Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office . “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”

       Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

       The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

       “Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”

       “That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet .Of course, she’s only three…”

       “I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”

       Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

       “Er, well—” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

       “A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs …let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”

       The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.  

Harry was worried because ___     .

       A．the woman was angry with him      B．he had not done his work properly

       C．the Jersey timetable was wrong      D．the little girl didn’t have a return ticket

Harry started talking to the little girl       .

       A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

       B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl

       C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

       D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl

When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…” he meant that        .

A．they must follow it without other choice ,even though the fault was his

B．he had to be strict with the woman because of the law ,although he didn’t want to

C．the woman had to pay him ￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

D．she should pay ￡1.50, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying

How did the woman feel when she left the office?

    A. angry       B. peaceful     C. embarrassed    D. nervous

The captain of a ship and a merchant（商人）were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor（水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his  ．One day when the captain had come from a     with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（铁） had    and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll      it for you in my storehouse   _ you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get     money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up  _ 60% ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his      friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had    all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was    lies，but he stayed  _and said，“I knew that you had problems    mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started     voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but  _our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．” The merchant was very    and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And    can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a   ，who said，“The merchant must  the captain the money which he got when he   the iron，and then the captain must    the merchant’s son back to him．”

1.A. car       B. cart      C. ship        D. plane

2.A. voyage   B. travel     C. business    D. visit

3.A. fallen    B. raised     C. widened    D. risen

4.A. keep     B. hide      C. hold       D. put

5.A. when    B. since      C. after       D. until

6.A. many    B. more      C. a bit       D. less

7.A. on      B. in         C. to         D. by

8.A. dishonest B. honest     C. real        D. former

9.A. sold     B. borrowed   C. eaten      D. drunk

10.A. talking   B. making    C. telling      D. saying

11.A. friendly  B. calm      C. quiet       D. angry

12.A. about    B. in         C. on         D. with

13.A. another  B. next       C. the other    D. other

14.A. while    B. after       C. during      D. before

15.A. boring   B. puzzled     C. angry      D. afraid

16.A. yet      B. neither      C. so        D. either

17.A. lawyer   B. manager     C. child      D. judge

18.A. return    B. give        C. offer      D. lend

19.A. kept     B. bought      C. sold       D. stole

20.A. bring    B. fetch        C. carry      D. catch

 

 A mining（采矿的）engineer enjoyed flying very much. One day, he was flying his own plane over a lonely island when a 1_____ storm came, so he was 2____ to make a forced landing. The plane was in good 3_____ but his legs and shoulder got 4_____ hurt. After getting out of the plane with great 5_____, he found nothing but high green hills 6_____ the place. He lay there expecting to die.

Soon, however, some men appeared from out of the forest. Though curious, they were not 7______of him. He was then gently 8______ to their village, where he was well treated. His 9_____ improved little by little and he became their 10_____. The place was 11_____ and pleasant and he was in 12_____ hurry to leave.

Several months later, he learned some of their language and 13_____ them some of his own.

One day, he discovered some sings of 14_____ mineral deposits（矿藏）in the soil. He decided to 15_____ to his country and set up a firm（公司）to mine the land.

It was not long 16____ the peaceful land was taken over by strange men and machines. When there was 17_____left to mine, the firm 18______ away. They had made a great deal of 19_____ for themselves, but the villagers’ land was 20_____. Now it is impossible to grow crops there.

1. A. quick         B. wonderful            C. heavy                D. sudden

2. A. ordered            B. forbidden            C. permitted       D. obliged

3. A. condition           B. relation               C. action        D. speed

4. A. slightly       B. seriously             C. hardly        D. luckily

5. A. pleasure            B. attention              C. difficulty               D. achievement

6. A. covering           B. wrapping             C. holding       D. surrounding

7. A. tired               B. afraid                C. sure                 D. kind

8. A. carried             B. forced               C. pushed               D. pulled

9. A. health              B. leg           C. shoulder      D. heart

10.A. enemy     B. visitor                C. friend          D. slave

11.A. pure              B. proper               C. dangerous     D. quiet

12.A. a                 B. such                C. no                  D. great

13.A. told         B. taught             C. showed              D. offered

14.A. poor           B. little            C. much             D. rich

15.A. return       B. drive              C. ride          D. walk

16.A. after              B. before               C. when                D. since

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

18.A. gave       B. got                  C. put                  D. passed

19.A. iron               B. dollars               C. gold                 D. money

20.A. ploughed   B. protected             C. destroyed     D. sold

About once a month I have to go to Bedford for my work. One day I went into a   21   there to have something to   22   . The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room.

