1 . A few days ago, I was having a meeting in my company. After walking out, I____ for my car keys in my pocket, only to discover they were not there____, I gave myself a quick personal pat ____ my clothes, but they were not in____ of my pockets. So, I went back to the meeting room and looked for them in every place where I had been. Suddenly it____ to me that I must have left them in the car. Worried and frightened, I quickly____ for the parking lot.
My wife, Diane, has____ me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition（点火处）. My theory is the ignition is the____ place so that I won’t lose them. Her theory is that the car will be ____ As I rushed out of my company, I came to a terrifying____ Her theory was right. The parking lot was____
Without hesitation, I called the____ I gave them my location（位置）and ____ that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most____ call of all.
“Honey,” I said in a low voice. I always call her “honey” in times like these. “I____ my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.”
There was a period of____ I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard Diane’s ____
“Ken,” she shouted, “I dropped you off!”
Now it was my time to be silent____, I said, “In that case, would you please come and ____
your dear husband?”
Diane answered, “I will... just as soon as I can have this policeman ____ I didn’t steal your car.”1.

A．reached

B．ran

C．searched

D．asked

2.

A．Hopefully

B．Fortunately

C．Worriedly

D．Suddenly

3.

A．up

B．down

C．away

D．off

4.

A．none

B．each

C．either

D．any

5.

A．turned

B．happened

C．occurred

D．came

6.

A．passed

B．headed

C．shook

D．waved

7.

A．beaten

B．fooled

C．scolded

D．punished

8.

A．proper

B．regular

C．common

D．only

9.

A．destroyed

B．fined

C．stopped

D．stolen

10.

A．shock

B．answer

C．conclusion

D．expression

11.

A．available

B．empty

C．full

D．busy

12.

A．police

B．gatekeeper

C．driver

D．guard

13.

A．asked

B．proved

C．regretted

D．said

14.

A．important

B．difficult

C．wonderful

D．different

15.

A．threw

B．lost

C．forgot

D．left

16.

A．silence

B．disappointment

C．sleep

D．breath

17.

A．song

B．sound

C．voice

D．noise

18.

A．Excited

B．Embarrassed

C．Angered

D．Interested

19.

A．get back

B．take back

C．give away

D．pick up

20.

A．teach

B．persuade

C．believe

D．prove

2 . Nancy had just got a job as a secretary in a company. Monday was the first day she went to work, so she was very __________ and arrived early.

She ______ the door open and found nobody there. “I am the ________ to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to find a bunch of ______on it. They were fresh. She______ them and they were sweet. She looked around for a ______ to put them in. “ Somebody has sent me flowers the very first day!” she thought ______. “ But who could it be?” she began to ______ .

The day passed quickly and Nancy did everything with ______ interest. For the following days of the ______ , the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the followers and then ______her work.

Then came another Monday. ______she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(n) ______ bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, ______ the old ones.

The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy began to think of ways to find out the ______.

On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to hand in a plan to the______. She waited for his directives(命令)at his secretary’s ______. She happened to see on the desk a half-opened notebook, which ______ : “ In order to keep the secretaries ______, the company has decided that every ______ a bunch of fresh flowers should be put on each secretary’s desk.”

Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist（心理学家）.

1.

A．depressed

B．encouraged

C．excited

D．surprised

2.

A．turned

B．pushed

C．knocked

D．forced

3.

A．last

B．second

C．third

D．first

4.

A．keys

B．grapes

C．flowers

D．bananas

5.

A．smelled

B．ate

C．took

D．held

6.

A．vase

B．room

C．glass

D．bottle

7.

A．angrily

B．quietly

C．strangely

D．happily

8.

A．seek

B．wonder

C．Work

D．ask

9.

A．low

B．little

C．great

D．general

10.

A．month

B．period

C．year

D．week

11.

A．set about

B．set up

C．set out

D．set off

12.

A．Unless

B．When

C．Since

D．Before

13.

A．old

B．red

C．blue

D．new

14.

A．covering

B．demanding

C．replacing

D．forbidding

15.

