The professor’s house, big and untidy, stood alone at one end of a huge garden. The place was totally uncared for, quite __36__ and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I __37__ my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.
I was glad that I found him. In twenty minutes he put me right on all the __38__ that had puzzled me. I was on the __39__ of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said, “You’re very fond of gardening, I see”
“No, I’m not,” he said. “__40__, I love this garden, though. It’s __41__ I always wanted it to be. I never touch it __42__ all.”
“It could be made lovely. It seems a pity to let all this ground go to __43__. But perhaps you don’t _ 44__ that way?” said I.
“I don’t. I lived here when I was a child, and I had   45  of gardening then. It was my father’s hobby, you see. Unfortunately, he wasn’t   46  _ enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade (叶片) of grass was an enemy to be _ _47__ out by hand, not just cut off. I’ve spent a good part of life at work here.”
“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now you’re getting even！”
“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didn’t understand the effect it had. It used to __48__ me. It appeared in my __49__ ——— a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was __50__ to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”
“And now it’s yours, you’re just letting it go to ...”
“__51__?” he said. “No, I don’t agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like  _52__ it grow in its own way. I make no __53__ on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has _ 54__ at last, and so have I.”
“But the path is over grown. It’s __55__ for you, isn’t it?”
“That’s part of my pleasure，” he laughed. “You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they don’t get the sun.”                             

The professor’s house, big and untidy, stood alone at one end of a huge garden. The place was totally uncared for, quite __36__ and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I __37__ my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.

I was glad that I found him. In twenty minutes he put me right on all the __38__ that had puzzled me. I was on the __39__ of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said, “You’re very fond of gardening, I see”

“No, I’m not,” he said. “__40__, I love this garden, though. It’s __41__ I always wanted it to be. I never touch it __42__ all.”

“It could be made lovely. It seems a pity to let all this ground go to __43__. But perhaps you don’t _ 44__ that way?” said I.

“I don’t. I lived here when I was a child, and I had   45  of gardening then. It was my father’s hobby, you see. Unfortunately, he wasn’t   46  _ enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade (叶片) of grass was an enemy to be _ _47__ out by hand, not just cut off. I’ve spent a good part of life at work here.”

“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now you’re getting even！”

“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didn’t understand the effect it had. It used to __48__ me. It appeared in my __49__ ——— a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was __50__ to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”

“And now it’s yours, you’re just letting it go to ...”

“__51__?” he said. “No, I don’t agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like  _52__ it grow in its own way. I make no __53__ on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has _ 54__ at last, and so have I.”

“But the path is over grown. It’s __55__ for you, isn’t it?”

“That’s part of my pleasure，” he laughed. “You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they don’t get the sun.”                             

1.                A．wild           B．crazy           C．large D．nice

2.                A．lost            B．felt            C．made D．took

3.                A．gardening       B．problems       C．plants    D．solution

4.                A．time           B．request         C．permission    D．point

5.                A．Even so         B．So             C．As though D．Even if

6.                A．where         B．as             C．why D．whether

7.                A．after           B．of             C．at   D．in

8.                A．desert         B．trouble         C．garden   D．waste

9.                A．recognize       B．observe        C．know D．see

10.               A．much          B．enough         C．something D．nothing

11.               A．interested      B．excited         C．fit    D．demanding

12.               A．fought         B．ruled          C．rooted    D．cut

13.               A．worry          B．shock          C．astonish   D．disappoint

14.               A．life            B．dreams         C．house D．hands

15.               A．thought        B．expected       C．ordered   D．supposed

16.               A．Ruin           B．Develop        C．Grow D．Sell

17.               A．watching       B．attending       C．watering   D．noticing

18.               A．comments      B．difference      C．sense D．demands

19.               A．time           B．freedom        C．sunlight   D．space

20.               A．important       B．useless         C．inconvenient   D．previous

Kincaid looked at his watch: eight-seventeen. The truck started on the second try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun. Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11, running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the highway as it swung east a little before meeting U.S Route 20.

Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He liked this country and felt impressed，stopping now and then to make notes about interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called “memory snapshots.” The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he turned north at Spokane, picking up U.S Route 2, which would take him halfway across the northern United States to Duluth, Minnesota.

