Hilary Smith belonged to a good family．But by the age of twenty, he had spent all the money the good old family had．He then had some trouble with the bank and was put in prison．He escaped from the prison and ran to Australia without delay．

Hilary did not like Australia and Australia did not like Hilary．What he could do seemed to be one of two things: die or work．The thought of neither of these gave him any pleasure．Then he remembered that he was not alone in the world．He possessed an aunt．

She was his father's only sister, but his father used to say she brought no glory to the family．Hilary, of course, tried to discover what she had done．It seemed that she had failed to marry a nobleman．Instead, she had chosen a husband who was connected with trade．Of course as soon as she became "Mrs．Parks", her brother considered her dead．Later on, Mr．Parks died and left her a lot of money, but that did not bring her back to life in her brother's opinion．

Hilary discovered his aunt's address．Fortunately she remained faithful and honest to him even after she fell ill．So Hilary's star shone again．When he was feeling honest, he could talk attractively．

He frequently visited his aunt's house, and soon he was living comfortably in the building which the profits of trade had provided．

One thing was soon clear: his aunt was seriously ill, and nothing could cure her illness．Hilary was very worried．Fate had found a home for him, and was now going to throw him out of it．There was only one thing that could save him: her will．

"Will?" she said, "yes, I have made one．That was when I was a girl and had not much money, I left all my money to some religious people．"

　　　 "Didn't you make another will when you were married?" Hilary asked．

His aunt shook her head．"No," she said in a low voice, 'There was no need．When I finally had a lot of money I found I had no relations．"

On the next day he went to the public library and examined a book of law．It told him what he already believed．When a woman is married, an earlier will loses its value．A new will must be made． If no new will is made, the money goes to the nearest relation．Hilary knew that he was his aunt's only relation．His future was safe．

After a few months had passed, Hilary's problems became serious． He badly needed money．He had expensive tastes, and owed a lot of money to shopkeepers．They trusted him because his aunt was rich, but the debt was terrible．

Unfortunately his aunt did not want to discuss money matters at all．In the end they had a quarrel about the small amount of ten pounds．Hilary was now very angry．He began to wonder about a new problem．Was it kind to want his aunt to live any longer? Was it not better for her to die now? While he was considering what to do, his aunt told him that she was going to send for her lawyer．So she was going to make a new will．Hilary thought she might leave all her money to someone else．Soon he reached a clear decision．He must do a great kindness to the poor old woman．

One night when the old servant who had been nursing his aunt went off, he doubled the amount of some medicine．The total amount was too great and it could just put her to sleep forever．

“Thank you," his aunt took the glass from his hand with a grateful look．"I want, more than anything, to sleep, and never to wake up again．Is that what you wish, Hilary? I have given you your chance．Don't blame me if I have some doubts about what you intended to do．Sick people get these ideas, you know．One thing I ought to explain to you．Mr．Parks never married me．He already had a wife and couldn't marry again．That made your foolish father very angry with me．．．Well, if I am alive tomorrow I shall make another will in your favor．If I die tonight, you'll get nothing．．．No, Hilary, don't try to take the glass away．If you do that, I shall know, and I don't want to know．Good night, Hilary．"

　　　 Then, very carefully, she raised the glass to her mouth and drank．

67．From the story, we learn that Hilary's aunt was ____．

　　　 A．bad-tempered and lonely　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B．kind-hearted and wise

　　　 C．generous and humorous　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 D．mean and cruel

68．Why did Hilary's father consider his aunt dead?

　　　 A．Because they lost contact with each other after her marriage．

　　　 B．Because she married a businessman．

　　　 C．Because she broke away from the family for a better life．

　　　 D．Because he thought she was a shame to the family．

69．Which part of what Hilary's aunt said eventually might frustrate（使恼怒而又不知所措） Hilary the most?

　　　 A．She wanted to sleep and never to wake up again．

　　　 B．She never got married to Mr．Parks．

　　　 C．Mr．Parks had a wife．

　　　 D．She would make a new will tomorrow．

70．Which detail from the story is the climax （高潮） of the story?

　　　 A．Hilary found his aunt was seriously ill．

　　　 B．Hilary quarreled with his aunt about ten pounds．

　　　 C．Hilary's aunt drank the medicine her nephew prepared for her．

　　　 D．Hilary's aunt made a will to leave all her money to someone else．

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请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid,   36   I dreamed of becoming a doctor.

My mother was a 37__. Through her work, she observed that 38  _ people spent a lot more time 39 __than they did watch television. She 40 ___ that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and41__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important  42 . Years later we realized her marks were only a  43   My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 44__.

When I entered high school I was an A-student,  45   not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't   46  . I was cool.

