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Changed Lives

In 1921, Lewis Lawes became the warden(监狱长) at Sing Sing Prison. No prison was kept    1    than Sing Sing during that time. But 20 years later, it had become a   2    place. When he was asked about the change, here's what he said, "I     3    it all to my wonderful wife, Catherine, who is    4    outside the prison walls."

Catherine Lawes was a young mother. Everybody    5   her from the beginning that she should never   6     foot inside the prison walls, but that didn’t     7    her! When the first prison basketball game was held, she went into the gym with her three beautiful kids and she sat in the stands with the prisoners.

She    8     getting to know them and their records. She    9    one convicted murderer was blind so she paid him a visit.    10   his hand in here she said, "Do you read Braille(布莱叶盲文)?" "What’s Braille?" he asked. Then she taught him how to read. Years later he would    11    in love for her.

Then, she was killed in a car accident. The next morning Lewis Lawes didn’t come to work, so the acting(代理) warden took his place. It seemed almost    12   that the prison knew something was    13    .

The following day , her body was resting in a casket（灵柩） in her home.   14   the acting warden took his early morning walk, he was   15   to see a large crowd of the toughest, hardest-looking prisoners   16    like a crowd of animals at the main gate. He came closer and 17    tears of grief(悲恸) and sadness. He turned and faced the men, "All right, men you can go. Just be sure and    18    tonight!" Then he opened the gate and a parade of prisoners  19   , without a guard, the three-quarters of a mile to stand in line to   20   their final respects to Catherine Lawes.

And every one of them came back . Every one!  

1. A. better          B. harder       C. older      D. tougher 

2. A. beautiful       B. wonderful    C. humanitarian    D. attractive

3. A. belong         B. give         C. contribute      D. owe

4. A. working        B. supporting    C. buried         D. located 

5. A. warned         B. told         C. reminded       D. informed  

6. A. put            B. lay          C. set             D. get

7. A. persuade        B. stop        C. keep           D. submit

8. A. insisted on      B. hold out      C. carry out       D. keep up

9. A. searched       B. thought          C. discovered     D. caught

10. A. Shaking      B. Putting            C. Feeling       D. Holding 

11. A. laugh         B. weep              C. appreciate      D. touch

12. A. long          B. apparently          C. immediately    D. later

13. A. changeable    B. disappointing        C. mad            D. wrong

14. A. As           B. Once               C. While         D. Since

15. A. glad          B. angry              C. shocked        D. frightened 

16. A. rushed        B. shouted             C. waited         D. gathered

17. A. noticed       B. found              C. expected        D. understood

18. A. check on      B. check in            C. check out        D. check through 

19. A. escaped       B. walked             C. fled             D. hurried

20. A. attribute      B. take                C. pay             D. display

Nobody could have guessed, in those days, the place in history that Martin Luther King, Jr ____.

A. was having    B. was to have      C. had had      D. Had   

D

Here is what I have been told of the matter.

     In the spring of 1842, Marguerite was so weak, so different in her looks, that the doctors had ordered her to take the waters. She therefore set out for Bagneres.

     Among the other sufferers there, was the Duke's daughter who not only had the same complaint but a face so like Marguerite's that they could have been taken for sisters.  The fact was that the young Duchess was in the third stage of consumption and, only days after Marguerite's arrival, she passed away.

     One morning the Duke, who had remained at Bagneres caught sight of Marguerite as she turned a corner of a gravel walk.

It seemed as though he was seeing the spirit of his dead child and, going up to her, he took both her hands, embraced her tearfully and, without asking who she was, begged permission to call on her and to love in her person the living image of his dead daughter.

      Marguerite, alone at Bagneres with her maid, and in any case having nothing to lose by compromising herself, granted the Duke what he asked.

      Now there were a number of people at Bagneres who knew her, and they made a point of calling on the Duke to inform him of Marguerite's true situation. It was a terrible blow for the old man, for any resemblance with his daughter stopped there. But it was too late. The young woman had become an emotional necessity, his only excuse and his sole reason for living.

    He did not criticize her, he had no right to, but he did ask her if she felt that she could change her way of life, and, in exchange for this sacrifice, he would offer all the compensations she could want. She agreed.

It should be said that at this point Marguerite, who was by nature somewhat highly strung(excited and nervous), was seriously ill. Her past appeared to her to be one of the major causes of her illness, and a kind of superstition(迷信) led her to hope that God would allow her to keep her beauty and her health in exchange for her regret and shame.

And indeed the waters, the walks, healthy fatigue and sleep had almost restored her fully by the end of that summer.

      The Duke accompanied Marguerite to Paris, where he continued to call on her as at Bagneres.

      This connection, of which the true origin and true motive were known to no one,  gave rise here to a great deal of talk, since the Duke, known till now as an enormously wealthy man,  now began to acquire a name for the prodigality(挥霍).

67. Why did the Duke take Marguerite’s both hands when he saw her?

A. His daughter and Marguerite were once good friends.

B. Marguerite is his daughter’s spirit.

C. Marguerite resembles his daughter.

D. They haven’t seen each other for long.

68. What’s the right order of the events?

a. The Duke accompanied Marguerite to Paris.

b. Marguerite set out for Bagneres.

c. The Duke took Marguerite as his daughter.

d. The daughter of the Duke passed away.

e. Marguerite took a gravel walk

A. e-c-b-d-a                  B. c-d-e-b-a                  C. b-d-e-c-a                  D. d-a-c-b-e

69. From the passage we can guess that Marguerite _______.

A. doesn’t believe in God

B. was once a woman without a good fame

C. was strange to all the people in Bagners

D. kept her own way of life while living with the Duke

70. According to the passage, Marguerite went to Bagners _______.

A. just for a gravel walk                                          B. to find her sister

C. to visit the Duke                                                 D. for treatment

（2010·黑龙江哈九中高三上第二次月考）     27. ________ has recently been done to provide more opportunities for laid-off workers, unemployment remains a serious problem in China.

A. What          B. Though what      C. That         D. In spite of what

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（2010·浙江瑞安中学高三10月月考）     35. It’s not what he said but the way he said it __________ made me angry.

A. what         B. in which        C. that     D. which

（2010·黑龙江哈九中高三上第二次月考）      34. I have reached a point in my life _______ I am supposed to make a decision of my own.

A. which         B. when        C. why            D. where

（2010·浙江温岭繁昌高复学校高三第二次月考）   8. ____ its size with that of the whole earth, we find the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

A. When compared B. Compared to     

C. To be compared D. Comparing

（2010·浙江瑞安中学高三10月月考）     37. He ________ to paint the whole house early this morning, but has only finished the front part of it so far.

 A. set about         B. set off C. set up  D. set out

（2010·江苏淮安中学高三第一次阶段闯关测试）22. Fitness is important in sports, but of at least ________ importance are skills.

A. fair         B. reasonable        C. proper       D. equal

（2010·海南省高三五校联考） 27．The moment        John will never forget is       Mr．Smith gave him a lot of valuable advice on how to improve his writing．

       A．that; that   B．that; when

C．when; that D．when; when