A woman called Julia lived in the countryside, one year she decided to visit the capital city to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.

On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).”Julia felt sorry for the beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl. “Thank you.” he said. The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar’s bowl. “What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬的) today?”

Julia was very surprised at the beggar . “How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said, “If you’re blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.” “Ah,” explained the beggar, “The truth is that I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he’s on holiday.” “On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?” “He goes into the countryside,” the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”

1.Where was the beggar sitting?

A．In the market.

B．In the busiest part of the city.

C．Outside the shops.

D．Between Julia's hotel and the market.

2.On the first two days, ____.

A．the blind man waited for Julia

B．the blind man demanded money from Julia

C．Julia gave the blind man some money

D．Julia gave him nothing

3. On the third day, the blind man____ .

A．accepted Julia's fifty cents quite happily

B．noticed that Julia had only given him fifty cents

C．refused Julia's fifty cents

D．also received one dollar from Julia

 

A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to go for a  11  in the country. On the way back home，my car stopped. It was out of  12  on a lonely   road far from a town. I decided to walk until I found someone who could  13  me a gallon（加仑） or two of petrol. I had  14  almost a mile before I finally found a big house near the road. I was           15  to see it because it was starting to get dark. I  16  at the door and a little old lady with long white hair answered. She said, “I have been  17  for you a long time. Come in. Tea is almost ready.”

“But I only came for some petrol.” I answered. I couldn’t  18  what she was talking about.

“Oh, Alfred! Petrol? You used to  19  tea.”

I quickly  20  that I needed some petrol, but she didn’t seem to hear me. She just kept calling me Alfred and talking about how long it had been since she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was  21  to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.  22  , there was another house down the road and I was able to buy several gallons of petrol. When I told the man about my  23 . He said,“Oh, that is Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s  24  but she wouldn’t hurt anyone. She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago. The day before their  25  he left home and never came back because of the war.”

1.                A．walk           B．holiday         C．drive D．picnic

 

2.                A．work           B．petrol          C．order    D．sight

 

3.                A．buy            B．borrow         C．sell  D．send

 

4.                A．rested         B．stopped        C．stepped  D．walked

 

5.                A．amazed         B．pleased         C．surprised D．tired

 

6.                A．beat           B．stood          C．knocked  D．struck

 

7.                A．waiting         B．searching       C．longing   D．looking

 

8.                A．order          B．hear           C．imagine   D．remember

 

9.                A．like            B．have           C．drink D．make

 

10.               A．explained       B．realized        C．noticed   D．discovered

 

11.               A．excited         B．anxious         C．worried   D．amazed

 

12.               A．Fortunately     B．Lately          C．Immediately    D．Personally

 

13.               A．expression      B．idea           C．schedule  D．experience

 

14.               A．kind           B．funny          C．strange    D．angry

 

15.               A．marriage       B．journey        C．plan  D．wedding

 

 

The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments—outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted.

52. A good title for this passage is________.

A. A Clever Assistant                 B. Buying a Birthday Present

C. How to Choose a Necklace          D. A Brave Young Man

53.The word “overspending” in this passage means__________.

A. spending too much money

B. spending too much time

C. spending more time than he planned

D. spending too much time and too much money

54. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_______.

A. turned pale                   B. turned  red       C. turned yellow                 D. turned black

55. James and Laura reached the shop at        .

A. 4:30       B.5:00         C.5:30         D.6:00

56. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_______.

A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things

B. the necklace was good

C. Laura liked the necklace

D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful

 

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,”she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened.

Heavily drugged with sleep because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly(隐约) saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out with his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man’s weak ones, expressing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.

All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward(病房), holding the old man’s hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest a while. He refused. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only holding tightly to his son all through the night. Along towards dawn, the old man died.

The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.

Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.“Who was that man?”he asked. The nurse was surprised. “He was your father,”she answered. “No, he wasn’t,”the Marine replied. “I never saw him before in my life.”“Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”asked the nurse. “I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed.”he answered.

1.Why did the nurse take the Marine to the old man’s bed?

A．Because he was the old man’s son.

B．Because she knew that he was a warm-hearted man.

C．Because she couldn’t find anyone else there.

D．Because she thought he was the old man’s son.

2.Why did the old man hold the Marine’s hand all through the night?

A．Because he knew he would die the next day.

B．Because he hadn’t seen his son for a long time.

C．Because he was dying and mistook him for his son.

D．Because he enjoyed doing that and so did the Marine.

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The Marine didn’t know the old man at all.

B．The nurse was careless and made a mistake.

C．The Marine happened to be the old man’s son’s friend.

D．The old man passed away peacefully and contentedly.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A．The next time someone needs you, be there.

B．All the soldiers are as kind as the Marine.

C．We’d better not correct someone else’s mistakes.

D．The young should accompany their parents all the time.

 

It happened to a very young pastor (牧师).His church was very old and what's worse, a storm knocked a hole in the wall of the church.

One day the pastor1_____an auction(拍卖）and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars. Hecarried the cloth back to the church and put it up on the wall. It completely hid the 2_____!

Just before noon of Christmas Eve, the pastor noticed a woman standing in the cold at the bus stop. “The 3 _____won’t be here for 40 minutes!” he called, and he invited her into the church to get 4_____ .She told him that she had come from the city to be interviewed for ajob as governess to the children of one wealthy family in town but she had been turned down.

The woman saw the tablecloth and rose suddenly. The pastor smiled and started to tell her about the storm 5_____, but she didn’tseem to 6_____“It is mine!” she said. “My husband had the cloth made 7_____ for mc !

She explained that she and her husband decided to go separately in the War II. They planned that he would 8_____ her. But she never saw him again. Later she heard that he had died. The pastor tried to 9_____ her, advising her to take the cloth with her. She 10_____ . Then she went away.

On Christmas Eve, after the service in church, one middle-aged man—the local clock-and-watch repairman—looked rather 11_____.‘‘It is strange，”he said in his soft accent.

^“ Many years ago, my wife and I owned such a cloth.

The pastor suddenly became very 12_____ . He told him about the woman who had been in church 13_____ in the day.Together the two got in touch with the 14_____ who had interviewed her. And this man and his wife -who had been separated through so many saddened 15_____were reunited.

1.                A．had            B． attended       C． held D． took

 

2.                A．wall           B． church        C． hole D． table

 

3.                A．boss           B． company       C． train    D． bus

 

4.                A．warm          B． ready         C． cool D． calm

 

5.                A．damage        B． story          C． fact D． truth

 

6.                A．work           B． believe        C． listen    D． understand

 

7.                A．carefully        B． attentively      C． finally   D． especially

 

8.                A．join            B． write          C． bring    D． leave

 

9.                A．amuse         B． comfort        C． please   D． help

 

10.               A．cried          B． accepted      C． refused  D． continued

 

11.               A．puzz led        B． delighted      C． determined   D． disappionted

 

12.               A．sad            B． shocked       C． hopeful  D． excited

 

13.               A．later           B． earlier        C． warmer  D． colder

 

14.               A．woman         B． manager       C． husband  D． family

 

15.               A．weeks         B． countries      C． Christmases   D． centuries