One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.
【小题1】A. something            B. anything               C. nothing
【小题2】A. because              B. while                 C. unless
【小题3】A. Six                  B. Sixteen               C. Sixty
【小题4】 A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused
【小题5】A. health                B. money                 C. freedom
【小题6】A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese
【小题7】A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily
【小题8】A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange
【小题9】 A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for
【小题10】 A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for
【小题11】 A. letters              B. words                C. sentences
【小题12】A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered
【小题13】A. it                    B. him                   C. them
【小题14】 A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer
【小题15】A. With                 B. For                      C. By

One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.

       ___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.

       At Dali's Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.

      The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck's face didn't change in the slightest.  “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice,  “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William's son.”

      The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William's Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.

      That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father's good name had won our neighbors' respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.

  1.A. something            B. anything               C. nothing

2.A. because              B. while                 C. unless

  3.A. Six                  B. Sixteen                C. Sixty

  4. A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused

   5.A. health                B. money                 C. freedom

   6.A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese

   7.A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily

   8.A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange

   9. A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for

   10. A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for

   11. A. letters              B. words                C. sentences

   12.A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered

   13.A. it                    B. him                   C. them

   14. A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer

   15.A. With                 B. For                      C. By

One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved __31__ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy __32__ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit (赊账)at the store.

__33__ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重)but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were __34__ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village, __35__ was needed seriously. I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.

At Davi’s Brothers store., Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished __36__ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit.” I said to him __37__.

The farmer gave me a __38__ look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “ No problem.” He said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will __39__ them in time.” Then he turned to the farmer, “ This boy is Jame William’s son.”

The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time, I __40__ pride. Jame William’s Son, there three __41__ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

That day I __42__ that a good name of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任)that came with __43__ encouraged us a lot. They made us be __44__than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.

31. A. something B. anything C. nothing

32. A. because B. while C. unless

33. A. Six B. Sixteen C. Sixty

34. A. influenced B. cheered C. refused

35. A. health B. money C. freedom

36. A. choose B. choosing C. to choose

37. A. carefully B. angrily C. easily

38. A. pleasant B. kind C. strange

39. A. care for B. pay for C. look for

40. A. was full of B. was surprised at C. was famous for

41. A. letters B. words C. sentences

42. A. discover B. discovered C. have discovered

43. A. it B. him C. them

44. A. better B. stronger C. clever

45. A. With B. For C. By

Look at this girl in the picture, she is   36 good friend.   37   name is Lily. She is 38   .She is thirteen. This is me. My 39   is Li Ling. I’m a Chinese girl. I am one year younger than Lily. We are __40  the same class.
    Lily likes collecting sports things. She 41   a great sports collection. Look, these are her things. She has 10 tennis rackets, 8 baseballs, 6 basketballs, 12 soccers 42   18 volleyballs. But she 43   play sports. She  44  likes collecting sports things. His brother, David, likes soccer. He plays 45  every day with his friends.
(   )36. A. I           B. me          C. my        D. a
(   )37. A. She        B. Her          C. My        D. His
(   )38. A. an English   B. English girl   C. English     D. England
(   )39. A. friend       B. father         C. mother     D. name
(   )40. A. in          B. at            C. on         D. for
(   )41. A. is          B. are           C. has         D. have
(   )42. A. and        B. or            C. but         D. /
(   )43. A. don’t       B. isn’t          C. doesn’t      D. am not
(   )44. A. no         B. not           C. many       D. only
(   )45.A.volleyball    B.ping-pong      C.it          D.baseball

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   36 , for my whole world was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood  37   before me with his head down and said   38 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   39 . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.

  40 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   41  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   42  I picked it. Here, it’s for you. ” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   43  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   44 . ” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   45  —he was blind.

Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   46  him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome. ” he smiled, and then ran off to   47 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).

Through the eyes of a blind child,   48  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   49 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   50  every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

11.cry               B. speak                C. smile            D. see

15.A. waste          B. enjoy                C. lose         D. forget