Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.

One summer he got a job in a butcher's shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher went into a room behind the shop to do all the accounts. In the hospital, of course, Bob was told to do only the easiest jobs. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both in the butcher's shop and in the hospital, Bob had to wear white clothes.

One evening in the hospital, Bob had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating - room. The woman already felt frightened when she thought about the operation. When she saw Bob coming to get her, she felt even more frightened.

"No! No!" she cried. "Not a butcher! I won't let a butcher operate on me!" with these words ,she fainted away.

Bob had to work after class and during his holidays because_________.

   A. his father told him to make more friends

   B. he wanted to become a rich man

   C. he couldn't go on with his studies without enough money

   D. he had nothing to do at home.

One summer Bob_________.

   A. wanted to become not only a butcher but also a doctor.

   B. got two different jobs at two places

   C. was free only at night

   D. worked only during the daytime

In the hospital, Bob's job was_________.

   A. to take care of the wounded soldiers

   B. to give the doctor's advice

   C. to find out what was wrong with the sick people

   D. to carry the sick people from one place to another

A Municipal Report(Adapted from a story by O.Henry)(Ⅱ)
Azalea Adair herself opened the door when I knocked.She was about 50 years old.Her white hair was pulled back from her small,tired face.She wore a pale yellow dress.It was old,but very clean.
Azalea Adair led me into her living room.A damaged table,three chairs and an old red sofa were in the center of the floor.
Azalea Adair and I sat down at the table and began to talk.I told her about the magazine's offer an she told me about herself.She was from an old southern family.Her father had been a judge.
Azalea Adair told me she had never traveled or even attended school.Her parents taught her at home with private teachers.We finished our meeting.I promised to return with the agreement the next day, and rose to leave.
At that moment,someone knocked at the back door.Azalea Adair whispered a soft apology and went to answer the caller.She came back a minute later with bright eyes and pink cheeks.She looked ten year younger.“You must have a cup of tea before you go,”she said.She shook a little bell on the table,and small black girl about twelve years old ran into the room.
Azalea Adair opened a tiny old purse and took out a dollar bill.It had been fixed with a piece of blue paper and the upper right hand comer was missing.It was the dollar I had given to Uncle Caesar.“Go to Mr.Baker's store,Impy ,”she said,“and get me 25 cents' worth of tea and ten cents' worth of sugar cakes. And please hurry.”
The child ran out of the room.We heard the back door close.Then the girl screamed.Her cry mixed with a man's angry voice.Azalea Adair stood up.Her face showed no emotion as she left the room.I heard the man's rough voice and her gentle one.Then a door slammed and she came back into the room.“I am sorry,but I won't be able to offer you any tea after all,” she said.“It seems that Mr.Baker has no more tea.Perhaps he will find some for our visit tomorrow.”
We said good-bye.I went back to my hotel.
Just before dinner, Major Wentworth Caswell found me.It was impossible to avoid him.He insisted on buying me a drink and pulled two one-dollar bills from his pocket.Again I saw a torn dollar fixed with blue paper, with a corner missing.It was the one I gave Uncle Caesar.How strange,I thought. I wondered how Caswell got it.
63.We can judge from her behavior that Miss Adair was       
A.polite and elegant      B.confident and determined
C.poor and miserable    D.capable and hardworking
64.Adair seemed          after coming back from the back door.
A.as calm as before    B.sadder    C.excited    D.surprised
65.The angry man with a rough voice outside might be           .
A.Uncle Caesar    B.Mr.Baker    C.Caswell  D.A stranger
66.When the narrator saw Caswell again at his hotel,he was surprised         .
A.that Caswell should find him
B.that Caswell insisted on buying him a drink
C.that Caswell pulled two one-dollar bills from his pocket
D.to find Caswell had the torn dollar bill with a comer missing

My father was a fisherman. He had his own boat, but it was hard   1   a living on the sea. He worked hard and would   2  out until he caught enough to feed the family. He was a big man and was strong from pulling the   3   and fighting the sea for his catch.

When you got   4   to him, he smelled like the ocean. However much Mother washed his clothes, they would   5   smell of the sea and fish.

He had an old truck and would drive me to school when the weather was   6  . He used his truck in is his fishing   7  . On the way to school, the old truck would   58   a cloud of smoke. Soon he would stop right in front of the school. Then he would   9   over and give me a big   10   on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so uncomfortable for me. Here, I was twelve years old and   11   old for a goodbye kiss!

