It was Tom’s first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey, on London’s Underground Railway. And against his friends’ 1_____, he was determined to travel 2 _____.

 He entered the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a 3_____ time to travel in London, 4_____ crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He 5 _____ to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his 6 _____ came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by t, , he ticket seller. 7____, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the 8 _____, he also found the right platform. It was 9 _____ tight with people. He did not 10_____ to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better 11_____ to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was 12 _____ forward onto the train by the 13______ of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the 14 _____ of the stations where the train 15 _____, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 16 ______ along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling 17 _____ that his journey  had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never 18 _____. He explained his 19_____ to a man who was standing on the platform. With a 20_____ on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.

A.thought       B. advice        C. relation         D. favor

A.alone         B. abroad        C. along          D. away

A.short          B. certain        C. possible        D. bad

A.for           B. and          C. so             D. but

A.planned       B. had          C. happened       D. hoped

A.luck          B. time         C. chance         D. turn

A.Thus         B. Instead        C. Therefore       D. However

A.question      B. way           C. place           D. condition

A.packed        B. caught        C. covered         D. seized

A.manage       B. try           C. agree          D. expect

A.situation      B. state         C. position         D. seat

A.fought        B. swept        C. drawn          D. brought

A.speed         B. support       C. strike         D. push

A.signs         B. points        C. names         D. numbers

A.left           B. topped        C. started         D. moved

A.part          B. pause         C. stop           D. arrived

A.glad          B. sick          C. sorry          D. tired

A.heard of       B. talked about    C. thought of     D. arrived at

A.result         B. mistake        C. difficulty       D. ticket

A.joke          B. smile          C. surprise        D. pity

A well-known speaker started his speech by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “What is this piece of   1  and is it worth anything?”
Hands started going up. “It is a $20 bill, encashable(可兑现的) in international and national   2  .”replied one of the   3  who raised their hands.
The speaker continued, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He continued to crumple the 20 dollar bill using both his hands. He then               4  it and asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.
“Well,” he said, “what if I do this?” He dropped it on the  5  and started to step on it. He picked up the crumpled and   6  bill and said, “Now, who still wants it?”  
7  went back into the air. “I think this bill is still   8  its value”, said a young man in an unsure  9 . “We can still use the bill to   10  goods worth 20 dollars,” said the other people.
“My friends, you have all learned a very   11  lesson in this exercise that we are just through with. You’ve   12  that I can crumple the $20 bill during the process as the effects can be seen clearly.   13 , no matter what I did to the piece of paper, you were   14  in your mind that my actions did not actually decrease its   15 . It was still worth $20.”
“Many times in our lives, we feel like as if we are   16 , crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are   17 ; but no matter what happened or what will happen, please   18 , you will never lose your value.” Values that you keep in your heart will always   19  you from a difficult situation.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or not, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE.” “You are   20 — don’t ever forget it.”

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  16  to where he was going. Pretty soon he  17_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to  18  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  19  .

    It was a long  20  road. For many __21__ he kept on driving. When it was almostdark ，he saw in a field a tall  22   ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   23  team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

    “Hello，yourself，”the farmer___24____，still ploughing .

    “Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

    “I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   25   stays right where it is，”said the farmer，without stopping his work.

    “How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more   26  .

    “Don’t know. I never　   27  it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 28  .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”

Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  29  at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   30   I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！” 

1.A. signs            B. orders            C. attention            D. direction

2.A. realized        B. recognized    C. accepted           D. received

3.A. miss             B. meet             C. look                  D. lose

4.A. town            B. country          C. capital             D. village

5.A. lonely          B. busy              C. dirty               D. crowded

6.A seconds      B. minutes      C hours          D years

7.A. driver           B. policeman      C. farmer            D. worker

8.A. strong           B. tired              C. weak               D. tiring

9.A. asked           B. demanded       C. replied           D. ordered

10.A. always          B. often             C. sometimes        D. seldom

11.A .politely      B. friendly        C. loudly          D. angrily

12.A. judged          B. measured        C. saw                D. studied

13.A. sad              B. lovely            C. friendly           D. angry

14.A. gladly          B. immediately     C. silently         D. excitedly

15.A. Generally      B.  Fortunately     C. Certainly         D. Perhaps 

One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a   36   bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill ? ” Hands were   37   . Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱）the   38  . He then asked the audience, “   39   still wants it ?” Still the hands went   40  in the air.

