The story tell us about the British writer, Richard Savage. He was once living in London with  26  money in his pockets. In order to get some food and clothes he wrote the story of his life and managed to have it  27  .But not many copies of his books were  28  in the shops, and he was still living a hard life. Because of anxiety and malnutrition, he became very weak and before long fell  29  ,and a doctor was sent for. The doctor was not rich enough, but  30  literature. He tried his best to cure Savage of his illness and a week later Savage was out of  31  When he finally recovered his  32  ,the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his  33  ,but poor Savage had no money to  34  it. The doctor waited for a month and sent another bill.  35  no money again, the doctor went to Savage himself.

“You know you  36  your life to me,” said the doctor, “and I should  37  some thankfulness from you.”

“I  38  ,” said the writer, “ you’ve done a great favour for me and to  39  that I’m not ungrateful for your kindness, I’ll  40  my life to you.”

With these  41  he handed the doctor two copies of The Life of Richard Savage.

The doctor took the books home and began to  42  them carefully.

“I see I’ve  43  the life of a great writer,” the doctor said to himself with a sense of pride. “Maybe this is the only thing I could be really  44  in my life.”

Five years later Savage called on the doctor to pay his bill, only to find that the doctor had already  45  .

 26.A.much                B. a little        C. little             D. enough

 27.A.published             B. found        C. encourage        D. protected

 28.A.bought               B. sold          C. printed          D. showed

 29.A.weak                B. anxious       C. frightened        D. ill

 30.A. was interested in                       B. was familiar with

   C. was popular with                       D. struggled against

 31.A.safety                B. power        C. danger          D. injury

 32.A.sight                 B. health        C. movement       D. action

 33.A.care                 B. aid           C. attention         D. treatment

34.A.pay                  B. supply        C. afford           D. allow

 35.A.Receiving             B. Received      C. Keeping         D. Kept

 36.A.promise              B. return         C. lend            D. owe

 37.A.wish                 B. choose        C. get             D. master

 38.A.refuse                B. agree         C. warn            D. suppose

 39.A.explain               B. prove         C. describe         D. plan

 40.A.offer                 B. contribute      C. give            D. damage

 41.A.words                B. drills          C. compositions     D. collections

 42.A.write                B. correct         C. improve         D. read

 43.A.made                B. saved          C. trained          D. taught

 44.A.fond of              B. famous for     C. proud of         D. worried about

 45.A.passed away          B. escaped        C. hurried off       D. run away