In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was  36  working and Christmas was the one day of the year  37  the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children  38  it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even  39 — smelling it,  40  it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve(保护) it for so  41  that it often went bad before they ate it.

This year John knew he would soon be  42  enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it  43 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday. 

Christmas day finally came. The children were so  44  as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big  45 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart  46 . He turned and ran back to the  47  room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears. 

Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a  48  on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John  49  his head, he saw a big juicy  50  all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by 51  a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him. 

John never forgot the sharing, love and personal  52  his friends had shown him that Christmas day.  53  that day, after he became rich, every year he  54  send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His  55  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

A. forced          B. passed           C. taken            D. spent

A. as             B. when            C. while            D. which

A. needed        B. wanted           C. valued           D. liked

A. months        B. days             C. years           D. seasons

A. tasting         B. watching         C. pressing         D. touching

A. much          B. soon           C. long            D. far

A. old           B. strong         C. tall             D. experienced

A. seriously      B. carefully        C. secretly          D. softly

A. nervous       B. excited           C. pleasant          D. eager

A. cry            B. disappointment  C. surprise          D. noise

A. jumped        B. stopped          C. broke          D. settled

A. cold         B. small            C. old             D. lonely

A. look           B. tears             C. comfort          D. smile

A. shook          B. lifted          C. put             D. turned

A. gift          B. surprise          C. orange           D. wonder

A. sharing         B. breaking         C. eating            D. taking

A. feelings         B. affairs         C. relation          D. sacrifice

A. In return for   B. In case of       C. In memory of    D. In search of

A. must               B. would         C. might           D. should

A. desire          B. idea            C. meaning         D. thinking

One day I was doing a big clean-up when I   36  a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside. I took one look and immediately    37   an unforgettable time.
In 1991, I had spent five months in Niger, with sandstorms and great heat. Its    38   and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint. Street beggars would continually reached out their hands, shouting “Gift! Gift!”
One day, I   39   for neighboring Burkina to work in a health clinic.Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina, we began to   40  . Out of the darkness, a motorbike with two men approached slowly. Without   41  , one of the men grabbed my daypack as the motorbike swept close by. Within seconds, the two were out of sight,   42   up by the night.
The bag had my passport, money, traveler’s cheques, camera, an airline ticket and other things   43   to me. I was in deep trouble.
In the weeks that followed, I   44  guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all   45   with suspicion. All I wanted was to leave this place.
Then, walking through Burkina’s streets, I met with an old woman, “Gift! Gift!” she cried. I’d had enough. I was   46  of the country: its poverty, its thieves, the heat, and the dust, I told her angrily, “A thief stole all my money and now I can’t   47   out of your country. I cannot give you anything”.
The beggar woman listened attentively and   48   my words. Then she reached   49   the folds of her dress.
“Then I will give you a gift”, she announced. Kindly, she placed and old, dark brown coin in my hand. I looked at it in   50  . It was a very small amount of money – but for this woman, the coin   51   a meal. At that moment, I felt a shame. In spite of the   52  , she was able to give me something priceless.
I saw then the   53  beauty of the people of Burkina, and appreciated deeply the quiet   54   of the poor. With the old woman’s gift, I hope never to part with the coin she gave me. With one small coin, she   55   my concept completely.

In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was   31   working and Christmas was the one day of the year   32   the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children valued it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even   33   — smelling it, touching it and loving it. Usually they tried to kept it for so   34   that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be   35   enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it   36  , he might be able to eat it on his birthday. 
Christmas day finally came. The children were so   37   as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big   38  . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John’s heart   39  . He turned and ran back to the cold room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears. 
Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a   40   on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John   41   his head, he saw a big juicy orange all peeled (剥皮) and quartered ……. Each child had sacrificed (舍弃) their own orange by   42   a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him. 
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal sacrifice his friends had shown him that Christmas day.   43   that day, after he became rich, every year he   44   send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His   45  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited. About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way. Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed. No one had told them about the British custom of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus.
Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn't agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means agreement. Nodding (点头) your head when you are given a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty.
The British people tried to push the three gentlemen out of the way, because the gentlemen _______ .
A. were foreigners　　                 B. didn't have tickets
C. made a loud noise　　　           D. didn't line up for the bus
According to the article, if you want to have a pleasant journey in a foreign country, you should ________.
A. learn the language of the country
B. understand the manners and customs of the country
C. have enough time and money
D. make friends with the people there
In India it is considered impolite ________.
A. to use the right hand for passing food at table.
B. to pass food with the left hand.
C. to eat food with your hands.
D. to help yourself at table.
The best title (题目) for this article is ________.
A. People's Everyday Life
B. Mind Your Manners
C. Shaking and Nodding Head　
D. Taking a Bus in England       

One night, a little before nine o’clock, Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson’s city – Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His wife was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After he heard all this, Dr Johnson was driving carefully. He thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o’clock. A few minutes later, the doctor’s car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.
“Drive on”, he said. “I’ve got a gun (枪).”
“I’m a doctor,” said Johnson, “I’m on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick…”
“Don’t talk,” said the man in the old black coat, “Just drive.”
A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. After half an hour, Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 o’clock.
It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.
“I did my best,” said Dr Johnson. Miss Clarke said, “The boy died an hour ago.”
They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Shute,” said Miss Clarke to the man, “this is Dr Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy.”
【小题1】 From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _________ to get to the hospital.