Michael and Derek are good friends, but they like to pull each other's leg sometimes. One day during the holidays they decided to go to London together. They went to the 1 and bought their tickets. When the train came in, Michael 2 it first and, 3 it, dropped his 4 on the platform (站台) as he got into the carriage. Derek, who was 5 saw the ticket 6 and quickly picked it up. Without a word to his friend, he put it 7 .

　　 8 they had been in the train a little while, they 9 the ticket inspector coming down the corridor (走廊), shouting“Ticket, please!” Michael looked for his and 10 couldn't find it.

　　“Oh dear, I can't find 11 ticket, Derek.” he said.

　　“Have 12 look, Michael; it must be 13 .” said Derek. “No, I can't find it anywhere. What shall I do?”

　　“Perhaps you had better 14 under the seat; then the inspector won't know you are here.” So Michael 15 under the seat as fast as he could and lay perfectly 16 . Presently the door opened, and 17 the inspector. “Tickets, please.” he said.

　　Derek handed him 18 , and said, “This is mine. 19 belongs to my friend, 20 prefers to travel under the seat.”

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The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate．I  1to look around when a gentle hand  2my shoulder．I turned around to find a wrinkled, little  3lady looking up at me with a smile．

She said, “Hi．My name is Rose．I’m eighty-seven years old．Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and  4responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant（巨大的） squeeze．

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent  5?”I asked．“I always  6having a college education and now I’m getting  7!” she told me．

Later, we became close friends．Every day we would leave class together and she  8her wisdom and experience with me．Over the  9of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she  10made friends wherever she went．

At the  11of the semester（学期）we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet（宴会）．I’ll  12forget what she taught us．When she was introduced, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her  13and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we  14old because we stop playing．There are only two secrets to staying  15, being happy, and achieving success．You have to  16and find humor every day．You’ve got to have a dream．When you  17your dreams, you die．”

One week after graduation Rose died  18in her sleep．Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught  19example that it’s never too  20to be all you can possibly be．

1.A．lay down     B．stood up       C．fell off       went out

2.A．touched      B．felt           C．wounded        clapped

3.A．beautiful    B．young         C．old            kind-hearted

4.A．sadly        B．coldly         C．absently       enthusiastically

5.A．age          B．speed          C．point          year

6.A．talked about B．tried out       C．looked forward dreamed of

7.A．those        B．one            C．that           they

8.A．learned      B．told           C．shared         debated

9.A．course       B．path           C．distance       road

10.A．easily      B．rarely         C．unwillingly    strangely

11.A．middle      B．beginning      C．end            top

12.A．ever        B．never          C．still          already

13.A．throat      B．face           C．nose           eyes

14.A．grow        B．prove          C．look           stay

15.A．rich        B．healthy        C．cheerful       young

16.A．eat         B．cry            C．laugh          shout

17.A．have        B．lose           C．get            keep

18.A．bitterly    B．fortunately    C．peacefully     hopefully

19.A．to          B．for            C．in             by

20.A．early       B．bad            C．good           late

James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from Pakistan, and the difficulty they had   1   in England. The play was very   2   , and it was bought by an American TV company.

   James was invited to go to New York to   3   the production. He lived in Dulwich, which was an hour’s ride away from Hesthrow Airport. The flight was to leave at 8:30 a.m, 4   he had to be at the airport at about 7:30 in the morning.

   He ordered   5   for 6:30,   6   his alarm clock for 5:45, and went to sleep. Unfortunately he forgot   7   the clock, and it stopped shortly after   8   . Also the driver of the taxi had to work deep into the night and overslept.

   James   9   with the terrible feeling that something was wrong. He   10   his alarm clock. It stood there silently, with the hands   11   ten past twelve. He turn on   12   and discovered that it was   13   ten to nine. He switched on the electric kettle.

   He was just pouring the boiling water into the teapot   14   the nine o’clock pips (报时信号)sounded   15   the radio. The announcer began to read the news… “   16   are coming in of a crash near Heathrow Airport. A Boeing 707 leaving for New York crashed shortly after   17   this morning. Flight number 2234…” James   18   .

   “   19   ,” he said out loud, “If I HADN’T   20   , I would have been on that plane.”

1．A．settled                                                   B．to settle down     

       C．been settled down                                                                D．settling down

2．A．long                      B．interesting            C．successful           D．well

3．A．help for                 B．help with             C．help to                D．help making

4．A．so                        B．therefore             C．for                      D．though

5．A．a taxi                    B．a driver              C．a ticket                D．his breakfast

6．A．offered                 B．fixed                   C．setting                 D．set

7．A．to have winded(上发条)                         B．having winded     

       C．winding                                               D．to wind

8．A．he fell asleep          B．he woke up          C．midnight              D．his work

9．A．dreamed                B．awoke              C．went to sleep       D．lay down

10．A．looked for           B．looked through    C．looked at             D．looked forward to

11．A．pointing at        B．pointing to           C．striking to            D．striking

12．A．the radio              B．the light               C．the TV set           D．the water

13．A．hardly                 B．truly                    C．indeed                 D．in fact

14．A．as                       B．until                    C．while                  D．when

15．A．by                      B．on                       C．above                  D．from

16．A．Words                 B．News                  C．Information         D．Reports

17．A．taking up             B．taking off            C．taking away         D．taking place

18．A．turned pale          B．turned red            C．turned up            D．turned around

19．A．My play              B．My ticket             C．My flight（航班）D．My mum

20．A．made tea             B．slept                    C．woke up              D．overslept（睡过头）

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate．I 1  to look around when a gentle hand  2  my shoulder．I turned around to find a wrinkled, little  3  lady looking up at me with a smile．

She said, “Hi．My name is Rose．I’m eighty-seven years old．Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and  4  responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant（巨大的） squeeze．

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent  5 ?”I asked．“I always  6  having a college education and now I’m getting  7    !” she told me．

Later, we became close friends．Every day we would leave class together and she  8  her wisdom and experience with me．Over the  9  of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she  10  made friends wherever she went．

At the  11  of the semester（学期）we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet（宴会）．I’ll  12  forget what she taught us．When she was introduced, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her 13  and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we  14  old because we stop playing．There are only two secrets to staying  15   , being happy, and achieving success．You have to  16  and find humor every day．You’ve got to have a dream．When you 17  your dreams, you die．”

One week after graduation Rose died  18 in her sleep．Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught 19  example that it’s never too  20  to be all you can possibly be．

1．A．lay down              B．stood up            C．fell off              D．went out

2．A．touched               B．felt             C．wounded           D．clapped

3．A．beautiful                B．young           C．old                   D．kind-hearted

4．A．sadly                    B．coldly            C．absently             D．enthusiastically

5．A．age                     B．speed                 C．point                  D．year

6．A．talked about        B．tried out             C．looked forward   D．dreamed of

7．A．those                    B．one                    C．that                  D．they

8．A．learned                  B．told                   C．shared               D．debated

9．A．course                 B．path                   C．distance             D．road

10．A．easily                 B．rarely                 C．unwillingly         D．strangely

11．A．middle               B．beginning           C．end                   D．top

12．A．ever                    B．never                 C．still                    D．already

13．A．throat                B．face                   C．nose                 D．eyes

14．A．grow                  B．prove                  C．look                  D．stay

15．A．rich                    B．healthy               C．cheerful             D．young

16．A．eat                      B．cry                     C．laugh                 D．shout

17．A．have                  B．lose                     C．get              D．keep

18．A．bitterly               B．fortunately         C．peacefully           D．hopefully

19．A．to                       B．for              C．in                     D．by

20．A．early                  B．bad                    C．good                 D．late