.It took George quite a while to find a  1place for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street,  2from the dentist’s. As he got out, he glanced at his   3. His appointment（约会）was at five and he still had twenty minutes to   4. He crossed into the square and   5on a bench, partly to   6the last of the afternoon sun,   7to calm his nerves （神经）. He hated these visits  8the dentist（牙医）.

As he sat there, watching the children at play and 9to the old women talking to each other, he turned around to see a red car like his own come out of the  10where he had parked. The car gathered speed and was soon   11of sight. George   12in his pockets for the keys: They were not there. “My car!” he cried   13a loud voice, which made several people stare at him. He got up and ran across the   14and then down the narrow street. His car was not to be seen--but then he discovered it concealed（被隐藏）   15a large one. He was relieved （使宽慰）to find his   16, still in his car.

By the time he reached the dentist’s it was already five. “I had rather an odd (奇特的)   17,” he said to the dentist to explain his   18. “I thought my car had been   19.”

“It’s quite   20sir,” said the dentist. “As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself.”

1.A. leaving        B. parking（停车） C. wide             D. special

2.A. in a way       B. far away         C. some way         D. near

3.A. watch          B. teeth            C. car              D. place

4.A. leave          B. sit              C. spare            D. see the doctor

5.A. stopped        B. stepped          C. stood            D. sat down

6.A. shine          B. enjoy            C. get              D. receive

7.A. but also       B. so               C. in order         D. for

8.A. by             B. of               C. to               D. with

9.A. listen         B. listening        C. to listen        D. listened

10.A. car           B. place            C. street           D. way

11.A. disappeared   B. out              C. left             D. lost

12.A. looked        B. felt             C. found            D. searched

13.A. with          B. at               C. in               D. by

14.A. square        B. hospital         C. street           D. bench

15.A. with          B. behind           C. after            D. in

16.A. bags          B. money            C. keys             D. card

17.A. chance        B. luck             C. thing            D. experience

18.A. hateness      B. reason           C. lateness         D. car

19.A. robbed        B. stolen           C. lost             D. there

20.A. true          B. good             C. often            D. all right

With excitement we started our small business. No longer were we  _1_  to have a weekly paycheck.. We now were on our own to  _2_  an income to provide us with the money to live. I was a little  _3_  about our ability to do this. But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believed in our ability to  _4.

We invested （投资） heavily in producing a number of products,  _5none of them were popular with customers. The market gave us so heavy a  _6__  that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses.

We now had our money  _7__  in the booth（货摊） that we had rented for the summer and fall months. We had a lot of money  _8_  up in materials. So we did not have enough money to _ _9__  our monthly bills. We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads.

As we discussed our  _10__ , I happened to read the words：“If you have made mistakes ... there is always another chance for you ... you may have a ___11__ start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘Failure’ is not falling down, but  _12_  down.”

The words reinforced（增强）my determination and Byron’s  _13__ that we could succeed. We did fall down, but we were _14_ not to stay down! So, we stepped back and refocused. We came up with new products using remaining __15___. We redesigned our booth. We reconsidered our pricing system. And, we started making enough money to pay our __16__.

If we had done nothing, if we had allowed ourselves to “stay down”, then we would have __17__ But we made the choice to learn from our __18__, and we moved forward with more determination.  Those words _19__ a much better idea on failure -- a chance for a fresh start! The most important point here is “choice” because you decide how you __20_ your failure, you decide if you stay down.

1.A. happy          B. dangerous        C. ready            D. safe

2.A. produce        B. receive          C. reduce           D. afford

3.A. excited        B. worried          C. confused         D. confident

4.A. manage         B. survive          C. succeed          D. compete

5.A. unless         B. so               C. but              D. though

6.A. blow           B. drop             C. push             D. surprise

7.A. cost           B. spent            C. wasted           D. paid

8.A.put             B. used             C. taken            D. tied

9.A. cover          B. support          C. discard          D. consider

10.A. plans         B. dreams           C. expectations     D. choices

11.A. good          B. fresh            C. natural          D. sudden

12.A. staying       B. coming           C. keeping          D. going

13.A. belief        B. imagination      C. suggestion       D. requirement

14.A. able          B. supposed         C. prepared         D. determined

15.A. tools         B. machines         C. materials        D. goods

16.A. debts         B. bills            C. costs            D. products

17.A. ended         B. missed           C. fell             D. failed

18.A. performances  B. experiences      C. mistakes         D. promises

19.A. explain       B. create           C. offer            D. prove

20.A. view          B. fear             C. seize            D. discover

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station？ A train for Santa FE collide（碰撞）with a（n） 1at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured，” said a（n） 2voice of a young woman.

 “Just a minute, we’ll come 3. Please stay there and wait，” answered the policeman.

Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 4. Soon they got to the 5, but only to 6everything was fine. No collision, no 7man.

 “What a dirty trick！” Said the policeman 8. “We must find out that mischievous（恶作剧的） 9and.”

They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 10they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 11a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too.  12it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 13meters away.

When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 14out of the damaged truck, he was 15hurt just 16the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 17in time, he was saved at last.

Later the policemen did 18they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 19.

It is 20that a prophecy（预言）should coincide（巧合）with the fact so exactly.

