I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket

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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it ?” I wondered . I   36     it over . There , in faded ink , was a hand-scrawled（手写的）   37     . Immediately my mind traveled     38    many years .
I was nine years old , walking down the cold , wet streets of Springfield , with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my    39     that day , I came to that Company finally , whose owner , Mr Rader , had always taken me there to ask his workers    40     they wanted any magazines .
Shaking off the     41    like a wet dog , I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he     42    me over to the fire-place . Noticing the     43    in the top of my     44    , he said , “ Come with me !” pulling me into his pickup    45     . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside , a salesman    46     me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had    47     seen . I     48    about 10 feet tall when I got up    49     them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .
Back in his office , Mr Rader took out a     50    , wrote something on it , and handed it to me . With    51     eyes , I read , “ Do to others as you would have them do to you .” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy , I want you to    52     I love you”.
I said good-bye , and for the first time I    53     a flicker of hope that somehow things would be    54     . With people like Mr Rader in the world , there was hope , kindness and love , and that would always make a    55     .
36．A．read                             B．thought                  C．turned                    D．passed
37．A．address                  B．list                        C．message                 D．information
38．A．forward                 B．so                          C．ahead                     D．back
39．A．return                    B．rounds                   C．trip                        D．arrival
40．A．if only                   B．how                       C．whether                 D．why
41．A．dust                       B．sweat                     C．tail                         D．rain
42．A．led                        B．followed                C．watched                 D．carried
43．A．hole                             B．mud                             C．water                     D．cover
44．A．magazine                  B．shoe                         C．sock                         D．bag
45．A．truck                     B．factory                   C．home                     D．store
46．A．dressed                  B．fitted                     C．showed                  D．comforted
47．A．ever                             B．already                  C．never                     D．hardly
48．A．appeared                B．seemed                  C．looked                   D．felt
49．A．for                        B．with                             C．on                         D．in
50．A．pen                       B．paper                     C．card                       D．notebook
51．A．tearful                   B．unbelievable           C．curious                  D．puzzled
52．A．admit                    B．know                     C．consider                 D．express
53．A．sensed                   B．received                 C．lost                        D．gained
54．A．mistaken                B．right                      C．all right                 D．possible
55．A．deal                       B．fortune                  C．choice                    D．difference

答案

36---55    CCDBC   DAABA   BADDC   ABACD   

解析

36  turn over把翻过来。作者看到的是一张卡片，卡片的一面注有地址，要想看到内容，得把它翻过来。
37 根据后文，Mr Rader在卡片上写的是送给作者的赠言。address地址；list目录；information消息，信息。
38 作者见到这张卡片，思绪又回到了从前。forward或ahead如指时间，应往后推。
39 根据下文提示可知，作者当时的工作是卖杂志，应来回沿街叫卖。
40 作者是卖杂志的，Mr Rader帮作者询问他的工人是否需要杂志。
41 根据第二段首句和空格后面的wet dog可推出答案。
42 作者是在Mr Rader的办公室，当时又冷又潮，故Mr Rader把他带到炉火旁取暖。
43 下文提到Mr Rader给作者买的是一双鞋和袜子，因此可推测作者的鞋子坏了。
44 根据下文Mr Rader给作者买的东西可推出答案。
45  pick up皮卡；一种小型货车。
46  dress给……穿衣服；show展示；comfort安慰；fit…with给……提供。服务员给我拿出了一双很好的鞋。
47  Mr Rader给作者买的鞋子是作者那时曾经见过的最好的鞋子。
48 这是作者当时曾经见过的最好的鞋子，又非常适合他，穿上一定感到比穿那双已经坏了的鞋要舒服很多。
49 本题考查在特定语境下使用介词的能力。in …穿着……。
50 根据第一段首句可得知答案。
51  Mr Rader给了作者无私的帮助，令作者非常感动。
52  admit承认；consider认为，考虑；express表达。如用这三个词与作者所要表达的感情不符。
53 作者当时的生活条件很差，九岁就沿街卖杂志，Mr Rader对他无私的帮助让他感到生活又充满了希望。
54 此处意思为：一切事情都会好起来的。
55 世界上有Mr Rader这样的好心人，就会有希望，生活就会出现转机，有所不同。