Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（国境） to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming   41   the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike   42   the frontier, Peter would stop the man and   43   him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very   44   to see   45   he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets   46   he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always   47   to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was   48   something, but he was not   49   to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets   50   usual, he   51   to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things   52   this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my   53  day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell  54   if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for   55  . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

41. A. towards             B. down                       C. to                          D. up
42. A. arrived               B. appeared            C. came              D. reached
43. A. ask                    B. order                        C. make              D. call
44. A. carefully             B. quickly                     C. silently            D. horribly
45. A. that                    B. where                       C. how               D. if

46. A. before                B. after                         C. first                D. so
47. A. lucky                 B. hoping                      C. thinking          D. wondering
48. A. taking                       B. smuggling          C. stealing           D. pushing
49. A. possible                     B. strong                      C. able                D. clever

50. A. like                           B. more                        C. then               D. as
51. A. told                           B. cried                        C. ordered           D. said
52. A. cross                        B. past                          C. across            D. into
53. A. last                    B. first                   C. newest                  D. second
54. A. everyone            B. anyone              C. no one              D. someone
55. A. moment                    B. long time                  C. sometime        D. some time

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

Hello, everyone!

  Thank you very much for __36__ to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the performance. __37__ you know, all the performers have given their time to help us.

  This concert is to __38__money for the children in Africa. Every day hundreds of children in Africa die because they__39__ have enough to eat. There are two__40__ . First, there is no work for the children`s parents. Second, the governments in many African countries do not have the money to help__41__ poor.

  Most African countries are poor. The land is not good for growing food and the weather is also__42__ for farming. The Feed Africa Fund__43__ millions of dollars every year on food for the poor people in Africa. This money comes from the people like you – kind, generous people __44__ do not want to see children die from hunger.

  Every dollar you give this evening will go to the Feed Africa Fund. Just one dollar can buy enough food to feed a __45__ of four for three days. __46__ it: only one dollar can feed four people for three days.

  __47__ do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little __48__ on your own food so that you have a few dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.

  Please be kind and generous! Give your money with a helping hand. Your money __49__ make a difference in others` life and __50__. Thank you!

(      )36  A coming        B going          C running

(      )37  A For             B Since          C As

(      )38  A ask             B raise            C save

(      )39  A don`t           B didn`t          C won`t

(      )40  A ways           B reasons              C results

(      )41  A a                 B an               C the

(      )42  A good           B bad             C nice

(      )43  A takes           B costs           C spends

(      )44  A who            B whom         C which

(      )45  A home          B family         C house

(      )46 A Think about          B Thing of             C Think out

(      )47 A How many           B How much         C How heavy

(      )48  A fewer          B less             C more

(      )49  A can             B can`t           C need

(      )50  A you             B your            C yours

Mary and Donald Smith lived in the same building. Donald 41 a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary. the 4-year-old girl. a new toy. She played with it and said. "This is fun! A few weeks later Donald gave her 42 toy. She played with it and then said. "I'm not 43 in this toy. It doesn't work." For years Donald gave Mary new toys.  and she gave him very good   44   about the toys.

When Mary was 13 years old. Donald showed her a new ball. Mary wanted to 45 the ball with small stones to make it 46 .The company made this change. Mary's idea was a great success! The company sold thousands of the balls.

   That Christmas. Donald gave Mary an  47 gift. He made her vice-president(副总裁) of the toy company. She made $200,000 a year. Her job was lo see 48 the new toys were fun. She worked 49 three or four hours a day at her job, then she had to do her homework.

Today Mary works at a college. The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their 50.

4I. A. owned        B. rioted        c. owns      D. closes

42 A. other          B. other        C. the other   D. another

43. A. excited       B. interested     C. relaxed    D. bored

44. A. ways         B. designs      C. questions   D. ideas

45  A. fill          B. full         C. add        D. pour

46.  A. noisy       B. quiet        C. light        D. future

47. A. special       B. awful        C. amazing      D. useful

48. A. when        B. if            C. as          D. since

49. A.BI           B. in           C. for          D. with

50. A. company       B. toys       C. homework    D. future

When I was small, my mum used to give the family something special for meals —she would make breakfast food for dinner.  

I still remember one night my mum   31    some bread in front of my dad, something very burnt. I waited to see if anybody noticed. To my surprise, my dad just took his    32   , smiled at my mum and then turned to ask me how my day at school had been. I've   33   what I told him that night.   34   I do remember watching him put some butter on that bread. He  35   as usual, every single bit. 

 After dinner, my mum said   36  to my dad for burning the bread. And I never forget what he said, "I    37    burnt bread, dear. It doesn't matter at all. "

38    , I went to kiss Dad good light. I asked him if he really liked his bread burnt. He held me in arms and   39  , “Your mum worked very hard all day. She's really _40_. And you see—a bit of burnt food never hurt anyone!”

    Now I know life is not perfect. _41_ is perfect, either. As for me. 1 often forget birthdays or some other special days. But I've learned something _42_ over these years. What we really need is the understanding of each other, whether between a husband and wife, a parent and _43_ or just between two friends. This is the key to a happy  44  .

So don't get angry if the bread gets burnt. Remember.    45  bread never hurt anyone. Be kind to those around you and a happier life will surely come closer to you.

31. A. cooked      B. put  C. found  D. bought

32. A. glass        B. milk  C. spoon  D. bread

33. A. decided      B. known  C. forgotten D. imagined

34. A. But         B. So  C. Because   D. And

35. A. threw it away    B. ate it up   C. put it away   D. looked it up

36. A. hello        B. goodbye      C. no        D. sorry

37. A. hate         B. love    C. make       D. save

38. A. After school  B. Before dinner  C. Later that night    D. The next morning

39. A. shouted      B. said     C. laughed        D. continued

40. A. tired        B. excited    C. worried        D. interested

41. A. Everybody   B. Anybody   C. Nobody       D. Somebody

42. A. important    B. difficult    C. funny         D. easy

43. A. student      B. brother      C. sister        D. child

44. A. class        B. party         C. life        D. story

45. A. burnt        B. cheap       C. fresh        D. cold

When I was about 12, I had a(an) __31__, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too __32__, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her __33__ I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me __34__, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you __35__ wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are __36__. Think it over. __37__ no attention to the other things she said.”

I did __38__ he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.

I brought the list __39__ to my dad. He refused to __40__ it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. __41__ something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but __42__ the truth and do __43__ you think is right.”

Many years have __44__. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your __45__.

31. A. enemy          B. sister                  C. partner             D. friend

32. A. lot                B. many                  C. much            D. bit

33. A. as much as      B. as often as         C. as long as         D. as soon as

34. A. quickly         B. angrily                    C. fast                   D. quietly

35. A. just               B. ever                       C. even                   D. never

36. A. good              B. true                       C. nice                  D. wonderful

37. A. Put                   B. Pull                       C. Pay                 D. Pick

38. A. like                   B. as if                      C. as though            D. as

39. A. against                      B. with                      C. from                  D. back

40. A. take               B. make                  C. bring                 D. remember

41. A. Before             B. When                   C. After                  D. Since

42. A. hear              B. listen                  C. see              D. look

43. A. how                     B. when                     C. what                 D. why

44. A. passed             B. past                      C. through              D. been

45. A. money          B. heart                  C. life                     D. effort