Once upon a time there was a peasant (1) wife died,leaving him with two children-twins

-a boy and a girl. For some years the poor man lived on alone (2) the children ,caring for them as best as he could;but everything in the house seemed to go wrong without a woman to look after (3) and at last he made up his (4) to marry again. feeling that a wife would bring pease and order to his household and take care of his (5) children.So he married, and in the following several (6) children were born to him;(7) peace and order did not come to the household.For the (8) was very cruel to the twins,and beat them,and half-starved them,and constantly drove them out of the house;for her one idea was to get them out of the way.All day she thought of nothing (9) how she could get rid of them;and at last an evil idea came into her head.She determined to send them out into the great gloomy wood (10) awicked witch lived.

1)A.who

B.whose

C.whom

D. his

2)A.with

B.without

C.for

D.on

3)A.him

B.them

C.everything

D.it

4)A.head

B.thought

C.idea

D.mind

5) A.motherly

B.motherhood

C.motherless

D.mother-to-be

6)A.weeks

B.months

C.years

D.decades

7)A.but

B.so

C.therefore

D.although

8)A.mother

B.Step-mother

C.godmother

D.foster-mother

9)A.but

B.yet

C.beside

D.except

10)A.here

B.there

C.which

D.where