A nurse took a tired soldier to an old man , “Your son is here ,” she told the old man. The old man could hardly  1 the young soldier clearly. He reached out his 2 .The soldier held the old man’s hand. The nurse brought a chair so that he could sit  3 the bed. All through the night, the young soldier sat there   4  the old man’s hand. Now and then he heard him say a few words. The dying man said 5 . He only held his son’s hand tightly all through the night.

The next morning, the old man died. The soldier freed his hand and went to  6  the nurse .While the nurse did  7 she had to do, he waited. Then he asked her, “Who was that man?”

The nurse was  8“Wasn’t he your father?” she said.

“No, he wasn’t”, the soldier answered.” I 9 saw him before.”

“Then  10 didn’t you say anything when I took you to  11 ?”

“I knew right away there had been a  12 , and I also knew he needed his son ,_13  his son just wasn’t here. When I found that he was too  14 to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew  15 he needed me, I stayed.

1.                A．see            B．look           C．saw  D．seeing

2.                A．head           B．foot            C．hand D．hair

3.                A．besides         B．beside          C．under    D．on

4.                A．held           B．holds           C．holding   D．was holding

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

6.                A．cry            B．speak          C．tell  D．say

7.                A．how           B．who           C．what D．when

8.                A．surprising       B．surprised       C．surprise  D．surprises

9.                A．sometimes      B．usually         C．always    D．never

10.               A．where         B．why           C．which D．who

11.               A．him           B．he            C．his   D．her

12.               A．bed           B．chair           C．mistake   D．hand

13.               A．and           B．or             C．but   D．then

14.               A．sick           B．healthy         C．strong D．nice

15.               A．how many      B．how long       C．how much D．how old

A man died and was on his way to another world，either Heaven （天堂）or Hell (地狱)．He saw a very beautiful palace halfway and the owner of the palace asked him to 56___ in the palace．

The man said，“I have been working hard　 57 my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work．”

The owner of the palace said，“If so，there is nowhere else 58 than here for you．There is enough delicious food in my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone stopping you．Moreover，　 59 needs to be done by you．”Then，the man stayed in the palace．

60 ，the man felt very happy，eating and sleeping，without thinking about other things．But gradually，he felt a bit lonely and bored．So he went to the owner and said，“It’s too boring to live by just eating and sleeping every day．Now I have no 　61 in this kind of life any more．Would you mind 　62 me find a job?”

The owner replied，“ Sorry，there is no job here at all．”

After another several months，the man could not 　63 his present life any more and went to the owner again and said，“I really can not live here．　 64　 you do not offer me a job，I would like to go to hell at once．”

The owner of the palace laughed 　 65　 and then said，“Do you think it is Heaven here? It is actually Hell! ”

56．A．play　　　　　　　　　　 B．rest　　　　　　　　　　 C．stay　　　　　　　 D．visit

57．A．to　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．with　　　　　　　　　 C．at　　　　　　　　　　 D．for

58．A．better　　　　　　　　　　 B．nearer　 　　　　　 C．safer　　　　　　　 D．funnier

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

60．A．In the end　　　 B. After all　　　　 C. At last　　　 D. At the beginning　　

61．A．confidence　　　 B．trouble　　　　　　　 C．interest　　　　　　 D．agreement

62．A．help　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to help 　　　　　　 C．helping　　　　　　 D．helped

63．A．enjoy　　　　　　　　　　 B．imagine　　　　　　　　 C．believe　　　　　　 D．stand

64．A. But　　　　　　 B. Though　　　　 C. Because　　　 D. If

65．A．slowly　　　　　　　　　　 B．quickly　　　 C．loudly　　　　 　　　 D．clearly

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert（沙漠）. During the trip they had a   1  , and one friend hit the other in the face. The one who was beaten was hurt, but without saying   2  , he wrote in the sand: “ Today my best friend hit me in the face.”

   They   3   on walking until they found a lake, where they decided to take a bath（洗澡）. The one, who had been beaten, fell into the lake and started drowning（溺水）, but the friend saved him. After he came back to life from the near drowning, he wrote on a   4  : “ Today my best friend saved my life.”

   The friend who had hit and   5   his best friend asked: “  6  I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you wrote on a stone, why?” The other friend  7  : “ When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand   8   wind can blow it away.   9  , when someone does something good for us, we must write it down in stone where no  10   can ever blow it away.”

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

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

（   ）3. A．kept                   B．continued         C．lasted                     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．which             B．how           C．where         D．when

（   ）9. A．Although          B．Or             C．But            D．If

（   ）10. A．wind          B．water           C．air            D．sand

A：Is ________ ready for the dinner?

B：Not yet. The table hasn't been set.

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