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　　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 address, so I called information. The operator asked me to 4 on, and she came back on the 5 soon, she told me that Hellen’s family had 6 their house years ago. Hellen had to 7 her mother in a nursing home.

　　I called and found out that Hellen’s mother had 8 . The woman who answered 9 that Hellen herself was 10 living here.

　　The director waited for me at the 11 of the nursing home. I went up to the third floor. Hellen was an old woman with a warm smile and 12 eyes. I told her about finding the wallet and showed her the letter. She took a deep 13 “Young man,”she said,“this was the 14 letter I had written to Mike 60 years ago. I loved him very much. I guess no one ever 15 up to him. I still think of him…”

　　I thanked Hellen and came back to the director. His secretary looked at the wallet 16 and said, “Hey, that’s Mr. Goldstein’s. He’s always losing it. He’s 17 here en the 8th floor. That’s his wallet, for 18 .”

　　We hurried to him and asked 19 he had lost his wallet. Mike felt his back pocket and then said, “Goodness, it’s missing.”

　　When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, he grew 20 .“When the letter came,” He said,“my life ended. I never married.”

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

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In a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy. The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “he doesn't love me anymore, he just cares his business...not me”.

One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, "Let me take it first, OK?" "Why not let me shower first," she asked. "I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, OK?" She was totally depressed.

On a morose day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes...it was his diary:

Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was exhausted. She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in such a freezing winter. But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a litter warm, so every time I rushed to the bathroom first. I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least1℃,2℃or 3℃

Now I can't give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃love.

56. Why was the husband always taking the bath first?

A.　　 Because he was tired from work.

B.　　 Because he didn’t love her anymore.

C.　　 Because he wanted to get the bathroom warmer.

D.　　 Because he treated his wife not as well as usual.

57. What does the underlined word “bankruptcy” in the first paragraph probably mean?

A.　　 crash

B.　　 moving

C.　　 diseases

D.　　 failure

58. The best title of the passage may be ______.

A.　　 A trouble

B.　　 1℃love

C.　　 Husband and wife

D.　　 A romantic love story

　　Farmer Ed Rawlings smiles as he looks at his orange trees. The young oranges are growing well in Florida's weather. Warm sunshine and gentle rains, along with Ed Rawlings' expert care, will produce a good crop of oranges this year.

　　But Ed has to fight against Florida's changeable winter weather. In January and February, temperatures can destroy Ed's entire orange, crop. Having farmed in Florida for the past 35 years, Ed Rawlings is prepared for the frosts(霜). When temperatures drop below freezing， Ed tries to save his crop by watering his orange trees. The water freezes and forms a thin layer (层)of ice on the trees. Strange as it may sound, this thin layer of ice actually keeps the fruit warm.

　　What happens is simple. When the trees are watered, the water loses heat and becomes ice. The warmth of the heat it loses is sucked in by the fruit and keeps its temperature at a safe level. Ed Rawlings has effectively used this method(方法)to save many orange crops.

　　But Ed still faces some difficulties. The trees should be watered at the exact moment the temperature drops to the freezing point. Also, just the right quantity of water must be used. Too much water can form a thick layer of ice that will break the trees' branches. Another difficulty is that wind blows away the heat. So Ed has to worry about not only when but also how often his trees should be watered, and how much water should be used.

　　Computer technology may help Ed Rawlings with some of these worries. With equipment, air and soil temperatures and wind speed can be measured. The information is fed into a computer which can tell when temperatures drop to freezing. The computer can correctly decide the quantity of water to be used and how frequently the trees should be watered. Ed Rawlings will find looking after his orange trees a lot easier with the help of a computer, and we'll all have the benefits(or advantages)of computer-age oranges.

1. The passage is mainly about _____ .

A.a farmer's expert care for his orange trees 

B. the different uses of computers

　C. growing oranges in Florida's changeable weather

　D. different ways of frost protection

2. Ed tried to protect his crop by _____ .

　A. using a wind machine to drive away the cold air

　B. equipping his orange trees with a computer

C. watering it at the proper time 

D. picking his fruit at the first sign of frost

3. In the writer's eyes, computers _____ .

A.are too expensive for small farmers

B. can be a valuable tool for the farmer

　C. can be used to help oranges grow bigger    

　D. cannot take the place of the farmer's experience and judgement

4. Which of the following is NOT NECESSARY for Ed Rawlings to do?

　　A. He should water the orange trees as soon as the temperature drops to the

　　　 freezing point.

　　B. He should decide the quantity of water for the orange trees.

　　C. He has to water the orange trees more often in January and February.

　　D. He has to judge how often he should water the orange trees.

5. According to the passage, the computer technology can _____ .

A.get rid of the need for frost protection 

B. help the farmer get a better harvest

　C. tell the farmer why outdoor temperature changes

D. prevent the temperature from dropping to the freezing point

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　　As the plane took off from Gatwick, Mr and Mrs Malloy sat back with a sigh of 1 . They had thought they had 2 been able to get away on the holiday, their first holiday 3 , without the 4 , since their honeymoon. They had had to ask Mrs Malloy's mother to look after Freddie and George, their 5 ,while a neighbour had agreed to 6 Annabelle, their cat, for their two-week holiday. 7 there had been the problem of taking their 8 from work at the 9 time, all the trouble of getting their passport and 10 the last minute rush to pack (打包), get the children to their 11 and make sure the 12 was clear what Annabelle liked to eat. 13 they had wondered whether it was all worthwhile. But they were 14 on a plane heading for Spain.

　　Mrs Malloy was still a bit 15 about the thought of eating strange. 16 food, and had some real English tea and tins(罐头) in her bag 17 Mr Malloy wondered whether the few Spanish phrases he had 18 in six weeks of evening classes would be 19 to talk to the 20 ,and anxiously 21 his bilingual (双语的) phrase book.

　　Now everything was sure to be all right 22 they had read quite a few stories about the troubles people 23 abroad. They were quite sure troubles wouldn't 24 them. They just had to sit back and look forward to the good time in 25 .

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