No one in the United States could forget the sorrowful story, April 14th, 1865 36 Abraham Lincoln was murdered.

The night after a very busy  37 , the President and his wife went to Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C where a new play was to be put on.

Near the theatre  38  a 25-year-old unsuccessful actor named John Wilkes Booth, who was strongly against the North though he hadn’t fought  39 the South himself. As the play  40  after a moment of rest, Booth came into the theatre. He walked slowly and quietly  41  the door through which he could see the President’s  42. He looked  43  carefully so as to find the guards  44  task was to protect the President from the enemy. To his joy, there was none of  45  and nobody noticed him. He reached the door quickly and began to get hold of the gun  46  in his pocket.

It was quiet in the theatre and everyone 47  his eyes on the stage. Suddenly a terrible sound of  48  broke in on the play. It surprised everyone and soon they looked  49  where the sound had just come .Smoke was seen coming out of the President’s box, where the  50  had enjoyed the play. Right away the theatre was full of shouting and excited people. Soldiers hurried in to  _51  the building, but it was too  52 ! The murderer had already  53  from the box onto the stage, from which then he hurriedly ran out of the theatre and soon disappeared in the  54_.

The news came that Lincoln, whom the people had  55  to love as an inspiring leader and a wise, warm-hearted, honest man, was short in the chest and died early the next morning.

One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were playing and having a good time when   26  a hungry cat came on the scene! It hid   27  a big tree and then   28  forward through the tall grass   29  it could almost hear them talk.  30  the mother rat and her babies knew   31  had happened, the cat   32  from its hiding place and started to run   33  them.

The mother rat and her babies all   34  at once. They hurried towards   35  home, which was under a pile of large stones.   36  the baby rats were   37  frightened that they could not run very   38 . Closer and closer the cat came. In no time the cat would be upon   39 . What was to be done?

The mother rat stopped running,   40  round and faced the cat,   41，"Bow Wow! Bow Wow! "just like   42  angry dog. The cat was so surprised and   43  that it ran away.

The mother rat turned to the babies, "Now you see  44  important it is to learn 45   second language!"

1.                A．naturally        B．suddenly        C．nearly    D．certainly

2.                A．on            B．between        C．by   D．behind

3.                A．crawled(爬)     B．jumped         C．looked   D．put

4.                A．before         B．when          C．until D．while

5.                A．Before         B．After           C．Unless    D．Otherwise

6.                A．where         B．what           C．which    D．when

7.                A．jumped         B．started         C．jumping  D．starting

8.                A．over           B．through         C．after D．against

9.                A．runing away     B．ran away        C．run away  D．to run away

10.               A．to             B．for            C．its    D．their

11.               A．Because        B．But            C．Thus  D．Although

12.               A．as             B．very           C．so    D．much

13.               A．freely          B．hardly          C．soon  D．quickly

14.               A．ahead          B．down          C．that  D．them

15.               A．turned         B．walked         C．jumped   D．ran

16.               A．saying          B．said           C．shouting   D．shouted

17.               A．a             B．an             C．their  D．that

18.               A．pleased        B．excited         C．frightened D．worried

19.               A．so             B．why           C．what  D．how

20.               A．\              B．the            C．a D．an

I met the guy who told me an amazing story．He was  21  Scotland on a motorbike by himself．One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin．He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really  22   girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭便车).Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a  23   to Elgin．She got and drove off．He said he  24  having her on the back,  as it was nice   25．But after a time he forgot that she was there．Suddenly he  26  but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees  27  against him ! He  28  behind him but …she wasn’t there.

He said he felt frightened  29  his life ! He felt cold all over．He thought she must have 30  off the back．So he turned round and 31  back along the road．He didn’t find her．So he began to think that she might have been 32 by someone else.

Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone  33  he came to a pub．He decided to  34  so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell  35  ．He went into the pub and talked to the barman．He told the barman what had happened．He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all  36 ．He just carried on  37  the glasses.

Then the barman said, “you are not the  38  person to come in here and tell the same  39 ．That girl you think you picked up  40  seven years ago… in a motorbike accident.”

