26．A．story　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．damage　　　　　　　　　 C．challenge　　　　　　　　 D．material

25．A．postmaster　　　　　　 B．headmaster　　　　　　 C．storekeeper　　　　　　 D．policeman

24．A．happens　　　　　　　　　 B．flashes　　　　　　　　　　 C．sticks　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．leads

23．A．experienced　　　　　　 B．connected　　　　　　　 C．combined　　　　　　　　 D．agreed

22．A．earn　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．lack　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．spend　　　　　　　　　　　 D．steal

21．A．decision　　　　　　　　　 B．research　　　　　　　　　 C．speech　　　　　　　　　　 D．discovery

40. A. complex　　　　 　　　 B. remains　　 　　　　　　　 C. rest　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. complaints

答案　 21-40 　DDAAB　 BBDAC　 BACDC　 BADCC

Passage 50

(浙江省杭州二中2010届高三上学期第一次月考)

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting．It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important ___21___: giving-away makes life so much more exciting．You need not worry if you ___22___ money．

This is how I ___23___ with giving-away．If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store ___24___ to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the ___25___．If an accident takes place, the ___26___ of which I think the local police could use, I ___27___ him up and tell him about it, though I am not in ___28___ here．One discovery I made about this world is to give ___29___ getting something back, though the ___30___ often comes in an unexpected form．

One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important ___31___ letter to my home, though it was ___32___ to me at my office．I wrote the postmaster a note of ___33___．More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was ___34___．I was told at the window that there were ___35___ boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long ___36___ list．As I was about to ___37___, the postmaster appeared in the ___38___．“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was．“Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office ___39___ we make one for you．You don’t know what a letter like that means to us．We usually get ___40___ but complaints．”

39. A. keep　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. take　　　　 　　　　　　　 C. make　　　　　 　　　　 D. hold

38. A. shown　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. taken　　　 　　　　　　　　 C. sent　　　　 　　　　　　 D. provided

37. A. fail　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. succeed　　　　　 　 C. tend　　　　　 　　　　　 D. manage