A Master was walking through the fields one day when a young man, a troubled look upon his face, approached him.                

“On such a beautiful day, it must be difficult to stay so   36   ,”the Master said.         

“Is it? I hadn’t   37  ,” the young man said , turning to look around.    

“  38  me if you like.”The Master walked to the edge of a   39  pond.

“Please sit down,” the Master invited, patting the   40   next to him. “Now, find a small stone, please,” the Master   41  .

“What?”

“A stone. Please find a small stone and throw it in the pond.”

Searching   42  himself, the young man got a small stone and threw it as  43  as he could. “Tell me what you see,” the Master   44   .

    Not missing a single  45  , the man looked at the water’s surface. “ I see ripples(涟漪).’’ Where did the ripples  46  from?”

    “From the stone I threw in the pond, Master.”

    “Please  47  your hands into the water and stop the ripples,” the Master asked.

     In  48  ,the young man stuck his hands in the water as a ripple neared, only to cause  49  ripples. The young man was now  50  confused.

“Were you able to stop the ripples with your hands?” the Master asked.    

“No, of course not.”

“  51   you had stopped the stone from  52  the water to begin with? ” The Master smiled. “Next time you are  53  with your life, catch the stone before it hits the water. Do not spend time trying to  54  what you have done but  55  change what you are going to do before you do it.” The Master looked kindly upon the young man.

36．A . casual                 B. horrible                 C. terrible                 D. serious

37．A . noticed                B. watched               C. saw                  D. imagined

38．A . Attend                 B. Join                   C. Forgive                D. Call

39．A . clear                  B. clean                  C. still                    D. shining      

40．A . mud                  B. flower                 C. tree                    D. ground

41．A . instructed              B. shouted                C. ordered                D. whispered

42．A . of                    B. after                   C. around                 D. for

43．A . high                  B. far                    C. long                    D. well

44．A . continued              B. declared                C. explained                D. wondered  

45．A . matter                 B. moment               C. detail                   D. chance

46．A .come                  B. happen                 C. result                   D. rise

47．A . watch                 B. reach                 C. wave                   D. shake

48．A . anxiety                B. hesitation               C. surprise                 D. confusion

49．A . more                  B. a little                  C. a bit                    D. less

50．A . greatly                 B. completely             C. sadly                  D. fairly

51．A. Why not                B. How about             C. What if                D. How if

52．A . sliding                 B. rolling                C. falling                 D. entering

53．A . busy                  B. satisfied               C. unhappy               D. occupied

54．A . remove                B. keep                  C. remind                 D. remember

55．A . therefore               B. however              C. anyway               D. rather

What the doctors really doubt is my mother will recover from the serious disease soon．

A. when       B. how         C. whether     D. why

A few days ago I asked my sons' governess（家庭女教师）Julia to come into my study. “Be seated，Julia,”I said，“Let's settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money，but maybe you're too polite to mention it. Now then，we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”

“Forty.”

“No，thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well，um，you've been here for two months，so...”

Two months and five days.”

Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take nine Sundays off... you know you didn't work with Tom on Sundays，you only took walks.And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her fingernail nervously，her face red，but,not a word.

“Three holidays，therefore take twelve dollars off your pay. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons，as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven makes nineteen.Take nineteen off... that 1eaves，hmm... forty-one dollars. Correct?”

Julia's left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled，and she coughed nervously and blew her riose，but still not a word.

“Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer；take two dollars off your pay.The cup cost more，because it was a treasure of the family，but forget it. When didn't I take a loss! Then，due to your neglect(疏忽），Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket；take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick's shoes. You ought to watch everything！You get paid for it. So，that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave you ten dollars”.

“You didn't.”sobbed Julia.

“But I made a note of it.”

“Well... if you say so.”

“Take twenty-seven from forty-one, and that leaves fourteen.”

Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose.Poor girl！

“Only once was I given any money，”she whispered，her voice trembling，“and that was by your wife. Three dollars，nothing more.”

“Real1y? You see now，and I didn't know that！Take three from fourteen and it leaves eleven.  Here’s your money，my dear．Three，three，three，one and one. Here it is！”

I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.

“Merci（Thanks），”she whispered.

I jumped to my feet and started pacing the floor. I was overcome with anger.“For what，this merci”? I asked.

“For the money”.

“But you know I’ve cheated you—— robbed you！”I have actually stolen from you!Why this“merci？”

“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”

“They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! 1 played a little joke on you，a cruel lesson，just to teach you…I'm going to give you all the eighty dollars！Here they are in the envelope all ready for you…Is it really possible to be so spineless(懦弱)? Why didn't you protest?Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and laws(爪)—— to be such a fool?''

Embarrassed,she smiled. And I could read her expression，“It is possible”.

I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and， to her great surprise，gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little “merci”serveral times and went out. I looked at her and thought，“How easy it is to crush the weak in this World! ”

67.While talking to Julia.the writer expected ＿＿＿＿＿＿from her.

