With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction （拍卖）. It was almost a year since her dear grandmother passed away in this house.   1  the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts. So the bank had 2  the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts．  3  the past several weeks, she had managed to save $450 in order to bid（出价）on the  4   that her grandmother liked very much. Surely this would be enough, she had thought．

Now the  5  moment arrived．Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had   6  ．As the auction began, Sally waited．Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt．She held her   7  tightly and listened．The first bid was $45. She was  8  . It was so high．Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding   9 $85. Sally cried out “$450!” For a moment there was silence．Hope   10  her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how   11  her grandmother would have been with her at this moment．Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$475!” She lost her   12  ．Suddenly she couldn’t help wondering   13  so many  people would be interested in that old, dirty quilt．Finally the quilt was sold for $500 to a complete   14  .

　　 After the sale, she went to the counter to pay for the few items that were now hers．The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt．“There must be some  15  ．Someone else has got it.” she said．A hand-written   16  was pinned to the quilt, which   17  :

Dear Madam,

　　 I noticed you admiring the quilt．Clearly, it was 18  to you．Please accept this quilt as my  19  . I don’ t expect any repayment from you, but do a   20   favor in the future for a stranger who happens to cross your path．

Yours,

                                                                      A stranger

1．A．Naturally　　       B．Unfortunately　   C．Luckily　            D．Probably

2．A．hoped                B．waited                C．expected             D．forced

3．A．With                  B．At                     C．By                     D．Over

4．A．house                B．present               C．furniture            D．quilt

5．A．interesting         B．necessary           C．big               D．sad

6．A．turned over        B．turned up         C．turned back       D．turned on

7．A．purse                 B．picture                C．book              D．quilt

8．A．glad                   B．frightened           C．moved               D．shocked

9．A．rose                   B．climbed              C．reached            D．raised

10．A．told                  B．helped                C．filled                  D．gave

11．A．pleased             B．anxious               C．angry                D．familiar

12．A．thought            B．chance               C．way                  D．money

13．A．whether           B．what                  C．how                  D．why

14．A．relative             B．customer            C．friend                D．stranger

15．A．reason              B．secret                 C．mistake          D．fun

16．A．check              B．wallet                 C．address            D．note

17．A．read                 B．wrote                 C．spoke                D．showed

18．A．wonderful        B．basic                  C．pretty              D．important

19．A．honor               B．respect               C．gift               D．thank

20．A．particular       B．common             C．major              D．similar

With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction(拍卖). It was almost a year since her dear grandmother passed away in this house. （ 36 ） the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts（债务）. So the bank had （ 37 ） the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.
 　 （　38 ） the past several weeks, she had managed to save $450 in order to bid(出价)on the（  39 ）. Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the （ 40 ） moment arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had （ 41 ）.
　　 As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt(被子). She held her （ 42 ） tightly and listened. The first bid was $45. She was（  43 ）. It was so high. Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding （ 44） $85. Sally cried out “$450!” For a moment there was silence. Hope （ 45 ） her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how （ 46 ） her grandmother would have been with her at this moment.
　　 Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$475!” She lost her （ 47 ）. Suddenly she couldn’t help wondering why so many people（  48 ） be interested in that old, dirty quilt. The quilt was sold for $500 to a complete（  49 ）.
　　 After the sale, she went to the counter to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some　（ 50 ）. Someone else got it.” she said. A hand-written （ 51 ） was pinned（别住） to the quilt, which （ 52 ）:
　　 Dear Madam,
　　 I noticed you admiring the quilt. Clearly, it was（  53 ） to you. Please accept this quilt as my（  54 ）. I don’ t expect repayment from you, but do a （ 55 ） favor（帮忙）in the future for a stranger who happens to cross your path.
                                                        Yours,
                                                                                               A stranger
36. A. Naturally　　    B. Unfortunately　　    C. Luckily　　　      D. Probably

37. A. hoped    B. waited C. expected D. forced

38. A. With    B. At  C. By  D. Over

39. A. house    B. present C. furniture  D. quilt

40. A. amazing          B. necessary C. big         D. sad

41. A. turned out    B. turned up     C. turned back   D. turned on

42. A. purse    B. picture C. book       D. quilt

43. A. excited    B. frightened C. worried            D. shocked

44. A. rose    B. climbed C. reached    D. raised

45. A. told    B. helped C. filled  D. gave

46. A. pleased    B. anxious C. angry  D. familiar

47. A. thought    B. chance C. way  D. faith

48. A. could    B. might C. must  D. would

49. A. relative    B. customer C. friend  D. stranger

50. A. reason    B. secret C. mistake            D. fun

51. A. check    B. wallet C. address    D. note

52. A. read    B. wrote C. spoke  D. showed

53. A. wonderful        B. basic C. pretty     D. important

54. A. honor    B. respect C. gift        D. thank

55. A. particular       B. common C. major     D. similar

With generous support from the Japan-united States Friendship Commission, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS), we will send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residency (居住). There, in English, the American historians give lectures and seminars (研讨会) in their specialty and provide individual consultation (咨询) to Japanese scholars, graduate and sometimes visitors also participate in the collegial life of their host institutions and help expand scholarly networks between Japan and the U.S. The aim of the program is to contribute to the expansion of personal scholarly networks between the two countries. We are pleased to announce the eleventh year of the competition.

Round-trip airfare to Japan, housing, and modest daily expenses are covered. Awardees are also encouraged to explore Japan before or after their two-week residency at their own expense. Applicants must be members of OAH, have a Ph.D., and be scholars of American history. Applicants from previous competitions are welcome to apply again. Winners of the competition are expected to attend the 2007 OAH annual meeting in Minneapolis, so that they can meet with visiting Japanese scholars and graduate students as well as the OAH-JAAS Historians’ Collaborative (合作的) Committee.

