A little girl was given so many picture books on her seventh birthday that her father. Who should have run his office and let her mother run the home, thought his daughter should give one or two of her new books to a little neighbor boy named Robert, who had visited their home sometimes.

   Now, taking books, or anything else, from a little girl is like taking sweets from a baby, but the father of the little girl had his way and Robert got a couple of her books. “After all, that leaves you with nine,” said the father, who thought he was a child psychologist（心理学家）,and couldn’t shout his big stupid mouth on the subject.

  A few weeks later, the father went to his library to look up “father” in The Oxford English Dictionary, eager to enjoy the praise of fatherhood through the centuries, but he couldn’t find volume（册）F-G and then he discovered that others were missing too. A-B,L-M, V-Z. He looked everywhere for them, and learned what had happened to the four missing volumes.

   “A man came to the door this morning” said the little daughter, “and he didn’t know how to get from here to Torrington or from Torrington to Wintec, and he was a kind man, much nicer than Robert, and so I gave him four of your books After all, there are thirteen volumes in the Oxford English Dictionary, and that leaves you with nine.

According to the writer’s opinion,      

A. a mother should keep house and father educate the children

B. A father should run the home as well as his office

C. A father should run his office and leave his children to his wife

D. A father shouldn’t only run his office but educate his children

“The father of the little girl has his way” means       

the father went out to work in his office 

B. the father decided to the girl a lesson

C. the father still did what he wanted to.

Considering himself a psychologist, the father        

couldn’t stop discussing the subject    

B. couldn’t helping（禁不住）talking about the subject

couldn’t refuse to listen to the subject  

D. couldn’t give an explanation of he subject

What’s still unclear to us in the story?

A. The exact number of the picture books the girl had received.

B. How many volumes the Oxford English Dictionary includes.

C. Whether each volume of the dictionary includes entries beginning with two letters.

D. Whether the father knew his daughter’s mind well

What do we know about the little girl?

A. She liked Robert very much.            B. She liked reading dictionary

She dislikes what her father did to her picture books.  

D. She is a kind and helpful girl.

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer  31_ of Harvard’s president(哈佛大学校长). But they were  32  by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  33  that the couple would finally become  34  and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  35  .

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  36  face. The lady told him, “We had a son that  37_ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was  38  here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to  39  a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t  40 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this   41_  would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady  42  quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a  43  to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  44  at the couple and then exclaimed（惊叫）, “ A building! Do you have any  45_  how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was  46  , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a  47  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  48_ their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their  49  , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  50  about.

A．lab         B．library     C．office          D．hall

A．watched     B．interviewedC．followed       D．stopped

A．realizing           B．finding     C．hoping          D．imagining

A．disappointed  B．surprised   C．worried         D．troubled

A．hopelessly     B．carefully   C．unwillingly      D．unexpectedly

A．cold           B．pleasant    C．funny           D．sad

A．visited       B．attended    C．studied         D．served

A．clever        B．brave     C．happy           D．proud

A．set about       B．set up       C．take down       D．take over

A．moved     B．satisfied    C．excited          D．ashamed

A．house       B．part       C．garden          D．place

A．expressed    B．explained  C．refused         D．admitted

A．building      B．yard      C．playground      D．square

A．laughed       B．glanced     C．shouted         D．called

A．suggestion   B．thought     C．idea           D．opinion

A．bored       B．astonished C．interested      D．pleased

A．department  B．university C．business        D．club

A．Once        B．While       C．Since           D．Though

A．name       B．character   C．picture          D．sign

A．talked      B．knew       C．heard           D．cared

A man lost his legs in a tragic accident. After the accident, only two fingers  36  on his right hand.
However, he was bright, creative and educated. He had gained much experience while traveling throughout the world. Yet, he became very  37  after the accident. He was afraid he would spend his life 38  and would no longer be able to live a life in a(n)  39  way.
One day, he remembered how he had 40  loved getting letters. He realized that he still had partial  41   of his right hand and could write with difficulty. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need  42 ?”
Who to write to? He thought of people in prison. Many of them hoped to  43 their freedom. Others would keep feeling sad and remain locked away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to  44   them.
He wrote to a prison officer about sending letters to prisoners. The prison officer replied that writing to the prisoners would be 45 . However, it would be 46  prison rules for them to write back.
Filled with the 47  of carrying out his idea, the man knew he had to write. He began sending one-way 48  of love, hope, strength and encouragement. 
He 49  twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words, 50  his experience and optimism.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of a 51 . Frequently, he felt discouraged. He often wondered if anyone 52  read his letters. However,  he determined to 53  as long as he could help others.
One day he received a letter from the prison officer. It was a short note from the officer who monitored  and 54  the prison mails.
The letter said, “Please write on the best paper you can 55 . Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they fall to pieces!”

