Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old, they dream of having their own ____1___. Many students take a part-time job after school to ___2___ a car. In most places ____3___ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a ___4____ test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ___5___ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.
Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are ____6_____. But they will take ____7____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ___8___ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蜡) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have ___9___ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or ___10____ activities.
A．cars B．computers C．bikes D．houses
A．borrow B．buy C．lend D．sell
A．old B．tall C．strong D．young
A．language B．listening C．driving D．body
A．address B．book C．license D．name
A．sick B．healthy C．pleased D．angry
A．his B．her C．your D．their
A．cost B．take C．spend D．pay
A．no B．one C．some D．several
A．other B．another C．one D．else
-Would you please buy me a bright paper package when you go shopping?
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A．I’d rather you wouldn’t B．It’s OK with me. C．What for? D．By all means.
One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be 36 for the night, “I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all 37 tonight. 38 ,you could stay in my room if you don’t mind. I’m 39 ,so I’ll be here.” The young man gave the sincere advice.
The elderly couple accepted his 40 with gratitude. They apologized for the 41 they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it 42 . When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said, “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper 43 room in this hotel, so you don’t need to pay.”
The old gentleman nodded in 44 : “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of . Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you.” The clerk was 45 but, deciding that the guest must have been 46 , he gave the remark 47 thought.
Two years later, the young man received a letter from the old gentleman, in which he 48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also 49 a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit.
At a street corner in Manhattan, the young man met his 50 guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new building 51 over the crossroads, “Look, that is the hotel I 52 to build for you. I hope you will 53 it for me .Remember what I said then? Well, I was 54 about it.”
The young man stammered, “But…will there be any 55 , sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster.” This building was none other than the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York.
A．put up B．put away C．stay up D．set up
A．preserved B．conserved C．booked D．occupied
A．Meanwhile B．Moreover C．Otherwise D．However
A．on duty B．on display C．on stage D．on hand
A．service B．view C．offer D．invitation
A．Instruction B．consideration C．Inconvenience D．interruption
A．cleared away B．picked out C．cleaned up D．cleared up
A．living B．double C．admirable D．luxury
A．appreciation B．admiration C．surprise D．excitement
A．excite B．skeptical C．annoyed D．respectful
A．lacking B．covering C．joking D．cheating
A．not more B．no more C．some D．another
A．described B．stated C．recited D．recalled
A．swapped B．included C．attached D．added
A．former B．original C．formal D．primitive
A．displaying B．towering C．flying D．hovering
A．determined B．promised C．tended D．intended
A．get B．keep C．manage D．make
A．sensitive B．concerned C．curious D．serious
A．Scene B．situation C．condition D．occasion
Everyone in the village knew who Ugly was. Ugly was a_1__with many injuries. His left foot appeared to have been badly broken .Ugly only loved two things in this world: eating garbage and ,shall we say ,__2 __.However, every time someone saw Ugly there was the__3__reaction. All the children were warned not to___4_him, and the adult threw rocks at him when he tried to follow them. Whenever he found children, he would come running and putting his head against their hands. If you ever _5___him up he would immediately begin suckling（允吸）.on your shirt, fingers, whatever he could find . One day, Ugly shared his love with the neighbour’s__6_dog . They did not respond _7_,and Ugly was badly treated . Even from the end of the__8_I could hear his screams, and I tired to rush to his aid. By the time I got to where he was __9,it was clear Ugly’s life was almost at an end. It must be_10_him terribly, I thought . Then I felt a familiar sucking feeling on my _11___. Ugly, in so much ___12_, was trying to suckle my ear. I pulled him closer to me , and he_13_suckled my fingers and watched me .Even in the greatest pain, that ugly cat was asking only for a little love ,perhaps some __14_.At that moment I thought Ugly was the most 15___and loving creature I had ever seen .Never once did he bite me, or even try to get away from me. He just _16___me completely trusting in me to relieve his pain. Ugly died in my __17__before I could get inside. He taught me more about __18__than a thousand books, lectures, or talk show ever could . He had been __19__on the outside ,__20_ I was on the inside .To give my pity and love to those I cared for.
