Mr. White is seventy years old. He has been staying at home since he retired. Last year his wife 41 .He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house  42. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could  43 and usually gave it nice  44. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and  45 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to  46 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning”  47 the bird. The bird had a look at him but said  48 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).
One evening his  49  called and told him that his granddaughter was  50  in hospital. He went to see her  51 . When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t  52  the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he  53  to say “Good morning” to the bird.
Suddenly(突然地) he  54  someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked  55 . There was nobody except himself in the room. It was the bird.

Mr. White is seventy years old. He has been staying at home since he retired. Last year his wife 41 .He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house  42. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could  43 and usually gave it nice  44. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and  45 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to   46 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning”  47 the bird. The bird had a look at him but said  48 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).

   One evening his  49  called and told him that his granddaughter was  50  in hospital. He went to see her  51 . When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t  52  the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he  53  to say “Good morning” to the bird.

Suddenly(突然地) he  54  someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked  55 . There was nobody except himself in the room. It was the bird.

1.A. tired     B. went     C. left       D. worked

2.A. happily   B. alone    C. angrily    D. carefully

3.A. say       B. shout    C. tell       D. speak

4.A. house     B. clothes    C. food     D. words

5.A. asked     B. liked      C. hoped    D. decided

6.A. want      B. teach      C. have     D. with

7.A. to        B. with       C. at       D. about

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

9.A. parrot   B. friend   C. wife    D. son

10.A. ill    B. serious    C. bad    D. worried

11.A. at first   B. at once   C. all year round   D. all the time

12.A. wake up    B. stay up    C. sleep late   D. fall asleep

13.A. forgot    B. remembered    C. planned     D. stopped

14.A. thought   B. knew     C. heard    D. found

15.A. up     B. around      C. down      D. over

My father and I used to climb the mountains near my house. In Korea（韩国） there are more mountains than plains（平原）. For this reason, climbing has been a very   1   thing for me since I was a kid.

Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations and   2   them I learned a lot. In fact, without mountaineering, Dad couldn't have had enough time to   3   with me because he was very   4  himself.  So I believe mountaineering gave me time to talk with him and to be in deep thought as well as to develop my patience（耐心）. I   5   to be able to do what I   6   do for a longer time.

Once we climbed Palgoly Mountain. It was very   7   for me because I was only ten years old. At first, I felt very   8  . But soon I had. pain（疼） in   9  of my legs, so I wanted to give up   10   My father said, "  11   is a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain and the field where we are standing are beautiful. You can   12   see a beautiful sky at the   13   of the mountain, but you can't see it before you   14   the top. You can always enjoy a lot of beautiful scenery at the top,  but you can't when you are halfway（中途） up."

At that time, I was   15   young to understand his words, but now I get it. And I also have new hope and confidence.

1. A. strange                 B. unforgettable（不可忘记）C. natural             D. sad

2. A. among                  B. through                          C. during             D. on

3. A. waste                        B. take                             C. cost                D. spend

4. A. free                  B. busy                            C. happy              D. angry

5. A. had                   B. grew                            C. played            D. saved

6. A. should                 B. might                            C. ought（应当） D. would

7. A. easy                 B. interesting                    C. excited        D. challenging

8. A. happy                 B. annoyed                        C. worried          D. sad

9. A. neither                       B. both                           C. some              D. several

10. A. climb                B. climbing                        C. run                D. running

11. A. Spring               B. Summer                        C. Autumn           D. Winter

12. A. never                B. always                          C. hardly              D. ever

13. A. foot                 B. side                             C. top                D. bottom

14. A. arrive               B. get                             C. reach               D. go

15. A. so                  B. enough                          C. such               D. too