--- He didn’t turn up last night, did he?

--- Yes. But he _______. The meeting had been cancelled.

Willy, a merchant, returned home to his own country from a faraway continent, where he had succeeded making a small fortune by hard work. He found on arriving at the port that all his relatives were having a large party.

He was in such a happy mood and in the joy of the moment, he did not even bother changing his grey flannel（法兰绒）suit which had become a little worn during the trip home.

When he entered the brilliantly lit room, his relatives and friends gave him a rather cold welcome because they had noticed his modest suit and immediately imagined that he had come back a poor man.

A young man who happened to be accompanying him was quite irritated at this and said to Willy, “What a wonderful reception you have received from these people. They have not even the intention of shaking your hand after all these years that you have been away from home.”

“Just wait and see!” whispered Willy, “They will soon change their looks!” Saying this he slipped a precious ring on his finger. All of a sudden the faces of all those present lit up and immediately Willy was surrounded by so many people that he didn’t know what to do. A man shook his hand, a cousin threw his arms around him, and he had so many invitations from the people present that he thought he would be unable to make any other appointments for several years.

“Has this beautiful, precious ring of yours the power of magic people?” asked the young man.

“Oh, no!” replied Willy, “They see in this glittering diamond ring something that makes them think I am rich, and, unfortunately, they place wealth above everything else.”

"What blind people!" exclaimed the young man. “It is not the ring that has drawn them to you but their desire for riches. Is it possible to appreciate more a piece of yellow metal surrounded by little stones than the goodness of my Lord? And indeed how foolish are people who place their trust in riches rather than in virtues（美德）!”

1. In what way did Willy go to attend the party held by his relatives and friends?

A. In such a modest mood.               B. In travel-soiled clothes.

C. Wearing a precious jewel.            D. Without being accompanied. 

2. The word “irritated” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. excited          B. pleased          C. angry                    D. envious      

3. According to the young man, people should ______.   

A. give up all the physical wealth          B. appreciate more jewelry than goodness  

C. observe carefully when judging a person  D. avoid being blinded by the desire for wealth

4. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. The Diamond Ring                 B. The Welcome Party

C. The Modest Clothes                                               D. The Joyful Crowd 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
It was a rainy day and I was riding on a bus downtown to go to work. I was_36_next to a man in a business suit and J paid little attention_37_ we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same news-stand to get a morning_38_.
The man running the stand was obviously having a_39_day. He was rude and unsmil­ing as we bought our papers，which only_40_ more gloom (郁闷) to my day. The business­man_41_my gloomy feeling and smiled brightly，_42_the news-stand owner for the paper and for being open on such a( n) _43_to make sure we were able to get our papers.
As we_44_away，I asked this man why he was so_45_to the newsman when he didn't _46_his expression of thanks and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said,"Why would I let someone else _47_what I say and what I feel?"
We then_48_to go to our own work places. To this day，I still don't know who that businessman was，or_49_he worked. He appeared briefly in my life and disappeared just as_50_. But I've never forgotten the words he said and his_51_which seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day.
That was a good 25 years_52_，but the effect this had on my life has lasted. I_53_had a chance to thank him personally，but the way I look at life has changed _54_those words. I have learnt that we cannot control people and_55_that come to us， but we can always control our response to them. 

My experience as a first year camp instructor held many things I was expecting, but also a number of things I was not expecting．My  36   came from lower-income neighborhoods and schools for an 8-week summer day camp．Many of the kids seemed to   37   each other before arriving and those who didn't certainly became friends with each other by the second week of camp．

    During the third week of camp, a new camper   38   us．He had just gotten out of year-round school,   39   he joined the summer camp a little late．The first week he would  40   every morning because he wanted to go home．He complained （报怨）of not having any  41   and he didn't think he would have any fun．

    One day the following week he didn't  42  to camp．Many of the kids had come up to me and asked me  43  he was and if he was OK．When I told them he stayed home then and that he didn't think anyone  44  him, some of the kids had a  45  look on their face because they knew they hadn't made him feel  46  Thankfully this camper   47   the next day．As he walked over to the area where our group of kids were in the morning times, the entire group stood up and clapped and  48  for him．All that day, the kids asked him to   49   with them at lunch, be on their teams for games, and stayed in  50  with him when we moved to new activities．The．rest of that day, he was happy．

    I had the pleasure of  51  his mother a few days ago, and she gave me the biggest hug and thanked me for helping him to  52 ．She said, "My son told me that you are the instuctor who's always  53   to make him feel welcome, and he knows that you  54   care for him．And last week for the first time since he's been here, he didn't call me to pick him up   55  from camp．Thank you．"

1.A．teachers           B．workmates        C．campers          D．employees

2.A．meet               B．help             C．comfort          D．know

3.A．contacted          B．joined           C．disturbed        D．visited

4.A．but                B．before           C．so               D．since

5.A．smile              B．hesitate         C．exercise         D．cry

6.A．friends            B．families         C．programmes       D．goals

7.A．come               B．travel           C．drive            D．fly

8.A．how                B．where            C．what             D．who

9.A．pleased            B．pardened         C．noticed          D．liked

10.A．quiet             B．guilty           C．pleasant         D．strange

11.A．relaxed           B．respected        C．welcome        D．extraordinary

12.A．showedup          B．ranaway          C．rangup           D．brokeaway

13.A．waited            B．prepared         C．cheered          D．arranged

14.A．play              B．sweep            C．agree            D．sit

15.A．circle            B．line             C．time             D．advance

16.A．meeting           B．serving          C．consulting    D．understanding

17.A．loseheart         B．settledown       C．fitin            D．dropout

18.A．tried             B．directed         C．promised         D．decided

19.A．nearly            B．truly            C．finally          D．suddenly

20.A．hurriedly B．safely   C．late D．early

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Na Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles form home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I'd just head east.

A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take form there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its wind-shield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.

"I just can't leave you here, "she said. "This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home."

“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(迷惑的).

“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.

“It’s a long way,” I protested(抗议).

“Come on,”she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along.”she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That would not make it a  favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”

1.The writer thought that he would have a long night because

2.Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was     .

3.The writer wanted to take a taxi home at the end of the route because         .

4.The bus driver drove the writer home later because       .

5.The bus driver hoped that the writer         .