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Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was enough to escape the flood, so when the water had and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their house．
Anna＇s friends were when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to ．
“Well,” Anna her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very , because her husband had been killed in the and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our ,she said to her children．
The children were and happy to get such a present．They the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”
1.A．accident B．flood C．fire D．earthquake
2.A．below B．big C．high D．small
3.A．reduced B．come C．disappeared D．appeared
4.A．rising B．standing C．flowing D．falling
5.A．so B．for C．but D．since
6.A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
7.A．gave B．shared C．found D．built
8.A．necessary B．important C．obvious D．possible
9.A．worried B．disappointed C．satisfied D．puzzled
10.A．them B．him C．herself D．us
11.A．supply B．grow C．support D．educate
12.A．asked for B．talked with C．turned up D．explained to
13.A．sad B．rich C．poor D．happy
14.A．storm B．rain C．war D．flood
15.A．because B．which C．that D．as
16.A．get B．make C．send D．buy
17.A．boy B．student C．teacher D．girl
18.A．child B．daughter C．present D．sister
19.A．angry B．lovely C．excited D．sorry
20.A．disliked B．gained C．led D．welcomed
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Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for 36.________ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on 37._______ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful 38.________that raged across the Atlantic， wreaking havoc（浩劫，灾难） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer 39.________ applicants for the job， he 40._________ a steady stream of refusals.
41._________， a short， thin man， well past middle age， approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand？” the farmer asked him.
“Well， I can 42._________ when the wind blows，” answered the 43.________ man.
Although 44._________ by this answer， the farmer， desperate（不顾一切的） for 45.________， hired him. The man worked well around the farm， 46.________ from dawn to dusk， and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.
Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. 47._________ out of bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and 48.________ next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He 49.________ the little man and yelled， “Get up！ A storm is coming！ Tie things down before they blow away！”
The little man 50________ in bed and said 51.________， “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”
Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to 52.________ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his 53.________， he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草垛） had been covered with tarpaulins（油布）. The cows were in the barn， the chickens were in the coops（鸡笼）， and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.
The farmer then understood what his hired hand 54.__________， so he returned to his bed to also sleep 55.________ the wind blew.
36.A.hired B.applied C.took D.got
37.A.field B.garden C.farm D.park
38.A.winds B.storms C.huricane D.flood
39.A.interviewed B.trained C.saw D.visited
40.A.accepted B.received C.refused D.offered
41.A.Surprisingly B.Luckily C.Obviously D.Finally
42.A.work B.do C.sleep D.help
43.A.strong B.young C.little D.kind
44.A.pleased B.satisfied C.surprised D.puzzled
450.A.help B.pleasure C.man D.work
46.A.happy B.sad C.tired D.busy
47.A.Coming B.Leaving C.Jumping D.Going
48.A.ran B.rushed C.went D.moved
49.A.beat B.shook C.shouted D.stroke
505.A.put on B.rolled over C.got up D.sat
51.A.firmly B.happily C.delightly D.angrily
52.A.kill B.instruct C.fire D.inform
53.A.surprise B.joy C.regret D.sadness
54.A.expected B.prepared C.offered D.meant
55.A.when B.as C.after D.while
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One day a mother brought home a small 26 and gave it to her little girl on her birthday. She told her little girl that the jar was 27 , and that she could write to her mommy about anything in the world and then put it in the jar. And 28 , in its place, there would be a 29 for her. Soon the jar became a special part of their lives.
The little girl loved to get 30 from her mommy. They always told her how 31 she was. Sometimes, too, there would be a little 32 in the jar with a note telling her how 33 her mommy was of her. She 34 all of her mommy’s letters in a pretty box by her bed.
The mother 35 each of her little girl's letters, too. As the years went by, that little girl 36 into a young lady and then got married and started a 37 of her own. For the first time, the jar sat 38 . The mother dusted the jar every day and sometimes looked inside, 39 sadly that the magic jar years had to end.
One day the young lady came to 40 her mother. She went straight to her mother's room, opened the chest at the end of her bed, and found what she was looking for. She 41 a piece of paper and put it in the jar, and 42 it to her mother. The mother opened the magic jar and there was that note from so long ago, "You're going to be a 43 !"
And when that baby boy was born months later, there was the jar 44 in his nursery (育儿室) with a blue bow tied around it, and a note that read,"Magic jar years never 45 : they are always just beginning."
26. A. jar B. box C. bag D. toy
27. A. worthy B . magic C. beautiful D. cheap
28. A. thus B. somewhat C. later D. anyway
29. A. doll B. candy C. book D. note
30. A. letters B. sweets C. flowers D. gifts
31. A. fat B. special C. ordinary D. wise
32. A. air B. love C. present D. money
33. A. ashamed B. afraid C. tired D. proud
34. A. kept B. hid C. buried D. forgot
35. A. marked B. treasured C. counted D. numbered
36. A. developed B. turned C. grew D. fell
37. A. business B. factory C. shop D. home
38. A. empty B. straight C. full D. shining
39. A. judging B. remembering C. realizing D. knowing
40. A. treat B. award C. visit D. notice
41. A. designed B. cut C. prepared D. folded
42. A. handed B. fell C. posted D. sent
43. A. hero B. grandma C. beginner D. mother
44. A. hanging B. placing C. sitting D. lying
45. A. disappear B. sell C. break D. end
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