Filled with sorrow, I didn’t notice the hardness of the chair I was sitting on. I was at the funeral of my  21  . The sadness was so great that I found it hard to  22  _ at times.

Suddenly, I heard a  23  open and shut at the back of the church. Quick  24  hurried along the floor. A young man looked around in a  25  and then sat next to me. His eyes were full of tears.

“I’m    26 ,” he explained, though no explanation was   27  . After several eulogies (悼文), he leaned over and commented, “ Why do they keep   28   Mary by the name of ‘Margaret’?” “Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary,” I  29  . “No, that isn’t correct,” he insisted. “Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.” “That isn’t    30   this is,” I replied. “Isn’t this the Lutheran church?” “No, the Lutheran church is across the street. I believe you’re at the   31   funeral, sir.”

The solemnness (庄严) of the occasion    32  with the realization of the man’s mistake amused me and I could not help    33  . I looked at the man seated beside me. He was laughing，  34   . I imagined Mother laughing. At the  35  “Amen”, we ran out of the door and into the parking lot.

“I do believe we’ll be the   36  of the town,” he smiled. He said his name was Rick and that   37   he had missed his aunt’s funeral, he asked me out for a cup of coffee. That afternoon began a lifelong    38  for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral. A year after our meeting, we were   39  at a country church. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time.

Whenever anyone asks us how we   40  , Rick tells them, “Her mother and my aunt Mary introduced us.”

1.       B.neighbor        C. mother     D.  aunt                    

2.                A．imagine        B．breathe         C．explain   D．sit

3.                A．box            B．bottle          C．door D．window

4.                A．noises          B．claps           C．songs D．steps

5.                A．mood          B．rush           C．mess D．row

6.                A．angry          B．anxious         C．full  D．late

7.                A．necessary       B．natural         C．impossible D．uncertain

8.                A．confusing       B．calling          C．asking    D．questioning

9.                A．shouted        B．cried           C．whispered D．reported

10.               A．who           B．when          C．why D．where

11.               A．special         B．wrong          C．same D．different

12.               A．filled          B．covered        C．stocked   D．mixed

13.               A．laughing        B．wondering      C．worrying  D．singing

14.               A．yet            B．too            C．either D．though

15.               A．first           B．middle         C．second    D．final

16.               A．talk            B．eye            C．word D．idea

17.               A．till            B．since          C．if D．before

18.               A．waiting         B．dream         C．thought   D．journey

19.               A．freed          B．protected       C．married   D．disturbed

20.               A．lived           B．met           C．stayed D．grew

_______ I met her?

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A. Do you imagine where

B. Where do you imagine

C. Did you imagine where

D. Where did you imagine

In June 1977,a baby girl became seriously ill in Deleville. Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, where there were many excellent doctors. The baby was so seriously ill that a team of doctors hurried to examine her without any delay. The doctors, too, were puzzled by the baby’s illness, and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them.

“I think the baby is suffering from thallium poisoning(铊中毒),”said the nurse.“A few days ago, I read a story A Pale Horse written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms(症状)are written in the book. They are exactly the same as the baby’s.”

“You’re very good at observing(观察)things,”said a doctor,“and you may be right. We’ll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poisoning or not.”

The tests proved that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause, the doctor was able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville. A week later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used.

1.The baby was sent to a hospital in London because.

A. her parents were living in London then

B.her father was a famous doctor in London

C.the hospitals in Deleville refused to accept her

D.doctors in Deleville were not sure about the cause of her illness

2.When the baby was first sent to the hospital in London, her illness was considered to be.

A. quite easy to treat?　　　　　　　　　　   B.the result of thallium poisoning

C.a common one?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.extraordinarily serious

3.The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby’s illness was.

A. a doctor in Deleville?　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.a famous doctor in London

C.Agatha Christie?　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.an ordinary nurse

4.From this passage it seems that the baby’s illness has something to do with.

A. a murder case?　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　  B.a dead writer

C.a substance(物质)used to kill pests?　　　　　　 D.the water in Deleville

5.As far as we can tell from the story, Agatha Christie.

A. had never met this baby

B.had spent a long time studying the baby’s illness

C.had once given the nurse some advice in a letter to her

D.wrote the film Death on the Nile according to the baby’s illness

Everybody may have seen the film Death on the Nile, but nobody can imagine that the writer of the story, Agatha Christie, saved a baby in a most unusual way.

In June 1977,a baby girl became seriously ill in Deleville. Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, where there were many excellent doctors. The baby was so seriously ill that a team of doctors hurried to examine her without any delay. The doctors, too, were puzzled by the baby’s illness, and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them.

“I think the baby is suffering from thallium poisoning(铊中毒),”said the nurse.“A few days ago, I read a story A Pale Horse written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms(症状)are written in the book. They are exactly the same as the baby’s.”

“You’re very good at observing(观察)things,”said a doctor,“and you may be right. We’ll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poisoning or not.”

The tests proved that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause, the doctor was able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville. A week later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used.

1.The baby was sent to a hospital in London because.

A. her parents were living in London then

B.her father was a famous doctor in London

C.the hospitals in Deleville refused to accept her

D.doctors in Deleville were not sure about the cause of her illness

2.When the baby was first sent to the hospital in London, her illness was considered to be.

A. quite easy to treat?　　　　　　　　　　   B.the result of thallium poisoning

C.a common one?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.extraordinarily serious

3.The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby’s illness was.

A. a doctor in Deleville?　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.a famous doctor in London

C.Agatha Christie?　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.an ordinary nurse

4.From this passage it seems that the baby’s illness has something to do with.

A. a murder case?　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　  B.a dead writer

C.a substance(物质)used to kill pests?　　　　　　 D.the water in Deleville

5.As far as we can tell from the story, Agatha Christie.

A. had never met this baby

B.had spent a long time studying the baby’s illness

C.had once given the nurse some advice in a letter to her

D.wrote the film Death on the Nile according to the baby’s illness

Everybody may have seen the film “Death on the Nile (n. 尼罗河)”, but nobody can imagine that the writer of the story, Agatha Christie, saved a baby in a most unusual way.

In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Deleville. Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, where there were many excellent doctors. The baby was so seriously ill that a team of doctors hurried to examine the baby without delay. The doctors, too, were puzzled by the baby’s illness and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them.

“I think the baby is suffering from thallium (n. 铊) poisoning. ” said the nurse. “A few days ago, I read a story ‘A Pale Horse’ written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are written in the book. They are exactly the same as the baby’s.”

“You’re very good at observing things,” said a doctor, “and you may be right. We’ll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poisoning or not.”

The tests proved that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause, the doctors were able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville A week later, it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (n. 杀虫剂) used in Deleville.

1.The baby was sent to a hospital in London because __________.

2.When the baby was first sent to the hospital in London, her illness was considered to be ____________.

3.From this passage it seems that the baby’s illness had something to do with __________.

4.As far as we can tell from the story, Agatha Christie ____________.