Trudy, an American girl, tried swimming across the English Channel. That was August 6,1962. Her father had 1 her two things. One was not to pull her out of the water 2 she asked. The other was to give her a red sports 3 if she made it.

　　In gay spirits Trudy 4 out, swimming strongly. All the swimmers started at 7:09 in the morning. Her father and trainer were 5 along in a boat beside her.

　　At ten o'clock, rain began falling. At midday, Trudy trod (踩) water while 6 and eating a chicken leg. Then she started swimming again. The wind was 7 and the sea became rougher.

　　Late 8 the wind became even worse. The trainer decided it was 9 trying to finish. He called to Trudy to 10 .“No human being could do it in this 11 ,” he said,“It's stupid to go on.”

　　However, her father shouted,“Don't grab (抓住) her. Let her 12 .”

　　At seven o'clock the tides turned 13 her. It was more difficult to move ahead. But Trudy still swam on. She 14 victory was possible now, for the 15 coast was in sight.

　　It was getting dark. A sound could be heard over the 16 ; hundreds of car horns (喇叭) were cheering her on. With the remaining 17 , she finished the last 200 yards. At 18 p.m., Trudy got out of water. She had swum some 35 miles in 19 the 21-mile-wide Channel, 20 a strong storm. But she had made it in 14 hours and 30 minutes.

　　“Well, Pop,” she said to her father,“I guess I get my car this time, don't I?”

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“It’s my own fault．” Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind．“The rest of the family is home, where it’s   1  ．”

       Just another on of his   2   ideas – a big tamale（玉米粉蒸肉）feast after tonight’s Christmas Eve service at church – and look where it landed him: waiting in a line 50 people deep．

       Who would have guessed that every tamale shop in the city would be sold out the day before Christmas? But they   3  , as Carl knew．He had been driving all over El Paso that morning．

  4  to bring home the tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo．

       When he arrived, a fresh batch（一炉）was   5   off the steamer in 45 minutes．  6   at the end of the snaking line of tamale seekers, he watched the woman in front of him   7   her jacket to cover her shivering youngster．It wasn’t long before she, too,   8   in the biting wind．After only a moment’s   9  , Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the   10   mother．

       Together, they   11   when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop carrying steamy bags．  12  , Carl got inside the door and  13   closer to the counter, the woman now first in line．“   14  !” Carl groaned（抱怨）with everyone else   15   behind him．

    “   16  ,” stressed the man at the counter, “we’ll have a final batch ready   17  , oh, about two hours．”

       Defeated, Carl backed away, but the young mother grabbed his arm．

    ‘You’re leaving?”

       “I   18  , ” Carl glanced at his watch．“I promised to put up luminarias（传统圣诞灯）at my church．”

       “I’ll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house．”

       Carl’s brow furrowed（皱眉） “I couldn’t ask you to do that．”

       “But it’s  19   I can do．You lent me your coat．” Her smile overrode（推翻）his objections．“Just give me your address．” She and her little girl settled in for the long wait．

       And at   20   noon on Christmas Eve, they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales – along with Carl’s brown jacket – to his home．

1．A．harmonious           B．warm                  C．happy                 D．pleasant

2．A．brilliant                 B．bad                     C．stupid                 D．common

3．A．were                     B．did                      C．could                  D．had

4．A．Decided                B．Determined          C．Wanted               D．Expected

5．A．ready                    B．prepared              C．soon                   D．due

6．A．Finding his way     B．Taking his road    C．Taking his place   D．Finding his place

7．A．move                    B．reject                  C．abandon              D．remove

8．A．waved                  B．froze                   C．shook                 D．shocked

9．A．assumption            B．appreciation         C．hesitation             D．attention

10．A．grateful               B．respectful            C．hopeless              D．shameful

11．A．cheered               B．congratulated       C．shouted               D．screamed

12．A．Immediately         B．Hopefully             C．Lastly                 D．Finally

13．A．shouldered his way                              B．forced his way

C．felt his way                                         D．inched his way

14．A．No problem         B．No way               C．No doubt             D．No wonder

15．A．lined up               B．held up                C．looked up            D．waited up

16．A．So                     B．But                     C．Then                   D．Besides

17．A．before                 B．for                      C．in                       D．after

18．A．plan to                B．intend to              C．have to                D．ought to

19．A．the least              B．the most              C．the last                D．the best

20．A．just                     B．exactly                C．accurately           D．right

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”

After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.

After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career ____51____ when I discovered my own writing ____52____. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _____53____ what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have ____54____ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be ____55____.”

1.	A．naughty B．lazy C．useless D．raggy

2.A. nothing         B. something        C everything        D. anything

3.	A．when B．that C．which D．as

 

4.	A．thought B．promised C．decided D．expected

 

5.	A．to B．for C．with D．at

 

6.	A．ridiculous B．acceptable C．believable D．wrong

 

7.	A．see B．face C．treat D．react

 

8.	A．writing B．experiment C．practice D．composition

 

9.	A．school B．college C．club D．company

 

10.	A．went across B．put aside C．came out D．set off

 

11.	A．lecture B．writing C．teaching D．evening

 

12.	A．received B．accepted C．gave D．offered

 

13.	A．giving up B．paying for C．signing up D．ridding of

 

14.	A．paid B．made C．offered D．tried

 

15.	A．finished B．gone C．delayed D．left

 

16.	A．made off B．took off C．gave off D．moved off

 

17.	A．style B．habit C．idea D．skill

 

18.	A．Therefore B．But C．Though D．For

 

19.	A．written B．turned C．torn D．put

 

20.	A．cheerful B．enjoyable C．successful D．forgettable