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 I'm a newspaperman(新闻记者)I don't have much money,  1  I meet a lot of interesting people, some are  2  ;  3  are poorI like my job very much and I'm good at itI don't talk a lot, but I'm a good  4  Perhaps I'm the best listener in the city, and I look stupid(愚蠢的)and soon I am getting a lot of  5  

 Let me  6  you  7  of how I got people to talkI was writing an article(文章)about  8  in the city, how they live,  9  they do, and so onSo yesterday afternoon I went to the park, sat on a bench(长凳)  10  the sun, and waitedSoon an old woman came and sat near to meShe was carrying two large paper bags and an old handbagI sat quietly  11  her about ten minutes, and  12  I took out some chocolate(巧克力)and I gave her a pieceAfter that, she  13  me about herselfShe doesn't have a  14  She and two friends sleep in the bus stationOn warm days she comes to the park  15  her few clothes and things in two paper bags 16  we went to an eating place 17 a cup of coffee and  18  to eatI paid, of courseI asked her a few questions about TV and films she was  19  I gave her a dollarThen, I  20  her in the park, went down to the office, and wrote the story for my article

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

(1)  Abecause

Bbut

Cso

Dif

[  ]

(2)  Aold

Byoung

Chappy

Drich

[  ]

(3)  Aothers

Banother

Cthe others

Dthe other

[  ]

(4)  Awriter

Breader

Clistener

Dlearner

[  ]

(5)  Amoney

Bnews

Cthings

Dtime

[  ]

(6)  Amake

Btalk

Cwrite

Dgive

[  ]

(7)  Aa story

  

Ban example

  

Ca place

  

Da piece of news

  

[  ]

  

(8)  Ayoung girls

  

Byoung people

  

Cold people

  

Dold men

  

[  ]

  

(9)  Ahow

Bwhat 

Cwhen

Dwhy

[  ]

(10)  Ain

Bunder

Cbelow

Ddown

[  ]

(11)  Abesides

Bbeside

Cnear

Dfar away from

[  ]

(12)  Awhen

Bafter

Cthen

Dso

[  ]

(13)  Aspoke

Bsaid

Ctalked

Dtold

[  ]

(14)  Awork

Bfriend

Chome

Dliving place

[  ]

(15)  Ato wear

Bto put on

Cwith

Dto dress

[  ]

(16)  ALately

BLater

CLate

DLaterly

[  ]

(17)  Ato

Bwith

Cat

Dfor

[  ]

(18)  Asomething

Bnothing

Ceverything

Danything

[  ]

(19)  Apleased with

  

Binterested in

  

Cangry with

  

Dsurprised in

  

[  ]

  

(20)  Aleft

Bcarried

C.brought

D.took

[  ]

Jim likes playing football, and he ____1____ likes watching football matches. As he hasn't enough money to buy the tickets he ____2____ watch them on TV at home if he is free. But to his regret, he ____3____ goes to school from Monday to Friday and misses a lot of interesting matches.

  One afternoon ____4____ would be the biggest football match of the year in America. Jim ____5____ to watch it on TV very much but he couldn't. They would have a physics test the next morning and he had to get ready.

  “Can we have a video recorder (录像机), Mom? Jim asked ____6____ he went to school. Then you will record the football matches ____7____ me. I'm afraid we can't buy ____8____.said his mother. But the next afternoon Jim came in, with a ____9____ video in his arms.

  “How on earth (到底) did you pay for that, Jim? the woman asked in surprise.

  “That's ____10____, Mom, answered the boy, I've sold our TV set.

( )1. A. too       B. only              C. also              D. never

( )2. A. has to     B. must             C. never              D. won't

( )3. A. often      B. always            C. never              D. has to

( )4. A. if         B. he                C. here             D. there

( )5. A. wants     B. wanted           C. is wanting         D. will want

( )6. A. before      B. after             C. if               D. when

( )7. A. with       B. for               C. by                D. to

( )8. A. a          B. that              C. one              D. this

( )9. A. long       B. short              C. old               D. new

( )10. A. right     B. all right           C. easy             D. OK

 

I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people.Luckily there’re small ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of__1__.One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2__doing this one day,I got to__3__a young homeless man.He was often__4__the magazine at the train station.

He was a poor farmer from another country.After a while,I discovered that his__5__was close to mine.It__6__that we were born in the same month.

I met him last year__7__after his birthday,and after congratulating (祝贺) him,without__8__,I asked if he had had a good day.He__9__and said that he hadn’t really celebrated.I felt so__10__.

I just couldn’t bear the thought of (不敢想) this nice,young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with no presents,no cake,nothing!So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket.__12__for me,I had enough yarn__13__.I set to work and knitted (编织) a__14__for the young man.The yarn had become a little dirty__15__I didn’t knit very often.Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be__16__when he got it.

