One afternoon，my son Adam asked me, "Are all people the same even if they are different in color?"
I thought for a minute, and then I said, "I'll explain，26 you can just wait until we make a quick  27  at the grocery store. I have something  28  to show you.”
At the grocery store, we  29  some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, "It's time to  30  your question. " I put one apple of each  31  on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a  32  look on his face.
"People are like apples. They come in all  33  colors, shapes and sizes. On the  34  , some of the apples may not  35  look as delicious as the others." As I was talking, Adam was  36  each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled （削皮) them,  37  them back on the table, but  38 different place.
"Okay, Adam, tell me which is which. "
He said, "I   39   tell. They all look the same now. " "Take a bite of   40  . See if that helps you  41  which one is which.”
He took  42  , and then a huge smile came across his face. "People are  43  like apples! They are all different, but once you  44   the outside,  they're pretty much the same on the inside. "
He totally  45  it. I didn't' need to say or do anything else.

One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 21 you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you. ”

At grocery store, we 24 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 25 your question.” I put one apple of each 26 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face. 

   “People are like apples. They come in all 28 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 29,  some of the apples may not 30 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully. 

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place. 

   “Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

He said, “I 34 tell. They all look same now. ” “Take a bite of 35. See if that helps you 36 which one is which. ”

He took 37, and then a huge smile came across his face. . ”People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”

He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else. 

1.. A. although   B. so            C. because           D. if        

2.. A. stop               B. star         C. turn       D. stay

3.. A. expressive B. encouraging C. informative    D. interesting

4.. A. bought     B. counted       C. saw            D. collected

5.. A. check             B. mention      C. answer          D. improve

6.. A. size              B. type         C. shape     D. class

7.. A. worried   B. satisfy       C. proud           D. curious

8.. A. ordinary  B. normal       C. different        D. regular

9.. A. outside   B. whole        C. table           D. inside

10.. A. still        B. even         C. only           D. ever

11.. A. examining  B. measuring    C. drawing         D. packing

12.. A. keeping  B. placing      C. pulling          D. giving

13.. A. on         B. toward          C. for          D. in

14.. A. mustn’t B. can’t            C. shouldn’t   D. needn’t

15.. A. each one B. each other        C. the other  D. one another

16.. A. admit B. consider             C. decide        D. believe

17.. A. big bites  B. deep breaths C. a firm hold    D. close look

18.. A. just       B. always          C. merely        D. seldom

19.. A. put away B. get down          C. hand out      D. take off

20.. A. made       B. took            C. got            D. did

    One afternoon，my son Adam asked me，“Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

    I thought for a minute，and then I said，“I’ll explain, _21_ you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you.＂

    At the grocery store， we 24 some apples―red，green and yellow ones．Back home．I told Adam，＂It’s time to 25 your question．”I put one apple of each 26 on the table．Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face.

    “People are like apples．They come in all 28 colors，shapes and sizes．On the 29 ,some of the apples may not 30 look as delicious as the others．”As I was talking, Adam was 31  each one carefully.

    Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32  them back on the table, but 33 a different place.

    “okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

    He said, “I 34  tell. They all look the same now.” “Take a bite of 35 . See if that helps you 36 which one is which.”

    He took 37 , and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”

 He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.

One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 36  you can just wait until we make a quick 37  at the grocery store. I have something 38 to show you. ”

At the grocery store, we 39  some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 40  your question.” I put one apple of each 41  on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 42  look on his face. 

 “People are like apples. They come in all 43  colors, shapes and sizes. On the 44 ,  some of the apples may not 45  look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 46  each one carefully. 

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 47  them back on the table, but 48   a different place. 

 “Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

He said, “I 49  tell. They all look same now. ” “Take a bite of 50 . See if that helps you 51  which one is which. ”

He took a 52 ,  and then a huge smile came across his face. . ”People are 53  like apples! They are all different, but once you 54  the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”

He totally 55  it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else. 

1.. A. although        B. so              C. because        D. if        

2.A. stop              B. start           C. turn           D. stay        

3.A. expressive        B. encouraging     C. informative    D. interesting     

4.A. bought            B. counted         C. saw            D. collected      

5. A. check            B. mention         C. answer         D. improve       

6.A. size              B. type            C. shape          D. class        

7.A. worried           B. satisfied       C. proud          D. curious       

8.A. ordinary          B. normal          C. different      D. regular       

9.A. outside           B. whole           C. table          D. inside        

10. A. still           B. even            C. only           D. ever        

11.A. examining        B. measuring       C. drawing        D. packing       

12.A. keeping          B. placing         C. pulling        D. giving        

13. A. on              B. toward          C. for            D. in         

14.A. mustn’t         B. can’t          C. shouldn’t     D. needn’t       

15.A. each one         B. each other      C. the other      D. one another    

16.A. admit            B. consider        C. decide         D. believe

17. A. big bite        B. deep breath     C. firm hold      D. close look 

18. A. just            B. always          C. merely         D. seldom

19.A. put away         B. get down        C. hand out       D. take off 

20.A. made             B. took            C. got            D. did

四、完成句子      （共10小题；每小题1.5分；满分15分）

51. The girl was ________ by the ________ accident. (frighten)

52. The Olympic Games are held _______ ________ ________. (每四年)

53. I have almost _______ _______ _______ my money. (用完)

54. ______ ______ your help, I finished the task in time. (多亏)

55.（完成句子）别再为那件事与他争论了！

Don’t ______ ______ him ______ that matter!

56. (完成句子) 你明天开始工作方便吗？

Will it be ________ for you to start work tomorrow?

57. (完成句子) 双方谈判已经破裂。

Negotiations between the two sides have ________ ________.

58. (完成句子) 她依旧恪守说过的每一句话。

She still ________ _________ every word she said.

59. (完成句子) 她（在大学）主修数学和物理。

She ________ ________ maths and physics (at university).

60. (完成句子) 据《圣经》记载，亚当是人类始祖。

________ ________ the Bible, Adam was the first man.