(江西省师大附中2009届高三三模试卷)

It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora did. She wasn’t even four, but she  36  at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy,  37  we take him home?”

    I don’t remember my reply. But I do remember a sudden  38  feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her  39 , whether it was  40  in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing  41  and beggary.

    A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and  42  it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I  43  us up. Nora was  44  about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how  45  our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to  46  myself to leave the house. On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn  47 . The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting at home. Why do this?  48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She  49  us right over.

    The building was in a sad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. 50  inside, I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears.

    Professionals call such a(n)  51  “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities, I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have opportunity to do something  52  that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve to needy people and  53  clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve  54  her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has  55  more?

36.   A. pulled               B. glanced         C. waved                D. aimed

37.   A. would                   B. can                   C. need                    D. must

38.   A. general              B. true                 C. heavy              D. curious

39.   A. area                  B. part                  C. eyesight            D. world

40.   A. insects              B. dogs                 C. animals              D. birds

41.   A. coldness            B. illness               C. suffering             D. ignorance

42.   A. delivered            B. returned         C. devoted           D. posted

43.   A. held                  B. hurried               C. signed               D. lined

44.   A. casual                   B. sorry                C. astonished         D. excited

45.   A. creative            B. valuable          C. shocking             D. simple

46.   A. warn                 B. stop                C. allow             D. push

47.   A. back              B. away                C. up                  D. out

48.   A. Therefore        B. Obviously          C. Still                 D. Also

49.   A. called             B. promised        C. invited            D. helped

50.   A. As                    B. Once                C. Because                  D. Though

51.   A. stay                  B. visit                  C. adventure           D. challenge

52.   A. fair                   B. famous               C. difficult           D. enjoyable

53.   A. collect          B. make               C. order              D. wear

54.   A. let                 B. made                C. watched          D. noticed

55.   A. improved      B. benefited          C. tried                D. seized

 (江苏省镇江市2009届高三第三次调研测试)

Once I spoke at a high school．After the speech，the principal asked me to see a special student．An illness had kept the boy home，but he had expressed an 36  in meeting me，and it would mean a great deal to him．I 37 ．

   He was Matthew．When he was born，the doctor told his parents that he would not live to

see five，then they were told he would not 38 it to ten．Now he was thirteen．He wanted tomeet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter, and I 39 about overcoming obstacles(障碍)and 40 for my dreams．

    I spent over an hour talking to Matthew．Never did he  41  ．He spoke about winning andsucceeding and seeking his dreams．42 ，he knew what he was talking about．He just talked about his 43 for the future，and how one day he wanted to 44  weight with me．

    When we finished talking，I went to my briefcase and  45  out the first gold medal I won and put it around his  46 ．I told him he was more of a  47  and knew more about success and overcoming 48 than I ever would．He looked at it for a while．then took it off 49 handed it back to me．He said，“You are a 50 ．You earned that medal. 51 when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal，I will show it to you．”

   Last summer I got the news that Matthew had passed 52 and a letter Matthew had written me a few days before：

Dear Rick，

    My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me．The doctors are 53 to tell me that I don't have long to live any more．But I still 54 as much as I can．

  I told you that in the future I Was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal．But I know now I'll 55．But I know I'm a champion，and god knows that too．When I get to Heaven，

God will give me my medal and when you get there，I will show it to you．

  Thank you for loving me．

                                          Your friend，

                                           Matthew

36.A．idea            B．interest            C．opinion            D．agreement

37.A．neglected     B．refused            C．agreed             D．ignored

38.A．make          B．expect             C．enjoy               D．continue

39.A．knew          B．read                 C．thought            D．asked

40.A．looking B．longing            C．going               D．waiting

41.A．laugh          B．cry          C．complain          D．call

42A．Nearly          B．Probably          C．Mainly             D．Obviously

43.A．hopes          B．worries            C．needs                     D．hobbies

44.A．lose            B．lift          C．reduce              D．gain

45.A．pushed        B．pulled              C．carried             D．got

46.A．neck           B．head                C．hand                D．waist

47.A．loser           B．winner             C．patient             D．buy

48.A．pains           B．diseases           C．obstacles     D．shortcomings

49.A．or               B．so                   C．but                  D．and

50.A．doctor         B．teacher            C．champion         D．trainer

51A．Somewhere  B．Somehow        C．Nowadays    D．Someday

52.A．out             B．away               C．on                   D．by

53.A．eager          B．surprised          C．worried           D．sorry

54.A．laugh          B．eat                   C．smile               D．talk

55.A．seldom        B．already             C．never               D．ever

 (江苏省海安高级中学、南京外国语学校、南京市金陵中学三校2009届高三第三次调研)

I remember one Thanksgiving when our family had no money and no food, and someone knocked on our door. A man was there with a giant   36  and some other food. The stranger announced, “I’m here to help people  37  . Have a great Thanksgiving.”

