A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth—a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to  36 it as the bunny(小兔子) that  37 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt  38 , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny.

My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan.  39  from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a     40 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to  41 the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny  42 it looked pretty good.

Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it  43 in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very  44 there in his little box.

The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people  45 around the rabbit hutch(笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend  46 to go over and act like any normal  47 neighbor and find out what was going on.

When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a(n)   48 thing! Mary’s bunny  49 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…”

Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters  50 .

When we get caught doing something  51 , for example, we may  52 to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is  53 what we expected. We  54 looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the  55 . What do you think of it?

1.	A．treat B．catch C．appreciate D．recognize

 

2.	A．looked for B．got along C．belonged to D．resulted from

 

3.	A．pleased B．terrible C．confused D．excited

 

4.	A．Looking B．Removing C．Preventing D．Hearing

 

5.	A．dirty B．lovely C．gifted D．strange

 

6.	A．dress up B．bring up C．clean up D．make up

 

7.	A．whenever B．though C．before D．until

 

8.	A．carefully B．strangely C．especially D．wonderfully

 

9.	A．serious B．accurate C．balanced D．natural

 

10.	A．cheered B．gathered C．ran D．looked

 

11.	A．wished B．decided C．hesitated D．meant

 

12.	A．anxious B．discouraged C．wise D．curious

 

13.	A．strange B．difficult C．committed D．annoying

 

14.	A．passed away B．ran away C．set out D．went up

 

15.	A．more B．worse C．better D．faster

 

16.	A．exciting B．perfect C．strange D．wrong

 

17.	A．refuse B．attempt C．promise D．pretend

 

18.	A．often B．just C．always D．never

 

19.	A．get down B．end up C．go through D．set out

 

20.	A．consequences B．opportunities C．expectations D．choices

 

_____ his happy look, he must have passed the driving test.

A．To judge by

B．Being judged from

C．Judging by

D．Judge from

 

Mary is very clever and _____ worth teaching, but her brother is not. Look, he is now _____ asleep in class.

A．very, very	B．much, very
C．well, very	D．well, fast

 

 Mary is very clever and ______ worth teaching, but her brother is not．Look, he is now ______ asleep in class．

A．very, very      B．much, very    C．well, fast D．well, very

 

When a first-time father saw his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy- the ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance.

But the nervous father persisted. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule（嘲笑）, or if they should consider plastic surgery（整形手术）. The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.

The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.

“She doesn't take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.

By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears.

The baby was in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor(走廊）. The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.

She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped(喘气说）, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”

No problem with Mom. She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.

The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light.

1.When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that________.

A. the baby might not grow up healthily.

B. the baby might be laughed at by others.

C. the baby might disappoint its mother.

D. the baby might have mental problems.

2. According to the doctor and nurse, the baby’s ears________.

A. could not function well.

B. looked the same as others.

C. only caused a small problem.

D. needed to have plastic surgery.

3.What is true about the baby’s mother?

A. She blamed her husband for the baby’s big ears.

B. She was the first to discover the baby’s large ears.

C. She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately.

D. She found something similar between the baby and its father.

4.What does the underlined word they refer to?

A. The ears.    B The parents.   C. The doctor and nurse.   D. The problems

5.What’s the function of the last paragraph?

A. To advise readers to listen carefully.

B. To draw a conclusion from the story.

C. To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty.

D. To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship.