The story happened on a hot heavy rainy day.

    After class, I took a few bottles to go and   36   some water from the water room. Oh! There were so many people! I had to wait   37   the rain. My hair didn't get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes  38  .

    When at last it was my   39   , I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I began making my way back when I saw a boy   40   towards me. He   41   two umbrellas in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came   42   , I recognized that it was Tom.

    He   43   my classmate for nearly three years, but we never   44   more than ten sentences. He was silent, but I liked talking. We were quite   45   people and had nothing in common. I didn't   46   him and even didn't want to see him.

    "Hey! What's wrong?" His words   47   me out of my thought. "I saw you   48   in the rain, so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little   49   , your clothes are already wet,"

    On hearing this, I was so   50   that I couldn't say a single word.

"Don't just stand there. Let's go!" He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards   51   and this time we talked   52   .

    "I know you don't like me, but I want to   53   with you." he said, "You may think I am silent, but it is because I can't find the right   54   to say."

The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, "It is wrong to  55  someone only by his appearance.

1.A. collect                             B. drink      C.move              D. hold

2.A. under                                    B. in                    C.at                              D. on

3.A. did                                B. got                  C.is                              D. does

4.A. wish                              B. duty      C.job                           D. turn

5.A. come                                     B. came     C.coming                    D. comes

6.A. had held                      B. has held  C.was holding         D. holds

7.A. near                                       B. nearly  C.nearer                     D. nearest

8.A. has been                B. had been  C.is                           D. would be

9.A. shared                             B. talked     C.spoke             D. called

10.A. the same                            B. familiar  C.strange                 D. the best

11.A. hate                                     B. ignore  C.like                 D. forget

12.A. brought                     B. made    C.got                           D. surprised

13.A. stood                                    B. stand     C.standing         D. are standing

14.A. early                                    B. frequent  C.usual                    D. late

15.A. moving                      B. move    C.moved                     D. moves

16.A. the meeting room   B. the park  C.the playground D. the dormitory

17.A. nothing                      B. too much  C.a lot                     D. something

18.A. make friends       B. have wordsC.have a speech  D. shake a hand

19.A. times                                   B. words  C.places                      D. news

20.A. understand               B. see                 C.judge              D. decide

One day a rich man was invited to dinner at the home of one of his friends. He did not know what to   36  the wine, meat and chicken he had just bought. Certainly he could not    37   them to the servant. Then he had   38   idea. He called up the servant and    39  to him.
"I'll be away for the whole evening, and I'll leave you to look after the house. In the cupboard there are two bottles filled with    40 . Be careful about it. You'll be killed if you take even a   41   of it. There is also some meat and chicken in the cupboard. Take care of them".    42  these words the rich man left the home.
  43  the master turned his back, the servant opened the cupboard and began to enjoy all the nice things in it. He   44  the two bottles and ate up the meat, the chicken and   45  he found in the cupboard. He was   46  and soon fell 47 .
At mid-night the rich man returned home. He looked into the cupboard and to his great 48  , all the wine and food were   49 . He was mad with   50 and called the servant up.
"Oh, Master," the servant began to say   51  the rich man could open his mouth; "while you were away, the neighbor's black cat stole into our kitchen and ate up every things in the cupboard. I know you would be angry with me. I was so   52  that I drank the two bottles of poison to kill   53  “there were tears in the servant's eyes.”Oh, Master," he continued, "Please don't get angry with a 54 _ man. I'll soon be dead.
The rich man, of course, did not   55 a word of his story. But again, he could do nothing about it.

I’m very glad to receive your letter. From your letter, I know you have shown   1.   great interest in inventing new things. That’s great. As for how to be an inventor, there is no quick answer to   2.  .

   Coming from different cultures and having different backgrounds, inventors do not seem to have much  3.  common.  But creative thinking,   4.  is greatly valued, is perhaps the basic skill an inventor should have. In order to explore new possibilities, you will have to learn to break 5.     from old thought patterns. When you get stuck, try to look at the problem in        6.     many ways as possible. Each new way may improve your understanding.

   More importantly, always keep it in your mind   7.  success is no accident. It is the result of a long process of trial and error. Above   8.   , the main task for you is to study hard and try to learn more knowledge. This, of course, will lay a solid foundation.

   Hope your future invention will make a difference.

