My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it 36 and as he is very 37 it, it still looks as good as new.
“That umbrella must have 38 you a great deal of money, Uncle.” I said to him one day.
“No,” he replied, “ 39 ”
“Was it a present?” I asked again.
“No,” said he.
“Then how did you get it?” I asked.
“Well,” he answered, “it is a strange true story. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 40 it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat and no umbrella. No buses ran through that street and there were no 41 in sight. As I was on my way to a party, I didn't want to get 42 . So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite 43 .There wasn't a person around, and 44 it rained and rained. 45 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 46 a large umbrella over his head. 47 I hoped he would 48 me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped 49 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said: “ 50 , where are you going with that umbrella?”
51 by my sudden appearance, the young man 52 the umbrella, which, I'm afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 53 into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be 54 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it 55 .”
A.for months C.since childhood D.for a few days
A.satisfied with B.afraid of C.proud of D.careful with
A.given B.cost C.saved D.made
A.very little B.I don't know C.not a penny D.quite a lot
A.when B.though C.because D.after
A.bicycles B.policemen C.friends D.taxis
A.tired B.back C.wet D.away
A.dark B.fine C.dirty D.dangerous
A.naturally B.suddenly C.always D.still
A.At once B.At last C.As usual D.As well
A.selling B.carrying C.moving D.showing
A.As B.Although C.While D.If
A.order B.persuade C.allow D.promise
A.into B.out of C.towards D.along
A.By the way B.Help C.Excuse me D.Stop
A.Punished B.Discouraged C.Warned D.Frightened
A.raised B.took C.dropped D.forgot
A.disappeared B.lost C.pulled D.turned
A.endless B.interesting C.exciting D.hopeless
A.ever since B.for a while C.for you D.forever
完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A Pennsylvania patrol (巡逻) officer rescued(营救)a German shepherd (牧羊犬) from a car accident in South Londonberry.
Since the rescue, a photo of patrol officer Nick Ague carrying the ________ that his fellow police officers posted to Facebook has got nearly 4,500 likes and tons of ________ comments(评论).
"Amazing people still do exist(存在)!' one user ________ .
The act of heroism began on Aug. 11, when Ague heard on the radio that there had been a car ________ nearby, and that two dogs involved in the crash had fled(逃离)from the ________ .
"I heard other people say they saw a German shepherd________," Ague told ABC News.
com. "Based on the location I could ________ the dog was heading west."
So Ague and a few fellow ________ set out to find the dog, who they later learned was
named Mya. They flagged Mya down, ________ every time they stopped their patrol cars, she would run from them. They called Mya' s ________, and when she arrived on the scene, Mya ________ stopped running. And then the dog wouldn't move at all.
That was when Ague realized something was ________. He quickly realized that it wasn't that the dog wouldn't move but ________ not move.
"The dog was not moving because the skin on her feet was hanging off ________ the distance she ran," Ague explained. "She ran two miles from the crash on hot asphalt ( 柏油).
"When I realized that's why she couldn't walk," he said, "the ________ thing I could think of doing was to pick her up."
So he ________ Mya up, who he said weighed around 75 pounds, and ________ her about 100 yards to her owner’s car.
Mya's owner, Megan Smith, said that Mya's feet were already healed(痊愈), and she was now walking ________.
Ague, who has a German shepherd of his own and described himself as "a real animal
_________ ", said he never thought of doing anything besides ________ Mya.
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the 21 shelter to pick out a dog to keep her 22 . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye. 23 these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very 24 to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later 25 Grandma had a stroke(中风). Grandma could no longer 26 , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were 27 companions.
