It was two clock in the afternoon. Instead of being in 1.____
school， Tom was rest in bed because he felt ill. 2.____
He was alone at home as his mother has gone shopping. 3.____
Suddenly， the telephone rang. Tom felt too weak to get out 4.____
of bed， so the continuous ringing irritated（使烦恼）him. Eventually he 5.____
dragged by himself out of bed and walked slowly to the living room. 6.____
Before he could pick the receiver， the ringing stopped suddenly. 7.____
Feel angry， Tom threw the telephone onto the floor. 8.____
He went back and lied down on the bed. 9.____
Tom managed to sleep for about half an hour before 10.____
he was awakened up by the ringing of the doorbell. He 11.____
got up unhappily and opened the door. He was the postman 12.____
delivering registered mail for his father. After the postman 13.____
left， the house was silently once again. Tom could finally 14.____
rest except for he did not feel sleepy any more！ 15.____
keys: 1.clock→o’clock 2.rest →resting 3.has→ had 4.√ 5.so→but 6.去掉by 7.在pick后加up 8.Feel →Feeling 9.lied→lay 10.√ 11.去掉up 12.He →It 13.delivering 后加a 14.silently→silent 15.for→that
