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There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work. The 16 reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper(会计)----- it was then that I worked for 17 , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something 18 , something new and exciting.

Money wasn’t too important now, as my husband made a very 19 living for us. But what should I do? What sort of 20 should I look for? I knew I needed to be 21 as to what I became involved with. I am not a "quitter"(容易放弃的人) and so I hoped to 22 becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me.

While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was 23 of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring 24 the gold was wearing thin. My husband and I shopped and shopped for one, 25 we went, even when we were on vacation. 26 this nonstop searching got my poor 27 to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don’t 28, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the 29 I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn’t have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would 30 be patient.

Fortunately, that summer while I 31 my twenty-fifth high school class reunion(重聚), I heard a former classmate 32 what she did for a living. She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just 33 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers. WOW, that 34 like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a 35 : I know what to take up!

16. A. possible B. obvious C. believable D. good

17. A. money B. fun C. children D. employers

18. A. valuable B. reasonable C. worthy D. different

19. A. interesting B. comfortable C. successful D. meaningful

20. A. pleasure B. place C. job D. man

21. A. careful B. useful C. joyful D. painful

22. A. finish B. miss C. avoid D. forget

23. A. recalled B. reminded C. warned D. robbed

24. A. where B. while C. if D. as

25. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. wherever D. everywhere

26. A. Actually B. However C. Finally D. Once

27. A. children B. classmates C. employer D. husband

28. A. care B. know C. understand D. find

29. A. way B. time C. style D. thought

30. A. really B. ever C. just D. certainly

31. A. joined B. left C. started D. attended

32. A. complaining B. explaining C. describing D. considering

33. A. returned B. rested C. came D. stayed

34. A. looked B. seemed C. sounded D. felt

35. A. travler B. wife C. employer D. bookkeeper

It was black in the evening. Jason, a 12-year-old boy didn’t want to go outside. But his mother, Branda, was worried about his father and 36 he go.

That evening the man had to 37 his car, a Buick outside their house in the driveway.

38 enough, the wife hadn’t heard a single 39 for at least one hour. “Go and find him,” she told Jason.

The kid stepped outside in the darkness and called into the shadows “Dad?”

“Jason?” 40 was his father, but his voice sounded 41 . He spoke slowly, in a strange way.

That evening, when the man had to get 42 the car to fix it, he used a forklift to lift the car. 43 , the man didn’t place the blocks in front of the car’ s front tires to keep it from 44 forward off the forks, which was exactly 45 it did afterwards.

Little Jason saw his dad’s feet 46 out from beneath the car. 47 to take a full breath, Old Jason sank into a sleepy, half-alive 48 .

“Calm down. It will be OK.” The boy 49 his mother. Now he couldn’t afford to be scared.

He climbed on and started up, the Buick started to come off the ground and 50 in the air.

Minutes later, 911 policemen arrived. Old Jason 51 beneath the car, still breathing.

It wasn’t 52 his dad was loaded into an ambulance that the little boy 53 and sobbed.

Little Jason says one happy change has come out of the 54 : he gets to spend more time with his dad. Old Jason, who hasn’t touched a car 55 the Buick fell on him often spends evenings with his son playing.

A. claimed B. demanded C. declared D. announced

A. clean B. buy C. fix D. sell

A. Strangely B. Interestingly C. Fortunately D. Dangerously

A. word B. sentence C. noise D. sound

A. He B. This C. There D. It

A. usual B. different C. calm D. unhappy

A. into B. onto C. beneath D. above

A. Somehow B. Anyhow C. Somewhat D. Anyway

A. sinking B. rolling C. driving D. running

A. what B. how C. why D. when

A. bringing B. moving C. sticking D. taking

A. Unable B. Unlikely C. Likely D. Able

A. environment B. circumstance C. state D. position

A. inspired B. comforted C. required D. persuaded

A. moved B. drove C. bent D. suspended

A. slept B. sat C. stood D. lay

A. until B. unless C. when D. while

A. broke out B. broke down C. broke up D. broke off

A. matter B. affair C. accident D. event

A. after B. till C. when D. since

While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a ___1___ house. One ___2___ my father and sister and I were sitting together. He was ___3___ the window. I suddenly ___4___ that he was turning very pale. I sat ___5___, for I did not want to __6__ my sick sister. Soon father said in a ___7___ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine is ___8___ here to see me this evening, and I wish to be ___9___ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We ___10___, went to our room and closed the door.

Soon I heard a ___11___ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying ___12___ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ___13___ near, I seized the pistol(手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, "For God’s sake(快!), child, ___14___ the door. " I did so. To my horror(恐怖), I saw, ___15___ my father’s shoulder, a gorilla(大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in ___16___. He was ___17___ my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with ___18___ loud cry. Father took the ___19___ smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which ___20___ the gorilla.

