One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

   47    the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

    “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

46. A. put down         B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

47. A. So                   B. But              C. And              D. Though

48. A. song             B. word             C. bell             D. noise

49. A. late             B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

50. A. pay for              B. look for         C. wait for         D. care for

51. A. idea             B. mistake          C. money                D. answer

52. A. quietly              B. angrily              C. happily          D. heavily

53. A. speak                B. tell             C. talk             D. say

54. A. helped               B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

55. A. for                  B. from             C. with             D. about

Be sure to come to the City Gallery! Amy Kim is one of the best-known Chinese   51   in the world today, and some of her most famous   52   are on display in this exhibition. She has something for   53  . There are many great photos of people   54  . Because people at work are the most   55  . There are also photos of the countryside and city views. This is a great show from a world-class photographer. Whatever you do, don't miss this exhibition.

51. A. writers B. painters C. photographers

52. A. photos B. books C. paintings

53. A. no one B. someone C. everyone

54. A. working B. exercising C. relaxing

55. A. common B. beautiful C. boring

　　 It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas(汽油) on my way home from work. I was tired and had a little　 41.

　　 I worked in a　 42 doctor's office, and during those days many unexpected things happened. It seemed that I was going to be late getting home today. My husband who is a punctual(守时的~) person would be ready to　 43　 .again. Maybe　 44　 I hurried, I could still arrive home earlier.

　　 I was going inside to　 45　 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter(柜台). I heard them asking for　 46　 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just　 47 a few minutes ago.

　　 At the counter, a young man was quite 48　 . He was trying to 49 how to get there,with two other people. One of them was　 50 .trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the　 51 　?"

　　 A look of　 52　 appeared on the woman's face.

　　 "I'm going right by there," I said, and it was a(n) 　53　 since I had just decided to do exactly that.

　　 I got into my car and began the journey back. I was trying to make them be sure they were right　 54 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there. I felt　 55　 than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.

　　 Later, as I arrived home, my husband teased(嘲笑), "So you aren't ever late any more." I said,"Sometimes it's good to be late."

41. A. headache　　　 B. fever　　　　　　 C. cold　　　　　　 D. break

42. A. foreign　　　　 B. busy　　　　　　 C. crucial　　　　　 D. noisy

43. A. relax　　　　　 B. offend　　　　　　 C. complain　　　　 D. appear

44. A. while　　　　 B. since　　　　　　 C. as　　　　　　　 D. if

45. A. wait　　　　　 B. look　　　　　　 C. care　　　　　　 D. search

46. A. money　　　　 B. trouble　　　　　 C. directions　　　　 D. opinions

47. A. risked　　　　 B. provided　　 　　　C. called　　　　　 D. left

48. A. helpful　　　　 B. skilled　　　　　 C. confused　　　　 D. active

49. A. imagine　　　 B. expect　　　　　 C. explain　　　　　 D. urge

50. A. only　　　　　 B. even　　　　　　 C. still　　　　　　　 D. ever

51. A. station　　　　 B. office　　　　　　 C. hospital　　　　　 D. hotel

52. A. panic　　　　 B. pleasure　　　　　 C. sadness　　　　　 D. peace .

53. A. dream　　　　 B. fact　　　　　　 C. reason　　　　　 D. example

54. A. behind　　　　 B. before　　　　　　 C. below　　　　　　 D. beside

55. A. duller　　　　 B. quieter　　　　　 C. worse　　　　　　 D. better

A

Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time   51   with her. One night, he had much work to do,  52   couldn't play with his daughter. In order to keep her   53   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he   54  ,Helen came running to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had  55   time to play fight now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could both play.

 About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now? " Mr. Black was surprised  saying, "That's   56    Let's go and see. " And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every   57   in its place.

 Mr. Black said, "That's surprising!   58   did you do that?" Helen said, "It was   59  . On the back of the page was a picture of a   60  .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place. "

     51. A. working           B. running        C. playing            D. walking

     52. A. or                B. and            C. but                D. then

     53. A. sleepy            B. warm           C. free               D. busy

     54. A. left home                           B. got home     

         C. let the office                      D. got to the office

     55. A. no              B. enough           C. much              D. some

     56. A. right            B. wrong             C. possible       D. impossible

     57. A. map              B. picture          C. piece              D. page

     58. A. How              B. Why           C. When              D. Where

     59. A. hard              B. simple           C. difficult           D. different

     60. A. boy            B. girl                 C. man              D. woman

     A group of frogs were traveling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how   51   the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't   52   and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs   53   saying that they were sure to die.   54  , one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying,   55   . Then he fell down and died.

     The other frog, however,   56   to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he   57    , the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor  58 , explained, "I thought you were encouraging me all the timid."

     The story teaches us a   59   : There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue. An 60  word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.

51. A. small              B. deep                C. big              D. wide

52. A. care               B. refuse              C. insist             D. think

53. A. kept               B. finished            C. practiced          D. stopped

54. A. Luckily             B. Finally             C. Suddenly          D. Happily

55. A. went on             B. ran away           C. jumped out         D. gave up

56. A. happened           B. continued           C. planned            D. wanted

57. A. got out              B. ran away           C. got off              D. woke up

58. A. smelling            B. eyesight            C. hearing             D. looking

59. A. way                ]3. skill                C. sentence            D. lesson

60. A. interesting          B. exciting            C. excellent            D. encouraging