1.A. ambulance         B. truck           C. car             D. bus

2.A. anxious           B. sweet           C. gentle          D. low

3.A. fast              B. ahead           C. soon            D. later

4.A. went by           B. set off         C. got there       D. came on

5.A. telephone         B. street          C. station         D. crossing

6.A. feel              B. find            C. have            D. tell

7.A. injured           B. trapped         C. frightened      D. killed

8.A. happily           B. excitedly       C. angrily         D. disappointedly

9.A. man               B. policeman       C. woman           D. boy

10.A. until            B. since           C. while           D. when

11.A. at               B. of              C. by              D. for

12.A. When             B. Where           C. That            D. Which

13.A. dozen            B. dozens          C. dozen of        D. dozens of

14.A. raised           B. helped          C. pushed          D. forced

15.A. slightly         B. clearly         C. hardly          D. badly

16.A. as               B. so              C. before          D. for

17.A. police station   B. market          C. hospital        D. sidewalk

18.A. that             B. which           C. however         D. whatever

19.A. delayed          B. worked          C. stopped         D. failed

20.A. surprised        B. surprising      C. satisfied       D. satisfying

Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city,   1was very near the countryside. She worked   2a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of    3

Mrs. Green had a good voice and she  4her classes exciting. But she had a   5point. Some of her notes（音调）were so high that they sounded like a door which needed   6. In order to improve her notes, she took   7chance（机会）that she could find to practise.

As her house was not big, she couldn't practise  8in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing  9the country road. She practised her high notes   10walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car    11along the road, she  12singing. She did not want her high notes to be   13, for she was shy.

One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so   14and so fast that she didn't  15it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her  16and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a   17expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to  18all the tires（轮胎）carefully.

Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the   19he had heard really was. The driver found  20wrong, got back into the car and drove off.

1.A. that              B. which            C. where           D. there

2.A. as                B. like             C. with            D. on

3.A. books             B. pictures         C. sports          D. music

4.A. got               B. supported        C. made            D. forced

5.A. weak              B. strong           C. good            D. special

6.A. painting          B. locking          C. cleaning        D. oiling

7.A. some              B. each             C. a               D. other

8.A. operating         B. listening        C. singing         D. other

9.A. across            B. beside           C. close to        D. along

10.A. as soon as       B. while            C. after           D. before

11.A. coming           B. disappearing     C. leaving         D. driving

12.A. kept             B. went on          C. stopped         D. began

13.A. found            B. made             C. hearing         D. heard

14.A. quietly          B. quickly          C. carefully       D. slowly

15.A. recognize        B. catch            C. realize         D. provide

16.A. biggest          B. highest          C. nice            D. largest

17.A. puzzled          B. sad              C. serious         D. happy

18.A. watch            B. examine          C. control         D. notice

19.A. fact             B. note             C. noise           D. music

20.A. the tires        B. everything       C. something       D. nothing

The story goes that two best friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had a（n）1, and one friend slapped（打耳光）the other one in the _2.

The one who got slapped was _3, but without saying anything, wrote in the _4: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”

They keep on walking _5they found an oasis（绿洲），_6they decided to take a bath, The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire（泥沼）and started _7, but the friend saved him.

After he _8from the near drowning, he _9on a stone: “Today my best friend _10my life.”

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend 11him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone.  12?”

The other friend replied: “When someone hurts us we should write 13down in the sand where winds of 14can erase it. But when someone does something 15for us, we must carve it in stone where no wind can 16erase it.”

What does the story 17us? — Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your 18in stone.

Send this sentence to the people you’ll never 19. It’s a 20message to let them know that you’ll never forget them.

1.A. stop             B. argument        C. rest               D. agreement

2.A. face             B. hand            C. head               D. back

3.A. defeated         B. injured         C. hurt               D. refused

4.A. stone            B. desert          C. diary              D. sand

5.A. while            B. before          C. when               D. until

6.A. which            B. where           C. when               D. that

7.A. crying           B. drowning        C. falling            D. dying

8.A. came             B. returned        C. recovered          D. took

9.A. wrote            B. drew            C. recorded           D. stood

10.A. protected       B. changed         C. supported          D. saved

11.A. questioned      B. told            C. asked              D. answered

12.A. How             B. Why             C. When               D. Where

13.A. them            B. these           C. it                 D. those

14.A. forgiveness     B. love            C. peace              D. kindness

15.A. hard            B. bad             C. friendly           D. good

16.A. ever            B. never           C. still              D. even

17.A. remind          B. tell            C. prove              D. inform

18.A. benefits        B. profits         C. advantages         D. memories

19.A. remember        B. leave           C. forget             D. miss

20.A. useless         B. long            C. traditional        D. short

 -- Do you think we need so much money?

-- Yes, you know we’ll have to buy ________ equipment

A. much              B. many            C. less              D. vast

 He’s feeling rather _______ with himself after the examination.

A. pleasing          B. pleased         C. pleasant          D. pleasurable

 I know this is not quite the right word, but I can’t be bothered to think of _____

A. a better          B. a best          C. the better        D. the good

 Anybody in our class is _________ of working out the puzzle in ten minutes

A. likely            B. probable        C. capable           D. unable

 -- What do you think of chemistry?

--In my opinion, chemistry is ______ physics

A. subject so difficult as             B. as difficult a subject as

C. as a difficult subject as           D. difficult as a subject as