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Paul, a colleague of mine, received a car from his brother as a Christmas gift. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shiny new car, ________ it.
“Is this your car, Mister?” he said.
Paul nodded and said “my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was ________. “You mean your brother bought it for you and it didn’t cost you anything? Boy, I wish” He ________.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. But what the boy said ________ Paul all the way down to his heels.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a ________ like that.”
Paul looked at the boy , and then impulsively(冲动地) he added. “Would you like to take a ________ in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a moment, the boy turned with his ________ shining, saying, “Mister, would you mind driving me to the front of my house?”
Paul ________ a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his________that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was ________ again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up the steps. After a while Paul saw him coming back. He was ________ his little lame brother. He ________ sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of ________up against him and pointed to the car.
“There he is, Tony, just like I ________ you upstairs. His brother bought it for him for Christmas. And some day I’ll give you one just like it and then you can see ________ yourself all the pretty things in the ________ windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and ________the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining eyed older brother ________ in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what________ meant when he said: “It is more ________to give.”
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On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to __36__ and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __37__ to go home. Some battled to __38__ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the __39__ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I __40__ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most __41__ had stopped. After making my way __42__ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was __43__. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __44__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the __45__. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like an forever, the train __46__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was __47__ through, exhausted and __48__.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __49__ I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ 50__ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their __51__ to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that __52__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __53__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __54__ had made me tied and upset. But Garth’s words immediately__55__ me and put a smile back on my face.
36. A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash
37. A. forced B. refused C. adjusted D. gathered
38. A. order B. pay C. call D. search
39. A. climate B. scenery C. storm D. burden
40. A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened
41. A. practice B. routine C. process D. service
42. A. to B. through C. over D. for
43. A. operating B. cycling C. turning D. rushing
44. A. check B. carry C. find D. board
45. A. street B. ground C. floor D. platform
46. A. paused B. crossed C. reached D. parked
47. A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt
48. A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. puzzled
49. A. while B. when C. where D. after
50. A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. eventually
51. A. devotion B. donation C. connection D. reaction
52. A. accurate B. urgent C. brief D. humorous
53. A. promise B. appreciation C. advice D. guidance
54. A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs
55. A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D. refreshed
Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the children came running through the trees with sharp cries of ___36___. They rushed up to the ___37___, leaning over the clear water, watching the crowds of tiny fish. Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but ___38___ those who had been left behind at the ice-cream stall(小摊) came running up to make some announcement or other, and they all ___39___ the water and dashed back the ___40___ they had come. With growing excitement, Maureen ___41___ them.
When she ___42___ what had been running for, she stopped running. They were ___43___ things again. The toy stall was ___44___ and they were crowded around it. Behind the ___45___ a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish. She took ___46___ from the forest of small hands in exchanging for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils, anything. Maureen leaned against a ___47___, looking on. The idea of ___48___ washed against her face like a strong current(流), trying to draw her in.
Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group and ___49___ what she had bought on the ground so that she could see what money she had left in her white purse. Under Maureen’s ___50___ lay a boat, a mouth organ(口琴) and a brown load of bread. Maureen was so full of the ___51___ for the things like that she couldn’t bear to look at it. She turned her ___52___ sharply. Her face was against the tree. She shut her eyes and ___53___ eagerly for some money, for the price of a set toy plates. In a moment, she opened her eyes, ___54___ she didn’t turn back to the stall. It was too ___55___ to see the others buying whatever they wanted. She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground.
36. A. fright B. surprise C. shout D. excitement
37. A. space B. hill C. lake D. river
38. A. what’s worse B. all at once C. all the time D. more or less
39. A. left B. polluted C. painted D. entered
40. A. street B. way C. boat D. restaurant
41. A. ran afterB. searched for C. glared at D. got rid of
42. A. blamed B. saw C. praised D. helped
43. A. destroyingB. stealing C. buying D. eating
44. A. closed B. tall C. dull D. open
45. A. toy B. stall C. building D. mirror
46. A. fish B. advice C. moneyD. food
47. A. tree B. wall C. stall D. car
48. A. leaving B. running C. sleeping D. spending
49. A. laid B. let C. drewD. tasted
50. A. feet B. eyes C. shoulder D. hands
51. A. edge B. tiredness C. wishD. relation
52. A. friend B. suggestion C. way D. head
53. A. went B. stood C. prayedD. searched
54. A. even if B. if C. so D. but
55. A. painful B. nervous C. enjoyable D. near-sighted
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply—all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enough. Something 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men—4 individuals who could invent machines, find new 5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who 6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 10 .He is not necessarily working 11 that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by 13 the theories 14 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 15 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 16 other objectives.
