Once upon a time there lived a wise king who wanted to marry off his favorite daughter．He （39） how he could find the right person．Finally，the king had an（40）
．He decided to hold a contest（比赛） to decided which gentleman would achieve this great honor．The king ordered that anyone（41） wanted to marry the princess must report to the palace．To win his daughter，a man must fill up a whole room with a（an） （42） thing very quickly．
The first brave man anived at the palace．He brought bags full of feathers．With great（43） ，he started to fill the large room with feathers，but time ran out and he failed．
The next day，（44） young man tried to quickly fill the room，this time with beautiful silk．Time ran out again，and he left the palace（45） ．
The contest went on day afterday，（46） contestants hoped to pass the test but no one （47） ．The king began to lose heart．Wasn't anyone in the kingdom qualified（有资格的）to many the beautiful princess？
One day，a young man arrived at the palace empty﹣handed．The king wondered how this man planned to win the contest．Entering the room，the young man （48） the lights．He reached into his pocket，got a small（49） and lit it．In no time，the light filled the whole room．
The king was very happy because he had found the perfect match for his lovely daughter．
To get through a problem，sometimes we must（50） the way we're thinking about it．We need to re﹣educate ourselves by looking at the problem in a different way．
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39．A．surprised |
B．wondered |
C．hoped |
D．recognized |
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40．A．opinion |
B．impression |
C．idea |
D．opportunity |
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41．A．whom |
B．who |
C．which |
D．why |
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42．A．expensive |
B．cheap |
C．heavy |
D．light |
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43．A．confidence |
B．doubt |
C．shame |
D．sadness |
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44．A．the other |
B．another |
C．any other |
D．other |
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45．A．disappointed |
B．happily |
C．excited |
D．freely |
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46．A．hundred |
B．Hundred of |
C．Hundreds |
D．Hundreds of |
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47．A．success |
B．succeeded |
C．successful |
D．successfully |
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48．A．put off |
B．put up |
C．put out |
D．put down |
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49．A．candle |
B．ice |
C．stone |
D．gold |
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50．A．follow |
B．change |
C．turn |
D．make． |
阅读理解填词．先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式．单词的第一个字母已给出．
Henry was a kind，good boy．His father was dead，and his mother was very poor．He had a little sister about 2 years old．He wanted to help his mother because she could not （76）a
earn enough money to buy food for his little family．
One day a man gave him a dollar for （77）r the pocketbook which he had lost．Henry could have kept the pocketbook because no one saw him when he found it．But his mother had taught him to be
（78）h ，and never to keep what did not belong to him．So he gave the pocketbook back to the man．
With the dollar he bought a box，three （79）b ，and some shoe polish（鞋油）．He then went to the （80）c of the street，and said to everyone whose boots did not look （81）n ice ．"Polish your boots，please？"
He was so （82）p that gentlemen soon began to notice him，and to let him polish their boots．The first day he （83）c over 50cents，which he gave to his mother to buy food with．When he gave her the money，she cried with joy and said，"You are （84）a ，good boy，Henry．I didn't know how I could earn enough to buy bread，but now I think we can （85）m to get along quite well．"
Henry worked after school every day．He earned almost enough to support his mother and his little sister．
A jobless man wanted to apply （求职） for the position of"office boy"at Microsoft．The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a（41） ：clean the floor．The man passed it：he cleaned the floor very well．
"You are hired（雇佣），"the manger told the man．"Give me your email address，and I'll send you the form to（42） ．I shall also send you the （43） you should report for the work．"
The man replied，"I don't have a（44） ，or email!"
"I am sorry，"said the manager．"If you don't have email，that means you do not exist（存在）．And we cannot（45） persons who do not exist．"
The man was very（46） ．He didn't know what to do．He only had 10dollars with him．Once that was （47） ．he wouldn't have any money to buy even food．He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10dollars．He went from door to door and（48） the tomatoes in small bags．He doubled his money．
He（49） this tree times，and returned home with 60dollars．He realized that he could continue to live this way．He started to go earlier every day，and returned later．He doubled or made even three times his money every day．Soon，he（50） a cart，then a truck．In a very short time，he had his many delivery（递送）trucks．
Five years later，the man became one of the most biggest（51） sellers in the country．He started to plan his family's future．He called an insurance（保险）broker，a man who sells insurance．At the end of the（52） ，the broker asked him for his email address．The man replied，"I don't have en email．"
Hearing that，the broker felt very（53） ．"You don't have email，and yet have succeeded in becoming so （54） ．Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email？"he said a loud，The man thought for a while，and replied，"an office（55） at Microsoft．!"
If you just lost your job or just failed an interview，don't worry，think of the positive（积极的）…Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you．
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41．A．job |
B．hand |
C．chance |
D．test |
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42．A．check out |
B．put up |
C．fill in |
D．write down |
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43．A．name |
B．date |
C．address |
D．ticket |
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44．A．computer |
B．screen |
C．website |
D．letter |
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45．A．believe |
B．pay |
C．accept |
D．refuse |
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46．A．pleased |
B．excited |
C．embarrassed |
D．disappointed |
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47．A．exchanged |
B．spent |
C．wasted |
D．lost |
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48．A．divided |
B．showed |
C．kept |
D．sold |
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49．A．repeated |
B．reminded |
C．tried |
D．counted |
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50．A．borrowed |
B．repaired |
C．received |
D．bought |
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51．A．truck |
B．insurance |
C．food |
D．door |
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52．A．introduction |
B．conversation |
C．business |
D．story |
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53．A．worried |
B．satisfied |
C．upset |
D．surprised |
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54．A．clever |
B．healthy |
C．rich |
D．confident |
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55．A．boy |
B．secretary |
C．cleaner |
D．head． |
In order to create social trust，the Chinese government recently gave people lots of a on how to deal with an elderly person who has fallen down．
I have a headache and I can't move my neck．What should I do，doctor？
Oh，nothing s ．I think you should lie down and rest for a few days．