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     I had a cigarette one morning as I walked along the wooded path toward my house deep in the forest.
     I know smoking is bad for me, and     1  . I had tried to kick the habit, but   2  . Not even when my
aunt Bernie got lung cancer. How many times had she begged me to give   _3_ up? After she died, I
made up my mind to stop, and did so, but     4    I started up again.
     The house had been one of Aunt Bernie's favorite places to stay. Lately, I had earned some     5   
  income by renting it out. New renters were     6    to arrive that afternoon.
     The house has no electricity, so I had to    7      there was enough propane (丙烷) in the tank to 
    8     the fridge and the stove (火炉). Seeing the house in the distance through the trees, I thought
about     9  . I could still hear her   10   telling me, "Give up smoking; it will     11   you."
     As I was     12     the house, the voice grew stronger,   13     my aunt were standing right beside me.
Finally, I couldn't    14     it any longer. I smothered (弄熄) it. "Fine, Auntie, I   15  . See?"
     I continued down the path,     16     the urge to light up again.  Reaching the house,  I opened the
door. Whoa!  I stepped back. The   17       was strong. Propane gases! I ran around to the back and
found the problem. The previous   18   had forgotten to turn off the propane tank before they left. The
house had been     19    up with gas for a week!
     If I had still been smoking that cigarette... I thought now, 20  . My aunt Bernie was right. Smoking
can kill me. The next day I started a quitsmoking program, and I haven't lit up since.
(     )1. A. helpless    
(     )2. A. hadn't    
(     )3. A. it          
(     )4. A. possibly    
(     )5. A. special      
(     )6. A. able        
(     )7. A. take care    
(     )8. A. start        
(     )9. A. my cigarette  
(     )10. A. sound      
(     )11. A. harm      
(     )12. A. approaching  
(     )13. A. even if      
(     )14. A. see        
(     )15. A. put it out  
(     )16. A. stopping    
(     )17. A. desire      
(     )18. A. owners      
(     )19. A. mixed      
(     )20. A. frightened    
B. harmful    
B. shouldn't  
B. her        
B. naturally  
B. extra      
B. glad        
B. find out    
B. manage      
B. my aunt    
B. voice      
B. damage      
B. passing    
B. as          
B. find        
B. gave it up  
B. resisting  
B. house      
B. renters    
B. covered    
B. excited    
C. useless      
C. mustn't      
C. this        
C. shortly      
C. high        
C. due          
C. make out    
C. run          
C. new renters  
C. noise        
C. kill          
C. opening      
C. because      
C. bear        
C. put it away  
C. feeling      
C. voice        
C. neighbours  
C. filled        
C. surprised    
D. dangerous      
D. couldn't      
D. that          
D. hardly        
D. low            
D. willing        
D. make sure      
D. stop          
D. the tank      
D. cry            
D. hurt          
D. entering      
D. as if          
D. hear          
D. gave it way    
D. keeping        
D. smell          
D. guests        
D. caught        
D. disappointed  
阅读理解。
     Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.
     He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock. He tried to shave
quickly and cut himself when he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only
other shirt that was clean needed ironing, so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the
door. It was the man to read the electricity meter, he showed him where the meter was, said goodbye and
found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By
this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn't go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him
to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.
     In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi.
When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood
on Harry's shirt and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o'clock in the afternoon before the
policeman was sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four,
his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.
1. Harry had _____.
A. a lucky day
B. an unlucky day
C. a busy day
D. a good day
2. Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage.
a. The man who read the electricity meter came.
b. Harry ironed his shirt.
c. Harry got blood all over his clean shirt.
d. There was a knock at the door.
e. Harry wore the shirt with blood on it.
A. a, b, c, d, e
B. b, a, d, c, e
C. b, a, c, d, e
D. c, b, d, a, e
3. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?

A. The iron had burnt a hole on his clean shirt.
B. The only other needed ironing.
C. He had only one shirt.
D. He cut himself and got blood on his shirt.

4. Harry was taken to police station because ______.
A. His taxi stopped outside his office and policeman happened to be there
B. There was blood on his shirt and he was in the taxi
C. A man killed a woman with a knife
D. The killer was seen to run away in the a taxi
5. His boss told him to go away and find another job because _____.
A. he had been kept by the police
B. there was blood on his shirt
C. he was late for work
D. he had killed a woman
阅读理解。
     Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.
     He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock. He tried to shave
quickly and cut himself when he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only
other shirt that was clean needed ironing, so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the
door. It was the man to read the electricity meter, he showed him where the meter was, said goodbye and
found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By
this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn't go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him
to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.
     In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi.
When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood
on Harry's shirt and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o'clock in the afternoon before the
policeman was sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four,
his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.
1. Harry had _____.
A. a lucky day
B. an unlucky day
C. a busy day
D. a good day
2. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?
A. He had only one shirt.
B. The only other needed ironing.
C. The iron had burnt a hole on his clean shirt.
D. He cut himself and got blood on his shirt.
3. Harry was taken to police station because ______.
A. His taxi stopped outside his office and policeman happened to be there
B. There was blood on his shirt and he was in the taxi
C. A man killed a woman with a knife
D. The killer was seen to run away in the a taxi
4. His boss told him to go away and find another job because _____.
A. he had been kept by the police
B. there was blood on his shirt
C. he was late for work
D. he had killed a woman

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