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　　On the beach of a little island in Florida, a college professor was collecting seashells from among thousands that lay strewn (散落)  1 the sands. They were  2 all sorts, shapes, sizes and colors. Gathering some specimens (标本), he carried  3 to higher ground, well  4 the reach of the ocean. He left them there for about thirty minutes. When he returned, he stared in  5 ; every shell had disappeared!

　　The only  6 in the sand were his own, so that no thief was  7 . Nor  8 ocean waves possibly have  9 the spot, because the sand remained white and dry. What, then, had  10 of the shells? The answer was very simple: they  11 “repossessed (重新占有)”. What the professor had believed to be empty, lifeless shells were actually  12 by crabs (螃蟹). While he was  13 the crabs had  14 taken their shells home to the shoreline. Mystery  15 .

　　Seashells range in  16 from a few cents to hundreds,  17 thousands, of dollars. Some of the deepwater shells around Sanibel are  18 $400 apiece. Not long  19 a wealthy collector paid $10,000 for a rather medium (中等的)  20 .

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I was said to be the worst student and my family thought it would be a miracle if I ever did my matriculation（录入大学）．I was   1  class Ⅵ and during the same time a new teacher Miss Sadia, joined our school．She was a fresh graduate maybe, but her   2   was far beyond her physical age．

I was sitting in my classroom during our lunch break, as I was in the habit of staying 3  ．Noticing that, she called me over and  4   with me．After that day she gave particular   5 to me and it make me feel _ 6__．my grades started to   7   in her subject and I also began to feel happier．

A few months later, she   8   a block away from my home．We would walk home together once in a while．She always had something special to say and was sure of me _ 9 __I was of myself．Her   10    support helped me．I came second in class and was   11  ．but our relationship continued; she was always   12   and had time to listen to me．

When I did my matriculation and left school, I was out of   13   with her as she was hardly   14   over the phone．I studied and studied, and then did my   15  ．I knew I could do it as she had implanted her   16   and confidence deep inside me．

One fine day our paths  17   again．We met at a wedding．I told her that I had done my master and how I had   18  her in all these years．

 She held my hand and said, “you are complete and you   19   not give credit to anyone for your success and your failures．I wanted you to be a tree standing on your own roots, not   20   others, and here your are”．

1．A．giving                    B．studying                C．leaving                     D．repeating

2．A．prescription           B．intelligence            C．patience．               D．beauty

3．A．anxious                 B．alone                    C．awful             D．active

4．A．talked                    B．stayed                   C．criticized                  D．connected

5．A．comment               B．attention                C．defense                    D．gift

6．A．embarrassing         B．difficult                 C．uneasy                     D．special

7．A．change                  B．jump                     C．improve                   D．decline

8．A．got away               B．arrived at              C．moved into               D．went off

9．A．more than       B．rather than       C．other than                  D．less than

10．A．changeable           B．constant               C．considerate              D．careful

11．A．promoted             B．praised                  C．punished                  D．provided

12．A．waiting                B．punctuate              C．happy                      D．there

13．A．view                    B．touch                    C．knowledge               D．information

14．A．available               B．absent                   C．answered                 D．applied

15．A．master                 B．bachelor                C．doctor                     D．job

16．A．carefulness          B．trust                    C．decision                   D．happiness

17．A．extended              B．reached                 C．separated                 D．crossed

18．A．cared                   B．thought                C．missed                     D．learned

19．A．should                 B．need                     C．can                         D．must

20．A．relying on      B．caring about      C．comparing with      D．getting through

Linda British was an outstanding teacher who felt that if she had the time, she would like to create great art and poetry. When she was 28, however, she began to get severe   36 . Her doctors discovered that she had an enormous brain tumor (瘤). They told her that her   37  of surviving an operation were about 2 percent. Therefore,   38  operate immediately, they chose to wait for six months.

The night before the operation after six months, she   39  to give herself away. She made a   40 , in which she would donate all of her body parts to those who needed them in   41 of her death.

  42 , Linda died after the operation. Afterwards, her eyes went to an eye   43  in Bethesda, Maryland, and from there to a recipient in South Carolina. A young man, aged 28, went from darkness to   44 . That young man was so   45  that he wrote to the eye bank thanking them for existing.

