Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had __1__ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy __2__ and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and __3__ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.
　　Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man __4__ and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked __5__ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to __6__ at once. The doctors looked her over and told her __7__ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid __8__ the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and __9__. When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy __10__ there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!”

　　1. A. no　　　　　　　　 B. some　　　　 　 C. much　　　　　　 D. enough
　　2. A. lazy　　　　　　 B. clever　　　　 C. careful　　　　　　 D. hard
　　3. A. did well in　 B. was poor at　 C. was working　 D. was good for
　　4. A. was angry　　 B. thought hard C. agreed　　　　　　 D. said “No.”
　　5. A. a little　　　　　 B. a few　　　　　　 C. many　　　　　　 D. a lot
　　6. A. rest　　　　　　 B. sleep　　　　　 　 C. hospital　　　　 D. work
　　7. A. should　　　　 B. would　　　　　　 C. to　　　　　　　　 D. not to
　　8. A. to remember B. to forget　　 　 C. to catch　　　　 D. to teach
　　9. A. slept　　　　　 B. went out　　　 C. cooked　　　　　 D. ate
　　10. A. reading　　　　 B. seeing　　　　 C. cooking　　　　 D. writing

　It was very late when we came out of the cinema. We knew the last train would leave 1　 11:15 , so we ran as2 as we could to the station. It was just after 11: 15 when we 3　 the station, but the trains often leave a little4 　and there was a train standing at Platform 1(第一站台) , so we got in. We5 　for half an hour, then we got6 　. We found the ticket collector and asked him 7　　　 the train was going to leave.

　　“Tomorrow morning at six o clock,” he told us.

　　There were 8 taxis outside the station.9 　we walked home. It 10 us nearly two hours. The next morning we felt very tired.

　　( )36. A. in B. for C. at D. on

　　( )37. A.fast B. faster C. fastest D. fastly

　　( )38. A. reached to B. got C. arrived in D. arrived at

　　( )39. A. later B. early C. earlier D. late

　　( )40. A. wait B. are waiting C. waited D. waits

　　( )41. A. out B. in C. off D. on

　　( )42. A. how B. when C. why D .that

　　( )43. A. no B. not C. none D. nothing

　　( )44. A. but B. or C. so D. and

( )45. A. spent B. cost C. paid D. took

Claude Monet(莫奈) was born in 1840 in Paris, France. When he was five, his family moved to a place on the coast where he spent a lot of time on the beaches. It was here that he started to understand novels(小说)．

As a boy he __21__friends and family by drawing caricatures(漫画)．They were all pleased with his paintings. But at 18 his way of painting changed when he  __22__friends with Eugene Boudin who encouraged him to paint pictures out of doors. This is when his life as a(n)  __23__began. His family was  __24__ that he refused to go to art school. Instead Monet worked with other artists in their workrooms in Paris. In 1862 he became part of a group of impressionist(印象主义的) painters. During the 1860s he sold almost  __25__paintings but this didn’t stop him painting even though he always had problems with money.

Monet married his first wife in 1870 and had two sons. His second wife Alice, who had six children with her, lived with Monet and Monet’s children. After __26__houses several times, Monet found a house to rent(租) for his large family in a small village called Giverny in 1883, about 84 kilometers from Paris. He fell in love  __27__the place and it became his home for the rest of his life.

At last Monet began to  __28__his paintings and in 1890 he bought the house at Giverny. Monet was a loving gardener and created beautiful gardens there. His gardens inspired over 500 of his greatest paintings. Monet’s large paintings of the water lilies in his water garden, painted between 1916 and 1926, are some of his most famous. Monet gave these paintings to the people of  __29__. You can see them in Paris.

Towards the end of his life, Monet started to lose his __30__. This was the worst thing that could happen to a painter. It happened slowly over 16 years and by 1923 he was nearly blind. When Monet was very old and had bad health, he kept painting until a few months before his death in December 1926. 

(　　)46.A. had    B. loved    C. kept  D. pleased

(　　)47.A. met    B. made    C. fought  D. found

(　　)48.A. writer  B. painter  C. actor  D. teacher

(　　)49.A. glad    B. helpful  C. angry  D. satisfied

(　　)50.A. no      B. all     C. little  D. any

(　　)51.A. buying  B. building  C. moving  D. repairing

(　　)52.A. with    B. in      C. around  D. at

(　　)53.A. draw    B. sell    C. watch  D. collect

(　　)54.A. France  B. Britain  C. America  D. Australia

(　　)55.A. taste  B. weight  C. money  D. eyesight