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________ stop advertising, prices would be greatly reduced.

A．Were they to B．Could they C．If they D．Would they

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30）
Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your 36. Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you. 37 sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.
Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was38 creative gifts and then a good idea 39him---- selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He 40 them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge 41. As a result, one of his customers 42 they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman43 get the idea of lobsters out of his44. Why not turn this into a hobby and 45 a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he 46 a local radio station to give him a few ads in 47for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman48 lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After 49the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a 50. Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was 51 , and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be 52.
Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling 53and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are54. So do not be afraid to move55 and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
36. A. dreams B. wings C. needs D. minds
37. A. Because B. When C. Though D. If
38. A. searching for B. making up C. giving away D. thinking up
39. A. came about B. took place C. went on D. came to
40. A. packaged B. sold C. tied D. placed
41. A. matter B. business C. failure D. success
42. A.said B. thought C. suggested D. hoped
43. A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. wouldn’t
44. A. heart B. mind C. head D. hand
45. A. make B. get C. gather D. spend
46. A. permitted B. hoped C. persuaded D. suggested
47. A. changeB. exchange C. place D. need
48. A. hunting B. seeking C. collecting D. selling
49. A. selling B. paying C. returning D. using
50. A. thing B. sign C. pity D. please
51. A.wrong B. right C. free D. available
52. A. happier B. worse C. lower D. higher
53. A. jobs B. wishes C. careers D. promises
54. A. short B.long C. forever D. temporary（临时）
55. A. back B. on C. in D. away

Engagement, wedding, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’ special ways of doing these things inform their native culture.
People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle of flowers as a gift of engagement. 36in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered 37
for a young man to 38his fiancée with the wooden clappers once used to 39clothes
40in a stream. These clappers were engraved with love-poems, and 41tradition, they ensured good fortune and happiness.
And their country weddings also show a tint of local convention(传统). Until recently, a Danish country wedding was an event which 42all who lived in the surrounding 43. Everyone was tacitly(不言而喻地) invited to celebrate with the young couple. Preparations for the wedding lasted for many days but were made 44, because to show happiness openly 45
arouse the anger and jealousy of evil spirits.
46the wedding morning the couple met in the courtyard of the bride’s house. The relatives and friend presented themselves to the couple, bowed and placed gifts at their feet. Every gift was 47by good wishes recited in prose(散文) or in verse; 48modest the gift the more elaborate(精致的) the wishes had to be. 49who had neither the means to give 50
the imagination to make a speech were, as a sign of their goodwill, placed 51guard over the presents and, in the evening, over the couple’s bed.
52the conclusion of the ceremony a large jar of beer was taken to the courtyard. The hands of the betrothed(已订婚的) were joined over the jar and it was 53into fragments(碎片). These pieces were picked 54by the girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest 55being destined to marry first.
36．A．However B．But C．Therefore D．So
37．A．a luck B．luck C．lucky D．lucks
38．A．send B．present C．bring D．give
39．A．strike B．beat C．hit D．blow
40．A．to wash B．washed C．to be washed D．washing
41．A．according to B．with a view to C．so far as D．in addition to
42．A．stated B．related C．concerned D．considered
43．A．area B．district C．zone D．region
44．A．publicly B．silently C．unknowingly D．secretly
45．A．would B．should C．must D．may
46．A．At B．In C．On D．To
47．A．completed B．accompanied C．accomplished D．matched
48．A．much more B．the more C．any more D．more
49．A．These B．Those C．People D．They
50．A．or B．and C．nor D．then
51．A．in B．on C．at D．against
52．A．At B．In C．To D．For
53．A．smashed(弄碎) B．ruined C．crashed D．cracked
54．A．out B．up C．on D．at
55．A．part B．fragment C．section D．block

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. Inoneof the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to 1 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t 2 , as I knew, but all the time 3 his foot against mine.
My 4 raced back more than thirty years to the 5 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The 6 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
7 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 8 each other very well. Frank West 9 me because he wasn’t 10 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had 11 of a mind than a baby has. His “ 12” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and 13 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank 14 on her entirely. He needed all the 15 of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She 16 nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 17 ones. So before we 18 that morning, I stood beside Frank and 19 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 20 to me was always the same.
1．A．work B．stay C．live D．expect
2．A．answer B．speak C．smile D．laugh
3．A．covering B．moving C．fighting D．pressing
4．A．minds B．memories C．thoughts D．brains
5．A．better B．dark C．younger D．old
6．A．cave B．place C．sight D．scene
7．A．Discussing B．Solving C．Sharing D．Suffering
8．A．learn from B．talk to C．help D．know
9．A．needed B．recognized C．interested D．encouraged
10．A．normal B．common C．unusual D．quick
11．A．more B．worse C．fewer D．less
12．A．word B．speech C．sentence D．language
13．A．not B．no C．something D．nothing
14．A．fed B．kept C．lived D．depended
15．A．attention B．control C．treatment D．management
16．A．lost B．needed C．destroyed D．left
17．A．troublesome B．unlucky C．angry D．unpopular
18．A．separated B．went C．reunited D．returned
19．A．pushed B．tried C．showed D．measured
20．A．nodding B．greeting C．meeting D．acting

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 1mother with whispered desperation（绝望）, “ 2a miracle（奇迹） can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She 3all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she 4her way six blocks to the local drugstore（药店）.
“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.
“It’s 5my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a 6. His name is Andrew and he has something 7growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”
“We don’t 8miracles here, chilD．I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling 9at the little girl.
In the shop was a 10customer. He stooped (弯腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother 11?”
“I don’t know,” she replieD．“He’s really sick and mommy says he needs 12. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my 13.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man.
“One dollar and eleven cents, 14I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.
“Well, what a coincidence（巧合）,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents — the 15price of a miracle for little brothers. 16me to where you live. I want to see your brother and 17your parents.”
That well dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon（外科医生）. The operation was completed without 18and it wasn’t long before Andrew was 19again and doing well.
The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the20of a little child.
1． A．tearful B．hopeful C．helpless D．kind
2． A．Simply B．Just C．Only D．More than
3． A．drew B．pulled C．put D．poured
4． A．followed B．made C．took D．found
5． A．to B．as C．for D．on
6． A．hope B．doctor C．favor D．miracle
7． A．bad B．small C．extra D．impossible
8． A．have B．offer C．sell D．store
9． A．gently B．sadly C．strangely D．coldly
10．A．well dressed B．kind hearted C．well behaved D．good looking
11．A．have B．need C．care D．like
12．A．a doctor B．a surgeon C．an operation D．a kindness
13．A．savings B．wishes C．ideas D．suggestions
14．A．since B．as C．after D．but
15．A．same B．exact C．proper D．necessary
16．A．Show B．Help C．Take D．Follow
17．A．help B．encourage C．persuade D．meet
18．A．difficulty B．delay C．charge D．result
19．A．happy B．well C．strong D．home
20． A．cleverness B．faith C．courage D．devotion