We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. 36 that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly 37  her driving, so I sent her to the store in my truck.

At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my  38 . I enjoyed having it, but I said: “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that won’t last.

After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted: “ Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck.”

My heart sank and my mind was 39 with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “Here is a chance to show Holly 40  you really love. She’ll never forget it.”

The accident had occurred in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van (搬运车). In her inexperience, she had  41 _the brakes and the gas pedal. Holly was unhurt  42  but when I reached her, she was crying and saying：“Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.

Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened(湿润) and she said: “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad’s car and  43 a log that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.”

Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of the night. It was a deep wound on her  44 .

I remember how sad Holly was the night she crashed our truck, and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly  45  on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of  46 .

I repaired the van, but the dent(凹陷) in my truck is still there today. Every day it reminds me of what really 47  in my life.

1.                A．Later          B．Earlier          C．Former   D．Latter

2.                A．pass           B．train           C．practice  D．coach

3.                A．job            B．truck           C．daughter D．cooking

4.                A．flooded         B．satisfied         C．blessed   D．concerned

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

6.                A．mixed          B．separated       C．recognized    D．confused

7.                A．mentally        B．intellectually     C．primitively D．physically

8.                A．run down       B．run for         C．ran into   D．run after

9.                A．Motivation      B．soul            C．shadow   D．body

10.               A．think back      B．think out        C．think up   D．think on

11.               A．property       B．trucks          C．production D．vans

12.               A．affects         B．matters         C．attracts    D．acquires

阅读下面短文．从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When my brother and l were growing up, we mowed(割)yards during the summer to earn pocket change．Dad traded our service to neighbors and? ? ? a price they could not refuse. We got $ 10 per yard．I later found out our friends ? ? $20 or more for the same amount of work.

One day we were? ? ? our next-door neighbor’s yard．She always waited until the grass was knee—high to call us over．? ? we had an old lawn mower．This particular hot afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired .I ? ?? the tall grass as a cold drink to cool down.

I was just about to cut off the lawn mower? ? ?? I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece. I thought about the ? ? change l was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it ? ?? broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out,“You ? ? a piece.” I frowned, hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing .So ? , 1 went back to cut that piece of grass. I said to myseIf, “That one piece? doesn’t?? ? ? anyone .Why won’t he just let it? ? ?”

But when I reached adulthood，I understood his?? ? ? : When you’re? running? a business, the work you do ? ? ? much about you If you want to be seen as a businessman with? ? ? ，you? must deliver a quality product .That single piece of grass meant the job was not done.

The ? ? my father taught me stayed with me：if you say you are going to ? ? a job at a certain time，keep your ? ? ．Give your customers the kind of ? ? you would llke t0 receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much ? ? you take in your work.

1.A. kept????????????? ?????????? B. calculated????????????? ?????? C. lowered?? ??????? D.offered

2.A. charged????????????? ??????? B. paid??? ???????? C．afforded??? ????? D.spent

3.A. cleaning????????????? ??????? B. exploring??? ???? C .cutting? ????????? D.searching

4.A. To be honest? ?? B．Worse still??? ??? C．Believe or not??? D .Above? all

5.A .picmred??? ???? B. watered??? ?????? C. planted? ???????? D.enjoyed

6.A. after??? ??????? B．before??? ?????? C .when?? ????????? D.while

7.A .total??? ??????? B .exact??? ???? ??? C .loose???? ??????? D .poor

8.A. hardlv??? ?????? B．almost??? ????? C. never?? ????????? D. merely

9.A．lost??? ??????? B．1eft??? ??????? C．missed?? ??????? D.forgot

10.A. angry??? ????? B．happy??? ?????? C. astonished?? ????? D.stubborn

11.A .attract??? ????? B. hurt??? ???????? C. attack??? ???????? D.comfort

12.A．come??? ????? B. live??? ???????? C .go?? ??????????? D. pass

13.A. action??? ?????? B. instruction??? ?? C. feeling?? ???????? D. message

14.A. says??? ??????? B. expresses??? ??? C. explains?? ??????? D.knows

15.A.fortune?? ?????? B. pleasure?? ????? C. content?? ???????? D .honesty

16.A.lesson?? ??????? B．experience?? ?? C. skill?? ?????????? D. business

17.A. quit?? ????????? B .find?? ???????? C. create?? ? ??????? D．perform

18.A．word?? ??????? B. secret? ???????? C. mind?? ????????? D. watch

19.A. dignity? ???????? B．service? ????? C .reward?? ???????? D. praise

20.A．trouble? ??????? B.surprise? ?????? C．pride? ????????? D .responsibility

It was a bitter,   36 evening in northern Virginia. The old man’s beard was   37  by winter’s frost (霜)while he waited for a ride across the river. The wait seemed endless. Then he heard the weak sound of hooves(马蹄) advancing along the frozen path.   38  , he watched as several horsemen rounded the bend. He let the first one pass by, then another. As  39 rider drew near where the old man sat, the old man   40  the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side of the river?”

