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．a(chǎn)lways                           B．never                      C．sometimes

（    ）49．A．a(chǎn)nything                        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．a(chǎn)fter                       B．before                            C．when

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

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

   

I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang.   36   voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I   37   rudely, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then hung up.

During the    38    days, I often got the    39   call. But I didn’t care much about it.

    Then one day she kept calling me,    40    I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much    41   ! Mom said you were too busy to take care of me. But, dad, please    42    me again, OK?” It was     43    to refuse the innocent(天真的, 無邪的) ask. I made a    44    kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…h(huán)appy, so…h(huán)appy…”

    Shortly after this, I became curious(好奇）about    45    had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have    46    you. My daughter has had bone cancer since she was born. And her father…died in a car    47    two weeks ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t    48    the painful chemotherapy(化療), she would cry for her dad because her dad always    49    her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random(隨意的) phone number…”

    “How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.

“She has died. You   50    have kissed her on the phone, because she died with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone…”   Tears full of my eyes….

36．A．A boy’s                   B．A child’s                 C．My daughter’s         D．My son’s

37．A．spoke                    B．told                       C．returned                D．replied

38．A．following               B．front                    C．other                 D．coming

39．A．different              B．same             C．wrong           D．funny

40．A．so that                   B．a(chǎn)nd                   C．a(chǎn)s if                   D．though

41．A．danger                   B．trouble                    C．pain                 D．difficulty

42．A．look after               B．kiss                        C．help                  D．encourage

43．A．easy                     B．sad                      C．happy                 D．difficult

44．A．soft                      B．sweet                        C．low                    D．loud

45．A．that                     B．what                    C．who                   D．how

46．A．troubled                 B．a(chǎn)sked                    C．stopped             D．reached

47．A．experiment              B．event                  C．a(chǎn)ccident               D．a(chǎn)ctivity

48．A．receive                   B．fight                       C．stand                   D．face

49．A．encouraged            B．a(chǎn)mused                   C．caught                    D．missed

50．A．must                      B．might               C．should                    D．need

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite  41  at the answer. Thinking he had not made  42   understood or the girl had not    43  him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”   44  the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know    45   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   46   a compliment (恭維) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She   47   understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the  48  , people will feel proud and  49   when they are praised . So if someone says the     50    you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
   In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not  51   being proud, so sometimes you should be confident  52   being modest.

     53  you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by    54  . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will     55    get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

（   ）41.A．excited          B．surprised                 C．relaxed                   D．frightened

（   ）42.A．itself             B．herself                    C．himself                   D．themselves

（   ）43.A．heard            B．watched                  C．listened to              D．looked at

（   ）44.A．Though         B．Although                 C．Or                          D．But

（   ）45.A．when            B．which                     C．what                      D．how

（   ）46.A．receive          B．a(chǎn)ccept                    C．refuse                     D．disagree

（   ）47.A．hardly           B．really                      C．rarely                     D．badly

（   ）48.A．east              B．south                      C．west                       D．north

（   ）49.A．difficult         B．modest                   C．shameful                 D．confident

（   ）50.A．dishes           B．cups                       C．glasses                   D．bowls

（   ）51.A．think             B．say                         C．a(chǎn)sk                         D．mean

（   ）52.A．a(chǎn)s soon as    B．a(chǎn)s well as               C．instead of                D．in spite of

（   ）53.A．Unless          B．Until                       C．Whether                 D．If

（   ）54.A．a(chǎn)nother         B．the other                 C．the others               D．others

（   ）55.A．fail to           B．expect to                 C．succeed in              D．believe in

  

   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(風(fēng)向標(biāo))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．a(chǎn)ddress     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．a(chǎn)ngry          D．sad

 46．A．told        B．a(chǎn)sked         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．a(chǎn)rgued     B．changed，     C．found           D．told

 52．A．a(chǎn)lthough    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

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     A. on/at        B. in/for         C. on/for           D. at/at