After her stroke, it became a real 28 for Grandma to let Penny in and out because 29 was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism(机械装置)using a rope and pulley(滑轮)was 30 from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was 31 Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us 32 Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember 33 my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not 34 for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap(打盹), Penny stayed by her side until she 35 . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she 36 on the rug (垫子)beside the bed. If Grandma went into the 37 , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her 38 to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her 39 companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s 40 were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
A.animal B.toy C.fish D.bird
A.business B.firm C.company D.friend
A.In spite of B.Because of C.Instead of D.In front of
A.linked B.fastened C.attached D.tied
A.before B.while C.until D.when
A.think B.speak C.work D.study
A.contrary B.content C.confident D.constant
A.problem B.question C.practice D.rule
A.the door B.Grandma C.the window D.Penny
A.repaired B.fixed C.bought D.loaded
A. out of B.ahead of C.away from D.apart from
A.show B.hand C.borrow D.cook
A.drawing attention to B.making use of C.breaking away from D.making fun of
A.necessary B.possible C.important D.convenient
A.recovered B.awoke C.slept D.screamed
A.rolled B.stood C.waited D.lay
A.reading room B.bedroom C.shop D.bathroom
A.back B.up C.off D.down
A.splendid B.remote C.faithful D.legal
A.smell B.health C.habit D.living
Once a man came to a wise man’s house and said, “I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I give up first?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies and always speak the truth.” The man 36 to do so and went home.
At night, the man was about to go out to steal. Before 37 , he 38 for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out stealing? No, I can’t say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will start 39 me and call me a thief. I would be 40 for stealing.” So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he wanted to drink wine. He was 41 to do so when an idea stopped him. “What shall I say to the wise man if he asks me what I did during the day? I can’t tell a lie.” And so he dropped the idea of drinking wine.
42 , whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth 43 . One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very good person.
Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you always speak the truth, you can 44 yourself from a lot of trouble and become a person everyone likes and favors.
Make a promise: I 45 always speak the truth.
A.decided B.promised C.settled D.agreed
A.setting out B.putting out C.giving out D.looking out
A.stopped B.remembered C.thought D.forgot
A.hating B.catching C.disliking D.recognizing
A.noticed B.hurt C.ignored D.punished
A.thought B.plan C.about D.expected
A.In a way B.In this way C.In many ways D.On the way
A.at times B.in time C.at all times D.at a time
A.save B.take C.bring D.draw
A.may B.have to C.need D.shall
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young man was ready to graduate from college. For months he had 16 a sports car in a 17 showroom, and knowing his father 18 afford it, he told him that was 19 he wanted. 20 Graduation Day approached, he waited for the news 21 that his father had bought the car. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his 22 study. He handed him a beautiful box. 23 , but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened it 24 found a lovely Bible, with the young man’s name on it. 25 , he shouted to his father and said, “ With all your 26 you give me a Bible?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the 27 ,
Many years passed. The young man was successful in both business and his family, but 28 his father was old, he intended to go back see him. He 29 him since that graduation day. 30 he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling his father had passed away, and he needed to take 31 possessions from his father. When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and 32 filled his heart. He saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag(标签)with the dealer’s name, 33 dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the 34 “PAID IN FULL.”
How many time do we miss blessing because they are not packaged as we 35 ? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
A.owned B.driven C.admired D.seen
A.model’s B.manager’s C.businessman’s D.dealer’s
A.must B.could C.should D.would
A.which B.all what C.all D.why
A.As B.with C.For D.Along
A.quietly B.patiently C.politely D.anxiously
A.previous B.personal C.private D.professional
A.Curious B.Serious C.Amused D.Concerned
A.Luckily B.Happily C.Carefully D.Angrily
A.money B.cost C.income D.charge
A.car B.college C.Bible D.box
A.to realize B.realized C.realizing D.having realized
A.hadn’t seen B.didn’t see C.hasn’t seen D.wasn’t seen
A.When B.Before C.Until D.After
A.up B.in C.on D.over
A.regret B.happiness C.excitement D.promise
A.a same B.the same C.same D.the same as
A.sentences B.words C.talks D.phrases
A.expected B.respected C.regretted D.repeated
Whenever we do something wrong, Jesus Christ sees it. He loves us and doesn’t say it. Perhaps he’s wondering how long we’ll keep our mind suffering. A little boy named Johnny was visiting his grandparents on their farm and he was given a slingshot(弹弓) to play with out in the woods. He 36 for some time but he could never hit the target he had set for himself. Getting a little 37 , he walked back to the farmhouse for dinner. As he was _ 38 back, he saw Grandpa’s pet duck. Just out of 39 , he let the slingshot fly , hitting it in the head ,and killed it. In a panic, he 40 the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister Sally 41 be watching him. Sally had seen all this, but she said _42 . After lunch that day Grandma said, “Sally, it’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.” And then she spoke _43 to him, “Remember the duck?” So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if 44 wanted to go fishing, but Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need Sally to help me make supper.” But Sally just smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right because Johnny told me he was too 45 to help you. And she whispered again, “Remember the duck?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny 46 to help make supper. After several days of doing both his 47 and Sally’s, Johnny finally couldn’t 48 it any longer. He came to his Grandma and told her that he had killed the duck .Grandma smiled and gave him a big 49 . “Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was watering the flowers at the window 50 I saw you shoot my duck with the slingshot, and I saw the whole thing. But because I love you, I 51 you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally 52_ of you.”