From then on ,I promised  38  that someday I would do the same for others. Every Thanksgiving since I was eighteen, I would buy enough food,   39  like a delivery boy, go to the   40  neighborhood and knock on a door. I always   41  a note explaining my Thanksgiving experience as a kid. I have received  42  from it than from any amount of money.

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Last Thanksgiving I was in a hotel in New York with my new wife. She was sad because normally she  43  be home decorating the house for Christmas. I said, “Why don’t we decorate some  44  today instead of trees?” When I told her what I always did on Thanksgiving , she got  45  .

We went down to the street to  46  a van. We has waved to about twenty drivers before one finally   47  . We asked him, “Could you take us to a disadvantaged area? We’ll pay you.”

The driver said, “You don’t have to 48  me. I’ll take you to places you’ve  49  thought of going.   50  first tell me why you want to do this.”

I told him my story and that I wanted to show gratitude by giving something  51  . We bought food  52  for a troop. Then he took us to the South Bronx where there were half a dozen people living in one room with no electricity or heat in the dead of   53  . It was both an  54  realization that people lived this way and a truly fulfilling experience to make even a small  55  .

36．A．chicken        B．turkey                 C．pig                      D．sheep

37．A．in vain          B．in turn                 C．in return              D．in need

38．A．my wife       B．the stranger         C．myself                D．him

39．A．dress           B．work                   C．look                    D．behave

40．A．poorest        B．nearest                C．nicest                  D．best

41．A．included       B．read                    C．contained            D．took

42．A．much           B．less                     C．fewer                  D．more

43．A．could           B．would                 C．might                  D．must

44．A．hotels           B．lives                    C．streets                 D．houses

45．A．nervous        B．sad                     C．excited                D．worried

46．A．buy              B．make                   C．decorate              D．find

47．A．talked           B．smiled                 C．fled                     D．stopped

48．A．tell               B．stop                    C．ask                     D．pay

49．A．ever             B．never                  C．always                D．sometimes

50．A．Therefore     B．Otherwise            C．Instead                D．But

51．A．up               B．back                   C．in                       D．out

52．A．just              B．right                    C．enough                D．good

53．A．spring          B．summer               C．autumn               D．winter

54．A．astonishing   B．angry                  C．unforgettable       D．unrealistic

55．A．progress       B．meal                    C．difference            D．trip

 (吉林省长春市2009届高三第三次调研测试)

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it?” I wondered . I  21   it over . There, on the back in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled（手写的）  22   . Immediately my mind traveled    23  many years .

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my   24   that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers   25   they wanted any magazines .

Shaking off the   26  like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he    27  me over to the fire-place . Noticing the    28  in the top of my    29 , he said, “Come with me !” pulling me into his  30   and drove me downtown. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside, a salesman   31   me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had   32   seen . I  felt several inches  33   when I got up   34   them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .

Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a    35 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me . With   36   eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately （深情地）, “Jimmy, I want you to   37   I love you”.

I said good-bye, and for the first time I   38   the hope that things would be   39   . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a   40   .

21．A．read             B．thought               C．turned                 D．passed

22．A．address        B．list                      C．message              D．information

23．A．forward       B．so                       C．ahead                  D．back

24．A．return          B．rounds                C．trip                     D．arrival

25．A．if only          B．how                    C．whether              D．why

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26．A．dust             B．sweat                  C．tail                      D．rain

27．A．led               B．followed              C．watched              D．carried

28．A．hole             B．mud                    C．water                  D．cover

29．A．magazine      B．shoe                    C．sock                   D．bag

30．A．truck           B．factory                C．home                  D．store

31．A．wore            B．fitted                   C．showed               D．comforted

32．A．ever             B．already                C．never                  D．hardly

33．A．higher          B．tall                      C．high                    D．taller

34．A．for               B．with                    C．on                      D．in

35．A．pen              B．paper                  C．card                    D．notebook

36．A．tearful          B．unbelievable         C．curious               D．puzzled

37．A．recognize     B．know                  C．consider              D．express

38．A．sensed         B．received              C．lost                     D．gained

39．A．mistaken      B．right                    C．all right               D．possible

40．A．deal             B．fortune                C．choice                 D．difference

 (湖南省长沙市一中2009届高三第三次模拟考试)

Far from a Family Christmas

My Air Force room in Florida was empty and quiet—I was alone. My five roommates were    gone for their __36  ; I had chosen to    37   behind in the camp. Being young and far from my home, I felt   38  . My room was comfortable enough,   39   I hadn’t realized it until then what made it so—the   40   of others walking, joking or just lying on their beds.

