As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to  36  a little pocket money.

One day I  37  on the door of an elderly woman and asked  38  she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in  39  and I showed her my worn  40 , which no longer kept me warm. She  41  me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be  42  now.” She then  43  a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a  44  job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to  45  new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to  46  me with your report card and I will  47  you when I see you have worked hard and have some good  48 . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much  49  as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and  50  so much money that it was  51  for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she  52 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I  53  her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge  54 this wonderful lady made over my life with her  55 . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

1.

A.save

B.give

C.earn

D.change

 

2.

A.turned

B.knocked

C.worked

D.looked

 

3.

A.how

B.when

C.why

D.if

 

4.

A.school

B.time

C.trouble

D.bed

 

5.

A.bag

B.carpet

C.coat

D.sofa

 

6.

A.allowed

B.forced

C.helped

D.stopped

 

7.

A.punished

B.tested

C.praised

D.paid

 

8.

A.set up

B.took out

C.talked about

D.put away

 

9.

A.boring

B.new

C.fine

D.terrible

 

10.

A.keep

B.buy

C.remove

D.make

 

11.

A.visit

B.forgive

C.welcome

D.serve

 

12.

A.recognize

B.reward

C.understand

D.protect

 

13.

A.goals

B.stories

C.marks

D.ideas

 

14.

A.room

B.money

C.food

D.time

 

15.

A.grabbed

B.lost

C.borrowed

D.charged

 

16.

A.rare

B.enough

C.simple

D.special

 

17.

A.promised

B.discovered

C.knew

D.admitted

 

18.

A.asked

B.required

C.showed

D.wrote

 

19.

A.decision

B.progress

C.mistake

D.difference

 

20.

A.courage

B.kindness

C.honesty

D.happiness

 

There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were   41  itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an  42   price of $28, which was popular just then with   43  , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the  44   was perfect.

John  45   the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said,   46   folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a   47  came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and   48   discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and  49  , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him   50   his behavior. When I mentioned this   51  to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It   52   be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned   53   but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran   54  a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly,   55  John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never   56   a person’s clothes for the real person within them.   57  , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for   58  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different  59  to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape   60  all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.

1.

A.turning

B.holding

C.showing

D.hanging

 

2.

A.unreasonable

B.unbearable

C.unbelievable

D.unfair

 

3.

A.teenagers

B.adults

C.women

D.men

 

4.

A.color

B.price

C.style

D.fit

 

5.

A.sent

B.carried

C.brought

D.wore

 

6.

A.casually

B.comfortably

C.carefully

D.quickly

 

7.

A.happiness

B.change

C.smile

D.matter

 

8.

A.reasoned

B.heated

C.wild

D.strong

 

9.

A.considerate

B.handsome

C.hopeful

D.curious

 

10.

A.of

B.on

C.in

D.at

 

11.

A.incident

B.accident

C.affair

D.event

 

12.

A.can

B.must

C.will

D.should

 

13.

A.this

B.them

C.it

D.one

 

14.

A.down

B.with

C.into

D.after

 

15.

A.looking up at

B.looking down on

C.putting up with

D.coming up with

 

16.

A.change

B.mistake

C.trade

D.turn

 

17.

A.However

B.Moreover

C.Therefore

D.Besides

 

18.

A.attaching

B.joining

C.relating

D.matching

 

19.

A.mean

B.methods

C.approaches

D.measures

 

20.

A.where

B.why

C.how

D.when

 

A young man was going to join the army and had to take a medical examination. The doctor was sitting at a desk when he went in. He said to the man. “Take your coat and shirt off, and sit on the chair.” The young man did so. The doctor looked at him for a moment without getting up from his chair and then said, “All right. Put on your clothes again.” “But you haven’t examined me at all!” the young man said in surprise. “There is no need to do so,” the doctor said with a smile. “When I told you to take your coat and shirt off, you heard me all right, so there is nothing wrong with your ears. You saw the chair, so your eyes are good. You could take your clothes off and sit on the chair, so you must be in good health. And you understand what I told you to do and did it without a mistake, so you must be clever enough for the army.”

1.The young man went to the doctor because __________.

A.he wanted to consult about his illness.

B.he had to have a medical check-up.

C.he did not want to join the army.

D.he did not feel well.

2.The doctor told the young man to take his coat and shirt off in order to______.

A.test his listening ability.

B.see whether his eyes were wrong with him.

C.see what was wrong with him.

D.examine him with no clothes.

3.The doctor thought that __________.

A.the young man would not be a good soldier.

B.the young man must not join the army.

C.The young man would not do something wrong in the army.

D.the young man could join the army.

4.At first the young man __________.

A.did not understand what the doctor mean

B.did not do as he was told to do

C.realized why the doctor told him to do something

D.understood what the doctor meant

 

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