完形填空(共10分)
　　根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(共10分，每小题1分)
　　Mr. Green works in an office in Chicago 21 Saturday, he went to the office to some work. When he got on the elevator, it stopped between the 22 .Mr. Green could not get out of the elevator. He started to 23 , but no one 24 him. Then Mr. Green remembered that it was a holiday in America. No one was going to come to work 25 Tuesday.
　　There was 26 for him to do. He had to wait. With nothing to eat 27 drink, Mr. Green slept for most of the time. Early Tuesday morning, his 28 came to work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was 29 , Mr. Green came out. He was cold, weak cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for about sixty-four 30 ! Now Mr. Green says, “I will only use elevators if they have a telephone in them.”

An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”
【小题1】__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.

完形填空（每题1分，共10分）
A little girl went to a hospital. “I want to ___1___ a miracle(奇迹).” “What?” said the doctor. “My brother is badly ill, ___2___ my daddy says only a miracle can save my brother.” “We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m ___3___ but I can’t help you,” said the doctor. “I have the ___4___ to pay for it.” said the girl.
The doctor’s brother asked, “What miracle does your ___5___ need?” “I don’t know,” she answered. “My daddy can’t ___6___ for it, so I want to use my money.” “How much do you have?” asked the man. “A dollar and a half.” “Well,” ___7___ the man, “a dollar and a half can buy a miracle.”
That man was a very good ___8___. The operation(手术) was free and her brother became well. “What’s the price ___9___ the operation?” her mom asked. The little girl smiled. She knew exactly how ___10___ a miracle was—a dollar and a half with the faith(诚意) of a little girl.

Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge(判断) things too quickly. So he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.
When the sons came back, the old man asked them to say what they had seen.
The first son complained the tree was ugly. The second son said the tree was covered with buds and full of hope. The third son said the tree was full of green leaves. They looked so beautiful, and it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down with heavy fruits. It was full of life and fulfillment(收获).
The man explained that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree. He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season. "If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the fulfillment of your autumn." said the old man
It is true that we shouldn’t let the hard season break the happiness of the other seasons. Never give up during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.
【小题1】Why did the old man ask his sons to look at the pear tree?