Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his __41__one night when I was ready to quit (退出) a political campaign(运动) I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.

Tired, feeling the many months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I __42__ up one of Dad's old business cards that he was so proud of: Andrea Cuomo, Italian-American Groceries-Fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he __43__with difficult situations. A lot of pictures appeared into my __44__, but one scene came sharply into view.

We had just __45__ to Holliswood, New York. We had our own house for the first time. It had some land around it, even __46__. One, in particular, was a great blue spruce(云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.

Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible __47__.We came home from the store that night to find the spruce___48__ almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our hearts __49__. But not Dad's.

The rain was __50__. Then he announced, "OK, we're going to push him up." "What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground!" "Shut up, we're going to push him up. He's going to __51__ again." We couldn't say __52__ to him. So we __53__ him into the house and we got what rope __54__was and we __55___ the rope around the top of the tree that __56__on the street, and he stood up by the house, with me __57__ the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to push up the great blue spruce. In no __58__ at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad drove stakes(桩) in the ground and said, "Don't worry, he's going to grow again..."

I looked at the __59__ and wanted to cry. I couldn’t __60__ to get back into the campaign.

40. Recently I bought a Chinese vase, __________ was very reasonable.

A. which　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. the price of which

C. its price　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. the price of whose

39. In some parts of London, missing a bus means ___________ for another half an hour.

A. waiting　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. to wait　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 C. wait　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. to be waiting

38. Actually, whether he stays or not will __________ to us.

A. make no difference　　　 B. tell no difference　　　　　 C. be no difference　　　　　 D. be difference

37. ____________ my friends come to see me on my birthday.

A. Year by year　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. All the year around

C. All through the year　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. Year after year

36. I don’t think their team will _________ in the match.

A. win　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. beat　　　　　 　　　　　　　 C. pass　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. fail

35. ---Do you know how Lily has made such rapid progress in maths?

　　　 ---________________.

　　　 A. By hard work　　　　 B. With hard work　　 　　　 C. To hard work　　　　 D. For hard work