A young man was getting ready to graduate from college.He had wanted a beautiful  1 in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well   2  it.He told his father that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day came near, the young man expected  3   that his father had bought the gift.  4    , on the morning of' his graduation, his father called him into his own 5   .His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him.He   6   his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, and somewhat, the young man opened the box and found a lovely leather-bound Bible (圣经), with the young man's name written in gold.Angry, he his voice to his father, and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and  9 out of the house.

Many years passed and the young man was very   10   in business.He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but  11  his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to see him.   12   he could make arrangements, he received a telegram  13   him his father had passed away and willed all of his    14    to his son.When he arrived at his father's, sudden sadness and regret   15    his heart, he began to  16  his father's important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had   17   it years ago.With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully    18    a verse (诗), Matthew 7 - 11  , "And if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts lo your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask him?"

As he read those words, a car key    19   from the back of the Bible.It had a tag (标签) with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired.On the tag was the  20   of his graduation, and the words: PAlD IN FULL

1.A.computer          B.bike               C.car                D.recorder

2.A.pay              B.buy               C.support           D.afford

3.A.signs             B.facts             C.marks             D.results

4.A.However       B.Finally               C.Quietly            D.Actually

5.A.house             B.room             C.study            D.office

6.A.gave              B.handed            C.showed           D.presented

7.A.excited            B.nervous          C.interested          D.disappointed

8.A.raised              B.changed          C.improved          D.increased

9.A.ran               B.went             C.walked           D.stormed

10.A.busy            B.successful         C.comfortable       D.happy

11.A.remembered       B.realized            C.knew             D.considered

12.A.When              B. As               C.After             D.Before

13.A.informing        B.announcing        C.telling              D.discovering

14.A.treasures          B.possessions      C.wealths           D.eagerness

15.A.filled             B.caught           C.attacked          D.beat

16.A.pick up           B.remind of         C.search through  D.refer to

17.A.seen              B.got              C.left               D.thrown

18.A.made            B.written            C.underlined        D.designed

19.A.dropped          B.appeared          C.rolled             D.showed

20.A.year              B.date              C.moment           D.day

John Denver has got international fame as a pop star, songwriter, actor and environmental activist (环境保护者).Songs like Take Me Home, Country Road, Rocky Mountain High and Annie's Song have become very popular.But less than thirty years ago, John Denver was a young man with little more than a fine voice, a guitar, and a dream.Growing up in conservative (保守的) family, he was not believed to drop out of college and head to Los Angeles, where the music scene was flowering.Nor was he believed to succeed.

In Take Me Home, John Denver talked about the story that shaped his life, with the story of the rich inner journey of a shy Midwestern boy.With honesty and cleverness, he wrote about his childhood, the feeling of moving to Los Angeles as the 60s came, his first lucky breaks, his first songwriting success with leaving on a Jet Plane and finally got a world fame.

He also wrote about his relationship with his first and second wife, as well as his parents, his children, his partners through his life and his friends.

Honest and rich in the book that only a natural-born storyteller could write so well, Take Me Home is very good from the beginning to the end.It's like spending a few days with a good friend.

1.This passage is probably about         .

    A.a book written by John Denver          B.the life and cause of John Denver

    C.how to write pop songs                D.what Los Angeles was like

2.Take Me Home is a name of        .

    A.a famous book                        B.a folk song in Los Angeles

    C.a wonderful movie                    D.a pop song by John Denver

3.From this passage, we can conclude that        .

     A.John Denver's family didn't want him to leave college

     B.he often had trips when he was a shy boy

     C.he moved to Los Angeles with his parents

     D.his family believed he would succeed

4.John Denver wrote his songs about many things except        .

     A.his first success in songwriting

     B.his family members including his parents, his wives and his children

     C.the problems of environment

  D.his life in Los Angeles

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