Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmates is her    46    --73 years old.  She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.

     When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the    47    to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her   48    encouragement. He didn't think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be    49    doing housework or should work on the farm.     50    Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college.

      Mrs. Hanson    51    forgot the dream of getting higher education. When the children

grown up, she    52    again and succeeded. In the class on her first day, when she introduced herself and    53    why she was there and what her aims were, all the other students   54   give her a warm welcome.

      Mrs. Hanson finds that the   55    part of going back to school at her age is sitting in class long periods of time. However, she often says she will stick to her dream no matter how difficult it is.

1.A. age                             B. interest                      C. accent

2.A. club                             B. school                       C. bank

3.A. much                                     B. no                          C. a little

4.A. at college                        B. at home                      C. in the office

5.A. After                             B. But                           C. So

6.A. never                           B. already                      C. often

7.A. stopped                                   B. tried                         C. refused

8.A. regretted                       B. guessed                     C. explained

9.A. stood up                         B. ran away                     C. broke out

10.A. best                         B. hardest                     C. easiest

Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water！This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups（打嗝）.Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的)．We really don’t know why they start and why they stop．

Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a little sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．

An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60，000 cures，but none of them worked．Finally he prayed（向…祈祷） to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately．

A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all，but the hiccups continued．Finally，he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone．

Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．

1.        might be the best cure for hiccups.

A．Special pills

B．A spoonful of salt

C．Cold water

D．What you believe in

2.The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups．

A．4 hours

B．2 days

C．8 months

D．8 years

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Different ways to stop hiccups

B．What makes hiccups happen

C．How to get hiccups

D．Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give    63    for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and    64   . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the    65    gift?

It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another    66   . In many Western countries watches and    67    are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 68   .

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be   69   ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't   70    red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

1.A. money B. gifts C food

2. A. person B. place C. winter

3. A. right B. wrong C. shiny

4. A. country B. city C. village

5.A. flowers B. books C. clocks

6.A. luck B. lucky C. unlucky

7. A. a safe gift B. a problem C. a good tdea

8.A. receive B. accept C. give

People are often killed while c___73______ the road. Most of them are old people and c____74____. Old people are often killed because they are careless. People should look and listen b____75____ they cross the road. A car, a truck or a bus can’t stop very q___76_____ if it is going very fast. It will travel many meters before it s____77_____. Pedestrian(行人)don’t know this. They think that a car can stop right away. It is h___78_____ for a pedestrian to know how fast a car is traveling. The only s____79____way to cross the road is to look at b___80____ ways, right and left. The correct way to cross the road is t___81____ walk quickly when the traffic l__82____ turn green.

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give    63    for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and    64   . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the    65    gift?

It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another    66   . In many Western countries watches and    67    are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 68   .

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be   69   ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't   70    red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

63. A. money B. gifts C food

64. A. person B. place C. winter

65. A. right B. wrong C. shiny

66. A. country B. city C. village

67. A. flowers B. books C. clocks

68. A. luck B. lucky C. unlucky

69. A. a safe gift B. a problem C. a good tdea

70. A. receive B. accept C. give