I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping.I had__17__to meet him so I had__18__the scarf and a piece of my own birthday__19__around with me.He was very happy with these gifts and so was I.The__20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!

1.A.work                        B.energy

C.money                        D.experience

2.A.In                          B.On

C.Besides                       D.By

3.A.realize                       B.ignore

C.know                         D.recognize

4.A.selling                        B.reading

C.covering                       D.buying

5.A.birthday                      B.house

C.height                        D.hobby

6.A.said                         B.found

C.guessed                       D.meant

7.A.long                        B.shortly

C.ever                          D.even

8.A.stopping                     B.helping

C.praising                       D.thinking

9.A.looked up                    B.turned up

C.looked down                    D.got down

10.A.foolish                      B.excited

C.clever                         D.worried

11.A.calm                       B.happy

C.alone                         D.hungry

12.A.Suddenly                     B.Luckily

C.Badly                         D.However

13.A.used                       B.done

C.left                          D.produced

14.A.scarf                       B.cap

C.sock                         D.glove

15.A.when                       B.because

C.so                           D.and

16.A.different                    B.dry

C.wet                          D.clean

17.A.liked                       B.hoped

C.promised                      D.agreed

18.A.made                       B.thrown

C.received                       D.carried

19.A.cake                       B.present

C.song                         D.party

20.A.light                       B.pain

C.sight                         D.tear

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 31 . he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 32 and ill .
  My father was 33 a strong man who loved being active. But a terrible illness 34 all that away. Now he can no longer walk. And he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 35 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. I told them about one of my beliefs. I said that we must very often give things up 36 we grow our youth, our beauty, our friends, but it always 37 that after we give something up. We gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father spoke up, “But, Peter, I gave up 38 !What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 39 he answered his own question: “I 40 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes along with hope and thankfulness.
  I was also 41 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (恼怒的) at someone, I would remember his words and become 42 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 43 to give up my small irritations. In this 44 . I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
  Sometimes I 45 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though I am grateful for this one gift.
31. A. Certainly     B. Therefore      C. However      D. Meanwhile
32. A. tired       B. weak         C. poor       D. slow
33. A. already      B. still        C. only       D. once
34. A. took       B. threw        C. sent       D. put
35. A. stressful    B. difficult      C. impossible    D. hopeless
36. A. as        B. since        C. before      D. till
37. A. suggests     B. promises       C. seems      D. requires
38. A. something    B. anything       C. nothing     D. everything
39. A. surprisingly   B. immediately     C. naturally     D. certainly
40. A. had        B. accepted      C. gained       D. enjoyed
41. A. touched      B. astonished     C. attracted    D. warned
42. A. quiet      B. calm        C. relaxed      D. happy
43. A. ready       B. likely       C. free       D. able
44. A. case       B. form        C. method       D. way
45. A. doubt       B. wonder       C. know        D. guess   

My 14-year-old brother John dreamed of having a black woolen coat, for at that time this kind of coat was 31  with teenagers, but it could cost several hundred dollars. One day my brother and I went into a shop and saw a black woolen coat at the same time. The coat felt very soft, and it cost only $28. It was  32  but so nice. We looked at each other, saying nothing, but John’s eyes shone.

    John tried on the coat and  33  it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day happily and came home with a big  34 . “How do the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it,” he said. I started to call him “Lord (老爷) John”.

    Over the next few weeks, there seemed to be a  35  in John. He became more polite, more confident and more pleasing. He would 36  his classmates his pens; he would bring his father a cup of tea when he got home; he would  37  a blind man cross the road.

    When my mother talked about her son’s change with one of his teachers and wondered what caused it, he said, “It must be his 38 !” One day, in the library, my brother and I happened to meet a friend of my father’s, who had not seen us for a long time. John came up and shook hands with him like a 39 ! The friend said in surprise, “Are you John? You have changed so much!”

    What really changed John was his own attitude(态度).  40  you think you are a gentleman or a lady, you can become a perfect one.

31.  A. busy            B. careful             C. popular          D. good

32.  A. dear          B. cheap              C. hard          D. light

33.  A. sold              B. kept           C. held              D. bought

34.  A. present          B. smile          C. problem             D. cry

35.  A. message        B. pain          C. change          D. fashion

36.  A. lend            B. rent           C. leave           D. borrow

37.  A. make           B. watch       C. let            D. help

38.  A. coat            B. classmate        C. friend           D. brother

39.  A. businessman       B. woman         C. gentleman        D. boy

40.  A. Until            B. If               C. Before         D. Unless

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