阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

My own "truest" Christmas stands out from all the others, which is the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest．Recently divorced, I had no   36   and was on my way to the employment office．It was pouring, but I had no umbrella, for my old one had   37   apart, and I could not afford another one．

I got in a streetcar and there   38   the seat was an umbrella leaning with a silver handle  39with jewels．I had never seen anything so lovely．I   40   the handle and saw a name carved there．The   41_procedure would have been to   42   the umbrella to the conductor, while I   43   to take it with me and find the owner myself．

Then I   44   a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and got it．A lady answered my call and she was so   45   that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house．There, she wanted to give me a（an）   46   , but her excitement at getting back this special possession was   47   that to have accepted money would have   48   something．

The next six months were   49   ．I was able to get only temporary   50   here and there for a small salary．  51   , when reaching home, 1 made myself smile, pretending to be happy to meet my daughter Peggy．There, she opened the door for me and 52 herself in my arms, screaming and demanding that we decorate the tree immediately．But when I looked at the cold pans and cans in he cold little kitchen, misery   53   me．

Suddenly the doorbell rang, there stood a delivery man．"This is a   54   ," I said, but he read the name on the parcels and they were for me．I looked for the name of the sender and found it was the lady．

Our dinner the night was the most delicious in my life．Then I put Peggy to bed and   55   her gifts up around the tree and a sweet peace flooded me like a blessing．

A．hope             B．job           C．faith               D．house

A．torn            B．divided         C．taken              D．fallen

A．down              B．against              C．in                  D．over

A．equipped          B．armed          C．decorated            D．filled

A．examined          B．inspected        C．investigated          D．checked

A．general          B．usual           C．ordinary             D．regular

A．turn in             B．give in          C．bring in             D．take in

A．hesitated           B．turned          C．promised           D．determined

A．searched         B．observed        C．found              D．watched

A- thankful            B．excited         C．delighted           D．truthful

A．reward            B．prize            C．award              D．praise

A．so                B．even            C．ever                D．such

A．changed           B．spoiled         C．helped              D．missed

A．fortunate           B．merciful      C．inspiring           D．miserable

A．employment       B．settlement      C．fulfillment          D．disappointment

A- However           B．Therefore      C．Thus                D．Besides

A．threw             B．spread         C．put                 D．lost

A．got over          B．came over      C．turned over         D．knocked over

A．surprise            B, blessing        C．mistake             D．misfortune

A．set               B．brought        C．took                D．picked

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

My own "truest" Christmas stands out from all the others, which is the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest．Recently divorced, I had no   36   and was on my way to the employment office．It was pouring, but I had no umbrella, for my old one had   37   apart, and I could not afford another one．

I got in a streetcar and there   38   the seat was an umbrella leaning with a silver handle  39with jewels．I had never seen anything so lovely．I   40   the handle and saw a name carved there．The   41_procedure would have been to   42   the umbrella to the conductor, while I   43   to take it with me and find the owner myself．

Then I   44   a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and got it．A lady answered my call and she was so   45   that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house．There, she wanted to give me a（an）   46   , but her excitement at getting back this special possession was   47   that to have accepted money would have   48   something．

The next six months were   49   ．I was able to get only temporary   50   here and there for a small salary．  51   , when reaching home, 1 made myself smile, pretending to be happy to meet my daughter Peggy．There, she opened the door for me and 52 herself in my arms, screaming and demanding that we decorate the tree immediately．But when I looked at the cold pans and cans in he cold little kitchen, misery   53   me．

Suddenly the doorbell rang, there stood a delivery man．"This is a   54   ," I said, but he read the name on the parcels and they were for me．I looked for the name of the sender and found it was the lady．

Our dinner the night was the most delicious in my life．Then I put Peggy to bed and   55   her gifts up around the tree and a sweet peace flooded me like a blessing．

1.A．hope             B．job           C．faith               D．house

2.A．torn            B．divided        C．taken              D．fallen

3.A．down             B．against              C．in                  D．over

4.A．equipped          B．armed          C．decorated            D．filled

5.A．examined          B．inspected        C．investigated          D．checked

6.A．general          B．usual           C．ordinary             D．regular

7.A．turn in            B．give in          C．bring in             D．take in

8.A．hesitated          B．turned          C．promised           D．determined

9.A．searched         B．observed        C．found              D．watched

10.A- thankful          B．excited         C．delighted           D．truthful

11.A．reward           B．prize            C．award              D．praise

12.A．so              B．even            C．ever                D．such

13.A．changed         B．spoiled         C．helped              D．missed

14.A．fortunate         B．merciful      C．inspiring           D．miserable

15.A．employment     B．settlement      C．fulfillment          D．disappointment

16.A- However         B．Therefore      C．Thus                D．Besides

17.A．threw           B．spread         C．put                 D．lost

18.A．got over        B．came over      C．turned over         D．knocked over

19.A．surprise          B, blessing        C．mistake             D．misfortune

20.A．set             B．brought        C．took                D．picked

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　　Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall (记起) it?  1 this happens again, don't  2 to recall it. Do something  3 for a couple of minutes,  4 the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met  5 person and you have heard his name. It  6 has to be dug out. The first effort to recall  7 the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious (下意识的)  8 that go to work to dig up  9 memory. Forcing yourself to recall  10 never helps because it doesn't loosen your  11 ; it only tightens it. Students find the

preparatory method helpful  12 examinations. They read over the questions  13 trying to answer any of them.  14 they answer first the ones  15 which they are most certain. Meanwhile , deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking  16 ; work is being done in the  17 difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers  18 the more difficult ones will usually begin to  19 into consciousness. It is often  20 a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.

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Once upon a time, there was a seed and because he was only a seed, nobody cared to notice him. Thus, feeling kind of inferior, the seed gave no importance to his existence.

Then one day, a wind picked him up and threw him on an open field under the hot sun. He wanted to know why. But instead of any answer, he was provided with rain besides sunlight, sometimes small and sometimes heavy.

Time flew and years later he saw a traveler sitting by his side. "Thank God for this. I really need some rest," he heard the traveler say.

"What are you talking about?" the seed soon asked. He thought the man was making fun of him. Sure, he had seen many people sitting by his side but no one ever spoke to him like that.

"Who's this?" the man was surprised.

'It's me. The seed."

"The seed?" the man looked at the big tree. "Are you kidding me? you're no seed. You're a big tree?

"Really?"

"Yes! Why do you think people come here? To feel your shade!"

A moment passed before the traveler's words touched the chord (心弦)  in him. The seed, now a great tree, smiled for the first time in his life. Years of sufferings from the sun and the rain finally made sense to him.

"Oh! That means I'm not a small seed anymore!  I didn't die unnoticed but was born to help people with tiredness. Wow! Now that's a life worth a thousand gems (宝石)!"

60. What does the underlined word "inferior" (in Paragraph 1) probably mean?

       A. Not funny.     B. Not weak.   C. Not good.  D. Not interesting.

61. The seed thought the man sitting by his side was laughing at him because _______.

    A. the man didn't think the seed was important

    B. the seed never thought he could be noticed

    C. the man was talking about God with him

    D. the man really wanted some rest near him

62. When the seed first heard that he had been a big tree, he felt _______.

    A. disappointed        B. excited    C. doubtful       D. satisfied

63. The passage mainly tells us that ________.

    A. every life is of some value           B. one's existence is in need of a finder

    C. life goes on no matter what happens    D. failure is the mother of success