I was not able to sleep. I was capable of being on my own—  41  , preferred it at times—but tonight was   42  . Tossing（辗转） and turning in the darkened room gave no   43  . The last sign of daylight had disappeared,   44   my inner depression.   45  , the glow （光辉） of Christmas lights on the tall pines would only   46   me of my great misery.

Suddenly, I heard weak sound of men   47   to sing. Yes, the voices grew louder and came my way. I  48   still, enjoying the sound.

In the corridor （走廊）  49   my room,   50  came near enough for me to hear Christmas carols being sung. Suddenly, there, four airmen, identities unknown, were slightly unsteadied（走路不稳） by holiday   51  . The first held a beer bottle with a lighted candle   52   its top. The others formed a dancing line behind him.

53   I was in the room, with joyful faces in the flickering （摇曳的） light, they sang me several carols, wished me a   54   and left as fast as they had arrived.

I slept soundly soon after, burying my face in my pillow,   55   that someone had cared for me.

36. A. business        B. fights                        C. missions                D. holidays

37. A. remain          B. leave                         C. help                       D. work

38. A. disappointed  B. friendly                     C. lonely                     D. lost

39. A. while            B. though                      C. whether                 D. but

40. A. impatience     B. presence                    C. interest                   D. delight

41. A. in fact           B. above all                   C. at first                    D. on earth

42. A. poor             B. good                         C. different                 D. standard

43. A. fun              B. help                          C. effort                   D. progress

44. A. appealing to   B. sticking to                 C. leading to               D. adding to

45. A. Therefore      B. Otherwise                  C. Besides                  D. Yet

46. A. remind          B. recall                         C. remember               D. think

47. A. managing      B. attempting                 C. happening               D. deciding

48. A. sat                B. slept                          C. laid                        D. lay

49. A. far from        B. beyond                      C. under                     D. within

50. A. explosions    B. noises                       C. sounds                   D. voices

51. A. whisper        B. confidence                 C. cheer                     D. optimism

52. A. stuck in        B. attached to                 C. tied to                    D. involved in

53. A. Thinking      B. Seeing                       C. Guessing                D. Admitting

54. A. good luck      B. happy New Year         C. merry Christmas     D. happy birthday

55. A. grateful         B. stressful                    C. annoyed                 D. surprised

 (河北省衡水中学2009届高三第三次模拟考试)

Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself．The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her  21  window was open. In fact，it was so wide open that she had  22  closing it．Then she realized that things were not in their proper    23  ．Finally，when she found her empty  24  on the kitchen table，she realized the awful   25 ．At first, she didn’t know what to do．Then she decided to  26  her son，Derek．

Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone，“It's your mother，”she  27   him coldly．Louise told Derek about the open window，about things being in the wrong places and about the  28  missing from her purse．

“All right，”said Derek，“Don’t  29  anything．I'll be  30  in half an hour.”

Louise  31   and made herself a pot of tea and some toast．Then she went from room to room wondering  32  anything else was missing．

When Derek arrived，he was content to  33  her looking so calm．“Have you rung the  34    ?”he asked.“No? Then I’ll do that straight away．”So he rang the police．

As it was Sunday，  35  the only detectives were out．However，the police were polite，but vague（含糊的）．“We’ll send  36  round as soon as possible，”they said.

Derek telephoned his wife．“I'm not sure when I'll be home，love．”he told her,“I’ve got to  37  for the police．”While Derek and his mother waited，Derek  38  the catches（挂钩） on the windows and locks on the doors．All of them were old and some of the catches hardly  39  at all．Derek felt   40 ．His mother was an old woman，after all．“I'll have to change all these，”he told her．