21．A．touring                 B．searching                   C．defending        D．circling

22．A．poor               B．attractive           C．tall               D．terrible  

23．A．help                       B．lift                C．service            D．trip 

24．A．chose               B．came               C．meant             D．liked 

25．A．business            B．event              C．company           D．action

26．A．thought            B．considered          C．remembered        D．called

27．A．pressing            B．turning            C．going             D．running

28．A．looked              B．took               C．felt               D．seized

29．A．out of              B．in case of           C．in place of        D．to the best of

30．A．jumped             B．kept               C．kicked             D．fallen

31．A．raced               B．walked             C．got               D．watched

32．A．picked up           B．searched for        C．taken away        D．brought back

33．A．when               B．until               C．although         D．since

34．A．wait                B．enter              C．stop               D．march

35．A．someone            B．nobody            C．the father           D．the police

36．A．worried            B．surprised           C．moving             D．satisfied

37．A．breaking            B．waving            C．knocking           D．drying

38．A．first                B．last                C．right              D．honest

39．A．story               B．message            C．lie                D．truth

40．A．was saved           B．ran away           C．died               D．left

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　　One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were playing and having a wonderful time when 1 a hungry cat came on the scene! It hid 2 a big tree and the 3 forward through the tall grass 4 it could almost hear them talk. 5 the mother rat and her babies knew 6 had happened, the cat 7 from its hiding-place and started to run 8 them.

　　The mother rat and her babies all 9 right away. They hurried towards 10 home, which was under a pile of large stones. 11 the baby rats were 12 frightened that they could not run very 13 . Closer and closer the cat came. In no time the cat would be upon 14 . What was to be done? The mother rat stopped running suddenly, 15 round and faced the cat, 16 “Bow! Wow! Bow-Wow!”just like 17 angry dog. The cat was so surprised and 18 that it ran away.

　　The mother rat turned to her babies,“Now you see 19 important it is to learn a 20 language!”

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I met this guy who told me an amazing story. He was  1  Scotland on a motorbike by himself. One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin. He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really  2_   girl standing by the road, hitchhiking （搭车）. Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a  3  to Elgin. She got on and he drove off. He said he  4  having her on the back, as it was nice  5  . But after a time he forgot that she was there. Suddenly he  6  but he realized that he couldn't feel her knees  7  against him! He  8  behind him but...she wasn't there.

He said he felt frightened  9  his life! He felt cold all over. He thought she must have  10  off the back. So he turned round and  11  back along the road. He didn't find her. He went to see if she had crawled （爬） into a field or something. But he didn't find her. So he began to think that she might have been  12  by someone else.

    Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn't see anyone  13  he came to a pub. He decided to  14  so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell  _15 . He went into a pub and talked to the barman. He told the barman what had happened. He said the barman didn't seem to be at all  16 . He just carried on  17  the glasses.

Then the barman said, "You're not the  18  person to come in here and tell the same  19 .That girl you think you picked up  20  seven years ago... in a motorbike accident. "

1．A．touring      B．searching       C．defending            D．circling

2．A．poor       B．attractive       C．tall                  D．terrible

3．A．help        B．lift              C．service             D．trip

4．A．chose            B．came           C．meant                D．liked

5．A．business    B．event           C．company            D．action

6．A．thought      B．Considered     C．remembered          D．called

7．A．pressing   B．turning          C．going                  D．running

8．A．looked       B．took           C．fell                  D．seized

9．A．out of        B．in case of       C．in place of              D．to the best of

10．A．jumped  B．kept              C．kicked               D．fallen

11．A．raced       B．walked          C．got                        D．watched

12．A．picked up B．searched for    C．taken away           D．brought back

13．A．when       B．until     C．although                D．since

14．A．wait      B．enter            C．stop                 D．march

15．A．someone B．nobody        C．the father                   D．the police

16．A．worried    B．surprised       C．moved                D．satisfied

17．A．breaking   B．waving         C．knocking            D．drying

18．A．first      B．Last               C．Right                D．honest

19．A．story     B．message        C．lie                   D．truth

20．A．was saved  B．ran away    C．died                         D．left