A．cat B．dog C．child D．bird
A．running B．food C．love D．playing
A．interesting B．funny C．immediate D．same
A．touch B．own C．buy D．feed
A．warmed B．brought C．picked D．lifted
A．lovely B．fierce C．gentle D．big
A．politely B．foolishly C．rudely D．kindly
A．village B．house C．street D．woods
A．lying B．sleeping C．playing D．fighting
A．handing B．hurting C．treating D．hitting
A．weakly B．softly C．warmly D．gladly
A．care B．comfort C．garbage D．pity
A．beautiful B．brave C．curious D．miserable
A．waited for B．tore for C．looked up at D．glanced at
A．arms B．room C．car D．mind
A．life B．giving C．bravery D．struggle
A．deserted B．injured C．destroyed D．damaged
A．and B．so C．but D．Or
I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people. Luckily there're small ways of helping them and you needn't have a lot of__1__. One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2__doing this one day, I got to__3__a young homeless man. He was often_4__the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his__5_was close to mine. It_6__that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year_7__after his birthday, and after congratulating him, without__8__， I asked if he had had a good day. He__9__and said that he hadn't really celebrated. I felt so __10_.
I just couldn't bear the thought of this nice, young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(纱线) basket.__12__for me, I had enough yarn__13__. I set to work and knitted a__14__for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty__15_I didn't knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be__16__when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had__17__to meet him so I had__18__the scarf and a piece of my own birthday__19__around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The_20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
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A．work B．energy C．money D．experience
A．In B．On C．Besides D．By
A．realize B．ignore C．know D．recognize
A．selling B．reading C．covering D．buying
A．birthday B．house C．height D．hobby
A．said B．found C．guessed D．meant
A．long B．shortly C．ever D．even
A．stopping B．helping C．praising D．thinking
A．looked up B．turned up C．looked down D．got down
A．foolish B．excited C．clever D．worried
A．calm B．happy C．alone D．hungry
A．Suddenly B．Luckily C．Badly D．However
A．used B．done C．left D．produced
A．scarf B．cap C．sock D．glove
A．when B．because C．so D．and
A．different B．dry C．wet D．clean
A．liked B．hoped C．promised D．agreed
A．made B．thrown C．received D．carried
A．cake B．present C．song D．party
A．light B．pain C．sight D．Tear
Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson that little things still mean a lot. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I started my car and I 1 down at the roadside, a piece of paper caught my eye. I picked it up and 2 it carefully.
The form turned out to be a 3 from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’ 4 of their vehicle’s registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their 5 and figured：no one would throw this out, 6 if it was current.
Although the form had been blown here, where in the busy, 7 parking lot would I find the owner? So I checked the date and noted the name of the 8 , who must be in our town. I thought that the best and easiest step to 9 was to put the form in an envelope addressed to the couple and 10 it by post. So I did it.
On the weekend, a 11 couple called at my house and brought me a big 12 . They said they had panicked and searched for the receipt(收据) 13 everywhere before giving up. Without it they would 14 $8, 000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone 15 a major trouble by doing something which at first glance seemed minor.
A．glanced B．went C．broke D．set
A．read B．cleaned C．touched D．saw
A．report B．decision C．message D．receipt
A．development B．payment C．permission D．plan
A．clothes B．hat C．shoes D．shirt
A．especially B．occasionally C．usually D．generally
A．lonely B．narrow C．empty D．crowded
A．guest B．owner C．partner D．host
A．have B．get C．take D．bring
A．sell B．mail C．carry D．fly
A．worried B．disappointed C．lucky D．happy
A．surprise B．form C．gift D．joy
A．quickly B．slowly C．curiously D．madly
A．drop B．earn C．lose D．get
A．avoid B．meet C．overcome D．defeat
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