21．A．kitchen   　　  B．bedroom   　 C．washroom　　　      D．bathroom

22．A．strength   　　 B．trouble   　　 C．reason 　　　 　     D．puzzle

23．A．positions   　　B．situations   　 C．directions 　 　       D．places

24．A．purse          B．vase          C．pot                 D．envelope

25．A．mistake        B．message       C．news               D．truth

26．A．visit           B．ask           C．ring                 D．punish

27．A．invited         B．informed      C．stated                D．scolded

28．A．money         B．coin          C．note                 D．bill

29．A．say            B．move         C．touch               D．prepare

30．A．round          B．here          C．off               D．away

31．A．sighed         B．relaxed        C．whispered         D．hurried

32．A．how           B．why          C．if                D．where

33．A．realize         B．find          C．know             D．sense

34．A．hospital        B．neighbour     C．police             D．friend

35．A．generally       B．luckily        C．considerably        D．unfortunately

36．A．someone       B．anyone        C．everyone           D．none

37．A．hope          B．ask           C．wait               D．call

38．A．tested         B．repaired       C．fixed               D．examined

39．A．locked         B．worked      C．helped             D．opened

40．A．excited        B．silly        C．worried            D．guilty

 (甘肃省兰州一中09届高三第三次高考诊断考试)

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself and not tell them about it till I'd got one.                

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the   21_   in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as    22_  as if 1 were going on the stage. Finding the    23_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. "

The simple atmosphere of the office    24_  me. The woman looked carefully at me   25_  through her glasses, and then    26_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   27_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   28_  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   29  to get a job without    30_  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   31_   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“   32_  , I've got someone in the   33_  at this very moment who might    34_   . " She wrote down a   35_   . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a    36   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I——   37_   having cooked for more than four in my life. I   38_  her again and again, and rushed out to the   39_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that 1 was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   40_   cook books.

21．A．bed               B．house             C．agency           D．office

22．A．proud            B．please            C．nervous           D．worried

23．A．family            B．door               C．place             D．stage

24．A．calmed           B．excited           C．frightened         D．disturbed

25．A．as usual          B．for a while         C．in a minute        D．once again

26．A．advised           B．examined         C．informed          D．questioned

27．A．encouraged       B．dissatisfied        C．hopeless          D．pleased

28．A．place             B．job            C．advice            D．help

29．A．difficult          B．helpless          C．possible          D． unusual

30．A．ability            B．experience       C．knowledge        D．study

31．A．after               B．since              C．until             D．when

32．A．Above all                                           B．As a matter of fact    

       C．As a result                                        D．In spite of that

33．A．family             B．house            C．office            D．restaurant

34．A．hire               B．accept            C．suit             D．offer

35．A．letter              B．name                C．note              D．number

36．A．cook              B．help                C．teacher           D．secretary

37．A．almost            B．never            C．nearly            D．really

38．A．answered         B．promised         C．thanked           D．told

39．A．outside             B．local              C．closest           D．nearest

40．A．burrowing         B．buying         C．reading           D．lending

 (北京先知文化中心2009届高三模拟测试（三）)

One night last summer, my neighbor Debbie came over and knocked on my door. “I’m leaving for   21, Jim,” she said. “Would you mind dropping by my house in a bit and   22 on my mother?”

   “Not a problem,” I said.

I’d lived next door to Debbie and her 84-year-old  23  , Nan, for about six months, and we’d become fast friends. Debbie always worked at night. She  24  leaving her mom alone, so she asked if it was okay if she rigged (装配) up one of those baby monitors and  25  me a receiver.

I was 26  to help. After all, I’ve been blind since infancy(婴儿期) and out of work for years. In fact, at 54, I’d come to wonder if I had much   27 anymore.

Like me, Nan was   28 —and was also hard of hearing. That evening Nan and I chatted for a bit 29.

“If you’re okay,” I said, “I think I’ll turn in.” Before I 30, I made sure the baby monitor was working.

“Good night, Nan,” I said. I 31  my stick and headed out the door. “See you tomorrow,” Nan called behind me. I locked the door and 32  my way home.

Several minutes 33 I heard a sound. It was Nan on the 34  . “Jim! Jim!” I heard over the monitor. “The house is 35 ! Help! ”

I went as   36   as I could to Debbie’s. I got to the front door. I could 37 a heavy, thick smoke. I put my hand on the doorknob(门把手), and reached for my key and 38  the door. “Here, Jim. Help!” Her voice was weak.

“Let’s get out of here!” I shouted. Grabbing her hand, I started to move on. I tapped with my cane 39 we found the front door. We felt our way down the steps, 40 in the sweet, fresh summer air, and to the gate of her yard. Thank you, Lord. We’re all safe.