  “ What   41   I do this? ” He asked, and he   42   it on the ground, and started to step on it. He   43   it up. Now the bill was   44   and crumpled. “ Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up.

  “My friends,” He continued, “You have all   45    a good lesson . No matter   46   I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its   47   . It was still worth $20. Many times in our   48  , we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes  49   wrong decisions, or we may   50   with something we do not   51  .When that happens, we feel depressed and think we are   52  . But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. The worth of our life comes not   53   what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Don’t forget ‘the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside   54   , but on its inner value.’ This is the   55   of life.

1.A. 20 dollar        B. 20 dollars              C. 20-dollars      D. 20-dollar.

2.A. risen         B. put                C. raised               D. held

3.A. bill          B. paper               C. cash                      D. change

4.A. Somebody    B. Nobody            C. Anybody      D. You

5.A. up           B. down                C. above              D. around

6.A. should          B. can                 C. if            D. whether

7.A. threw           B. dropped             C. fell                D. put

8.A. showed         B. lifted                C. brought           D. picked

9.A. good            B. clean                C. large               D. dirty

10.A. given                B. learned              C. taught              D. taken

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

12.A. value         B. price                C. effect              D. part

13.A. studies               B. work               C. fields               D. lives

14.A. do                   B. make                C. give                       D. take

15.A. meet                 B. deal                 C. talk                 D. get

16.A. like                  B. hope                C. wish                D. expect

17.A. worthless    B. weak                C. poor                D. careless

18.A. from                 B. in                  C. about               D. at

19.A. beauty        B. face                 C. looks              D. impression

20.A. lesson                B. truth                C. saying            D. story

The 1____ picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his 2____, who were a father and daughter, and put the lid on the cup with a clink. Obviously 3_____ of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the 4 _____ on the table. His two guests heard a box of drawers opening and a rustling(飒飒地响).

They 5 _____ sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window. The father was just about to take his cup when the 6 ____ came, right there in the living room. Something was hopelessly broken.

It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor. The girl looked 7 ____ her shoulder at once, startled(吓一跳), 8_____. It was 9 _____.Neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit. The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room. He looked at the 10_____ floor and blurted out（脱口而出）, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter!”

The father started to say something. Then he muttered（嘀咕）, “ Sorry, I 11_____ it and it fell.”

“It doesn’t matter,” the host said.

Later, when they left the house the daughter said, “Daddy, I saw your 12 ____ in the windowpane(玻璃窗). You were sitting perfectly13____. Why did you say…?”

The father 14____, “What then would you 15____ as the cause of its fall?”

“It fell by itself. The floor is uneven(不平). It wasn’t steady when Mr Li put it there.”

“It won’t 16_____, girl. It sounds more 17_____ when I say I knocked it down. There are things people accept less the more you 18_____them. The truer your story is, the less true it sounds.”

The daughter was 19_____ in silence for a while. Then she said, “Can you 20____ it only this way?”

“Only this way,” the father said.

A.owner          B. host          C. guest         D. master

A.friends         B. neighbors     C. children       D. guests

A.knowing        B. remembering  C. hearing        D. thinking

A.thermos        B. cup          C. lid           D. tea

A.enjoyed         B. remained     C. imagined      D. hated

A.stranger        B. host          C. crash         D. noise

A.around         B. at           C. behind         D. over

A.staring          B. watching     C. shouting        D. crying

A.helpless         B. exciting      C. strange         D. terrible

A.broken         B. streaming    C. dirty           D. flooded

A.touched        B. used         C. hit            D. moved

A.faced          B. shadow       C. reflection      D. action

A.calm          B. still          C. silent          D. straight

A.shouted        B. murmured     C. laughed       D. repeated

A. tell           B. make         C. accept         D. give

A.do            B. help          C. go            D. fit

A.comfortable    B. friendly       C. acceptable      D. agreeable

A.defend        B. support        C. discuss         D. argue

A.kept          B. shut           C. worried         D. lost

A.do            B. explain        C. make           D. manage