A man was selling medicine at a fair（集市）．At first he sold bottles of a cure（药剂）for colds（感冒）for just a dollar a bottle．

Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure．

Then，when he had a big crowd， the man held up a very small bottle．

“And now，ladies and gentlemen，he shouted，“Here is the medicine you have been waiting for．The cure for old age．Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever．?

“And，ladies and gentlemen，the man continued，“I'm not going to charge（向……要价……）you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine．I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle．I'm not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle．Now，ladies and gentlemen，I'm going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle． Think，my friends，for ten dollars you can live forever．?

Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this．

One person shouted，“If it can make you live forever，why don't you drink it？?

Then an other person cried，“Yes， you look as if you're at least sixty years old．?

“Thank you，sir，thank you，the man answered，“I'm so glad you said that． My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine．?

The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man ．One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by ，“Is that true？?he asked．“Is he three hundred and twenty-nine？?

“Don't ask me，?the assistant said，“I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years．?

What did the man sell at first at the fair？

   A．a cure for colds  

   B．bottles   

C．a cure for old age

D．a medicine that made people live forever 

How much did the man charge for the cure for old age？

   A．one dollar a bottle        B．twenty-five dollars a bottle

   C．ten dollars a bottle        D．fifty dollars a bottle

What does the word “assistant” mean in this passage？

       A．仆人  B．朋友  C．同伴  D．助手

What does this passage really mean？

       A．The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive．

       B．The man is not honest，and so is his assistant．

       C．The cheaper the medicine is，the more people will buy．

       D．The two men are very honest，and they would like to help people live forever．

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No One Dares to Help

On a recent Sunday, I was buying groceries in a supermarket 1.  ___      I heard the sound of a car accident. It was close but not very close, so I continued shopping. As I took a right turn on Munadhama Street, I saw a man 2. ____     (lie) on the ground in a small pool of blood. He wasn’t dead.

3. ____        idea of stopping to help or to take him to a hospital crossed my mind, but I didn’t dare. Cars passed without stopping. Pedestrians and shop owners kept doing 4.  __________      they were doing, pretending nothing 5._____________ (happen).

I was still looking at the injured man and blaming myself 6.            not stopping to help.     7.      ______ shoppers peered at him from a distance, sorrowful and sympathetic, but did nothing.

I was on to another grocery store, staying for about five minutes while shopping for tomatoes, onions and other vegetables. During that time, the man managed to sit 8._____________ and waved to passing cars.

No one stopped. No one did 9. ______      . No one lifted a finger.

The injured died on the street. The only reaction came from a woman 10.   ______     was in the grocery store. In a low voice, she said,” My God, bless his soul.”

An offer of aid could have saved the man’s life.

 

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       In eighteen thirty, only a few miles away from what is now the great city of Cincinnan,  Ohio, lay a   36  and almost endless forest.

       The area had a few settlements   37   by people of the frontier. Many of them had already left the area for settlements further   39   the west. But among those   40   was a man who had been one of the first people to arrive there.

       He lived alone in a house of logs surrounded   41  all sides by the great forest. He seemed a part of the darkness and   42   of the forest, for no one had   43   known him to smile or speak an unnecessary word. His simple needs were   44  by selling or trading the skins of wild animals in the town.

       His little log house had a single door. Directly   45   was a window. The window was boarded up（堵住）. No one could remember a(n)  46   when it was not. And no one knew why it had been   47  .  I imagine there are few people living today who ever knew the   48   of that window. But I am one, as you shall   49  .

       The man's name was said to be Murlock. He   50   to be seventy years old, but he was really fifty. Something other than years had been the   51  of his aging.

       His hair and long, full beard were white.  His gray,   52   eyes were sunken.  His face was wrinkled. He was tall and thin with drooping shoulders—like someone with many   53  .

       I never saw him. These   54   I learned from my grandfather. He told me the man's story   55   I was a boy. He had known him when living nearby in that early day.

A．huge      B．heavy       C．small D．bright

A．discovered     B．created     C．established       D．invented

A．visited   B．reached     C．left    D．loved

A．in   B．for    C．over  D．to

A．moving  B．remaining C．traveling   D．hunting

A．along     B．by     C．with  D．on

A．silence   B．noises       C．brightness D．freshness

A．never     B．ever  C．once  D．sometimes

A．understood    B．exchanged C．satisfied    D．offered

A．outside B．inside       C．before      D．opposite

A．time     B．opportunity      C．story D．experience

A．opened B．closed       C．destroyed  D．protected

A．secreet B．structure   C．formation D．construction

A．guess   B．see    C．suppose    D．feel

A．seemed B．happened  C．pretended  D．appeared

A．cause   B．cure  C．reason      D．affection

A．pretty   B．lively       C．lifeless      D．horrible

A．achievementsB．enemies   C．problems  D．dreams

A．lessons B．details      C．summaries       D．ideas

A．because       B．since C．when D．although

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

I’m a TV show host.One Sunday，I   36   my 7-year-old daughter by the sea for lunch.On arriving at the beach，I saw JoJo，a   37   man in the hotel business.We sat down to chat in an open air cafe   38   I watched my daughter enjoy herself on the swings in front of us.

Suddenly our conversation was    39   by a stranger，who politely asked    40   to speak to me.Often people want to tell me   41   about my controversial TV show,when

I’m out on the   42  .

He asked to speak to me   43   ，so we stood a bit away from my table.He said，

“I’m James，father of a 7-year-old girl，who’s very sick.The doctors said that if she was treated in the UK,she would probably   44   .But I’m poor,so can you please help me？”

Speechless，I stared in the man’s eyes full of   45   and asked how l could help.After we talked for a while，I went to sit back.JoJo asked me，“What’s wrong with you?Your

  46   changed.”I told him and he was very sorry for this sick child.

All weekend I   47   James，his daughter and his family.I even considered doing a special TV show to   48   money for this sick child.

On Monday morning I was at the office after I finished   49   my show,when JoJo walked  into my office.Actually JoJo is so   50   and I never imagined he had time to come and see me.

“Please，call the man   51   the sick child and tell him that I’ll   52   all expenses for his sick daughter’s treatment.”JoJo said，with a   53   in his hand.“I’ve been married for 35 years，I wasn’t lucky enough to   54   a child.l want to help this child now.”I   55   the phone to call James.

1.A.held            B.took              C.shipped           D.sent

2.A.serious             B.smart             C.wealthy           D.diligent

3.A.while           B.before        C.after                 D.thongh

4.A.spread          B.interrupted  C.heard             D.announced

5.A.question        B.advice        C.support           D.permission

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

7.A.streets             B.trips             C.spots                 D.beaches

8.A.privately       B.loudly        C.quietly           D.secretly

9.A.escape          B.control       C.survive           D.deserve

10.A.doubts             B.scare             C.excitement            D.tears

11.A.temper             B.face          C.voice                 D.style

12.A.looked after  B.cared for         C.thought about       D.asked about

13..A.raise         B.make          C.earn              D.save

14.A.discussing         B.presenting        C.writing           D.practising

15.A.proud          B.rich          C.busy             D.careful

16.A.on                 B.for           C.up                D.with

17.A.pay            B.spend         C.share                 D.gain

18..A.paper         B.check             C.pen                   D.letter

19..A.help          B.adopt             C.attend                D.have

20..A.held on           B.got through       C.picked up             D.turned on