完形填空

The Brick

　　About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was travelling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit fast in his 1 car.

　　He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars. 2 his car passed, no child rushed out, but a brick did and WHUMP! It 3 his shiny black side door! Josh 4 out of his car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up 5 a parked car. He shouted at the kid,“ 6 was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?”He went on with 7 “That's my new Jaguar, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”

　　“Please, mister, please…I'm 8 ! I didn't know what else to do!” 9 the youngster.“I threw the brick 10 no one else would stop!”Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he 11 around the parked car.“It's my brother, mister,”he said.“He rolled 12 the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't 13 him up.”Sobbing, the boy asked the manager,“Would you please help me get him 14 into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.”

15　　 beyond words, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief 16 wiped the cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then 17 the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

　　It was a long and slow walk back to his expensive car. Josh 18 did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the damage to 19 him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Pay 20 to the bricks of life coming at to you.

完形填空

　It was a freezing day, when I picked up a wallet in the street．There was nothing 　1　　 　but a letter that was 　2　　 　Hellen． On the torn 　3　　 　I found the return 　4　　 　, so I called information． The operator asked me to 　5　　 　on, and she came back on the 　6　　 　soon． She told me that Hellen's family had 　7　　 　their house years ago． Hellen had to 　8　　 　her mother in a nursing home．

　I called and found out that Hellen's mother had 　9　　 　． The woman who answered 　10　　 　that Hellen herself was 　11　　 　living here．

　The director waited for me at the 　12　　 　of the nursing home． I went up to the 3rd floor． Hellen was an old 　13　　 　with a warm smile and 　14　　 　eyes． I told her about 　15　 the wallet and showed her the letter． She took a deep 　16　　 　． “Young man, ” she said, “this was the 　17　　 　letter I had written to Mike 60 years ago． I loved him very much． I guess no one ever 　18　　 　up to him． I still think of him…”

　I thanked Hellen and came back to the director． His secretary looked at the wallet 　19　　 　and said, “Hey, that's Mr Goldstein's． He's always losing it． He's 　20　　 　here on the 8th floor． That's his wallet, for 　21　　 　．”

　We hurried to him and asked 　22　　 　he had lost his wallet． Mike felt his back 　23　　 　and then said, “Goodness, it's missing．”

　When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, He grew 　24　　 　．“When the letter came,” he said, “my life ended． I never got married．”

　We took him to Hellen's 　25　　 　．They stood, looked at each other for a minute and embraced (拥抱)．

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment into the outer 36 of Harvard’s president. But they were 37 by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38 that the couple would finally become 　39 and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 　40 .

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 　41 face. The lady told them, “We had a son that 　42　 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 43 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 44 a memorial (纪念物) to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t 45 .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 46 would look like a cemetery (墓地)。”“Oh, no,” the lady 47 quickly, “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 48 to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 　49 at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any

50 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 __51___, 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 52 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 53 their offer was turned down, Mr. And Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their 54 ,a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55 about.

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

37．A．watched　　　　　　 B．stopped　　　　　　　 C．followed　 　　　 D．interviewed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is this the reason _______ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

A. he explained　　　　　　 B. what he explained

C. how he explained　　　　 D. why he explained

Is this the reason _____ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

　 A. he explained　 B. what he explained　 C. how he explained D. why he explained