Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her  36  concert. She had been waiting for this  37  for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her 38  is.

The song made her  39  to the days when she was Lauren’s  40 . As a young  41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied 42  in France, Italy and in the United States, “You can become a fine  43 in the future, ” her teachers told her. “But you must be  44 to study hard and work for many years. There will be 45  time for anything but music in your life.” Dorothy was  46 at that time and she was  47  that music was all she wanted or needed to  48 her life. For almost a year Dorothy  49 of nothing else. Then she  50  David, a young engineer travelling in Europe. They soon fell in  51 .

David asked her to be his  52 . Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved  53 , too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t 54 do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her 55 .

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We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. 36 that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly 37  her driving, so I sent her to the store in my truck.

At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my  38 . I enjoyed having it, but I said: “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that won’t last.

After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted: “ Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck.”

My heart sank and my mind was 39 with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “Here is a chance to show Holly 40  you really love. She’ll never forget it.”

The accident had occurred in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van (搬运车). In her inexperience, she had  41 _the brakes and the gas pedal. Holly was unhurt  42  but when I reached her, she was crying and saying：“Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.

Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened(湿润) and she said: “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad’s car and  43 a log that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.”

Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of the night. It was a deep wound on her  44 .

I remember how sad Holly was the night she crashed our truck, and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly  45  on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of  46 .

I repaired the van, but the dent(凹陷) in my truck is still there today. Every day it reminds me of what really 47  in my life.

1.                A．Later          B．Earlier          C．Former   D．Latter

2.                A．pass           B．train           C．practice  D．coach

3.                A．job            B．truck           C．daughter D．cooking

4.                A．flooded         B．satisfied         C．blessed   D．concerned

5.                A．why           B．which          C．what D．how

6.                A．mixed          B．separated       C．recognized    D．confused

7.                A．mentally        B．intellectually     C．primitively D．physically

8.                A．run down       B．run for         C．ran into   D．run after

9.                A．Motivation      B．soul            C．shadow   D．body

10.               A．think back      B．think out        C．think up   D．think on

11.               A．property       B．trucks          C．production D．vans

12.               A．affects         B．matters         C．attracts    D．acquires

We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. 36 that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly 37  her driving, so I sent her to the store in my truck.
At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my  38 . I enjoyed having it, but I said: “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that won’t last.
After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted: “ Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck.”
My heart sank and my mind was 39 with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “Here is a chance to show Holly 40  you really love. She’ll never forget it.”
The accident had occurred in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van (搬运车). In her inexperience, she had  41 _the brakes and the gas pedal. Holly was unhurt  42  but when I reached her, she was crying and saying：“Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.
Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened(湿润) and she said: “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad’s car and  43 a log that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.”
Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of the night. It was a deep wound on her  44 .
I remember how sad Holly was the night she crashed our truck, and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly  45  on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of  46 .
I repaired the van, but the dent(凹陷) in my truck is still there today. Every day it reminds me of what really 47  in my life.

阅读理解

　　One night in December 1757, Dr Manette, a young doctor in Paris, was walking by the Seine when he was stopped by two noblemen the Marquis of Evremonde brothers, and forced into a carriage(四轮马车) to visit two patients, a pretty girl about twenty and a peasant boy around seventeen, the girl's younger brother. Struck by(被……迷住) the beauty of the girl, the two noblemen had taken her by force and tortured(折磨) her husband to death. Her father had died in deep sorrow and her brother had come to take his revenge on(向……报仇) the two noblemen, but only fell another victim(受难者) by the younger nobleman's sword(剑). When the doctor arrived there, the girl was obviously mad, keeping shouting and crying. The boy was dying of a sword wound, yet refused the doctor's check and treatment(治疗). He died soon, and so did his sister later. When the doctor returned home, he wrote a letter to the Minister accusing(控告) the two noblemen of killing the innocent(无辜的). But, unfortunately, the letter fell into the hands of the two noblemen. The next day Dr Manette was kidnapped(绑架) and thrown into the Bastille secretly. Two years later Dr Manette's wife died in anguish(极度悲痛), leaving behind her a daughter, who was then taken to London and brought up there by Miss Pross under the care of Mr Lorry, an English banker and a good friend of Dr Manette's.

1．The story began _____ of the 1750's.

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A．at the beginning　　　B．during the later half

C．at the end　　　　　　D．during the first half

2．A“patient”is someone who _____.

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A．needs medical treatment

B．is rather patient

C．wants mental(精神的) comfort

D．is young and beautiful

3．Dr Manette's wife died in _____.

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A．1757　　　B．1759

C．1755　　　D．1789

4．Dr Manette's daughter spent her early childhood in _____ with her parents and then was taken to _____ and brought up there under the care of Mr Lorry.

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A．London; Paris　　　B．Paris; London

C．Paris; Paris　　　 D．London; London

5．Which of the following statements are NOT true?

a．Dr Manette worked as a lawyer in Paris.

b．Dr Manette stopped two noblemen one night in December 1757 while they were walking by the Seine.

c．The girl's father went mad when he heard the sad story about his daughter.

d．The girl's younger brother came to kill the two noblemen in revenge for his sister but he didn't succeed.

e．The younger nobleman killed the boy with his sword.

f．Dr Manette wrote the Minister a letter disclosing the whole affair(事情), which threw the two noblemen into the Bastille.

g．When she knew that her husband had been kidnapped，Mrs Manette went mad and killed herself at once.

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A．a, b, c, d,e　　　　B．a, c, d, e, f

C．a, c, d, f, g　　　　D．a, b, c, f, g