It was a rainy day and I was riding on a bus downtown to go to work. I was   36   next to a man in a business suit and I paid little attention  37   we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same newsstand to get a morning   38  .  

The man running the stand was obviously having a  39   day. He was rude and unsmiling as we bought our papers, which only  40   more gloom （郁闷）to my day. The businessman   41 my gloomy feeling and smiled brightly,   42   the news stand owner for the paper and for being open on such a（n）   43   to make sure we were able to get our papers.  

As we  44 away, I asked this man why he was so   45   to the newsman when he didn't 46   his expression of thanks and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said, " Why would I let someone else  47   what I say and what I feel?"  

We then   48   to go to our own work places. To this day, I still don't know who that businessman was, or   49  he worked. He appeared briefly in my life and disappeared just as 50 . But I've never forgotten the words he said and his   51   which seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day.  

That was a good 25 years   52  , but the effect this had on my life has lasted. I  53   had a chance to thank him personally, but the way I look at life has changed  54   those words. I have learnt that we cannot control people and   55   that come to us, but we can always control our response to them.  

　　One day, in Philadelphia, three men walked into the 1 Street Station. One of them went to the Information Center to check the departure-arrival listings (一览表). There he 2 that the three 3 train to New York was going to leave an hour later that day.

　　When he told his friends about the 4 , they 5 that they all go to a nearby bar to wait. So off they went.

　　About an hour 6 , they returned to the station laughing and talking. When they arrived at the right 7 , they saw the train was already moving slowly out of the station.

　　All the three men ran 8 the train shouting, “Wait! Wait! Come back!” Two of them 9 up with the last car, grabbed (抓住) the railing (扶手) of the back platform (车厢后门台), pulled themselves up, and got on the moving train. 10 this time, the third man had stopped 11 . As he hopelessly watched the train 12 out of the station, he could still see his friends wave and 13 them call. 14 he had a confused (迷惑的) look on his face. Then after a short 15 , he turned a way and slapped (掌击) his knee as he laughed 16 laughed.

　　A man 17 nearby, who had seen it all, 18 him and asked, “What's so funny (可笑的) fellow? After all, your two friends made it and you didn't.”

　　The man was still laughing so hard 19 he had tears in his eyes as he replied, “You don't understand. Those two fellows came to 20 .”

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After sunset on our last day at the farm I walked out into the desert. In this, the first pleasant moment for a walk after long hot hours, I thought I was the only thing out of doors. Suddenly I stopped. Before me a rattlesnake lay fixed, its head not yet drawn back to strike but only turned a little to watch what I would do. Many snakes will run away at the sight of a man but this rattlesnake felt no necessity to get out of any-body's way. He held his ground in calm watch-fullness waiting for me to show my intentions. My first aim was to take no notice of him; I had never killed an animal if I was not forced to kill. But I remembered that there were children, dogs and horses at the farm as well as men and women with thin clothes on; my duty was to kill the snake. I went back to the farm and returned with a stick. The rattlesnake had not moved; he lay like a wire but more quickly than I could stride he shot into a bush and set up his rattling, warning me by this that I had made an unreasonable attack and attempted to take his life and that if I insisted he would have no choice but to take mine if he could. For a moment I listened to this terrifying sound and then I struck into the bush with my stick and, chop-ping about, dragged him out of the bush with his back broken.
He struck once more at the stick but a moment later his neck was broken and he was soon dead althoughwww.ks5u.com when I picked him up by the tail his mouth opened, proving that a dead snake may still bite. There was blood in his mouth and poison was dropping; it was not only a dis-gusting(令人作呕的) sight but a pitiful one too. I dropped the body into a green bush and, as I did so, I saw him in my imagination, crawling over the sands as he might have done if I had let him go.

1. 1.

   At the sight of the author, the rattlesnake        .

   1. A.
      shot into a bush
   2. B.
      lay motionless but got ready to meet danger
   3. C.
      drew itself up to strike
   4. D.
      took no notice of his presence
2. 2.

   The author had to kill the rattlesnake because       .

   1. A.
      it stood in his way
   2. B.
      it attempted to take his life
   3. C.
      it presented a disgusting sight
   4. D.
      its presence was a danger to the people and animals at the farm
3. 3.

   Which of the following best describes the rattlesnake?

   1. A.
      It attacked man without any reason.
   2. B.
      It would not attack unless it was attacked.
   3. C.
      It ran away at the sight of man.
   4. D.
      It exposed itself to danger.
4. 4.

   It is implied at the end of the passage that the author____.

   1. A.
      regretted having killed the snake
   2. B.
      was glad that he had killed the snake
   3. C.
      felt a little sorry for the snake
   4. D.
      could not help thinking about the dead snake

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　　After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and returned to her bedroom on the second floor. She was too  1 to do any house -work that morning, 2 in the evening she was going to an unusual dress party with her husband. What she wanted to play was a  3 genie and as she had made that special dress of hers the night  4 she was anxious to  5 it on. 6 the dress was  7 but a big piece of white cloth, 8 would be very effective to make her look like a genie. After putting it on, Mrs Richards went  9 happily. She wanted to find out  10 it would be comfortable to wear.

　　Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining room, there was a  11 at the front door. She thought it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if  12 failed to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to  13 the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly  14 in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and entered a man. When Mrs Richards realized that it was the man from the Electricity Board (电业局) , that came to read the metre(电表) , she stepped out of the storeroom  15 and tried to explain the matter, but it was  16 late. The man let out a sharp  17 and jumped back several paces, his eyes and mouth  18 wide and both his hands raised. When Mrs Richards first  19 and then ran after him, he ran away,  20 the door behind him with great force.

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