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    Old Behrman was a painter but was a failure in art. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce, little, old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.

    Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas(画布) that had been waiting twenty – five years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away like a leaf on the old ivy vine climbing hopelessly up the outside block wall.

    Old BeYucman was angered at such an idea. “ Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because leaves drop off a vine?”

    “She is very sick ,” said Sue, “and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas.”

    “This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick, “  yelled Behrman .  “Some day I will Paint a masterpiece,and we shall all go away.”

    Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other without speaking. Beluman sat and posed as the miner.

    The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour’ s sleep. She found Johnsy with wide – open eyes staring at the covered window.

    “Pull up the shade; I want to see,” she ordered, quietly. Sue obeyed.

    Despite the strong wind, yet there was one ivy leaf against the wall. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were colored with the yellow. “It is the last one,” said Johnsy.“I thought it would surely fall during the night. It will fall today and I shall die at the same time.”

    “Dear, dear!” said Sue,“Think of me, if you won’t think of yourself. What would I do?”

    But Johnsy did not answer.

    The next moming, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there.

    “I’ ve been a bad girl, “  said Johnsy ,  “Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now.”

    An hour later she said: “Someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.”

    Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway.

    “Even chances.  With good care,  you’ll win, “ said the doctor.  “And now I must see another case I have in your building. Behrman, his name is-some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia（肺炎）,too. He is an old, weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain.”

    The next day , the doctor said to Sue:“She’ s out of danger. You won.．”

     “I have something to tell you, Johnsy, “ she said.“Behrman died today. And look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn’ t you wonder why it never moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrman’ s masterpiece—he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.”

    75. What was in Johnsy’ s mind all the time?

    A. When the last leaf falls I must go.

    B. The old ivy leaves have little to do with my getting well.

    C. I am such a bad girl as to make everything messy.

    D. Someday I hope to paint a masterpiece.

    76. Which detail in the passage suggests that Behnnan was a failure?

    A. He worked as a miner to make ends meet.

    B. His drawing board had waited 25 years to receive the first line of his masterpiece

    C. He was protective of the two girls but mostly sensitive and fierce.

    D. He was a professional model waiting for his great opportunity.

    77. We can learn from the story that_____.

    A. The relationship between the two artist girls was developed on material comfort

    B. The three artists mentioned in the story shared a studio apartment

    C.Behnnan showed great sympathy for the two youth

    D. Johnsy was somehow annoyed to be accompanied by a never – succeeded artist

    78. What does the underlined part “Even chances.” mean ?

    A. The doctor indicated that Johnsy was doomed to die.

    B.The doctor thought that they should let her go.

    C. The doctor believed that Johnsy had every chance of recovery

    D. The doctor put her chances at fifty – fifty.

    79. When Johnsy said she had been a bad girl, she meant that_____.

    A. asking for death was not right

    B. she deserved more severe punishment

    C. she should never forget about her dream.

    D. she was ashamed not to be able to support the other two.

    80. The short story can be listed as a typical example of stories with_____.

    A. surprise endings                   B. vivid contrasts ( 对比)

    C. artistic imagination                D. attractive openings

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    Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  18  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  19 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  20  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 21 .

    　　It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  22 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  23  plenty of money.

    　　Jack  24  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  25  the ￡100.

    　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  26  his first million, and he wanted to  27  this achievement by doing something “ 28 ”. With all his money it was  29  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  30  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

    　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  31  Jack still can’t get used to  32  the good life. He can  33  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.

