Ever so long ago ,two young men , Edmund and Oswald, appeared in court.
Edmund said to the : “I gave Oswald , who I was my best friend, a costly gold ring and I asked him to it till I returned home. Now he says that he knows about it .”
his hand on his heart , Oswald said : “I swear I know nothing about the . I am afraid that Edmund has been in his mental powers since he .”
The judge said : “ Edmund, were there any witnesses who could that you gave the ring to Oswald ?”
Edmund replied : “45 in the field where we were at the time there was nobody. We were talking beneath an old oak tree and there we were .”
Oswald said : “ I know as little of the oak tree as I do of the ring .”
The judge said : “ Edmund , go to that again and bring back a branch of that oak tree. Oswald ,you wait here in the meantime, Edmund comes back .”
So Edmund left. After some time the judge said to Oswald: “How is it that Edmund is taking so long to ? Go to the window and see if you can see him returning the road.”
Oswald said : “Oh , my Lord , he wouldn’t have even the tree yet ----the tree is over an hour’s walk from here.”
When the judge heard this ,he was very .
“You were telling a !You know as much about the tree as you do about the ring. For the year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the of always telling the truth .”
A．policeman B．doctor C．judge D．lawyer
A．defined B．expected C．noticed D．thought
A．hide B．sell C．keep D．break
A．nothing B．everything C．something D．anything
A．using B．placing C．waving D．feeling
A．illness B．tree C．ring D．law
A．cheated B．affected C．inspired D．amused
A．went on B．went along C．went by D．went away
A．prove B．understand C．agree D．predict
A．surprisingly B．unfortunately C．finally D．generally
A．close B．wise C．alone D．busy
A．while B．since C．once D．until
A．return B．wait C．leave D．walk
A．around B．ahead C．along D．aside
A．ignored B．reached C．planted D．remembered
A．sad B．worried C．angry D．terrified
A．lie B．joke C．story D．secret
A．same B．next C．only D．other
A．advantage B．difficulty C．question D．necessity
My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughter’s college. It was the first time in our life that we would __36__ for any length of time. We wondered how other people had __37__ it.
Later in bed, I __38__ the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay home to keep the __39__ from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to __40__ college.
The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn’t want to get to the city __41__. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little __42__. He finally said, “I never went to college and __43__ of your brothers did. I can’t say don’t do this or that, because everything is __44__ and I don’t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __45__. When you get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be __46__ in the big town and I would be __47__ the life home.
Then my father __48__ the Bible that he had read so often. I knew that he would miss it but I must __49__ it. He just said, “This can help you __50__ you will let it.”
When I finished school I took the Bible __51__ to my father. But he said he wanted me to __52__ it.
Now, too often, I remember. It would have been so __53__ to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn’t. My father could give me only a Bible, but now I don’t really believe that I gave her half as __54__ as my father gave me. So the next morning I __55__ up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note “This can help you.” I said, “if you will let it.”
A．worry B．separate C．stay D．travel
A．left B．stood C．enjoyed D．tried
A．wasted B．spent C．remembered D．killed
A．policemen B．workers C．cattle D．birds
A．graduate from B．go away to C．set out D．set up
A．very late B．far away C．too soon D．once again
A．speech B．living C．promise D．progress
A．some B．one C．none D．all
A．impossible B．different C．difficult D．favorite
A．work out B．die out C．hold out D．break out
A．happy B．alone C．free D．lost
A．losing B．spending C．missing D．living
A．brought about B．brought out C．brought up D．brought down
A．refuse B．mark C．follow D．take
A．if B．unless C．but D．though
A．down B．up C．back D．away
A．keep B．return C．post D．sell
A．popular B．strange C．ready D．nice
A．much B．many C．far D．good
A．set B．turned C．gave D．wrapped
An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate（忍受） the nuisance（讨
厌的人或事） of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.
One evening when the boys were particularly_21__，he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired(退休) and was_22__when he could see or hear boys playing his_23_game，football. He would_24_ give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night. The boys got_25_，for they could hardly believe_26_they were being paid to do something they__27_.
The first two weeks had passed，the boys came to the old man’s house，and went away__28__with their 25 Yuan. The third week when they came back，__29__，the old man said he hadn’t had much money__30__himself and sent them away with only 15 Yuan. The fourth week，the man said he had not yet 31 his paycheck from the government and gave them only 10 Yuan. The boys were very disappointed，but there was__32__much that they could do about it.
At the__33_of the fifth week，the boys came back and__34_at the old man’s door，waiting for their_35_.Slowly，the door opened and the old man appeared. He_36_that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan_37_he had promised，but said he would give them 38yuan each week without fail.
This was really too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week for only five yuan！” they yelled.“__39__！”
They stormed away and40played on the street again.
