In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing ever happened.

On a Friday night, a   21  young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Though the   22  was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend. In this case, many of them   23   their paces and put some money into his hat.

The next day, the young artist came again and put his hat on the ground gracefully   24  from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and   25  it on the ground. Then he   26  the violin and began playing.

Before long, he was   27  with people, who were all   28  by the words on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat   29  . Please come to claim it soon.”

Seeing this, it caused a great   30  and people wondered what it could be. After about half and hour, a middle-aged man ran there   31   and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, “Yes, it’s you. You   32  come here I knew that you’re an honest man and would   33   come here.”

The violinist asked the man some questions and handed a   34   to him. The man seized it, kissed it and then danced with the violinist.

The story   35  to be this: George bought a lottery ticket(彩票) a few days ago and won a prize of $ 500,000. When he passed by the violinist he put $ 50 into the hat. However, the lottery ticket was also   36  in. When the artist was   37  he found the ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to   38  it, he came back to where he was given the ticket.

Later someone asked the violinist, “You’re in badly need of money for your tuition fee (学费), why didn’t you   39  it for yourself?”

The violinist said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose   40  I won’t be happy forever.”

My father often works very hard. And he has 21 to see a film. Here I’ll tell you  22 about him.
One afternoon, when he finished his work and  23 go home, he found a film ticket under the   24 on his desk. He thought he 25 to have not much work to do that day and  26 was quite wonderful to pass the  27 at the cinemA. So he came back home and  28 finished his supper. Then he said 29  to us and left.
But to our  30  , he came back about half an hour later, I  31 him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about  32 funny thing that had happened at the cinema.
When my father was sitting in his seat, a  33 came to my father’s and said that the seat was  34  . Ｍy father was surprised. He took out the ticket  35  looked at it carefully. It was Row17,  36  . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her 37  her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.
38  ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The   39  of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh,  40  , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

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A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear that getting back her pet was more important than her car．
“Whoever did this can keep my car．Please let Benjerman come home,” the notice said．
It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours after the 1 pm theft Friday, Kimberly Atkins of Dover and Benjerman，a 12-year-old black retriever（猎犬），were reunited after police located them in Barrington．
“He’s hungry, he’s dirty, but he’s very happy to be home，”Atkins said．
The car was found at about 5 pm Saturday off Route 125 in a swampy area frequented by off-the-road cars and dirt bikes．However, the police couldn’t control Benjerman，and they had to call Atkins to come and get him．
Atkins said the thief cared for Benjerman a little by providing him with some dry cat food．She believed Benjerman ended up drinking some muddy water in the area．
She said they have been together for nearly 11 years after she took him back from a society shelter in Dallas, Texas．
Before Benjerman was found，Atkins and several friends put up notices all over the city and in Somersworth．They also contacted animal shelters，throughout southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The notice stated there was a reward，and also that the dog needed medication．Any caller could remain anonymous（匿名的）．
Atkins had parked the car outside a hardware store with the keys inside and gone into rent a carpet cleaner.
“It was l0 minutes and I came out and my car was gone along with Benjerman in broad daylight，” Atkins said．The car thief threw Atkins’ wallet and other personal items out of the car before escaping from the scene．
【小题1】 What would be the best title for the passage?

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the   21   day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked   22  , but I couldn't find 23  of my husband's socks though I had looked  24  for it.

    The next morning, I got ready for 25   as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them   26  we were going to do  27  .

    When I turned   28   to write on the blackboard, the class burst out  29  . They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was  30   the headmaster would be in to see all this.

    I asked the class to  31  , but the 32 I talked, the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay  33   attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.

    Before long, the teacher who had the room next to   34   came to see  35   all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started   36  , too.

    "Good  Heavens ! "I said. "Will   37   please tell me what is so  38  ?"

    "Oh, God," said the teacher, " you have a brown 39 stuck to the back of your shirt. "

    So that's   40   I found my husband's missing sock.

    "Oh, well," I said to the class, "let's just say  you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity(静电)."

A. very          B. last           C. next       D. following

A. hard          B. well          C. fast        D. slowly

A. all            B. both          C. either      D. one

A. nowhere       B. somewhere    C. anywhere   D. everywhere

A. breakfast      B. clothes        C. school      D. books

A. which         B. what         C. how        D. why

A. today         B. this day       C. that day     D. now

A. around        B. back          C. off         D. over

A. smiling       B. laughing       C. crying      D. quarrelling

A. afraid         B. doubtful       C. sure        D. glad

A. look          B. write         C. stop         D. go on

A. better         B. quicker       C. less         D. more

A. further        B. more         C. hardly       D. no

A. me           B. mine         C. us          D. his

A. what          B. why         C. which        D. that

A. writing        B. asking        C. talking       D. laughing

A. everyone      B. anyone       C. someone     D. he

A. funny         B. wrong       C. pleasant      D. unforgettable

A. handkerchief   B. sock         C. paper        D. hair

A. why          B. when        C. how         D. what

Who Is Kimberly Kirberger? Kimberly Kirberger is the president and founder of Inspiration and Motivation for Teens, Inc．(I．A．M．for Teens, Inc．) a corporation formed exclusively (专有地) to work for teens．It is her goal to see teens represented in a more positive light and it is her strong belief that teens deserve better and more positive treatment．

She spends her time reading the thousands of letters and stories sent to her by teen readers and traveling around the country speaking to high school students and parents of teens．She has appeared as a teen expert on many television and radio shows．

Kimberly says that the College Soul book has been an amazing journey．In getting close to and heating from so many teenagers she kept hearing about this very emotionally packed time that begins with application to college and extends through the four-year experience．It became clear to her that this was a time of life that was filled with many challenges and that college students could really benefit from a book like this．For her, it was simply a continuation of a commitment that she has made to teenagers to do what she can to inspire and motivate them while letting them know there are people who believe in them．

Kimberly is the co-author of the bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul and the New York Times bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II, as well as Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Journal．She is also the co-author of the forthcoming Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III, and the author of Teen Love: On Relationships, a Book for Teenagers．

Kimberly started the Teen Letter Project with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Health Communications, InC．The Project is responsible for answering the heartfelt letters received from teenagers and also reaching out to teens in trouble and encouraging them to seek professional help．

To book Kimberly for a speaking engagement or for further information on any of her projects, please contact:

I．A．M．for Teens, Inc．

P．O．Box 936, Palisades, CA 90272 phone: 310-573-3655

fax:．310-573-3657

e-mail for stories: stories @ teenagechickensoul.com

e-mail for letters: letters @ teenagechick

Web site: www.Teenagechickensoul.com

68．Kimberly Kirberger devotes herself to ________．

A．helping people in trouble　　 B．writing books for children

C．the research of teen problems　　  D．the healthy growth of teenagers

69．The third paragraph mainly tells us ________．

A．why Kimberly wrote the College Soul book

B．how Kimberly wrote the College Soul book

C．the College Soul book was a great success

D．college students benefit from the College Soul book

70．Which of the following was written alone by Kimberly Kirberger ?

A．Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul．

B．Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul．

C．Teen Love: On Relationship, a Book for Teenagers．

D．Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul．

71．What’s the purpose of the Teen Letter Project?

A．Helping problem teenagers．  B．Collecting teenager problems．

C．Attracting the teenagers．      D．Offering help to teenagers．