A young woman   1  alone through the country. It was getting dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road ,holding her hand out as if she needed a lift .

“I can’t leave her out in this weather”, the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the  2 .

“Do you want a lift?” she asked, the old woman nodded (点头) and   3  the car. After a while she said to the old woman, “Have you   4 for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time   5  year.” She said. The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more, the lady said   6  except for a nod of the head or something else.

Then the young woman saw the lady’s hands, they were very large and with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a   7 ! She stopped the car. “I can’t see that mirror   8 ,” she said, “Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The lady nodded and opened the door.

As soon as the lady was out of the car, the young woman drove off quickly.

When she got to the next village she  9 . She found that the old lady had left a  10  behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave out a deep breath(呼吸). Inside the bag was a gun!

1.                A．has driven      B．had driven      C．was driving    D．drove

2.                A．door           B．car            C．glass D．hand

3.                A．took in         B．got off          C．got into   D．went to

4.                A．lain            B．kept           C．sat  D．waited

5.                A．out            B．of             C．in   D．off

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

7.                A．boy            B．girl            C．woman   D．man

8.                A．quickly         B．clearly          C．carefully  D．slowly

9.                A．feared         B．slept           C．stood D．stopped

10.               A．shoe           B．box            C．handbag   D．watch

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.

At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.                A．biggest         B．thickest         C．heaviest  D．longest

2.                A．unfair          B．unusual         C．beautiful  D．important

3.                A．menu          B．dish            C．restaurant D．table

4.                A．looked for      B．took out        C．looked at D．picked up

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

6.                A．American       B．Indian          C．Canadian  D．Australian

7.                A．pay            B．cost            C． take D．spend

8.                A．as             B．and            C．so   D．though

9.                A．catch          B．take           C．fetch D．bring

10.               A．least           B．most           C．less  D．more

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man _____by,“Let me clean your shoes, ____?”The young man said,“No, thank you.”“You may ____ me only a pound for that, sir.”said the boy. ___the young man refused again.
Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for ____ . The young man agreed to this,and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.  The man wore ____ shoe ,but the boy refused to clean it unless(除非) he ____ two pounds for his work.. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.  But one looked  ___ dirty that he couldn’t walk away.  He had to ____ and gave the boy _____.  In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

A man died and was on his way to another world，either Heaven （天堂）or Hell (地狱)．He saw a very beautiful palace halfway and the owner of the palace asked him to 56___ in the palace．

The man said，“I have been working hard　 57 my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work．”

The owner of the palace said，“If so，there is nowhere else 58 than here for you．There is enough delicious food in my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone stopping you．Moreover，　 59 needs to be done by you．”Then，the man stayed in the palace．

60 ，the man felt very happy，eating and sleeping，without thinking about other things．But gradually，he felt a bit lonely and bored．So he went to the owner and said，“It’s too boring to live by just eating and sleeping every day．Now I have no 　61 in this kind of life any more．Would you mind 　62 me find a job?”

The owner replied，“ Sorry，there is no job here at all．”

After another several months，the man could not 　63 his present life any more and went to the owner again and said，“I really can not live here．　 64　 you do not offer me a job，I would like to go to hell at once．”

The owner of the palace laughed 　 65　 and then said，“Do you think it is Heaven here? It is actually Hell! ”

56．A．play　　　　　　　　　　 B．rest　　　　　　　　　　 C．stay　　　　　　　 D．visit

57．A．to　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．with　　　　　　　　　 C．at　　　　　　　　　　 D．for

58．A．better　　　　　　　　　　 B．nearer　 　　　　　 C．safer　　　　　　　 D．funnier

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

60．A．In the end　　　 B. After all　　　　 C. At last　　　 D. At the beginning　　

61．A．confidence　　　 B．trouble　　　　　　　 C．interest　　　　　　 D．agreement

62．A．help　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to help 　　　　　　 C．helping　　　　　　 D．helped

63．A．enjoy　　　　　　　　　　 B．imagine　　　　　　　　 C．believe　　　　　　 D．stand

64．A. But　　　　　　 B. Though　　　　 C. Because　　　 D. If

65．A．slowly　　　　　　　　　　 B．quickly　　　 C．loudly　　　　 　　　 D．clearly