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  An English traveler spent a few weeks is Sweden.When he was about to return home he had only enough money left to get a ticket to England.Thinking the matter over,he decided that as it was only a two days'voyage he could get home without eating anything.So he bought a ticket with the little money he had and Went on board the ship.

  He closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell,and when dinner time came,he refused to go down to the place where people had their dinner,saying that he did not feel well.

  the following day he did not get up until breakfast was over,pretending that he had overslept himself.At lunchtime,too,he kept out of the way.By the time of dinner,however,he became so hungry that he could even have eaten paper.

  “I can't stand this any longer,”he said to himself,“I must have some-thing to eat.”At the dinner table he ate everything put in front of him.When he was quite full,he felt stronger and at once went to see the waiter.

  “Bring me the bill,”he said to the waiter.

  “The bill?”said the waiter in surprise.

  “Yes,”answered the traveler.

  “There isn't any bill here,”said the waiter,“On this ship meals are al-ready included in the ticket.”

1.The first day he did not have his lunch because he did not ________.

[  ]

A.feel well

B.know the time for lunch

C.hear the lunch bell

D.have the money

2.The following day he got up ________.

[  ]

A.much later than breakfast time

B.as soon as he heard the breakfast bell

C.early for his breakfast

D.in time to have his breakfast

3.In the end the English traveler ________.

[  ]

A.had to borrow money to pay for the meal

B.was thrown into water by the waiter

C.learned that the meals on the ship were free

D.said he would pay double after he got home

     A few years ago, my friend Al won the lottery (彩票), which changed his life. He was not born with
a silver spoon in his mouth.    1  , my friend was always hard up for cash. He did not have much money.
And the money he did earn was chicken feed - very    2    .  
     Sometimes Al even had to    3    some gifts from his family and friends. He was not the kind of person
who never paid the money he    4   .He was always very careful with the money he spent. The    5    times
were when he was flat broke and had no money at all.
     One day, Al scraped together a few dollars for a    6   ticket. He thought he would never gain lots of
money     7   . But his combination of numbers was chosen and he    8     the lottery. That is to say, he
won a great deal of    9    .
     Al was so    10   . The first thing he did was to buy a new car. He showed off the one thing that he
normally would not buy. Then he started spending money on   11   things. It was like he had money to 
  12   . He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket so he spent it quickly.
     When we   13   for a meal at a restaurant, Al paid every time. He would always pay bills for others.
He told me the money made him feel like a millionaire   14    he felt very happy.
     But shortly after that my friend was   15    and out again. He had no money left. He had   16    his
bottom dollar, his very last amount.
     I admit I do feel   17    for my friend. He had enough money to live like a king. Instead, he is   18    to
living on a shoestring - a very low budget. Some might say he is penny   19    and pound foolish. He was
wise about small things, but    20    about important things.
(     )1. A. Yet          
(     )2. A. little        
(     )3. A. make          
(     )4. A. earned       
(     )5. A. best          
(     )6. A. lottery       
(     )7. A. unsuccessfully
(     )8. A. lost          
(     )9. A. money        
(     )10. A. unsatisfied  
(     )11. A. unnecessary  
(     )12. A. hold        
(     )13. A. got in        
(     )14. A. in case     
(     )15. A. up           
(     )16. A. spent        
(     )17. A. satisfied   
(     )18. A. on          
(     )19. A. rude         
(     )20. A. even          
B. Meanwhile  
B. few        
B. accept      
B. lent        
B. happiest    
B. cinema      
B. unusually  
B. beat    
B. tip    
B. excited    
B. unknown    
B. explode  
B. got across  
B. so that    
B. off        
B. spared      
B. sorry      
B. away        
B. shy        
B. still      
C. Otherwise  
C. much        
C. send      
C. owed        
C. easiest    
C. flight      
C. unexpectedly
C. missed  
C. possession  
C. anxious    
C. unavoidable
C. burn    
C. got down    
C. because    
C. down      
C. split      
C. active      
C. back      
C. stupid    
C. not        
D. Instead  
D. small      
D. produce    
D. owned      
D. worst      
D. ship        
D. uncertainly
D. won        
D. fare        
D. ashamed    
D. undiscovered
D. live        
D. got together
D. if          
D. in          
D. saved      
D. afraid      
D. around      
D. wise        
D. ever        
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     The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn't seen for many years. I couldn't believe the
change in him. In fact, he didn't even seem like the     1    person.
     When I first knew Bill, back in    2    , he was one of the most carefree (无忧无虑) people I had
ever    3    . He was always ready to have a party. He thought     4   of going out for beer at three
o'clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old    5   he really liked. Bill and I were in the same
class in college, and   6    was never dull when he was    7   . With him there was one wild     8  after
another. Sometimes I wonder how we 9      to study for our exams.
     Last week I was in <<Houston>> on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.    10   , I
wasn't even sure it was    11  . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn't really
sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   12    most of the
evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college,
the   13   thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main    14  . Although I
have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never   15   Bill changing so much. My image of him   16    
the one I had formed    17   the time when we were college students together.
     I suppose it's   18   to expect people to remain the same, especially  19   I have changed so much
myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he    20  the same
way about me.
(     )1. A. proper
(     )2. A. childhood
(     )3. A. considered
(     )4. A. nothing
(     )5. A. man  
(     )6. A. learning
(     )7. A. in  
(     )8. A. adventure
(     )9. A. decided
(     )10. A. First of al
(     )11. A. that
(     )12. A. thought
(     )13. A. first
(     )14. A. interest
(     )15. A. forgot
(     )16. A. remained
(     )17. A. since
(     )18. A. unnecessary
(     )19. A. because
(     )20. A. felt  
B. same
B. the army
B. supposed
B. much
B. hospital
B. life
B. out
B. mistake
B. intended
B. At first  
B. us  
B. talked  
B. last
B. event
B. minded
B. reminded
B. from
B. foolish
B. that
B. acted  
C. usual  
C. his thirties
C. met     
C. most     
C. movie      
C. work     
C. away     
C. chance      
C. managed  
C. Now and then  
C. there      
C. argued  
C. next     
C. subject  
C. liked  
C. suggested  
C. at     
C. common     
C. how      
C. looked      
D. right            
D. college          
D. expected        
D. none            
D. country          
D. fun              
D. around          
D. joke            
D. hoped            
D. All the time    
D. him              
D. spent            
D. only            
D. problem          
D. imagined        
D. became          
D. till            
D. unusually        
D. when            
D. discovered      

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