In reality, no matter how 53__or how uncomfortable it is to admit our wrongdoing, we should always choose to 54 it and work it through instead of running away from it. Hard as it is, it 55 us and makes us who we are.
A.promoted B.exercised C.practiced D.consumed
A.delighted B.upset C.amazed D.scared
A.running B.rushing C.heading D.leaving
A.sympathy B.pride C.impulse D.politeness
A.hung B.presented C.protected D.hid
A.should B.shall C.must D.might
A.nothing B.everything C.something D.anything
A.loudly B.softly C.guiltily D.innocently
A.Sally B.Johnny C.the children D.Grandma
A.reluctant B.willing C.curious D.cautious
A.kept up B.held back C.left behind D.stayed behind
A.chores B.homework C.games D.sports
A.accept B.stand C.withdraw D.allow
A.hug B.blow C.reward D.award
A.whereas B.as C.while D.when
A.appreciate B.admire C.forgive D.force
A.put the blame B.make friends C.put pressure D.make a slave
A.doubtful B.grateful C.harmful D.painful
A.reject B.control C.face D.witness
A.develops B.shapes C.ruins D.prepares
Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
I have a problem, and I need your help. I always thought I was popular school. just now I fount out my friends didn’t invite to their party. Everyone else in my class invited except me, and I don’t know . I can’t think I did wrong. I’m very upset, and don’t know how to deal it? What do you think? Can you me?
Today Mr. Johnson, a member of the International Olympic Committee(国际奥委会), visited a high school in Beijing. He made a speech there. In his 36._____, he talked about the history and significance of 37._____. He described the 38._____ Olympic Games. He said that athletes at the ancient games could only be men who spoke Greek, 39._____ today, both men and 40._____from around the world can compete. The modern games, first held in 1896, were designed (设计) to make it possible for countries and people to live 41._____ together.
Mr. Johnson also talked about some famous 42._____. One example is Michael Jordan who 43._____ his second Olympic gold medal after a long break. He 44._____ mentioned (提到) Deng Yaping who won many gold medals. Mr. Johnson 45._____ his speech by wishing the Olympic movement a successful future. The audience really enjoyed his speech.
A.speech B.book C.newspaper D.magazine
A.Asian Games B.the Olympic Games C.European Games D.African Games
A.late B.new C.ancient D.modern
A.but B.and C.or D.so
A.boys B.teenagers C.adults D.women
A.angrily B.quietly C.peacefully D.sadly
A.dancers B.actors C.singers D.athletes
A.lost B.won C.brought D.missed
A.only B.just C.never D.also
A.started B.ended C.wrote D.found
完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo PiscoPo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back.
“I ________ so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,” he says. He became paralyzed (使瘫痪,使麻痹) from the waist down, Doctors said he’d likely never ________ again.
The last three years have been a challenging, but equally ________ , journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1966. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a ________ .
“These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,” Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so ________ after such a life-changing ________ . It’s a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.
One particular ________ changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room. ________ focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d ________.
His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were ________ intact (完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they ________ to do, including traveling.
“That conversation ________ me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kid,” he says.
Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, ________ that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of ________ to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are ________ , while some of the ________ people in the world are deeply happy. The ________ is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I make an effort to ________ all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to ________ and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, ________ I’m now enjoying the abundance of things I already have much more.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young man stole into a room through an open window. He ________ through all the room, but he didn’t find any money ________ a bankbook(存折). He thought, “If I have some credentials (证件)of the ________ , I’ll be able to get the money in the bank. ” Suddenly to his ________ , he caught sight of an identity card(身份证)on the ________ of the desk just before him. So he snatched it quickly and rushed to the bank with ________ .
________ the bankbook and the identity card, the woman clerk in the bank was so ________ that her face suddenly turned ________ and she sat there dumbfounded (发呆) for a minute. But she tried the best to hide her ________ , and then in a ________ voice said to the uncommon man, “Excuse me, can you tell me what is the ________ between you and the owner of the bankbook?” Being so ________,the young man who was waiting turned red:“He…he…oh, sorry, I ________ she…she is my wife…” “Now I see,”said the woman clerk, and almost at the time, she gave a quick ________ on a button. Immediately an aged policeman came out of a side room.
“Come along with me, young man! ” said the policeman.
“What’s the matter?” the man ________ back in a cold voice.
“Look at this!”it was a woman’s angry voice.
The man couldn’t ________ looking up and to his surprise he found ________ was the woman clerk who was holding the identity card ________ her face. Also, the photo on it suggested she happened to be the ________ owner of the bankbook.
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完型填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000 m race. My ________ was to pass out water to the runners. I remember being so excited to see all the different kinds of ________who passed by and________a cup of water. The next year I signed up for the race and gave it a ________ .
The first 10,000 m race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. At times, I didn’t ________ if I could finish.
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me very ________ , and I felt embarrassed that I was 50 years younger than him and I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt________ for a second.
But then I ________ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had ________ capacities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my ________ was only to finish.
After a minute, it ________ me that this was a lesson I could draw from . I learned________ about myself in that moment. I turned my________ into inspiration.
I decided that I would not ________ running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and________ properly and one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running. As I ________ the finishing line, I was proud of my ________ .
In life we all have those moments when we ________ ourselves to others. It’s only ________. Don’t allow those moments to weaken you. Turn them into ________and let them inspire you. Use them to show you what is possible.
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily. ________ to buy a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money. By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “You ________ have your pick from my bicycle _ ________ .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would ________ choose.
As Christmas ________ near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she ________ a Salvation Army(基督教慈善组织)volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked. “Sorry, em, I’m out of change.” I said.
Throughout December, Emily continued to ________ hard. Then one day, she made a ________ announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $58 to a volunteer who was really very ________ .
________ by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute ________ of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children. ________ I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow(发光).Should I contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t ________ the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later ________ the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very ________ , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re ________ away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”
Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the ________ ? I like to think it was God’s way of ________ a little girl for a sacrifice ________ her years---- while giving her dad a lesson in the ________.
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Jasmine Harman,a famous TV presenter, was sunny and active. Nothing seemed to her down. But nearly a decade on, Jasmine spent the first years of her TV life a secret about her background—one she couldn’t to be made public.
“When I started out in TV, I lived in fear of someone discovering about my ,” she admitted. Because her mother had a illness called hoarding Disorder(囤积症). “Mum would keep batteries, old speakers, broken dolls and baskets she in the street. Nothing would be thrown away. And she’d be if you ever tried to clear them up,” Jasmine recalled. Eventually, the entire family couldn’t have a life.
Two years ago, Jasmine did something . She made a documentary called My Hoarder Mum and Me about her family’s battle to fight against her mum’s disease. “I do our program will shine more light on the issue,” said Jasmine. Then a second program, Britain’s Biggest Hoarders
Luckily, there are diagnostic criteria(诊断标准)now and experts that can help. Jasmine has become a(an) herself in a way. She runs a website to help sufferers and their . “It’s incredible. I spent most of my childhood being ashamed, but now I’d like to make it . People like my mum need help, but not to be made to feel .”
