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　　 　One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the gate (大门) of the bus station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into a 　　36 　　lying in front of him.

The next day, the young man came to the gate of the bus station again, and put the hat on the ground in front of him again. But 　　37 　　from what he always did in the past days, he took

　 38 　　a large piece of paper and put it on the ground. It said, “Last night, a gentleman called 　George Brown put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come soon, Mr. Brown.”

　　 About an hour later, a middle-aged man ran to the young man and said, “It’s you! You do come. I know you are an 　　39 　　man and will certainly come here.” The young man asked, “Are you Mr. Brown? Did you lose 　　40 　　?” “A lottery ticket (彩票),” answered the middle-aged man. The young man then returned it to the man.

Yesterday 　　41 　　the man knew the fact that his lottery ticket was worth (值…钱) $500,000, he was so 　　42　 that he threw the ticket together with the money into the young man’s hat！

　　 Someone asked the young man, “You play the violin 　　43 　　money. Why didn’t you keep the ticket and take the prize for 　　44 　　” The young man said, “Even though I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I 　　45 　　honesty, I won’t be happy anymore.”

36. A. hat　　　　　　 B. paper　　　　　　 C. bag　　　　　　 D. bowl

37. A. near 　　　　　　B. far　　　　　　　 C. same　　　　　 D. different

38. A. after 　　　　　　B. out　 　　　　　　C. off　 　　　　　D. away

39. A. interesting　　　　 B. honest 　　　　　　C. unfriendly　　　 D. energetic

40. A. something 　　　　B. nothing 　　　　　C. anything　 　　　D. everything

41. A. when　　　 　　　B. while　　　　　 　C. what　　　 　　　D. why

42. A. annoyed　　　　 B. excited 　　　　　C. surprised 　　　　D. embarrassed

43. A. make　 　　　　　B. made　 　　　　　　C. making　　　　 D. to make

44. A. myself 　　　　　B. yourself　　　 　　C. herself　 　　　　D. himself

45. A. have　　　　　 　B. get　　　　　　 　C. lose　 　　　　　D. own

35. Yesterday evening Mr. Brown asked me ______.

A. if Miss Hill will come 　　　

B. how many books I want to have

C. what was wrong with me

D. they would help us do it

34. －Are you going to visit your grandparents this summer?

－　　　　 　Perhaps my aunt will take me there.

A. All right.　　　 　　　　　　　B. Good idea!　　

C. I’m not sure.　 　　　　　　　　D. I agree.

33.－Attention, please. The plane has to be _______ because of the heavy snow.

－Oh, bad luck! We have to wait now.

A. put on 　　　B. put off　　　　 C. put up　　　　 D. put out

32.-　　　　 do you think of soap operas？

-I can’t stand them，but my sister loves them.

A. What　　 　B. Why　　　　　 C. Where　　　　 D. How

31.－Did you see a girl in white pass by just now?　

－No, sir. I 　　　　　a magazine.

A. read　　　　　 　　　　　　　　B. was reading　　 　

C. would read　　 　　　　　　　D. am reading

30.－How old is your grandpa?

－_________. We had a special party for his ________ birthday last Sunday.

　 A. Ninety; ninety　 　　　　　　　B. Ninetieth; ninetieth　　

C. Ninety; ninetieth　 　　　　　　　D. Ninetieth; ninety

29.－John, you_______ ask your teacher for help. He is kind and friendly.

－Yes, mom, I_______.

A. can; could　　　　　　　　　　 B. may; will

C. can’t; must　　　 　　　　　　　D. must; won’t

28. The man was so tired that he could _______go on with his work.

A. really　　　 B. hardly　 　　　　C. nearly　　　　 D. always

27.－I eat ______vegetables and _______meat than I did last year.

－That’s why you’re getting fatter.

A. fewer; more　　　　　　　　　 B. more; less　　　

C. less; more　　　 　　　　　　　　D. many; much