A poor boy Howard Kelly was trying to make some money for school by selling goods. He found that he had only one coin left. He was so  16  that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his courage when a lovely young  17 opened the door. Instead of asking for a meal, he asked for a drink of  18 . She smiled understandingly and brought him a  19  glass of milk. He drank it slowly and then asked, “How much is it?”
“You need pay nothing.” she replied. “Mother has  20 me never to accept pay for a  21 .” As Howard  22  that house, he not only felt stronger 23  , but it also made him believe in God and the human beings more. He was about to give up before this.
24 later, the young woman became very ill. She was sent to the big city,  25  Dr Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in for the treatment. When he heard the name of the  26  she came from, a  27  light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room. He  28  her at once. From that day on, he gave   29  attention to her case and  30   to do his best to save her life.
After a long time, she recovered. The bill was sent to her room. She was  31  to open it because she knew it would 32  the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked at the bill and saw these words on one side of it,
"Paid in full with  33 ."
                    Dr Howard Kelly
Tears of  34  ran out of her eyes as she cried, "Thank you,  35 . Your love has got around through human hearts and hands. "

   Linda was more of a best friend than a cousin．We  1  nearly everything—except that she was 2  on collecting porcelain（瓷）dolls．I never understand her hobby，she displayed them so beautifully and   3   them all so clean．Still，I was surprised how much those dolls  4  to me after Linda  5  her battle with cancer．Her mother donated（捐赠）the doll s，as had been   6  ，to the local historical society．I agreed it was   7  that Linda's collection stayed together but it really   8  me to see the dolls go．In fact，I wished I could have kept just one to remember her by．

    Losing Linda was still fresh in my mind   9  one day my mother asked me to drive her to the country fair．On the way home my mother was a bit hungry，so I   10  the highway and we went into a fast—food restaurant．Next door was a   11  shop．I only had twenty dollars in my pocket，but I figured I would look   12  while I waited．Inside were cards，snow globes…and one whole wall full of shelves and shelves of porcelain dolls，just like Linda's．For some reason，I felt   13  to one doll in the middle of the second shelf——with deep brown eyes．wearing a shiny pink and white dress．“Isn’t that the   14  doll you ever saw？”I said to my mother．“I want it．”

       15  ，I thought．These dolls cost more than a hundred，l bet．Then I   16  at the doll’s price tag（标签）：$14．99 !

    A  sale man   17  that the price wasn't a mistake．What a luck! I took the doll off the shelf and    18  it to the cashier．Then, casually, I   19  the doll's price tag over．There，printed on the Other side，was the doll’s   20 ：Linda．

1．A．enjoyed                 B．attained                C．shared                   D．held

2．A．keen                      B．interested             C．eager                     D．fancy

3．A．made                     B．polished               C．helped                    D．kept

4．A．cost                      B．meant                  C．recalled                  D．cared

5．A．lost                       B．won                    C．fought                   D．stopped

6．A．deserved                B．maintained    C．sold                       D．intended

7．A．best                      B．worst                         C．precious                 D．wrong

8．A．seized                    B．surprised              C．upset                     D．declined

9．A．until                      B．before                  C．once                      D．when

10．A．stopped on           B．pulled off             C．got onto                 D．went along

11．A．book                    B．fruit                     C．gift                        D．dolls

12．A．around                 B．inside            C．outside                   D．down

13．A．fastened               B．approached          C．touched                 D．drawn

14．A．cheapest              B．prettiest               C．biggest                D．funniest

15．A．Clever                 B．Sure                    C．Fantastic              D．Silly

16．A．doubted               B．wondered             C．glanced                  D．checked

17．A．confirmed            B．talked                  C．advocated              D．proposed

18．A．brought               B．gave                    C．paid                     D．carried

19．A．1ooked                B．turned                  C．pushed                   D．knocked

20．A．collector              B．price                    C．owner                    D．name

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

My mother helped to build ships during World WarⅡ. She was a(n)   1woman to seek work at this South Portland Shipyards (造船厂). She was raising four children  2. I still remember my mom’s struggle to keep the   3together.

