I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He"s
been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.
1 was his favorite recreation (娱乐). He had so much 2 in the water as any person
I have known. You didn"t have to throw a stick in the water to 3 him to go in. Of course,
he would bring back a stick to you if you 4 throw one in.
That 5 me of that night, 6 he brought back a small box that he found somewhere-
how 7 nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 8 easily have been half a race. The box
wasn"t a good one. It was just a 9 old piece that somebody 10 . Still it was something
he wanted, probably 11 there was some difficulty in transportation (运输). And that he
thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the
night, we 12 him trying to get the box up onto the porch (门 厅). It sounded 13 two
or three people were trying to tear the house 14 . We came downstairs and turned on the
15 light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 16 somehow.
And he was just holding his own (坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 17
dawn if we hadn"t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it
out. If we had thrown it out in a 18 place, he would have brought it home again, as a
small token (象征) of his strength in such matters. 19 , he had been taught to carry heavy
wooden objects about and he was 20 of his skill. |
( )1. A. Fighting
( )2. A. fun
( )3. A. stop
( )4. A. will
( )5. A. reminds
( )6. A. which
( )7. A. far
( )8. A. could
( )9. A. priceless
( )10. A. kept
( )11. A. because
( )12. A. saw
( )13. A. like
( )14. A. up
( )15. A. hall
( )16. A. rolled
( )17. A. at
( )18. A. distant
( )19. A. In all
( )20. A. proud | B. Swimming
B. trouble
B. make
B. do
B. warns
B. while
B. long
B. can
B. worthless
B. forgot
B. only if
B. heard
B. that
B. in
B. kitchen
B. stopped
B. before
B. nearby
B. As a result
B. tired | C. Barking
C. danger
C. get
C. did
C. tells
C. as
C. old
C. should
C. valuable
C. deserted (遗弃)
C. even if
C. watched
C. as if
C. away
C. bedroom
C. caught
C. till
C. silent
C. At last
C. ashamed | D. Running
D. difficulty
D. have
D. would
D. suggests
D. when
D. heavy
D. would
D. important
D. remained
D. in case
D. caught
D. at least
D. down
D. porch
D. broken
D. during
D. busy
D. After all
D. doubtful | | 完形填空。 | Mr. Dawson was an old grouch (脾气坏的人), and everyone in town knew it. 1 knew
not to go into his yard to pick an apple, because old Dawson would come after you with his
gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy. They 2 go by
Dawson"s house, but as they got close Janet saw him 3 on his front porch (门廊) and
suggested they cross over the street. Like most, she was 4 of the old man.
Amy said not to worry. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual
frown, 5 when he saw it was Amy, he gave a(n) 6 smile. Amy smiled back and told him
Janet was 7 overnight with her to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that
sounded fun, and gave them each a(n) 8 .
Later, Janet asked Amy:"Everyone says he"s the meanest man in town. 9 he was so nice
to us?" Amy explained that when she 10 started walking past his house he wasn"t very friendly,
but she pretended he was wearing a(n) 11 smile and so she always smiled. It took a while,
but one day he half-smiled 12 . After a while, he started smiling real smiles and then talked to
her. She said he always 14 her an apple now, and is always very kind.
"An invisible smile?" questioned Janet. "Yes," answered Amy, "My grandma told me that if I
pretended I wasn"t 14 and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back
at him, 15 he would really smile."
If we remember that 16 wears an invisible smile, we too will find that most people can"t 17
our sunniness after a while. We"re always on the go trying to 18 so much, aren"t we? It"s so easy
to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how easily we can bring 19 to ourselves and others.
Giving a smile 20 so little efforts; let"s make sure that we"re not the ones that others have to pretend
are wearing invisible smiles. | ( )1. A. Students
( )2. A. used to
( )3. A. standing
( )4. A. surprised
( )5. A. and
( )6. A. forced
( )7. A. living
( )8. A. apple
( )9. A. What if
( )10. A. at first
( )11. A. real
( )12. A. back
( )13. A. buys
( )14. A. happy
( )15. A. sooner or later
( )16. A. someone
( )17. A. resist
( )18. A. pretend
( )19. A. cheer
( )20. A. makes | B. Boys
B. might
B. waiting
B. scared
B. so
B. invisible
B. staying
B. smile
B. How come
B. once
B. broad
B. away
B. offers
B. afraid
B. at times
B. anyone
B. prevent
B. work
B. smile
B. takes | C. Strangers
C. had to
C. sitting
C. curious
C. as
C. broad
C. coming
C. coin
C. For why
C. first
C. invisible
C. to
C. shows
C. satisfied
C. in the meantime
C. everyone
C. receive
C. accomplish
C. kindness
C. spends | D. Kids
D. could
D. leaning
D. pleased
D. but
D. stiff
D. going
D. candy
D. Why not
D. ever
D. awkward
D. again
D. takes
D. worried
D. once in a while
D. no one
D. remember
D. smile
D. friendship
D. costs | | 阅读理解。 | I"ll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe (对技术有恐惧感的人). Who would
have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan?
