A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,  41 a bar of chocolate if given the choice,     42   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the    43   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

44  as high as he could , but even at his tallest  45  he was unable to touch it. He began to  46 up and down , as high as he could, at the  47 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of  48 .

Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to  49 on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  50  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Game boy . Looking  51 , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,   52 luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .

He had tried everything he could think to do .   53  seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   54 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 55 , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  56 like this , the more unhappy he became.

57   ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself .,This isn’t   58    , I   don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  59  more I can do to get the apple_that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  60 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

1.                A．preferring      B．offering         C．receiving D．allowing

2.                A．so             B．then           C．but  D．or

3.                A．sadder         B．angrier         C．hungrier  D．tastier

4.                A．expanding      B．stretching       C．swinging  D．pulling

5.                A．strength        B．length          C． range   D．height

6.                A．jump           B．look           C．walk D．glance

7.                A．tip            B．stage           C．top  D．level

8.                A．hope          B．hand           C． sight    D．reach

9.                A．put            B．stand           C．get D．hold

10.               A．break          B． shake         C．take  D．strike

11.               A．up            B．forward        C．down     D．around

12.               A．for            B．with           C．on   D．of

13.               A．After          B．Through        C．Without   D．Upon

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

15.               A．wishes         B． beliefs        C．efforts    D．goals

16.               A．thought        B． imagined       C．tried  D．claimed

17.               A．Therefore      B．However       C．Moreover D．Otherwise

18.               A．skillful         B．cheerful        C．harmful   D．helpful

19.               A．something      B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

20.               A．change         B．express        C．forget D．describe

A gentle wind blew through Jennifer's hair．The golden red sun was  46  ．She was on the beach，looking up at the ball．She was amazed by its  47  ，deep red in the middle， 48    fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the  49  and the seagulls flying up above in the sky．

The atmosphere  50   her．After all she had been through，this is what she  51  ．“ It’s getting late，”she thought，“I must go home，my parents will be  52  where I am．”She wondered how her parents would react，when she got home after the three days she was 53 .

The sun had set by now and it was getting  54  ．She tried to imagine having her favorite 55  on until she saw her front door It seemed different.   56   had taken care of the outside garden for days．She was  57  : her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now…It all seemed  58  ．She couldn't understand what was going on．

She entered the  59  ．First，she went into the kitchen where she saw a(n)  60  written by her father．It said：“Dear Ellen，there is some coffee ready, I went  61  ．”Ellen was her mother but—where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her  62  room．She went in．Then she saw her mother, lying on the bed sleeping．Her  63  looked so tired，as if she hadn’t  64  for days．She was really pale．Jenny just fell asleep beside her．When Jennifer woke up she found something  65  ．She was in her cosy bed in her nightclothes．

It felt so good being back home．Suddenly she heard a voice．“Are you feeling better  now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared．”

1.A．rising     B．setting      C．shining          D．smiling

2.A．shape      B．shadow       C．size             D．color

3.A．quickly        B．partly       C．softly           D．probably

4.A．waves      B．boats        C．trees            D．sands

5.A．relaxed        B．puzzled      C．disappointed     D．interrupted

6.A．understood B．considered   C．needed           D．regretted

7.A．discussing B．finding      C．asking           D．wondering

8.A．alive      B．asleep       C．missing          D．hardworking

9.A．sunny      B．warm         C．cold             D．cloudy

10.A．glasses       B．hat          C．skirt            D．jacket

11.A．Somebody    B．Nobody     C．Mother           D．Father

12.A．shocked       B．scared       C．exhausted        D．comforted

13.A．beautified    B．rearranged   C．deserted         D．destroyed

14.A．garden        B．bedroom      C．yard             D．house

15.A．book          B．note         C．article          D．poste

16.A．1ooking       B．working      C．fishing          D．sightseeing

17.A．own           B．parents’    C．sister’s        D．brother’s

18.A．gesture       B．body         C．face             D．eyes

19.A．studied       B．slept        C．exercised        D．moved

20.A．different B．new          C．precious         D．dangerous

For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__53__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤)．I got on an airplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.
【小题1】.
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A．because

B．before

C．although

D．since

A．work

B．life

C．study

D．plan

A．Different

B．Similar

C．Funny

D．Strange

There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped（低垂）, this one looked as if it were　 41　 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an　 42　 price of $28, which was popular just then with　 43　 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the　 44　 was perfect.

John 45　 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 　 46　 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a　 47　 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness（作对）and　 48　 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and　 49　 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him　 50　 his behavior.

When I mentioned this　 51　 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It　 52　 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned　 53　 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran　

54　 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 　 55　 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never　 56　 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 　57　 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 　58　 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different　 59　 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape　 60　 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.

There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped（低垂）, this one looked as if it were　 41　 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an　 42　 price of $28, which was popular just then with　 43　 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the　 44　 was perfect.

John 45　 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 　 46　 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a　 47　 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness（作对）and　 48　 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and　 49　 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him　 50　 his behavior.

When I mentioned this　 51　 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It　 52　 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned　 53　 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran　

54　 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 　 55　 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never　 56　 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 　 57　 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 　58　 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different　 59　 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape　 60　 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.