In the very early 　1800’　s, a young boy about 14 years old named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) in Old England along with several other children. Orphan meant unwanted and unloved.

Christmas was the one day of the year when the children didn’t work and received a gift, an orange. Usually they tried to taste and preserve it for so long that it often rotted before they ever peeled(剥开)it to enjoy the sweet juice. Many thought were expressed as Christmas time approached. The children would say, “I will keep mine the longest.” John usually slept with his next to his pillow. This year John was overjoyed by the Christmas season. He was becoming a man and stronger and soon he would be old enough to leave. He would save his orange until his birthday in July.

Christmas day finally came. The children were so excited as they entered the big dining hall. Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you this year.” John’s heart broke violently wide open. He turned and went swiftly back to the cold room. Then he heard the door open and each of the children entered. Little Elizabeth with her hair falling over her shoulders, a smile on her face, and tears in her eyes held out a piece of rag to John. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As he lifted back the edges of the rag he saw a big juicy orange all peeled and quartered and then he realized what they had done.

John never forgot the sharing, love and personal sacrifice his friends had shown him that Christmas day. In memory of that day every year he would send oranges all over the world to children everywhere.

1. The first paragraph is mainly to tell us that ______.

   A. John lived in the early 　1800’　s          B. John’s parents had died

   C. John lived a hard life in an orphanage   D. John lived with several other children　　

2. These children would be happiest when ______.

   A. they got the special gift                 B. they preserved it very long

   C. they finally enjoyed the sweet juice       D. they entered the dining hall

3. What would overjoy John most the next year according to the second paragraph?

   A. He placed his orange next to his pillow.

   B. He would eat his orange on his birthday.

   C. He wouldn’t get his special gift.

   D. He would stay in the orphanage for another year

4. According to the text, where did John’s orange come from this year?

   A. It was made up of what these children donated.

   B. His master gave him a whole one again.

   C. These children bought him one.

   D. Little Elizabeth donated hers to John.

5. What can be inferred from the text?

   A. John had expected he wouldn’t get the gift this year.

   B. John knew why he didn’t get the gift this year.

   C. John felt ashamed for not getting the special gift.

   D. The story teaches us to learn to share with others.

John Blanchard was studying the crowd making their way through the station. He was looking for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose.
When reading a book in a Florida library a year before, John became interested not in the contents of the book, but in the notes penciled in the margin(（空白处）. The handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and beautiful mind. He discovered the former owner’s name in the front of the book: Miss Hollis Maynell.
He located her address and wrote a letter introducing himself. The next day he was shipped overseas to serve in the army. During the next year,they grew to know each other through the mail and their friendship developed. John requested a photograph, but she refused, saying if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what
she looked like. When the day finally came for him to return home, their first meeting was suggested-7:00 p.m. at the Grand Central Station in New York.
She wrote, “You’ll recognize me by the red rose I wear on my coat.” So now John was in the station to meet the girl with a rose.
As a pretty and slim girl in green came over, John noticed her blue eyes like flowers in spring. He walked directly towards her, entirely forgetting she was not wearing a rose. As John came closer to her, he saw another woman with a red rose stood nearby. Well past 40, this woman had graying hair done under a worn hat. Seeing the girl in green walk quickly away, John felt as if he were split(劈开) in two. He desired to follow that girl, but longed for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and supported him.
The woman looked gentle and sensible. John went to her, saying, “I’m Captain John Blanchard. You must be Miss Maynell. I am glad to meet you here. May I take you to dinner?”
She replied with a smile, “I don’t know what this is about. But the lady in green who just went by, begged me to wear this rose on my coat. She said if you asked me out to dinner, I’d tell you she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”
【小题1】
John was eager to know the former owner of the book because      .

完成句子(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

31.They sat together around the table,with _______(门关着).(shut)

32.I haven’t the slightest idea ____ (他正在说什么).(talk)

33.The fact ____ (他失败了数次) makes him very upset.(he,fail)

34.Last night,John was answering the letters that ____ (寄给他的) during the past two weeks.(arrive)

35.He believes that children ____ (应允许……学习) at their own pace.(allow)

36.She has an excellent ____ (对名字的记忆力),which helps her quite a lot in her work.(memory)

37. ____ (他是否出过国) doesn’t make much difference.(he,abroad)

38.The factory’s output of cars this year is ____ (大约是去年的三倍).(as,great)

39.Not only ____ (要帮助) the disabled to find jobs,but also medical treatment will be provided for those who need it.(give)

40.It is possible that the King of Stonehenge was linked to the stones;he ____ (可能参与) in planning the monument,or in helping transport and pull up the stones.(hand)

John and Bobby joined a wholesale(批发)company together just after graduation from college the same year. ___1____ worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the ____2___ of manager but John remained a(n) ____3___  employee. John could not take it any more, so he ___4____  his resignation(辞职信）and complained the boss did not know how to____5___  hard-working staff.
The boss knew John worked very hard for the years. He thought for a moment and said, “ I have a ____6___  .1 hope you can do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your ____7___  ."John didn't ___8___  . The boss asked him to go and find out anyone ___9___  watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. The boss asked _____10__  it cost per kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to __11_____  to the boss that the melon was $1.2 per kg.
The boss told John to wait a second, and he asked Bobby to do the same thing. Bobby went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person sells watermelons, $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg. He has 340 melons ____12___.  Every melon weighs about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago. They are fresh and red, of good quality." John was very __13_____ and realized the___14____  between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign _____15__  to learn from Bobby.
My dear friends, a more successful person is more observant, thinks___16____  and explores in depth. ___17____  exist in the daily details. For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out a chance and catch it to___18___  his aim. If a person sees one year ahead, __19____  another sees only tomorrow, the difference between a year and a day is 365 times, then how ___20____  you win?

If the manager had to choose between the two, he would say John was __________.

A. good                           B. the best

C. better                          D. the better