After the divorce, there wasn’t much  4. At first my mom worked in washing houses in   5places. And she later got the job in a department store   6she noticed some young women would come in, all   7in big boots and rough overalls and they would have   8of $600 to cash. And she finally asked one of them where they   9and made so much money. And they said in the  10. So my mother went over, and the man who   11her asked whether she wanted to be a welder (焊工) or a burner. My mother asked which   12the most. He said the welder. Then she said that was   13she wanted to do. He said: “oh, why?” She said: “Ha, I have four children to  14.”

It was bitterly cold in the winter going into the bottom of those steel ships. They had to creep into narrow basis and lay on their backs, and welded  15. And I remember her neck and her chest all spotted with   16from the sparks. And her shift (轮班) was midnight to 6 AM, so she could be home with us   17the day. I remember her dressing was man’s clothing. Once she fell and   18her foot and they brought her home in the middle of the night, and she was weeping. After the Shipyard  19, she needed to have two jobs to make enough money. And we kids were more or less on our own, and that was not a happy time. But still she was   20to keep us together as a family.

1.A. educated   B. employed C. unmarried    D. divorced

2.A. for her life   B. on her own   C. like her own D. by her love

3.A. children   B. home C. ships    D. family

4.A. happiness  B. work C. money    D. strength

5.A. different  B. dirty    C. difficult    D. busy

6.A. that   B. which    C. where    D. when

7.A. worn   B. dressed  C. covered  D. decorated

8.A. marks  B. checks  C. coins    D. dollars

9.A. lived  B. graduated   C. worked   D. performed

10.A. navy  B. factory C. shipyard     D. army

11.A. examined  B. interviewed  C. questioned   D. accepted

12.A. charged   B. cost C. spent    D. paid

13.A. why   B. how  C. whether  D. what

14.A. take care of  B. play games with  C. spend time on    D. feed food with

15.A. sideways  B. outward  C. overhead D. downward

16.A. burn marks    B. white points C. red circles  D. dark lines

17.A. on    B. by   C. among    D. during

18.A. damaged   B. wounded C. injured  D. ached

19.A. moved B. closed   C. opened   D. ruined

20.A. persuaded B. attracted    C. demanded D. determined

The crowd cheered as the young man walked across the stage to receive his award as the company's top producer. He looked over the audience and trembled, and there was a clear pause that brought a silence to the room. It took him a moment to control himself.

"The last three months hit me pretty hard," he began. "And I feel the need to share a piece of my story though I'm not sure why. A friend called me about his new marketing system, an outbound (发往外国的) fax（传真）service that could reach thousands of potential customers at very little cost. I checked it out, got excited and accepted it. After thousands of faxes, it seemed that what I did was illegal . I was punished a dollar for every one sent out.

The crowd was surprised.

"I failed to do proper research, and didn't pay attention to the details. Now I am heavily in debt. As some of you know, I recently move up here from down south. I stored my stuff （资料）in my old office, which I closed down. When I drove back to pick it all up, I found that everything except my computer and the clothes I brought with me was gone."

He continued, "I drive a sports car. I love that car. One day while driving it, I stepped on the accelerator (油门), lost control at 85 miles an hour, and hit the guard rail. I damaged my car very badly."

"In three months, I got charged, lost everything I owned, and damaged my car. We all face challenges," he smiled. "I guess I wanted to share mine with you. Thanks for listening. " He left to a standing ovation (鼓掌).

Standing in the back of the room, I realized how much respect that young man earned. He faced his fear, publicly admitted his mistakes and never gave up, in spite of the difficulties. That day, he won much more than a trophy (奖杯).

50. According to the first paragraph, which word can describe the young man?

　 A. Calm.　　　　 B. Brave.　　　　　 C. Shy.　　　　　　 D. Nervous.

51. Why was the young man punished?

　 A. He made a serious mistake in his research. 　　

B. He illegally sent faxes to customers.

C. He stole a computer from an office. 　　　　　　　

D. He drove his car at a high speed.

52. The young man told his experiences perhaps to _________.　　　　　 .

　 A. encourage others to face challenges bravely　

B. let the audience forgive him

　 C. show his misunderstanding of the law　　　

D. complain about being treated unfairly