He wished for the thousandth time in his life that he had a dog, a golden retriever, maybe, for travels like this and to keep him company at home. But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal. Still, he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting too old for the hard fieldwork. “I must get a dog then.” He said to himself.

Drives like this always put him into a sentimental mood. The dog was part of it. Robert Kincaid was alone as it’s possible to be – an only child, parents both dead, distant relatives who had lost track of him and he of them, no close friends.

He thought about Marian. She had left him nine years ago after five years of marriage. He was fifty–two now, that would make her just under forty. Marian had dreams of becoming a musician, a folksinger. She knew all of the Weavers’ songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Seattle. When he was home in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she sang.

His long absences – two or three months sometimes – were hard on the marriage. He knew that. She was aware of what he did when they decided to get married, and both of them had a vague (not clear) sense that it could all be handled somehow. It couldn’t when he came from photographing a story in Iceland and, she was gone. The note read, “Robert, it didn’t work out, I left you the Harmony guitar. Stay in touch.”

He didn’t stay in touch. Neither did she. He signed the divorce papers when they arrived a year later and caught a plane for Australia the next day. She had asked for nothing except her freedom.

1．Which route is the right one taken by Kincaid?

A．Bellingham – Washington 11 – Puget Sound – U.S Route 20 – U.S Route 2 – Duluth

B．U.S. Route 2 – Bellingham – Washington 11 – Puget Sound – U.S Route 20 – Duluth

C．U.S. Route 2 – U.S Route 20 – Duluth – Bellingham – Washington 11

D．Bellingham – Washington 11 –U.S. Route 2 –U.S Route 20 –Duluth

2．Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．Kincaid’s parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant relatives.

B．Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn’t been away from home too much.

C．Kincaid used to have a golden retriever.

D．Kincaid needed a dog in doing his hard fieldwork.

3．Why did Kincaid stop to take photos while driving?

A．To write “memory snapshots”.

B．To remind himself of places he might want to visit again.

C．To avoid forgetting the way back.

D．To shoot beautiful scenery along the road.

4．What can you know about Marian?

A．She died after five years of marriage.

B．She was older than Kincaid.

C．She could sing very well and earned big money.

D．She was not a professional pop singer.

5．We can draw a conclusion from the passage that _____

A．Marian knew what would happen before she married Kincaid.

B．Kincaid thought his absence would be a problem when he married Marian.

C．It turned out that Marian could not stand Kincaid’s absence and left him.

D．After Marian left him, they still kept in touch with each other.

Kincaid looked at his watch: eight-seventeen. The truck started on the second try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun. Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11, running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the highway as it swung east a little before meeting U.S Route 20.

Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He liked this country and felt impressed，stopping now and then to make notes about interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called “memory snapshots.” The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he turned north at Spokane, picking up U.S Route 2, which would take him halfway across the northern United States to Duluth, Minnesota.

He wished for the thousandth time in his life that he had a dog, a golden retriever, maybe, for travels like this and to keep him company at home. But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal. Still, he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting too old for the hard fieldwork. “I must get a dog then.” He said to himself.

Drives like this always put him into a sentimental mood. The dog was part of it. Robert Kincaid was alone as it’s possible to be – an only child, parents both dead, distant relatives who had lost track of him and he of them, no close friends.

He thought about Marian. She had left him nine years ago after five years of marriage. He was fifty–two now, that would make her just under forty. Marian had dreams of becoming a musician, a folksinger. She knew all of the Weavers’ songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Seattle. When he was home in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she sang.

His long absences – two or three months sometimes – were hard on the marriage. He knew that. She was aware of what he did when they decided to get married, and both of them had a vague (not clear) sense that it could all be handled somehow. It couldn’t when he came from photographing a story in Iceland and, she was gone. The note read, “Robert, it didn’t work out, I left you the Harmony guitar. Stay in touch.”

He didn’t stay in touch. Neither did she. He signed the divorce papers when they arrived a year later and caught a plane for Australia the next day. She had asked for nothing except her freedom.

1．Which route is the right one taken by Kincaid?

A．Bellingham – Washington 11 – Puget Sound – U.S Route 20 – U.S Route 2 – Duluth

B．U.S. Route 2 – Bellingham – Washington 11 – Puget Sound – U.S Route 20 – Duluth

C．U.S. Route 2 – U.S Route 20 – Duluth – Bellingham – Washington 11

D．Bellingham – Washington 11 –U.S. Route 2 –U.S Route 20 –Duluth

2．Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．Kincaid’s parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant relatives.

