Study hard, and ??? will be difficult.

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

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.

At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.                A．biggest         B．thickest         C．heaviest  D．longest

2.                A．unfair          B．unusual         C．beautiful  D．important

3.                A．menu          B．dish            C．restaurant D．table

4.                A．looked for      B．took out        C．looked at D．picked up

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

6.                A．American       B．Indian          C．Canadian  D．Australian

7.                A．pay            B．cost            C． take D．spend

8.                A．as             B．and            C．so   D．though

9.                A．catch          B．take           C．fetch D．bring

10.               A．least           B．most           C．less  D．more

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man _____by,“Let me clean your shoes, ____?”The young man said,“No, thank you.”“You may ____ me only a pound for that, sir.”said the boy. ___the young man refused again.
Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for ____ . The young man agreed to this,and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.  The man wore ____ shoe ,but the boy refused to clean it unless(除非) he ____ two pounds for his work.. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.  But one looked  ___ dirty that he couldn’t walk away.  He had to ____ and gave the boy _____.  In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

A man died and was on his way to another world，either Heaven （天堂）or Hell (地狱)．He saw a very beautiful palace halfway and the owner of the palace asked him to 56___ in the palace．

The man said，“I have been working hard　 57 my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work．”

The owner of the palace said，“If so，there is nowhere else 58 than here for you．There is enough delicious food in my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone stopping you．Moreover，　 59 needs to be done by you．”Then，the man stayed in the palace．

60 ，the man felt very happy，eating and sleeping，without thinking about other things．But gradually，he felt a bit lonely and bored．So he went to the owner and said，“It’s too boring to live by just eating and sleeping every day．Now I have no 　61 in this kind of life any more．Would you mind 　62 me find a job?”

The owner replied，“ Sorry，there is no job here at all．”

After another several months，the man could not 　63 his present life any more and went to the owner again and said，“I really can not live here．　 64　 you do not offer me a job，I would like to go to hell at once．”

The owner of the palace laughed 　 65　 and then said，“Do you think it is Heaven here? It is actually Hell! ”

56．A．play　　　　　　　　　　 B．rest　　　　　　　　　　 C．stay　　　　　　　 D．visit

57．A．to　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．with　　　　　　　　　 C．at　　　　　　　　　　 D．for

58．A．better　　　　　　　　　　 B．nearer　 　　　　　 C．safer　　　　　　　 D．funnier

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

60．A．In the end　　　 B. After all　　　　 C. At last　　　 D. At the beginning　　

61．A．confidence　　　 B．trouble　　　　　　　 C．interest　　　　　　 D．agreement

62．A．help　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to help 　　　　　　 C．helping　　　　　　 D．helped

63．A．enjoy　　　　　　　　　　 B．imagine　　　　　　　　 C．believe　　　　　　 D．stand

64．A. But　　　　　　 B. Though　　　　 C. Because　　　 D. If

65．A．slowly　　　　　　　　　　 B．quickly　　　 C．loudly　　　　 　　　 D．clearly

A rich father wanted to show his son how poor people can be. One day, he took his young son 　36　 a trip to the country. They 　37 a day and night in the farm of a very 38 family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, "how was the 　39　 ?"

"Very good, Dad!"

"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.

"Yeah!"

"And what did you 　40　 ?"

The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, but they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden. They have a small river that has no 　41 . We have expensive lamps in the garden, but they have the 42 . Our…"

When the little boy was finishing, his father was 　 43　 .

His son added, "Thanks, dad, for showing me 　 44　 poor we are!"

Isn't it true that it all depends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude(积极的态度) toward life, you've got 45 !

(　 )36. A. on　　　 B. in　　　 　 C. at　　　 　 D. to

(　 )37. A. took　　 B. paid　　 　 C. spent　　 　 D. cost

(　 )38. A. rich　　　 B. poor　　 　 C. good　　 　 D. happy

(　 )39. A. trip　　　 B. idea　　 　 C. way　　 　 D. life

(　 )40. A. say　　　 B. learn　　 　 C. remember　 D. write

(　 )41. A. top　　 　 B. bottom　 　 C. end　　　 D. cover

(　 )42. A. suns　　　 B. stars　　 C. tents　　 D. cages

(　 )43. A. wordless　 B. happy　　 　 C. excited　 D. pleased

(　 )44. A. what　　 B. how　　 　 C. why　　　 　 D. when

(　 )45. A. nothing　 B. something C. anything　 D. everything