In my hometown there lived a sixty-year-old man. He was very   1  and never got ill. He liked   2  poisonous(有毒的) snakes since he was a boy. Nearly   3  week, he climbed up a hill nearby to catch snakes. He did not know how many times he had been bitten  4   snakes. He usually took some medicine with him while he was bitten by a snake. But once he had no medicine with him and did not take   5 , yet there was nothing wrong with him. From then on he had taken no medicine when he was hurt by snakes. People did not believe that   6 an interesting story took place.

One day last spring, when the old man   7  a walk in the street, a wild(野生的) dog   8  him and hurt him   9  the left leg with its mouth. The old man was too angry. He picked up a big stone and ran after the dog. But 10  the old man caught up with(追赶上) it, the dog lay down and died after running about   11  long. Then the old man took the dead dog   12  and cooked the meat food. A  13  came to visit him and had a piece of the meat, too. But soon after the neighbor ate the meat, he had a stomachache(胃痛) and had   14  in breathing. The neighbor  15 to a hospital nearby.

The doctor was a man with   16  experience and he knew the old man very well who liked eating poisonous snakes. After asking   17  questions and giving a general examination(常规检查), the doctor let the old man’s neighbor   18  some medicine for snake poison. Happily for them, half an hour later, the patient(病人) got well.

It was said 19  the snake poison in the strange old man’s body was   20  poisonous than in a big poisonous snake. So this story had happened.

1. A. healthy           B. excellent           C. kind               D. good

2. A. hitting             B. beating             C. eating            D. raising

3. A. one               B. a                       C. every              D. each

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

5. A. some            B. any                    C. one              D. many

6. A. after            B. until                    C. when             D. while

7. A. was having    B. was getting        C. made              D. wanted

8. A. ran at           B. knock into           C. knock on         D. run with

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

10. A. As soon as　 B. When　　 　 C. Before　　 D. Till

11. A. one hundred meter                         B. one-hundred-meters

C. one-hundred-meter                         D. one hundred meters

12. A. home             B. to house        　 C. to home           D. to the family

13. A. student     　 B. neighbor            C. farmer               D. worker

14. A. fun              B. time          　　 C. difficulty         D. question

15. A. is taken          　　　　　　　    B. was sent      

   C. has been taken     　　　　　　 D. had been sent

16. A. many         B. a few                   C. much                D. little

17. A. few              B. no                      C. the                   D. several

18. A. took         B. taking                C. take            　 D. to take

19. A. if               B. that                    C. which              D. how

20. A. less            B. much more           C. much         　 D. no more

　Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
　　I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
　　I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
　　If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
　　Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
　　Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
　　60. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
　　   A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.
　　   B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.
　　   C. He will give the very person long list of direction.
　　   D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.
　　61. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?
　　   A. Because of his poor sense of direction.
　　   B. Because he always forget the way to home.
　　   C. Because he did not have any friend.
　　   D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.
　　62. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?
　　   A. He felt strange.                              B. He felt embarrassed.
　　   C. He felt very sad.                                   D. He felt astonished.
　　63. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?
　　   A. Someone we don’t know.                 B. The writer did it for himself.
　　   C. The secretary did so.                        D. A warm-hearted old lady did it.

All children in the United States have to receive an education, but not all children go to school. A number of parents　　36　not to send their children to school. Such children are known　　37　　 “home-schoolers”. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home　　38 they do not believe schools teach the correct religious (宗教的)　　39 ; others believe they can provide a better educational　　40 for their children by doing so.　　41 , results show home-schooled children often do better than 　　42 on national tests in reading and math.
　　David teaches his three children at home. He 　　43　that his children learn very differently from children in school. Learning starts with the children’s　　44　and questions. For example, when there is snowfall on a winter day, it may　　45　a discussion about climate, snow removal 　　46 , Alaska, etc. Or a spring evening when the family is out　47　the stars is a good time to ask questions about the sky. If the Brazilian rain forests are on TV, it　48　　be a perfect time to talk about how rain forests influence the climate, how deserts are　49　　and how the polar ice caps　50 ocean levels.
　Home schooling is often more interesting than　　51　schools, but critics (批评家) say home-schoolers might be uncomfortable　　52　 with other people in adult life. Critics also say that most parents are not　53　to teach their children. However, most parents don’t have the time or the　　54　to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be　　55　　most children get their formal education.