A funny story circulated recently about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle clearly told of a time when he climbed into a    1    in Paris. Before he could    2     a word, the driver turned to him and asked, “Where can I     3     you, Mr. Doyle?”

Doyle was    4    . He asked the driver if he had ever seen him before.

“No, sir,” the driver responded. “I have    5    seen you before.” Then he    6    : “This morning’s paper had a story about you being on     7     in Marseilles. This is the taxi stand where people who return from Marseilles always arrive. Your    8    color tells me you have been on vacation. The    9     spot on your right index finger suggests to me that you are a  writer. Your clothing is very English, and not French.    10    up all those pieces of information, I    11    that you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”

“This is truly amazing!” the writer    12    with excitement. “You are very like my    13    creation, Sherlock Holmes!”

 “There’s one other thing,” the driver said.

 “What’s that?”

 “Your    14     is on the front of your suitcase.”

Perhaps the     15     was no master detective, but he was observant! He paid attention and paying attention is an important part of living    16     .

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of    17    . A life lived to the full is lived from moment to moment,    18     from milestone to milestone. It is more of a series of days in which we truly pay attention, than a few    19    events along the way.

Pay attention to the things of life, to people, to events, to your senses, even to the ordinary. Your life will never    20    beauty. By making the most of the moments, you make the most of the years.

1. A. train                 B. taxi               C. bus             D. plane

2. A. write                 B. hear              C. say             D. read

3. A. take                  B. meet              C. wait            D. leave

4. A. pleased               B. scared             C. disappointed     D. surprised

5. A. just                  B. never              C. ever            D. always

6. A. admitted            B. started             C. explained        D. remembered

7. A. business               B. duty              C. holiday          D. work

8. A. skin                  B. hair               C. clothes          D. shoes

9. A. blood                 B. dirt               C. mud             D. ink

10. A. Making              B. Taking             C. Putting          D. Adding

11. A. concluded             B. realized            C. imagined        D. expected

12. A. sighed               B. screamed           C. whispered         D. roared

13. A. mental           B. physical            C. fictional         D. psychological

13. A. license               B. address            C. resume           D. name

15. A. driver                 B. writer             C. detective         D. waiter

16. A. well               B. fully               C. happily          D. peacefully

17. A. stages               B. steps               C. periods          D. moments

18. A. more than            B. less than            C. rather than       D. other than

19. A. small                 B. major              C. personal          D. social

20. A. lack                  B. create              C. appreciate         D. enjoy

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

 “Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.

My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

   7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16   nearly everything she owned.

When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.

(   )1. A. work           B. stay    C. live     D. expect

(   )2. A. answer   B. speak  C. smile         D. laugh

(   )3. A. covering       B. moving      C. fighting      D. pressing

(   )4. A. minds    B. memories   C. thoughts     D. brains

(   )5. A. better    B. dark    C. younger            D. old

(   )6. A. cave            B. place   C. sight          D. scene

(   )7. A. Discussing           B. Solving      C. Sharing            D. Suffering

(   )8. A. learn from           B. talk to C. help          D. know

(   )9. A. needed         B. recognized  C. interested          D. encouraged

(   )10. A. normal       B. common     C. unusual     D. quick

(   )11. A. more          B. worse  C. fewer         D. less

(   )12. A. word          B. speech C. sentence           D. language

(   )13. A. not            B. no      C. something         D. nothing

(   )14. A. fed            B. kept    C. lived          D. depended

(   )15. A. attention    B. control       C. treatment          D. management

(   )16. A. lost            B. needed       C. destroyed          D. left

(   )17. A. troublesome  B. unlucky    C. angry         D. unpopular

(   )18. A. separated           B. went   C. reunited            D. returned

(   )19. A. pushed       B. tried   C. showed      D. measured

(   )20. A. nodding            B. greeting     C. meeting            D. acting

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s __1__, she said she would go. This __2__ be the first time that his classmates and teacher __3__ his mother and he felt __4__ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that __5__ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to __6__ why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were __7__ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother __ 8__ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬) and __9 __ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within __10__of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked __11__, “How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied, “__12__ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was __13__ afraid to go in because the fire was __14__，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked __15__ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She __16__ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be __17__, but to this day, I have never __18__ what I did.”

