Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith(金匠) by , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade．Despite their seemingly condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, they knew well that their father would never be able to either of them to study at the Academy．
After many long discussions at night in their bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact(协议)．They would toss（掷）a coin．The would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and to Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation．By the time he graduated, he was beginning to considerable fees for himself．
When the young artist home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will you．"
Albert rose and wiped the from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas a pen or a brush．"
More than 450 years have ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one creation that can catch the world's hearts．
A．merely B．fully C．completely D．entirely
A．heart B．method C．profession D．words
A．demanding B．promising C．hopeless D．careless
A．so B．and C．however D．but
A．study B．send C．give D．offer
A．separated B．crowded C．new D．unusual
A．winner B．loser C．old D．younger
A．support B．advertise C．expect D．require
A．flew away B．went off C．set aside D．left behind
A．deserved B．desired C．financed D．envied
A．spend B．save C．draw D．earn
A．arrived B．regained C．returned D．got
A．turn B．time C．top D．fate
A．take charge of B．make up for C．make use of D．take care of
A．smiles B．sweats C．tears D．hints
A．late B．nervous C．tiring D．tense
A．eyes B．hands C．pictures D．mines
A．in B．of C．upon D．with
A．passed B．kept C．remembered D．changed
A．strange B．touching C．wonderful D．mysterious
The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets. About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading 36_____ to the sea.
“Hey, look!” exclaimed Rahim. “Those two men are 37_____ heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological 38_____. ”
“You don’t 39_____ a crane (起重机) to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?” smiled Joshua.
“But those men don’t 40_____ to have muscles at all,” said Michael, rather surprised. Joshua smiled.
“They are 41_____ laborers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they 42_____. See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his 43 . Some of the rock’s weight is set 44_____ his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand. His body isn’t bent. His legs are well 45_____ .”
“You’re right, Josh. He may have a small build. 46_____ he certainly well knows his job. Dear me! And to think we have been studying 47_____! ” Rahim thought about all that was happening. Suddenly, he said, “Technology won’t 48_____ the human being completely, it appears.”
“I don’t think it will. ” 49_____ Joshua. “You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you 50_____ use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”
“You can get a computer to 51_____ multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce of assess essays, can you?” asked Michael.
“Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as 52_____ as ever --- that’s domestic technology for you! ” said Rahim.
“One day, perhaps, there won’t be anybody 53______ who can carry a large rock the way those men do. It’s not going to be a very 54______ world, I’m afraid.” Sighed Michael.
“You’re too much of a pessimist (悲观主义者)，Mike.” Said Joshua. “ 55_____ will always be other things that will make the world exciting. ”
A．through B．across C．down D．up
A．loading B．unloading C．covering D．uncovering
A．way B．revolution C．process D．era
A．ask B．expect C．attempt D．hope
A．happen B．fail C．have D．seem
A．ambitious B．experienced C．potential D．energetic
A．take B．fetch C．carry D．bring
A．shoulder B．back C．chest D．arms
A．on B．against C．toward D．under
A．supported B．grasped C．placed D．strengthened
A．but B．however C．so D．therefore
A．chemistry B．physics C．biology D．psychology
A．control B．affect C．remove D．replace
A．agreed B．proposed C．refused D．denied
A．can’t B．mustn’t C．won’t D．needn’t
A．point out B．take out C．hand out D．print out
A．dirty B．clean C．old D．new
A．caught B．arranged C．left D．convinced
A．exciting B．mysterious C．technological D．modern
A．That B．This C．They D．There
In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.
In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to _31_the cause of her illness, so she _32_ to London and admitted to Hammersmith Hospital, where specialist help was _33 _. She was then only half-conscious（半昏迷） and on the “Dangerously Ill” list. A team of doctors hurried to _34_the baby only to discover that they, 35_, were puzzled by the very unusual symptoms. While they were discussing the baby’s case, a nurse asked to __36 to them.
“Excuse me,” said nurse Marsha Maitland, “_37_ I think the baby is __38_ from thallium poisoning.”
“_39 _ makes you think that?” Dr. Brown asked. “Thallium poisoning is extremely _40_.”
“A few days ago, I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse __41__ Agatha Christie,” Nurse Maitland explained. “In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and _42_ the symptoms are _43_. They are exactly the same as the baby’s.”
“You’re very observant and you may be right,” another doctor said. “We’ll _44_some tests and find out _45_ it’s thallium or not.”
The _46_ showed that the baby had 47_ been poisoned by thallium, a rare metal used in making optical（光学的） glass. _48_ they knew the cause of illness, the doctors were able to give the correct treatment. The baby soon _49_ and was sent back to Qatar. Inquiries（调查）showed that the poison __50_ from an insecticide（杀虫剂）used in Qatar.
A．describe B．diagnose C．discover D．discuss
A．flew B．sent C．went D．was flown
A．inexpensive B．important C．available D．impossible
A．examine B．see C．look after D．cure
A．too B．either C．often D．never
A．refer B．turn C．speak D．belong
A．and B．so C．as D．but
A．coming B．suffering C．tired D．dying
A．Who B．How C．What D．Which
A．rare B．serious C．clear D．dangerous
A．in B．on C．by D．about
A．all B．some of C．one of D．both
A．drawn B．broadcast C．announced D．described
A．make up B．carry out C．get through D．deal with
A．that B．how C．what D．whether
A．words B．tests C．examination D．book
A．indeed B．actually C．probably D．never
A．As long as B．As for as C．Once D．If
A．died B．got injured C．recovered D．got ill
A．must come B．should come C．might have come D．can’t have come
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had 44___the office to get something to eat .