A．hot B．noisy C．troublesome D．naughty
A．happiest B．excited C．encouraged D．bored
A．interesting B．amusing C．acceptable D．favorite
A．more ever B．therefore C．willingly D．forever
A．shouted B．cried C．excited D．smiled
A．how B．when C．that D．what
A．expected B．enjoyed C．admired D．respected
A．happily B．thankfully C．gratefully D．tearfully
A．but B．in addition C．however D．besides
A．earned B．saved C．remained D．left
A．received B．accepted C．paid D．given
A．not B．no C．so D．very
A．final B．end C．start D．beginning
A．kicked B．hit C．beat D．knocked
A．rewards B．awards C．checks D．wages
A．expressed B．apologized C．stated D．expected
A．as B．like C．when D．though
A．5 B．10 C．15 D．20
A．No way B．No possible C．No problem D．No play
A．ever B．never C．still D．keep
A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail (桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel (铲). In the 36 of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he 37a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the rock, 38 to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much 39 , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by 40 his hands. When the boy got the rock to the 41 of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and 42 the little wall. 43 , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some 44 , the rock tipped (翻滚) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only 45 was to have the rock roll back.
Finally he 46 tears. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window 47 the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large 48 appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but 49 , he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”
Defeated, the boy 50 back, “I did! I did! I used all the strength that I had!”
“No, you didn’t. You didn’t ask me for help.” The father 51 down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox.
Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be 52 ? Are you discovering that you don’t have 53 it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the 54 we need. Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for 55 when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome.
A．method B．step C．practice D．process
A．created B．set C．discovered D．brought
A．trying B．managing C．deciding D．competing
A．thought B．struggle C．movement D．worry
A．touching B．shaking C．using D．controlling
A．bottom B．center C．edge D．front
A．over B．down C．through D．into
A．Doubted B．Surprised C．Pleased D．Determined
A．attempt B．progress C．effort D．decision
A．hope B．reward C．point D．purpose
A．made out B．broke out C．burst into D．rushed into
A．so B．as C．until D．before
A．rock B．picture C．figure D．shade
A．surprisingly B．doubtfully C．kindly D．firmly
A．shouted B．smiled C．called D．asked
A．reached B．looked C．fell D．put
A．pushed B．dropped C．carried D．removed
A．who B．what C．which D．where
A．minds B．spirits C．force D．strength
A．help B．tips C．advice D．ideas
Several years ago, a farmer owned some land along the sea. He advertised for workers, but no one wanted to work for him. Most people didn’t want to work there 31 they didn’t like the bad storms. Finally, a 
32 man, who looked weak and more than fifty years old, came to see the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.
“Well, I 33 sleep well when the wind blows.” answered the little man.
Although the answer was strange, the farmer let the man stay to work. The little man worked 34 around the farm, busy from morning till evening. The farmer felt very pleased with his work.
Then one night the wind began to blow strongly. Jumping out of the bed, the farmer 35 into the little man’s room. He shook the little man and cried, “Get up! A 36 is coming!”
The little man said slowly, “No sir, I told you----I can 37 well when the wind blows.”
The farmer was very angry, but he had to hurry outside to get ready for the storm. To his 38 , everything was ready outside. 39 could be blown away.
The farmer 40 what the man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind was still blowing.
A．so B．but C．because D．although
A．big B．little C．young D．strong
A．can B．must C．need D．should
A．well B．badly C．loudly D．clearly
A．walked B．rushed C．moved D．drove
A．man B．dog C．ship D．storm
A．work B．play C．sleep D．listen
A．anger B．pride C．surprise D．confidence
A．Everything B．Something C．Anything D．Nothing
A．understood B．preferred C．heard D．did
Nine 1700yearold brick tombs have been discovered in northwest China’s Xinjiang. Experts say that they can 1 valuable clues for the research of exchanges(交换；交流) between the central Chinese government at that time and ___2 Western Regions.
It is the 3 time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China's
main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region(自治区)．
4 from Beijing，Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were ___5___ between the middle and late third century and fourth century.
The tombs were unearthed during the 6 of a road earlier this year in Kuqa county,740 km from Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and part of the 7 Qiuci State. Qiuci State，which 8 between the second century BC and 860 AD，was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.
The tombs would help archaeologists with research into the political，economic and cultural 9 between the Central Plains government and states in the west，and on the cultural 10 of the Central Plains on the Western Regions.
Archaeologists from the Xinjiang institute have dug nine tombs since August 22，___11 bodies of more than 30 people，some ancient 12 and more than 60 pottery(陶器)jars. It is thought there are another three tombs to be 13 .
The people buried in the tombs were 14 either people from the western regions deeply influenced by the Han culture or the Han residents(居民)in the ___15 .