A young soldier found himself in a terrible battle during the Scottish Reformation. The enemy was   1  this young man's army on a large scale. He and his comrades  2   themselves hurriedly retreating（撤退）from the battle field in defeat,   3   away in fear of losing their lives. The enemy gave chase. This young man ran hard and fast，full of fear and desperation. Soon he found himself   4   off from his comrades in the army.

    He eventually came upon a rock mountain containing a cave. Knowing the enemy was close   5   and that he was exhausted from the chase，he chose to hide there. After he crawled（爬）in，he fell to his face in the   6  ，desperately crying to God to save him and protect him from his enemies. He also made   7   with God. He promised that if God saved him，he would serve Him for the rest of his days.

   While he lifted his head with   8    hope，he saw a spider beginning to weave its web at the entrance to the cave. As he watched the   9   threads being slowly drawn across the mouth of the cave，the young soldier thought about its irony. He thought，“I asked God for   10，and he sent me a spider instead.”

    His heart was hardened， 11   the enemy would soon discover his hiding place.

    And soon he did hear the   12   of his enemies，who were now searching the area looking for those in hiding. One soldier with a gun   13   walked up to the caves entrance. As the young man crouched(蹲伏）in the darkness,   14   to surprise the enemy in a last一minute  15   attempt to save his own life，he felt his heart pounding   16   out of control.

   As the enemy   17    moved forward to enter the cave，he came upon the spiders web，which by now was completely covering across the opening. He   18   and called out to a comrade，“There cant be anyone in here. They would have had to   19   this spider's web to enter the cave. Let's move on.”

    Years later, this young man made good his   20   by becoming a preacher（布道者）．

1．A．defeating             B．following          C．watching          D．driving

2．A．saw                 B．found              C．let                 D．made

3．A．going                 B．marching          C．running            D．flying

4．A．sent                 B．got                 C．taken              D．cut

5．A．behind              B．forward          C．down              D．up

6．A．light                B．darkness           C．sun               D．blindness

7．A．bargain               B．living                C．way               D．decision

8．A．great                B．real               C．little                 D．fantastic

9．A．straight              B．thin                C．short              D．thick

10．A．safety              B．tools              C．strength             D．rescue

11．A．wondering          B．expecting          C．assuming           D．knowing

12．A．voices            B．whisper           C．sound              D．shouts

13．A．slowly            B．quickly            C．calmly              D．anxiously

14．A．dreaming           B．indicating          C．hoping             D．guessing

15．A．special             B．desperate          C．effective           D．reasonable

16．A．regularly           B．lightly              C．heavily            D．wildly

18．A．gave in            B．backed away     C．backed tip        D．gave away

19．A．destroy            B．use                     C．break              D．protect

20．A．wish              B．thought           C．desire              D．promise

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.

“I don’t understand,” he said. His mum just hugged him and said, “You  36 will.”

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does my mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,”  37  so much could his dad say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still  38  why women cry.  39  he gave a call to God, and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so  40 ?”

God said, “When I made the woman she had to be  41 . I made her shoulders 42 enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give  43 .”

“I made her  44 childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else  45 , and to take care of her family in spite of sickness and fatigue (劳累) without  46 . I gave her the sensitivity to  47 her children under any and all circumstances,  48  her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her wisdom to carry her husband through his 49 . I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never  50 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him  51 . And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. She can use it whenever it is needed.”

“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the  52 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she  53 her hair. The  54 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love  55 .”

1.                A．surely          B．never          C．probably D．seldom

2.                A．only           B．even           C．almost    D．hardly

3.                A．hoping         B．knowing        C．wondering    D．expecting

4.                A．Actually        B．Generally       C．Luckily   D．Finally

5.                A．easily          B．rarely          C．simply    D．excitedly

6.                A．clever          B．beautiful        C．special   D．ordinary

7.                A．thick           B．fat             C．wide     D．strong

8.                A．sympathy       B．comfort         C．kindness D．mercy

9.                A．stand          B．load            C．accept   D．burden

10.               A．gives in         B．gives away      C．gives up   D．gives out

11.               A．difficulty        B．danger         C．rest  D．complaining

12.               A．control         B．love           C．respect   D．satisfy

13.               A．even if         B．in case         C．so that    D．as though

14.               A．disagreements   B．misunderstandings    C．faults D．quarrels

15.               A．minds          B．helps          C．refuses    D．hurts

16.               A．nervously       B．tiredly          C．determinedly   D．unselfishly

17.               A．clothes         B．smile          C．hair D．glasses

18.               A．washes         B．dyes           C．cuts D．combs

19.               A．figure          B．intelligence     C．beauty    D．appearance

20.               A．hides          B．lives           C．stores     D．comes

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.
“I don’t understand,” he said. His mum just hugged him and said, “You  36 will.”
Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does my mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,”  37  so much could his dad say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still  38  why women cry.  39  he gave a call to God, and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so  40 ?”
God said, “When I made the woman she had to be  41 . I made her shoulders 42 enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give  43 .”
“I made her  44 childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else  45 , and to take care of her family in spite of sickness and fatigue (劳累) without  46 . I gave her the sensitivity to  47 her children under any and all circumstances,  48  her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her wisdom to carry her husband through his 49 . I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never  50 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him  51 . And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. She can use it whenever it is needed.”
“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the  52 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she  53 her hair. The  54 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love  55 .”