Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying. Mark helped the boy pick them up.   16   they were going the same way, he carried them for the boy. As they walked, Mark knew the boy’s name was Bill. Mark   17   discovered that he loved computer games, baseball and history and that he was having a lot of   18   with his other subjects.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in   19   Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed   20   with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They   21   to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice and then   22   ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before they finished school, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk.

Bill   23   him of the day years ago when they had first met. ‘Do you   24   wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?’ asked Bill. ‘You see, I   25   out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had planned to   26   from home and I was going home to pack my things. But after we spent some time together   27   and laughing, I realized that   28   I had done that, I would have   29   a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You   30   my life.’

1.A. After          B. Since            C. Although     D. Until

2. A. also          B. still            C. always       D. almost

3.A. questions      B. ideas            C. trouble      D. doubt

4.A. from           B. with             C. to           D. for

5. A. quickly       B. proudly        C. freely         D. pleasantly

6. A. continued     B. hoped            C. preferred        D. offered

7.A. all                B. both         C. every            D. none

8. A. removed           B. reminded     C. asked            D. described

9. A. ever          B. soon         C. even         D. never

10.A. checked           B. took         C. cleaned      D. put

11. A. run away     B. take away        C. put away     D. pass away

12.A. reading           B. playing          C. talking      D. watching

13.A. before            B. if               C. while        D. as

14.A. forgotten     B. made         C. became       D. lost

15.A. helped            B. saved            C. changed      D. improved

----Why are you so _______,Amy?

----I thought I lost my purse, but I didn’t. I found it in my study!

A. angry            B. happy          C. sad            D. nervous

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One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（备份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I   1   her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.

  A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she   2   how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class   3   and began to talk among themselves   4   .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.

  “Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll   5   for it.”

  I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very   6  . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher   7   me to help him out again. When he was not paying   8   , I changed their grades from Fs to As.

  I soon became very   9   among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do   10  . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.

  Everything was going fine   11   I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to   12   what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”

  “No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how   13   my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way   14  . I had to leave my school. That was a good   15   for me.

1.A. said B. urged           C. knew          D. showed

2.A. lost B. remembered      C. reminded       D. forgot

3.A. listened B. noticed          C. played         D. checked

4.A. quietly B. luckily           C. sincerely       D. angrily

5.A. pay B. praise            C. follow        D. explain

6.A. familiar B. easy             C. interesting     D. pleasant

7.A. challenged B. allowed          C. taught        D. asked

8.A. money B. work            C. attention       D. interest

9.A. common B. popular           C. modest        D. dishonest

10.A. something B. anything          C. nothing        D. some things

11.A. until B. since             C. because        D. after

12.A. believe B. reply             C. hate           D. influence

13.A. hard B. interesting         C. serious        D. important

14.A. up B. in               C. back           D. down

15.A. skill B. lesson            C. story          D. example