“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I   36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something   37 will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that   38 disappointment.”

Mother was right,   39 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to   40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports   41 . I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and   42 on the door of every station—and got turned   43 every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an   44 person –“Go out in the sticks（偏远地区） and find a small station that will give you a   45 ,” she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.   46 there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to   47 its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I   48 . The job   49 just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have   50 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom   51 me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration   52 . I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator   53 I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an)   54 game.

On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what   55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

    Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

    The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Herpin died at the age of 94.

1.The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.

       A. treat him for his illness

       B. find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.

       C. get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true.

       D. help him to have a rest in some day.

2.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

A. needed some kind of sleep.

B. needed no sleep at all.

C. was too old to need any sleep.

D. often slept in a chair.

3.Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.

    A. an unusual one          B. a common one

    C. very healthy           D. very funny

4. The main idea of this passage is that ____________. 

A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

B. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

C. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all

D. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

He can speak English，German，French and Japanese.He is nearly a man with a(an)________for languages.

At Priya's wedding party, her mother gave her a newly opened bankbook and said, "Priya, keep it as a   21 of your marriage life. When something   22  happens, put some money in and give a brief   23  to it next to the line. The happier the event is, the more money you can put in. When   24 after years, you will know how much happiness you've   25 ".

Priya and Hitesh both thought it a great idea and soon made the first deposit(储蓄).  26 , after years, they started quarrelling and fighting. They both   27 marrying the worst person in the world.

One day Priya talked to her mother, "Mom, we can't   28 it any more. We decided to get divorce! I can't imagine   29 I decided to marry this Guy!!!" Her mother responded, "Just do whatever you want, but before that do one thing first.  30  the bankbook I gave to you on your wedding party? Take out all the money and   31 it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a   32 marriage. "Priya thought it was   33 . So she went to the bank,   34 to draw out all the money. While waiting in the queue, she took out the bankbook and recalled the memories of all the previous   35 . Her eyes filled with tears, she left in a (an)   36 . When she returned home, she handed the bankbook to Hitesh, asking him to spend the money.

The next day, Hitesh gave the bankbook back to Priya.   37 , she found a new deposit of $5000, with a line next to the record:" This is the day I  38 how much I've loved you. How much happiness you've brought me." Much   39 , they hugged and cried, putting the bankbook back to their   40 .

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