A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and   1 , “This is good!”

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting   2 . The friend would   3   the guns for the king. But this time he had   4  done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.

Examining the   5  the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and   6  imprisoned his friend.

About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者)   __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and   8  him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they   9  that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So  10  the king, they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was   11  of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the  12  to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he  13  to tell the friend all that had just happened.

“I feel  14  for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”

“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”

“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”

“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15  !”

1.                A．joking          B．remarking       C．announcing    D．whispering

2.                A．expectation     B．experience      C．expedition D．experiment

3.                A．prepare        B．arrange         C．carry D．hold

4.                A．deliberately     B．apparently      C．naturally  D．specially

5.                A．thumb         B．king            C．gun  D．situation

6.                A．angrily         B．calmly          C．regretfully D．joyfully

7.                A．caught         B．warned         C．robbed   D．hunted

8.                A．connected      B．related         C．wrapped  D．fastened

9.                A．observed       B．understood      C．noticed   D．complained

10.               A．untying         B．forgiving        C．overlooking    D．beating

11.               A．recalled        B．accused        C．informed  D．reminded

12.               A．house          B．jail            C．village D．kingdom

13.               A．stopped        B．hesitated       C．continued D．refused

14.               A．fortunate       B．foolish         C．guilty D．painful

15.               A．burnt          B．cooked         C．fired  D．eaten

The police officer was         of not trying to prevent the crime from happening.

A．reminded         B．informed          C．accused           D．warned

Jessie, my best friend _______ me of some really bad things just to hurt me. I felt betrayed.

I will never forget what my old headmaster has taught me. 　31 when you are only 15 years of age, you do not remember most of the things that are taught by your teachers. However, this 　32 story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I get 　33 of this story.

It was a normal Monday morning he was 　34 the students on important things in life and about 　35 ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story 　36 .

An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would 　37 every morning and get the train right to Central London, then 　38 at the street corner and beg. He would do this every 　39　 day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and had begged for almost 20years.

His house was 　40　 and unpleasant smell came out of the house. The neighbors could not 　41 the smell anymore, so they called the police officers to 　42　 this place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of 　43 all over the house that the old man had collected over the years.

The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a 　44　 . They waited outside his house, expecting to 　45 the good news with him. When he arrived home , he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no 　46　 for him to beg any more. He said nothing 　47 , but went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he begged as usual.

Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story 　48　 staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.

We should remain true to our course, which may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally 　49 ,let nothing else determine our fate, but ourselves.

What makes us happy is what 　50 in the end, not what we get.

31．A．Normally　 　　　　 B．Exactly　 　　　 　　　 C．Personally　 D．Gradually

32．A．fluent　 　　　　　　 B．optional　 　　　　　 C．particular　 D．optimistic

33．A．informed　　 　　　 B．warned　 　　　　　 C．accused　 　 D．reminded

34．A．disputing　 　　　　　 B．claiming　 　　　　　 C．addressing　 D．advising

35．A．engaging　　 　　　 B．committing　 　　　 C．occupying　 D．adjusting

36．A．went　 　　　　　　　 B．continued　 　　　　 C．implied　 　　　 D．reported

37．A．tidy up　 　　　　　　 B．look up　 　　　　　 C．dry up　 　　 D．wake up

38．A．sit　 　　　　　　　　　 B．lie　 　　　　　　　　　 C．wait　 　　　　 D．sell

39．A．other　 　　　　　　　 B．single　 　　　 C．minor　 　　　 D．only

40．A．neat　 　　　　　　　　 B．odd　 　　　　　 　　C．delicate　 　　 D．messy

41．A．prohibit　 　　　　　 B．see　　 　　　　　　　 C．resist　 　　　 D．stand

42．A．clear　 　　　　　　　 B．destroy　 　　　　　 C．mop　 　　　　 D．wash

43．A．property　 　　　　 B．books　 　　　　　　 C．money　 　　 D．stamps

44．A．millionaire　 B．worker　　 　　　　　 C．cleaner　 　　 D．begger

45．A．appreciate　 　　　 B．divide　 　　　　　　 C．share　　 　　 D.ensure

46．A．possibility　 　　　 B．alternative　 　　　 C．need　 　　　　 D．demand

47．A．after all　 　　　　　 B．at all　 　　　　　　　 C．above all　 　　 D．all in all

48．A．rather than　　 　　 B．other than　　 　　　 C．more than 　　D．less than

49．A．overlook　　 　　　 B．advocate　 　 　　C．negotiate　 　 D．disapprove

50．A．wins　 　　　　　　　 B．admires　 　　　　　 C．matters　 　　 D．succeeds