Several days ago,I met a stranger in the street who stopped and asked me directions．I 1 to show him the way to the destination, but to my 2 , he coldly refused my offer．I asked him why．Finally he told me he was 3 I would ask him for money if I 4 him in this way．
Money! I 5 deep into thought．Is it money that comes between us? Money has no 6 , it cannot be 7 with good or bad．
The problem 8 what attitude we have towards it．
At present, we have a more 9 material life than ever before, but we're becoming more and more 10 Why? In my opinion, the 11 is the change in people's personal 12 ．They wrongly believe that 13 money should be their only aim in life, so they 14 all sorts of ways they can to 15 this aim．
They are afraid of being 16 and fooled．If everyone thinks like this, what will our 17 be like?
Needless to say, money is becoming more and more important in our society, 18 it shouldn't be the “be-all and end-all” of life．If a person only concentrates on 19 ,he will be lonely and void(空虚), and even go astray(犯错误)．
It is up to us to make our lives happy, not money．We should try our best to help others 20 and freely．If everyone does so, our society will be better and better．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
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A．
sigh
B．
breath
C．
surprise
D．
thought
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A．
chance
B．
choice
C．
praise
D．
prize
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A．
nervous
B．
interested
C．
excited
D．
serious
(4)
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A．
restaurant
B．
place
C．
time
D．
condition
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A．
Two
B．
Four
C．
Everyone
D．
Nobody
(6)
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A．
mannered
B．
built
C．
dressed
D．
fed
(7)
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A．
spring
B．
summer
C．
autumn
D．
winter
(8)
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appearance
B．
expression
C．
picture
D．
view
(9)
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A．
orderly
B．
strictly
C．
beautifully
D．
cleanly
(10)
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A．
tasted
B．
enjoyed
C．
served
D．
prepared
(11)
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A．
turned out
B．
worked out
C．
came out
D．
figured out
(12)
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A．
lights
B．
chairs
C．
trees
D．
boats
(13)
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A．
almost
B．
surely
C．
never
D．
seldom
(14)
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A．
humorous
B．
joking
C．
funny
D．
friendly
(15)
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A．
kindness
B．
handsomeness
C．
strangeness
D．
carelessness
(16)
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A．
found
B．
saw
C．
took
D．
slowed
(17)
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A．
glasses
B．
plates
C．
picture
D．
window
(18)
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A．
answer
B．
expression
C．
reason
D．
effect
(19)
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A．
running
B．
hanging
C．
looking
D．
falling
(20)
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A．
napkin
B．
tablecloth
C．
cup
D．
fork
完形填空。
The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school．Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football．
But there's a big surprise when the movie 1 with two students going crazy in the 2 shooting and killing people．
This is“Elephant”．Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids．American 3 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词)．The student actors 4 their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 5 ．
6 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 7 festival in France on May 25．
The film is based on the 8 at a high school in the US, where two boys 9 13 people and then themselves in 1999．
The title of the 10 refers to the old expression about a 11 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house．
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 12 ．It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and 13 ．
In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 14 ．But, there are hints(暗示)of the 15 they feel inside．One of the boys is bullied at school．The other plays violent 16 games．But Van Sant isn't 17 their killings on either bullying or violent video games．In fact, the film doesn't offer any 18 for why school violence happens．
“I didn't want to 19 anything．It's up to the audience to draw its own 20 ,”said the 51-year-old director．
