A man and his friend were walking through the deser（沙漠）. During the trip they had a ___and the man hit his friend in the face. His friend was hurt, but without saying ____, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”

They ____ on walking until they found a lake, where they decided to take a bath. The man’s friend fell into the lake and was in danger, but the man saved him. After he came back to life, he wrtoe on a ______ : “Today my best friend saved my life.”

 The man who had hit and ___his best friend asked, “______ I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now , you wrote on a stone. Why?” His friend _____, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where wind can ____ it away. ___, when someone does something good for us, we must write it down in stone where it can ______ for ever.”

1.A. talk             B. joke             C. fight              D. picnic

2.A. something       B. nothing             C. anything           D. everything

3.A. kept            B. continued           C. turned             D. tried

4.A. sand            B. stone               C. tree               D. wall

5.A. killed           B. hurt                C. saved             D. made

6.A. Before          B. While              C. Until              D. After

7.A. replied         B. asked               C. questioned         D. required

8.A. blow            B. send               C. fly                D. put

9.A. Although        B. But                C. However           D. If

10.A. last             B. keep               C. be stayed           D. be laid

Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman’s living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，“There’s only one thing you  1  do．Don’t open the box．”After   2   this，he left the living room．
The woman said to her husband，“There must be   3   in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband said ___4___ to her．
But the woman didn’t give up her idea．One day，she decided to ___5___ what was     __6   it．Her husband didn’t stop her this time．She opened the box and looked inside．She found nothing in the box and then tried hard to close it,    7   she failed．
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was    8  ．He was very __9___ and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there is nothing in the box，”the woman said．“We    10    anything at all．”The businessman shouted at them，“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That’s important!”
【小题1】A．needn’t     B．wouldn’t    C．mustn’t       D don’t have to
【小题2】A．saying     B．said        C．says         D to say
【小题3】A．expensive something   B．something expensive
C．nothing expensive    D expensive anything
【小题4】A．yes        B．nothing     C．no           D hello
【小题5】A．look for    B．clean up    C．find out     D get over
【小题6】A．near        B．under       C．in           D on
【小题7】A．though     B．or         C．unless       D but
【小题8】A．closed     B．empty       C．open         D full
【小题9】A．happy      B．angry       C．stressed out  D worried
【小题10】A．didn’t take  B．won’t take  C．haven’t taken  D aren’t taking

In the tenth grade, I began volunteering at a vet hospital in order to get experience for what I thought would be my future job. As it turned out, the experience I got at the hospital taught me the opposite: my future was not in vet medicine. However, there is one particular Saturday morning that taught me something maybe more important.
The hospital was in the middle of one of the poorer sections of the city and we often had people come in who could just only pay for the most basic treatments. This Saturday a man and his young son, who was probably about 7 years old, walked in with a small cat in a cardboard box. I remember the cat had an eye infection (感染) but the man could not afford to pay for the cost of the medicine in addition to the exam. When he asked where the nearest the animal shelter（庇护所） was, his son cried and started to argue with his father. Out of the blue, an older woman who was sitting in the waiting room stood up, walked up to the counter, and told the man that she would pay for anything that he could not afford. The man thanked her and the son got to keep a healthy cat.
I had always thought it was the right thing to help out a needy person, but it was only seen on TV or in movies. The woman in the vet’s office taught me that these things do happen in real life, and should happen more often. When I am hesitant (犹豫) to help someone who is in need, I remember that woman, and have the courage to do it. Sometimes other people follow.
【小题1】Why did the writer work at the vet hospital?

完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。
Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed to the  1 and said, “ There’s only one thing you mustn’t do.  2     open the box.” After saying this, he left his home.
The woman said to her husband, “ There  3  be something expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said no  4  her. But the woman didn’t give up the idea. One day, she decided to find out  5  was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She  6  the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it,  7  she failed.
That evening the old man came home and found the box open. He was  8  and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.
“ But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said “ We haven’t taken  9  at all.” The old man shouted at them. “ The box is not important, but I can’t  10  you. That’s important!’’