An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate the nuisance of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.

One evening when the boys were particularly_16__，he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired and was__17_when he could see or hear boys playing his__18__game，football. He would__19__give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night. The boys got__20__，for they could hardly believe__21__they were being paid to do something they__22__.

The first two weeks had passed，the boys came to the old man’s house，and went away__23__with their 25 yuan. The third week when they came back，__24__，the old man said he hadn’t had much money__25__himself and sent them away with only 15 yuan. The fourth week，the man said he had not yet received his__26__from the government and gave them only 10 yuan. The boys were very disappointed，but there was__27__much that they could do about it.

At the__28__of the fifth week，the boys came back and__29__at the old man’s door，waiting for their__30__.Slowly，the door opened and the old man appeared.He__31__that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan__32__he had promised，but said he would give them five yuan each week without__33__.

This was really too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five yuan！” they yelled.“__34__！”

They__35__away and never played on the street again.

A. hot           B．noisy             C．troublesome          D．naughty

A. happiest      B．excited        C．encouraged            D．bored

A. interesting   B．amusing        C．acceptable             D．favorite

A. more ever          B．therefore        C．willingly              D．forever

A. shouted      B．cried              C．thrilled                D．smiled

A. how          B．when             C．that                    D．what

A. expected    B．enjoyed      C．admired              D．respected

A. happily      B．thankfully      C．gratefully              D．tearfully

A. but          B．in addition      C．however              D．besides

A .earned       B．saved           C．remained             D．left

A. paycheck    B．insurance       C．food tickets        D．salary

A. not          B．no                 C．so                        D．very

A. final         B．end                C．start                     D．beginning

A. kicked       B．hit              C．beat                D．knocked

A. rewards     B．awards           C．checks              D．wages

A. expressed   B．apologized      C．stated                  D．expected

A .as            B．like                C．when                 D．though

A. fail          B．hesitation       C．joke                   D．problem

A. No way    B．No possible    C．No problem           D．No play

A. walked      B．stormed      C．broke                  D．backed

It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a ____ across the river. The wait seemed ____. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.

____, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s ____ and said, “Sir, would you ____ giving me a ride to the other side?”

____ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost ____. He could not get ____ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, ____ to the old man’s home.

As they ___ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I ____ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? ____I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”

The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked ____ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t ____. It would be ____ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw ____. I knew that you would help me.”

The words ____ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others ____ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does ____ in my heart.”

With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his ____ back to the White House。

1.A. help                   B. ride               C. trip                     D. drive

2.A. useful                  B. boring            C. fortunate              D. endless

3.A. Gradually               B. Finally             C. Sadly                    D. Surprisingly

4.A .eyes                   B. hand             C. back                    D. face

5.A. like                    B. think              C. offer                   D. mind

6.A. Speeding               B. Riding             C. Stopping                D. Leaving

7.A. shocked                B. stuck              C. frozen                  D. injured

8.A. down                   B. on                C. in                      D. off

9.A. only                    B. but               C. so                      D. then

10.A. neared              B. visited          C. passed                  D. missed

11.A. came on             B. came in         C. came up                 D. came out

12.A. Even if           B. What if             C. As if                      D. Only if

13.A. out                  B. for               C. into                     D. up

14.A. try              B. wait            C. ask                  D. care

15.A. useless.              B. risky              C. dangerous               D. foolish

16.A. bravery              B. loyalty          C. ambition                  D. kindness

17.A. attracted            B. comforted       C. touched                 D. occupied

18.A. alone                B. out             C. away            D. over

19.A. desire               B. live             C. count           .          D. advance

20.A. choice               B. living             C. mind                     D. way

  Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)．He asked the king to declare
him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was about to do so when an old
servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a
much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three
years．”
The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he
went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one
day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this
old man，then 1 will be the greatest archer．”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his
shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The
old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow
turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took Out the
arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s  why
I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，
and I’m  nothing before him．You must be  with him for at least thirty years．And he is
very old，SO go fast! Find the old man!”
56．The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“       ”
A．admire    B．advise    C．announce     D．admit
57．The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the
A．he had nothing more to learn from him
B．he could then become the greatest archer
C．the old man refused to teach him everything
D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO
58．The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his
master．Which is the right order of the events?
A．1—2—3—4    B．4—3—2—1
C．4—2—3—1    D．4—2—1—3
59．What do you think would most probably happen next?
A．The young archer died from the wound soon after．
B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．
C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him．
D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’S master．
60．What lesson can you learn from the story?
A．There’s always someone better than you in this world．
B．You must never try to become better than your teacher．
C．The older a man is，the better archer he usually becomes．
D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．

I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?”“Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”?
“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?”“He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…”“His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.?
“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!”“You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?”“But he held the box in his right hand.”“Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.”“And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”?
【小题1】 We can learn from this passage ________.?

Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   16   his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   17   for a glance.

   One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   18   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   19   the old gardener was blind.   20   , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t  21  in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you 22   reasons. First I was a   23  when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   24  them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s   25  .

    “Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   26   .

   “Yeah, it’s   27  that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   28   them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good   29   . In the meantime, it also   30  a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

    The old man’s  31  astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  32  them as a link of minds so as to make   33   enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？

   I believe every flower has   34 with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   35  to see the beauty of blossoming（开花）, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

1. A. loving        B. watering        C. tending      D. planting

2.A. stop     　　 B. stay            C. live         D. run

3.. A. kept          B. dropped        C. fallen        D. lost

4. A. realized       B. noticed         C. felt          D. thought

5. A. Excited       B. Frightened      C. Shocked      D. Satisfied

6.A. feel          B. see            C. hear          D. eat

7.A. one          B. two            C. three         D. four

8.A. gardener      B. teacher         C. farmer        D. painter

9.A. taste          B. plant          C. touch        D. appreciate

10.A. it            B. me            C. them          D. you

11.A. with pleasure   B. in surprise      C. with hope     D. in anger

12.A. true           B. possible       C. a pity         D. a shame

13. A. put            B. turn          C. get           D. knock

14.. A. mind          B. life           C. future         D. mood

15. A. introduces      B. offers         C. stands        D. leaves

16. A. words         B. behavior       C. story        D. attitudes

17. A. treats          B. acts          C. works         D. serves

18. A. anybody       B. somebody      C. everybody    D. nobody

19. A. ears           B. soul          C. eyes          D. heart

20.A. refusing       B. trying         C. pretending     D. failing