A．sender

B．receiver

C．secretary

D．waiter

16.

A．assistant

B．colleague

C．employee

D．manager

17.

A．notebook

B．desk

C．office

D．house

18.

A．said

B．written

C．printed

D．signed

19.

A．at home

B．on time

C．in high spirits

D．in low spirits

20.

A．Sunday morning

B．Monday morning

C．Monday afternoon

D．Tuesday afternoon

3 . John，an academically excellent young man，went to apply for a management position in a big company. The director did the last____
The director asked，“Who paid for your school fees?” John answered，“My____did. When I was young，my father____ ”Then he continued，“____was your mother?” John answered，“My mother worked as a____cleaner. ”Hearing this, the director asked John to____his hands. John reached out his hands that were____and perfect. The director said，“I have a ____When you go home，clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow.”
John felt____but did it. His tears fell____he cleaned his mother’s hands. He noticed for the first time that her hands were so____ Also John____that it was this pair of hands that washed clothes every day to____him. After cleaning his mother’s hands，John____washed all the remaining clothes for her.
Next day，John went to the director’s office. Tears in eyes，John was asked to____his feelings. “Now I know what is____. Without my mother，there wouldn’t be the____me today. By helping my mother，I see how____it is to get something done. I have also come to know the value of family relationship.”
The director smiled，“This is what I am____I want a person who can appreciate the help of others，a person who knows the sufferings of others and a person who____put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.”1.

A．farewell

B．job

C．interview

D．try

2.

A．tutors

B．father

C．parents

D．mother

3.

A．died away

B．passed away

C．died out

D．passed by

4.

A．What

B．How

C．Who

D．Where

5.

A．carpet

B．floor

C．clothes

D．window

6.

A．turn

B．show

C．wave

D．shake

7.

A．clumsy

B．dirty

C．strong

D．smooth

8.

A．request

B．question

C．wish

D．choice

9.

A．embarrassed

B．frightened

C．confused

D．inspired

10.

A．before

B．as

C．since

D．until

11.

A．slim

B．warm

C．soft

D．rough

12.

A．realized

B．believed

C．insisted

D．wondered

13.

A．sacrifice

B．serve

C．satisfy

D．support

14.

A．modestly

B．secretly

C．quietly

D．gently

15.

A．improve

B．describe

C．awaken

D．hide

16.

A．appreciation

B．cooperation

C．qualification

D．communication

17.

A．wealthy

B．famous

C．successful

D．humorous

18.

A．firm

B．exciting

C．crazy

D．tough

19.

A．looking through

B．looking for

C．looking at

D．looking into

20.

A．shan’t

B．needn’t

C．won’t

D．can

4 . On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the ____ of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully____from the day before, he took out a large piece of____ and laid it on the ground. Then he began ____
Before long, the young violinist was____with people, who were all attracted by the ____ on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat ____ Please come to claim(认领) it soon."
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and____through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would ____ come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded.
"Did you ____something?"
"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.
The violinist____a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.
George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and ____ it; then he danced with joy.
George bought a lottery ticket which ____ him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat. ____, the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket____ himself, the violinist said," ____I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should ____be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we____succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the ____ on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the____of going up.1.

A．box

B．hat

C．bowl

D．bag

2.

A．Free

B．Away

C．Different

D．Far

3.

A．paper

B．stone

C．cloth

D．wood

4.

A．begging

B．shouting

C．playing

D．singing

5.

A．crowded

B．surrounded

C．surprised

D．satisfied

6.

A．words

B．money

C．ticket

D．picture

7.

A．on purpose

B．in time

C．in advance

D．by mistake

8.

A．looked

B．lived

C．get

D．rushed

9.

A．rarely

B．certainly

C．recently

D．nearly

10.

A．lose

B．get

C．bring

D．buy

11.

A．handed out

B．gave out

C．sent out

D．took out

12.

A．tore

B．threw

C．kissed

D．hid

13.

A．beat

B．sold

C．took

D．won

14.

A．Fortunately

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Generally

15.

A．by

B．from

C．for

D．with

16.

