B
When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventually, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
49. Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?
A. The girl’s mother. B. The author’s father.
C. The girl. D. The author.
50. Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?
A. O. Henry once worked in Houston. B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.
C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines. D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.
51. The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.
A. named B. treated C. proved D. described
52. According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?
A. To sell the O. Henry story. B. To meet the author himself.
C. To talk with the O. Henry expert. D. To give money to the girl.
A
Our warming
planet is expected to face serious water crisis（危机）in the coming decades — which means each nation’s natural resources
will be more important than ever.
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46. According to the statistics, what is the world average of freshwater resources per person?
A. 244,973 cubic kilometers B. 241 cubic kilometers
C. 3,642 cubic kilometers D. 6,122 cubic kilometers
47. Which country or region has the most freshwater resources per year?
A. Guyana B. Brazil C. Iceland D. China
48. Which country or region appears twice on the Top 5 lists?
A. Bhutan B. Seychelles C. Canada D. Suriname
25. My book, The House of Hades, is missing. Who ________ have taken it?
A. need B. must C. should D. could
24. The young couple, who returned my lost wallet, left _______ I could ask for their names.
A. while B. before C. after D. since
23. We would rather our daughter ________ at home with us, but it is her choice, and she is not a child any longer.
A. would stay B. has stayed C. stayed D. stay
22. During his stay in Xi’an, Jerry tried almost all the local foods his friends ________,
A. would recommend B. had recommended
C. have recommended D. were recommending
21. I’d appreciate ________ if you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come.
A. it B. you C. one D. this
20. ________ the difficult maths problem, I have consulted Professor Russell several times.
A. Working out B. Worked out C. To work out D. Work out
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