One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

   He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

   When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

1.Who wrote the story?

   A. Rupert's teacher.                     B. The neighbor's teacher.

   C. A medical school teacher.             D. The teacher's neighbor.

2.Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

   A. He needed it for the summer term in London.

   B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

   C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

   D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

3.What happened at the airport?

   A. The skeleton went missing.            B. The skeleton was stolen.

   C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.    D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

4.Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

   A. He was angry.                     B. He thinks it very funny.

   C. He feels helpless without Rupert.         D. He feels good without Rupert.

5.Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

   C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

   D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

I must say he reads very well，and I shouldn’t be surprised if he__________acting for a living one day.

A.had taken up                                   B.takes up ?

C.have taken up                                 D.would have taken up?

One day a rich man was invited to dinner at the home of one of his friends. He did not know what to   36  the wine, meat and chicken he had just bought. Certainly he could not    37   them to the servant. Then he had   38   idea. He called up the servant and    39  to him.
"I'll be away for the whole evening, and I'll leave you to look after the house. In the cupboard there are two bottles filled with    40 . Be careful about it. You'll be killed if you take even a   41   of it. There is also some meat and chicken in the cupboard. Take care of them".    42  these words the rich man left the home.
  43  the master turned his back, the servant opened the cupboard and began to enjoy all the nice things in it. He   44  the two bottles and ate up the meat, the chicken and   45  he found in the cupboard. He was   46  and soon fell 47 .
At mid-night the rich man returned home. He looked into the cupboard and to his great 48  , all the wine and food were   49 . He was mad with   50 and called the servant up.
"Oh, Master," the servant began to say   51  the rich man could open his mouth; "while you were away, the neighbor's black cat stole into our kitchen and ate up every things in the cupboard. I know you would be angry with me. I was so   52  that I drank the two bottles of poison to kill   53  “there were tears in the servant's eyes.”Oh, Master," he continued, "Please don't get angry with a 54 _ man. I'll soon be dead.
The rich man, of course, did not   55 a word of his story. But again, he could do nothing about it.

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to __36__ for a meal at the next house.

   However, he lost his nerve(勇气) __37__ a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked__38__ so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I __39__ you?”

   “You don’t owe me anything,” she _40_, “mother has taught me never to accept pay for a __41__.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger _42__, but it also increased his faith in God and human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

   Years later the young woman became critically(紧急的) ill. The local doctors were baffled(感到困惑). They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called __43__ to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now __44__, was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light__45__his eyes. Immediately, he __46__and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

   __47__in his doctor’s grown he went in to see her, he __48__her at once. He went back to the consultation room and __49__to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave__50__ attention to her face.

  After a long__51__the battle was won. Dr. Kelly __52__ the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because it was__53__ that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her__54__. She read these words：

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she__55__silently. “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

1. A. call           B. make       C. beg          D. prepare

2.A. while          B. when       C. though        D. unless

3.A. thirsty         B. lazy        C. tired         D. hungry

4. A. owe          B. pay         C. offer         D. own

5.A. announced     B. shook       C. replied       D. doubted

6.A. reward        B. kindness     C. hand         D. value

7.A. physically     B. mentally      C. normally     D. properly

8. A. up           B. for           C. on          D. in

9.A. rich          B. famous       C. careful       D. vivid

10.A. fixed         B. consulted     C. filled         D. concentrated

11.A. rose          B. raised        C. got          D. left

12.A. Worn         B. Having       C. Putting       D. Dressed

13.A. recognized     B. knew        C. spared        D. regained

14. A. desired        B. declared      C. determined    D. declined

15.A. special        B. ordinary      C. normal        D. no

16.A. decision       B. preparation    C. struggle       D. debate

17. A. ordered        B. requested     C. confused      D. forced

18.A. negative       B. uncertain      C. positive      D. obvious

19.A. presentation    B. preference     C. attention      D. arrangement

20.A. praised        B. pretended     C. pressed       D. prayed

三、完形填空：（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were playing and having a good time when ___21___ a hungry cat came on the scene! It hid ___22___ a big tree and then ___23___ forward through tall grass ___24___ it could almost hear them talk. ___25___ the mother rat and her babies knew ___26___ had happened, the cat ___27___ from its hiding-place and started to run ___28___ them.

The mother rat and her babies all ___29___ at once. They hurried towards ___30___ home, which was under a pile of large stones. ___31___ the baby rats were ___32___ scared that they could not run very ___33___. Closer and closer the cat came. In no time the cat could catch ___34___. What was to be done?

The mother rat stopped running, ___35___ round and faced the cat, ___36___, “Wow! Wow! Wow-wow!” just like ___37___ angry dog. The cat was so surprised and ___38___ that it ran away.

The mother rat turned to her babies, “Now you see ___39___ important it is to learn ___40___ second language!”

21. A. naturally           B. suddenly           C. nearly             D. certainly

22. A. or                 B. between           C. by                D. behind

23. A. crawled            B. jumped            C. looked             D. climbed

24. A. before             B. when              C. until               D. while

25. A. Before             B. After              C. Unless             D. Otherwise

26. A. where              B. what              C. which             D. when

27. A. jumped            B. started             C. walked            D. appeared

28. A. over               B. through            C. after             D. against

29. A. stood              B. fled               C. left               D. cried

30. A. to                 B. for                C. its               D. their

31. A. Because            B. But               C. Therefore          D. Although

32. A. as                 B. much              C. so               D. very

33. A. freely              B. hardly             C. soon             D. quickly

34. A. ahead              B. down              C. that              D. them

35. A. turned            B. walked             C. jumped           D. ran

36. A. saying             B. speaking           C. shouting          D. telling

37. A. a                 B. an                 C. their             D. that

38. A. pleased            B. excited             C. frightened         D. worried

39. A. so                B. why                C. what             D. how

40. A. our               B. their                C. a                D. An