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great __19__ of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand __20__ for the rest of the day.

1. A. enjoyment   B. disappointment  C. surprise    D. excitement

2. A. would     B. could             C. should      D. must

3. A. noticed   B. greeted            C. accepted  D. met

4. A. sick      B. ashamed           C. afraid    D. tired

5. A. included    B. passed          C. covered       D. shaded

6. A. talk about   B. think about C. care about    D. hear about

7. A. impressed  B. surprised    C. excited    D. comforted

8. A. in sight of   B. by means of    C. by way of D. in spite of

9. A. hid   B. protected  C. separated   D. escaped

10. A. understanding    B. reminding   C. hearing   D. learning

11. A. carefully  B. seriously    C. nervously   D. anxiously

12. A. As    B. When     C. Since     D. While

13. A. so     B. much C. quite   D. too

14. A. out of control B. under control C. in control  D. over control

15. A. helpless   B. hopeless    C. senseless  D. useless

16. A. pointed    B. showed    C. wiped   D. touched

17. A. ugly       B. lasting     C. serious     D. frightening

18. A. forgot  B. recognized  C. considered    D. regretted

19. A. honor    B. sense     C. happiness   D. pride

20. A. quietly   B. slightly     C. tightly    D. suddenly

A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply—all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enough. Something 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men—4 individuals who could invent machines, find new 5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

　　The men who 6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 10 .He is not necessarily working 11 that his findings can be used.

　　An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by 13 the theories 14 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 15 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 16 other objectives.

　　Most of the people who 17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 18 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 19 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 20 .

　　1.A.cases       B .reasons            C .factors            D .situations

　　2.A.But         B .And              C .Besides           D .Even

　　3.A.else        B .near               C .extra             D .similar

　　4.A.generating   B .effective           C .motivating         D .creative

　　5.A.origins       B .sources           C .bases             D .discoveries

　　6.A.employed    B .created            C .operated          D .controlled

　　7.A.came        B .arrived            C .stemmed          D .appeared

　　8.A.less        B .better              C. more             D .worse

　　9.A.genuine      B .practical           C .pure             D .clever

　　10.A.happily     B .occasionally        C. reluctantly         D .accurately

　　11.A.now       B .and                C .all               D .so

　　12.A.seldom     B .sometimes         C .all                D .never

　　13.A.planning   B .using              C .idea               D .means

　　14.A.of        B .with               C .to                 D .as

　　15.A.single      B .sole              C. specialized          D .specific

　　16.A.few       B .those              C .many              D .all

　　17.A.proposed   B .developed         C .supplied            D .offered

　　18.A.little       B .much             C .some              D .any

　　19.A.as         B .if                C .because            D .while

　　20.A.ago       B .past               C .ahead              D .before

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

    “Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.

    My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

      7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.

    One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16   nearly everything she owned.

    When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.

1．A．work         B．stay   C．live   D．expect

2．A．answer       B．speak C．smile        D．laugh

3．A．covering     B．moving     C．fighting    D．pressing

4．A．minds        B．memories  C．thoughts   D．brains

5．A．better         B．dark  C．younger          D．old

6．A．cave          B．place C．sight         D．scene

7．A．Discussing        B．Solving    C．Sharing           D．Suffering

8．A．learn from        B．talk to      C．help         D．know

9．A．needed      B．recognized       C．interested        D．encouraged

10．A．normal           B．common   C．unusual           D．quick

11．A．more       B．worse       C．fewer       D．less

12．A．word       B．speech      C．sentence          D．language

13．A．not          B．no     C．something       D．nothing

14．A．fed          B．kept  C．lived        D．depended

15．A．attention         B．control     C．treatment        D．management

16．A．lost         B．needed      C．destroyed        D．left

17．A．troublesome     B．unlucky    C．angry       D．unpopular

18．A．separated        B．went  C．reunited          D．returned

19．A．pushed     B．tried  C．showed           D．measured

20．A．nodding          B．greeting    C．meeting          D．acting