A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was  1  a beautiful day that I drove to go for a look in the country.

       On the way back home, my car  2  .It was out of gas on a lonely road far from a town. I decided to walk  3  I found someone who could  4  some gas.

       I had walked almost a mile  5  I finally found a house near the road. I was glad to see it  6  it was getting dark.

       I knocked at the door and a little old lady   7  long white hair answered. She said,“I’ve been  8  for you for a long time. Come in.  9  is almost ready.”

       “But I only come  10  some gas,”I answered. I couldn’t imagine 11  she was talking about.

       “Oh, Alfred! Gas？You used to like tea.”

       I quickly explained that my car was out of gas,  12  she didn’t seem to hear me. She just  13   calling me Alfred and talking about how long  14  since she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to 15  .As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.

        16  ,there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my  17  ,he said：“Oh that’s Miss Emily. She lives  18  herself in that big house, She’s out of her mind, but she wouldn’t hurt  19  .She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and   20  came back because of the war.”

1．A．so                        B．such                  C．that               D．very

2．A．jumped                 B．stopped             C．moved           D．slid

3．A．until                      B．when                 C．so that      D．because

4．A．fetch                    B．sell                    C．buy               D．send

5．A．before                   B．so                     C．then               D．since

6．A．if                          B．and                   C．because     D．however

7．A．with                     B．of                     C．had                D．wore

8．A．cooking                B．looking              C．calling      D．waiting

9．A．Gas                      B．Coffee               C．Tea         D．Lunch

10．A．for                      B．with                  C．without          D．buy

11．A．when                B．what                   C．why                D．that

12．A．but                         B．though             C．and                 D．so

13．A．suggested               B．kept                 C．stopped        D．enjoyed

14．A．had it been              B．it had been       C．has it been              D．it has been

15．A．stay                        B．leave                C．speak         D．answer

16．A．Finally                    B．Fortunately       C．Exactly       D．Unexpectedly

17．A．incident                  B．surprise           C．experience           D．adventure

18．A．on                          B．for                  C．by                   D．with

19．A．anyone                   B．someone          C．everyone          D．none

20．A．soon                       B．often               C．never         D．seldom

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Joan of Arc died trying to drive the English from her country. She gave _____1____ the safety of her life as a farm girl to follow an ideal. In modern times John Brown also followed _____2_____ ideal when he led his attack on Harper's Ferry. John Brown believed in God. When he was young, he ____3_____ taken a young run-away slave into his home. He hated _____4_____ and felt it was against God's will. During the battle over Kansas, Brown and his sons fought _____5_____. In 1859 he came to the East to fight ____6___ slavery. With him, in a farmhouse outside the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, were twenty-one followers, five of them black men. Harper's Ferry lay ___7_____ the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers. It was on the border of Pennsylvania, a ____8_____ state. Brown felt that the ____9_____ he would easily free would easily go to the“free”land. Behind Harper's Ferry lay hilly country, where Brown and his men could hide out if the attack _____10_____.

　　As Brown and his men made their way forward, he told them,“Word will soon ____11____ throughout the countryside. Slaves will take up hatches, guns and knives. They _____12_____ join us. ”But Brown didn't succeed. His men ____13_____ take over（占领）the Rifle House and the Engine House. And Brown took a number of hostages（人质）as the ____14_____ spread. But word of the attack reached the Charles Town militia（民兵）, who. surrounded Brown the next day. The militia ____15____ fighting when Brown ____16____ a man with an offer of stopping fighting he was shot down. The next day Colonel Robert E. Lee and a group of US soldiers drew up before the Engine House. During the entire time of the attack, no slave had ____17___ Brown. Brown asked to be allowed to escape with his____18___. Lee____19___. Very soon it was allover. Most of Brown's men were _____20_____. Two soldiers were killed. Brown was badly wounded. Thirty-seven days later, he was hanged.

Years ago,when I was working at a children’s institution,a boy　1　up in the waiting room.It was David.He had　2　his parents.He was very sad　3　to talk to others.
The first two times we met,David didn’t say a word.He sat in the chair and only　4　up at the children’s drawings on the wall.As he was about to leave 5　the second visit,I put my hand on his　6　.He didn’t shrink (退缩) back,but he didn’t look at me either.
“Come back next week,” I hesitated a bit.
He came,and I suggested we play a game of chess.He  7 .After that we played  8 every time,in complete  9 and without making any eye contact.It’s not  10 to cheat in chess,but I admit that I made sure David won  11 .
It seemed as if he enjoyed my  12 .But why did he never look at me？Perhaps he sensed that I respected his suffering.I kept wondering and  13with him,until some months later,  14 ,
he looked up at me.“It’s your turn,” he said.
After that day,David started  15 .He got friends in school.He wrote me a few  16 about how he would try to get into university.After some time,the letters  17 .Now he had really started to live his own life.
I learned how  18cures pain.And David showed me how one—without any  19 —can reach out to another person.All it takes is a shoulder to cry on,a  20 touch and an ear that listens.

John Henry was a young man, and he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country．He could work for hours without missing a beat．People said he worked so fast that his   1   moved like lightening．

One day，a salesman came to the work area with a new   2   machine by powered steam．He said it could drill holes   3   than twelve men working together．The railroad company   4   to buy the machine if it worked as wall as the salesman said．

The supervisor（监工头） said，“I have the best steel-driver in the   5   ．He can beat  more than twenty men working together．” The salesman   6   the statements．He said the company could have the machine without cost  7   he was faster．The supervisor told John about it and said” How about a    8   ?”John Henry looked at the machine and saw   9  of the future．He saw machines taking   10   of America's best laborers．He saw himself and his friends   11   and standing by a road, asking for food．He saw men losing their families and their   12   as human beings．John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job．His friends all cheered．

The competition began．John Henry  13   his hammer and started working．At first，the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did．  14   he started working with a hammer in each hand．He worked faster and faster．In the mountain，the dust was so   15   that most men would have had trouble   16   ．After a while, the machine was pulled from the tunnel．It had broken down．But John Henry   17   working faster and faster．At last he became weak，and his heart   18   ．John Henry fell to the ground．“I beat them，” Then he took his  19 breath．

Soon，the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers．Many   20   left their families, looking for work．They took the only jobs they could find．As they worked，some sang about John Henry．

1．A．broom                 B．hammer             C．hand                 D．sleeve

2．A．washing                B．drilling                C．sewing               D．flying

3．A．quickly                 B．slower               C．faster                  D．fast

4．A．managed               B．allowed              C．refused                D．planned

5．A．family                  B．class                 C．film                   D．country

6．A．doubted                B．hated                C．disagreed               D．decided

7．A．when                 B．if                   C．unless                 D．despite

8．A．lesson                  B．race                 C．task                  D．win

9．A．images                 B．faces                C．plans                  D．signs

10．A．the place               B．the room             C．the space                   D．the air

11．A．excited                B．unemployed          C．moved             D．encouraged

12．A．food                 B．rights                C．wages              D．houses

13．A．touched              B．kicked               C．kissed               D．stamped

14．A．Otherwise             B．But                 C．Then               D．However

15．A．thin                  B．big                  C．high                D．thick

16．A．laughing               B．talking                C．breathing             D．singing

17．A．stopped               B．kept                 C．enjoyed             D．suggested

18．A．burst                 B．worked              C．ran                 D．lived

19．A．own                       B．deep                C．best               D．last

20．A．laborers               B．women             C．villagers              D．salesmen