I was walking down the road one day when my cellphone rang. I heard a little girl on the other end 36 ,“Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” Because I just have a little 37 , I knew it was a wrong number. So I rudely 38 “you’ve dialed the wrong number!”and then 39 .
During the following days, I got the same call 40 .But I didn’t care much about it.
Then one day she continually called me, 41  I didn’t answer. In the end, I answered the phone and heard a torpid(有气无力的) voice, “ Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad , I m 42 so much pain! Mom said you were too busy to take 43  of me. But, Dad ,please 44  me again, OK?” The kind of 45  was difficult to reject. I made a loud kiss on the phone and heard the 46  voice say, “Thank you … Dad , I am so … happy…”
Shortly after this, I became 47  about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have 48  you. My daughter has suffered from bone cancer 49  she was born. And her father … died in a(n) 50  last week. I 51  not tell her the news. Poor  baby. When she couldn’t 52  the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad, who had always 53  her. I really couldn’t bear it, so I gave her a random(任意的)phone number …”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t 54  to ask.
“She has 55 . You must have kissed her on the phone, because she went with a smile,” she said, “and I am glad that she gets rid of the pain and stays with her father forever.”
I couldn’t keep my tears back.

【小题15】

A．matter B．event C．accident D．affair

【小题19】

A．stop B．help C．wait D．keep

C
Classified ads
For direct classified service, call 800-0667 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday—Friday.
For rent
Excellent room for girls, begins Jan., 2,4,or 8 months lease(租期). Single,$105-125.Double,$140. Call 800-1932.
Family home, 3 bedrooms, large yard.$275. Call 800-4300
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For sale
Sheepskin coat, men’s size 42, 1 year old. $85. After 6 p.m.Call 800-5224.
Color TV21,$150；transistor radio, $15；recorder,$25. Call 800-0739.
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Help wanted
Babysitter — My home
If you could find a few hours during the day, some evenings and weekends to care for 2 school-age children, please call 800-1111.
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Lost
A black bag with a pencil-box and some books left in the reading room. Will the finder please come to Class 3,Grade 1?
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Found
A green Jacket was left on the sports ground yesterday afternoon(April 15th).Will the owner please ring 656-6688?
59.“Classified ads”may probably mean____________.
A.ads about everyone’s life
B.ads giving one some necessary information
C.ads divided into different groups according to a certain rule
D.ads for which you needn’t pay any money
60.If you want to place an ad. What number should you call?
A.800-0739.                 B.800-1932.                 C.800-4300.                 D.800-0667.
61.If you want to get a used color TV and a recorder, how much will you have to pay?
A.＄275.                      B. ＄150.                    C. ＄25.                     D.＄175.
62.If you want to find a part-time job,you will look at                .
A.For rent                   B.For sale                     C.Help wanted                     D.Lost
63.If you can’t find your school card,you will put up a notice at_________.
A.Lost                          B.Found                       C.Help wanted                     D.For sale

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “     station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a    at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.

  “OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.

  Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance     off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.

  “What a dirty     !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”

  They had not been able to say anything about a      when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came     towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly     to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.

  When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was     at last. Later the police did whatever they could to     the woman who had      them, but failed.

  It is really     that a prediction should agree with the fact so     .

1.A. Weather    B. Railway C. Fire       D. Police

2.A. bus    B. truck     C. taxi        D. train     

3.A. turned        B. took      C. set         D. walked

4.A. call     B. signal    C. trick      D. arrangement        

5.A. reward       B. praise   C. thanks   D. punishment 

6.A. turning       B. running          C. starting D. passing

7.A. continued  B. refused          C. began   D. stopped        

8.A. saved          B. dead     C. awake   D. alive     

9.A. find    B. attack    C. award   D. thank   

10.A. laughed   B. visited   C. repeated       D. telephoned 

11.A. exciting    B. pleasing         C. surprising      D. interesting   

12.A. equally     B. truly              C. exactly               D. carefully      

Classified ads

For direct classified service, call 800-0667 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday—Friday.

For rent

Excellent room for girls, begins Jan., 2,4,or 8 months lease(租期). Single,$105-125.Double,$140. Call 800-1932.

Family home, 3 bedrooms, large yard.$275. Call 800-4300

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For sale

Sheepskin coat, men’s size 42, 1 year old. $85. After 6 p.m. Call 800-5224.

Color TV21,$150；transistor radio, $15；recorder,$25. Call 800-0739.

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Help wanted

Babysitter — My home

If you could find a few hours during the day, some evenings and weekends to care for 2 school-age children, please call 800-1111.

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Lost

A black bag with a pencil-box and some books left in the reading room. Will the finder please come to Class 3,Grade 1?

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Found

A green Jacket was left on the sports ground yesterday afternoon(April 15th).Will the owner please ring 656-6688?

“Classified ads” may probably mean____________.

A. ads about everyone’s life

B .ads giving one some necessary information

C. ads divided into different groups according to a certain rule

D. ads for which you needn’t pay any money

If you want to place an ad, what number should you call?

A. 800-0739.                B.800-1932.          C.800-4300.                 D.800-0667.

If you want to get a used color TV and a recorder, how much will you have to pay?

A.＄275.                      B.＄150.               C.＄25.                        D.＄175.

If you want to find a part-time job, you will look at                .

A. For rent                  B. For sale             C .Help wanted             D. Lost

If you can’t find your school card, you will put up a notice at          .

A. Lost                         B. Found               C. Help wanted             D. For sale

I was eleven years old, waiting for my exam at Saraswati Vidyalaya, my school in Nagpur. “No. 12, please come forward.” Kirti, a very fat girl from my class, stepped ahead. I heard my classmates laughing and so I tried to stop them with my eyes. But my good intentions were mistaken. The next morning, my teacher, Mrs. Kamble, told me, “Ashwini, I’ve received a complaint about you.” I was shocked. The girl I was protecting thought I’d been laughing at her.
I tried to explain but the teacher refused to hear me out. She punished me by making me stand by the door. I knew I was right. Such punishment to a class topper was simply unheard of. But, slowly, my pride disappeared. Instead of being angry, I understood the other students who have been punished at times. For the first time, I felt humbled (谦逊的).
Three years later, I was in the math class. Mr. Prabhuraman, wrote an equation (方程式) — one he’d taught us the day before — on the blackboard. “Anyone who doesn’t know how to solve this,” he said, “please leave the class at once.” I knew I could solve only the first two steps. But my pride made me stay there. Unfortunately, the one who was asked to solve it was me. I just stood there, chalk in hand, trying not to look foolish. I prepared myself for a good talking-to (斥责), but Mr. Prabhuraman told me kindly, “Go back to your seat.”
Today, two decades later, those incidents have made me think. One teacher punished me for something I didn’t do; the other forgave me for something I did wrong. Both experiences had an effect on me. They remind me that no matter what you accomplish (完成), you must always be humble.
【小题1】When the very fat girl appeared, Ashwini _____.