One day a poor boy, who was selling newspapers in a town, found that he had only ten pennies（便士）left, and he was hungry. He decided to ask for a   46   at the next house. However, he had another idea when a young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. But as he looked   47  , she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it, and then asked, “How much do I own（欠）you?”

“My mother teaches me that I should   48   get money for any kindness,” she replied. “So you don’t owe me   49  .”

Many years later, the woman became seriously ill. Then she was sent to a famous hospital in London. Dr Kelly was called in to study her illness. When he heard the name of the   50   which she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. As soon as he walked into her room, he got to know her at once. He did his best to   51   her. Then he gave special attention to her. After some time she got well.

Dr. Kelly asked for her final bill before she left hospital. He    52   it, then wrote something on it   53   it was sent to her. She was afraid to open it, for she believed it would cost the rest of her life to   54   for it all. But   55   she opened it, and read these words on it: Paid in full with one glass of milk.

（    ）46．A．banana                           B．drink                             C．meal

（    ）47．A．excited                          B．thirty                      C．hungry

（    ）48．A．always                           B．never                      C．sometimes

（    ）49．A．anything                        B．everything               C．nothing

（    ）50．A．country                         B．house                            C．town

（    ）51．A．protect                          B．remember                      C．save

（    ）52．A．looked at                        B．looked after                    C．looked for

（    ）53．A．after                       B．before                            C．when

（    ）54．A．take                               B．pay                                C．spend

（    ）55．A．finally                            B．quickly                          C．happily

   

   Nobody can be happy all the time. You may become unhappy sometimes. 41__, when you fail an exam. Or you may become sad when you lose one of your friends or relatives. It's 42___ to have these feelings. If you don't know how to solve these problems, you may 43____something from Jeff.

      Jeff almost went mad when his 44____was killed in a car accident. He 45____play soccer or go to the movies with his friends. Instead, he just sat in his bedroom and didn't talk to 46____, even his parents. Jeff felt that the world was unfair. He was quite angry with the driver 47___ his car hit his brother, even though it was an 48____. After a few months, Jeff began to understand it was useless to be angry. Now he still 49____ his brother, but he doesn't hate the driver any longer. He is beginning to talk to his parents and this makes them happy again. He doesn't 50____ in his room by himself any longer. Instead, he goes to the movies or plays sports with his friends and he is feeling better now.

41．A．For example    B．In fact         C．Above all     D．After all

42．A．unusual        B．normal            C．likely        D．strange

43．A．stop           B．learn       C．protect       D．hear

44．A．friend         B．mother        C．father        D．brother

45．A．refused to     B．decided to      C．planned to    D．tried to

46．A．somebody       B．everybody       C．anybody       D．nobody

47．A．although       B．so                  C．because       D．while

48．A．experience     B．experiment    C．accident             D．instruction

49．A．helps          B．misses       C．likes          D．respects

50．A．live           B．play          C．lie            D．stay

  

  It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We hadn’t seen rain for almost a month.. The crops(庄稼) were dying. The rivers were drying. If we didn’t see some _41__soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of _42__and saw the only miracle ( 奇迹 )I had seen with my own eyes.

I was in the _43__making lunch when I saw my 6-year –old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He disappeared into the woods, but minutes later, he came running out again_44_the house.

 I went back to make sandwiches, think about the task he had done. Moments later ,however, he was once again walking toward the woods .This ___45_ for an hour—walked carefully to the woods and ran back to the house.

 Finally I couldn’t wait any longer and I walked out of the house and followed him_46__.Then I saw the most _47__ thing. Several big deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to him. And I saw a baby deer_48_ on the ground, clearly suffering from dehydration( 遭受脱水)and the heat. It lifted its_49__with great effort to lap up （舔）the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.

 When the water was gone, Billy jumped back and ran back to the house. I __50_ him back to a spigot (龙头  ) that we had shut off the water to. Billy opened it all the way up and very little __51_ came out .He knelt( 跪下 )there ,letting the water slowly fill up his ___52__. When he stood up and began to run back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes __53_with tears.

 “I’m not _54__”, he was crying.

 As the tears from my eyes began to hit the ground, they were suddenly __55__by other drops … more drops … and more

 All I could say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm… just like the actions of one little boy saved the deer.

