One day Mrs. Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping center.

　 “Why do you buy things here?” Tracy wanted to know. “Because they are cheaper here than at the corner store near our home,” Mrs. Wilson said.” Help me check the prices, please.”

　 The Wilsons were not rich and Mrs. Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully after the prices of things. She bought lots of things in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said,“ We don’t think you saved money by going to the supermarket.”

“Of course I did,” Mrs. Wilson said. “ Everything was cheaper there.” “We know,” the children said,“ but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry. The taxi fare was more than the money that you save! ”

Mrs. Wilson added everything up. Her children were right.

（ ） 41. The things at the corner store were ____than those in the supermarket.

　　　 A. cheaper　 B. nicer　 C. more expensive　 D. saved a little money

（ ） 42. Mrs. Wilson ______ in the end.

　　　 A. spent more money　　　　　　　 B. paid less money

　　　 C. lost some money　　　　　　　 D. saved a little money

（ ）43. From the passage we know the children were _________.

　　　 A. happy　　　 B. clever　　　 C. tired　　 D. lazy

（ ） 44. Mrs. Wilson will _____________.

　　　 A. never call a taxi 　　　 B. go on buying things in the supermarket

　　 C. buy things near her home　　 D. not go shopping with her children

（ ）45．The best title for the passage is ____________.

A. Cutting Price B. Corner Store　 C. Supermarket　 D. Shopping

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. In fact, she 41 nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always 42 to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “If I could see the 43 , I would marry you. ”

　 One day, someone donated a pair of 44 to her. When the bandages（绷带）came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the 45 time. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you 46 me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was 　47 . She had never expected that．She would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life，so she 48 to marry him．

Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a 49 to her，saying，“My dear，take good care of your eyes． 50 they are yours. They were mine.”

　 This is how the human brain（人脑）often works when our status（地位）changes．Only a very few remember what 51 was like before．And we often ask for more than we need．Life is a gift. Today, before you complain about the 52 of your food，think of someone who has nothing to 53 . Before you complain about life，think of someone who went to heaven（天堂）too early. Before you complain about your old 54 , think of the people who are living in the streets．And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs．So 55 what you have and don’t forget your past.

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

A young   37   ran up to me, out of breath（气喘吁吁）. He stood right 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(接受) 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 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.

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.

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry. One morning, he got up very  31  because his clock stopped. He 32  to shave （刮脸） quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got  blood （血） all over his 33 , so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean 34  ironing （熨） .While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water 35 and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he  36 he couldn’t go to work by bus. He  37  for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry 38  in. In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman  39  a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When  Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman 40  to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was  41  till 3 p.m.  42 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived  43 the office at about 4 p.m., his boss  44  a look at him and told him to find  45 job.

1.                A．early           B．late            C．worriedly D．fast

2.                A．tried           B．hoped          C．wished   D．wanted

3.                A．coat           B．sweater         C．jacket    D．shirt

4.                A．need          B．needed         C．needing  D．to need

5.                A．money         B．change         C．bill  D．pay

6.                A．wondered      B．thought         C．believed  D．decided

7.                A．looked         B．wished         C．waited   D．telephoned

8.                A．got            B．sat             C．came D．entered

9.                A．by             B．with           C．in   D．through

10.               A．seemed        B．said           C．happened D．appeared

11.               A．stopped        B．caught         C．left   D．kept

12.               A．At last          B．In the last       C．At the end D．By the end

13.               A．at             B．in             C．to    D．from

14.               A．took           B．gave           C．showed   D．has

15.               A．another        B．the other       C．other D．others