    “I remember being very  34  as a child, but never  35  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

    1.                A．job            B．work           C．company D．house

     

    2.                A．able           B．glad            C．unable   D．eager

     

    3.                A．offer           B．like            C．expect   D．afford

     

    4.                A．wrong          B．hungry         C．ill   D．bad

     

    5.                A．seeing         B．wondering      C．doubting  D．preparing

     

    6.                A．school          B．farm           C．business  D．store

     

    7.                A．problem        B．purpose        C．future    D．principle

     

    8.                A．spent          B．borrowed       C．wasted   D．earned

     

    9.                A．enjoyed        B．preferred       C．promised D．hated

     

    10.               A．developing      B．saving          C．repaying   D．paying

     

    11.               A．given          B．made          C．taken D．lost

     

    12.               A．remember      B．honor          C．celebrate  D．recognize

     

    13.               A．common        B．simple         C．interesting     D．grand

     

    14.               A．impossible      B．possible        C．obvious   D．basic

     

    15.               A．ground         B．front           C．spot  D．heart

     

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

     

    17.               A．using          B．sparing         C．living D．keeping

     

    18.               A．often          B．never          C．sometimes D．seldom

     

    19.               A．rich           B．poor           C．healthy    D．well

     

    20.               A．proud          B．satisfied        C．unhappy   D．happy

     

     

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    阅读理解。
         Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the apartment building. Behrman was a failure
    in art. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a
    little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce, little,
    old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.
         Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas (画布) that had been waiting twenty-five
    years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away
    like a leaf on the old ivy vine climbing hopelessly up the outside block wall.
         Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because
    leaves drop off a vine? Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?"
         "She is very sick and weak," said Sue, "and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas."
         "This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick," yelled Behrman. "Some day I will
    paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away."
         Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and
    Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at
    each other without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow. Behrman sat and posed as the miner.
         The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour's sleep. She found Johnsy with wide-open eyes staring at the
    covered window.
         "Pull up the shade; I want to see," she ordered, quietly.
         Sue obeyed.
         After the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night, there yet stood against the wall one ivy
    leaf. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were colored with the
    yellow. It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.
         "It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fail during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall
    today and I shall die at the same time."
         "Dear, dear!" said Sue, leaning her worn face downtoward the bed. "Think.of me, if you won't think of
    yourself. What would I do?"
         But Johnsy did not answer.
         The next morning, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was
    still there. Johnsy lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was preparing chicken
    soup.
         "I've been a bad girl," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I
    was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now."
         An hour later she said:"someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples."
         Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway.
         "Even chances. With good care, you'll win," said the doctor. "And now I must see another case I have in
    your building. Behrman, his name is-some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia (肺炎), too. He is an old,
    weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain."
         The next day, the doctor said to Sue:"She's out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now-that's all."
         Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her.
         "I have something to tell you, white mouse," she said."Mister Behrman died of pneumonia today in the
    hospital. He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs
    helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They could not imagine where
    he had been on such a terrible night.
         And then they found a lantern, still lighted. And they found a ladder that had been moved from its place.
    And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow colors mixed on it.
         And look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never moved
    when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrrnan's masterpiece-he painted it there the night that the last leaf felt."  
    1. What was in Johnsy's mind all the time?
    A. When the last leaf falls I must go.
    B. The old ivy leaves have little to do with my getting well.
    C. I am such a bad girl as to make everything messy.
    D. Someday I hope to paint a masterpiece.
    2. Which detail in the passage suggests that Behrman was a failure?
    A. He worked as a miner to make ends meet.
    B. His drawing board had waited 25 years to receive the first line of his masterpiece.
    C. He was protective of the two girls but mostly sensitive and fierce.
    D. He was a professional model waiting for his great opportunity.
    3. One can safely assume after reading the story that _____.
    A. the relationship between the two artist girls was developed on material comfort
    B. the three artists mentioned in the story shared a studio apartment
    C. Behrman showed great sympathy for the two youth
    D. Johnsy was somehow annoyed to be accompanied by a never-succeeded artist
    4. What does the underlined part "Even chances" suggest?
    A. The doctor indicated that Johnsy was doomed to die.
    B. The doctor thought that they should let her go.
    C. The doctor believed that Johnsy had every chance of recovery.
    D. The doctor put her chances at fifty-fifty.
    5. When Johnsy said she had been a bad girl, she meant that _____.
    A. asking for death was not right
    B. she deserved more severe punishment
    C. she should never forget about her dream
    D. she was ashamed not to be able to support the other two
    6. The short story can be listed as a typical example of stories with _____.
    A. surprise endings
    B. vivid contrasts
    C. artistic imagination
    D. arresting openings

