Long long ago, in France, there was a king. He liked to  51  pictures and he thought these pictures  52  good.

No one liked his pictures,  53  they were afraid of him. So they said he drew very  54 .

One day he showed his  55  to an honest man, and said, “How about my pictures?” To his surprise, the honest man said that they were  56  in fact. The king got  57  and put the honest man into prison.

After a month the king sent his man to the honest man to tell him that he was free. When the honest man returned from  58 , the king invited him to his palace to have dinner with him. He showed him some of his new pictures again and  59  him what he thought of them.

The honest man said  60  but turned back to the soldiers and said, “Put me into prison!”

Last week I went to a supermarket. After I  36  the bill and was passing through the door, the alarm suddenly started to ring. Suddenly, a young guard ran toward me and ordered me to  37 him. I felt so upset and   38  . He took me to a small room, but I was   39  frightened that I stopped at the door. Finding me  40to enter the room, he shouted that I had to go into the room.

He closed the door. I thought he was going to hurt me. Suddenly, a   41   voice said in my ear: “Take out the things you’ve stolen!” “I stole nothing.” I said. “Do as I tell you. If we find them, you’ll be in trouble.” “There is nothing.” I answered. “I didn’t take anything.” I said, taking everything out of my pockets and bag.

  42   this point, a guard came in and asked a salesgirl to   43  me.   44  , they found nothing.

But they didn’t believe that I hadn’t stolen anything. So the young guard ordered me to pass through the door alarm again.

I was   45  when it rang again. I felt   46  and burst into tears. I didn’t know how to prove   47  I was innocent(清白的).

They made me go into the small room again.

 “Take out the stolen things quickly,  48  we will dial 110.” They said.

 “OK, call the police. I’ m not afraid.” I said  49.

Suddenly,  they  50 their tone. After a while, a salesgirl asked me to raise my feet. I did   51   she had told me. There was a label (標(biāo)簽) on the bottom of my shoe. That was it! That was the  52 thing that had brought me such great trouble. But it  53my innocence.（清白）

After that, they 54  to me in the small room, But they should have apologized 55  , shouldn’t they? A lot of people were there when I was taken away. What did they think of me?

1.A．buy                B．paid            C．passed          D．paid for

2.A．obey               B．beg             C．follow          D．listen to

3.A．a(chǎn)ngry              B．excited         C．happy           D．puzzled

4.A．very               B．much            C．such            D．so

5.A．disagree           B．unwilling       C．voluntarily     D．willingly 

6.A．high               B．low             C．sound           D．sharp

7.A．On                 B．In              C．At              D．From

8.A．look at            B．watch           C．examine         D．keep

9.A．Needless to say B．So far             C．On one hand     D．As a result of

10.A．a(chǎn)fraid            B．frightened      C．shocked         D．sad

11.A．wronged           B．upset           C．scared          D．unpleasant

12.A．what              B．whether         C．that            D．how

13.A．a(chǎn)nd               B．but             C．or              D．so

14.A．unhappily         B．forcefully      C．terribly        D．widely

15.A．changed           B．raised          C．increased       D．closed

16.A．like              B．a(chǎn)s              C．a(chǎn)ccording to    D．a(chǎn)s if

17.A．only              B．last            C．very            D．just

18.A．tested            B．showed          C．proved          D．gave

19.A．said              B．a(chǎn)pologized      C．a(chǎn)greed          D．promised

20.A．loudly            B．together        C．politely        D．in public

Long long ago，there was a man and his wife who worked for an old man．One day，the old man pointed to a big box in his living room and said，“There’s only one thing you mustn’t do：Don’t open this 46　 ．”After saying this，he 　 47　 home．

The woman said to her husband，“There must be 　 48　 expensive in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband didn’t want to do that，　 49　 the woman didn’t give up．

A few days later，the woman made a 　 50　 to find out what was in the box．Before her husband could stop her，she opened the box and looked into it．To her 　 51　 ，there was nothing in it．She tried hard to 　 52　 the box，but she failed．

That evening，the old man came home and found that the box was open．He was very 　 53　 and he asked the woman and her husband to leave his home at once．

“But there was nothing in the box，” the woman said，“We haven’t 　 54　 anything at all．”

The old man shouted，“The box is not important．Now I know that I can’t trust（信任）you．That’s what’s 　 55　 !”

46．A．bag　 　　　　 B．case　　　 　　 C．box　　　 　　 D．backpack

47．A．left　　　 　　 B．went　　　 　　 C．came　　 　　　 D．a(chǎn)rrived

48．A．everything　 　　　 B．nothing　　 　　 C．something　 　 D．a(chǎn)nything

49．A．so　　 　　　　 B．a(chǎn)nd　　　 　　　 C．or　　　 　　　 D．but

50．A．suggestion　　 B．decision　　　　 　 C．mistake　　　　 D．living

51．A．joy　 　　　　 B．fun　　　 　　 C．surprise　　 　　　 D．pleasure

52．A．close　　 　　　 B．open　　　　 　 C．throw　　　 　　 D．carry

53．A．a(chǎn)fraid　　 　　 B．a(chǎn)ngry　　　　 　 C．excited　　　 D．tired

54．A．lent　　 　　　 B．broken　　　 　 C．sold　　　　 　　　 D．taken

55．A．important　　　 B．expensive　　　 　 C．useful　　 　　 D．lucky

   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

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 an hour,”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!”

　 The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

　 “Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

　 “Why do you want more money since you already have some?” The father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

51. How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

A. $10　　　　 B. $20　　　　 C. $30　　　　 　 D. $40

52. The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.

A. very angry　　　 B. quite happy　　 C. very strange 　 D. a little nervous

53. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because ______.

A. he thought the boy was too selfish

B. he did not have enough money at that moment

C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D. the boy always asked for money from him

54. The boy wanted to buy ______ with the twenty dollars.

A. a new book for himself　　　　　 B. a nice present for his father

C. a toy for his own birthday　　　　　 D. an hour of his father’s time

55. From the passage, we can infer（推斷）that the boy’s father ______.

A. often played with his son　　　　　 B. spent little time with his son

C. didn’t love his son at all　　　　 D. often came back home early