A couple of years ago, I went to a lady's house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I   16  that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning   17  the wall. Being a piano music lover and   18  , I asked if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been   19  lessons--at age 54! I told her that it was very   20  that she was pursuing (追求) her   21  to play the piano.

Then she asked me the same question.

"I have been playing for 8 years now," I answered.

"Then you must play a song for me before you leave," she requested.

I   22   she was kidding and I simply smiled. At the end of the   23  of the vitamins, she 24  me of our musical "  25 ". She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room and asked me to play a song for her. I thought   26   and decided to play David Lanz's "Return to the Heart", since she had so much passion for    27  , and it was my soul-searching song.

I played the song to the best of my  28 , and with my emotions pouring into it as possible. She loved it.  29 I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, "Young man!"

I turned around. And there was an old lady   30 one little step at a time with the help of another woman. "I wanted to come out to   31 you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it's very hard for me to  32  my bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good..." she said. With that, she turned around and walked   33  back to her room.

I was deeply touched by her  34  and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one's   35  for peace and joy.

1.                A．observed       B．watched        C．noticed   D．caught

2.                A．on            B．at             C．over D．against

3.                A．player          B．learner         C．composer D．starter

4.                A．giving          B．attending       C．teaching  D．learning

5.                A．interesting      B．exciting         C．aggressive D．impressive

6.                A．passion         B．interest         C．hobbies  D．emotions

7.                A．found          B．felt            C．hoped    D．thought

8.                A．charge         B．purchase        C．bargain   D．obtaining

9.                A．warned         B．required        C．asked    D．reminded

10.               A．deal           B．contract        C．discussion D．debate

11.                                A．for the moment  B．at the moment

C．for a moment                     D．at a moment

12.               A．music          B．me            C．the piano  D．vitamins

13.               A．knowledge      B．attitude        C．mind D．ability

14.               A．Since          B．As             C．While D．Because

15.               A．taking          B．making         C．having D．moving

16.               A．thank          B．praise          C．admire    D．respect

17.               A．get on         B．get up          C．get off D．get down

18.               A．quickly         B．calmly          C．happily    D．slowly

19.               A．approval        B．appreciation     C．joy   D．thanks

20.               A．heart          B．world          C．soul  D．dream

It was a cold, wet day on June 6, 2010, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to   36  , Wasana stared at the   37  . Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that   38   at the back of the classroom.

    He   39   large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡) at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Wasana   40   the water, wondering why it looked so   41  . Then it hit him — the   42   was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a  43   disaster, he shouted   44   at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don't stay here! The   45   on the hill is going to fall on us!”

    Chaos(混乱) broke out as the   46   ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers   47   Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.

    Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school. Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening. After   48   the site, Gurusinghe knew the school was in   49  . The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down   50  .

  51   a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too   52  : ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth   53   their classrooms. Thanks to Wasana’s   54   action and careful observation,   55   was hurt in the incident.

1.A．arrive         B．rest         C．dine         D．chat

2.A．book           B．sun          C．rain         D．hill

3.A．placed    B．stood   C．hid          D．faced

4.A．noticed      B．felt      C．knew         D．heard

5.A．shouted at     B．aimed at     C．glared at     D．stared at

6.A．interesting    B．dangerous   C．moving       D．familiar

7.A．show      B．scene        C．site             D．view

8.A．going          B．heading      C．coming       D．leaving

9.A．happily        B．wildly       C．rudely      D．angrily

10.A．rock      B．sand         C．tree        D．water

11.A．principals    B．villagers    C．students     D．climbers

12.A．questioned    B．blamed   C．instructed   D．approached

13.A．examining     B．visiting     C．choosing     D．clearing

14.A．security B．relief   C．danger   D．damage

15.A．for the moment               B．at any minute

C．at one time D．for once

16.A．Taking    B．Helping C．Demanding    D．Leading

17.A．late B．unique   C．nervous D．strange

18.A．occupy    B．threaten     C．swallow D．enter

19.A．legal     B．quick    C．united   D．direct

20.A．someone   B．only one     C．anyone   D．no one

It was a cold night in December. Two beggars were sitting on a busy street corner in the downtown section of the city. The cold wind made them huddle (挤) together for heat and comfort. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some ignoring them on purpose and others too caught up in their own cares to even notice their existence. Every so often, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the hats which lay in front of them on the icy sidewalk. Some people, feeling particularly generous, would even pull out a bill or two from their wallets and drop them into the beggars’ hats and then continued their walking.

