It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 1    up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was 2    jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 3    . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’a 4    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 5   happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 6   .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 7    an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 8    I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuct to their wooden floor. 9    that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’beds. It was  10    than that. For I felt I had become a part of their 11   .

Freda stayed at home with the kids, 12    I would often see her in the morning 13

 14 Them to school. And I’d be there when they 15  home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 16 them grow up. Now I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for I left Freda’s 17relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 18Them? As a matter of fact. I’m  19 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  20f the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

1A.stepping                   B.coming                     C.jumping                      D.moving

2A.hanging                    B.making                       C.wearing                      D.changing

3.A.cleaned                   B.washed                      C.swept                               D.brushed

4.A.duty                        B.money                        C.work                         D.pay

5.A.already                    B.seldom                       C.never                    D.yet

6.A.regret                      B.surprise                C.fear                             D.loss

7.A.started                     B.developed                   C.improved                    D.broken

8.A.why                   B.what                          C.that                            D.which

9.A.but                     B.and                            C.or                              D.for

10.A.less                       B.least                           C.more                          D.most

11.A.life                        B.story                          C.activity                       D.experience

12.A.as                    B.so                        C.since                           D.however

13A.taking                     B.bringing                      C.meeting                      D.calling

14.A.left                        B.returned                     C.went                          D.marched

15.A.found                    B.noticed                       C.watched                     D.realized

16.A.possible                 B.great                          C.proper                        D.strange

17.A.meaning                 B.nature                               C.result                    D.importance

18.A.for                               B.to                              C.with                      D.at

19.A.hardly                    B.certainly                     C.probably                     D.merely

20.A.member                 B.person                        C.relative                       D.companion

It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36   up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was  37  jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just   38  a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40   happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of   41  .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had   42   an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just   43   I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor.   44   that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was   45   than that, for I felt I had become a part of their    46  .

Freda stayed at home with the kids,   47  I would often see her in the morning 48

them to school. And I’d be there when they   49   home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had   50   them grow up. Now I was fired, but the   51  thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.   

I left Freda’s  52   relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I  53  them? As a matter of fact. I’m   54   an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  55   of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

1.A. moving                B. coming                    C. jumping                   D. stepping

2.A. hanging               B. making                    C. changing                 D. wearing

3.A. washed             B. cleaned                            C. swept                      D. brushed

4.A. duty            B. pay                                    C. work                        D. money

5.A. never                   B. seldom                    C. already          D. yet

6.A. loss                 B. surprise                   C. fear                          D. regret

7.A. started                B. improved                         C. developed              D. broken

8.A. why                 B. what                                  C. that                          D. which

9.A. but                       B. and                                   C. or                    D. for

10.A. less           B. more                                C. least                         D. most

11.A. story                  B. life                                    C. activity           D. experience

12.A. so                       B. as                             C. since                        D. however

13.A. taking                B. bringing                           C. meeting                  D. calling

14.A. left           B. marched                          C. went                        D. returned

15.A. found                B. noticed                   C. watched                  D. realized

16.A. possible            B. great                                 C. proper                    D. strange

17.A. meaning           B. result                               C. nature                     D. importance

18.A. for            B. to                                      C. with                         D. at

19.A. merely              B. certainly                          C. probably                 D. hardly

20.A. member  B. person                             C. relative          D. companion

    It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36    up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was 37    jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just 38    . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’  39    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40   happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 41   .

     I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42    an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43    I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor, 44    that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was  45    than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 46   .Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47    I would often see her in the morning 48   them to school. And I’d be there when they 49   home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50   them grow up. Now I was tired, but the  51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.  

     I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the 52     of my relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I  53    them? As a matter of fact, I’m  54     an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  55   of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

36.A.stepping         B.coming                    C.jumping              D.moving

37.A.hanging               B.making                     C.wearing                    D.changing

38.A.cleaned               B.washed               C.swept                       D.brushed

39.A.duty                    B.money                      C.work                        D.pay

40.A.already                B.seldom                     C.never                       D.yet

41.A.regret                  B.surprise                    C.fear                          D.loss

42.A.started                 B.developed           C.improved            D.broken

43.A.why                     B.what                        C.that                          D.which

44.A.but                      B.and                          C.or                            D.for

45.A.less                     B.least                         C.more                        D.most

46.A.life                      B.story                        C.activity                     D.experience

47.A.as                        B.so                            C.since                        D.however

48.A.taking                  B.bringing                    C.meeting                    D.calling

49.A.left                      B.returned                   C.went                        D.marched

50.A.found                  B.noticed                     C.watched                    D.realized

51.A.possible         B.great                       C.proper                      D.strange

52.A.meaning               B.nature                      C.result                       D.importance

53.A.for                  B.to                         C.with                         D.at

54.A.hardly            B.certainly                 C.probably                   D.merely

55.A.member         B.person                     C.relative              D.companion

 (06·辽宁)

It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work －___36___ up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was___37___ jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 38_______. a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s___39___ was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had___40___ happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of___41___.

