During the Great Depression, food and money were extremely short and bartering（以物易物）was used.

One day, I was buying some early potatoes from Mr. Miller   36     I noticed a small poor boy    37    staring at a basket of green peas. To my surprise, Mr. Miller sold the boy a bag of peas―just for a marble（弹珠）.

Mrs. Miller, who had been   38     nearby, came over and told me there were two other boys like him and that her husband often    39    with them for peas, tomatoes, or   40    although he didn’t need     41   any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself,           42  by this man.

Some time later, I moved away. One day I visited some old friends,   43   that Mr. Miller had died. I agreed to    44    them to the funeral to offer words of   45    . Ahead of us in line were three young men in dark suits. They came over to Mrs. Miller, hugged her,   46   her on the cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on, wiping their eyes.

Our turn came. I told Mrs. Miller who I was and mentioned the story she had told me years ago. She said, “Those three young men who just left were just the boys I told you about. They told me     47  they appreciated the things Jim ‘traded’ with them. Now, they came to pay their debt.”

“We’ve never had a great deal of     48    ,” she added, “but right now, Jim would     49    himself to be the richest man.”

Then with loving    50     , she lifted the lifeless fingers of Miller. Resting underneath were three shiny, red    51    .

At that time I     52     that one would not be remembered by one’s    53     , but by one’s kind deeds. They say it takes a   54     to find a special person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to   55    him.

Although the Garden God had made him the most beautiful place that there could ever be, Adam was lonely.

Adam needed some    . So God reached into the ground again and took some more stuff from the earth. This time he made every kind of animal and every kind of bird. He brought them all to Adam to see    he would call them. It must have    a long, long time to think up all those    ! Luckily, he didn't call them things like 'Foo Foo' or “Snuggems”or 'Pooky' or anything like that.     , he called them 'gerbils' and 'rabbits' and 'rhinoceroses'. And he    the birds 'eagles' and 'egrets' and 'ruby throated warblers'.

Well,     , we don't know what Adam named them,     he didn't speak English. But he named each kind, and that's important because people are the only ones that name things. Your    knows what a squirrel is, but he doesn't call    a squirrel. He just barks    it! But naming things is one of the things that shows we are    from all the other creatures that God made.    

      even with all the animals around to keep him company, God saw that Adam was     sad. Monkeys are fun to play with, but they don't have very much to say and they have    table manners. So God made Adam fall    , and while Adam was sleeping, God took one of his ribs(肋骨).God took Adam's    and he made a woman from it. When Adam woke up, God    Eve to him , and Adam said, “At last! Here is    like me! Her bones were made from my bones, and her body was made from my body. I will call her 'woman' because that means she was taken out of man.”

  At last Adam was    . And so Adam and Eve lived together in God's garden.

1.A. friend         B. classmates     C. company       D. family

2.A. how   B. what      C. why       D. that

3.A. taken B. cost       C. paid       D. spent

4.A. birds  B. animals C. plants    D. names

5.A. Instead       B. But        C. However       D. Therefore

6.A. raised         B. called    C. played  D. names

7.A. surprisingly         B. strongly         C. relatively       D. actually

8.A. that    B. why       C. because         D. how

9.A. dog    B. bird       C. plant     D. flower

10.A. that B. him        C. them     D. it

11.A. in     B. at  C. on          D. about

12.A. different  B. difficult C. great     D. clever

13.A. Because   B. And       C. But       D. However

14.A. much        B. even     C. any        D. still

15.A. terrible    B. polite    C. good     D. trained

16.A. ill     B. asleep   C. awake   D. alone

17.A. body         B. animal   C. bird       D. rib

18.A. slept         B. got         C. brought        D. took

19.A. someone B. anyone C. nobody D. everyone

20.A. lonely       B. happy   C. sad        D. alone

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One good deed deserves another

    One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one cent left. He was hungry so he decided to   36   a meal at the next house. However, he lost his courage when a lovely young woman opened the door.   37   a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I   38   you?”

