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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I 1 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. On my 4 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines
Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office. After a quick glance he 7 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said, “Come with me!”, pulling me into his pickup 10 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 12 seen. I 13 about 10 feet tall when I got up 14 them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you.”
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 19 . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a 20 .
1. A. read B. thought C. turned D. passed
2. A. address B. list C. message D. information
3. A. forward B. so C. ahead D. back
4. A. return B. rounds C. trip D. arrival
5. A. if only B. how C. whether D. why
6. A. dust B. sweat C. tail D. rain
7. A. led B. followed C. watched D. carried
8. A. hole B. mud C. water D. cover
9. A. magazine B. shoe C. sock D. bag
10. A. truck B. factory C. home D. store
11. A. dressed B. fitted C. showed D. comforted
12. A. ever B. already C. never D. hardly
13. A. appeared B. seemed C. looked D. felt
14. A. for B. with C. on D. in
15. A. pen B. paper C. card D. notebook
16. A. tearful B. unbelievable C. curious D. puzzled
17. A. admit B. know C. consider D. express
18. A. sensed B. received C. lost D. gained
19. A. mistaken B. right C. all right D. possible
20. deal B. fortune C. choice D. difference
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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I 1 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. On my 4 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines
Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office. After a quick glance he 7 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said, “Come with me!”, pulling me into his pickup 10 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 12 seen. I 13 about 10 feet tall when I got up 14 them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you.”
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 19 . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a 20 .
1. A. read B. thought C. turned D. passed
2. A. address B. list C. message D. information
3. A. forward B. so C. ahead D. back
4. A. return B. rounds C. trip D. arrival
5. A. if only B. how C. whether D. why
6. A. dust B. sweat C. tail D. rain
7. A. led B. followed C. watched D. carried
8. A. hole B. mud C. water D. cover
9. A. magazine B. shoe C. sock D. bag
10. A. truck B. factory C. home D. store
11. A. dressed B. fitted C. showed D. comforted
12. A. ever B. already C. never D. hardly
13. A. appeared B. seemed C. looked D. felt
14. A. for B. with C. on D. in
15. A. pen B. paper C. card D. notebook
16. A. tearful B. unbelievable C. curious D. puzzled
17. A. admit B. know C. consider D. express
18. A. sensed B. received C. lost D. gained
19. A. mistaken B. right C. all right D. possible
20. deal B. fortune C. choice D. difference
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I had just finished high school when a disaster hit our family. It was October 1962, and 21 was out of the question. So I found a job. In 1971, my employer announced only graduates(大学毕业生) would get 22 . My job seemed at a dead end unless I 23 further. And to graduate, I had to pass the higher secondary examination first.
I 24 an admission form（表格） and rode to the Human Resource（人力资源） Management office. On arriving there, I was 25 ---I couldn’t find the form. It was the last day to 26 the form, and no blank forms were 27 at the office. I was standing there, disappointed, 28 an elderly gentleman asked me why I looked so 29 . I told him what happened, 30 , “Now I’ll have to wait another year.”
“Well,” he said, “if you’re really serious about studying further, come with me. I have a 31 blank form at home.”
It was 12:30 pm. The counter（柜台） would 32 at 2 pm. His home was 10 km away and I had a slight 33 of going somewhere with a stranger. Anyway, this was my last chance. We reached his house on my bike. He advised me to remain 34 , and gave me a pen and the form. When it was 35 , he told me to rush back and 36 carefully. I reached the office at 1:58 pm. There were two people in line, waiting for their 37 . Just then, the counter official announced that no more forms would be 38 after mine. I breathed a sigh of 39 .
I passed the exam and later got a bachelor’s degree. I also got the promotions. I 40 it all to the timely help from a true gentleman whose name I forgot to ask.
21. A. education B. competition C. college D. employment
22. A. attention B. promotions C. prizes D. approval
23. A. attempted B. explained C. studied D. worked
24. A. filled in B. stepped onto C. put down D. looked at
25. A. ashamed B. frightened C. embarrassed D. shocked
26. A. review B. submit C. find D. revise
27. A. appropriate B. available C. practical D. helpful
28. A. when B. before C. unless D. until
29. A. serious B. angry C. troubled D. tired
30. A. agreeing B. suggesting C. responding D. adding
31. A. special B. similar C. private D. spare
32. A. close B. move C. change D. reset
33. A. regret B. fear C. sadness D. puzzle
34. A. quiet B. slow C. calm D. polite
35. A. rewritten B. done C. corrected D. read
36. A. follow B. walk C. drive D. answer
37. A. form B. role C. luck D. turn
38. A. accepted B. chosen C. recommended D. recognized
39. A. relief B. confidence C. tension D. anxiety
40. A. devote B. apply C. owe D. connect
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Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order 36 to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith by profession worked almost eighteen hours____37__ day at his trade．Despite their seemingly 38 condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art. 39 , they knew well that their father would never be able to 40 either of them to study at the Academy．
After many long discussions at night in their 41 bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact．They would toss （掷） a coin．The 42 would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, 43 his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and 44 Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, 45 his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation.By the time he graduated, he was beginning to 46 considerable fees for himself．
When the young artist 47 home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your 48 . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will 49 you．"
Albert rose and wiped the 50 from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too 51 for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my 52 ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas 53 a pen or a brush．"
More than 450 years have 54 ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one 55 creation that can catch the world's hearts．
36.A．fully B．merely C．completely D．entirely
37.A．a B．every C．one D．each
38.A．demanding B．promising C .careless D.hopeless
39.A．Therefore B．And C.However D．But
40.A．study B．give C．send D．offer
41.A．separated B．messy C．crowded D．unusual
42.A．loser B.winner C．old D．younger
43.A．advertise B.support C．expect D．require
44.A．flew away to B.left behind C．left from D．went off to
45.A．deserved B.financed C．desired D．envied
46.A．earn B.save C．draw D．spend
47.A．arrived B.returned C．reached D．got
48.A．fate B.time C．top D．turn
49.A．take charge of B.make up for C．take care of D．make use of
50.A．smiles B.sweats C．tears D．hints
51.A．latter B.latest C．later D．late
52.A．hands B.eyes C．pictures D．mines
53.A．with B.by C．through D．in
54.A．remembered B.kept C．passed D．changed
55.A．mysterious B.innocent C．skillful D．touching
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Later, after the test papers had been 26 the teacher asked me to 27 in the room when all the other students 28 . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about 29 it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand 30 your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __31__and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest，they really 32 themselves．She made me promise that I would think 33 about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could _34 . I walked out of the room wondering 35 she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．
Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked 36 I was copying answers 37 the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t 38 anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. 39 I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor 40 letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．
21．A．from B．on C．at D．in
22．A．test B．lesson C．class D．papers
23．A．seat B．seating C．sit D．sitting
24．A．why B．whether C．where D．that
25．A．one B．that C．hers D．it
26．A．turned in B．handed C．given out D．marked
27．A．work B．read C．study D．stay
28．A．gone out B．were studying C．were dismissed D．were there
29．A．how B．why C．which D．what
30．A．on B．by C．to D．with
31．A．faith B．honesty C．confidence D．reliability
32．A．improve B．punish C．help D．cheat
33．A．well B．highly C．seriously D．honestly
34．A．go on B．leave C．sit down D．refuse
35．A．if B．whether C．how D．why
36．A．as though B．like C．as D．that
37．A．for B．by C．at D．from
38．A．asked B．mentioned C．answered D．realized
39．A．Long before B．As long as C．Even though D．Just as
40．A．with B．by C．in D．through
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