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I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after graduation£® I had been there before my mother became a minister£® Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored£® She said, ¡°Here¡¯re the car keys£® Go and buy some fruit£®¡±_36_, I jumped into the car and speeded off£®

Seeing me or rather my  37 , a boy sprang up,  38  to sell his bananas and peanuts£® ¡°Banana 300 naira£® Peanut 200 naira!¡± Looking at his black-striped bananas, I  39  to 200 total for the fruit and nuts£® He  40  and I handed him a 300 naira note£® He didn¡¯t have  41 , so I told him not to worry£® He was  42  and smiled a row of perfect teeth£®

When, two weeks later, I  43  this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society£® I should  44  this country as the son of a  45 £® But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so  46  to see a little boy who should have been in school  selling fruit£®

¡°What¡¯s up?¡± I asked£® He answered in  47 English, ¡°I¡­I no get money to buy book£®¡± I took out two 500 naira notes£® He looked around  48  before sticking his hand into the car  49  the bills£® One thousand naira means a lot to a family that  50  only 15,000 each year£®

The next morning, security officers told me, ¡°In this place, when you give a little, people think you¡¯re a fountain of opportunity£®¡± 51  it¡¯s right, but this happens everywhere in the world£® I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for  52 £® After six months¡¯ work in northern Nigeria, I returned and saw him again standing on the road£® ¡°Are you in school now?¡± He nodded£® A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I  53  what he wanted£® I held out a 150 naira note£® ¡°Take this£®¡± He shook his head fiercely and stepped back  54  hurt£® ¡°It¡¯s a gift£®¡± I said£® Shaking his head again, he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts£® ¡°I¡¯ve been waiting to  55  these to you£®¡±

1.

A£®Encouraged

B£®Disappointed

C£®Delighted

D£®Confused

 

2.

A£®car

B£®mother

C£®driver

D£®keys

 

3.

A£®willing

B£®afraid

C£®eager

D£®ashamed

 

4.

A£®got down

B£®bargained down

C£®put down

D£®took down

 

5.

A£®explained

B£®promised

C£®agreed

D£®admitted

 

6.

A£®change

B£®notes

C£®checks

D£®bills

 

7.

A£®troubled

B£®regretful

C£®comfortable

D£®grateful

 

8.

A£®ran after

B£®ran into

C£®ran over

D£®ran to

 

9.

A£®protect

B£®enjoy

C£®help

D£®support

 

10.

A£®minister

B£®headmaster

C£®manager

D£®president

 

11.

A£®lucky

B£®amazing

C£®funny

D£®common

 

12.

A£®old

B£®broken

C£®traditional

D£®modern

 

13.

A£®proudly

B£®madly

C£®curiously

D£®nervously

 

14.

A£®for

B£®with

C£®at

D£®upon

 

15.

A£®spends

B£®pays

C£®makes

D£®affords

 

16.

A£®Possibly

B£®Actually

C£®Certainly

D£®Fortunately

 

17.

A£®joys

B£®nuts

C£®books

D£®bananas

 

18.

A£®asked

B£®imagined

C£®reminded

D£®realized

 

19.

A£®when

B£®as if

C£®even if

D£®after

 

20.

A£®send

B£®provide

C£®sell

D£®give

 

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2.A

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12.B

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14.A

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The small unframed painting called ¡°Fisherman¡± was signed by a little-known Italian artist, Maveleone (1669-1740). When it was sold recently in New York for $27,000, the seller, Mr. Oliver Pitt, was asked to explain how the picture had come into his possession.

Pitt said, ¡°I didn¡¯t know it was so valuable. I¡¯m not an art expert. Photography is my hobby. I bought ¡®Fisherman¡¯ in Italy in 1970 for $140. The picture was dirty, and I couldn¡¯t see the artist¡¯s signature. But anyway it wasn¡¯t the picture that I liked. I bought it because of the frame. ¡±

¡°It¡¯s a most unusual frame, made of tiny, silvery sea-shells. They are set in such a way that they reflect perfect light onto the surface of a picture. I now have a photograph of my wife in that frame, and I¡¯ll never part with it.¡±

¡°When I returned to New York I showed the painting in its frame to a customs officer. I told him that I had paid $140 for it but admitted I didn¡¯t know its actual worth. The customs man valued it at $140, and I was asked to pay duty on that value. I did so, there and then. ¡± 

¡°Later, I took off the frame, and that uncovered Maveleone¡¯s signature. My wife suggested in fun that the painting might be a valuable one, so I cleaned it and put it up for sale.¡±

As a result of this explanation, Oliver Pitt had to appear in court. He was accused of knowingly making a false statement of the value of a picture so as to cheat the Customs Department.

