Mr. White is a farmer. Last month he 36 his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a  37  and hurt him. He sent the boy to a  38 at once. He paid a lot of money for that, but the boy’s  39 wanted to get more money from him. So they said their son could no longer lift his 40 arm above his head.

Mr. White’s lawyer(律师) came and asked the boy a few questions in the court(法庭). “Now, my boy,” he said, “you were hurt 41 , weren’t you?” “Yes, sir,” said the boy. “And you can’t lift your right arm now, can you?” “42 , sir.”

“Could you 43  us how you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifted his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” said the lawyer. “And how 44  could you lift it before the accident?” “Oh, very high,” said the boy proudly (自豪) and the arm went up right over his 45 .

One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it, so he looked    36   for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had    37   there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man    38   see that the woman was home. He decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his    39  . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was    40   to go, the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.

The following week the man was riding his bike    41  he noticed the woman walking down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted her hat and sent it into the branches(树枝) of an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed    42   because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up to the hat and    43   it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she    44   the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t    45   me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never   36   the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures,  37  Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 38 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.

The day came when he was to have another   39 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he  40 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but   41  the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.

  42 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the  43 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of   44  was extremely good, almost as great as that  45 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the  46  . Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses,  47  Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!

Bobby __48  that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing   49  when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his   50   was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

1.                A．left            B．reached        C．jumped   D．ran

2.                A．encouraged     B．ordered        C．allowed   D．warned

3.                A．real           B．safe            C．special   D．expensive

4.                A．try            B．start           C．test  D．training

5.                A．remembered    B．expressed       C．shouted  D．regretted

6.                A．under          B．with           C．for  D．about

7.                A．Happily         B．Hopefully       C．Unfortunately D．Luckily

8.                A．friend          B．top            C．climber   D．village

9.                A．success         B．decision        C．freedom  D．friendship

10.               A．strong         B．popular        C．bad  D．wonderful

11.               A．way           B．words          C．book D．secret

12.               A．and           B．or             C．if D．though

13.               A．suggested       B．realized        C．expected  D．hoped

14.               A．love           B．help           C．face  D．heart

15.               A．place          B．lesson          C．aim   D．story

       Bob Geldof is one of the most famous pop 36________ of the 37 ________ century．He was born in Ireland in 1954．His mother 38 ________ when he was eleven．When he was fourteen，he became 39 ________ in pop groups．He left school and worked first in a food factory and 40________ as a worker building roads．In 1975 he returned to Dublin，and stared his own pop group．From 1979 to 1982 they were the top group in Britain，but in 1982 the group stopped 41________ together．

Bob Geldof's life changed 42 ________ an October evening in 1984 when he was watching TV．He became sad when he saw pictures of hungry people in Africa．He felt he should do 43________ to help them．

He called on all his friends in the pop world．By January in1985，five 44 ________ pounds had been collected. After the 45 ________ of his records，Bob went to African countries．

36．A．star              B．stars             C．singer                    D．the stars

37．A．twenty                 B．twelve                 C．twentieth         D．twelfth

38．A．dead             B．died              C．has been dead D．dying

39．A．interest                B．interesting    C．interested               D．interests

40．A．later             B．late                      C．latest                     D．＼

41．A．sings            B．to sing                 C．singing                   D．Sang

42．A．in                        B．at                        C．from                      D．on

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

44．A．million                 B．millions                C．millions of              D．million of

45．A．succeed        B．success               C．successful              D．succeeded

Mr. Bo _____ for half a month. He’ll come back in two months.

A．left              B．leave             C．has left           D．has been away