A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  16  his studies. There he wrote down his  17  for a course (课程) in English, but after the first  18  , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer  19  this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  20  another course, so he was   21  when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English  22  at the end of this year.
The lecturer had  23  a difficult paper, which followed his  24  closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see  25  this student would answer the questions. He  26  the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they  27  him and he examined them  28  , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  29  the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he  30  for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  31  you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your  32  carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your  33  .”
“I’m very  34  about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 35  what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”
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A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to go for a  11  in the country. On the way back home，my car stopped. It was out of  12  on a lonely   road far from a town. I decided to walk until I found someone who could  13  me a gallon（加仑） or two of petrol. I had  14  almost a mile before I finally found a big house near the road. I was           15  to see it because it was starting to get dark. I  16  at the door and a little old lady with long white hair answered. She said, “I have been  17  for you a long time. Come in. Tea is almost ready.”

“But I only came for some petrol.” I answered. I couldn’t  18  what she was talking about.

“Oh, Alfred! Petrol? You used to  19  tea.”

I quickly  20  that I needed some petrol, but she didn’t seem to hear me. She just kept calling me Alfred and talking about how long it had been since she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was  21  to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.  22  , there was another house down the road and I was able to buy several gallons of petrol. When I told the man about my  23 . He said,“Oh, that is Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s  24  but she wouldn’t hurt anyone. She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago. The day before their  25  he left home and never came back because of the war.”

1.                A．walk           B．holiday         C．drive D．picnic

2.                A．work           B．petrol          C．order    D．sight

3.                A．buy            B．borrow         C．sell  D．send

4.                A．rested         B．stopped        C．stepped  D．walked

5.                A．amazed         B．pleased         C．surprised D．tired

6.                A．beat           B．stood          C．knocked  D．struck

7.                A．waiting         B．searching       C．longing   D．looking

8.                A．order          B．hear           C．imagine   D．remember

9.                A．like            B．have           C．drink D．make

10.               A．explained       B．realized        C．noticed   D．discovered

11.               A．excited         B．anxious         C．worried   D．amazed

12.               A．Fortunately     B．Lately          C．Immediately    D．Personally

13.               A．expression      B．idea           C．schedule  D．experience

14.               A．kind           B．funny          C．strange    D．angry

15.               A．marriage       B．journey        C．plan  D．wedding

A camp built by students and volunteers spreads over Southern Methodist University（SMU）. The affordable  21  are designed to be used by the poor as well as survivors of war and natural disasters.

“By the time 2020, there’s going to be about 1.7 billion people living in slums（贫民窟） so we would like to  22  change,” says Stephanie Hunt, co-founder of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanities at SMU. The institute, which  23  build the village on SMU’s campus, was established to solve problem of the poor in the United States and around the world through engineering, and the free  24 .

The goal is not just to  25  lives, but to change the victims’ lives. The Institute hopes some entrepreneurs（企业家） might program and  26  some money with these ideas. One of the structures in the SMU village was built with bricks made  27  from recycled plastic bags.

They’re  28  together with heavy wires. Harvey Lacey, father of two college-aged sons, including one here at SUM, heard about this project and  29  his invention. It’s a heavy-duty, hand-crank compactor（手动压缩机）that anybody can use to form the big bricks he calls Ubuntu Blox.

“The advantages are that these  30  weigh less than two pounds. They’re very, very  31  These things can go for many generations of housing, ”says Lacey, who is  32  the design. Anybody can follow his online plans to  33  the compactor that turns plastic bags into bricks.

On this warm day, it’s  34  inside the Ubuntu Blox hut, thanks  35  to the thick plastic insulation（绝缘）. Kenyan  36  Ronald Omyonga, visiting the global village before returning to his native Africa, says his country is full of these recyclable bags. With Lacey’s design, he says that litter could be transformed into  37  housing. He dreams of other  38  too.

“Look at the Harvey Lacey hut, as a means of creating  39  ,”says Omyonga.“Leaning the environment, and turning  40  into something that can form houses, not just for the poor.”

