One evening, Mr Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had ___1___ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and asked for ___2___. Mr Green told him to get on and continued his way. ___3___ he talked to the man, he ___4___ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr Green was very afraid at the ___5___ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a ___6___ idea. He ___7___ speed and drove as quickly as possible. Then he found the police-car running ___8___ him. After a mile ___9___ the police-car passed him and ordered him to stop. A policeman came up. Mr Green had hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr Green’s ___10___.
The policeman said he wanted Mr Green’s name and ___11___ and Mr Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his ___12___. “You ___13___ appear at the police station. “ He said. Then he talked to Mr Green about ___14___ driving. Mr Green started up his car again. He had ___15___ all hope of his £10,000, but as he reached a more lonely part, the robber said he wanted to ___16___. Mr Green stopped and the man said. “___17___. You’ve been ___18___ to me. This is what I can do in ___19___.” And he handed Mr Green the policeman’s ___20___, which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr Green.
1. A. taken B. held C. brought D. drawn
2. A. money B. help C. a lift D. a ride
3. A. As B. Since C. Then D. Because
4. A. recognized B. learned C. supposed D. expected
5. A. sight B. idea C. touch D. thought
6. A. fast B. bright C. strange D. bad
7. A. put on B. got on C. took on D. had on
8. A. behind B. with C. after D. beside
9. A. and so B. or so C. and so on D. or so on
10. A. head B. shoulder C. back D. neck
11. A. number B. home C. place D. address
12. A. car B. pocket C. hand D. trousers
13. A. shall B. will C. would D. need
14. A. careful B. normal C. drunk D. dangerous
15. A. held out B. build up C. given up D. turn over
16. A. run away B. break away C. set out D. get out
17. A. I’m sorry B. You’re welcome C. That’s all right D. Thank you
18. A. kind B. polite C. known D. necessary
19. A. all B. fact C. return D. the end
20. A. gun B. pen C. money D. notebook
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England.Our father was a struggling ___36___, but I always knew he was ___37___.He never criticized us, but used ___38___ to bring out our best.He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish.If you don’t give them water, they die.”I ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___ about somebody, and father said,“___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.”He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would get the best ___43___.From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very ___45___.At 15, I started a magazine.It was ___46___ a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47__: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would.When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ___49__ me to go into law.And I’ve ___50___ regretted it.I wanted to be a biologist, ___51__ I didn’t pursue my ___52__.You know what you want.Go fulfill it.”
As ___53__ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54__ for young people in the U.K.My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ___55__ me.
A.biologist B.manager C.layer D.gardener
A.strict B.honest C.special D.learned
A.praise B.courage C.power D.warmth
A.think B.imagine C.remember D.guess
A.unnecessary B.unkind C.unimportant D.unusual
A.Another B.Some C.Any D.Other
A.on B.in C.at D.about
A.in case B.by turns C.by chance D.in return
A.revise B.set C.review D.follow
A.understanding B.experienced C.serious D.demanding
A.taking up B.making up C.picking up D.keeping up
A.suggestion B.decision C.notice D.choice
A.and B.as C.even if D.as if
A.helped B.allowed C.persuaded D.suggested
A.always B.never C.seldom D.almost
A.rather B.but C.for D.therefore
A.promise B.task C.belief D.dream
A.this B.he C.it D.that
A.newspaper B.magazine C.program D.project
A.controlled B.comforted C.reminded D.raised
I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a 36in my upper jaw,” she said. “I told my own dentist it's nothing, but he 37 I come to see you.”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would 38 to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the 39 of her mouth. A careful examination later40 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the 41 of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just 42 . ”
I thought otherwise. After considerable 43 on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to 44 me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon(外科医生). She saw him, but as I expected, 45 treatment.
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 46 .
“How are you?” I asked.
“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded 47 high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all, I answered 48 , “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had 49 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness 50 .
I had read of such things happening, but had 51 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others, because they keep getting 52 to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, 53 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 54 the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 55 we choose to find it.