  46 , he said he wanted to thank the parents of the donator. They must   47  be magnificent people to have a child who would   48  her eyes. He was given the   49  of the British family on Staten Island. He arrived unannounced and rang the doorbell. After hearing his introduction, Mrs. British   50  and hugged him. She said, “Young man, if you’ve got   51  to go, my husband and I would love you to spend your weekend with us.”

He stayed, and   52  he was looking around Linda’s room, he saw that she’d read Hegel. He’d read Hegel in Braille as well.

The next morning Mrs. British was looking at him and said, “You know, I’m sure I’ve seen you somewhere before.” All of a sudden she   53 . She ran upstairs and pulled out the last picture Linda had drawn. It was a portrait of her ideal man.

The picture was almost the same as this young man who had received Linda’s eyes.

Then her mother read the   54  poem Linda had written on her deathbed. It   55 :

Two hearts passing in the night

Falling in love

Never able to gain each other’s sight.

1.                A．heartaches      B．headaches      C．stomachaches D．backaches

 

2.                A．risks           B．happenings      C．chances  D．moments

 

3.                A．more than      B．other than       C．better than    D．rather than

 

4.                A．decided        B．suggested       C．prepared D．liked

 

5.                A．will            B．letter          C．notice    D．poem

 

6.                A．spite           B．case           C．charge   D．view

 

7.                A．Actually        B．Unbelievably     C．Surprisingly    D．Unfortunately

 

8.                A．hospital        B．center          C．school    D．bank

 

9.                A．silence         B．daytime         C．sight D．delight

 

10.               A．excited         B．joyful          C．grateful   D．proud

 

11.               A．However       B．Therefore       C．Furthermore   D．Yet

 

12.               A．partly          B．hardly          C．seldom    D．indeed

 

13.               A．give up         B．give away       C．give off    D．give out

 

14.               A．news          B．address        C．gift   D．hometown

 

15.               A．ran out         B．stood out       C．reached out    D．turned out

 

16.               A．somewhere     B．anywhere       C．everywhere    D．nowhere

 

17.               A．as             B．after           C．until  D．since

 

18.               A．shouted        B．laughed        C．waked D．remembered

 

19.               A．last            B．first           C．past  D．recent

 

20.               A．wrote          B．spoke          C．said  D．talked

 

 

The clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our room and listened: someone was    36    against the door of the     37    and calling out at the same time.

“What’s     38    ?” I shouted. “The door has been     39    and I can’t get out.” The answer came back. The voice, which     40    like that of a girl, came from several     41    below.

My wife had now     42    me and she went off directly in search of the night porter (守夜人). After calling to the girl that    43    was on its way, I went back into the     44   to get some tools. Then I too hurried    45    the stairs until I reached the place    46   the life was stuck.

I tried my hand at forcing to    47    the life door, talking all the while to the girl trapped inside,    48    my tools were of no use for this purpose, Very    49   , however, my wife returned.    50    to find the porter, she had called the police, who agreed to send an engineer.    51   , she had also got in touch with the fire service.

In a short time the engineer appeared, followed by two    52   . Almost immediately afterwards the firemen    53    too. With the special equipment it     54    the engineer only a short while to get the door open. In spite of (尽管) her experience, the girl was in good     55   . “I’m hungry,” was her only remark as she stepped out of her cage.

36. A. standing        B. beating             C. sitting           D. shouting

37. A. flat            B. room             C. house           D. lift

38. A. matter        B. wrong              C. accident       D. question

39. A. opened        B. broken             C. stuck           D. stopped

40. A. sounded       B. heard               C. listened         D. looked

41. A. stairs          B. floors               C. roofs           D. flights

42. A. called        B. stopped               C. seen         D. helped

43. A. I            B. nothing                   C. lift            D. help

44. A. lift          B. door             C. flat          D. way

45. A. down         B. up             C. on           D. from

46. A. that          B. where            C. which         D. there

47. A. open         B. close             C. shut           D. turned

48. A. though       B. if                C. but           D. because

49. A. quickly      B. fast                   C. well          D. soon

50. A. Able          B. Unable           C. Glad          D. Sorry

51. A. Besides        B. Instead            C. Still           D. But

52. A. porters        B. Men           C. policemen       D. firemen

53. A. reached       B. arrived           C. got            D. left

54. A. spent         B. took              C. passed         D. stayed

55. A. spirits        B. health              C. conditions       D. manners