A．Unless

B．Whenever

C．Although

D．Until

17.

A．often

B．never

C．seldom

D．always

18.

A．may

B．should

C．must

D．need

19.

A．air

B．water

C．grass

D．tree

20.

A．road

B．path

C．chance

D．method

5 . About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen
All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
1. What was the writer a decade ago?

A．A worker working in a university.

B．A teacher teaching in a college.

C．A clerk working in a museum.

D．A university student who had not yet taken a degree.

2. What does the underlined world “handicap” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Life difficulty.	B．Troublesome problem.
C．Failure in work.	D．Physical disability.

3. How did the writer probably feel before meeting the disabled girl?

A．She felt full of hope.

B．She was filled with confidence.

C．She felt unhappy because of poverty.

D．She felt life was beautiful.

4. Which of the following title suits this passage best?

A．A Disabled Girl.	B．A Disabled Girl’s Smile.
C．Full of Hope.	D．Full of Confidence.

6 . Three wishes
A man and his wife were very poor. They kept hoping for new clothes and good food. The man enjoyed eating, and he especially liked cakes. One night an old woman came to their house and told them she would let them have three wishes. They could wish for anything they wanted.
The man had just finished eating a piece of bread for his dinner, but he was still hungry. He said, “I wish I had a big cake!”
Suddenly a cake appeared on his plate.
“You fool!” His wife cried. “You could have wished for a house full of wonderful food, but you wished for a cake. I wish that cake was on the end of your foolish nose! ”
Immediately the cake stuck to the end of his nose.
Then the man and his wife started blaming each other. “It’s your fault!” she man cried. “No, it’s your fault!” she answered. What could they do? The cake was still stuck to the husband’s nose.
“Oh!” the wife cried. “I wish none of this had ever happened!”
Immediately the cake was gone, and the man was saying, “I’m still hungry. How I wish I had some cakes! ”
But of course nothing happened.
1. The man quarreled with his wife because ___.

A．he always enjoyed eating

B．his wife hoped that he asked for a house

C．the cake stuck to the end of his nose according to his wife’s wish.

D．he didn’t want anything except cakes

2. The wrong statement of the following is ___.

A．the man made his wishes before dinner

B．the wife made two wishes, which worked

C．the wife wanted her husband to wish for more than a big cake

D．the man wished that the cake were not on his nose

3. Why did the old woman not satisfy the man’s wish when he said he was still hungry and wanted some cakes?

A．Because the old lady was angry with them

B．Because this was the fourth wish.

C．Because the man had made this wish before.

D．Because the cake had been gone.

7 . All the Lortons’ farm animals – the cows and the goats, the ducks and the chickens, got along well with Roger—a llama(美洲驼). But since llamas are used to thinking of animals like coyotes(土狼) and dogs as threats, it took Roger a few weeks to accept the family dog.

Roger protects the sheep and lambs in two ways. First, he keeps the sheep together. A hungry coyote will try to scatter(分散) the flock and then pick off a weak or small animal that has become separated from the rest. But when a coyote threatens the Lorton’s sheep, they all run to Roger, depending on him to defend them.

And he does, with his second defense: confronting(对抗) the coyote. Llamas are very curious and will run at top speed to investigate anything that looks interesting. When a coyote sees a three-hundred-pound llama rushing toward it, the coyote will not usually wait around to see what the llama wants.

And once a llama realizes that a coyote is threatening the flock, the llama will stand between the coyote and the sheep to defend them. Often, the llama will charge toward the coyote with its head down. As it runs, it will sometimes call out an alarm to the flock in a high-pitched voice. Since Roger’s arrival, coyotes haven’t gotten any sheep from the Lortons.