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         A story tells that a senior villager led some other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town in order to
    trade rice as food the winter. One night they camped in a wilderness with a starry sky above. The senior
    villager, obeying the tradition passed down from forefathers, took out three blocks of salt and threw them into
    the campfire, probably to predict the changes of weather in the mountains.
         All eagerly waited for the old man's" weather report":if the salt in the fire produced crackling sound, they
    would have good weather in store；if no sound was produced, it then meant the good weather would soon end
    and a storm would come at any moment.
         The senior villager looked serious. The salt in the campfire made no sound at all. Convinced by this bad
    sign, he urged (催促) the whole team to set out immediately after daybreak. A young man in the group,
    however, insisted that they should not start in such a hurry, considering it superstitious to" forecast weather by
    using salt.
         It was not until the next afternoon that the young man caught up on the wisdom of the old man when the
    weather suddenly changed, with cold winds blowing and a snowstorm raging. In fact, the method used by the
    clan head could be well explained by modem science:whether or not salt produces sound in campfire depends
    on air humidity (湿度).That is to say, when a storm approaches, due to high humidity, the dampened salt
    blocks will not produce any sound in fire.
    1.The senior villager predicted the changes of the weather _____ while camping in a wilderness that night.
    A. by taking out salt
    B. by burning salt in fire
    C. in a superstitious way
    D. depending on his wisdom
    2. "The weather report" they got that night _____.
    A. had a bad sign
    B. gave wrong information
    C. was superstitious at that time
    D. was scientific according to modem science
    3. After reading the passage, we can know _____.
    A. the lower humidity is, the bigger sound salt will produce in fire
    B.the higher humidity is, the bigger sound salt will produce in fire
    C. dampened salt blocks will result in winds and storms
    D. the young man never wanted to understand the old man
    4. From the passage, it can be concluded that _____.
    A. old people are always right
    B. old people are wiser than the young
    C. young people shouldn't regard old ideas as useless or out of date sometimes
    D. young people usually have different opinions from the old

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    He almost didn’t see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front her Mercedes and got out.
    Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn’t look safe; he looked poor and hungry. He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt.
    He said, “I am here to help you, ma’am. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.”
    Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.
    As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was just passing through. She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her aid.
    Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened, had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were many people who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, “And think of me.”
    He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.

    1. 1.

      This story most probably took place_______.

      1. A.
        in a garage
      2. B.
        on a highway
      3. C.
        in a busy street
      4. D.
        near a gas station
    2. 2.

      When the man approached the old lady, the first thing he did was to______.

      1. A.
        ask what was wrong with her car
      2. B.
        get the old lady out of her car
      3. C.
        change her tire as soon as possible
      4. D.
        make her know he wanted to help her
    3. 3.

      The underlined part in Paragraph 6 suggests that________.

      1. A.
        the old lady had got ready to pay the man
      2. B.
        the old lady was grateful to the man
      3. C.
        the man had a lot of difficulty changing the tire
      4. D.
        the man didn’t stop changing the tire
    4. 4.

      Which of the following words can best describe the man?

      1. A.
        Warm-hearted and sensitive.
      2. B.
        Careful and serious.
      3. C.
        Thoughtful and helpful.
      4. D.
        Generous and open-minded.
    5. 5.

      It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______________.

      1. A.
        the man was happy after helping the old lady
      2. B.
        the man received a lot of money from the old lady
      3. C.
        the man made the old lady feel cold and depressed
      4. D.
        the man felt extremely frustrated all the way home

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