B．Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn’t been away from home too much.

C．Kincaid used to have a golden retriever.

D．Kincaid needed a dog in doing his hard fieldwork.

3．Why did Kincaid stop to take photos while driving?

A．To write “memory snapshots”.

B．To remind himself of places he might want to visit again.

C．To avoid forgetting the way back.

D．To shoot beautiful scenery along the road.

4．What can you know about Marian?

A．She died after five years of marriage.

B．She was older than Kincaid.

C．She could sing very well and earned big money.

D．She was not a professional pop singer.

5．We can draw a conclusion from the passage that _____

A．Marian knew what would happen before she married Kincaid.

B．Kincaid thought his absence would be a problem when he married Marian.

C．It turned out that Marian could not stand Kincaid’s absence and left him.

D．After Marian left him, they still kept in touch with each other.

The professor’s house，big and untidy，stood alone at one end of a huge garden.The place was totally uncared for，quite 　1 and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I 2

my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.

I was glad that I had found him. In twenty minutes he 　3 me right on all the 　4

that had puzzled me. I was on the 　5 of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said，“You’re very fond of gardening，I see.”

“No，I’m not，” he said.“ 6 ，I love this garden，though. It’s 　7 I always wanted it to be. I never touch it at all.”

“It could be made lovely. It 8 a pity to let all this ground go to waste. But perhaps you don’t 　9 that way?” said I.

“I don’t. I lived here when I was a child，and I had 　10 of gardening then. It was my father’s hobby，you see. Unfortunately，he wasn’t 　11 enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade（叶片） of grass was an enemy to be 　12 by hand, not just cut off. I’ve spent a good part of life at work here.”

“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now you’re getting even！”

“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didn’t understand the 13 it had. It used to 　14

me. It appeared in my dreams—a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was 　15 to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”

“And now it’s yours，you’re just letting it go to... ”

“ 16 ?” he said.“No，I don’t agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like 17 it grow 18 its own way. I make no demands on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has 19 at last, and so have I.”

“But the path is over grown. It’s inconvenient for you，isn’t it?”

“That’s part of my 20 ，” he laughed.“You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they don’t get the sun.”

1. A. wild 　　　　　　　　　 B. crazy 　　　　　　　　　　 C. large 　　　　　　　　　　 D. nice

2. A. lost　　　　　　　 B. felt　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. took　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. made

3. A. let 　　　　　　　 B. put 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. taught　　　　　　　　　　 D. explained

4. A. gardening 　　　　　 B. plants 　　　　　　　　　　 C. problems 　　　　　　　 D. solution

5. A. time 　　　　　　　　　 B. point 　　　　　　　　　　 C. permission 　　　　　　 D. request

6. A. Even if 　　　　 B. So 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. As though 　　　　　　　 D. Even so

7. A. as 　　　　　　　 B. where 　　　　　　　　　　 C. why 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. whether

8. A. seems 　　　　　　　　 B. is 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. proves 　　　　　　　　　 D. sounds

9. A. recognize　　　　　　 B. sense 　　　　　　　　　　 C. see 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. know

10. A. fond 　　　　　　　　 B. short 　　　　　　　 C. free 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. enough

11. A. interested　　　　　 B. fit 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. content 　　　　　　　　　 D. demanding

12. A. fought against 　 B. cleared up 　　　 C. rooted out 　　　 D. cut down

13. A. effect 　　　　　　　 B. reason 　　　　　　　　　 C. cause 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. result

14. A. astonish 　　　　　 B. shock 　　　　　　　　　　 C. worry 　　　　　　　　　 D. disappoint

15. A. thought 　　　　　　 B. supposed 　　　　　　　 C. ordered 　 D. expected

16. A. Sell　　　　　　　　　　 B. Develop 　　　　　　　　 C. Grow 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Ruin

17. A. noticing 　　　　　　 B. attending　　　　　　　　 C. watering 　 D. watching

18. A. on 　　　　　　　　　 B. in 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. with 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. of

19. A. freedom 　　　　　 B. time 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. sunlight 　　　　　 D. space

20. A. life 　　　　　　　　　 B. pleasure 　　　　　　　　 C. job 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. research