1.                A．shelters        B．clubs           C．parties   D．rooms

2.                A．affect          B．adapt          C．effect    D．adopt

3.                A．discovered      B．helped         C．studied   D．explored

4.                A．entry          B．competition     C．trade D．market

5.                A．save           B．survive         C．defend   D．cure

6.                A．share          B．donate         C．earn D．cost

7.                A．briefly         B．relevantly       C．mostly    D．efficiently

8.                A．held           B．stressed        C．knocked  D．packed

9.                A．delivered       B．contributed      C．devoted  D．sacrificed

10.               A．piles           B．masses         C．loaves D．blocks

11.               A．fragile         B．thick           C．hard  D．bitter

12.               A．giving out       B．giving off       C．giving up  D．giving away

13.               A．build          B．invent          C．improve   D．possess

14.               A．hot            B．cold           C．wet  D．cool

15.               A．nearly         B．exactly         C．partly D．fairly

16.               A．doctor         B．athlete         C．photographer   D．architect

17.               A．safe           B．dangerous      C．beautiful  D．large

18.               A．advantages      B．chances        C．benefits   D．profits

19.               A．things          B．jobs           C．wonders   D．conditions

20.               A．waste          B．resources       C．ideas D．technology

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had loved a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well   16   it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As   17   drew near, the young man expected   18   that his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of the special day, his father called him into his study. His father told him how   19   he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped (包装好的) gift box. Curious, but a little bit   20  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经).

Angrily, he raised his   21   to his father and said, “Is a Bible   22   you can give me with all your money?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years   23   and the young man was very successful in business, but   24   his father was very old, he thought perhaps he   25   go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.   26   he could make the arrangements (安排), he received a telegram which   27   him of his father’s death, and all the possessions (财产) willed (立遗嘱) to him.

  28   arriving at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to   29   through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had   30   it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to   31  . As he was reading, a car   32   dropped from the back of the Bible.

How many times do we   33   blessings (祝福) because they are not wrapped as we expected? Do not spoil (搞糟) what you have by desiring (渴求) what you have not; but remember what you now have was once   34   the things you hoped for. What may appear as bad fortune (运气) may   35   be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

1.                A．offer           B．pay            C．buy  D．afford

2.                A．his birthday     B．graduation day   C．sports meet   D．examination day

3.                A．signs           B．notes          C．warnings  D．marks

4.                A．upset          B．crazy           C．comfortable   D．proud

5.                A．excited         B．disappointed     C．worried  D．satisfied

6.                A．hand           B．head           C．voice D．sound

7.                A．all             B．that            C．all what   D．that all

8.                A．past           B．gone           C．passed   D．spent

9.                A．learning        B．realizing        C．hearing   D．understanding

10.               A．could          B．would          C．should    D．ought

11.               A．After          B．Before         C．Since D．Until

12.               A．informed       B．required        C．reported  D．introduced

13.               A．By            B．On            C．As   D．At

14.               A．put            B．push           C．search    D．pass

15.               A．kept           B．bought         C．left   D．expected

16.               A．turn over       B．turn on         C．turn up    D．turn down

17.               A．picture         B．model          C．key   D．toy

18.               A．miss           B．get            C．forget D．avoid

19.               A．of             B．among         C．between  D．along

20.               A．surely          B．actually         C．mainly D．naturally

A little boy was visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot(弹弓）to   21 in the woods. He practiced and practiced but could never   22  the target. Becoming somewhat   23 , he headed back for dinner.

As he was returning, he saw Grandma’s   24 duck. Without thinking, he shot his slingshot, hit the duck right   25 the head and killed it. He was shocked and sad. Quickly, he   26 the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his   27 watching. Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.

After   28 that day, Grandma said, “Sally, you wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me that he wanted to   29 in the kitchen today, didn't you, Johnny?” And then she   30 to him, “Remember, the duck?” Then Johnny did the dishes.

Later, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to __31__ fishing, and Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I __32__ Sally to help me make supper.” But Sally smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right. Johnny told me he wanted to __33__.” And she whispered again, “Remember, the   34  ?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny   35 at home.

After several days, Johnny finally couldn't   36 it any longer. He went to Grandma and   37 that he had killed her pet duck and asked for her   38 .

Hearing this, Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, “Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the   39 and saw the whole thing from the house. And because I   40 you, I forgive you, but I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make you her slave.”