Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s very beautiful, I could read lots of books there and I made lots of friends there. But it’s hot in  11 . So I usually returned to my hometown when my   12  began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could   13  in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.

One day I had some problems to solve. But I didn’t take the   14  home. My father told me Charlie, one of my   15 , had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I   16  my middle school. At first he didn’t   17  me. He looked me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred! I haven’t seen you for a long time!”

Of course we were   18  to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and   19 . We also talked about the interesting things at that time. Later on he showed me around his   20 . It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I   21  were in it too. At last I said, “Can you   22  some dictionaries to me, please?”

“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to others,” said the young man.

“Are you afraid I’ll   23  them?”

“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t   24  them to me. Look! All the books in my library are not   25 , but borrowed!”

1.                A．spring          B．summer        C．autumn   D．winter

2.                A．birthday        B．Saturday        C．Sunday   D．holiday

3.                A．study          B．play            C．rest  D．work

4.                A．books          B．notebooks       C．dictionaries    D．magazines

5.                A．brothers        B．sisters          C．neighbors D．classmates

6.                A．finished        B．heard of        C．looked at D．visited

7.                A．see            B．hear           C．recognize D．call

8.                A．angry          B．happy          C．worried  D．sad

9.                A．doctors         B．teachers        C．workers  D．drivers

10.               A．factory         B．office          C．library D．house

11.               A．needed        B．read           C．wrote D．liked

12.               A．pass           B．send           C．give  D．lend

13.               A．lose           B．sell            C．throw D．read

14.               A．pay            B．return         C．send  D．give

15.               A．found          B．given          C．won  D．bought

On the way to school, a little boy found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and watched it everyday. One day, it started to break through a small hole in the cocoon, but it  26 greatly. Finally, it seemed it couldn’t succeed.

The boy felt  27  for the butterfly because he knew it was going to die if it didn’t get out. So he ran into the house and got a pair of  28  and cut the cocoon a little. The butterfly came out and was free.

The only strange thing was that the butterfly has a swollen(肿胀的) body and dry  29  . The boy kept waiting for the swelling to go down and for the wings to grow, but  30 didn’t. The butterfly crawled（爬）around and unable to  31  and then it died an early death.

Therefore, he learnt that the butterfly was supposed to struggle to get out of the cocoon. In fact, the struggle to get out of the cocoon  32 the fluid(液) out of the body and it its wings.  33 the struggle, the butterfly couldn’t grow, and would   34  fly. By trying to help the butterfly, the boy  35  hurt it.

Immediately I got up and dressed, I stuck my violin under my jacket and went out into the streets to try my  36 . I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely  37 , feeling as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I  38  at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a try.

I felt tense and  39 . It was the first time, after all. I drew the violin from under the jacket like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains rattling overhead, that I was about to   40  myself. One moment I was part of the hurrying crowds, the next I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the  41  before me, the violin under my chin.

The first notes I played were loud and raw, like a declaration of protest, then they settled down and began to run more _42  and to stay more or less in tune. To my  43 ,I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any  44 at all. Then an old man, without stopping at all, dropped a penny into my  45   as though getting rid of some guilty evidence.

I worked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually obtaining the truth of the    46 by trial and error. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money---the sight could  47  a kind-hearted man; nor was it wise to  48  it completely, which could also confuse him, giving him no hint as to where to  49  his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a  50  practice and I made sure, between tunes, to take off most of the earnings, but always leaving two  51  behind.

Old  52  were most generous, and so were women with children, shop girls and barmaids.  As for men, heavy drinkers were always willing listeners and so were big guys with muscles. But  53  a man with an expensive hat, briefcase or dog: respectable types were the least  54  of all.  Except for retired army officers, who would shout "Why aren't you  55 , young man?" and then would over-tip to cover up their confusion.

1.                A．violin          B．art             C．skill  D．luck

2.                A．station         B．spot            C．street    D．bridge

3.                A．played         B．wandered       C．stopped D．sat

4.                A．nervous        B．excited         C．lost D．strange

5.                A．shame         B．show           C．damage   D．declare

6.                A．wall           B．bridge          C．pavement     D．road

7.                A．smoothly       B．slowly          C．angrily   D．roughly

8.                A．excitement      B．sorrow         C．astonishment  D．surprise

9.                A．money         B．pity            C．notice    D．rest

10.               A．hat            B．pocket         C．hand D．bag

11.               A．people         B．trade          C．performance   D．music

12.               A．encourage      B．help           C．support   D．discourage

13.               A．fill            B．empty          C．tear D．hide

14.               A．make          B．get            C．drop D．earn

15.               A．modern        B．regular         C．timely D．economic

16.               A．pennies        B．dollars         C．pounds    D．euros

17.               A．workers        B．teachers        C．doctors    D．ladies

18.               A．never          B．often          C．always D．sometimes

19.               A．generous       B．comfortable     C．handsome D．selfish

20.               A．playing         B．working        C．cheating   D．shopping

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