I can still remember it as it was yesterday. I was a college freshman and had ____36___ up most of the night, laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first ____37___ of the day, my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a ____38___. A few minutes nap(瞌睡) time before class wouldn’t ____39___, I thought.

  BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my ____40___ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ____41____. My young professor was looking back at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had ____42____ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said, still ____43____. “I am glad to see everyone is ____44___. Now let’s get started.”

  For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the ____45___ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the ____46___ discussion he led. With knowledge and good ____47___ he made the material come ____48___. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he ____49___ with were contagious(富有感染力的). I ___50___ the classroom not only ___51___ awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well.

  I learned something far more important than not ____52___ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it with ____53___. What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk your way through ____54___ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too ___55___ not to live it well.

36. A. took                  B. divided                   C. stayed                           D. put

37. A. lecture                     B. test                        C. task                        D. class

38. A. platform            B. pillow                      C. carpet                            D. wall

39. A. lose                   B. help                        C. last                         D. hurt

40. A. heart                B. mind                       C. thought                  D. head

41. A. trouble                    B. noise                      C. failure                            D. Incident

42. A. angrily               B. carelessly                C. intentionally           D. accidentally

43. A. smiling                     B. talking                           C. complaining            D. shouting

44. A. active               B. curious                   C. present                   D. awake

45. A. voice                B. shock                      C. interruption                  D. blow

46. A. fascinating     B. convincing         C.puzzling                  D.encouraging

47. A. point            B. sense              C.humor            D.look

48. A. strange                    B. natural                           C. handy                            D. alive

49. A. taught                     B. spread                           C. combined               D. started

50. A. decorated         B. filled                       C. left                         D. entered

51. A. high                  B. wide                       C. narrow                           D. widely

52. A. discussing         B. speaking                 C. cheating                 D. sleeping

53. A. joy                           B. speed                            C. aim                         D. determination

54. A. work                 B. life                          C. journey                   D. college

55. A. hard                  B. complex                  C. short                       D. simple

I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?” “Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”

“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?” “He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…” “His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb(拇指), lying on some white bloody material.

“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!” “You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?” “But he held the box in his right hand.” “Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.” “And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”

57. We can learn from this passage ________.

A. the writer came to the cafe for the first time

B. the old man made a living by telling jokes in the cafe

C. the writer had known about the old man before

D. what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad

58. Having heard the old man's story, the writer _______ .

A. couldn't help laughing immediately B. showed great mercy （怜悯）upon him

C. didn't believe him at all　　　 D. bought the old man another cup of coffee

59. It turned out that the thumb in the match box was actually __________.

A. the right thumb of his best friend

B. the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person

C. something made of bloody white materials

D. his own right thumb

60. The waiter hadn't let out the truth of the old man's story earlier because _______ .

A. he was nobody but the best friend of the old man

B. the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did

C. the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick

D. the old man helped the cafe in some way

I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?” “Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”

“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?” “He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…” “His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying everywhere. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.

“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!” “You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?” “But he held the box in his right hand.” “Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.” “And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”

56. We can learn from this passage ________.

A. the writer had known about the old man before.

B. the old man made a living by telling jokes in the café.

C. the writer came to the cafe for the first time

D. what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad.

57. Having heard the old man's story, the writer _______.

A. couldn't help laughing immediately.

B. didn't believe him at all.            

C. showed great mercy upon him.

D. bought the old man another cup of coffee.

58. It turned out that the thumb in the match box was actually __________.

A. the right thumb of his best friend.

B. the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person.

C. something made of bloody white materials.

D. his own right thumb.

59. The waiter hadn't let out the truth of the old man's story earlier because _______ .

A. the old man helped the cafe in some way.

B. he was nobody but the best friend of the old man.

C. the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did.

D. the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick.

60. As suggested by the passage, what might happen in the end?   

A. The writer refused to pay the old man's bill.

B. More strangers would hear the old man's story.

C. The writer decided to make the trick known to the public.

D. The old man wouldn't visit the cafe any more. 

I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?” “Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”

“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?” “He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…” “His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying everywhere. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.

“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!” “You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?” “But he held the box in his right hand.” “Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.” “And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”

56. We can learn from this passage ________.

A. the writer had known about the old man before.

B. the old man made a living by telling jokes in the café.

C. the writer came to the cafe for the first time

D. what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad.

57. Having heard the old man's story, the writer _______.

A. couldn't help laughing immediately.

B. didn't believe him at all.            

C. showed great mercy upon him.

D. bought the old man another cup of coffee.

58. It turned out that the thumb in the match box was actually __________.

A. the right thumb of his best friend.

B. the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person.

C. something made of bloody white materials.

D. his own right thumb.

59. The waiter hadn't let out the truth of the old man's story earlier because _______ .

A. the old man helped the cafe in some way.

B. he was nobody but the best friend of the old man.

C. the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did.

D. the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick.

I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?”“Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”?
“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?”“He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…”“His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.?
“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!”“You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?”“But he held the box in his right hand.”“Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.”“And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”?
【小题1】 We can learn from this passage ________.?