It happened that father had ___21___ us upstairs because he thought he would be able to ___22___ the door ––– which was twenty feet away –––___23___ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ___24___ for him; and this was the cause of the ___25___ flight(逃跑) up the stairs.

1. A. two-storeyed B. two storeyed C. two-storeys D. two storeys

2. A. o’clock B. night C. evening D. time

3. A. towards B. opposite C. inside D. behind

4. A. knew B. learned C. felt D. noticed

5. A. still B. lonely C. sadly D. unhappily

6. A. hurt B. frighten C. lose D. trouble

7. A. loud B. sad C. calm D. pleasant

8. A. moving B. staying C. running D. coming

9. A. friendly to B. alone with C. helpful to D. careful with

10. A. promised B. trembled C. obeyed D. replied

11. A. sound B. cry C. voice D. shout

12. A. to B. down C. through D. up

13. A. some difficulty B. a thief C. some danger D. an accident

14. A. open B. close C. pull D. draw

15. A. on B. above C. over D. from

16. A. South America B. Africa C. South Asia D. Europe

17. A. aiming at B. marching towards C. shooting at D. running after

18. A. an exciting B. a calm C. an angry D. a natural

19. A. still B. yet C. even D. already

20. A. hit B. murdered C. frightened D. killed

21. A. taken B. sent C. driven D. forced

22. A. push B. lock C. guard D. defend

23. A. until B. when C. before D. though

24. A. quick B. huge C. heavy D. stupid

25. A. anxious B. fearless C. excited D. hurried

I was nineteen years old the first time I saw my own true character.

My trip to and from work each day included a ten-minute walk through the heart of downtown, where the 36 often gathered. Like most busy citizens, I learned to 37 those nameless faces. When it came to homeless beggars, my 38 life experience had led me to one 39 that they are on the street because they choose to be, probably due to alcohol or drugs.

It was an extremely cold day. When I passed the groups of beggars as usual, I heard a shaky voice target me.

“Spare some change?” he asked.

I didn’t even 40 looking up at his nameless face. I briefly 41 him walking into a liquor store and buying whiskey with the money we spared him. Like most teenagers, it took me only moments to 42 him.

“I have no money on me,” I said quickly

Looking back now, I feel as if God had set out that day to teach me a lesson. And God 43 . Just a few feet past him, I managed to find the only ice patch on the sidewalk. I 44 and landed heavily on my right knee. The 45 was almost killing me as I tried to get up. Then I heard a shaky voice only inches above me.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

I knew immediately this was the man I had just rushed past. Even in pain, I 46 took a quick moment to sniff for the smell of alcohol on his breath. There was none. He wasn’t 47 . I saw the 48 in his eyes.

I 49 to get to my feet. He held my arm as I walked difficultly to the nearby bus stop.

“My name is Mike,” he said. “That’s quite a fall you took, and you really need to get it checked by a doctor,” he said with deep 50 .

“This bus goes past the hospital,” I said.

Mike paused, and a look of sudden 51 crossed his face. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small cup. He took out all the change and held it out toward me.

“I think there’s just enough here for you to take the bus,” he said,

I was highly embarrassed as I remember my 52 . I reached for my purse and took out my change. At least ten dollars. I offered Mike all my change.

“Thank you and take care of yourself,” I said. Both of us knew that few minutes earlier I couldn’t have 53 what happened to him.

Mike held his cup tightly, 54 it as if it were the first gift he had ever received.

A half cup of change seemed too small a gift for the man who gave a 55 to every nameless face I’ve ever seen.

1. A．doctors B．beggars C．citizens D．sellers

2. A．pity B．observe C．forgive D．ignore

3. A．limited B．painful C．meaningful D．rich

4. A．fact B．rule C．assumption D．suggestion

5. A．mind B．bother C．avoid D．bear

6. A．imagined B．followed C．noticed D．heard

7. A．judge B．stop C．tease D．blame

8. A．signed B．succeeded C．responded D．approached

9. A．skipped B．dashed C．slipped D．hesitated

10. A．regret B．scare C．cold D．pain

11. A．still B．ever C．yet D．also

12. A．honest B．reliable C．drunk D．shabby

13. A．greed B．surprise C．sorrow D．sympathy

14. A．failed B．struggled C．hurried D．chose

15. A．relief B．satisfaction C．understanding D．concern

16. A．confusion B．realization C．excitement D．sadness

17. A．lie B．injury C．promise D．experience

18. A．known B．predicted C．cared D．accepted

19. A．treasuring B．protecting C．making D．showing

20. A．lesson B．name C．chance D．fortune

When my grandfather died, my 83-year-old grandmother, once so full of life, slowly began to fade. No longer able to manage a home of her own, she moved in with my mother, where she was visited often by other members of her large, loving family. Although she still had her good days, it was often hard to arouse her interest.