“We hadn’t been able to have Christmas dinner at Mum’s for , because you couldn’t get people into the house . But we had one last year, and it was amazing,” Jasmine said. “The still isn’t perfect, and Mum isn’t perfect either. She’s still with it. But I’m so proud that she’s come this far, and I want to tell other people it’s possible.”
A.settle B.take C.beat D.calm
A.making B.discovering C.hiding D.mixing
A.wait B.plan C.cover D.bear
A.work B.mum C.illness D.memory
A.mental B.physical C.final D.social
A.new B.used C.round D.expensive
A.put away B.made out C.picked up D.dug out
A.terrible B.grateful C.OK D.crazy
A.rich B.normal C.simple D.hard
A.special B.dangerous C.hopeless D.impossible
A.hope B.wonder C.fear D.doubt
A.ended up B.broke down C.kept away D.came out
A.patient B.expert C.example D.role
A.friends B.bosses C.families D.mistakes
A.fair B.safe C.false D.public
A.better B.younger C.prouder D.worse
A.years B.months C.centuries D.weeks
A.hardly B.actually C.luckily D.regularly
A.dream B.way C.house D.study
A.struggling B.filling C.turning D.begging
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago,after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 36 his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always 37 his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, 38 to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 39 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the 40 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 41 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 42 for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 43 fake(假货). When he was 44 of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 45 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces 46 hearing Glen’ s words. Glen was 47 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 48 . For many times of entry-exit 49 he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and 50 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 51 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be 52 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep 53 on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 54 , which he would remember as the 55 of his success forever.
A.set up B.took up C.went up D.picked up
A.honors B.mentions C.brings D.owes
A.decided B.refused C.objected D.asked
A.books B.things C.savings D.pounds
A.ordinary B.routine C.regular D.common
A.look B.inspection C.test D.experiment
A.one B.it C.them D.these
A.priceless B.useful C.worthless D.valuable
A.afraid B.proud C.ashamed D.hard
A.that B.what C.as D. which
A.on B.at C.who D.in
A.disappointed B.delighted C.amazed D.satisfied
A.conditions B.experiences C.experiments D.chances
A.stopped B.hoped C.warned D.urged
A.came out B.found out C.sent out D.set out
A.hit B.blamed C.praised D.charged
A.expression B.idea C.thought D.impression
A.honesty B.lies C.goods D.bravery
A.secret B.lesson C.choice D.Belief
Dick was born in a small town. He was a very clever boy, but his 36 was very poor, so he had to work in his 37 time, and during his holidays too, to pay for his 38 . In spite of this, he 39 to get to the university. But it was so 40 to study there that during the holidays he had to get two jobs at the 41 time so as to earn 42 money for his studies.
One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher’s shop during the daytime and 43 in a hospital at night, In the shop, he learned to cut meat up quite nicely and the butcher liked him very much and often 44 him do all the serving.
In the hospital, on the other hand, he was, 45 , allowed to do the 46 jobs, like helping to lift 47 and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another.
One evening at the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the 48 room. The woman 49 to be one of his 50 who used to buy meat at the butcher’s shop. She was already feeling 51 at the thought of the operation 52 he came to get her. And when she 53 Dick, it seemed to her 54 that nearly finished her.
“ No, no!” she cried. “Not the butcher! I won’t be operated on by the butcher!” And she 55 her eyes painfully.
A.home B.house C.family D.village
A.spare B.rest C.active D.lunch
A.toys B.education C.school D.clothes
A.managed B.tried D.wasn’t able
A.free B.hard C.easy D.expensive
A.other B.last C.different D.same
A.enough B.much C.a little D.most
A.the others B.another C.others D.other
A.didn’t have B.helped C.let D.begged
A.in all B.actually C.of course D.sometimes
A.light B.simplest C.difficult D.different[来
A.doctors B.knives C. tools D.people
A.living B.sitting C.operating D.waiting
A.happened B.hated C.seemed D.remembered
A.neighbours B.teachers C.friends D.customers
A.unhappy B.sad C.surprised D.frightened
A.before B.after C.until D.for
A.spoke to B.told C.saw D.refused
A.as if B.even if C.what if D.if only
A.started B.glared C.opened D.shut