Word got around（）he had resigned his position as executive secretary of the committee.

plate. Several times he got it to the edge, but when he tried to pick it up with his chopsticks, it rolled back toward the center of the plate again. Finally he put down his chopsticks and picked up the pea with his fingers. He really did! A grown man! (翻译)

In 1945, Reuben, a 12yearold boy, saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. The price—five dollars—was beyond his means, but he went inside the shop anyway. Standing proud and straight in his flour sack(面粉袋)shirt and washed out trousers, he asked the shopkeeper to hold it for him for some time. “Ill try,”the shopkeeper smiled.

Reuben decided to raise the five dollars. Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, he suddenly had an idea. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in sacks from a local factory. The sacks were sometimes discarded and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece. Every day after school, Reuben went around the town, collecting nail sacks. When the school closed for the summer, Reuben wandered around the town, searching for his treasures. Often he was tired and hungry, but the thought of the object in the shop window kept him going. Sometimes his mother Dora would ask:“Reuben, where were you？ We were waiting for you to have dinner.”

“Playing, Mum. Sorry.”

Dora would look at his face and shake her head. Boys.

One day in spring, he counted the coins and found that he needed 20 cents more.Could there be any sacks left anywhere in town？ He had to find four and sell them before the day ended.

When Reuben arrived at the factory in the late afternoon, the sack buyer was about to lock up.“Mister! Please don’t close up yet.”The man turned and saw Reuben, dirty and sweat stained.

With four more coins in his pocket, Reuben headed for the shop and got what he wanted. Racing home, he burst through the front door.“Here, Mum! Here!”He exclaimed as he ran to her side. He placed a small box in her work roughened hand.

Dora unwrapped it carefully, to save the paper. A blue velvet jewel box appeared. She lifted the lid and saw an almond shaped brooch (胸针) with the word“Mother.” It was Mothers Day, 1946. Dora had no jewels except her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled radiantly and gathered her son into her arms.

(1). The boy was excited because he saw in the shop window something he wanted

for .

(A). himself

(B). his brother

(C). his father

(D). his mother

(2). The way Reubens clothes are described shows that he was from .

(A). a rich family

(B). a poor family

(C). a middle class family

(D). a divorced family

(3). The word“Boys”(para. 5) implies that .

(A). boys are like that

(B). boys often tell lies

(C). the mother was angry

(D). the mother disbelieved Reuben

(4). The word“treasures”(line 3,para. 3) refers to .

(A). coins

(B). sacks

(C). rings

(D). brooches

(5). The passage is mainly about .

(A). a loving boy

(B). a tolerant mother

(C). a kind sack buyer

(D). a generous shopkeeper

A．Finishing

B．Finished

C．Having finished

D．To finish

A、motivation

B、languid

C、excessive

D、miraculously

rtisement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come around the comer, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again the next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

1、The man learned () that there would be a concert last Friday.

A、 from his friends

B、form. one of his workmates

C、over the radio

D、from the newspaper

2、He tried to go to the theatre every day but managed to get there only ().

A、once

B、 twice

C、 three times

D、 four times

3、One day the man took () to get to the theatre by bus.

A、forty-five minutes

B、 fifteen minutes

C、 just twenty minutes

D、 over an hour

4、The underlined word "relieved" may best be replaced by "()".

A、surprised

B、please

C、puzzled

D、sorry

5、The story is mainly about ().

A、a good concert

B、 the bad bus service in this city

C、the difficulty of getting a ticket for a concert in a city

D、someone''s disappointment at missing a concert

A.You're not busy, I hope.

B.Got a minute？

C.I'm terribly sorry to trouble you, Mr Smith.

D.Can I have a word with you Mr Smith？

oise. He turned round and saw Walter Graham’s car sinking into 8 feet of water of the swimming pool a little distance away from his yard.

Kohout immediately called to Graham’s wife, Evelyn, to telephone 911. Then he ran back to his house to get Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo to help,who were at work inside the house. “There was no time for second thoughts,” said Reif，a farmer’ s son. “The only thing to do was to get in the pool.”

The car doors were locked. Graham,73, was unconscious (失去知觉)，and his Mercury was rapidly filling with water. Reif struggled to break the driver’ s side window with a hammer but had trouble getting it done underwater.

Finally—some four minutes after the car had fallen into the pool—the glass was broken. By then，Graham was floating at the top of the flooded passenger compartment (车厢).

The three men pulled Graham out through the broken glass. He wasn’ t breathing and his heart stopped beating,so they performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The rescue(急救)team arrived in no time. Doctors supplied him with advanced life support on the way to the hospital.

“ These people were getting to Graham through the glass，’’ said Dr. Jeff Messinger. “ All three acted without regard for their own safety. ’’Added Evelyn Graham，“They were truly angels(天使)watching over us.” Immediately after Robert found the car sinking into the pool, he ____.

A.jumped into the pool

B.shouted to let Evelyn call the rescue team

C.ran to the nearest telephone

D.rushed into Graham’s house to find his wife

What does the word “resuscitation” refer to in the story？A.A way of saving people who have stopped breathing

B.A way of helping people who have heart trouble

C.A way of saving people who have got drunk

D.A way of helping people who need water

Which of the following would be the best title for this story？A.The Underwater Gar.

B.Angels around Us.

C.Rescue Team in Time

D.Safety First.

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

Happy Therapy (诊疗)

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Russia, Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak.

In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.

The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure his problems and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.

Mr. Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

Deciding that the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.

After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health.

第 41 题 Mr. Cousins got sick after returning from

A．a busy trip to the US．

B．a tiring trip to Russia．

C．a trip around the world．

D．a trip to Puerto Rico.