  “You don’t owe me   39  ,” she replied. “My mother has taught me never to accept money for   40   of kindness.”  He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he felt stronger   41  , and it also increased his faith in the human race.

Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were   42  . They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists were called in to study her   43   disease. Dr Howard Kelly, now famous, was also in the consultation (会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came from, he immediately   44   from the chair and went down   45   the hospital hall towards her room.　　　　　　　　

      46   his doctor’s coat he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room,   47   to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.

    After a long struggle, the   48   against the disease was won. Dr Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The   49   was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was   50   that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the   51   of the bill   52    her attention. She read these words.

    “Paid   53   for a glass of milk.”

    Tears of joy   54   her eyes as she saw it. She was grateful   55   love could spread widely through human hearts and hands.

A. beg for B. intend for   C. seek for D. pay for

A. On top of   B. In addition  C. Instead of   D. In spite of

A. own B. cost C. owe  D. spend

A. anything    B. something    C. everything   D. nothing

A. benefit B. reason   C. sake D. acts

A. mentally    B. thoroughly   C. physically   D. intellectually

A. defeat  B. stuck    C. hit  D. struck

A. different   B. rare C. infected D. casual

A. raised  B. stood    C. rose D. aroused

A. through B. over     C. cross    D. beneath

A. With    B. Dressed in   C. Dressing in  D. Wore

A. determined  B. concluded    C. decided  D. tried

A. game    B. battle   C. disease  D. treatment

A. doctor      B. patient  C. approval D. bill

A. negative    B. uncertain    C. sure D. unsure

A. back    B. side C. front    D. page

A. paid    B. caught   C. fixed    D. made

A. in turn B. in vain  C. in full  D. in return

A. blew    B. floated C. flooded      D. flew

A. that    B. what C. which    D. whose

His quarrel with his boss ______ him his job.

　 A. speed 　 B. cost   C. spent 　 D. saved

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Most people in school like Gloria. So when she 36 sick, some boys 37 to visit her. But none of them wanted to 38 any money on a gift to bring along. Then Willie said, "We can 39 some flowers from a 40. Gloria will not know 41 they come from, and the dead man will not 42 them. "

Everybody was afraid 43 Willie. So he went alone and found some beautiful flowers. Then they went to Gloria's 44 , and the boys acted 45 the flowers were from all of them, but 46 did not mind. After their visit, Willie 47 the other boys, "It's a good thing that I was not afraid. Gloria liked the flowers. "

The other boys laughed. Gloria 48 not have liked the 49 if she had known they had 50 from a grave (坟墓).

That night, Willie was reading a book 51 his mother came into his room. "There's a man 52 asking for you," she asked. "He said that you didn't 53 the flowers. "

"What does he look like?" Willie asked.

"That's hard to say," Willie's mother answered. "He is all 54 with mud. "（泥巴）

Willie, all of a sudden, turned  55 .

36. A. got   B. fall            C. made         D. took

37. A. thought   B. asked         C. planned       D. suggested

38. A. keep B. cost           C. take            D. spend

39. A. steal B. rob            C. buy           D. beg

40. A. shop        B. store     C. street       D. grave

41. A. how        B. where     C. when         D. why

42. A. miss        B. lose     C. hate           D. love

43. A. beside      B. besides   C. including      D. except

44.A. room        B. house     C. school        D. library

45. A. as if        B .if          C. that          D. as

46. A. Gloria      B. some       C. Willie         D. nobody

47. A. told      B. asked           C. said to        D. explained

48. A. must       B. can         C. could         D. would

49. A. boys       B. flowers      C. secret        D. news

50. A. stolen      B. robbed      C. taken         D. come

51. A. as         B. when        C. while         D. suddenly

52. A. inside      B. outside       C. still               D. also

53. A. ask for     B. pay          C. pay off               D. pay for

54. A, painted          B. dressed      C. wrapped         D. covered

55. A. sad        B. red          C. pale       D. glad