Pitt was not happy. ¡°I told the truth as I knew it then,¡± he said, ¡°What else could I say?¡±

And then the judge agreed with him. ¡°The Customs Department is to be responsible,¡± he said, ¡°for making a true valuation of goods brought into the country, so that the correct amount of duty may be charged. Mr. Pitt did not cause or try to cause the mistake that was made. He paid the duty that was demanded. If, now, the Customs Department finds that its valuation was not correct, it cannot be allowed to have another try. Pitt is not guilty¡±.

1.When Oliver Pitt bought the picture, ________.

    A. it was unframed                     B. Maveleone signed the deal

    C. he suggested that it was valuable        D. it was the frame that attracted him 

2. From the passage we can infer that if Maveleone had been a well-known artist,        _.

    A. the painting would have cost much more than $ 140

    B. he wouldn¡¯t have sold his painting

    C. the customs officer wouldn¡¯t have been cheated

    D. Pitt wouldn¡¯t have had the intention to buy any of his paintings

3. Pitt took off the frame probably in order to        _.

    A. clean the painting to put it up for sale

    B. look for the artist¡¯s signature

    C. use it for his wife¡¯s photograph

    D. find the painting¡¯s true value

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?  

    A. In the end Pitt was asked to pay the correct amount of duty.

    B. In the end Pitt sold the frame of the painting at an even higher price.

    C. In the end the Customs Department had no right to revalue the painting.

    D. In the end Pitt¡¯s wife was regarded as an expert because of her wise suggestion.

 

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor£¬a doctor named Gibbs. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was   1   trees. His house sat on ten acres(ӢĶ), and his life's goal was to make it a   2  .

The good doctor had some interesting   3   concerning planting trees. He never  4  his new trees. Once I asked why. ¡°Watering plants will   5  them.¡± He said, ¡°If you water them, each younger generation will grow   6 . So you have to make things  7   for them.¡±

He talked about how watering trees 8  shallow roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow  9  roots in search of water. He'd planted an oak and,   10  watering it every morning, he'd   11   it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's   12  .

Dr. Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I returned and walked by his  13  and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They're incredibly   14  now.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two   15 . I stand over them and pray for them.   16  I pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my   17.

I know my children are going to encounter hardship. Life is tough, whether we want it to be or not. Too many times we pray for   18  , but that's a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for   19  that reach deep into the earth  20  they won't be swept apart when the rains fall and the winds blow.

1.A. planting           B. examining   C. watching     D. cutting

2.A. hospital          B. forest        C. park         D. garden

3.A. instructions   B. experiences      C. theories     D. experiments

4.A. covered        B. shook        C. watered      D. pulled

5.A. strengthen        B. enlarge       C. drown        D. spoil

6.A. taller and taller      B. faster and faster

C. smaller and smaller     D. weaker and weaker

7.A. rough             B. easy          C. smooth       D. pleasant

8.A. set aside          B. made for     C. put away     D. break down

9.A. countless          B. numerous     C. deep         D. limited

10.A. thanks to   B. along with     C. apart from       D. instead of

11.A. protect           B. fasten   C. appreciate       D. beat

12.A. patience          B. growth       C. attention    D. movement

13.A. laboratory        B. house        C. office      D. clinic

14.A. dead             B. broken        C. weak         D. strong

15.A. trees             B. sons            C . works        D. houses

16.A. Mostly      B. Occasionally     C. Scarcely       D. Loudly

17.A. mind             B. decision      C. direction   D. prayer

18.A. gifts             B. reunion          C. ease     D. freedom

19.A. branches          B. leaves           C. tops         D. roots

20.A. so that           B. even though      C. now that     D. in case

 

I¡¯ve spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that    1    is an occupational disease. But one year, my    2    gave me the cure for my homesickness.

It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet--- a stuffed penguin (Æó¶ì) that   3    about five inches tall. Attached to its left wing    4    a little sign with the hand-painted declaration ¡° I Love My Dad!¡±. I immediately   5    the penguin on my table.

