As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day，a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to ____ a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it.
The fisherman was wild with ____. He thanked King Parveez and left.
Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and ____ him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was ____ that could be done about it.
___，Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be ____. She said, “We will ask the fisherman about the __ of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able to return the fish and have our ____ back.”
So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question.
Fortunately, he was ____ enough not to be caught out.The fisherman replied, “This fish is ____ in the sense that it is neither male nor female.”
King Parveez was so ____ by the wisdom of the man that he ____ a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez ____， but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the ____ fell onto the floor. The fisherman ____ bent down to look for the coin.
“Look how greedy this man is！” Queen Shireen ____.“One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor ____ in the palace to find.”
The fisherman heard this ___ and said，“It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of __ King Parveez on it.I would not____ anyone to step on the coin.”
A．find B．catch C．buy D．see
A．joy B．worry C．hope D．puzzle
A．praised B．scolded C．respected D．supported
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．However B．Somehow C．Still D．Instead
A．held back B．hung back C．brought back D．turned back
A．color B．number C．result D．gender
A．bag B．money C．gold D．gift
A．moved B．afraid C．clever D．excited
A．unique B．common C．expensive D．fresh
A．embarrassed B．confused C．surprised D．impressed
A．drew B．ordered C．collected D．saved
A．ever B．first C．again D．well
A．bills B．shoes C．fish D．coins
A．immediately B．simply C．naturally D．slowly
A．laughed B．cried C．whispered D．threatened
A．fisherman B．beggar C．servant D．farmer
A．suggestion B．announcement C．voice D．remark
A．generous B．handsome C．honest D．wise
A．persuade B．tolerate C．advise D．encourage
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed,read and1. It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的)；it can keep a2with very little effort.
I will give3. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting4We had been close as5but had grown apart. Our meetings were not6; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only7our misunderstanding. Then he8a small island in the Caribbean and we9touch .One day he wrote me a letter. He describeb his island and its people, told me what he was doing,said how he felt,and encouraged me to10. Rereading the letter, I was11by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions,These were all qualities for which I had12respected my order brother but13he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so14.And with that one letter we became friends15.
It might never have occurred to16to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no17,For him, writing was a necessity, It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch.Because we live in an age of18communication(通讯),people often19that they don't always have to phone or email. They have a20. And that is to write.
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I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had1the office to get something to eat . On the way, I2abusker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him. I had some3in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would4use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He5like that type-young and ragged.6what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then7I had no right to place myself above8just because he was busking.
I9and dropped all the coins into his10, and he smiled at me, I watched for a while. As11as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment-a feeling of12or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened13, I walked off. "It proved to be a waste of14,"I thought.
On my way home at the end of the15, I saw the busker again and he was16. I watched him pick up the hat and walk17a cafe counter. There he poured the18contents into a tin collecting19an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！
Now I donate any20I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for appointment （约会）at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a1in the waiting area,2him it would be at least 40 minutes3someone would be able to see him .I saw him4his watch and decided, since I was5buy-my patient didn't6at the appointed hour ,I would examine his wound, While taking care of his wound ,I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he7to go to the nursing home on eat breakfast with his8.He told me that she had been9for a while and that she had a special disease, I asked if she would be10if he was a bit late. He replied that she11knew who he was ,that she had not been able to12him for five years now. I was13and asked him," And you14go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?"
He smiled and said ."She doesn't know me, but I know who she is" I had to hold back15as he left.
Now I16that in marriages, true love is17of all that, The happiest people don't18have the best of everything; they just19the best of everything they have .20isn't about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
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Behind our house is the start of a fascinating trail (小径). This trail is one of the old roads that wind through untold miles of forest. My1, Beans, and I walk the trail frequently. Normally, Beans sniffs alongside the trail to follow the smell of a deer track or2some cause known only to him.
Beans is a white dog, quite handsome and very3. He not only understands what we tell him, but also often makes sounds as if he were trying to4back.
One morning, we took a different route, which led us to an unfamiliar trail. I was sure this trail would eventually lead us to our familiar5. But, no. We seemed to be far off course. After two hours, I suddenly realized that Beans probably6the way home. So I urged, "Beans, take me home." He ran down a new trail. But it merely led to an intersection (岔道口) of trails.
Soon it became7that we were getting nowhere. I began to picture the rest of the day in the8, without food or drink. We had walked about ten miles. But Beans seemed totally9. The sniffing and exploring was going well for him.
Finally, we10a crossroad near a highway. Lady Luck suggested I should turn left. We did and11reached a cottage beside a field. I knocked on the door and explained my situation to an old man. He laughed and then drove us home.
Since our adventure, I12that Beans probably knew all along how to get home. He was just having too much fan exploring new trails.
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第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
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和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the 36 celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not 37 much from the war where, though, like most children of my age, I often saw 38 houses in the streets and the very big 39 lorries(卡车) passing through. But both at home and at school I had become 40 to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously, 41 had been better, though I was too young to understand why, 42 there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had 43 heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant very 44 to me. I did not remember what London was like.
What I remember now 45 V-Day(victory day) was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting 46 and building an enormous bonfire(篝火). We stood and watched them for a time, and then I went home and 47 myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.
It was May and still broad 48 when my mother arrived, and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to 49 the bonfire, so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very 50 , and somehow people had collected some old clothes to 51 “Hitler” with the moustache(胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames 52 soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.
I stood beside my father until the 53 started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had 54 in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said, “Well, that’s it, son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the 55 one.”
36. A. war B. victory C. Christmas D. birthday
37. A. suffered B. learnt C. heard D. read
38. A. crowded B. rebuilt C. bombed D. enlarged
39. A. modern B. old C. railway D. army
40. A. used B. devoted C. engaged D. related
41. A. food B. things C. houses D. news
42. A. except that B. now that C. for fear that D. in order that
43. A. never B. hardly C. only D. already
44. A. much B .little C. great D. important
45. A. about B. on C. for D. during
46. A. money B. wood C. information D. clothes
47. A. showed B. allowed C. let D. called
48. A. early B. daylight C. dark D. warm
49. A. see B. light C. find D. put out
50. A. high B. hot C. dangerous D. far
51. A. draw B. paint C. write D. dress
52. A. disappeared B. happened C. rose D. came
53. A. sun B. moon C. fire D. noise
54. A. fought B. worked C. grown D. changed
55. A. best B. worst C. first D. last