42．A．sold                   B．watched              C．wanted               D．welcome

41．A．top                    B．entrance             C．bottom               D．end  

40．A．debt                   B．danger                C．thought              D．surprise

39．A．Thinking of        B．Getting rid of      C．knowing of         D．Taking care of

38．A．afraid                 B．satisfied              C．confident            D．sad

37．A．other                  B．another               C．puzzling             D．strange

36．A．students              B．friends               C．workmates          D．kids

  Roland flew to Houston five days later. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

  Roland was a carpenter in America. He and Sheila had three   36   ―two boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and   37   problems. She was very weak and sick. The doctors were not   38   that she would live another year. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

    39   Jessica was expensive. The family was deep in   40  . Things were bad. Roland saw no light at the   41   of this tunnel (隧道). Then he saw an ad in the newspaper: “Security guards   42  , $150,000 a year. ”   

  He called the number. The line was busy, but he   43   calling and finally got through. He was worried that the jobs were all taken,   44   they told him plenty of jobs were still available. They said they would give him two weeks of   45   in Texas. Then they would   46   him to Iraq for his assignment.

  Roland told Sheila he had to take this job. He knew it was   47  ；he might get injured or killed, but the money was too good.   48  , the family would have full medical benefits,   49   would enable the baby to get the care she needed. Roland said if he survived the first year, he would   50   work there for one more year.

  Sheila was   51  . She asked, “What if you get killed? What are we going to do without you?”

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    “You can’t   52   like that, honey,” he said. “You’ve got to think   53  . Think about how well off we’ll be in two or three years after I bring back all that   54  . This is the best thing I could do for this family.” Sheila   55   him and sobbed (呜咽地说) . “I don’t want you to go.”