Mike didn’t do his English homework. The teacher asked him    31  . “I’m sorry, I   32  .” “But why did you forget?” “It didn’t seem   33   or important,” said Mike. “Are you going to punish (惩罚)me?” asked Mike. “   34  . The punishment is for me. I didn’t teach you well,” said the teacher.

“Thank you,” said Mike. “You are the best    35  in the world. I can never know as much as you , but you taught me a lot.” “How can I be a good teacher if the students do not know more than me? I will not succeed until that happens,”   36  the teacher.

Mike’s   37   teacher was a strict（严厉的） man.. Every day Mike played the same piece of music,and the teacher said it was not good and he must practise   38  . After two years of hard work, Mike left and felt sad.   39  when he played it in public, everyone said it was perfect, and he found he could play other pieces of music easily.   

What do you think of these two   40  ?

　　One afternoon just before Christmas an old man was walking through the city center. The __1__ were all filled with good things and crowded with __2__ shoppers. Suddenly he saw a dirty boy sitting on the ground crying bitterly（悲痛地）. When the kind old man asked him why he was crying, the little boy told him that he had __3__ the ten penny piece that his uncle had __4__ him. At once the old man took out a handful of __5__. He __6__ out a shiny new ten penny pence and handed it to the child.“Thank you very much,”said the little boy, drying his __7__ He cheered up at once.

　　An hour or so __8__ the old man was __9__ his way back home by the same road. To his surprise he saw the dirty little boy in the same place, crying bitterly as before. He went up to the boy and asked him if he had also lost the ten penny pence he had just given him. The boy told him that he had not lost the second coin __10__ he still couldn't find the first one.“If I could find my own pence,”he said sadly,”I would have twenty pence now.”

“I'm afraid it'll have to be someplace ___2___, as I have very little money.”The other person may say, “OK, I'll meet you at McDonald's.”This means that the two agree to go Dutch（各付各账）, that is, each person pays for himself. He may ___3__ say,“Oh, no. I want to ___4__ you to lunch at Smith's,”or“I want you If Chinese dumplings there. They're great.”This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel___5__towards this person, you can go with him and you ___6___ pay for the meal. You may just say, “___7_.That would be very nice.”

　　American customs（习俗）about who pays for dates（约会）are much the same as in the other parts of the world. In the old days, American women __8_ men to pay for all the meals But to-day, a university（大学）girl or a woman in business（商界妇女）will usually pay her way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it ___9__“come as my guest（客人）”. So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question ___10__at the very beginning.

　　One afternoon, a rich lawyer（律师）was riding in the back of his car when he saw two men __1__ grass by the road side. He told his driver to __2__ and he got off..

　　“Why are you eating grass?”he asked.

　　“We are __3__ poor __4__ we had nothing to eat,”one man replied.

　　“Oh, come with me then,”said the lawyer.

　　“But, sir, I have a wife and two children!”

　　“Bring them along,”replied the lawyer. He turned to __5__ man and said,”Come with us.”

　　“But sir, I have a wife and six children!”The __6__ answered.

　　“Bring them as well!”answered the lawyer as he walked to his car.

　　When they all __7__ the car, one of the poor men said,”Sir, thank you for __8__ all of us with you.”The lawyer replied,“ __9__problem, the grass at my home is almost a foot __10__ ”

One Monday morning，I was standing waiting for the train and suddenly felt ill．I couldn’t stand still，and the world began to sway（摇摆）and then went black．All I heard was“Oh，my God，she’s falling．” The next thing I  1  was that the doctor was asking me my name．This happened  2  I Was too tired．I was so busy cleaning my new house that I didn’t eat  3  last weekend．

The doctor told me that a gentleman waiting for the  4  saw me fall down．He got to my  side  5  ，and told others to call 911．He stayed with me  6 the ambulance（救护车） arrived．Then he went with me to the hospital，which made him  7 his train．The doctor told me the gentleman didn’t want to leave his name．

I don’t know who this gentleman is．  8  if he reads this article and remembers a young lady fainting（晕倒）at the train station，I’d like  9 to know that l want to say“Thank you．”to him。Whenever I meet with such a thing，I will do the same as he  10  to me．And I’ll pass on the kindness to others．

1．A．met                 B．forgot           C．said                D．remembered

2．A．so                 B．because        C．though            D．however

3．A．little               B．much            C．few                D．many

4．A．train             B．plane            C．bus                 D．car

5．A．at first           B．just now       C．at least            D．at once

6．A．while              B．since            C．until         D．as soon as

7．A．catch             B．miss             C．drop               D．meet

8．A．Or                 B．Although       C．For                 D．But

9．A．me                B．him              C．her                 D．you

10．A．does            B。do                C．did                D．will do