Reining(勒住) his horse, the rider replied, “Sure thing.” Seeing the old man unable to   41  his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman helped the old man onto the horse and took him to his   42 . On the way, the horseman said: “Sir, I notice that you let several other riders pass by. I'm   43  why, on such a bitter winter night, you would wait and ask the last rider.”

The old man looked at the rider and replied, “I know people pretty good. When I   44  the eyes of the other riders, I immediately saw there was no   45  for my situation. But when I looked into yours, kindness and compassion(同情) were obvious. I knew that your gentle spirit would give me help in my time of   46  .”

Those heart-warming comments   47  the horseman deeply. “I'm most grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man. “May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been__36__. Like most English children I learned French __37_ school and I had often been to France, so I _38_ speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand_39. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to_40__ a nice easy holiday without any __41__ problems.

_42 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__43 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _44_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked__45__ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s__46__,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting47_? But aren’t you a bit _48__?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __49_want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _50__there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we _51__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_52__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__53__differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to _54__funny things they say. Most of the__55__British and American people understand each other!”

1.                A．out            B．away           C．outside   D．abroad

2.                A．from           B．during          C．at   D．after

3.                A．get used to      B．was used to      C．used to   D．used

4.                A．English         B．French         C．Russian   D．Latin

5.                A．buying         B．having          C．giving    D．receiving

6.                A．time           B．human         C．language  D．money

7.                A．Too            B．What a         C．What D．How

8.                A．cheap          B．popular         C．public    D．good

9.                A．letter          B．ring            C．news D．information

10.               A．that           B．if             C．where D．when

11.               A．well           B．over           C．nice  D．ring

12.               A．to marry        B．to be married    C．marrying  D．married

13.               A．small          B．little           C．old   D．young

14.               A．very           B．just            C．just now   D．so

15.               A．where         B．which          C．over where D．that

16.               A．did            B．do            C．can   D．had

17.               A．trouble         B．difficulties      C．things D．fun

18.               A．write          B．speak          C．use   D．read

19.               A．every          B．each           C．any   D．all the

20.               A．chance         B．situation        C．condition  D．time

I have been very lucky to have won the Nobel Prize twice. It is, of course, very exciting to have such an important recognition of my work, but the real pleasure was in the work itself. Scientific research is like an exploration of a voyage of discovery. You are continually trying out new things that have not been done before. Many of them will lead nowhere and you have to try something different, but sometimes an experiment does work and tells you something new and that is really exciting. However small the new finding may be, it is great to think “ I am the only person who knows this” and then you will have the fun of thinking what this finding will lead to and deciding what will be the next experiment. One of the best things about scientific research is that you are always doing something different and it is never boring. There are good times when things go well and bad times when they don’t. Some people get discouraged at the difficult times but when I have a failure, my policy has always been not to worry but to start planning the next experiment, which is always fun.

   It is very exciting to make a new discovery. Some people will do the strangest things for this excitement, such as going round the world in a balloon or walking to the North Pole. There are not many new places to explore but there is a lot of new information to be discovered in science and a journey into this unknown area can be much more worthwhile and just as exciting.

   I am sometimes asked, “What do you have to do to win a Nobel Prize?” My answer is: “I don’t know. I have never tried.” But I know of one way not to win one. There are some people whose main reason for doing science is to win prizes and they are always thinking about how to do it. Such people don’t succeed. To do good science you must be interested in it and enjoy doing experiments and thinking out problems. And, of course, you must be prepared to work hard and not to be too discouraged by failure.

1.In the writer’s eyes his greatest pleasure in all his lifetime is _______.

A. to win the Nobel Prize for the first time

B. to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the second time.

C. in the work itself

D. to have a much more important recognition of his work.

2.Why did the writer think scientific research to be one of the best things?

A. You will be able to win the Nobel Prize through the scientific research

B. You can make as much money as possible by doing the scientific research.

C. You may continue doing with something different and exciting, so you can never be tired of doing the scientific research.

D. You can get much more chances of promotion by making the scientific research.

3.What would the writer do when he had a failure?

A. He would forget this failure and start the next experiment.

B. He used to be worried about it for several days and never forget it.

C. He always gave up his study as the result of the failure.

D. He used to think out the reasons and then continue to do it again.

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The writer could still keep calm when he heard the news that he had won the Nobel Prize.

B. The writer always gave up his courage when he met with some difficulties in the course of his scientific research.

C. In the field of science there are still many new things which need to be studied further.

D. There are still many exciting places to explore in the world.