It was the time when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication. A young man1for a job as a Morse Code(摩尔斯电码)operator.
Having answered an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was2.When he arrived, he entered a large, busy3filled with noise and clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the background. A4on the wall told job applicants to fill out a form and wait until they were5to enter the inner office. The young man filled out his form and sat down with the seven6applicants in the waiting area. 7a few minutes, the young man stood up suddenly, 8the room to the door of the inner office, and walked right in.9the other applicants came alive, wondering what was 10. They whispered among themselves that they hadn’t been told to come yet and thought that the young man made a 11and wouldn’t be accepted.
12, when the employer went out of the office with the young man, he said to the other applicants , “Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming, but the 13has just been filled .”
The other applicants began 14and one of them 15, “Wait a minute, I don’t understand. He was the16to come in, and we never even got a chance to be 17. Yet he got the job. That’s not fair!”
The employer said, “I’m sorry, but 18you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been19the following message in Morse Code: If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours. 20of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is his.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      allowed
   2. B.
      applied
   3. C.
      cared
   4. D.
      stood
2. 2.
   1. A.
      listed
   2. B.
      proved
   3. C.
      named
   4. D.
      formed
3. 3.
   1. A.
      market
   2. B.
      school
   3. C.
      office
   4. D.
      clinic
4. 4.
   1. A.
      letter
   2. B.
      book
   3. C.
      mirror
   4. D.
      sign
5. 5.
   1. A.
      persuaded
   2. B.
      refused
   3. C.
      forced
   4. D.
      ordered
6. 6.
   1. A.
      another
   2. B.
      other
   3. C.
      others
   4. D.
      else
7. 7.
   1. A.
      Since
   2. B.
      Before
   3. C.
      After
   4. D.
      For
8. 8.
   1. A.
      tied
   2. B.
      left
   3. C.
      crossed
   4. D.
      cleaned
9. 9.
   1. A.
      Surprisingly
   2. B.
      Strangely
   3. C.
      Regularly
   4. D.
      Naturally
10. 10.
    1. A.
       going on
    2. B.
       going for
    3. C.
       set aside
    4. D.
       set up
11. 11.
    1. A.
       difference
    2. B.
       mistake
    3. C.
       decision
    4. D.
       point
12. 12.
    1. A.
       Therefore
    2. B.
       However
    3. C.
       Otherwise
    4. D.
       Moreover
13. 13.
    1. A.
       job
    2. B.
       room
    3. C.
       seat
    4. D.
       gap
14. 14.
    1. A.
       working
    2. B.
       cheering
    3. C.
       complaining
    4. D.
       hesitating
15. 15.
    1. A.
       spoke aloud
    2. B.
       carried out
    3. C.
       asked for
    4. D.
       told of
16. 16.
    1. A.
       first
    2. B.
       best
    3. C.
       worse
    4. D.
       last
17. 17.
    1. A.
       checked
    2. B.
       interviewed
    3. C.
       informed
    4. D.
       invited
18. 18.
    1. A.
       at times
    2. B.
       all the time
    3. C.
       ahead of time
    4. D.
       at one time
19. 19.
    1. A.
       ticking out
    2. B.
       knocking out
    3. C.
       pointing out
    4. D.
       showing out
20. 20.
    1. A.
       Some
    2. B.
       None
    3. C.
       Any
    4. D.
       Each

After my 21 second－graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane remained __1__. Duane was a bright and lovable student, __2__ his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. __3__ that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the __4__ in his dark eyes.

“ Mrs. Brown, aren't you going to open my present？” he asked __5__. “I put it on your desk.”

Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift __6__ to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box __7__ a matchbox. As I opened it, the __8__ of two beer caps surprised me. Duane __9__ me that they were two silver earrings. He had noticed that I  __10__ wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones.

I was __11__ by Duane's creativity and thoughtfulness. __12__ birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might __13__ to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I __14__ to wear these precious earrings given by this __15__ child?

As I placed the earrings on my ears, my __16__ clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me.

Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It __17__ me of Duane's act of kindness and the lessons he taught me. Although his __18__ at home was bad,  Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to __19__. Whenever I see Duane's gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having __20__ reaching a student, I'll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart.

1. A. sitting            B. crying          C. standing       D. speaking

2. A. unless            B. though          C. so           D. since

3. A. Wondering         B. Thinking       C. Finding       D. Pointing

4. A. hope              B. joy             C. hurt         D. determination

5. A. disappointedly      B. angrily          C. happily      D. shyly

6. A. happened          B. appeared        C. used         D. ought

7. A. as well as          B. more than       C. except for   D. rather than

8. A. shape             B. color           C. design       D. sight

9. A. persuaded         B. fooled          C. told         D. encouraged

10. A. only             B. often           C. once         D. never

11. A. frightened        B. touched         C. knocked      D. influenced

12. A. Since             B. Until          C. Before       D. By

13. A. do harm           B. draw attention

C. add weight         D. have an effect

14. A. refuse            B. offer           C. agree         D. wait

15. A. generous          B. honest          C. special       D. sad

16. A. hands             B. class           C. audience      D. friends

17. A. convinced          B. reminded

C. proved            D. showed

18. A. performance       B. experience

C. situation           D. health

19. A please             B. take            C. give          D. accept

20. A. chance            B. possibility       C. intention      D. difficulty

See a cell phone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you'll be able to get it in minutes just by hitting "print" on your computer.

You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an object like you would a picture. But it is not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays (喷) ink onto paper line by line, modern 3-D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.

Instead of ink, the materials the 3-D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin (树脂)and certain metals. The thinner each layer is --- from a millimeter to less than the width of a hair ---  the smoother and finer the object will be.

This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3-D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was hardly affordable for most people, so few knew about it.

Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3-D printing industry--- printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3-D printer might have cost £20,000 (200,000 yuan), while now they cost only about £ 1,000, according to the BBC.

Taken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3-D printing can create just about anything you can think of ---flutes (笛子), bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell University in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3-D printer, according to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one.

However, as 3-D printing becomes more common, it may bring about certain problems --- such as piracy(盗版). "Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3-D printer, who will visit a retail (零售的) store again?" an expert in 3-D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3-D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?

1.According to the article, in the future, the 3-D printing technology will ___.

A．enable people to make better purchases online

B．be applied as widely in our daily lives as computers

C．change the way we make many products

D．shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online

2.What was the big event happening in the 3-D printing industry last year?

A．The 3-D printing technology was taken out ofthe factory.

B．The 3-D printer became more affordable forconsumers.

C．The 3-D printer was used for medical treatmentfor the first time.

D．3-D printing technology began to be used invarious fields.

3.How is the last paragraph developed?

A．By analyzing a cause and an effect.          B．By making comparisons.

C．By giving examples.                      D．By presenting research findings.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A．Printing out everything                   B．Technology in the future

C．Online shopping disappearing              D．Great demand for 3-D printers

Cosmo Books Ltd.,                         14, Woodman Road,
Hertford Estate,                            Two Bridges,
Rickmansworth,                            West Sussex.
Middx.
25^th February
Dear sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set ( eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.
Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.
You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds , and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.
I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgement, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER
【小题1】Simon Walker wrote the letter to ________