A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train."

"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so early."

The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."

"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."

"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"

"I don't know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."

1.   The student stayed at the inn because ____.

A. it was in the cool mountain village he was going to     

B. the boss of the inn was kind to him                 

C. the boss could wake him up at the right time

D. it was near the railway station 

2. The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.

A. the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early   

B. the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地)

C. he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train

D. it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station

3.  The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.

A. five o'clock             B. a quarter to five   

C. half past four               D. a quarter to six

4.  The student was disappointed because ____.

A. he had to buy an alarm-clock

B. the boss refused to wake him up             

C. he would take another train                 

D. he had to go to the village on foot

5.   From the story we know the ____.

A. clock would wake the student up in time     

B. student certainly missed his train the next morning

C. alarm-clock was no use for the student          

D. student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)

A young man was going to spend his  56  in a village.That night he decided to sleep at a small hotel near the train  57 . Before going to bed, he said to the owner（所以者）of the hotel,“Excuse me,sir. Will you please  58  me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I’ll get on the train at five o’clock.” “Oh, sorry,” the owner said.“I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up so  59 .”
The young man asked, “Have you  60  an alarm clock? Maybe it can  61  me. “Yes, here you are, young man,” the owner said. The young man  62  the owner happily. But when he looked at the alarm clock closely, it  63  there was something wrong with it. “Will it  64  on time?” he asked.“Sure! You just shake(晃动) it at a quarter to five and it will ring,” answered the owner. The young man couldn’t fall  65  all the night. Because he was afraid of missing the train.

 One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the train station. He played his violin and many people put 41  into the hat in front of him.　　

The next day, the young man came to the station 42  . But this time he took out a large piece of paper 43 some words on it. It said “Last night a lady 44  Mrs Sang put an important thing into my hat 45  . Please come for it.”　　

After about an hour, a middle-aged woman ran to the young man in a hurry and said, “You do come here. I know that you’re a(n) 46  man and will certainly come here.” They had a talk and the young man made sure she was the owner. Then he took out a lottery ticket and 47  it to the woman. Her husband bought a lottery ticket every day. Yesterday when she knew the lottery ticket he bought won, she was very 48  . The prize of the lottery ticket was $ 500,000. When she walked past the young man, she took out $50 and put it in the hat. 49  , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.　　

Later, someone asked the young man, “You play the violin every day to make money. Why didn’t you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?” the young man said，“Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I 50  honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”　　

1. A. money       B. tickets          C. paper　　

2. A. instead       B. differently      C. again　　

3. A. for          B. with           C. over　　

4. A. introduced     B. spelled         C. named　　

5. A. by mistake     B. for mistake      C. on mistake　　

6. A. crazy         B. cool        C. honest　　

7. A. gave          B. lent            C. offered　　

8. A. surprising       B. happy         C. exciting　　

9. A. But            B. However      C. Therefore　　

10. A. have            B. win             C. lose　　

In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his  16   .His music was so great that many people put money into his   17   .The next day, the young artist came to the   18   place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put   19   on the ground. The paper read ,“Last night ,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat  20   .Please come to get it soon.”   21   about half an hour, a(an)   22   man there in a hurry, “Oh ,it’s you. You did come here.” The young violinist asked   23   , “Are you Mr. George Sang?” “Yes! Yes!” Then the violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “Lottery(彩票).It’s the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life,” said the man.

The violinist   24   a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist   25   it to him. Later someone asked the violinist, “Since you   26   play the violin every day to make your tuition (学费)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?” The violinist said, “   27    I don’t have much money, I live happily; But if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.” Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so   28   . But being   29   should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may   30    in a short period(短期). However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each bank.

Once upon a time there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what did one day? Well, he wanted to steal(偷) the bell(铃) on the door. He walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was frightened and ran home.

Then he sat down to think. “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton(棉花) in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour’s and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder, the bell rang loudly but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour(邻居) came running out.

“Steal my bell?” I’ll teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted, and he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how to neighbour found out he was stealing the bell.“why did he come out just then?”

The thief was trying to steal his neighbour’s door 1. . But at the 2.

time the thief ran home because he was frightened by the noise of the bell. At the last time, he put some 3. in his ears so that he wouldn’t hear the noise. Then the neighbour came 4. out. The thief was hit on the nose, but he learned 5. .