A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village.

On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him.

The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked: “Are these yours?” “Yes, sir.” the farmer answered timidly(胆怯地)。”Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry.” When did you see the dead man?” ”About seven last evening.” “Did you see who killed the man?” “No, Sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” ”No, Sir.’ The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up and send him into prison.

That evening the officer went on trying .Pointing to the knife, he asked again,” Have you seen it yet?” ”Yes, Sir.” The officer was happy and asked,” When and where?” “I saw it here this afternoon, sir.”

1.The farmer decided to sell the vegetables to           .

A．buy some food for his family

B．buy some medicine for his wife

C．go to see a doctor

D．go to the cinema

2.The farmer didn’t sell out his vegetables until the evening because           .

A．they were too bad

B．they were very expensive

C．it rained hard that morning

D．few people liked to go out on such a bad day

3.As          , the farmer decided to help the person to stand up.

A．he wanted to get some money from him.

B．the person was one of his friends

C．he thought the person would thank him.

D．he thought the person had drunk too much

4.The farmer ran away quickly because        .

A．the policemen were coming towards him.

B．his wife was waiting for him at home

C．he was afraid to see a dead man.

D．it was so late that he couldn’t stay there any longer.

5.The officer tried the farmer to        .

A know who had killed the man.

B. know if he had seen the dead man

C .ask when he saw the dead man

D .ask if he had seen the knife

One day a rich man was invited to dinner at the home of one of his friends. He did not know what to   36  the wine, meat and chicken he had just bought. Certainly he could not    37   them to the servant. Then he had   38   idea. He called up the servant and    39  to him.

"I'll be away for the whole evening, and I'll leave you to look after the house. In the cupboard there are two bottles filled with    40 . Be careful about it. You'll be killed if you take even a   41   of it. There is also some meat and chicken in the cupboard. Take care of them".    42  these words the rich man left the home.

  43  the master turned his back, the servant opened the cupboard and began to enjoy all the nice things in it. He   44  the two bottles and ate up the meat, the chicken and   45  he found in the cupboard. He was   46  and soon fell 47 .

At mid-night the rich man returned home. He looked into the cupboard and to his great 48  , all the wine and food were   49 . He was mad with   50 and called the servant up.

"Oh, Master," the servant began to say   51  the rich man could open his mouth; "while you were away, the neighbor's black cat stole into our kitchen and ate up every things in the cupboard. I know you would be angry with me. I was so   52  that I drank the two bottles of poison to kill   53  “there were tears in the servant's eyes.”Oh, Master," he continued, "Please don't get angry with a 54 _ man. I'll soon be dead.

The rich man, of course, did not   55 a word of his story. But again, he could do nothing about it.

1.                A．make          B．put into         C．deal with  D．do with

2.                A．buy            B．cook           C．leave D．bring

3.                A．some          B．an             C．the  D．no

4.                A．said           B．told            C．spoke    D．talked

5.                A．water          B．oil             C．wine D．poison

6.                A．piece          B．drop           C．lot   D．bottle

7.                A．At             B．On            C．With D．Hearing

8.                A．Before         B．While          C．Hardly when   D．As soon as

9.                A．broke          B．emptied        C．removed D．cleaned

10.               A．that           B．what           C．something D．everything else

11.               A．satisfied        B．excited         C．worried   D．disappointed

12.               A．sleep          B．asleep         C．sleepy D．sleeping

13.               A．surprising       B．surprise        C．surprised  D．joy

14.               A．gone          B．left            C．missed    D．disappeared

15.               A．tears          B．scene          C．anger D．a smile

16.               A．when          B．after           C．as    D．before

17.               A．afraid          B．sad            C．anxious   D．sure

18.               A．the cat         B．the man        C．myself D．the neighbor

19.               A．dead          B．dying          C．living D．wounded

20.               A．say            B．hear           C．believe    D．listen to

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his   56 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 57 of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 58 . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 59  he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which 60 to his uncle in the afternoon. They        61 the night there, so that they could 62 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 63 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 64  he was. He turned over   __65__and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 66  that he was at the     67 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 68 quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the   69   ,where Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It   70  good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 71  , because they didn’t want to   __72__ up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle(热水瓶)        73 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 74 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera   75  and started out.

After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading," Drink your juice." Such a gesture, l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, l remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn't Dad love me?" Mom frowned, "Who said he doesn’t love you?" "Well, he never tells me, "I complained." He never tells me either," she said, smiling. " But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us. "

I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. l still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad handled scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father's body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. "Why don' t you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don’t you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.

Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me. l walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.

1.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．My father never loved me                B．I just couldn't understand my father

C．My hard-working father                  D．Silent fatherly love

2.The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because____.

A．that was the author's favorite

B．that was a gesture of love

C．the author was always complaining

D．he was sure the author would be thirsty

3.The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because________.              .

A．he wanted to save money

B．his job required high skills

C．his job was too dangerous

D．he was not good at communicating with others

4.We may infer from the passage that _______.

A．the author's father lacked a sense of humor

B．the author's-father didn't love him very much

C．the author quite understood his father as time went on

D．the author's father was too strict with him

Dad came in the midnight. We heard every sound, but we pretended to be asleep.

       Next morning he looked weak and thin, sitting in a chair by the kitchen fire. The light of the fire shone through his long empty sleeve. Everything went as usual. Grandma found something to do in the bedroom. Grandpa went out for some water. Mother, with her back to us, was getting the cakes ready for breakfast.

       But nothing was right. When grandma came out of the bedroom, she walked on tiptoe. When grandpa came back, he said nothing about the weather. At breakfast Mother passed us the fruit and said something, but her voice was too high.

       At last my sister, Lou, pushed back her chair. “It’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But I had washed the dishes the night before. I said nothing because it was not right to quarrel in front of Dad just home with the empty sleeve.

       “It is your turn,” Lou said again. I looked at her in surprise.

       “It is not,” I said because I suddenly remembered Mother had told us to go on as usual.

       “Children, children,” Mother said in a quiet, glad kind of voice.

       And Dad was smiling because he felt at home at last.

What do you know happened to Dad in the story?

A．He was badly ill.                                        B．He had a long journey.

C．He drank too much.                                    D．He lost one of his arms.

The family        when they saw Dad’s empty sleeve.

A．was too surprised to do anything                  B．felt sad and cried a lot

C．tried not to show their feelings                            D．showed no worry at all

From the story, we know          .

A．the two sisters often quarreled about who should wash the dishes

B．the family liked seeing the two sisters quarrelling after breakfast

C．Dad loved the two sisters very much though they often quarreled

D．Mother told the two sisters to quarrel with each other the night before

Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．The Quarrelling Sisters                               B．Dad Was Back

C．After the Accident                                      D．An Empty Sleeve