(吉林省长春市2009届高三第三次调研测试)

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it?” I wondered . I  21   it over . There, on the back in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled（手写的）  22   . Immediately my mind traveled    23  many years .

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my   24   that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers   25   they wanted any magazines .

Shaking off the   26  like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he    27  me over to the fire-place . Noticing the    28  in the top of my    29 , he said, “Come with me !” pulling me into his  30   and drove me downtown. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside, a salesman   31   me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had   32   seen . I  felt several inches  33   when I got up   34   them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .

Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a    35 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me . With   36   eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately （深情地）, “Jimmy, I want you to   37   I love you”.

I said good-bye, and for the first time I   38   the hope that things would be   39   . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a   40   .

21．A．read             B．thought               C．turned                 D．passed

22．A．address        B．list                      C．message              D．information

23．A．forward       B．so                       C．ahead                  D．back

24．A．return          B．rounds                C．trip                     D．arrival

25．A．if only          B．how                    C．whether              D．why

27．A．led               B．followed              C．watched              D．carried

28．A．hole             B．mud                    C．water                  D．cover

29．A．magazine      B．shoe                    C．sock                   D．bag

30．A．truck           B．factory                C．home                  D．store

31．A．wore            B．fitted                   C．showed               D．comforted

32．A．ever             B．already                C．never                  D．hardly

33．A．higher          B．tall                      C．high                    D．taller

34．A．for               B．with                    C．on                      D．in

35．A．pen              B．paper                  C．card                    D．notebook

36．A．tearful          B．unbelievable         C．curious               D．puzzled

37．A．recognize     B．know                  C．consider              D．express

38．A．sensed         B．received              C．lost                     D．gained

39．A．mistaken      B．right                    C．all right               D．possible

40．A．deal             B．fortune                C．choice                 D．difference