On the way, I ___45__a busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him. I had some ____46___ in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would ___47___ use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He___48__like that type-young and ragged. ____49__what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then ____50__I had no right to place myself above ____51__just because he was busking.
I ____52__ and dropped all the coins into his ___53___and he smiled at me, I watched for a while. As ____54__as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of ___55___or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened ___56____, I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of ____57____,”I thought.
On my way home at the end of the___58__, I saw the busker again and he was __59___ . I watched him pick up the hat and walk___60__ a cafe counter. There he poured the _61____contents into a tin collecting __62____ an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！
Now I donate any ____63__ I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
A．left B．cleaned C．prepared D．searched
A．led B．chose C．saw D．fooled
A．chocolates B．coins C．tins D．drugs
A．almost B．only C．rather D．still
A．acted B．looked C．sounded D．smelt
A．Though B．For C．Therefor D．But
A．declared B．realized C．expected D．guessed
A．it B．all C．him D．them
A．waited B．followed C．stopped D．arrived
A．rag B．hat C．pocket D．counter
A．selfish B．awkward C．innocent D．special
A．happiness B．sadness C．love D．hate
A．Disappointedly B．Unfortunately C．Coincidentally D．Comfortably
A．words B．effort C．space D．money
A．moment B．day C．break D．event
A．walking around B．passing by C．packing up D．running off
A．around B．in C．behind D．to
A．chief B．basic C．actual D．total
A．by B．for C．on D．with
A．work B．time C．energy D．change
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The art of giving gifts is to give something that others cannot buy for themselves.
------A.A. Milne
I have spent most of my career as a traveling salesman. There’s 36 lonelier than having meals myself in a coffee shop. One year, my five-year-old daughter Jeanine gave me a 37 . It was a soft toy penguin with a hand –painted 38 saying “I love My Dad!” Tears came into my eyes and immediately, I gave it a 39 place on my desk.
Soon I had to leave on another business 40 . This time when I was 41 , I put the penguin in my suitcase. After that day, Jeanine always helped me pack with the penguin. Many years 42 by and that little penguin has traveled with me hundreds of thousands of miles all across America and over to Europe. We have also made many friends 43 the way.
44 one afternoon after leaving my hotel, I discovered that the penguin was 45 . Frantically, I phoned the hotel. The clerk 46 , saying it hadn’t been reported. But half an hour later, he called back to say that my penguin had been found. It was late, 47 I drove several hours to get my little 48 , arriving near midnight.
When I rushed to the hotel, I found that it was waiting at the front desk. In the lobby(大厅), some 49 business travelers looked at us, I think, with some 50 and envy(羡慕). Someone came out to shake my hand. One man told me that he had even volunteered to 51 it to me the very next day.
Jeannie is in college now and I don’t travel 52 much anymore. The penguin spends most of its time 53 on my dresser--- a reminder that 54 is the best traveling companion. All those years on the road, it was the one thing I never left home 55 .
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It was black in the evening. Jason, a 12-year-old boy didn’t want to go outside. But his mother, Branda, was worried about his father and 36 he go.
That evening the man had to 37 his car, a Buick outside their house in the driveway.
38 enough, the wife hadn’t heard a single 39 for at least one hour. “Go and find him,” she told Jason.
The kid stepped outside in the darkness and called into the shadows “Dad?”
“Jason?” 40 was his father, but his voice sounded 41 . He spoke slowly, in a strange way.
That evening, when the man had to get 42 the car to fix it, he used a forklift to lift the car. 43 , the man didn’t place the blocks in front of the car’ s front tires to keep it from 44 forward off the forks, which was exactly 45 it did afterwards.
Little Jason saw his dad’s feet 46 out from beneath the car. 47 to take a full breath, Old Jason sank into a sleepy, half-alive 48 .
“Calm down. It will be OK.” The boy 49 his mother. Now he couldn’t afford to be scared.
He climbed on and started up, the Buick started to come off the ground and 50 in the air.
Minutes later, 911 policemen arrived. Old Jason 51 beneath the car, still breathing.
It wasn’t 52 his dad was loaded into an ambulance that the little boy 53 and sobbed.
Little Jason says one happy change has come out of the 54 : he gets to spend more time with his dad. Old Jason, who hasn’t touched a car 55 the Buick fell on him often spends evenings with his son playing.
A．claimed B．demanded C．declared D．announced
A．clean B．buy C．fix D．sell
A．Strangely B．Interestingly C．Fortunately D．Dangerously
A．word B．sentence C．noise D．sound
A．He B．This C．There D．It
A．usual B．different C．calm D．unhappy
A．into B．onto C．beneath D．above
A．Somehow B．Anyhow C．Somewhat D．Anyway
A．sinking B．rolling C．driving D．running
A．what B．how C．why D．when
A．bringing B．moving C．sticking D．taking
A．Unable B．Unlikely C．Likely D．Able
A．environment B．circumstance C．state D．position
A．inspired B．comforted C．required D．persuaded
A．moved B．drove C．bent D．suspended
A．slept B．sat C．stood D．lay
A．until B．unless C．when D．while
A．broke out B．broke down C．broke up D．broke off
A．matter B．affair C．accident D．event
A．after B．till C．when D．since
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