Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to others.

One day the father decided to _46___some friends to dinner in his house. He __47____ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got _48____his father wanted, he turned back and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t __49___enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But __ 50 of them would give way to the other. They___51___ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn’t____52___ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what the ___53____ with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to look for his son.

“You may first take the ___54_____ home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____55____.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

46. A. speak    B. answer   C. say      D. ask

47. A. hoped    B. told         C. let      D. wished

48. A. why B. where    C. what         D. which

49. A. long B. wide         C. high         D. narrow

50. A. either   B. all      C. both         D. neither

51. A. stood    B. went         C. lay      D. walked

52. A. gone     B. bought   C. returned     D. been

53. A. wrong    B. accident     C. thing        D. matter

54. A. meat     B. dinner   C. bread        D. money

55. A. politely     B. instead C. safely   D. kindly

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   46    menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   47    it was.

At the bottom of the   48   , 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   49    the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order    50     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.   51   , not African.”

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

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   52    long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled   53    the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t   54    it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   55    embarrassing,” he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clara Barton was a small woman. As a nurse, she took care of thousands of soldiers. She    46    the American Red Cross.

Clara Barton was born into a farm family    47    Massachusetts, America in 1821. As a child, she wanted to help others. She    48    injured (受伤的) pets.

For most of Clara’s early years, her brothers and sisters    49    her at home. She was always trying to learn new things.

First, she worked as a teacher. Later, she worked as a clerk in Washington DC.    50    the Civil War started, she wanted to help the soldiers. So she became a    51    . She took care of soldiers, made food for them, and did many other things. People    52    her “The Angel of the Battlefield”.

Later, she went to Europe. There, she came to know the International Red Cross. When she    53    to America, she worked to start a Red Cross in the U.S.A. She gave many    54    and talked to people in the government. At last, she started the American Red Cross. She and the people of the American Red Cross    55    many people in all kinds of trouble. 

Clara Barton died in 1912. But today people all over the world still remember this great woman.

46. A. helped                    B. started                  C. forgot

47. A. of                        B. on                     C. in

48. A. worried about              B. looked after              C. kept away from

49. A. taught                    B. dismissed                C. expected

50. A. Until                     B. Before                  C. When

51. A. nurse                     B. worker                   B. reporter

52. A. gave                      B. sent                     C. called

53. A. left                       B. returned                  C.

54. A.                          B. speeches

55. A. supply                    B. invite                     C. help

When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could 　46　 this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my 　47　 I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “　48　 You are going to college.” I was very 　49　 when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”

Two days later, 　50　 took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends, 　51　 together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I 　52　 I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we 　53　 the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were 　54　. I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was 　55　. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the 　56　?”

“Too bad,” I answered.

“And marriage is even 　57　!” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard 　58　 I could get into a good college. I 　59　 studying English so I decided to major in(主修) languages at college. Thanks to my father and our 　60　 to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

46. A. say                     B. do                     C. receive              D. find

47. A. teacher               B. friend                C. father                      D. husband

48. A. Yes!                    B. No!                   C. Really?              D. OK?

49. A. angry                  B. tired                  C. nervous             D. surprised

50. A. he                      B. she                   C. it                      D. they

51. A. working              B. studying            C. singing              D. farming

52. A. guess                  B. mean                 C. say                   D. hope

53. A. looked at             B. returned to         C. arrived at           D. left for

54. A. outside                B. inside                C. back                 D. away

55. A. terrible                B. wonderful          C. funny                D. special

56. A. workers                     B. guard                C. building             D. factory

57. A. better                  B. harder               C. worse               D. easier

58. A. but                            B. if                      C. so that                     D. such that

59. A. enjoyed               B. stopped             C. disliked             D. minded

60. A. way                    B. idea                   C. plan                  D. visit

The lady with the white fence（篱笆）taught me to leave the gale to life open.. .

My husband died in an accident and I became very angry. I hated being alone. One day, as I was　 43　 down a busy street, I suddenly noticed a new fence around a house. I pulled off to really watch it. It was such a good 　44　 that I was deeply touched. I could not send 　45 away. The fence still smelled of fresh paint.

“Hello!" I came up and said to a lady in the back garden, “I came to see the fence. It's so beautiful!"

“Oh! The fence is not there for me," the lady explained to me in a calm voice, “I live alone. _ 46_ so many people pass by every day, and I think they may be pleased to see something really attractive. 　　47　 stop like you and come up to have a chat. "

"But weren't you sad when they expanded (拓宽) the road and everything changed so much?"

"Change is part of life and takes part in 　 48　 us who we are. When something we do not

like happens to us, we have two choices—to become a 　 49　 person or to become a better person."

Her reply changed my life. I carefully left the gate open and drove on 　50 a new feeling inside me. I could not tell 　51 it was, but I could feel the thick stone wall around my angry heart breaking off. And 　52 a pretty white fence was built. I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my way.

(　　　 ) 43. A. walking B. riding C. driving D. running

(　　　 ) 44. A. street B. paint C. house D. job

(　　　 ) 45. A. it B. them C. myself D. her

(　　　 ) 46. A. But B. Thus C. And D. As

(　　　 ) 47. A. Few B. A few C. Everyone D. None

{　 　　) 48. A. finding B. telling C. catching D. making

(　　　 ) 49. A. fitter B. bitter C. smarter D. sweeter

(　　　 ) 50. A. with B. for C. to D. by

(　　　 ) 51. A. when B. where C. who D. what

(　　　 ) 52. A. beyond B. once C. instead D. though