A man lost his legs in a tragic accident. After the accident, only two fingers  36  on his right hand.

However, he was bright, creative and educated. He had gained much experience while traveling throughout the world. Yet, he became very  37  after the accident. He was afraid he would spend his life 38  and would no longer be able to live a life in a(n)  39  way.

One day, he remembered how he had 40  loved getting letters. He realized that he still had partial  41   of his right hand and could write with difficulty. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need  42 ?”

Who to write to? He thought of people in prison. Many of them hoped to  43 their freedom. Others would keep feeling sad and remain locked away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to  44   them.

He wrote to a prison officer about sending letters to prisoners. The prison officer replied that writing to the prisoners would be 45 . However, it would be 46  prison rules for them to write back.

Filled with the 47  of carrying out his idea, the man knew he had to write. He began sending one-way 48  of love, hope, strength and encouragement. 

He 49  twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words, 50  his experience and optimism.

It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of a 51 . Frequently, he felt discouraged. He often wondered if anyone 52  read his letters. However,  he determined to 53  as long as he could help others.

One day he received a letter from the prison officer. It was a short note from the officer who monitored  and 54  the prison mails.

The letter said, “Please write on the best paper you can 55 . Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they fall to pieces!”

1.                A．appeared       B．remained       C．grew D．developed

2.                A．moved         B．depressed       C．interested D．tired

3.                A．worrying        B．regretting       C．thinking  D．suffering

4.                A．meaningful      B．different        C．new D．attractive

5.                A．seldom         B．never          C．always    D．hardly

6.                A．muscle         B．energy         C．task D．function

7.                A．money         B．knowledge      C．friendship D．encouragement

8.                A．enjoy          B．express         C．regain    D．receive

9.                A．educate        B．reach          C．save D．support

10.               A．impossible      B．necessary       C．acceptable D．difficult

11.               A．against         B．above          C．from D．within

12.               A．plan           B．strength        C．ability D．intention

13.               A．messages       B．tickets         C．gifts  D．rules

14.               A．played         B．traveled        C．wrote D．studied

15.               A．forgetting       B．sharing         C．increasing D．forming

16.               A．story          B．reply          C．job   D．reward

17.               A．immediately     B．already         C．actually   D．luckily

18.               A．wait           B．ask            C．change    D．continue

19.               A．checked        B．chose          C．kept D．sent

20.               A．make          B．afford          C．imagine   D．expect

A man and his girlfriend got married. It was a large celebration. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was   36 .

Some months later, the wife said to the   37 , “I read in a magazine about how we can strengthen our   38 . Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying(恼人的) with   39  person. Then, we can talk about how we can   40  them together and make our life happier together.”

The husband   41 . So each of them went to a separate room and thought of the things that  42 them about the other.

The next morning, at the   43  table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

“I’ll start,” offered the wife.

She took out her list. It had   44  items on it. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she   45  that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.

“What’s wrong?” she asked. “  46 ,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”

The wife continued to read   47  she had read all the three pages. She carefully placed her list on the   48  and crossed her hands over top of it.

“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said   49 . Quietly the husband said, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are   50  as you are. You are lovely and wonderful. I don’t want you to   51  anything for me.”

The wife, touched by the depth of his love for her and his   52  of her, turned her head and wept(流泪).

We have a wonderful   53  that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why   54  time looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can   55  us and see the wonderful things before us?   

1.                A．true           B．false           C．kind D．happy

2.                A．boyfriend       B．husband        C．father    D．mother

3.                A．home          B．family          C．house    D．marriage

4.                A．some          B．other          C．the other D．another

5.                A．repair          B．solve           C．set  D．raise

6.                A．agreed         B．admitted        C．refused   D．laughed

7.                A．interested      B．surprised       C．troubled  D．puzzled

8.                A．lunch          B．supper         C．breakfast D．dinner

9.                A．such           B．few            C．no   D．many

10.               A．guessed        B．understood     C．knew D．noticed

11.               A．Nothing        B．Something      C．Everything D．Anything

12.               A．unless         B．until           C．after  D．when

13.               A．floor           B．bed           C．chair D．table

14.               A．sadly          B．happily         C．angrily    D．crazily

15.               A．perfect         B．beautiful        C．gentle D．rich

16.               A．read           B．write          C．change    D．do

17.               A．belief          B．doubt          C．understanding  D．acceptance

18.               A．home          B．earth          C．world D．country

19.               A．waste          B．spend          C．take  D．devote

20.               A．look at         B．look around     C．look after  D．look for