The two host institutions Japan for 2007 are:

Nanzan University  From modest beginnings as a college of foreign languages in 1946, Nanzan has since grown into a full-fledged (完全有有资格的) university with a worldwide reputation for academic excellence. Applicant’s area of specialty: Modern American History with an emphasis on race, ethnicity and labor.

Tokyo woman’s Christian University Founded in 1910, Woman’s University has established a nation wide reputation for its high level of academic instruction. Applicant’s area of specialty: U.S. Woman’s History.

More information about the Japanese host institution is available at <http://www.org/actiuities>.

1．The following statements are true EXCEPT that _____.

       A．awardees will stay in Japan for two weeks

       B．applicants must have a PhD

       C．the winners needn’t pay for the air tickets

       D．scholars can give lectures in either English or Japanese

2．Applicants can get more information by ______

       A．telephoning                                      B．visiting a website   

       C．faxing                                           D．visiting to consulting

3．Nanzan University needs scholars majoring in __________.

       A．Japan History with emphasis on Woman Rights

       B．American History emphasizing law

       C．Japanese History emphasizing labor

       D．American History emphasizing race

4．Which of following is TRUE?

       A．The purpose of the program is to expand national relationship

       B．The program has a history of 20 years.

       C．Tokyo Woman’s Christian Univer sity has a history of 100 years.

       D．Former applicants can’t apply again this year.

With a good shopping position and the right amount（数量）of money , any educated person ought to be able to make a living out of a bookshop . It is not a difficult trade to learn and the large chain-stores can never force the small bookseller out of existence as they have done to the corner shop . But the hours of work are very long-I was only doing a part-time job , but my boss put in a seventy-hour week ,besides regular journeys out of shopping hours to buy books .

       The real reason why I should not like to be back in the book trade for life , however , is that while I was in it I lost my love of books . A bookseller cannot always tell the truth about his books , and that gives him a dislike for them . There was a time when I really did love books-loved the sight and smell and feel of them-if they were fifty or more years old , that is . Nothing pleased me quite so much as to buy a bargain lot of them on sale for several pounds . There is a peculiar flavour（独特的味道）about the unexpected books you pick up in that kind of collection: little-known eighteenth-century poets , or out-of-date geography books . For occasional（偶尔的）reading-in your bath , for example , or late at night when you are too tired to go to bed-there is nothing as good as a very old picture story-book .

       But as soon as I went to work in the bookshop I stopped buying books . Seen in a mass . five or ten thousand at a time , books were dull and even a little tiresome . Nowadays I do buy one occasionally , but only if it is a book that I want to read and can’t borrow , and I never buy rubbish .

1 According to the passage ,       is one of the necessary conditions to run a bookshop .

A. an educated shop-owner                           B. a good position at a street corner

C. a regular journey out of the shop               D. the force of large chain-stores

2 The author should not like to be back as a bookseller for life because       .

A. he hated his job of selling books      

B. selling books was only a part-time job

C. the books in the shop gave him a dislike

D. he was unable to be honest about the books he sold

3 The books preferred by the author should be those       .

A. stories making readers sleepless           

B. valuable ones bought on sale

C. peculiar ones with great expectation        

D. geography ones from the eighteenth century

4 The author will only buy new books       .

A. if he feels dull and tired              

B. after he gives up his job as a bookseller

C. which are interesting but hard to borrow 

D. when he throws away old ones

With a good shopping position and the right amount（数量）of money , any educated person ought to be able to make a living out of a bookshop . It is not a difficult trade to learn and the large chain-stores can never force the small bookseller out of existence as they have done to the corner shop . But the hours of work are very long-I was only doing a part-time job , but my boss put in a seventy-hour week ,besides regular journeys out of shopping hours to buy books .

　　　 The real reason why I should not like to be back in the book trade for life , however , is that while I was in it, I lost my love of books . A bookseller cannot always tell the truth about his books , and that gives him a dislike for them . There was a time when I really did love books—loved the sight and smell and feel of them—if they were fifty or more years old , that is . Nothing pleased me quite so much as to buy a bargain lot of them on sale for several pounds . There is a peculiar flavour（独特的味道）about the unexpected books you pick up in that kind of collection: little-known eighteenth-century poets , or out-of-date geography books . For occasional reading—in your bath , for example , or late at night when you are too tired to go to bed—there is nothing as good as a very old picture story-book .

　　　 But as soon as I went to work in the bookshop, I stopped buying books . Seen in a mass, five or ten thousand at a time , books were dull and even a little tiresome . Nowadays I do buy one occasionally , but only if it is a book that I want to read and can’t borrow , and I never buy rubbish .

64. According to the passage , 　　 is one of the necessary conditions to run a bookshop .

　　　 A. an educated shop-owner　　

　　　 B. a good position at a street corner

　　　 C. a regular journey out of the shop　　

　　　 D. the force of large chain-stores

65. The author should not like to be back as a bookseller for life because 　　 .

　　　 A. he hated his job of selling books　　　

　　　 B. selling books was only a part-time job

　　　 C. the books in the shop gave him a dislike

　　　 D. he was unable to be honest about the books he sold

66. The books preferred by the author should be those 　　 .

　　　 A. stories making readers sleepless　　　　　

　　　 B. valuable ones bought on sale

　　　 C. peculiar ones with great expectation　　　　

　　　 D. geography ones from the eighteenth century

67. The author will only buy new books 　　 .

　　　 A. if he feels dull and tired　　　　　　　

　　　 B. after he gives up his job as a bookseller

　　　 C. which are interesting but hard to borrow

　　　 D. when he throws away old ones