There ___when we came here last time, which was said to date back to 773 BC.

A. stood a great castle        B. does stand a great castle

C. stands a great castle        D. did stand a great castle

We come by business naturally in our family.Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store.As we worked and watched，we ____ that work was about more than ____ and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my mind.It was shortly before Christmas.I was in eighth grade and was working evenings，straightening the toy section.A little boy，five or six years old，came in.He was wearing a brown torn coat with ____ sleeves.His shoes were scuffed(磨损) and his one shoelace was torn.The little boy looked poor to me—too poor to ____ to buy anything.He looked around the toy section，picked up this item and that，and ____ put them back in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy.His steel blue eyes ____ and the dimple(酒窝) in his cheek stood out as he ____ the boy what he could do for him.The boy said he was looking for a Christmas ___ for his brother.I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same ____ as any adult.Dad told him to take his ___ and look around.He did.

After about 20 minutes，the little boy picked up a toy plane，walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this，Mister？”

“How much you ____？” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and ___ it.His hand was creased(起皱) with ____ lines of dirt from holding his ____ too tightly.In his hand lay only 27 cents.The ____ on the toy plane he’d ____ was $3.98.

“That’ll just ___ it，” Dad said as he made the sale.Dad’s reply still ____ in my ears.When the little boy walked out of the store，I didn’t notice the worn coat or the ____ torn shoelace.What I saw was a happy child with a ____.

1.A.showed? B．heard

C．learned? D．guessed

2.A.survival? B．pleasure

C．trouble? D．expectation

3.A.short? B．dirty

C．tight D．colorful

4.A.intend? B．attempt

C．afford? D．decide

5.A.suddenly? B．differently

C．happily? D．carefully

6.A.closed? B．smiled

C．shone? D．focused

7.A.asked? B．told

C．showed? D．called

8.A.tree? B．card

C．present? D．cake

9.A.friendship? B．respect

C．support? D．favor

10.A.effort? B．word

C．time? D．courage

11.A.paid? B．earned

C．lost? D．got

12.A.cleaned? B．opened

C．gave? D．turned

13.A.lonB．thin

C．wet D．flat

14.A.toy B．pocket

C．hand D．money

15.A.price? B．number

C．quality? D．value

16.A.carried out? B．picked out

C．put out? D．pulled out

17.A.change? B．cover

C．need? D．take

18.A.rings? B．stays

C．runs? D．pauses

19.A.clean? B．normal

C．single D．double

20.A.choice? B．hope

C．package? D．treasure

Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good．This may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity（纯洁）．

However, that is not always the case．Did you know that the same colour may mean differently in different places of the world?

In the English-speaking world, black is the colour of mourning（哀悼）．People wear black clothes at the funeral．Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed (流血)．Yellow is the word for fear．If you are afraid, you are yellow．Yet none of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world．In China and Korea white is the colour of mourning．In Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence．In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear．

Even within the English-speaking area it is not difficult to find colour contradictions (矛盾)．A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station．In Britain, however, a redcap is a military policeman．Both names are logical because both men wear red caps．Similarly, the British term for an American white collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker．

One does not have to cross an area to find color differences．Would you rather be red-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest．The expression “blueblood” comes from Spain, where some noble（贵族）families proudly said that they had “blue blood”．But then why “blue” blood? Because they were fair-skinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels (血管) stood out appearing blue．

1.Yellow is concerned with anger in ______.

        A．Russia       B．Britain       C．Germany D．China

2. Both Britain and America would probably agree that ______.

         A．black is the color of mourning   B．a black-coated worker is employed in an office

         C．red stands for beauty and excellence    D．a redcap is a porter in a station

3.The best title for this passage is ______.

         A．The Origin of Blue Blood          B．The Development of the Use of Colors

         C．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings       D．The Meaning Concerned With Certain Colors

4.When some Spanish called themselves “blueblood”, they actually meant ______.

A．they had heart trouble and their faces looked blue    B．they came from a noble family

C．they had blue blood in their vessels               D．they were fair-skinned

We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store. 11  we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than  12  and making a sale.
One lesson stands out in my  13 . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was  14  a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed （磨破）and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to   15  to buy anything. He looked   16  the toy section, picked up this item and   17 , and carefully put them   18  in their place.
Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes   19  and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas _20____ to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his   21  and look around. He did.
After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy   22 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”
“How much you got?” Dad asked.
The little boy held out his hand and  23  it. His hand was creased(起皱) with   24  lines of dirt from holding his  25  too tightly. In his hand  26  two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.
“That’ll just  27  it,” Dad said as he   28  the sale. Dad’s reply still   29  in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a   30 .

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　　Some people do not like anything to be out of order. They are ___1___ late for work. They ___2____ the books to the library on time. They remember people's birthdays, and they pay the bills the moment they ____3____ Mr Dodds is ____4____ a man.

　　Mr Dodds works in a bank, and lives ____5____ his own. The only family is in the next town; his sister lives there with her ____6___, and her son ___7____ Mark. Mr Dodds doesn't see his sister, or _____8__ family, from one year to the next. He sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of ____9____ seventeen birthdays.

　　last week Mr Dodds had quite an incident. He drove home from his office at the ____10___ time, ____11___ neither too slowly _____12____ too fast. He parked his car where he ___13____ parked it, out of the other cars, and he went ___14____ to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a ____15___ at the door. Mr Dodds _____16___ the door, to find a policeman ____17____ on the doorsteps.

　　“What have I done ____18____?” Mr Dodds asked himself. “Have I ____19___ on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”

　　“Hello!____20___,” said the policeman, “my name is Mark.”