A.cut B.pain C.wound D.cancer
A.declared B.suspected C.promised D.insisted
A.refuse B.continue C.attempt D.manage
A.roof B.corner C.bottom D.surface
A.confirmed B.convinced C.considered D.conducted
A.possibility B.importance C.seriousness D.resolution
A.old B.sick C.fine D.glad
A.permission B.support C.approval D.effort
A.persuade B.please C.encourage D.astonish
A.declined B.provided C.received D.required
A.healthy B.elegant C.optimistic D.humorous
A.to B.in C.with D.by
A.worriedly B.confusedly C.patiently D.confidently
A.covered B.reached C.spread D.grown
A.cured B.faded C.expanded D.remained
A.ever B.also C.never D.already
A.easier B.rarer C.happier D.closer
A.or B.so C.yet D.for
A.read B.make C.keep D.see
A.whatever B.wherever C.whoever D.whichever
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia.My father 36 me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is 37 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 38 than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, 39 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are 40 .This is not the worst boy at all, 41 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) 42 between us.No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my 43 as a bad boy.My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things.She 44 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more 45 and my brother and I could be better 46 .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 47 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her enthusiasm, I 48 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives.I accepted her 49 and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of 50 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the 51 beneficiary (受益者).My father became the 52 man in town.My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power 53 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is 54 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 55 .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
A.rushed B.sent C.carried D.introduced
A.distinguished B.favored C.mistaken D.rewarded
A.sooner B.later C.longer D.earlier
A.dragged B.shook C.raised D.bent
A.perfect B.right C.wrong D.impolite
A.but B.so C.and D.or
A.agreement B.friendship C.gap D.relationship
A.opinion B.image C.expectation D.mind
A.begged B.persuaded C.ordered D.invited
A.successful B.meaningful C.helpful D.useful
A.treaded B.entertained C.educated D.respected
A.camera B.radio C.bicycle D.typewriter
A.considered B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated
A.belief B.request C.criticism D.description
A.teaching B.writing C.studying D.reading
A.next B.same C.only D.real
A.cleverest B.wealthiest C.strongest D.healthiest
A.enthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence
A.deliberately B.happily C.traditionally D.constantly
A.win B.match C.reach D.doubt
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully 36 the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was $90! 37 on earth was he going to get the 38 of the money? He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was 39 to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no 40 to ask his parents, for he knew they had no money to 41 . There was only one way to get money, and that was to 42 it. He would have to find a job. 43 who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice, who usually had __44 in most things. "Well, you can st
art right here," said Mr Clay. "My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing." That was the 45 of James’s odd-job (零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was surprised by the 46 jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the47 of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the 48 increased and he knew that he would soon have 49 for the bicycle he was dying for. The day50 came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He51 no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode 52 home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard53 for the money, but James knew that he valued (重视) his bicycle far more 54 he had bought it with his own money. He had 55 what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
A.cleaned B.covered C.counted D.checked
A.How B.Why C.Who D.What
A.amount B.part C.sum D.rest
A.brave B.hard C.smart D.unfair
A.need B.reason C.result D.right
A.separate B.spend C.spare D.save
A.borrow B.earn C.raise D.collect
A.Or B.So C.For D.But
A.decisions B.experience C.opinions D.knowledge
A.beginning B.introduction C.requirement D.opening
A.similar B.ashamed C.peaceful D.various
A.brand B.number C.size D.type
A.effort B.pressure C.money D.trouble
A.all B.enough D.some
A.finally B.instantly C.normally D.regularly
A.gave B.left C.took D.wasted
A.patiently B.proudly C.silently D.tiredly
A.applying B.asking C.looking D.working
A.since B.if C.than D.though
A.deserved B.studied C.achieved D.learned
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack.But without a heart transplant(移植)her life was in constant 21 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very 22 : finding a donor heart that 23 Maria’s blood type could take years. 24 , Carmen was determined to save her mother.She kept 25 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out.By Christmas, Maria had trouble 26 from one end of the room to the other.Carmen lost all hope.She fell into a 27 of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her 28 .This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 29 it through the night.Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind.He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 30 something from herself.Could her 31 go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 32 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect 33 for Carmen’s mother.They were able to 34 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 35 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door.She was 36 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently.Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange 37 as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s 38 with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria 39 with Cheryl’s heart.Yes, Cheryl’s loving
heart would go on, for it was 40in another loving mother’s chest.
A.change B.danger C.disorder D.pain
A.small B.distant C.hard D.precious
A.matched B.replaced C.controlled D.cooperated
A.Certainly B.Otherwise C.However D.So
A.finding B.phoning C.touring D.interrupting
A.rolling B.running C.walking D.jumping
A.corner B.bed C.man D.nurse
A.mother B.story C.error D.dream
A.put B.support C.pass D.make
A.save B.recycle C.donate D.separate
A.heart B.brain C.husband D.spirit
A.informed B.warned C.congratulated D.reminded
A.copy B.fit C.variation D.baby
A.give up B.carry out C.search after D.put off
A.noticed B.predicted C.found D.declared
A.praying B.begging C.decorating D.singing
A.belief B.love C.bond D.relief
A.funeral B.operation C.performance D.anniversary
A.passed away B.woke up C.left behind D.dressed up
A.active B.alive C.necessary D.changeable