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　　My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car．From the time I wa s a saver．My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week．I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura．In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural．The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get．I earned some of my money picking one crop or another．When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果园)and it wa s harve st time．She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked．I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day．Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker．

　　In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away．She left me 100 share s of AT＆T．One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me＄240 per year in dividend s(利息)．That wa s huge for a kid my age．

　　By the time I wa s seventeen．I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted．Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car．I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”．I wa s so excited．

　　My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got．Thi s wa s not a bad thing．I learned self-reliance．Self-reliance i s equal to freedom．Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father．

(1)

Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of ＄1, 300?
[　　]
A．	Weekly allowance．
B．	Her earning s by picking crop s．
C．	Share s left by grandma．
D．	Money earned from selling share s．

(2)

The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________．
[　　]
A．	she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s
B．	enough money had been earned for her car
C．	the work wa s too hard for children like her
D．	she had no time to do that again for some rea son

(3)

We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________．
[　　]
A．	16
B．	17
C．	18
D．	19

(4)

The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________．
[　　]
A．	give the author freedom
B．	be unwilling to buy the author a car
C．	teach the author to learn self－reliance
D．	give the author a big surpri se

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It was getting colder as my family ran out of the church, eager to get home. Across the street was a gas station where the bus 36 . It was closed for Christmas, but we noticed a family 37 outside the locked door, shaking in the rain. We talked about why they were there but soon I 38 all about them

When we got home，we received a call from my grandparents, 39 us to their house for the Christmas dinner. As we 40 through town, I noticed that the family was still there, standing outside the gas station

“Look at the children! That's just my 41 childhood. I must do something.” With these words，my father pulled off the road, and I saw the whole family: the parents and three children.

Rolling down his window，my father asked, “Waiting for the 42 ?”

“Yes.” the father replied _ 43 , “We're going to the nearby town where I have a brother and maybe a chance of 44 _. Out of work for two months now.”

“Well, that bus won't come for several hours, and you're getting _45 standing here.” my father 46 . “Why not get in the car and I'll drive you there．”

The man thought for a moment，and then he 47 . Once they got in，my father looked back _48 his shoulder and asked the children if Santa Claus had found them yet. The 49 faces gave him the answer

“Well，when I saw Santa Claus this morning,” my father said, winking (眨眼) at us, “he asked me if he could leave your toys at 50 .We'll just go to get them 51 I take you to your destination.”

All at once, the children's 52 lit up，and they began talking and laughing

When we got to our house, they 53 straight to the toys in our Christmas tree. One of the girls took Jill's doll. The little boy grabbed Sharon's ball．And the other girl picked up something of mine

It happened a long time ago, but I still remember the 54 on their faces. That was the Christmas when my sisters and I 55 the joy of making others happy

36．A．travelled B．stayed C．stopped D．left

37．A . sitting B．standing C．holding D．keeping

38．A．cared B．argued C．worried D．forgot

39．A．inviting B．introducing C．telling D．forcing

40．A．flew B．drove C．raced D．walked

41．A．lucky B．surpri sing C．difficult D．frightening

42．A．bus B．time C．train D．help

43．A．warmly B．gently C．shyly D．angrily

44．A．a job B．a dinner C．a friend D．a present

45．A．comfortable B．sad C．wet D．warm

46．A．explained B．suggested C．ordered D．decided

47．A．added B．sighed C．nodded D．refused

48．A．on B．to C．from D．over

49．A．excited B．disappointed C．worried D．interested

50．A．the station B．the bus C．my car D．my house

51．A．before B．if C．once D．when

52．A．words B．faces C．lives D．feelings

53．A．turned B．jumped C．ran D．moved

54．A．anger B．surprise C．tears D．smiles

55．A．learned B．practiced C．recognized D．made