One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp（黄蜂）nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting（sting, stung, stung蜇）in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.

“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”

Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again-to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”

She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.

As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. An immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn’t know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.

Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike（话筒）,trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department’s north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.

Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock（休克）.Just then he reached for the radio mike again.

“Call fire station,” he shouted, concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Bee sting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.”

“Five-ten,” the center replied.

Hold on, Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.

At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it, he thought.

56 It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when_____.

A. there are huge noises

B. strangers are approaching

C. the hottest season comes around

D the air is filled with food smell

57. Allen didn’t know that if stung by wasps again, he would______.

A. have no after-effects

B. suffer from sharper pain

C. become more sensitive

D. surely lose his life

58. Allen failed at his first attempt to send his message to the mini-bus center because _______.

A. he was in a state of shock

B. his radio equipment was poor

C. he was unable to speak clearly

D. no one was on duty

59. Which would be the best title for the passage？

A. A Race Against Death

B. Wasps, Bloody Killers

C. Allen, A Helpless Driver

D. War Against Wasps

One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp（黄蜂）nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting（sting, stung, stung蜇）in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.

“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”

Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again-to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”

She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.

As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. An immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn’t know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.

Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike（话筒）,trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department’s north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.

Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock（休克）.Just then he reached for the radio mike again.

“Call fire station,” he shouted, concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Bee sting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.”

“Five-ten,” the center replied.

Hold on, Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.

At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it, he thought.

56 It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when_____.

A. there are huge noises

B. strangers are approaching

C. the hottest season comes around

D the air is filled with food smell

57. Allen didn’t know that if stung by wasps again, he would______.

A. have no after-effects

B. suffer from sharper pain

C. become more sensitive

D. surely lose his life

58. Allen failed at his first attempt to send his message to the mini-bus center because _______.

A. he was in a state of shock

B. his radio equipment was poor

C. he was unable to speak clearly

D. no one was on duty

59. Which would be the best title for the passage？

A. A Race Against Death

B. Wasps, Bloody Killers

C. Allen, A Helpless Driver

D. War Against Wasps

Once in Japan there lived two frogs, one of whom made his home near the town of Osaka, while the other lived in Kyoto.  36 , they didn’t know each other. Bothof them liked to see a little of the world: the Kyoto frog wanted to visit Osaka, and the Osaka frog wished to go to Kyoto.

So one morning they  37. However, the journey was more  38  than they had expected, for they didn’t know much about traveling. Half-way between the two towns, at the top of a mountain, the two frogs  39  each other! Soon they fell into  40 .

“What a(n)  41  we are too small, ” said the Osaka frog. “Otherwise, we could see both towns from here, and  42  if it is worth our going on.”

“Oh, that is easily  43 ,” replied the Kyoto frog. “We have only got to stand up on our hind (后面的) legs, and hold on to each other  44  we won’t fall down, and then we can both look at the towns we are  45  to.”

This idea  46  the Osaka frog; he stood up and put his front paws on the  47 of the other frog, who had risen also. There they both stood, stretching themselves as  48  as they could. The Kyoto frog turned his nose towards Osaka, and the Osaka frog, towards Kyoto, but the  49  frogs forgot that when they stood up, their eyes were in the backs of their heads, and that  50  their noses pointed to their destinations, yet their eyes looked at the places  51  which they had come.

“Dear me!” cried the Osaka frog. “Kyoto is  52  like Osaka. It is certainly not worth such a long journey.”

“If I had known that Osaka was only a  53  of Kyoto I should never have traveled all this way,”  54  the frog from Kyoto. Then they started off for their  55  again.

1.                A．Surprisingly      B．However        C．Fortunately    D．Undoubtedly

 

2.                A．showed off      B．left out         C．turned away   D．set out

 

3.                A．wonderful      B．dangerous       C．exhausting D．exciting

 

4.                A．endangered     B．encouraged     C．encountered  D．embarrassed

 

5.                A．conversation    B．disagreement    C．competition   D．consideration

 

6.                A．shame          B．surprise        C．shortcoming   D．coincidence

 

7.                A．doubt          B．wonder         C．show     D．tell

 

8.                A．finished        B．managed        C．imagined  D．prepared

 

9.                A．as long as       B．in case         C．so that   D．unless

 

10.               A．turning         B．traveling        C．settling    D．adapting

 

11.               A．worried        B．disturbed       C．confused  D．pleased

 

12.               A．legs           B．shoulders       C．head D．nose

 

13.               A．high           B．wide           C．far   D．quickly

 

14.               A．adventurous     B．close          C．smart D．foolish

 

15.               A．because        B．though         C．since D．if

 