Good  luck                                                                                        

Yours,

                                                                                               Wang Li

When I was growing up, I seldom heard the words “I love you” from my father. If your father never   1  them to you when you are a   2 , it gets more and more   3 for him to say those words as you get older. To tell you the truth, I could hardly   4  when I heard those words from my father. Neither could I remind when I had last said those words to 5  . I decided to   6 my shyness aside and make the first move. 7  hesitating for some time, in our next  8 conversation, I spoke out the words suddenly, “Dad ... I love you!”

There was a  9 at the other end. It wasn’t after a while did he awkwardly(笨拙地) reply, “Well,  10 to you!” I laughed and said, “Dad, I  11  you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will say what you want to say.”Fifteen minutes later my mother called and  12  asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”

A few weeks later, Dad  13 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the 14  was (were) rolling down my cheeks as I finally “  15  ” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we  16  that this special moment had taken our father and son  17 to a new level.

A short while after this special moment, my father  18 escaped death from the following heart surgery. Many times since his return to the usual state of health, I have  19  , if I did not take the first step and Dad did not  20 the surgery, I would have never heard him say those words.

1.                A．speaks         B．says            C．offers    D．provides

2.                A．man           B．mother         C．child D．father

3.                A．easy           B．possible         C．delighted D．difficult

4.                A．forget          B．remember       C．mind D．decide

5.                A．him            B．her            C．me  D．them

6.                A．drop           B．let             C．set  D．lose

7.                A．Before         B．After           C．When    D．Since

8.                A．phone         B．email           C．letter D．record

9.                A．smile          B．voice           C．cry  D．silence

10.               A．same          B．difficult         C．true D．similar

11.               A．hope          B．know          C．wonder   D．doubt

12.               A．crazily         B．delightedly      C．nervously  D．terribly

13.               A．concluded      B．disturbed       C．broke D．carried

14.               A．hairs           B．water          C．sweat D．tears

15.               A．understood     B．expressed       C．heard D．saw

16.               A．discussed       B．considered      C．believed   D．realized

17.               A．decision        B．development    C．relationship    D．situation

18.               A．narrowly       B．easily          C．unlikely   D．generally

19.               A．said           B．thought        C．dreamed  D．apologized

20.               A．think          B．fight           C．fail   D．Survive

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

  Once upon a time there was an old general (将军). He liked to drink wine better than anything else.He always __36__ several bottles of good wine in his house.He __37__ go out one day, but he was _38___ his servant would drink his wine.Then he thought of a way to __39_ him doing so.

"I'm going out for the day ." he __40__ his servant."Please _41___ the house for me. There are some meat and two bottles of _42___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there. But be careful not to _43___ it because it is poisonous.__44___ you drink it ,it will kill you."

But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __45__ it for dinner.He then ate __46__ the hen and the meat,drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed.The general returned home late that evening. He was __47__ to find that the hen,the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone.He then saw his servant __48___ asleep in bed.There were two empty bottles beside him. He woke the servant up.

"What was happened?" he asked.

"I'm very sorry."His servant replied."After you __49___,a cat jumped in _50___ the window and ate the meat.A dog took the hen away. I know you would be __51___ with me when you returned,__52___ I tried to _53____myself  by drinking the poison . Please __54__ me." The general didn't believe __55__ he said but there was nothing he could do.

36.A.bought      B. stole          C. kept          D. carried

37.A.had to       B. had better      C. should        D. could

38.A. talking      B. writing        C. pleased       D. worried

A. stop        B. keep          C. notice        D. thank

A.ordered      B. told           C. asked        D. invited

41.A. take care of  B. leave          C. sell          D. buy

42.A. wine        B. milk          C. water         D. ink

43.A. touch       B. kill            C. forget        D.drink

44.A. Before      B. If             C. Because      D.Since

45.A. hid         B. threw          C. washed       D. cooked

46.A. both        B. all            C. some         D. either

47.A. sure        B. disappointed    C. surprised      D. sorry

48.A. dying       B. lying          C. singing       D. crying

49.A. left         B. returned        C. knew        D. drank

50.A. near        B. onto           C. under        D. through

51.A. thankful     B. angry          C. satisfied      D. strict

52.A. but         B. so             C. though       D. that

53.A. fool        B. teach           C. kill          D. wake

54.A. excuse      B.drink           C. help          D.kill

55.A. when       B. that            C. what         D. How