D

Mr. Frank shot well and once he had come in fourth in a competition.

Then he went to a big city on business. There he joined the local rifle club. The club had a very good team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting competitions. One of these took place while Frank was with them. But one of the members of the club's team suddenly fell ill just before the match. The captain had heard of Mr. Frank. He therefore invited Mr. Frank to take the sick man's place.

Mr. Frank felt greatly happy to be asked to shoot for such a good team, but he also felt very nervous, because he was afraid of making a fool of himself.

In fact, he was so nervous that he could not keep his hands from trembling while he was shooting, with the result that he did very badly in the competition. When he took his score card to his captain, he said:" After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself. " The captain looked at the card for a few seconds and then said, "Well, you'd better take two bullets with you if you want to do that. "

53. Mr. Frank once__________-in a competition.

A. joined the fourth team            B. took the fourth place

C. was the fourth to start shooting     D. shot with the other three

54. Why did Mr. Frank feel nervous to be asked to shoot for the team? Because_______.

A. actually he was not good at shooting

B. he thought the captain and the other members would fool him

C. he was afraid of losing face before so many good shooters

D. he would lose a lot of money if he should fail

55. When Frank said, "After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself", he meant to say that___________

A. he wants to practice shooting all by himself

B. he wanted to find out the reason for his failure

C. he was too shamed of himself to remain inside and face the captain and the other members

D. he wanted to kill himself with the rifle

56. By saying "You had better take two bullets with you if you want to do that", the captain actually meant to say

A. "We haven't got so many bullets for you to practice shooting."

B. "You can't improve your shooting with only one bullet."

C. "I don't believe you can keep your hands from shaking this time."

D. "you are such a bad shooter that one bullet is certainly not enough to end you life with."

57. According to this passage, which of the following is wrong?

A. He fired several shots and they all missed the target.

B. The captain wasn't satisfied with Frank and laughed at him.

C. In the big city Frank was admitted to the local rifle club.

D. Frank could have done better in the competition.

Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested 36   medicine. He always  37  medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases. One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended 38 ill. He lay on his bunk（铺位） and groaned as if he 39  very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to   40   .  He told the man to rest for a few days and   41 the other sailors do his work. Three days later 42   sailor pretended that he had   43 with his chest. 44   the captain looked in his medical books and told the “sick” man 45.

The other sailors were very 46 because they had   47 work to do. The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not 48 .  49  the mate（大副）decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap, soot（烟灰）, glue and other unpleasant things. Then he got   50   from the captain to give his new medicine to the “sick” men. When they tasted the medicine, they really did feel ill. It was  51horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk, ran up on deck and climbed the  52  mast（桅杆）on the ship. The captain 53  that the men had tried 54 him. So he made them 55 very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.

14.A At first     B. At the beginning    C. At last   D. At the end

3．The doctors did all they     the sick man back to life．

A．could bring      B．could to bring

C．could bringing    D．could to bringing

    No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon（外科医生） and part of it taken out． Today， however， we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation． The sick person falls into a kind of sleep， and when he awakes， the operation is finished． But these happy conditions are fairly new． It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain．
Long ago， operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything． The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him． He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off， and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched．
Soon after 1770， Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”．Laughing gas became known in America．Young men and women went to parties to try it． Most of them spent their time laughing，but one man at a party，Horace Wells，noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas．He decided to make an experiment on himself．He asked a friend to help him．
Wells took some of the gas，and his friend pulled out one of Well’s teeth．Wells felt no pain at all．
As he didn't know enough about laughing gas， he gave a man less gas than he should have． The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out．
Wells tried again，but this time he gave too much of the gas，and the man died．Wells never forgot this terrible event．
56.It is ___________since a man being operated felt all the pain.
A.a few more years      B.not long         C.few years         D.two thousand years
57. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he___________.
A.could feel nothing                     B.could not want anything
C.could feel all the pain              D.could do anything
58.Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to___________.
A.be afraid of anything       B.feel pain   C.want to go to the parties    D.be ill
59.If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on he___________.
A.felt nothing       B.felt very comfortable     C.still felt pain          D.would die

Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested 36   medicine. He always  37  medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases. One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended 38 ill. He lay on his bunk（铺位） and groaned as if he 39  very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to   40   .  He told the man to rest for a few days and   41 the other sailors do his work. Three days later 42   sailor pretended that he had   43 with his chest. 44   the captain looked in his medical books and told the “sick” man 45.

The other sailors were very 46 because they had   47 work to do. The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not 48 .   49  the mate（大副）decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap, soot（烟灰）, glue and other unpleasant things. Then he got   50   from the captain to give his new medicine to the “sick” men. When they tasted the medicine, they really did feel ill. It was  51horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk, ran up on deck and climbed the  52  mast（桅杆）on the ship. The captain 53  that the men had tried 54 him. So he made them 55 very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.

1.A. on       B. for           C. at            D. in

2.A. fetched   B. carried       C. had          D. got

3.A. be       B. was           C. to be         D. being

4. A. will be      B. were         C. is            D. should be

5. A. look for  B. look in     C. look back    D. look after

6.A. got        B. took        C. sent          D. made

7.A. other      B. the other       C. another        D. other’s

8.A. something wrong           B .wrong something  

C. anything wrong          D. wrong anything

9.A. Before long    B. Once more    C. Suddenly  D. Certainly

10.A. to drink some water   B. to eat something 

C. to have a rest          D. to do more work

11.A. pleased   B. sorry      C. angry    D. surprised

12.A. more      B. much    C. lots of      D. little

13.A. out       B. at home     C. present   D. appear

14.A At first       B. At the beginning   C. At last   D. At the end

15.A. agreement   B. permission       C. permit  D. promise

16.A. very       B. much         C. so       D. quite

17.A. highest    B. high        C. higher    D. very high

18.A. heard      B. heard of         C. realized      D. guessed

19.A. cheating    B. cheat       C. cheated   D. to cheat

20.A .worked      B. to work      C. work     D. working