阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D中选出能填入文章中空白处的最佳答案。
    Boys and girls!Do you want to know what a hobby means?OK,let me tell you.
    From Monday to Friday most people are busy working and studying,but in the evenings and weekends they are free and   1 themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies.Others 2  sports.This is decided by their own  3 .
    There are many different ways to spend our   4  time.
    Almost everyone has some  5  :it may be something from colleting stamps to   6  model planes. Some hobbies are very  7  ,but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth  8  of money, others are valuable(有价值的)only to their owners.
    I know a man who has a coin which is worth several  9  dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which  10  him$250!He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600of them, but I wonder   11  they are worth any money. However,   12  my brother they are quite valuable. 13 makes him happier than to find a neo match box for his collection.
    That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we 14  to do in our free time just for the   15  of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
1 A．love     B．work    C．enjoy     D．play
2 A．look like   B．take care of    C．think about    D．take part in
3 A．lives   B．jobs     C．interests    D．things  
4 A．working      B．free    C．own    D．whole
5 A．hobbies      B．things    C．jobs      D．ways
6 A．make      B．making     C．makes     D．made
7 A．interesting    B．exciting        C．cheap     D．expensive
8 A．a little       B．a few       C．a lot    D．a number
9 A．thousand     B．thousands     C．thousands of     D．thousand of
10A．paid     B．cost       C．took        D．spent
11A．that      B．if       C．what       D．why
12A．to   B．on       C．with    D．in
13A．Everything       B．Anything        C．Nothing       D．Something
14A．have    B．need      C．refuse    D．like
15A．money     B．work    C．fun         D．time

I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can't tell anything," he finally said. "I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this and do that, because everything is different and I don't know what is going to come up. I can't help much with money either, but I think things will work out. "

     He gave me a new check-book (支票簿) . "If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell." In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.

     "You know what you want to be, and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a job，be sure it’s honest(诚实的)，and work hard．”I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town．and l would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you．

    Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old，broken Bible that he had read so often．the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbors．I knew he would miss it．I knew，though，that I must take it．

    He didn’t say read this every morning．He just said，“This can help you if you will let it．”

    Did it help? I got through college without being a burden(负担)on the family．I have been able to make money since．

1．What is the writer’s main purpose(目的)in writing this passage?

      A．To tell the readers his life story．

      B．To tell people what kind of person his father was．

      C．To let people know how poor he was．

      D．To tell the readers what present he got from his father．

2．Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

      A．Because he felt quite confident of him．

      B．Because he was born from a poor family．

      C．Because he was a man of few words．

      D．Because tie didn’t want to be much too strict with him．

3．What would someone learn from this passage?

A．How to live by oneself．   

B．How to stand on one’s own feet．

C．What a good father should do．

D．What the self-important is like．

4．What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?

      A．闲暇时光．    B．学费．    C．经济不足．    D．精神空虚．

5．What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?

      A．It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others．

      B．There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

      C．It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

      D．It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble．

I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. “I can’t tell anything,” he finally said. “I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can’t say don’t do this and do that, because everything is different and I don’t know what is going to come up. I can’t help much with money either, but I think things will work out. ”

He gave me a new check-book. “If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers’ kids filled in the financial gaps.

“You know what you want to be, and they’ll tell you what to take,” my father went on. “When you get a job, be sure it’s honest, and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you.

Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible that he had read so often, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours. I knew he would miss it. I knew, though, that I must take it.

He didn’t say read this every morning. He just said, “This can help you if you will let it.”

Did it help? I got through college without being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since.

(   )56. What is the writer’s main purpose (目的) in writing this passage?

A. To tell the readers his life story.

B. To tell people what kind of person his father was.

C. To let people know how poor he was.

D. To tell the readers what present he got from his father.

(   )57.   Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

A. Because he felt quite confident of his son.     B. Because he was born from a poor family.

C. Because he was a man of few words.

D. Because he didn’t want to be much too strict with his son.

(   )58.  What would someone learn from this passage?

A. How to live by oneself.            B. How to stand on one’s own feet.

C. What a good father should do.       D. What the self-important is like.

(   )59.    What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?

A.  闲暇时光.       B.  学费.       C.  经济不足.        D.  精神空虚.

(   )60. What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?

A. It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others.

B. There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

C. It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

D. It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.

                                  

It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb, “There is no Father Christmas.”
I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the truth. Grandma was at home. I told __11___ everything. “No Father Christmas?” she was a little ___12____. “Don’t believe it. Put on your coat, and let’s go.”
“Go? Where, Grandma?” I asked.
“Kerby’s Store.”
As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars and said, “Take the __13___ and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.
For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering ___14___ to buy, and who to buy it for.
I thought of ___15___ I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors … I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decker, a __16___ with bad and messy hair. He sat right behind me ___17____ Mrs. Pollack’s class.
Bobbie ___18___ went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, ___19____ we all knew that he didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat ___20____ he would like.
That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and ___21___ “To Bobbie, From Father Christmas” on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he ___22___ them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s house, telling that I was helping Father Christmas ____23___ the presents.
Grandma parked the car along the street, and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s house. Then Grandma said to me, “All right, Father Christmas, get going.”
I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down. ____24___ the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the ____25_____ and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.
That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.

【小题1】

A．him B．her C．them D．you

【小题2】

A．angry B．happy C．tired D．afraid

【小题3】

A．book B．coat C．present D．money

【小题4】

A．what B．when C．where D．how

【小题5】

A．everybody B．nobody C．somebody D．anybody

【小题6】

A．girl B．boy C．man D．woman

【小题7】

A．for B．on C．in D．with

【小题8】A. always   B. often   C. sometime   D never

【小题9】

A．so B．if C．but D．and

【小题10】

A．where B．that C．who D．why

【小题11】

A．read B．say C．write D．spell

【小题12】

A．helped B．believe C．taught D．made

【小题13】

A．give up B．give away C．put up D．put off

【小题14】

A．on B．behind C．outside D．over

【小题15】

A．shop B．cars C．door D．trees