I"ll always remember my last day at school. My best friend, Jenny, had organized a
party in the Sixth Form Common Room. Jenny asked me to go to the supermarket with her to
buy all the snacks. "I"m really looking forward to this party, Stingy (小气)," she said.
Everyone called me Stingy instead of Debbie because they thought I didn"t like to spend
money. Actually, it was true.
"There"s lots of money in the kitty. Let"s go crazy!" Going crazy meant buying enough
snacks to feed an army. It came to￡19.90, which was a lot of money in 1982. Jenny gave
me a guilty look. "I"ve left the kitty money in the common room. Can you pay and I"ll give
you back the money?"
"Sure," I replied, trying to look relaxed." Neither a lender nor a borrower be" was
my motto but I didn"t want to look stingy. I gave ￡20 to the impatient shop assistant.
Well, the party was a great success-so great that I completely forgot about my loan
until I was flying to America the next day. I was going to live with my uncle"s family
until I started university.
I tried to get in touch with Jenny but her family had moved. My ￡20 was lost. Until…
I"d heard about a website called Friends Reunited which helped people contact old
school friends. My husband helped me log on and find my school. There she was, Jenny
Frost.
"I"m now married, with a beautiful daughter called Debbie. Does anyone know how to
get in touch with Debbie "Stingy" Jones? I still owe her ￡20!"
We met two months later and the ￡20 was returned, plus interest of course. After
all, I"m a bank manager now, so loans are my business. | | 1. Why did Jenny spend a lot of money on the snacks? | | [ ] | A. Debbie had money.
B. There was money she could use.
C. She wanted to be crazy.
D. She wanted Debbie to stop being stingy. | | 2. How did Debbie get her money at last? | | [ ] | A. Her husband found Jenny.
B. Jenny had a website on the Internet.
C. Debbie met Jenny by chance.
D. Debbie put a message on the Friends Reunited website. | | 3. Which sentence best describes Debbie Jones? | | [ ] | A. She didn"t like to spend money at school and doesn"t like using computers.
B. She sometimes lends money and doesn"t like using computers.
C. She sometimes lends money and uses the computer whenever she can.
D. She only lends money to friends and doesn"t like using computers. | | 4. We know from the passage that Jenny _____. | | [ ] | A. liked parties at school and felt guilty about borrowing money
B. had fun at school but soon forgot about her school friends
C. forgot her best friends at school until she saw the Friends Reunited website
D. was forgetful about the money | | 完形填空。 | I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket
Company. "What is it?" I wondered. I 1 it over. There, on the back in faded ink, was a
hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 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 4 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose
owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any
magazines.
Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader"s office. After a quick glance
he 7 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said, "Come
with me!" pulling me into his 10 and drove me downtown. We pulled to a stop before a
shoe store. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 12 seen.
I 13 several inches tall when I got up 14 them. "We"d like a pair of new socks too,"
Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it
to me. With 16 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 17 I love you".
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 the hope that things would be 19 .
With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that
would always make a 20 . | ( )1. A. read
( )2. A. address
( )3. A. forward
( )4. A. return
( )5. A. if only
( )6. A. dust
( )7. A. led
( )8. A. hole
( )9. A. magazine
( )10. A. truck
( )11. A. wore
( )12. A. ever
( )13 A. grew
( )14. A. for
( )15. A. pen
( )16. A. tearful
( )17. A. recognize
( )18. A. sensed
( )19. A. mistaken
( )20. A. deal | B. thought
B. list
B. so
B. rounds
B. how
B. sweat
B. followed
B. mud
B. shoe
B. factory
B. fitted
B. already
B. measured
B. with
B. paper
B. believable
B. know
B. received
B. bad
B. fortune | C. turned
C. message
C. ahead
C. trip
C. whether
C. tail
C. watched
C. water
C. sock
C. home
C. lent
C. never
C. rose
C. on
C. card
C. terrible
C. consider
C. lost
C. all right
C. choice | D. passed
D. information
D. back
D. arrival
D. why
D. rain
D. carried
D. cover
D. bag
D. store
D. comforted
D. hardly
D. felt
D. in
D. notebook
D. puzzling
D. express
D. imagined
D. impossible
D. difference |
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