Dec. 24, 1848

Dear Johnston,

       Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.

This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.

You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.

Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.

Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.

               Affectionately

  Your brother

   A. Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

A. show his concern for him                 B. recommend him to save money

C. decline his request and motivate him              D. introduce him a new job

What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?

A. He was very lazy.                                 B. He wasted time a lot.

C. He couldn’t get much from work.           D. He disliked working.

In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.

A. keep himself from getting into trouble    B. go to work hard for somebody

C. manage well the things at home             D. keep the children out of the idle habit

If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.

A. reward him with labor                           B. pay off his debt

C. hire him at 10 dollars a month                      D. give him another dollar

In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.

A. take away his place in Heaven                B. deed Lincoln the land

C. live without the land                                    D. do good work every day 

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 36    mother with whispered desperation（绝望）, “  37   a miracle（奇迹） can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She  38   all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she  39    her way six blocks to the local drugstore（药店）.

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

“It’s   40   my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a   41  . His name is Andrew and he has something   42   growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. ”

“We don’t   43    miracles here, child. I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling  44   at the little girl.

In the shop was a   45   customer. He stooped down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother   46  ?”

“I don’t know, ”she replied. “He’s really sick and mommy says he needs   47   . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my   48   . ”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven cents,   49    I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence（巧合）, ” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents? The  50        price of a miracle for little brothers.   51    me to where you live. I want to see your brother and   52    your parents. ”

That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon（外科医生）. The operation was completed without   53   and it wasn’t long before Andrew was   54   again and doing well.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the   55   of a little child.

36. A. tearful                B. hopeful             C. helpless             D. kind

37. A. Simply              B. Just                         C. Only                D. More than

38. A. drew                  B. pulled               C. put                   D. poured

39. A. followed           B. made                 C. took                 D. found

40. A. to                      B. as                     C. for                   D. on

41. A. hope                  B. doctor               C. favor                D. miracle

42. A. bad                    B. small                 C. extra                D. impossible

43. A. have                  B. offer                 C. sell                   D. store

44. A. gently                       B. sadly                 C. strangely           D. coldly

45. A. well-dressed    B. kind-hearted        C. well-behaved     D. good-looking

46. A. have                 B. need                  C. care                  D. like

47. A. a doctor             B. a surgeon         C. an operation      D. a kindness

48. A. savings              B. wishes               C. ideas                D. suggestions

49. A. since                  B. as                     C. after                 D. but

50. A. same                 B. exact                 C. proper              D. necessary

51. A. Show                        B. Help                 C. Take                 D. Follow

52. A. help                   B. encourage          C. persuade           D. meet

53. A. difficulty          B. delay                 C. charge              D. result

54. A. happy                       B. well                  C. strong               D. home

55. A. cleverness          B. faith                        C. courage           D. devotion

完形填空（共20题，每题1.5分，共30分）

 An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her  31  mother with whispered desperation（绝望）, “  32  a miracle（奇迹） can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She   33  all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she   34  her way six blocks to the local drugstore（药店）.

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

“It’s   35  my little brother,”  the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a   36   . His name is Andrew and he has something  37  growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”

“We don’t   38   miracles here, child．I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling   39  at the little girl.

In the shop was a   40  customer. He stooped (弯腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother   41   ?”

“I don’t know,” she replied．“He’s really sick and mommy says he needs   42   . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my  43   .”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven cents,   44  I can try and get some more,”  she answered quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence（巧合）,”  smiled the man.  “A dollar and eleven cents — the   45  price of a miracle for little brothers.  46  me to where you live. I want to see your brother and   47  your parents.”

That well dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon（外科医生）. The operation was completed without  48  and it wasn’t long before Andrew was   49  again and doing well.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the   50  of a little child.

A．tearful   B．hopeful     C．helpless    D．kind

A．Simply  B．Just   C．Only D．More than

A．drew      B．pulled       C．put    D．poured

A．followed       B．made C．took  D．found

A．to   B．as      C．for    D．on

A．hope      B．doctor      C．favor D．miracle

A．bad B．small C．extra D．impossible

A．have      B．offer C．sell    D．store

A．gently    B．sadly C．strangely   D．coldly

A．well dressedB．kind hearted  C．well behaved      D．good looking

A．have     B．need  C．care   D．like

A．a doctor     B．a surgeon  C．an operation     D．a kindness

A．savings      B．wishes      C．ideas D．suggestions

A．since    B．as      C．after  D．but

A．same    B．exact C．proper      D．necessary

A．Show   B．Help  C．Take  D．Follow

A．help     B．encourage C．persuade   D．meet

A．difficulty     B．delay C．charge      D．result

A．happy  B．well  C．strong       D．home

A．cleverness    B．faith  C．courage    D．devotion

                                                                                              Dec. 24, 1848

Dear Johnston,

Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.

This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.

You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.

Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.

Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.

Affectionately

Your brother

A. Lincoln

1.Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

2.What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?

3.In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.

4.If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.

5.In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.

Born into a poor family，two of the Durers' children still had a dream for art，but they knew their father could not afford to send either of them to the academy(院校)．

After discussions，the two boys finally agreed to toss a coin．The loser would go to the nearby mines and support his brother while he attended the academy．Then，when the winner completed his studies，he would support the other brother，either with sales of his art work or，if necessary，by working in the mines．So they tossed a coin．Albrecht Durer won the toss and went to Nuremberg．Albert went to the dangerous mines and financed his brother，whose work at the academy was almost an immediate success，and by graduation，he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his works．

When the Durer family held a dinner to celebrate Albrecht's homecoming， Albrecht drank a toast to his brother，“Now，Albert，it is your turn to go to Nuremberg and follow your dream，and I will take care of you．”

Albert wiped the tears from his cheeks，glanced at the faces he loved，and said softly，“No，brother．It is too late for me．Look….look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been broken at least once，and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast，much 1ess make lines on canvas(画布)with a pen or a brush．No，brother …for me it is too 1ate．”

Therefore，Albrecht took pains to draw his brother’s injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward．The entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and named it “The Praying Hands”．

1.The passage is mainly about

2.According to the two brothers’ agreement，．

3.Albert refused his brother’s offer because．

4.The artist created the masterpiece “The Praying Hands”