One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I   47   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and   48 _bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 49   with that arrangement but  50   I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a  51 _over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also52 ___ that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success 53  intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student 54__, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 55___

A. where     B. which    C. when    D. who

A. woman servant   B. teacher   C. worker   D. nurse

A. healthy    B. successful   C. powerful   D. clever

A. searching  B. reading   C. working   D. training

A. ordered   B. insisted   C. suggested  D. announced41. A .hand in    B. turn over  C. pick up     D. write down

A. titles      B. ideas     C. books      D. parts

A. game      B. trick     C. pleasure      D. task

A. anybody   B. nobody   C. somebody   D. everybody

A. and       B. so      C. but        D. or

A. know      B. care     C. face     D. stop

A. thought    B. chatted   C. complained   D. worried

A. repairing   B. cleaning    C. rubbing   D. watching

A. encouraged B. puzzled    C. moved    D. pleased

A. as soon as  B. if      C. once      D. since

A. wall      B. house    C. window    D. roof

A. realized   B. imagined   C. believed   D. noticed

A. suited    B. required   C. made   D. matched

A. even     B. forever    C. before   D. again

A. professor  B. expert   C. doctor    D. boss

He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move.

“What’s the matter, Schatz?”

“I’ve got a headache.”

“You’d better go back to bed.”

“No, I am all right.”

“You go to bed. I’ll see you when I’m dressed.”

But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever.

“You go up to bed,” I said, “You are sick.”

“I’m all right,” he said.

When the doctor came he took the boy’s temperature.

“What is it?” I asked him.

“One hundred and two degree.”

Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instructions for giving them. The germs of influenza(流感) can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia(肺炎).

Back in the room I wrote the boy’s temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules.

“Do you want me to read to you?”

“All right. If you want to,” said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed.

I read aloud from Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates; but I could see he was not following what I was reading.

“How do you feel, Schatz?”

“Just the same, so far,” he said.

I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely.

“Why don’t you try to sleep? I’ll wake you up for the medicine.”

“I’d rather stay awake.”

After a while he said to me, “you don’ t have to stay here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.”

“It doesn’t bother me.”

“No, I mean you don’t have to stay if it’s going to bother you.”

I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o’clock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog… I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day.

At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room.

“You can’t come in,” he said. “ you mustn’t get what I have.”

I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed(发红) by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.

I took his temperature.

“What is it?”

“Something like a hundred,” I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths.

“It was a hundred and two,” he said.

“Who said so?”

“The doctor.”

“Your temperature is all right,” I said, “It’s nothing to worry about.’

“I don’t worry,” he said, “but I can’t keep from thinking.”

“Don’t think,” I said. “Just take it easy.”

“I am taking it easy,” he said and looked straight ahead. He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something.

“Take this with water.”

“Do you think it will do any good?”

“Of course it will.”

I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped.

“About what time do you think I am going to die?” he asked.

“What?”

“About how long will it be before I die?”

“You aren’t going to die. What’s the matter with you?”

“People don’t die with a fever of one hundred and two. That’s a silly way to talk.”

“I know they do. At school in France the boys told me you can’t live with forty-four degrees. I’ve got a hundred and two.”

He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine o’clock in the morning.

“You poor Schatz,” I said. “Poor old Schatz. It’s like miles and kilometers. You aren’t going to die. That’s different thermometer. One that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. One this kind it’s ninety-eight.”

“Are you sure?”

“Absolutely,” I said, “It’s like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?”

“Oh,” he said.

But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack(松弛的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.

56. The author writes about the doctor’s visit in order to _____________.

A.show the doctor’s knowledge about influenza and its treatment.

B.Show the boy’s illness was quite serious.

C.Create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story.

D.Show the father was very much concerned about the boy’s illness.

57. The word “It” in “Papa, if it bothers you.” refer to ___________.

　　　 A. the boy’s high temperature B. the father giving the medicine to the boy

　　　 C. the father staying with the boy D. the boy’s death

58. It can be inferred from the story that by the time the father gets home from hunting, it is___.

　　　 A. early in the afternoon　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. close to evening

　　　 C. at noon　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. late in the morning

59. From the story we know that the boy kept tight control over himself because___________.

　　　 A. he did not want to be a bother to others

　　　 B. he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his father.

　　　 C. he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himself

　　　 D. he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death

60. That the boy cried very easily at little things of no importance the next day suggests that___.

　　　 A. he couldn’t control his emotions when he finally relaxed

　　　 B. his father would go out hunting without him if he didn’t cry

　　　 C. something went wrong with his brain after the fever

　　　 D. he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy