When someone takes shoes to a shop to be mended, he is given a ticket with a number on it. Then,  21  his shoes are ready, he goes back to the shop, gives the ticket to the shoemaker, gets his shoes and  22   for them.

One day Mrs. Smith gave her husband a  23  of her shoes which needed mending and asked him to  24  them to the shop. Mr. Smith did so, and put the  25  for them in his pocket.

He went back four days  26  to get the shoes,  27  when he went into the shop, he was not able to find his ticket  28  ,and the shoemaker did not want to give him the  29  until he got the ticket.

“How do I know that the shoes are  30  unless you give me the ticket?” he said. “If I give them to you now, somebody  31  may come into my shop with the ticket tomorrow, and then I shall not be able to give him the shoes.”

Mrs. Smith needed the shoes very much, so her husband  32  for a moment and then went out to his  33  , which was at the side of the road   34  the shop. He  35  the door, and whistled（耳语）to his wife’s small  36  , which was sitting on the back seat. Then he went back into the shop and  37  it, “Get the shoes!” The dog began to  38  around the shop, and soon it found Mrs. Smith’s shoes and brought them to Mr. Smith one after the  39  .

“That should prove（证明）that they are my wife’s.” Mr. Smith said.

The shoemaker  40   and then he gave the shoes to Mr. Smith.

1..A.before             B. when        C. since       D. unless

2.A.cares          B. looks            C. pays        D. waits

3..A. pair              B. set         C. kind         D. piece

4..A. show              B. change           C. lead         D. take

5..A. bill              B. paper          C. ticket         D. list

6..A.late          B. later           C. ago            D. long

7..A.but                B. because        C. and           D. or

8.A.everywhere       B. anywhere       C. nowhere       D. somewhere

9.A. return             B. idea           C. shoes          D. answer

10.A.what               B. whose         C. where        D. yours

11.A.else           B. some          C. every         D. all

12..A.worried       B. cried            C. thought          D. hoped

13..A. train         B. bus            C. boat             D. car

14.A.inside         B. outside         C. up               D. round

15..A.opened        B. closed          C. broke            D. built

16.A.clock          B. dog              C. cat              D. hen

17.A.said to        B. replied         C. answered         D. talked

18.A.hear           B. taste           C. smell            D. see

19.A. each          B. once             C. any              D. other

20.A.surprised     B. frightened       C. cried out       D. laughed

Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.

  Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker's__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”

1.A. officer                          B. driver                            C. worker                   D. soldier

2.A. pulling                       B. pushing               C. filling                     D. carrying

3.A. reached                    B. left                             C. faced                            D. formed

4.A. stop                            B. greet                            C. praise                     D. beat

5.A. show                     B. load                              C. light                       D. untie

6.A. carefully                    B. carelessly                     C. angrily                D. quickly

7.A. once                            B. again                            C. yet                                  D. instead

8.A. pretending                 B. believing                      C. expecting               D. asking

9.A. ever                            B. often                            C. always                               D. never

10.A. curious                 B. sure                                C. clever                               D. known

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

12.A. how                          B. which                 C. what                 D. why

13.A. looked after     B. looked through      C. looked for                   D. looked out

14.A. pockets                    B. clothes                          C. socks                D. shoes

15.A. Wait                          B. Go                    C. Listen                          D. Come

16.A. past                           B. from                  C. through                        D. across

17.A. job                            B. mountain                         C. edge               D. road

18.A. as                            B. if                          C. before                       D. whether

19.A. at the moment       B. after all                    C. for a moment           D. at all

20.A. Straw                     B. Money                C. Cars                     D. Bicycles

He felt very sad that though he worked very___indeed,he was not able to jump____.

A. hardly; high???? B. hard; high???? C. hardly; highly???? D. hard; highly?

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to the Union of Soviet So??cialist Republics( USSR)，Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak.

In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was pain??ful. He was not able to sleep at night.

The doctore told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins ’ problem and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.

Mr. Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead，he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.       .'

He began to experiment on himself while still in hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain -free sleep at night.

Deciding that the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days，Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television，reading funny books，and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks，he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto . Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.

After a few months，Mr. Cousins returned to work. He has laughed himself back to health.

Why did Norman Cousins get sick?

A. He did not rest enough.    B. He traveled too much.

C. His body chemistry changed.    D. All of the above.

What part of his body was affected by the illness?

A .The bones in his feet.

B. His mind when he slept.

C. The material between his bones.

D. His stomach.

What did Mr. Cousins think caused his illness?

A. Bad food.   B. Too much laughter.

C. Unhappy thoughts.    D. The doctors.

Where did Mr. Cousins go in order to cure himself?

A. To a hotel room. B. To the beach.    C. To the hospital. D. To the USSR.

How long did it take before Mr. Cousins went back, to work?

A. A few weeks.     B. A few months.   C. A few hours.      D. A few years.

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to the Union of Soviet So­cialist Republics( USSR)，Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak.

In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was pain­ful. He was not able to sleep at night.

The doctore told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins ’ problem and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.

Mr. Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead，he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.       .'

He began to experiment on himself while still in hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain -free sleep at night.

Deciding that the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days，Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television，reading funny books，and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks，he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto . Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.

After a few months，Mr. Cousins returned to work. He has laughed himself back to health.

1.Why did Norman Cousins get sick?

2.What part of his body was affected by the illness?

3.What did Mr. Cousins think caused his illness?

4.Where did Mr. Cousins go in order to cure himself?

5.How long did it take before Mr. Cousins went back, to work?