The manager said that he could ________ the office lady a few minutes to talk about her programme.

1. A.
   share
2. B.
   spare
3. C.
   spend
4. D.
   save

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

This morning, as I was getting close to the supermarket, I saw a small   36    gathering around an elderly woman with blood under her face. I stopped and asked if I could   37  . I told her I was certified（授予证书的）in first aid. Then I   38   someone for a first aid kit（工具箱）. But she didn’t want help, saying she was fine. But she wasn’t fine. I asked her to   39   with me and we   40   about her routine of getting groceries. People brought out ice packs, water and paper towels from the   41   nearby. I put on the gloves from the first aid kit, and cleaned her up a bit, but   42   I just talked to her and held her hand.

Two   43   happened to be passing by and   44   to help check her out a bit. Finally, after ten minutes the   45   arrived and I talked to the emergency medical team and they   __46  .

I was certified in first aid years back, and I got re-certified a month ago, but I never   47   it once. However, I realized being certified isn’t   48   about providing the aid. I didn’t stop the bleeding. I didn’t   49   to examine her. Mostly it was about providing comfort for people in a difficult   50  . The certification gave me the   51   to do that: to kneel on the sidewalk, holding an old woman’s hand, and to help make those _ 52   few minutes just a little bit better.

If you’re not certified in first aid, I can’t   53   it strongly enough. It takes four hours of your time at your   54   Red Cross. With what you’ll   55   , maybe you’ll be able to help someone like the old lady one day.

1.A. people             B. public C. traffic    D. crowd

2.A. watch out      B. look out         C. help out         D. make out

3.A. paid         B. sent    C. applied D. scolded

4.A. stay          B. walk    C. accompany   D. shop

5.A. looked              B. cared C. talked   D. quarreled

6.A. hospital           B. supermarket         C. station  D. office

7.A. mostly             B. maybe  C. simply   D. extremely

8.A. policemen     B. volunteers     C. clerks    D. doctors

9.A. refused            B. stopped      C. lay         D. woke

10.A. ambulance    B. family   C. driver   D. officer

11.A. operated on    B. turned up  C. ran away        D. took over

12.A. liked                B. noticed     C. used      D. met

13.A. necessarily     B. possibly      C. hopefully       D. commonly

14.A. want                B. teach         C. permit  D. try

15.A. place              B. situation      C. life         D. position

16.A. harm             B. confidence   C. lesson   D. wish

17.A. confusing      B. moving        C. scary     D. friendly

18.A. recommend     B. demand    C. support          D. explain

19.A. formal             B. national     C. local      D. private

20.A. recognize      B. offer   C. allow     D. Learn

As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mill carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when 1 was a boy it was such a fun to stick your finger 'through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad' s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route." he used to say, "and a story at every one. " One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read. "Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs. " Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the groom:. bat the mail was always delivered On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few button on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to 8 32,000.
A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad’s death,  the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. " What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?" he asked.
"The letters?"
'I guess you never knew. "
"Knew what?"
" Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. "
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
【小题1】It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad us_____.

A man worked in a post office. His job was to handle all  36  that had unclear addresses. One day he came across a letter which was  37  to God. He opened it and it  38  , "Dear God, I am an 83-year-old woman and I live on a very small pension (养老金). Yesterday someone stole my  39  . There was a hundred dollars in it, which was all the money I had  40  until my next pension comes. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, and I have invited my last two friends for  41 . Without that money, I have  42  to buy food with. I have no family to  43  , and you are my only  44  . Can you please help me?" The man was  45  , and went around showing the letter to all the other workers. Each of them  46 their wallets and donated a few dollars. By the time he  47  his showing, he had collected 96 dollars.  48  then he sent it to the old woman. Thanksgiving Day came and went. The workers 49  forgot about it. Then one day, there came another letter from the old lady to God. All the 50  gathered around when the letter was  51 . It read, "Dear God, how can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your kindness, I was able to  52  a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very  53  day, and I told my friends about your  54 gift. Thank you very much!" Seeing this, all the workers felt 55  with the nice thing they had done. They looked into each other’s eyes and smiled.