Most of the people who 17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 18 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 19 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 20 .
1.A.cases B .reasons C .factors D .situations
2.A.But B .And C .Besides D .Even
3.A.else B .near C .extra D .similar
4.A.generating B .effective C .motivating D .creative
5.A.origins B .sources C .bases D .discoveries
6.A.employed B .created C .operated D .controlled
7.A.came B .arrived C .stemmed D .appeared
8.A.less B .better C. more D .worse
9.A.genuine B .practical C .pure D .clever
10.A.happily B .occasionally C. reluctantly D .accurately
11.A.now B .and C .all D .so
12.A.seldom B .sometimes C .all D .never
13.A.planning B .using C .idea D .means
14.A.of B .with C .to D .as
15.A.single B .sole C. specialized D .specific
16.A.few B .those C .many D .all
17.A.proposed B .developed C .supplied D .offered
18.A.little B .much C .some D .any
19.A.as B .if C .because D .while
20.A.ago B .past C .ahead D .before
In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally _1_them and the job they do—although there are certain people who do not believe that the police _2_have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not _3_job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in _4_.A policeman often has to control traffic, either _5_ foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time _6_up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop _7_motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the _8_, too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we _9_ the police to come and restore order. And they often have to _10_ situation at great risk to their own _11_.
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, _12_ he is not a detective(侦探),will often have to help_13_and arrest criminals.
And _14_ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash,a_15_,a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. _16_a policeman has to be _17_to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the _18_ world.
The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it _19_ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could _20_ do the job of a policeman.
1. A. dislike B. join C. appreciate D. admire
2. A. should B. would C. could D. must
3. A. a funny B. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an easy
4. A. it B. one C. his D. them
5A.on B. by C. under D. with
6. A. walking B. driving C. wandering D. searching
7. A. resting B. tired C. speeding D. drunken
8. A. peace B. silence C. situation D. condition
9. A. wait for B. call C. think of D. expect
10. A. turn to B. avoid C. deal with D. treat
11. A. safety B. families C. future D. friends
12. A. although B. as if C. however D. even if
13. A. get rid of B. question C. look for D. sentence
14. A. how B. where C. what D. who
15. A. power failure B. fire C. thunder storm D. thief
16. A. Yet B. Then C. As D. So
17. A. provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented
18. A. future B. modern C. real D. whole
19. A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D. particularly
20. A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more__1__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him _2_much in repairs that he decided that he had better _3_it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_ 4_ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so_5_ of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was _6_ when they met one evening, and said, “What's _7_, Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may _8_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's_9_was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, _10_ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no _11_.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to_12_ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be_13_or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll _14_my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to _15_ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, _16_ to wait there for the people who had_17_ his advertisement. Even Dave had to _18_that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean_19_ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this _20_ to us yet, sir?”
1. A. directly B. safely C. properly D. easily
2. A. so B. such C. very D. too
3. A. keep B. repair C. sell D. throw
4. A. anxious B. lucky C. ashamed D. generous
5. A. some B. neither C. none D. most
6. A. delighted B. upset C. calm D. astonished
7. A. on B. up C. it D. that
8. A. learn B. miss C. get D. find
9. A. message B. advice C. request D. description
10. A. uses B. loses C. has D. spends
11. A. doubtB. help C. trouble D. answer
12. A. tell B. see C. agree D. call
13. A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late
14. A. follow B. meet C. bring D. introduce
15. A. recognize B. gainC. admire D. test
16. A. happening B. meaning C. turning D. failing
17. A. read B. inserted C. answered D. placed
18. A. forget B. show C. disagree D. admit
19. A. as B. that C. so D. such
20. A. bargain B. sale C. accident D. result