On my next trip, I put the   6    in my suitcase. That night when I called home, my daughter Jeanine was    7    because the penguin had disappeared. ¡°Honey, he¡¯s here with me,¡± I explained, ¡° I brought him    8  ¡±.

   9   , the penguin came with me --- as necessary as my briefcase. And we     10    along the way. In Albuquerque, I checked into a    11   , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting. When I returned, the maid had    12    the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow.

One night, I discovered the penguin    13   , and after a mad phone call, I learned I¡¯d    14    it in my previous hotel room,    15    it had been rescued by a maid. I       16      a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk. In the hotel lobby (´óÌü), other tired business travelers were    17      at the reunion of my penguin and me --- I think with a touch of    18   .

Jeanine is in college now, and I don¡¯t travel    19   . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion. All those years on    20   , it was the one thing I never left home without.

1.A. cold            B. hunger              C. loneliness      D. fever

2.. A. boy               B. daughter        C. friend           D. mother

3.A. stood               B. lay                 C. jumped           D. climbed

4. A. wrote          B. turned          C. was                  D. had

5.. A. threw             B. lost            C. gave             D. placed

6.. A. bear              B. penguin         C. dog                  D. rabbit

7. A. upset              B. happy           C. glad             D. excited

8. A. up             B. off                 C. along            D. down

9. A. From now on    B. In the future   C. In future            D. From then on

10. A. had friends      B. had friend      C. made friends  D. made friend

11.A. school         B. hotel           C. shop             D. supermarket

12. A. given             B. turned              C. made             D. carried

13.A. sleeping           B. going           C. living           D. missing

14.A. forget         B. left            C. ordered              D. sent

15.A. there              B. when            C. where            D. how

16. A. ran               B. walked              C. hurried              D. drove

17.A. surprised          B. frightened          C. looked          D. laughed

18. A. anger         B. envy            C. sadness          D. illness

19.A. as many       B. as seldom      C. so little            D. as much

20.A. the hotel          B. the meeting         C. the road             D. the house

 

 

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September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18th birthday.

I received a warm   26     from my host family--- the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new   27   at Phillips. They took me to the school and       28   me around the campus.

On our way to my dorm (ѧÉúËÞÉá), we saw a truck delivering a student¡¯s  29   to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations£¨×°ÊÎÎ. But I was   30   not to because I thought it was a   31   of time and money.

I had a single room, which was about the   32   of a Chinese college dorm --- the ones which usually hold six people.   33   she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me, ¡°What¡¯s your favorite  34  £¬Teresa?¡± I thought for a moment before answering, ¡°Orange.¡± I didn¡¯t know why she had asked the question.

We   35  an introduction meeting after dinner.  36   of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little   37  .  I returned to my room after the   38  , tired and wanted to go to bed after a (n)   39   day.

When I opened my door, I found a big    40  .The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the    41    was a sunflower-pattern mat£¨µØµæ£¬µæ×Ó£©while a colorful lamp    42  beside the bed.

I opened my mouth,   43   .  How beautiful!

There was also a   44   card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (ůÁ÷) rushed through my   45   .

26. A. heart               B. card                        C. service                            D. welcome

27. A. student        B. teacher                            C. citizen                    D. visitor

28. A. walked            B. introduced            C. showed                  D. invited

29. A. bag                  B. newspaper           C. letters                    D. money

30. A. warned        B. forced                      C. determined          D. supposed

31. A. matter            B. waste                     C. show                      D. use

32. A. design             B. size                         C. pattern                           D. example

33. A. As                     B. Though                  C. Because                D. While

34. A. fruit                 B. weather                C. food                        D. color

35. A. organized       B. planned                 C. attended               D. opened

36. A. All           B. Most                      C. Some                      D. Few

37. A. pleased        B. nervous                   C. angry                      D. afraid

38. A. dinner          B. class                         C. meeting                 D. party

39. A. exciting       B. surprising                C. tired                   D. interested

40. A. secret             B. joke                         C. warmth             D. surprise

41. A. wall                  B. desk                        C. floor                    D. ground

42. A. stood               B. lay                 C. appeared       D. hanged

43. A. frightened      B. moved                    C. satisfied              D. understood

44. A. post                 B. birthday                 C. name                  D. festival

45. A. mind           B. head                         C. face                      D. body

 

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