    About an hour later I was   23   to go. The waiter   24   me my coat. Something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. I took a   25   look at the   26   . “Oh, you’ve brought   27   coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine,  28   it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.”

    “Oh, then I   29   someone has taken your coat and left his,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing   30   sometimes.”

    I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold   31   in it. The waiter and I   32   to go to the police station.

    “Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked at the station.

    “Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”

    He   33   the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.

    “Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I   34   you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and   35   I lost it on the train!”

    After I told him the   36   of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel, so how did my ring   37   in the coat?”

    “Did anyone sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.

    “Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”

    “You may remember this   38   ,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”

    “Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here isn’t the thief.”

    The policeman laughed. “No,” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and   39   our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the   40   coat away with him.”

A. hotel       B. restaurant      C. company     D. shop

A. do         B. buy           C. eat          D. make

A. asked      B. glad           C. invited       D. ready

A. showed     B. returned       C. brought      D. dressed

A. special     B. close          C. usual        D. near

A. waiter      B. box           C. coat         D. pocket

A. no one else’s B. another’s       C. other’s       D. someone else’s

A. but         B. and           C. instead       D. for

A. know       B. wonder        C. suppose      D. find

A. appears     B. happens        C. meets        D. changes

A. ring        B. coin           C. pen          D. sign

A. realized     B. thought        C. wanted       D. decided

A. searched    B. remembered     C. telephoned   D. asked

A. return       B. thank          C. pay         D. help

A. then         B. so            C. yet         D. however

A. thing        B. price          C. story       D. problem

A. come        B. put           C. set         D. get

A. person       B. ring          C. box        D. coat

A. after         B. before        C. like        D. as

A. right         B. good         C. same       D. other

We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another. Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough, and that __1__ will be well when they are older. Then we are frustrated __2__ they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be __3__ when they grow out of the teen years.

We tell ourselves our __4__ will be better when our spouse(配偶)gets his/her act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a __5__， when we finally retire. The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than __6__.If not, then when? Your life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy __7__it all. For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start—real life.

But there were always some obstacles along the way, an ordeal(苦难) to __8__， some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be __9__.Then life would start. It finally dawned on me that those __10__ were part of life. Little by little, that point of __11__ also helped me see that there isn’t any road to happiness.

Happiness is the road. So, enjoy every moment. And bear in mind that __12__ waits for no one. So stop __13__ school to end, for a return to school, to lose ten pounds, to __14__ ten pounds, for work to begin, to get married，...before deciding to be happy.

Happiness is a voyage, not a destination. There is no __15__ time to be happy than...NOW! Live and enjoy the moment.

1.A.we                  B．they             C．all              D．nothing

2.A.because             B．but          C．so           D．and

3.A.luckier             B．happier      C．older        D．healthier

4.A.life            B．study        C．children         D．condition

5.A.rest            B．bath             C．breath       D．vacation

6.A.before              B．ever             C．just then    D．right now

7.A.instead of          B．in addition to  C．in spite of  D．up to

8.A.meet with       B．go ahead     C．turn to      D．get through

9.A.paid            B．got              C．asked        D．printed

10.A.achievements  B．obstacles        C．duties      D．opinions

11.A.view           B．life             C．position         D．condition

12.A.happiness          B．time             C．age          D．road

13.A.asking for         B．supposing        C．waiting for      D．hoping for

14.A.gain           B．reduce       C．weigh        D．enjoy

15.A.worse              B．better       C．more         D．less