1.

A．stamps            B．money            C．mail              D．postcards

2.

A．spoken           B．written           C．recorded          D．pointed

3.

A．noticed           B．talked            C．read             D．told

4.

A．clothes           B．purse             C．house            D．food

5.

A．borrowed         B．wished            C．paid              D．left

6.

A．dinner            B．fun              C．business          D．picnic

7.

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

8.

A．live in            B．live on            C．turn to            D．turn back

9.

A．family            B．hope             C．friend            D．partner

10.

A．excited           B．amazed           C．surprised          D．moved

11.

A．gained            B．earned           C．searched          D．explored

12.

A．finished           B．planned           C．started            D．toured

13.

A．Or               B．As               C．And              D．But

14.

A．gradually          B．usually            C．especially         D．easily

15.

A．friends           B．workers           C．officers           D．guests

16.

A．sent              B．replied           C．accepted          D．opened

17.

A．bring             B．choose            C．prepare           D．enjoy

18.

A．nice              B．strange           C．common          D．formal

19.

A．traditional         B．wonderful         C．expensive         D．extra

20.

A．annoyed          B．confident          C．pleased           D．hopeful

Detective Keeling took his client — a good-looking lady into the back yard of the store together. The lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. They crossed the room to a locked door.

M r. Keeling took some special keys from his pocket. Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. The lady went into the store. She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. Mr. Keeling did not follow her.

The detective went quickly to the policeman’s house. Then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. They looked through the window. The policeman was surprised. He spoke to Mr. Keeling. “I don’t understand. You told me, ‘Robbins took a young woman to a restaurant.’ Where is she?”

         “There she is !” said Mr. Keeling. He pointed through the window.

         “Do you know the lady with Robbins?” asked the policeman.

         “That’s his secret friend,” said Mr. Keeling.

         “No! You’re wrong! That’s Robbins’ wife,” said the policeman. “I’ve known her for fifteen years.”

         “What ?” the detective shouted. His face became pale. “Who is under the table in the store?”

         He started to kick the door of the jewellery store.

         Mr. Robbins came to the door and opened it. The policeman and the detective ran into the store.

         “Look under that table!” shouted the detective. “Be quick!”

         The policeman lifted the cloth and put his arm under the table. He pulled out a black dress, a black veil and a woman’s wig(假发).

         “Is this young lady your wife?” Mr. Keeling asked the jeweler. He pointed at the woman.

         “Yes! She is my wife !” said Mr. Robbins angrily. “Why did you kick my door? Why are those clothes under my table?”

         “Please check all the jewellery in your store, Mr. Robbins,” the policeman said. “Is anything missing?”

         Some diamond rings and some expensive necklaces were missing. The missing jewellery was worth ＄800.

         Later that night, Mr. Keeling was sitting in his office. He was looking through a big book of photographs. They were photographs of criminals. The policeman had brought the book to the detective’s office. Suddenly, Mr. Keeling stopped turning the pages. He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.

         The next morning, Mr. Keeling paid the jeweler ＄800, and then closed his office.

1.At the beginning, the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because ___________.

A. she went to the back yard and found the way

B. she was the owner of the store and had the key

C. two men helped her together to enter the store

D. Mr. Keeling unlocked the back door to the store

2.The young lady who stayed with Mr. Robbins in the jewellery store was actually _________.

A. Mr. Robbins’ sister                                                        B. Mr. Robbins’ secret friend

C. Mr. Robbins’ wife                                                 D. a clever thief

3.It can be inferred from the passage that Mr. Keeling cooperated with his client _____________.

A. so that he could get some jewellery from the store

B. because he thought he was helping the lady

C. because he wanted to play a joke on Mr. Robbins

D. so that he could get a job as a policeman

4.The missing jewellery worth＄800 was in fact taken away by _____________.

A. a young woman              B. a young man          C. a detective                      D. a policeman