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Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He said it was a strange visit. “I don’t understand, but I  16 your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a   17 from Suzhou. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider(蜘蛛) on the table so I killed it for her and she seemed very   18 . Do English people like spiders?”
“Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop   19 , so there was a ladder. Grandmother  20 me walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought a smart   21 for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to wonder   22 it was all right. Your grandmother came in and   23 !”
“Then I broke a small   24 in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left I gave   25 grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She   26 it. I think she was happy I was going.”
I   27 to Lu, “My grandmother follows the old customs(习俗). You must not give someone an empty purse   28 they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider” or the same will happen. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table. A(n)  29 umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is   30 a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid. ”

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    Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He said it was a strange visit. “I don’t understand, but I  16  your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a   17  from Suzhou. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider(蜘蛛) on the table so I killed it for her and she seemed very   18  . Do English people like spiders?”

    “Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop   19  , so there was a ladder. Grandmother  20  me walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought a smart   21  for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to wonder   22  it was all right. Your grandmother came in and   23  !”

    “Then I broke a small   24  in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left I gave   25  grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She   26  it. I think she was happy I was going.”

     I   27  to Lu, “My grandmother follows the old customs(习俗). You must not give someone an empty purse   28  they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”  or the same will happen. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table. A(n)  29  umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is   30  a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid. ”

1. A. affected      B. loved            C. frightened      D. encouraged

2. A. pen           B. purse            C. dress           D. handbag

3. A. honest        B. humorous         C. happy           D. unhappy

4. A. back          B. right            C. front           D. left

5. A. stopped       B. kept             C. insisted        D. suggested

6.A. wallet         B. umbrella         C. flower          D. shirt

7. A. why           B. that             C. if              D. where

8. A. laughed       B. screamed         C. clapped         D. cheered

9. A. bowl          B. bottle           C. plate           D. mirror

10.A. my            B. your             C. her             D. our

11.A. didn’t like  B. liked            C. enjoyed         D. smelt

12. A. shouted      B. talked           C. told            D. explained

13. A. but          B. for              C. or              D. so

14. A open          B. closed           C. new             D. old

15. A. hardly       B. never            C. seldom          D. also

As a teenager, I am often asked what I am going to be in the future. A lawyer? A doctor? Or a scientist? No, my ideal career is to be a teacher. One of the  1. for that is I want to be a teacher like Mr. Chen.

“Look! Do you know what it is? A-ha, it’s the   2.  ! And it will always move around the sun.” Mr. Chen said and pointed to his head. He then touched the nose and   3.  , “Can you tell me the name of this mountain? It is the highest mountain on Earth! What’s the   4. of it? Yes, it’s 8844.43 metres…” I’ll never forget my first geography lesson. He was   5. humorous that we all fell in love with his lessons   6. . It’s Mr. Chen who opened the door of geography for us.

Generally speaking, most of the teachers are strict 7. students and sometimes a little bit demanding（苛求的）, not so with Mr. Chen. He is a lighthouse, showing us the way to the treasure of knowledge. He is a friend and easy to get   8.  with, always encouraging us to speak out loud without  9. our shyness and other disadvantages. He is an example, volunteering his time to students and other teachers.

One day I happened to meet him in the hospital. Seeing the cut on his arm, I realized he was donating his  10. . I was moved and was   11.  another lesson, a lesson of love and devotion.

Every time I see my globe（地球仪）, it would  12. me of Mr. Chen. He is the most unforgettable teacher I have   13. met and he will always be. Someday I hope I am   14.    to be a teacher like him.

Thank you, Mr Chen, thank you for making learning not a job but a joy.

Thank you for helping me to discover what I do best and to do it even   15.Thank you for understanding all of us and giving us the time and care each of us needs.

16.A. replies  B. reasons                C. rewards                      D. results

17.A. moon             B. earth                   C. star                D. sun

18.A. advised      B. announced    C. added                     D. answered

19.A. distance          B. weight                     C. size                      D. height

20.A. very      B. too                        C. really                            D. so

21.A. at present   B. at once                      C. at times                        D. at first

22.A. with            B. to                         C. in                               D. for

23.A. away            B. together            C. angry                 D. along

24.A. thinking           B. caring               C. considering                  D. supposing

25.A. money  B. blood                      C. clothes                        D. time

26.A. taught    B. given                      C. taken                            D. had

27.A. remembers  B. represents      C. warns                           D. reminds

28.A. just                  B. never                     C. ever                           D. yet

29.A. able      B. about                      C. allowed              D. available

30.A. well       B. good                       C. better                         D. best

While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I   16  . Because I was in great need of   17  and wanted to do something useful, I applied（申请）.
Three days later, a letter   18  . It asked me to see the   19  at Croydon. It proved to be an    20  journey—a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at   21  a quarter of a mile. It was clearly that the headmaster himself opened the door. He was   22  and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys   23  seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the   24  except art,   45  he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into   26  groups and teach them at three different   27  , and I was not  28  at the thought of teaching maths—a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was  29  that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be   30   themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary（薪水）, he got up to his feet. “ Now,” he said. “ you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.