When I was a child my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven. Every time I saw him come back late, looking tired, I promised myself that someday I would show my _________ to my father for what he had done.

Over the next twenty years, my father worked hard to _________ our big family and suffered(遭受) a lot from a heart problem. One morning my father's old car _________ and he asked me to pick him up after his medical examination. He had _________ refused when I offered to replace(取代) his old car. He said that he did not want anything that he was unable to pay himself.

As he stepped out of the doctor's office, he looked unusually _________. We drove in silence and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a _________. I did this with a heavy heart.

At that time I was _________ a new car. I asked my father to go with me to pick one out. _________ I started talking with the salesman, I noticed my father admiring a brown car. I _________ chose a white car. My father took one final look at the brown car and seemed kind of _________ before leaving I heard him muttering (嘀咕) to himself "I really like that car. Wish I could _________ it.

Several days later I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up _________ new car. As we arrived the salesman _________ him a key to his new car --- the brown one --- and explained that it was for him. _________ me. My father looked at me in great _________. I explained it was my childhood promise and smiled at this man, who had given up everything for his family.

1.A. thanks B. dreams C. talents D. wishes

2.A. build B. save C. protect D. support

3.A. set off B. came back C. broke down D. went by

4.A. strongly B. rudely C. shyly D. happily

5.A. angry B. moved C. serious D. friendly

6.A. fact B. secret C. decision D. suggestion

7.A. testing B. designing C. checking D. expecting

8.A. Unless B. When C. Since D. Because

9.A. finally B. suddenly C. simply D. immediately

10.A. worried B. pleased C. sorry D. proud

11.A. borrow B. afford C. collect D. choose

12.A. my B. your C. his D. her

13.A. returned B. showed C. handed D. posted

14.A. to B. from C. with D. for

15.A. fun B. pain C. trouble D. surprise

There was once a young man who liked puppets (木偶) so much that he became an apprentice (学徒) to a master puppet-maker. Sadly, the young man was not so clever, and his teacher and the other apprentices were always telling him he had no talent for making puppets, and that he would achieve nothing in making puppets.

Even so, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to improve. Despite his efforts, they would always find something wrong with his puppets, and the poor puppets ended up being thrown out of the workshop.

The young man wasn’t going to give up, so he decided that from then on he would spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. Whenever he found a fault in his puppet he would throw it away and start again. Years passed, and with each new attempt his puppet became a little bit better. By that time, his puppet was much better than anything that the other apprentices could make, but he kept making improvements. Living like that, the man wasn’t making any money, and many people laughed at how poor he was.

By the time he was an old man, his puppet was truly wonderful. Finally, after so many years of work, he finished work on his puppet, and said, “I can’t find anything wrong with it. This time it is perfect”. And for the first time in all those years, instead of throwing his puppet away, he put it up on the shelf, feeling truly satisfied and happy.

It is well-known that perfect puppet, Pinocchio, came to life after that, had a thousand adventures, and gave that old man — whose name was Geppetto — more joy than any other famous puppet-maker had ever got from any of their creations.

1.Why did the young man want to learn to make puppets according to Paragraph One?

A. Because he liked it.

B. Because everyone thought he was talented.

C. Because his teacher told him to do so.

D. Because he was not clever, he had to make a living

2.What was the ending of the poor puppets made by the young man?

A. They were kept by the young man.

B. They were thrown by the young man.

C. They were shared by others.

D. They were collected by his teacher.

3.What can we learn about Geppetto from the third paragraph?

A. He was laughed at by the others.

B. He could only make one kind of puppet.

C. He had collected all the puppets he made.

D. He made a lot of money by selling puppets.

4.When the puppet, Pinocchio, was made, ________.

① Geppetto was already an old man

② Geppetto was satisfied with it

③ Geppetto was much happier

④ Geppetto planned to throw it away

A. ①②③ B. ①②④ C. ①③④ D. ②③④

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Many hands make light work.

B. No one can do two things at once.

C. A good beginning makes a good ending.

D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

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