Can you tell me ____ get to the railway station?
A. how can I         B. what I can         C. how I can         D. where I can

Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to 36  it well. He often receives the customers(顾客)  37  and people like to buy  38  in his shop.

It was a cold day and 39  people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness (吝啬). But he tried to persuade (说服) him to buy a watch in his shop.

“You’d better buy a watch for 43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”

“No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”

“But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”

“The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer(播音员) say,  “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”

“But you don’t know when to go to work.”

“That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave（刮脸）. I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and _50_ working.”

“When do you _51_ your office, then?”

“There’s a _52_ near it, its siren(汽笛) can tell me the right time.”

“How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”

“I always put a stick by my bed”

“But a stick can’t tell you the time”

“You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

1.A. watch        B. manage        C. build       D repair

2.                A．coldly          B．luckily          C．simply    D．warmly

3.A. something      B. everything      C nothing       D. anything

4.                A．many          B．most           C．plenty of  D．few

5.                A．work           B．reading         C．shopping  D．fishing

6.                A．neighbors       B．friends         C．classmates D．workmates

7.                A．good at         B．famous for       C．proud of  D．fond of

8.                A．you            B．me            C．yourself D．myself

9.                A．helpful         B．helpless         C．necessary D．important

10.               A．always         B．sometimes      C．never     D．often

11.               A．get up         B．go to bed       C．go to work D．have breakfast

12.               A．show          B．turn on         C．turn off    D．sell out

13.               A．easy           B．possible        C．different  D．probable

14.               A．cook           B．wash           C．tidy  D．rest

15.               A．finish          B．enjoy          C．keep D．start

16.               A．clean          B．leave          C．go to D．find

17.               A．railway station   B．post office      C．university  D．factory

18.               A．sit up          B．wake up        C．stand up   D．get up

19.               A．clever         B．right           C．wrong D．foolish

20.               A．shout          B．wonder        C．laugh D．request

Every coin has two sides.

I was 16 years old, getting out of the railway station with my father, when a woman came to him and said that her money had been  16  . She asked if he could lend her some  17  . My father gave her  18   she asked and told her not to  19   about sending it back.

I was  20  . How could my own father be so gullible(易受骗的)? It was  21  to me that she was lying, staying in the  22  all day long to get the next victim.

“She was  23  !” I exclaimed. “Why did you give her the money?”

My father  24  at me and I could see he was a bit  25  . “And what would you like me to do?” He said, “Should I tell her that I am a college professor and that I can  26  her scam（骗局）?” I did not  27  him at all, so he told me something that I never  28  . “First, she would not do this if she did not need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she is  29  than me, and I do not  30  that. That is more  31  to her than the money.”

A week later, we were in the  32  place, and the same woman came to my father with the same  33  . “Not this time,” my father told her, “In your business, you have to learn to  34  people. Try another story  35  me next week.”

Well, he was a professor, after all … And I like both sides of this story.

16. A. stolen    B. fired    C. deserted   D. borrowed

!7. A. food      B. comfort  C. power   D. money

18. A. that     B. which    C. what     D. who

19. A. talk     B. worry     C. bring     D. come

20. A. shocked   B. scared   C. anxious   D. nervous

21. A. eager     B. convenient C. comfortable  D. obvious

22. A. parking   B. stop    C. waiting-room   D. station

23. A. lying   B. begging   C. crying    D. sobbing

24. A. stared    B. looked  C. rushed  D. walked

25. A. hungry  B. tired  C. crazy  D. angry

26. A. go through   B. see through  C. get through  D. come through

27. A. understand   B. help   C. stop  D. beat

28. A. owned   B. held    C. forgot   D. had

29. A. cooler   B. smarter  C. wilder  D. older

30. A. think   B. receive   C. mind   D. regret

31. A. important  B. interesting  C. expensive  D. delicious

32. A. beautiful  B. attractive  C. same   D. common

33. A. story     B. right    C. dream    D. care

34. A. appreciate  B. treat     C. tough    D. recognize

35. A. in        B. on      C. through    D. by

  Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to  36  it well. He often receives the customers 37  and people like to buy  38  in his shop.

   It was a cold day and  39  people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness . But he tried to persuade  him to buy a watch in his shop.

   “You’d better buy a watch for  43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”

   “No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”

   “But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”

   “The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer say,  “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”

    “But you don’t know when to go to work.”

    “That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave. I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and _50_ working.”

    “When do you _51_ your office, then?”

    “There’s a _52_ near it, its siren can tell me the right time.”

    “How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”

    “I always put a stick by my bed”

    “But a stick can’t tell you the time”

    “You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

 36. A. watch         B. manage         C. build        D repair

 37. A. coldly         B. luckily        C. simply         D. warmly

 38. A. something      B. everything      C nothing       D. anything

 39. A. many     B. most      C. plenty of   D.few

 40. A. work     B. reading   C. shopping   D. fishing

 41. A. neighbors  B. friends   C. classmates   D. workmates

 42. A. good at    B. famous for  C. proud of    D. fond of

 43. A. you       B. me        C. yourself     D. myself

 44. A. helpful   B. helpless    C. necessary    D. important

 45. A. always    B. sometimes   C. never   D. often

 46. A. get up     B. go to bed   C. go to work   D. have breakfast

 47. A. show      B. turn on   C. turn off     D. sell out

 48. A. easy      B. possible    C. different      D. probable

 49. A. cook      B. wash      C. tidy          D. rest

 50. A. finish     B. enjoy      C. keep         D. start

 51. A. clean     B. leave       C. go to        D. find

 52. A. railway station  B. post office   C. university   D. factory

 53. A. sit up        B. wake up     C. stand up    D. get up

 54. A. clever        B. right        C. wrong      D. foolish

 55. A. shout        B. wonder      C. laugh       D. request