I watched quietly as my little brother was caught in the act. He sat in the corner of the living room, a   1 in one hand and my father's new book in the other.

  2  my father walked into the room, my brother cowered (畏縮) slowly. He sensed that he had done something   3  . From a distance I could see that he had   4 my father's new book and scribbled (亂畫) in it. Now, looking at my father in  5  , he and I both waited for his punishment.

My father   6  up his prized book, looked at it carefully, and then sat down, without saying a word. Books were   7  to him. He was a clergyman（牧師） and for him, books were   8  .What he did next was unbelievable. Instead of   9  my brother, he sat down, took the pen from   10 , and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made:

John s work, 1959, age 2. How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm, alert (警覺的) eyes looking up at me? And how many times have I  11 God for the one who has now scribbled in my new book?

"Wow," I thought, "This is punishment?" The years and the books came and went. Our family experienced what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more: happiness and   12  , laughter and tears. We always knew our parents   13  us and that one of the proofs (證明) of their love was the book. From time to time we would   14 it, look at the scribbles, read my father's expression of love, and feel   15  .

1.                A．book           B．pen            C．paper    D．ruler

 

2.                A．Because        B．Since           C．As   D．Though

 

3.                A．interesting      B．wrong          C．useless   D．important

 

4.                A．dropped        B．read           C．borrowed D．opened

 

5.                A．surprise        B．excitement      C．sadness   D．fear

 

6.                A．picked         B．put            C．gave D．checked

 

7.                A．enjoyable       B．valuable        C．useless   D．a(chǎn)ttractive

 

8.                A．courage        B．money          C．health    D．knowledge

 

9.                A．beating         B．hurting         C．punishing D．forgiving

 

10.               A．the corner      B．the floor        C．the table  D．my brother's hand

 

11.               A．thanked        B．a(chǎn)sked          C．provided  D．reminded

 

12.               A．sadness        B．excitement      C．pride D．envy

 

13.               A．needed        B．loved          C．preferred  D．encouraged

 

14.               A．open          B．use            C．read  D．explain

 

15.               A．jealous         B．relaxed         C．confident  D．proud

 

 

In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his  16   .His music was so great that many people put money into his   17   .The next day, the young artist came to the   18   place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put   19   on the ground. The paper read ,“Last night ,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat  20   .Please come to get it soon.”   21   about half an hour, a(an)   22   man there in a hurry, “Oh ,it’s you. You did come here.” The young violinist asked   23   , “Are you Mr. George Sang?” “Yes! Yes!” Then the violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “Lottery(彩票).It’s the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life,” said the man.

The violinist   24   a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist   25   it to him. Later someone asked the violinist, “Since you   26   play the violin every day to make your tuition (學(xué)費)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?” The violinist said, “   27    I don’t have much money, I live happily; But if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.” Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so   28   . But being   29   should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may   30    in a short period(短期). However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

1.	A、piano	B、guitar	C、violin	D、sax（薩克斯）
2.	A、bowl	B、hat	C、pocket	D、hands
3.	A、similar	B、different	C、strange	D、same
4.	A、it	B、its	C、they	D、them
5.	A、by then	B、by mistake	C、by the way	D、by hand
6.	A、After	B、Before	C、From	D、When
7.	A、young	B、old	C、small	D、tall
8.	A、coldly	B、angrily	C、calmly	D、sadly
9.	A、took out	B、took off	C、took back	D、took away
10.	A、sold	B、bought	C、gave	D、lent
11.	A、could	B、had to	C、should	D、must
12.	A、Although	B、Once	C、If	D、Unless
13.	A、many	B、much	C、little	D、few
14.	A、kind	B、rich	C、honest	D、poor
15.	A、fail	B、relax	C、suffer	D、succeed

 

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When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to__1__ a small brown purse__2__ on the road. I__3__ it up and opened it to see if I could__4__ the owner's name. There was__5__ inside it__6__ some changes (零錢) and an old photo--a picture of a woman and a young girl of about twelve years old who looked__7__ the woman's daughter. I put the photo back and__8__ the purse to police station, __9__ I handed it to an officer. Before I left, the officer took my name and address__10__ the owner might want to write and thank me.

1.	A．notice B．look C．pick D．take

 

2.	A．was B．lying C．lied D．put

 

3.	A．took B．put C．picked D．carried

 

4.	A．find out B．learn C．work out D．notice

 

5.	A．a(chǎn)nything B．something C．nothing D．none

 

6.	A．besides B．except C．only D．then

 

7.	A．to be B．like C．a(chǎn)s D．a(chǎn)t

 

8.	A．fetched B．brought C．sent D．got

 

9.	A．there B．where C．then D．how

 

10.	A．so that B．in order to C．that D．because

 

--- You always spend only a little time on your study. You really _____ me down.

--- I’m sorry, Mum. I won’t do that again.

A．take             B．put              C．let               D．look

 

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閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項

　　I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop hired（雇傭） me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 　1　 　to earn my own pocket money and my parents 　2　 　interfered（干涉）with how I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 　3　 , I would become more mature（成熟的） and responsible about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

　　Like many American parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 　4 　　a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 　5　 　for me. In the end, my father won the argument（爭論） on the 　6　 　that I limited（限定）my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins spread out through the country who could 　7　 　shelter（住處）and help if I needed them.

　　Three years later, my younger brother decided to 　8　 　a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not eager to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 　9　 　year working his way on trains and ships to 　10 　　passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

　　These kinds of experiences are probably rare（稀少的）for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly common. Most parents start 　11　 　their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have selected the university they plan to attend and maybe even 　12　 　on their future career, and so on.

1.                A．a(chǎn)nxious　　     B．content　　　   C．proud    D．hopeful

 

2.                A．never          B．ever　　　 　   C．a(chǎn)lways    D．even

 

3.                A．problems       B．mistakes        C．disappointment D．failure

 

4.                A．helped         B．supported       C．shared   D．worried

 

5.                                  A．journey　　 B．experience

C．decision　　　　                  D．possibility

 

6.                A．situation　      B．a(chǎn)greement      C．gesture   D．condition

 

7.                A．promise　　    B．a(chǎn)fford          C．provide   D．serve

 

8.                A．set            B．put            C．take D．keep

 

9.                A．unusual        B．hard           C．strange   D．busy

 

10.               A．a(chǎn)ccept　　     B．earn           C．find  D．search

 

11.               A．bringing　　    B．forcing

　　              C．pushing　　　　　                 D．protecting

 

12.               A．worked　　     B．decided        C．carried    D．tried