41.  A. crops         B. rivers   C. money      D. rain   

42.  A. giving        B. sharing   C. receiving   D. sending

43.  A. dining room   B. bedroom   C. kitchen   D study     

44.  A. toward      B. to         C. for        D. from

45.  A. happened    B. went on    C. held       D. took      

46.  A. happily      B. angrily    C. quietly     D. quickly

47.  A. surprising   B. annoying   C. wonderful   D. strange  

48.  A. sleeping    B. sitting      C. dying       D. lying

49.  A. head       B. feet        C. back       D. nose           

50.  A. walked     B. followed    C. ran       D. jumped    

51.  A. water      B. drops      C. rain         D. food.         

52.  A. mouth      B. hands    C. pocket      D. bag       

53.  A. filled      B. full       C. went        D. dealt   

54.  A .playing.   B. joking     C. wasting       D. drinking  

55.  A. joined     B. taken      C. brought       D. made

Long long ago，there was a man and his wife who worked for an old man．One day，the old man pointed to a big box in his living room and said，“There’s only one thing you mustn’t do：Don’t open this 46　 ．”After saying this，he 　 47　 home．

The woman said to her husband，“There must be 　 48　 expensive in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband didn’t want to do that，　 49　 the woman didn’t give up．

A few days later，the woman made a 　 50　 to find out what was in the box．Before her husband could stop her，she opened the box and looked into it．To her 　 51　 ，there was nothing in it．She tried hard to 　 52　 the box，but she failed．

That evening，the old man came home and found that the box was open．He was very 　 53　 and he asked the woman and her husband to leave his home at once．

“But there was nothing in the box，” the woman said，“We haven’t 　 54　 anything at all．”

The old man shouted，“The box is not important．Now I know that I can’t trust（信任）you．That’s what’s 　 55　 !”

46．A．bag　 　　　　 B．case　　　 　　 C．box　　　 　　 D．backpack

47．A．left　　　 　　 B．went　　　 　　 C．came　　 　　　 D．arrived

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

49．A．so　　 　　　　 B．and　　　 　　　 C．or　　　 　　　 D．but

50．A．suggestion　　 B．decision　　　　 　 C．mistake　　　　 D．living

51．A．joy　 　　　　 B．fun　　　 　　 C．surprise　　 　　　 D．pleasure

52．A．close　　 　　　 B．open　　　　 　 C．throw　　　 　　 D．carry

53．A．afraid　　 　　 B．angry　　　　 　 C．excited　　　 D．tired

54．A．lent　　 　　　 B．broken　　　 　 C．sold　　　　 　　　 D．taken

55．A．important　　　 B．expensive　　　 　 C．useful　　 　　 D．lucky

   On a Saturday morning．Detective Sara was called in for an investigation．Mr．Gooding had  41  suddenly from his home．

    Sara’s assistant answered the phone and got the   42  of Mr．Gooding’s house．The assistant told Sara that Mrs．Glen was expecting   43  in half an hour at 232 Parker Avenue．Mrs．Glen was the woman who helped Mr．Gooding to look after the house．

    Sara drove there．Right away she was  44  inside by Mrs．Glen．“Detective，I’m so  45  you come．The last place I saw Mr．Gooding was in his room  46  that would be your first question，”Mrs．Glen said a little bit nervously．She then wanted to lead Sara into the room．“Up here，”Mrs．Glen called from a stair lift．Just as Sara started  47  the stairs，the front door suddenly shut．“Oh，I left the   48  open，maybe．And then the wind  49  it，”Mrs．Glen said．Again they started up the stairs．

    Sara  50  a weathervane(风向标)through the window then．She  5l  the wind was blowing west．But it should be blowing east  52  the door was shut by the wind．Then Sara noticed for the first  53  that there was a third set of footsteps on the stairs．She  54  knew she had walked into a trap．

    Do you know  55  Sara knew she had walked into a trap?

 41．A．showed     B．slept        C．disappeared      D．played

 42．A．address     B．size         C．date            D．height

 43．A．him        B．her          C．you            D．it

 44．A．pulled      B．forced        C．1ed           D．thrown

 45．A．glad        B．1ucky        C．angry          D．sad

 46．A．told        B．asked         C．supposed        D．heard

 47．A．beside       B．in           C．down           D．up

 48．A．window      B．door         C．1ift            D．stair

 49．A．cheated     B．opened        C．closed          D．broke

 50．A．bought     B．noticed        C．put             D．stole

 51．A．argued     B．changed，     C．found           D．told

 52．A．although    B．if            C．or              D．unless

 53．A．time        B．note         C．chance          D．step

 54．A．1uckily     B．happily       C．hardly           D．suddenly

 55．A．what       B．how           C．who            D．where