The captain of a ship and a merchant（商人）were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor（水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his  ．One day when the captain had come from a     with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（铁） had    and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll      it for you in my storehouse   _ you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get     money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up  _ 60% ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his      friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had    all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was    lies，but he stayed  _and said，“I knew that you had problems    mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started     voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but  _our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．” The merchant was very    and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And    can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a   ，who said，“The merchant must  the captain the money which he got when he   the iron，and then the captain must    the merchant’s son back to him．”

1.A. car       B. cart      C. ship        D. plane

2.A. voyage   B. travel     C. business    D. visit

3.A. fallen    B. raised     C. widened    D. risen

4.A. keep     B. hide      C. hold       D. put

5.A. when    B. since      C. after       D. until

6.A. many    B. more      C. a bit       D. less

7.A. on      B. in         C. to         D. by

8.A. dishonest B. honest     C. real        D. former

9.A. sold     B. borrowed   C. eaten      D. drunk

10.A. talking   B. making    C. telling      D. saying

11.A. friendly  B. calm      C. quiet       D. angry

12.A. about    B. in         C. on         D. with

13.A. another  B. next       C. the other    D. other

14.A. while    B. after       C. during      D. before

15.A. boring   B. puzzled     C. angry      D. afraid

16.A. yet      B. neither      C. so        D. either

17.A. lawyer   B. manager     C. child      D. judge

18.A. return    B. give        C. offer      D. lend

19.A. kept     B. bought      C. sold       D. stole

20.A. bring    B. fetch        C. carry      D. catch

 The captain of a ship and a merchant （商人） were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor （水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his 16 ．One day when the captain had come from a  17  with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（铁） had  18  and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll   19 it for you in my storehouse 20 you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get  21   money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up very  22  ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his  23 friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had  24  all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was  25  lies，but he stayed  26_and said，“I knew that you had problems  27  mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started  28 voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but  29_our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．”        The merchant was very  30  and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And  31  can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a  32 ，who said，“The merchant must 33 the captain the money which he got when he  34 the iron，and then the captain must  35  the merchant’s son back to him．”

16．A．car      B．cart      C．ship       D．plane

17．A．voyage  B．travel     C．business    D．visit

18．A．fallen   B．changed   C．widened    D．risen

19．A．keep    B．hide      C．hold       D．put

20．A．when    B．since     C．after       D．until

21．A．many    B．more     C．a bit       D．less

22．A．slowly   B．low       C．little      D．high

23．A．dishonest  B．honest   C．real       D．former

24．A．sold      B．borrowed  C．eaten     D．drunk

25．A．talking    B．making   C．telling    D．saying

26．A．friendly   B．calm     C．quiet      D．angry

27．A．about     B．in        C．on       D．with

28．A．another   B．next      C．the other   D．other

29．A．while    B．after      C．during     D．before

30．A．boring   B．puzzled    C．angry      D．afraid

31．A．yet      B．neither     C．so        D．either

32．A．lawyer   B．manager    C．child      D．judge

33．A．return    B．give      C．offer       D．lend

34．A．kept     B．bought    C．sold        D．stole

35．A．bring    B．fetch      C．carry       D．catch

完型填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

In a class I teach adults，I recently did something“unpardonable(不可饶恕的)”I gave the class homework!The  36  was to “go to someone you love within the next week and tell them you love them”．It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven’t  37  those words with for a long time．

Now that doesn’t sound like a very  38  assignment until you realize that most of the men were over 35 and were   39   in the generation of men that were taught that  40  emotion is not macho(阳刚的)Showing feelings or crying was just not done．So this was a very  41  assignment for them.

    he beginning of our next class，I asked if someone wanted to share   42   happened when they told someone the loved them I  43  expected one of the women to  44  ，as was usually the ease，but on this evening one of the men raised his hand first He appeared quite  45  and a bit shaken

As he  46   out of his chair(all 6feet and 2 inches of him)，he began by saying，“Dennis，1 was quite  47  with you last week when you gave us this assignment．I didn’t feel that I had anyone to say those words to．and besides who were you to tell me to do something  48 personal?”

“But as I began driving home，my  49  started talking to me It was telling me that I knew

50  who I needed to say I love you too．”

“You see, five years ago，my father and I had a severe  51  and really never solve it since that

time．We  52  seeing each other  53  we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings．  54  even then，we hardly spoke to each other．’’

 “So last Tuesday by the time I got home，I had  55  myself was going to tell my father I love him·”

36．A．1esson             B．project          C assignment         D activity

37．A shared               B．explained        C．reminded        D．imagined

38．A．easy               B．serious          C．curious          D．difficult

39．A．carried             B．raised           C encouraged        D．taught

40．A．valuing             B．maxing         C．expressing        D getting

41．A．boring             B．amazing         C．interesting        D demanding

42．A．what              B that               C which             D as

43．A．freely             B．fully             C．slowly           D．aimlessly

44。A．attempt            B organize            C．volunteer        D．manage

45．A．afraid             B．moved            C confused          D．delighted

46．A．jumped            B．stepped           C．unfolded         D．walked

47．A．satisfied           B．pleased           C．familiar          D．angry

48．A．that               B such              C much              D．too

49．A．hear              B．senses           C．patience           D honors

50．A．naturally           B．possibly         C．exactly           D curiously

51．A．expedience          B．warning         C．tongue            D disagreement

52．A．avoided            B．stopped          C started             D．continued

53．A．once              B．since            C．unless             D．if

54．A．And               B．But             C．Thus              D．Meanwhile

55．A．puzzled            B enjoyed           C．controlled           D．persuaded