Today was not a bad day for begging. The men were able to collect enough for a good meal at the coffee shop down the street and a few candles to light up their shelter in the alley (胡同) behind the train station. As the crowd began to die down, they started to pack up their bundles and head for their evening shelter.

Just as they were getting ready to leave the street corner, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a wealthy man — they could tell that from the finely tailored business suit he was wearing and the gold watch chain adorned (装饰) his left pocket.

The first beggar looked at the second and whispered with excitement, “He’s coming our way!

The two tried not to look directly at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t help staring at him as he reached into his pocket and took something out.

“Thunk” was the only sound they heard as what looked like a piece of hard candy, wrapped carefully in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.

“How insulting!” said the first beggar, as soon as the rich man was out of sight. “He could have easily left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he played a joke on us with a piece of rock candy.”

He looked at the wrapped offering with disgust. “Who does he think we are — children? There’s no way we can even eat this — we have no teeth.”

The beggar picked up the object with the very tips of his fingers and threw it into the gutter (排水沟). He watched as it floated a few yards in the stream of muddy water and disappeared into the gutter at the end of the street. Then, he gathered up his things and walked away.

The second beggar looked down at the morsel in his hat, then at his departing friend. His first thought was to toss the donation in the trash can under the street light. But his second thought made him change his mind.

“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought. “I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it for a while, and the sweet juice will stay in my mouth for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet!”

He opened the paper eagerly, then paused as his hands touched the inside. “Maybe I should save it for another time,” he thought. “It won’t spoil, and I could eat it later when I’m really hungry.”

The beggar paused for a moment, then he said aloud, “He wanted me to have it anyway. I might as well enjoy it now.”

With that, he unfolded the paper, but to his surprise, there was no hard rock candy inside. Instead, into his fingers fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.

55. The first paragraph serves as a(n) ______.

A. explanation 　　　　B. introduction 　　C. background 　　 D. comment

56. The two beggars started to leave the street corner when ____.

A. darkness fell 　　　　　　　　 B. few people passed by

C. they felt too cold 　　　　　　　D. the wind began to blow hard.

57. The two beggars thought the man was rich from _____.

A. his appearance 　　　　　　　B. his way of walking

C. the jewellery he wore 　　　　　D. the shiny shoes

58. What did the first beggar think of the rich man?

A. He looked down upon the poor. 　B. He was very kind and warm-hearted

C. He treated them as children D. He was too mean.

59. The underlined words “the morsel in his hat” probably refer to ______.

A. the donation from the rich man

B. the coins the second beggar collected

C. the rock candy the rich man gave the second beggar

D. the food the second beggar left over

60. What can we learn from the story?

A. Every dog has its day.

B. Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

C. He who laughs last laughs best.

D. He that can have patience can have what he will.

About 1966 or so, a NASA team doing work for the Apollo moon mission took the astronauts near Tuba City. There the landscape of the Navajo Reservation looks very much like the lunar surface. Among all the trucks and large vehicles were two large figures that were dressed in full lunar space suits.

Nearby a Navajo shepherd (牧羊人) and his son were watching the strange creatures walk about, occasionally being watched over by other NASA workers. The two Navajo people were noticed and approached by the NASA people. Since the shepherd and his son did not know English, they asked the NASA people who the strange creatures were. The NASA people told them that they were just men that were getting ready to go to the moon. The shepherd became very excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts.

The NASA officials thought this was a great idea so they provided a tape recorder. After the man gave them his message, they asked his son to translate. His son would not.

Later, they tried a few more people on the reservation to translate and every person they asked would chuckle (偷偷地笑) and then refuse to translate. Finally, with cash in hand someone translated the message, “Watch out for these guys, they have come to take your land!”

52. The appearance of the Navajo Reservation is very similar to that of ________.

A. the Tuba City                                              

B. the moon          

C. the NASA research center                            

D. the Apollo moon mission

53. When the older Navajo heard that the men in front of him were going to the moon, he ________.

A. felt frightened and ran away quickly       

B. chatted excitedly with the NASA workers

C. got on the modern trucks and large vehicles for fun

D. tried to say something to the moon creatures

54. The son did not translate the words his father said because ________.

A. he had trouble in understanding his father

B. the words his father used were too difficult to be translated

C. his father was sending a warning against the NASA people

D. he believed that the NASA workers could understand their language

55. According to this passage, we can know that the shepherd was ________.

A. patient and brave                                         

B. foolish and impolite

C. humorous and intelligent                              

D. knowledgeable and talkative