41】, so when he went【42】 to camp with a lot of other small boys one summer, his mother thought he might be unhappy, and arranged for all his aunts and his grandmother and all his relatives to write【43】 him, so that he【44】 get a letter every day while he【45】 away from home.

  Well, of course he did not write to anybody while he was at camp. A few days【46】 he came back【47】, his mother saw him【48】 some papers and asked him what【49】

  "Oh", he said, "they are the letters I got while I was【50】 the camp, I did not have time to look at them while I was there."

Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.

听力原文： My friend Tom kepi birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key to his from door in my mailbox.

 Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Tom was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key Tom gave me could not unlock either the front door or the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of what Tom would say when he came back.

 I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window.

 I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Tom's neighbors. "What are you doing up there?" said the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Tom's birds."

Why couldn't the man open the door?