There were about fifteen of us drawing and writing with chalk(粉笔) to spread hopeful messages in front of a railway station. We? 1 with only about ten adventurers but as the momentum(动力)? 2 , we gained more energy, creative inspiration, and people. In the beginning, many people stopped? 3 because they were curious about our actions. Later when we went on to chalk up some? 4 colors and phrases on the floor, more people came over to see what we were? 5 doing.I wrote on the floor, “Hope: there is nothing stopping you.”?

One particular man came out of the station,? 6 as if he had a tiring day. Although it was crowded, he 7 to get close to us to read the writing on the floor. He had a 8 on his face. He was looking carefully and nodding his head. He seemed very interested, so I went over to him and asked him to join us. The natural 9 of most people who passed by, including him, was, “No, I don^,t have 10 . I have other plans this evening. Thank you so much.” I left him with a choice, “Well, it?s up to you.” Then I continued to chalk up on the floor.?

About fifteen minutes later, I 11 and found he was still around, clearly attracted by us. He talked to someone on the phone, and I supposed he was 12 his plans for the evening, He then came over and said, “I think I do have a 13 to spread after all.”?

I gave him a piece of chalk and he 14 his own chalking spirit. Now, what is yours? Get a piece of chalk and 15 the chalking spirit from one to another today!?

1.A.started　　　　　　　 B.studied?

C.played　　　　　　　　 D.left

2.A.disappeared　　　　　 B.missed?

C.stopped　　　　　　　　 D.increased

3.A.simply　　　　　　　 B.difficultly?

C.similarly　　　　　　　 D.luckily?

4.A.disappointing　　　　　 B.cheerful?

C.easy　　　　　　　　　 D.frightening?

5.A.slowly　　　　　　　　 B.secretly?

C.possibly　　　　　　　　 D.really?

6.A.lying　　　　　　　　 B.appearing?

C.sounding　　　　　　　 D.pretending

7.A.refused　　　　　　　 B.agreed?

C.supposed　　　　　　　 D.managed

8.A.smile　　 　　　　　　 B.tear?

C.doubt　　　　　　　　　 D.worry

9.A.cause　　　　　　　　 B.result?

C.response　　　　　　　　 D.effect

10.A.energy　　　　　　　　 B.courage?

C.money　　　　　　　　　 D.time

11.A.sat down　　　　　　　 B.kept away?

C.looked up 　　　　　　　　 D.set off

12.A.changing　　　　　　　 B.announcing?

C.achieving　　　　　　　　 D.explaining?

13.A.friend　　　　　　　　 B.message?

C.book　　　　　　　　　　 D.lesson

14.A.wrote down　　　　　　 B.heard of?

C.pointed out　　　　　 　　 D.talked about?

15.A.mind　　　　　　　　　 B.compare?

C.cover　　　　　　　　　　 D.spread

Susan Williams went to a boarding（寄膳宿）school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.

Dear Mom and Dad，

I’m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school headmaster is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste­paper basket, which caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste­paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The headmaster phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the firefighters arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The headmaster says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

Much love, Susan.

P. S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams, I just want you to know how bad things could have been！

51. In this letter Susan wanted　　　　.

A. to tell her parents about the fire

B. to ask for a million dollars

C. to tell her parents she had failed her exams

D. to tell her parents she had to leave school

52. The headmaster might be angry with Susan because　　　　.

A. she had failed her exams

B. she had been caught smoking in bed

C. she had not phoned for the fire department in time

D. it was her fault that the school had caught fire

53. Susan told her parents about the fire　　　　.

A. to warn them about what the headmaster would do

B. to make them less angry at her real news

C. to make them feel worried

D. to make them laugh

　　Treasure hunts（寻宝）have excited people's imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Kit Williams, a modern writer, had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues（线索）found in a book when he wrote a children's story, Masquerade, in 1979.The book was about a hare, and a month before it came out Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire. The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find the hare, but Williams put in a lot of "red herrings", or false clues, to mislead them.

　　Ken Roberts, the man who found the hare, had been looking for it for nearly two years. Although he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time, he found it by logic（逻辑）, not by luck. His success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had realized that the words: "One of Six to Eight "under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Even here, however, Williams had succeeded in misleading him. Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridge shire in 1536and thought that Williams had buried the hare there. He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him. He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.

　　Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there. Williams encouraged him to continue, and on February 24th 1982, he found the treasure. It was worth ￡3000 in the beginning, but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable.

67. The underlined word "them"（Paragraph 1）refers to ____.

　　A. red herrings                    B. treasure hunts

　　C. Henry VIII's six wives     D. readers of Masquerade

68. What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare？

　　A. Two stone crosses in Ampthill.

　　B. Stevenson's Treasure Island.

　　C. Katherine of Aragon.

　　D. Williams’ home town.

69. The stone crosses in Ampthill were built ____.

　　A. to tell about what happened in 1773

　　B. to show respect for Henry VIII's first wife

　　C. to serve as a road sign in Ampthill Park

　　D. to inform people where the gold hare was

70. Which of the following describes Roberts’ logic in searching for the hare?

　　a. Henry VIII's six wives

　　b. Katherine's burial place at Kimbolton

　　c. Williams’ childhood in Ampthill

　　d. Katherine of Aragon

　　e. stone crosses in Ampthill Park

　　A. a-b-c-e-d       B. d-b-c-e-a

　　C. a-d-b-c-e       D. b-a-e-c-d

71. What is the subject discussed in the text？

　　A. An exciting historical event.

　　B. A modern treasure hunt.

　　C. The attraction of Masquerade.

D. The importance of logical thinking.