One day, when we got to the school, he had his usual big   12  . He started to lean toward me, but I   13   my hand up and said, “No, Dad. I don’t want a goodbye kiss.” Then he had a(n)   14   look on his face, and he looked at me for a long time. I saw his eyes were   15   with tears. “Yes, you have grown up and don’t need a kiss any more. Then I won’t ” he said.

It wasn’t long after that when my father went to   16   and never came back.

No one knows   17   I would give to have my father give me just one   18   kiss on the cheek … to feel his rough old face … to   19   the ocean on him … to feel his arm around my   20  . I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told him I didn’t like his goodbye kiss.

1.A.doing                    B.leading                C.getting                D.making

2.A.stay                      B.keep                    C.leave                   D.turn

3.A.waves                   B.nets                    C.boat                    D.hat

4.A.close                    B.beside                 C.nearby                D.far

5.A.not                       B.still                     C.yet                      D.seldom

6.A.dry                       B.fine                     C.clear                   D.bad

7.A.company               B.business              C.industry              D.journey

8.A.send out                B.make out             C.put out                D.bring out

9.A.turn                      B.jump                   C.get                      D.lean

10.A.pat                      B.touch                  C.kiss                    D.hug

11.A.so                       B.that                     C.too                     D.enough

12.A.yell                     B.sign                    C.laugh                  D.smile

13.A.rose                    B.put                      C.hid                      D.shook

14.A.frightened            B.surprised             C.excited                D.shocked 

15.A.stuck                  B.flowed                C.covered               D.filled

16.A.school                 B.sea                      C.home                  D.church

17.A.why                    B.how                    C.what                   D.which

18.A.another               B.other                   C.either                  D.more

19.A.taste                   B.smell                   C.see                     D.feel

20.A.hand                   B.head                    C.neck                   D.nose

“Don’t care”— so they say—fell into a goose-pond; and “I won’t” is likely to come to no better an end. At last,my grandmother tells me that was how the Miller had to quit his native town,and leave the tip of his nose behind him.

It all came of his being allowed to say “I won’t” when he was quite a little boy. His mother thought he looked pretty when he was pouting(撅嘴),and that willfulness gave him an air which distinguished him from other people’s children. And when she found out that his lower lip was becoming so big that it spoilt his beauty,and that his willfulness gained its way twice and stood in his way eight times out of ten,it was too late to change him.

Then she said,“ Dearest Abinadab,do be better-mannered ! ”

And he replied (as she had taught him),“I won’t.”

He always took what he could get,and would neither give nor give up to other people.

He quarreled with his friends till he had none left,and he quarreled with the tradesmen of the town till there was only one who would serve him,and this man offended him at last. “I’ll show you who’s master!” said the Miller. “ I won’t pay a penny of your bill-not a penny.” “ Sir ,” “ said the tradesman,“ my giving you offence now,is no just reason why you should refuse to pay for what you have had and been satisfied with. I must beg you to pay me at once.” “ I won’t,”said the Miller,“ and what I say I mean. I won’t. I tell you,I won’t.”

So the tradesman summoned (传唤) him before the justice,and the justice decided that he should pay the bill and the costs of the suit.

“I won’t,”said the Miller.

So they put him in prison,and in prison he would have remained if his mother had not paid the money to obtain his freedom. By and by she died,and left him her blessing and some very good advice,which would have been more useful if it had come earlier.

68. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means “to say ‘I won’t ’ is ______.”

A. as good as to say ‘Don’t care’                 B. as bad as to say ‘Don’t care’

C. less good than to say ‘Don’t care’            D. much better than to say ‘Don’t care’

69. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. the mother died because the Miller was in prison

B. the Miller’s willfulness did more good than harm to his growth

C. the mother’s allowing the Miller to say “I won’t” badly influenced him

D. the Miller refused to pay the tradesman for being unsatisfied with the trade

70. The writer thinks the mother’s advice was ______.

A. late                     B. useless                     C. timely               D. honest

71. What will probably be talked about after the story?

A. How the Miller saved his trade.                 B. How the Miller started his new trade.

C. How the Miller offended his customers.    D. What made the Miller leave his native town.

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