21. A. play                     B. study               C. game                 D. work

22. A. checking                   B. taking                      C. putting                     D. keeping

23. A. father                        B. mother                    C. sister                       D. brother

24. A. thought about       B. worried about           C. cared for                       D. looked for

25. A. sold                          B. bought                     C. brought                   D. gave

26. A. sad                           B. sorrowful                C. glad                        D. upset

27. A. value                         B. price                        C. money                     D. service

28. A. deaf                          B. old                           C. wise                        D. blind

29. A. long before                B. before long              C. once again                      D. as usual

30. A. left                           B. stayed                     C. talked                      D. chatted

31. A. set up                       B. put up                     C. picked up                D. took up

32. A. moved                             B. pushed                   C. wound                    D. felt

33. A. instead                             B. later                        C. then                       D. ago

34. A. neighbor                    B. receiver                   C. worker                            D. speaker

35. A. on fire                       B. in trouble                 C. in danger                 D. on sale

36. A. fast                           B. slowly                      C. safely               D. well

37. A. see                                   B. feel                         C. taste                        D. smell

38. A. unlocked                   B.shut                         C. broke                             D. knocked

39. A. before                       B. after                        C. until                        D. since

40. A. showing                   B. noticing                   C. losing                      D. breathing

 (北京市101中学2009届高三三模)

My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this    36   .

One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and    37   . All the students were working    38    a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no    39    of stopping. I walked down the row and found    40    was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.

By this time the activity aroused my    41   , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on    42    I noticed she too was busy writing. “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” …… I felt it best not to    43   .

After another ten minutes, the students were    44    to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoe box. Then Donna

45    hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door.       Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to    46   . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the    47    of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and    48    your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.

Donna delivered the eulogy （悼词）. “Friends, we gathered here today to    49    the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is    50    by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in    51   . Amen!”

She turned the students    52    and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the    53    of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student    54    and said, “I Can’t,” Donna    55    pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.

36. A. job              B. project                            C. observation               D. course

37. A. checked           B. noticed                     C. watched                   D. waited

38. A. on            B. with                         C. as                            D. for

39. A. scenes         B. senses                      C. marks                      D. signs

40. A. nobody     B. somebody                 C. everyone                  D. anyone

41. A. curiosity      B. suspect                    C. sympathy                 D. worry

42. A. and             B. or                            C. but                          D. so

43. A. insert           B. interrupt                   C. talk                          D. request

44. A. taught          B. shown                      C. forced                      D. instructed

45. A. added          B. wrote                       C. made                       D. folded

46. A. cry              B. pray                         C. dig                           D. play

47. A. back            B. bottom                     C. top                          D. edge

48. A. drop            B. raise                         C. fall                           D. lift

49. A. keep            B. thank                       C. forgive                     D. honor

50. A. remembered B. punished                   C. removed                   D. replaced

51. A. silence         B. heart                        C. peace                       D. memory

52. A. down           B. up                            C. off                           D. around

53. A. birth            B. passing                     C. loss                         D. starting

54. A. awoke         B. reminded                  C. forgot                      D. apologized

55. A. simply         B. hardly                      C. seriously                  D. angrily

 (陕西省宝鸡中学2009届高三第四次模拟考试)

I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the  21  celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not  22  much from the war there, though, like most children of my age, I often saw  23  houses in the streets and the very big  24  lorries passing through. But both at home and at school I had become  25  to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously,  26  had been better, though I was too young to understand why,  27  there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had  28  heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant very  29  to me. I did not remember what London was like.

  What I remember now  30  V-Day was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting  31  and building an enormous bonfire. We stood and watched them for a time, and then I went home and  32  myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.

  It was May and still broad  33  when my mother arrived, and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to  34  the bonfire, so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very  35 , and somehow people had collected some old clothes to  36  “Hitler” with the moustache they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames  37  soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.

  I stood beside my father until the  38  started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had  39  in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said, “Well, that’s it, son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the  40  one”

21．A．war                 B．victory              C．Christmas         D．birthday

22．A．suffered             B．learnt               C．heard                D．read

23．A．crowded           B．rebuilt               C．bombed             D．enlarged

24．A．modern             B．old                   C．railway             D．army

25．A．used                B．devoted             C．engaged            D．related

26．A．food                B．things               C．housed              D．news

27．A．except that        B．now that           C．for fear that       D．in order that

28．A．never                B．hardly               C．only                  D．already

29．A．much                B．little                  C．great                 D．important

30．A．about                B．on                    C．for                    D．during

31．A．money              B．wood                 C．information       D．clothes

32．A．showed             B．allowed               C．let                    D．called

33．A．early                 B．daylight             C．dark                 D．warm

34．A．see                  B．light                  C．find                 D．put on

35．A．high                 B．hot                   C．dangerous         D．far

36．A．draw                B．paint                 C．write                D．dress

37．A．disappeared        B．happened           C．rose                  D．came

38．A．sun                   B．moon                C．fire                  D．noise

39．A．fought              B．worked              C．grown               D．changed

40．A．best                B．worst               C．first                  D．last