Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea．These objects have often changed the way we 　1 . Some help us to do a job more 　2 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.

In 1858 H.L. Lipman had such an 　3 . He 　4　 out a pencil, a piece of paper, and an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he needed to 　5 a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to 　6 the eraser. “I wish my eraser would stay in one 　7 !” he said.

Then Lipman had his simple idea .He 　8 a groove in one end of the pencil .He glued the eraser into this groove. Lipman had solved his problem .Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his 　9 . Soon pencils with erasers were 　10 . His design earned him $100,000.

1．A．study　　　　 B．live　　　　 C．sleep　　　　 D．walk

2．A．easily　　　　 B．correctly　　　　 C．carefully　　　　 D．normally

3．A．article　　　 B．aim　　　　　 C．idea　　　　　　 D．action

4．A．got　　　　　 B．took　　　　　　 C．brought　 　 D．put

5．A．spell　　　　 B．read　　　　　　 C．write　　　　 D．change

6．A．look　　　 B．see　　 　 　 C．watch　　 D．find

7．A．place　　　 B．desk　　　　　 C．book　 　 　 D．hand

8．A．marked　　　　 B．prepared　　　　 C．cut　　　　　 D．invented

9．A．books　　　　 B．pencil　　　　 C．design　　　　 D．eraser

10．A．wonderful B．expensive　　　 C．colorful　　　　 D．common

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　　I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.

　　When I walked into the living room my 12 year-old son looked 1 at me and said,“I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. 2 several seconds all I could do was stand there and 3 down at him. My first thought was he must need 4 with his homework or he was trying to 5 me for some news.

　　Finally I asked,“What was that all about?”

　　“Nothing.”He said,“My teacher said we should 6 our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an 7 .”

　　The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this“experiment”and how the other parents had 8 .

　　“Basically, most of the fathers had the 9 reaction as you did.”The teacher said,“When I first 10 we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”“The 11 is,”the teacher explained,“feeling loved is an important part of 12 . It’s something all human beings 13 . What I am trying to tell the children is that it’s too 14 we all don’t express those feelings. A boy should be 15 to tell his dad that he loves him.”

　　The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how 16 it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us.

　　When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for an extra second. And just 17 he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice,“Hey, I love you, too.”

　　I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, 18 it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children says,“I love you.”It would not take me a whole 19 to think of the right 20 .

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For most of the day construction worker Sidney Smith and his brother – in – law Joseph Chambers had been   21   along the banks of Lake Waco with little   22  . Chambers suggested they go home, but Smith 　33　　that there were still several hours of daylight 　24　　and there was one other place they might try a bit longer before 　25　.

Smith drove his pickup（小货车）a couple of miles along the　26　road to get to the other side of the lake. This road, in the truest sense, was a path wagging in the heavy 　27　area. Even with the sun still high in the cloudless sky, the 　28　of trees formed a leafy　29　over the road and it suddenly seemed 　30　in the evening.

“A guy could get lost and nobody would ever find him,” said Chambers.

Smith smiled, “We’re 　31　there.” He said. A few seconds later, the smile was 　32　　from his face.

“What the hell is that?”

　　He braked to a stop. Less than twenty feet away was what appeared to be a  33  .

　　For several minutes the two men sat in the pickup 　34　to decide whether they had happened to 　35　someone’s bad practical joke or something far more serious. Smith with his brother-in-law got out of the pickup and 　36　walked towards that thing some distance before them.

It was a young man who was already dead. They had got to tell 　37　. Back into the pickup, Smith backed the pickup down the road 　38　he could turn around, then 　39　back. With the dead young man still on his mind, Smith felt as if he was going to be sick. God, how he　40　　they had given up fishing and gone home early.

A．playing　   B．boating　　     C．fishing　　　　      D．walking

A．failure　       B．success　  C．disappointment D．interest

A．quarreled　 B．argued　      C．reasoned　      D．shouted

A．remaining　 B．staying　　     C．keeping　　    D．leaving

A．starting off　B．running out　   C．sending away　       D．giving up

A．winding 　 B．widening　       C．leading　　　  D．blocking

A．grassed 　　B．wooded　　　 C．iced　　　　   D．snowed

A．trunks　　　B．shadow　　     C．shade　　　　 D．shape

A．hat　　　　B．umbrella　 C．sheet　　　     D．overcoat

A．foggy　　 B．late　 　  C．early　　 D．rainy

A．almost 　　B．already　　     C．only　　　      D．fairly

A．escaped　　B．lost　 　　　C．gone　　　       D．missed

A．body　　　B．trap　 　　　 C．pile　　　　   D．stream

A．talking 　　B．hoping 　　 C．wanting　　    D．trying

A．come across B．turn out　　  C．bring about　   D．make up

A．loudly　　　B．quietly　　  C．quickly　　　  D．slowly

A．everybody　 B．somebody　　C．anybody　　　 D．nobody

A．until　　　 B．before　　　  C．after　　　    D．when

A．turned 　　 B．ran　　　　　C．headed　　　 D．walked

A．expected　　B．hoped 　　 　C．wished　　　  D．prayed

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　　On the way home, Tom met one of his classmate, Jack. He (1).______

found that Jack's face is pale and asked Jack　　 (2)._______

that what was wrong with him. Jack told Tom　　 (3).________

that he caught a cold but just had little fever　　 (4)._________

and he was getting much better than before.　　 (5)._________

He said there was nothing serious. But Jack's　　 (6)._________

face still looked pale, so Tom suggested Jack to (7).__________

go to see a doctor. Jack said that he had gone　　 (8).______

to the clinic. And the doctor told him to take easy and just (9)._______

have a rest. Tom told him to stay in a bed and take care of himself.

(10).________