In the first week after arriving in the new city for further study, I fell and broke my leg. I was really   36  by the kindness of my new roommate. “We are family now,” she said when she   37  me lying in my room with a swollen(浮肿的)  38 , unable to move. She took me to the nearest  39 by taxi to get my leg examined. The driver was so   40  that we arrived there very quickly. After that, my   41  didn’t stop helping me though I told her I could do things on my own.

So many blessings(幸事) I had never   42  came to me when I was alone and helpless. Bus drivers picked me up  43  anywhere they saw me. Many people   44  the door for me. Such things were small but   45  for a person on walking sticks.

  46 people’s kindness, I did whatever I could to make people   47  . I made many jokes about my two   48 and the bad fall. And I tried not to   49  even a single time about what had happened. I also tried to be kind to   50  students who were injured. I took time to   51  with a girl in a wheelchair who always ate lunch alone.

I soon realized that pain can be   52  by mental (精神上的) power. I could see that   53  I was using physical sticks, there were hundreds of mental sticks I could depend on. I also saw that sometimes   54  situations could be good. Einstein once said, “You can live your life seeing nothing as a miracle( 奇迹 )   55  seeing everything as a miracle.”

1.                A．amazed         B．saved          C．loved D．supported

2.                A．heard          B．left            C．found    D．remembered

3.                A．head           B．stomach        C．arm  D．leg

4.                A．museum        B．hospital         C．playground    D．library

5.                A．patient         B．angry          C．nice D．funny

6.                A．driver          B．doctor          C．family    D．roommate

7.                A．listed          B．expected       C．given D．accepted

8.                A．before         B．from           C．through  D．with

9.                A．cleaned        B．moved         C．opened   D．guarded

10.               A．hard           B．rare           C．easy  D．weak

11.               A．Instead of       B．In place of      C．Except for D．In return for

12.               A．believe         B．laugh          C．talk   D．think

13.               A．hands          B．books          C．sticks D．stories

14.               A．complain       B．advise          C．miss  D．enjoy

15.               A．both           B．no            C．other D．few

16.               A．study          B．discuss         C．practise   D．eat

17.               A．reduced        B．seen           C．caused    D．doubted

18.               A．since          B．because        C．whether   D．although

19.               A．boring         B．unpleasant      C．dangerous D．tiring

20.               A．and           B．so             C．but   D．or

In the eighteenth century young ladies in Italy were taught reading, writing, music and arithmetic．But their knowledge of history and geography was very poor．

Once the French ambassador in Rome was giving a ball to which many important people were invited．The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs came very late．A young lady, who knew him very well, saw him enter the ball -room and asked why he was so late．

"You see," said the Minister, "there has been a little, accident at the King's palace．"

The curious young lady asked the Minister to tell her what had happened at the King's palace．

"Oh, nothing important," answered the Minister．"The ambassador of Brazil, who was to be presented to the King, forgot to take his credentials(国书) with him and was forced to go back to his hotel to bring them．If he had left them in Brazil we should have had to wait at least six months for them．"

"Is Brazil so far from Rome?" asked the lady, who knew little geography．

"It is in the New World," said the Minister．

"In the New World," repeated the lady in great surprise．

"Yes, in the New World," answered the Minister in a sarcastic (讽刺的) tone, "which was discovered by Christopher Columbus．"

When the young lady heard this, she rushed in to the middle of the ball-room and shouted as loud as she could:

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus．"

1．The Italian foreign minister came to the hall very late because            ．

A．he had had something to do at home

B．he was delayed by a little accident

C．someone was hurt in the King's palace

D．he was unhappy to come to the ball

2．What happened at the King's palace?

A．The ambassador left his credentials in Brazil．

B．For some reason the ambassador had to go back to Brazil．

C．The King was late and the Brazilian ambassador had to wait．

D．The Brazilian ambassador forgot to take his credentials with him．

3．Where did the ambassador leave his credentials?

A．In Brazil．          B．In Rome．          C．In the hotel．        D．In his office．

4．The reason why the young lady shouted her announcement was that              ．

A．she was the hostess of the ball

B．she knew the Minister very well

C．she had ever heard about Columbus

D．she wanted to broadcast the surprising news

5．Her announcement showed she was           ．

    A．ignorant(.无知的)    B．clever          C．thoughtful          D．knowledgeable