—How about your journey to Mount Tai?

—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way .

My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow   36 .

Helen was in her 30s and had extraordinary（非凡的） self-confidence, something I was really  37 . I looked up to Helen  38  she was doing what she loved—  39 people better. She always made everyone, customers and co-workers（同事）  40 and feel good.

Being a waitress changed my life. One of my  41 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him _42 , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.

Thanks to the new found confidence I  43 __from Helen, I dreamed of having my own  __44 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（贷款）, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”

The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “What’s   45  ? You’re not smiling today.” I  46__my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody  47 just have faith in(信任）me.”

Before long he handed me checks  48 __$50,000—along with a note that I have to this day. It reads, “The only collateral（抵押品）on this loan is my trust in your  49 as a person. Good people with a dream should have   50  __to make that dream come true.”

I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I  51 working at the restaurant, making  52 for the restaurant I would open. My plans soured（破灭）, and I lost the  53 .

Later I decided to apply for a job at Merill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was__54 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent.   55 ，I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14-percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.

 —How about your journey to Mount Emei?

—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way.

A. slowed down    B. broke down    C. got down   D. put down

The sun was shining when I got on No. 151 bus. We passengers sat jammed in heavy clothes. No one  36  . That’s one of the unwritten rules  37  we see the same faces every day, we prefer to  38  behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using them to keep  39  distance.

   As the bus came near the Mile, a  40  suddenly rang out, “Attention! This is your  41  speaking.” We looked at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your  42  down, all of you.” The papers came down. “Now, turn and  43  the person next to you.”

   Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an old woman. I saw her  44  every day. We waited for the next  45  from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning, neighbor!”

   But our voices were a little  46  . For many of us, this was the  47  word we had spoken that day. When we said them together, like  48  to people beside us, we couldn’t help  49  . There was the feeling of relief. Moreover, there was the sense of ice being  50  . To say the three words was not so  51  after all.

   The bus driver said nothing more. He didn’t  52  to. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a  53  sound I had never heard before in this bus.

   When I  54  my stop, I said goodbye to my seatmate, and then  55  the bus. That day I was starting happily.

A. spoke         B. said          C. stood        D. told 

A. as            B. because       C. when        D. although

A. read          B. sit            C. talk         D. hide 

A. ours          B. your          C. their         D. its

A. call           B. noise         C. sound        D. voice

A. conductor      B. driver        C. neighbor      D. seatmate

A. papers        B. bags          C. books        D. clothes

A. see          B. meet           C. face         D. greet

A. still          B. nearly         C. even         D. hardly

A. turn         B. talk           C. order         D. remark

A. loud         B. neat          C. slow          D. weak

A. first         B. last           C. best          D. only

A. passengers    B. citizens        C. patients     D. school children

A. shouting      B. crying         C. smiling       D. wondering

A. formed       B. heated         C. broken        D. frozen

A. sad          B. hard           C. ordinary       D. shy

A. need         B. want           C. like          D. begin

A. different      B. warm          C. loud          D. happy

A. arrived       B. reached        C. left           D. found 

A. jumped off    B. left for         C. got on        D. waited for

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each bank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English.  50 , she would mind the children and do anything she was asked.
One of her tasks was to keep track of   51 Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly worried. What could she buy for her   52 with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily?  53 ,even without any of the gifts , her employer seems to have everything.
Ursula _ 54 _ long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a store. She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers,   55 things in her mind. Finally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called   56  . “Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?”  “A poor family?” said the   57  driver. “Yes, a very poor family.” Ursula told the man of what she was trying to do. He   58 in silence, and then said, “I know a family who   59 just about everything.”