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　　Last June my brother 1 a car. He 2 an old motor before, but it 3 several times during the spring. “What you want is a send－hand Mini,” I suggested. “If you give me the money,” he said, “ 4 one tomorrow.” “I can't give you the money,” I replied, “but 5 Aunt Myra? She 6 enough. We 7 her since Christmas but she always hints(暗示) that we 8 go to see her more often.”

　　We told our parents 9 . They weren't happy about it and asked us 10 . So 11 . But later that some day, something strange 12 . A doctor 13 us that Aunt Myra 14 into hospital for an operation. “ 15 go and see her at the same time,” said my mother. “You two go today, but don't mention the money.”

　　When we 16 , Aunt Myra 17 “I'm not seriously ill,” she said, “but the doctor insists that 18 to drive my car. You can have it if you promise 19 me to the seaside 20 ”. We agreed, and now we quite enjoy our monthly trips to the coast with Aunt Myra.

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We haven’t enough books for everyone; some of you will have to _____.

A. help    B. enjoy  C. share D. spare

 

When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?” they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together．

   Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us; we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost------No television! -------So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full; they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games．

69. The couple have not got a television, because   ______  ．

A. they are not rich enough         

B. they are strange people

C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

70. At night when there is no electricity, the couple   ____    ．

A. have to look at the walls    B. can do nothing but sit in silence

C. will have many visitors      D. have to go out for candles

71. The best title for this passage is _____________.

A. Why Do We Need a Television?   B. Candle! But No Electricity!

C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies   D. We Go Without Televisions!

 

Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.

There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'm sure I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
【小题1】How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?

A．About two weeks.	B．The whole season.
C．About one week.	D．The whole day.

【小题2】Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?

A．Across the fields.	B．Along the highway.
C．In the garden.	D．Outside the yard.

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true about the writer's sister-in-law?

A．She is seriously ill.

B．She is twenty years old.

C．She lives far away from the writer.

D．She is not in close touch with the writer.

【小题4】What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Value now and don't lose chances.

B．Visit our relatives only after they get ill.

C．Refresh our wonderful moments every year.

D．Plant flowers and don't enjoy them in the field.

We haven’t heard from her for weeks．How do you suppose      with her studies now?

A．is she getting along         B．she gets along

C．she is getting on            D．she had got on