16.               A．from           B．to             C．around    D．in

 

17.               A．hardly         B．partly          C．mostly D．exactly

 

18.               A．corner         B．part           C．copy  D．spot

 

19.               A．exclaimed      B．announced      C．hesitated  D．thought

 

20.               A．destinations     B．dreams         C．homes    D．countries

 

 

I was in the line at Dunkin Donuts．The couple in front of me had ordered their food and   36  aside．I moved forward to order  37 ．It was quick and simple．Then I   38   a young man．

He walked in carrying his belongings in a torn plastic bag．I could  39  he was not having the best of  40 , which showed on his face．The couple ahead of me turned, looked and then  41 ．The lady held her handbag tighter and her husband  42  stood in front of her to protect it．

I moved over,   43  he could order his food．He looked at the board,   44  his pockets, turned around and walked out．I picked up my coffee and  45  him out．

       "Hey! Do you want a donut?" I shouted．

       A little  46  , he said, "I don't have any money．"

I told him to come back．As we  47   the counter, the couple, who were still inside, looked shocked and confused．

       I asked, "What kind do you want?" He  48  , "Jelly．"（果酱）

       I said, "Go ahead．Tell the  49   what you want．" "Jelly donut please," he said．

The cashier （收银员） looked at me and said, "Is that it?" I looked at him．"Do you want anything else?" " 50   I have a coffee?" he asked．I said, "Yes．Tell her．”

So he did．The __51__ came to $ 2．30, which is small change  52  to what a person spends in a day．But to him it made a great  53 ．

Being able to help the young man truly made my day．Perhaps it helped change the  54  of the people watching, which would be a（n） __55_ thing, too．

36．A．pushed           B．stepped          C． set                     D．wandered

37．A．mine            B．theirs          C．hers            D．his

38．A．heard．        B．remembered      C．noticed           D．recognized

39．A．suggest          B．promise               C．determine          D．tell

40．A．attention           B．consideration       C．love           D．luck

41．A．turned away      B．fumed in          C．turned over       D．turned up

42．A．eventually            B．safely           C．unwillingly     D．quickly

43．A．but               B．or      -        C．so                 D．because

44．A．checked           B．guaranteed        C．watched         D．tore

45．A．forced           B．followed          C．begged            D．led

46．A．excited           B．embarrassed    C．worried        D．interested

47．A．approached       B．missed．          C．surrounded     D．moved

48．A．shouted          B．declared           C．announced       D．whispered

49．A．wife             B．husband          C．cashier         D．couple

50．A．Should             B．Must             C．Will           D．Can

51．A．total             B．number          C．tip            D．price

52．A．opposed           B．linked             C．compared      D．devoted

53．A．decision          B．difference      C．mistake            D．progress

54．A．gesture          B．attitudes           C．generosity      D．theories ,

55．A．easy              B．simple             C．good             D．reasonable

 

In the depth of my memory, many things I did with my father still live．These things come to represent, in fact, what I call  1and love.

    I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool．But he did   2the water．Any kind of   3ride seemed to give him pleasure． 4he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

    But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did．I liked being  5the water, moving through it,  6it all around me．I was not a strong  7, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my  8．But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and  9those summer days with my father, who  10come by on a break．I needed him to see what I could do．My father would stand there in his suit, the  11person not in swimsuit.

    After swimming, I would go  12his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me  13anything I found in his top desk drawer．Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk  14he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his  15．But my father always  16and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s  17.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get  18an ice cream…

    A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is  19.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but  20, in that childhood, look at us．

1.A．desire                 B．joy                 C．anger              D．worry

2.A．avoid                 B．refuse              C．praise            D．love

3.A．boat                  B．bus               C．train              D．bike

4.A．But                   B．Then           C．And             D．Still

5.A．on                    B．off               C．by               D．in

6.A．having                 B．leaving            C．making           D．getting

7.A．swimmer             B．rider              C．walker           D．runner

8.A．hopes                 B．faiths              C．rights             D．fears

9.A．spending               B．saving             C．wasting           D．ruining

10.A．should                  B．would            C．had to             D．ought to

11.A．next                 B．only              C．other              D．last

12.A．away from           B．out of            C．by                D．inside

13.A．put up                B．break down      C．play with           D．work out

14.A．the moment          B．the first time       C．while               D．before

15.A．fishing net           B．office things       C．wooden chair     D．lab equipment

16.A．stood up               B．set out              C．showed up        D．turned out

17.A．fine                     B．strange              C．terrible             D．funny

18.A．the student           B．the assistant       C．myself              D．himself

19.A．memory               B．wealth              C．experience         D．practice

20.A．which                 B．who                  C．what                D．whose