A. a protest       B.gratitude          C.obedience       D. an explanation

68.What shocked the writer was Julia's＿＿＿＿＿＿．

A. nervousness in front of her boss                          B. acceptance of injustice

C. shyness when talking about money             D. reluctance to express herself

69.The writer said, “Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws(爪)一to be such a fool?” He was actually telling the governess＿＿＿＿＿＿．

A. to be more aggressive                         B. to be more careful in her work

C.to protect her right                                             D.to live independently

70. From the story, we can know that Julia's employer was         

A. greedy but honest                                                B.ill tempered but warm-hearted

C. strict but forgiving                                  D. none of the above

When someone says, “Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music,” it doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this or that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to be faced. At some time or another, every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can remember father’s angry voice: “I want to talk to you!” And only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!

The phrase “face the music” is known to every American, old and young. It is at least one hundred years old. Where did the expression come from?

The first explanation came from the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings (舞台的两侧) to go on stage. After they got their clue(暗示) to go on , they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra (乐队) which was just below the stage. An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience(观众) that might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So “face the music” came to mean: having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.

1．The expression “face the music” means ______.　

A. plan to go to a concert　　 　　　　　　　　　

B. get one’s clue to do something

C. have to go through something far less pleasant　

D. disobey what one's father says

2．The passage tells us that the expression was first used by _____.

A. children　　　 　 B. novelists　　　 　 C. actors　　　　 　 D. audience

3．In the last paragraph the Chinese meaning of the word “line” is _______.

A. 老板　　　　 B. 同事　　　 　 C. 角色　　 　　　　 D. 台词

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The expression came from James Fenimore Cooper, an American novelist

B. The expression has a history of 100 years.

C. If someone doesn’t obey his boss, he will have to face the music.

D. Almost everyone once had an experience to face the music.

Why don’t birds get lost on their long migratory(迁移的) flights?  Scientists ____1  over this question for many years．Now the reasons have been discovered only recently.

    2    ago experiments showed that birds depend on the sun to guide them   3  . But what about birds that fly mainly by night ?    4    with man-made stars have proved   5    certain night-flying birds are able to follow the    6    in their long distance flights.

　　 One such   7   -a warbler (鸣禽)-had spent its lifetime in a   8   and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet it showed an inborn (天生的)    9   to use the stars for guidance. The bird’s cage was placed under a man-made star-filled sky at migration   10  . The bird tried to fly   11   the same direction as   12   taken by his indoor cousins. Any   13   in the position of the make-believe (虚构的) stars  14   a change in the direction of his flight.

Scientists think that warblers,   15   flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But stars are clearly their important   16   of navigation (导航). What do they do when the stars are   17   by the clouds? Clearly, they find their way by such land.   18    as mountain ranges, coastlines (海岸线) and river courses. But when it’s too   19   to see these, the warblers circle   20  , unable to find out where they were.

1. A. talked 　　　　　　　　　　    B. puzzled 　　　　　　　　　　    C. went　　　　　　　　　　    D. looked

2. A. Not long 　　　　　　　　　　    B. Long   　　　　　　　　　　    C. Centuries　　　　　　　　　　    D. Years

3. A. during the night　　　　　　　　   　　　　　　　　　　    B. during daylight hours

C. in winter　　　　　　　　　　  　　　　　　  D. in the dark

4. A. Examinations 　　　　　　　　　　    B. Laboratories　　　　　　　　　　    C. Tests　　　　　　　　　　    D. Sky

5. A. why　　　　　　　　　　    B. how　　　　　　　　　　    C. what　　　　　　　　　　    D. that

6. A. stars　　　　　　　　　　    B. moon　　　　　　　　　　    C. route　　　　　　　　　　    D. sun

7. A. star　　　　　　　　　　    B. scientist　　　　　　　　　　    C. bird　　　　　　　　　　    D. flight

8. A. forest　　　　　　　　　　    B. cage　　　　　　　　　　    C. nest　　　　　　　　　　    D. cave

9. A. strength　　　　　　　　　　    B. ability　　　　　　　　　　    C. experience　　　　　　　　　　    D. practice

10. A. time　　　　　　　　　　    B. place　　　　　　　　　　    C. way　　　　　　　　　　    D. season

11. A. to　　　　　　　　　　    B. towards　　　　　　　　　　    C. in 　　　　　　　　　　    D. under

12. A. that　　　　　　　　　　    B. which　　　　　　　　　　    C. one　　　　　　　　　　    D. it

13. A. one　　　　　　　　　　    B. change　　　　　　　　　　    C. way　　　　　　　　　　    D. bird

14. A. caused 　　　　　　　　　　    B. gave　　　　　　　　　　    C. resulted　　　　　　　　　　    D. meant

15. A. for　　　　　　　　　　    B. when　　　　　　　　　　    C. after　　　　　　　　　　    D. they are

16. A. ways　　　　　　　　　　    B. means　　　　　　　　　　    C. objects　　　　　　　　　　    D. homes

17. A. shown　　　　　　　　　　    B. covered　　　　　　　　　　    C. removed　　　　　　　　　　    D. hidden

18. A. areas　　　　　　　　　　    B. surface　　　　　　　　　　    C. marks　　　　　　　　　　    D. signs

19. A. far　　　　　　　　　　    B. far away　　　　　　　　　　    C. dark　　　　　　　　　　    D. bright

20. A. helplessly　　　　　　　　　　    B. hopefully　　　　　　　　　　    C. easily　　　　　　　　　　    D. freely