But one chilly December afternoon three years ago, my daughter Meagan, then eight, and I were visiting her, when she noticed that Meagan was carrying her favorite doll.“I, too, had a special doll when I was a little girl,” she told a wide-eyed Meagan. “I got it one Christmas when I was about your age. I lived in an old farmhouse in Maine, with Mom, Dad and my four sisters, and the very first gift I opened that Christmas was the most beautiful doll you’d ever want to see.”

“She had an exquisite(优美的，高雅的), hand-painted face, and her long brown hair was pulled back with a big pink bow. Her eyes were blue, and they opened and closed. I remember she had a body of kidskin, and her arms and legs bent at the joints.”

GG’s voice dropped low, taking on an almost respectful tone. “My doll was dressed in a pretty pink gown, decorated with fine lace. … Getting such a fine doll was like a miracle for a little farm girl like me — my parents must have had to sacrifice so much to afford it But how happy I was that morning!”

GG’s eyes filled and her voice shook with emotion as she recalled that Christmas of long ago. “I played with my doll all morning long. And then it happened. My mother called us to the dining room for Christmas dinner and I laid my new doll down gently on the hall table. But as I went to join the family at the table, I heard a loud crash.”

“I hardly had to turn around — I knew it was my precious doll. And it was. Her lace skirt had hung down from the table just enough for my baby sister to reach up and pull on it. When I ran in, there lay my beautiful doll on the floor, her face smashed into a dozen pieces. She was gone forever.”

A few years later, GG’s baby sister was also gone, she told Meagan, a victim of pneumonia(肺炎). Now the tears in her eyes spilled over — tears, I knew, not only for a lost doll and a lost sister, but for a lost time.

Subdued(沉默的) for the rest of the visit, Meagan was no sooner in the car going home than she exclaimed, “Mom, I have a great idea! Let’s get GG a new doll for Christmas. Then she won’t cry when she thinks about it.”

My heart filled with pride as I listened to my sympathetic little daughter. But where would we find a doll to match GG’s fond memories?

Where there’s a will, as they say, there’s a way. When I told my best friends, Liz and Chris, about my problem, Liz put me in touch with a local doll-make. From a doll supply house I ordered a long brown hair and a kidskin body to copy the outfit GG had so lovingly described. Liz volunteered to put the doll together, and Chris helped me make the doll’s outfit. Meagan wrote the story of the lost doll by giving examples.

Finally our creation was finished. To our eyes it was perfect. But there was no way it could be exactly like the doll GG had loved so much and lost. Would she think it looked anything like it?

On Christmas Eve, Meagan and I carried our happily packed gift to GG, where she sat surrounded by children, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins. “It’s for you,” Meagan said, “but first you have to read the story that goes with it.”

GG no sooner got through the first page than her voice cracked and she was unable to go on, but Meagan took over where she left off. Then it was time to open her present.

I’ll never forget the look on GG’s face as she lifted the doll and held it to her chest. Once again her tears fell, but this time they were tears of joy. Holding the doll in her frail arms, she repeated over and over again, “She’s exactly like my old doll, exactly like her.”

And perhaps she wasn't saying that just to be kind. Perhaps however impossible it seemed, we had managed to produce a close copy of the doll she remembered. But as I watched my eight-year-old daughter and her great-grandmother examining the doll together, I thought of a likelier explanation. What GG really recognized, perhaps, was the love that inspired the gift. And love, wherever it comes from, always looks the same.

1.GG moved in with her daughter because ______.

A．she wanted to live with a large family

B．she was not able to live on her own due to her weakness

C．her husband passed away

D．she thought it was the children’s obligation to take care of her

2.Why did GG become very emotional on a December afternoon?

A．Because she saw her great granddaughter’s doll.

B．Because she recalled her long deceased parents.

C．Because she was surrounded by her offspring.

D．Because she felt lonely during the Christmas season.

3.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?

A．GG’s doll was important and was a symbol of many things.

B．GG showed great respect for his husband’s love.

C．GG missed the great old days she spent with her family

D．GG was grateful for her long life.

4.What happened to GG’s baby sister?

A．She envied her sister all her life.

B．She felt guilty for breaking GG’s doll and decided to go.

C．She left home at a young age.

D．She died of some disease at a young age.

5.Why did Meagan’s mum feel proud of her daughter?

A．Because she was clever. B．Because she was loving.

C．Because she was amiable. D．Because she was imaginative.

6.This passage implies that ______.

A．treating the elderly well is moral

B．it is impossible to copy the exact doll for the elderly

C．love, the permanent rhythm of life, will always remain in the elderly’s heart

D．physical comfort from children rather than psychological care is important

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