1. The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________________.

A．a llama helps guard sheep

B．coyotes are sheep’s main enemy

C．llamas are much smarter than coyotes

D．some types of dogs can’t protect sheep

2. The following words can be used to describe Roger Except_____________.

A．protective

B．curious

C．brave

D．patient

3. It can be inferred that the Lortons are __________________.

A．scientists studying llamas’ behavior

B．farmers using a llama to guard sheep

C．citizens keeping a llama as a pet

D．businessmen selling llamas to farmers

8 . Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested____medicine.He always____medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases.One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended____ill.He lay on his bunk (铺位) and groaned (呻吟) as if he ____very sick.The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to____He told the man to rest for a few days and____the other sailors do his work. Three days later____sailor pretended that he had____with his chest____the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man ____
The other sailors were very____because they had____work to do.The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not____the mate (大副) decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap,soot,glue and other unpleasant things.Then he got____from the captain to give his new medicine to the "sick" men.When they tasted the medicine,they really did feel ill.It was ____horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk,ran up on deck (甲板) and climbed the ____mast (桅杆) on the ship. The captain____that the men had tried____him.So he got them____very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.1.

A．on

B．for

C．at

D．in

2.

A．fetched

B．took

C．had

D．got

3.

A．be

B．was

C．to be

D．being

4.

A．will be

B．were

C．is

D．should be

5.

A．look for

B．look in

C．look back

D．look after

6.

A．got

B．took

C．sent

D．made

7.

A．other

B．the other

C．another

D．other's

8.

A．something wrong

B．wrong something

C．anything wrong

D．wrong anything

9.

A．Before long

B．Once more

C．Suddenly

D．Certainly

10.

A．to drink some water

B．to eat something

C．to have a rest

D．to do more work

11.

A．pleased

B．sorry

C．angry

D．surprised

12.

A．more

B．much

C．lots of

D．little

13.

A．out

B．at home

C．present

D．appear

14.

A．At first

B．At the beginning

C．At last

D．At the end

15.

A．agreement

B．permission

C．permit

D．promise

16.

A．very

B．much

C．so

D．quite

17.

A．highest

B．high

C．higher

D．very high

18.

A．heard

B．heard of

C．realized

D．guessed

19.

A．cheating

B．cheat

C．cheated

D．to cheat

20.

A．worked

B．to work

C．work

D．works

9 . In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying,“Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the ____!”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a ____dream.
“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to ____ again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm ____ !”
Peter got out of bed and started ____ , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was ____ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my ____ stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes ____ , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite____that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait ____morning, can't you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“ ____you will find me dead ____ the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters ____he heard his wife calling him again.
“I'm ____again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as ____ as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake ____around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”
“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very ____news for you. My wife ____ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly ____her. So you need not come. Go back to ____now, and sleep well!”1.

A．driver

B．nurse

C．doctor

D．child

2.

A．terrible

B．interesting

C．Surprising

D．wonderful

3.

A．bed

B．sleep

C．dream

D．hospital

4.

A．walking

B．dying

C．aching

D．sleeping

5.

A．dressing

B．wearing

C．raising

D．working

6.

A．very

B．so

C．too

D．quite

7.

A．good

B．bad

C．wrong

D．poor

8.

A．down

B．off

C．on

D．up

9.

A．surprised

B．afraid

C．certain

D．worried

10.

A．before

B．for

C．to

D．until

11.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Or

12.

A．after

B．in

C．before

D．until

13.

A．after

B．when

C．before

D．while

14.

A．good

B．wrong

C．all right

D．right

15.

A．fast

B．slowly

C．hurriedly

D．happily

16.

A．everyone

B．someone

C．no one

D．doctors

17.

A．good

B．bad

C．necessary

D．ill

18.

A．fell

B．stayed

C．grew

D．failed

19.

A．gone

B．missed

C．disappeared

D．left

20.

A．your home

B．your bedroom

C．your dream

D．bed

10 . Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them, because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，
New York．
1. Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because      

A．they wanted to make her happy

B．she called them brothers

C．no one else wanted to do it for them

D．she knew the rules well and was fair

2. Amanda went to Hawarden in order to      

A．serve as umpire

B．make money

C．watch her brother play

D．help the local teams

3. Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game       .

A．in her P．E．classes at school	B．in an umpire training school
C．by watching and playing the games	D．from her mother，a baseball umpire

4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire

B．A Family of Baseball Fans

C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa

D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown