A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the 　41 in ten minutes.

Thirty minutes 　 42 , when the passenger's ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she 　43 to bring him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up(延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he 　 44　 it.

In the following hours on the flight, 　 45　 time the hostess passed by the passenger she would ask him with a smile 　 46 　he needed help or not. But the passenger never 　 47 her words.

When he was going to get off the 　 48　 , the passenger asked the stewardess to hand him the passengers' booklet(意见簿). She was very 　 49 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her 　 50 the job. 　 51　 with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she 　 52　 the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, "On the flight, you asked me if I need help for twelve times 　 53 . How can I refuse 　54 　twelve sincere smiles?"

That's right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched the passenger 　 55 and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!

41.A.milk　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B．juice　　　　　　　　　　　 C．coffee　　　　　　　　　 D．water

42.A.late　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．later　　　　　　　　　　　 C．ago　　　　　　　　　　　 D．after

43.A.remembered　　　　　　　　 B．forgot　　　　　　　　　　 C．wanted　　　　　　　　　 D．learned

44.A.accepted　　　　　　　　　　 B．took　　　　　　　　　　　 C．refused　　　　　　　　　 D．received

45.A.some　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．either　　　　　　　　　　 C．another　　　　　　　　　 D．each

46.A.why　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．when　　　　　　　　　　 C．whether　　　　　　　　 D．how

47.A.paid attention to　　　　　 B．thought of C．heard of D．worried about

48.A.coach　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．bus　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．train　　　　　　　　　　　 D．plane

49.A.happy　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．cheerful　　　　　　　　 C．sad　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．excited

50.A.lose　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．loses　　　　　　　　　　　 C．losing　　　　　　　　　　 D．lost

51.A.And　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．So　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．Then　　　　　　　　　　 D．But

52.A.opened　　　　　　　　　　　 B．closed　　　　　　　　　　 C．destroyed　　　　　　　 D．hid

53.A.at all　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．in all　　　　　　　　　　　 C．of all　　　　　　　　　　 D．all over

54.A.her　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．your　　　　　　　　　　　 C．their　　　　　　　　　　　 D．our

55.A.peacefully　　　　　　　　　 B．comfortably　　　　　 C．deeply　　　　　　　　　 D．slowly

Jean is a bright young lady who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly (几乎不) find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.

So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous (匿名的), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself. He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.

When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favourite rock singer. But when she knocked David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

(　 ) 49. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is ________.

　　　　 A. rich　　　　　　　　 B. famous　　　　　　 C. young　　　 D. lonely

(　 ) 50. Jean thought “David” was special because he __________.

　　　　 A. made her quite happy on QQ　　　　

B. was from San Francisco

　　　　 C. sent her a picture of himself　　　　

D. was tall and good-looking

(　 ) 51. What does the word “latest” in the underlined sentence mean?

　　　　 A. 最迟的　　　　　 B. 最新的　　　　　　 C. 最好的　　 D.最晚的

(　 ) 52. We could believe that Jean was _________ when seeing Jim himself instead of (取代) David at his door.

　　　　 A. happy　　　　　　 B. surprised　　　　　 C. sad　　　　　 D. worried

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　　There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, 1 he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so 2 .

　　The mother 3 that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 4 a week and do a report about it for her.

　　One day, in Ben's 5 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6 .“Why did Ben raise his hand?”they wondered. He 7 said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

　　Well, Ben not only 8 the rock, he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew 9 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 10 . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 11 .

　　Ben later went on to the 12 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

　　After Ben had grown up, he 13 something about his mother that he did not know as a 14 . She, herself, had never learned how to 15 .

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　　Daniel's parents were worried 1 him. “He mustn't go through life making excuses all the time,” his father said. “Nobody will believe him. He won't be able to keep a job. No bright girl will marry 2 .”

　　 “I don't know 3 we can do,” said his mother.

　　 “I have a good 4 ,” his father said. “If this doesn't work, nothing will.”

　　The next day was Daniel's birthday. When he thought of gettins exciting presents, he couldn't wait. He woke up expecting his parents to wish him “Happy Birthday”, but all they said was “Good morning, Daniel. Hurry up, 5 you'll be late for school.” There were no presents, not even a card. He was very 6 .

　　 “Never mind”, he thought. “They'll give me a surprise after school.” But. they didn't. Finally, at dinner he said to his parents, “Today is 7 .”

　　 “Oh!” his father said. “So it is. I 8 .”

　　 “So did I.” his mother said.

　　 “How could you forget?” Daniel asked. “There must 9 a reason.

　　 “Well, yes,” his father said. “we have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday, Daniel. We didn't remember your birthday 10 we were so busy.”

　　Poor Daniel. He never had a silly excuse for not doing something again!