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It was Sunday morning. All the summer world was bright and fresh, and full of life. There was cheer on every face and a spring in every step.

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.

He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.

He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets—nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea.

At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.

While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.

Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: "Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”

No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom's mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.

Ben said, "Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?"

Tom turned suddenly and said, "Why, it's you, Ben! I wasn't noticing."

"Say — I'm going swimming. Don't you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work — wouldn't you? Of course you would."

Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said "What do you call work?"

"Why, isn't that work?"

Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered casually,

"Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."

"Oh come, now, you don't mean to say that you like it?"

The brush continued to move.

"Like it? Well, I don't see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?" Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,

"Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little."

Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind:

"No — no — it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough."

"No — is that so? Oh come, now —let me just try. Only just a little."

"Ben, I'd like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly— "

"Oh, I'll be careful. Now let me try. Say -- I'll give you the core（核心）of my apple."

"Well, here — No, Ben, now don't. I'm afraid —"

"I'll give you all of it."

Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat — and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures

And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -- and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn't run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.

He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

68．Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______ .

A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself

B. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing

C. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better

D. Tom didn’t want to let Ben do the whitewashing before he made him give up his apple first

69．The underlined word “casually” is most similar to “______” in meaning.

A. carelessly                 B. delightedly               C. seriously                  D. angrily

70．We can learn from the passage that ______ .

A. Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.

B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.

C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him

D. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.

SECTION B（18分）
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D．Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context．
Handshaking, though a European way of greeting people, is now often seen in big cities of China. Nobody knows exactly when the practice  36  in Europe. It is said that long long ago in Europe when people met, they showed their unarmed hands to each other as a sign of   37  . As time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each other’s hands to make a (an)  38  or to reach an agreement. This was later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or   39  each other. “Let’s shake (hands) on it” sometimes means agreement reached.
Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet?   40  . Sometimes the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be   41  . It is really very impolite to   42   your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not   43  anything to him or her.   44  , for politeness, he holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly. There is generally a misunderstanding among the   45  that westerners are usually open and straightforward, while the Chinese are rather reserved (矜持的)  46  . But the truth is that some people in western countries are more reserved than some Chinese today. So it is a good idea to shake hands with a Westerner   47  when he shows interest in further relations with you.
36．A．came     B．grew     C．turned      D．started
37．A．interest     B．eagerness  C．goodwill   D．patience
38．A．signal       B．noise     C．offer     D．deal
39．A．leaving     B．seeing       C．kissing      D．visiting
40．A．Yes      B．Maybe      C．Well     D．No
41．A．polite          B．kind     C．helpful     D．interested
42．A．hold     B．give     C．shake     D．display
43．A．mean     B．matter      C．count     D．make
44．A．As long as       B．However   C．Even if     D．Therefore
45．A．people      B．Chinese    C．Europeans D．public
46．A．in person  B．in manner C．in harmonyD．in secret
47．A．absolutely B．possibly    C．only     D．definitely

阅读理解：

阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案．

　　　I went to Scapli first in 1948． There were no local (当地的) planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus． The journey was a thousand kilometres and it took the bus twenty hours． Throughout this time I sat beside a man about my age, 24． He told me that his name was Castleton, John Castleton, but he told me hardly anything else． I had never met anybody with so little to say． I was glad when the conductor handed out pillows (枕头), which gave me an excuse to try to sleep． I shall never forget that silent, unpleasant trip．

　　　The next time I went to Scapli was in 1976, by air this time． The new town was being officially opened by the President, after many years of construction work． In the plane I had a long and interesting talk with a man who turned out to be chief engineer of the new town． When the plane landed, we exchanged names． To my great surprise, he was John Castleton, whom I felt sure I had met many years before．

1． The passage tells us ___________． 　　　

[　　]

A． Scapli's today and yesterday

B． the author's two trips to Scapli

C． how Scapli changed

D． how the author went to Scapli

2． The author sat beside a man, who ________． 　　　

[　　]

A． told him only his age, 24 years old

B． went to sleep during the whole journey

C． said nothing but his name

D． didn't say a single word to the author

3． The author __________． 　　　

[　　]

A． visited Scapli again after twenty-eight years

B． found many men were called John Castleton

C． went to Scapli again shortly after there was local planes

D． knew John Castleton was the President

4． Why did the author still remember the man's name after so many years? Because _________． 　　　

[　　]

A． they had a long and interesting talk

B． the man had few words, which made him unpleasant and lonely

C． the man's name was easy to remember

D． he was as old as the man beside him

5． During the two trips, the author ____________． 　　　

[　　]

A． met two men, who were all men of few words

B． found Castleton wasn't what he used to be

C． sat beside two men with the same name

D． came to know the truth that talking with another could make trips pleasant

    I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not    3    have scored more than 80.    4   , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him —and he always    5    it.

    Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man    6    questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself    7   . In a world where I have to work with my   8   , I'd do poorly.

    Consider my auto-repair man    9   . He had a habit of telling    10   . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man    11    some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made    12    movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He    13    his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk    14    him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the    15  man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀).    16    do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his    17    and asked for them. I've been    18    that on all my customers today, but I knew    19    I'd catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated. Doc. I knew you couldn't be very    20   .”

    And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

    1．

A. failed　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. wrote

C. received　　　　　　　　　　  D. chose

    2．

A. an average　　　　　　　　  B. a total

C. an exam　　　　　　　　　　  D. a number

    3．

A. always　　　　　　　　　　    B. possibly

C. certainly　　　　　　　　　　 D. frequently

    4．

A. Then　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. Thus

C. Therefore　　　　　　　　   D. Yet

    5．

A. fixed　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. checked

C. drove　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. changed

    6．

A. answered　　　　　　　　    B. practiced

C. designed　　　　　　&nb?
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A. confirmed　　　　　　　　   B. assured

C. jammed　　　　　　　　　　  D. blocked

    10．

A. better　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. ruder

C. more polite　　　　　　　　  D. more frightening

    7．

A. teacher　　　　　　　　　　   B. doctor

C. winner　　　　　　　　　　    D. fool

    8．

A. brains　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. effort

C. hands　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. attention

    9．

A. again　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. as usual

C. too　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. as well

    10．

A. lies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. jokes

C. news　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. tales

    11．

A. bought　　　　　　　　　　    B. tested

C. found　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. needed

    12．

A. cutting　　　　　　　　　　    B. hammering

C. waving　　　　　　　　　　   D. circling

    13．

A. nodded　　　　　　　　　　   B. raised

C. shook　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. turned

    14．

A. brought　　　　　　　　　　  B. packed

C. sent　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. sold

    15．

A. clever　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. other

C. right　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. next

    16．

A. What　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. How

C. Who　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. Which

    1?

7．

A. imagination　　　　　　　　 B. hand

C. voice　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. information

    18．

A. trying　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. proving

C. practicing　　　　　　　　   D. examining