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had___42___ an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just___43___ I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor.___44___ that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was___45___ than that. For I felt I had become a part of their___46___.

Freda stayed at home with the kids,___47___ I would often see her in the morning___48___ them to school. And I’d be there when they___49___ home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had___50___ them grow up. Now I was fired, but the ___51___thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.

I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the___52___ relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I___53___ them? As a matter of fact, I’m ___54___ an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted___55___ of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

36. A. stepping              B. coming              C. jumping             D. moving

37. A. hanging                     B. making              C. wearing             D. changing

38. A. cleaned               B. washed             C. swept               D. brushed

39. A. duty                   B. money               C. work                D. pay

40. A. already               B. seldom              C. never                D. yet

41. A. regret                 B. surprise             C. fear                  D. loss

42. A. started                B. developed          C. improved           D. broken

43. A. why                   B. what                 C. that                   D. which

44. A. but                     B. and                   C. or                     D. for

45. A. less                    B. least                  C. more                 D. most

46. A. life                     B. story                 C. activity              D. experience

47. A. as                      B. so                     C. since                 D. however

48. A. taking                 B. bringing             C. meeting             D. calling

49. A. left                     B. returned            C. went                 D. marched

50. A. found                 B.noticed            C.watched       D.realised

51. A. possible              B.great                C.prople             D.strange

52. A. meaning              B.nature                C.result               D.important

53. A. for                            B.to                      C.with            D. at

54. A. hardly                 B.certainly             C.probably             D.merely

55. A. member                     B.person                C.relative               D.impanion

Once a beautiful diamond necklace of a king was lost. The king then offered a  1for $50,000 for anybody who found it.

One day a clerk was walking along a  2next to an industrial(工业的) area, which was completely  3and smelly. Suddenly, he saw something  4in the river and when he looked carefully, he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it so that he could get the  5. He put his hand in the dirty river and grabbed at (抓住) the necklace, but somehow  6it. He then walked in the water and put his whole arm in. But  7, he still missed it! He came out, feeling  8.

Then again he saw the necklace,  9there. This time, he dived into the river. He searched everywhere and yet he  10.

Just then an old man who was  11, saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn’t want to  12the secret with him, so he  13to tell him anything. But the old man could see the clerk was  14and promised he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk then decided to put some  15in the old man. He talked about the necklace and   16he tried to catch it, but  17failing . The old man suggested that perhaps he should try  18upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river. The clerk looked up, and  19enough, the necklace was hanging on a  20. He had been trying to get a reflection (倒影) of the real necklace all the time.

Material happiness is just like the polluted river, because it is a reflection of the true happiness in the spiritual world.

1.A. competition        B. notice      C. reward（回报）   D. gift

2.A. playground     B. beach        C. street               D. river

3.A. destroyed      B. polluted     C. filled               D. connected

4.A. waving         B. swimming     C. shining              D. moving

5.A. money          B. power        C. treasure         D. pleasure

6.A. missed         B. followed     C. touched          D. caught

7.A. jokingly           B. naturally   C. strangely        D. gradually

8.A. afraid         B. bored        C. guilty              D. depressed（沮丧）

9.A. up             B. right        C. over             D. out

10.A. waited            B. left         C. started          D. failed

11.A. coming back       B. passing by       C. getting up           D. sitting down

12.A. share         B. report           C. hide            D. announce（宣布）

13.A. managed       B. determined  C. refused              D. offered

14.A. interested        B. surprised   C. scared           D. troubled

15.A. happiness     B. faith（信任）C. luck             D. courage

16.A. how           B. where        C. when             D. whether

17.A. forgot        B. minded       C. kept             D. enjoyed

18.A. stepping      B. jumping      C. climbing         D. looking

19.A. straight          B. true         C. far              D. near

20.A. branch        B. house        C. stick            D. wire