Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Facts are sometimes more unusual than fiction. The following case makes Agatha Christie’s plot look like children’s literature.

The medical inspection of Ronald Opus’s body showed that he died from a shot gun wound of the head. He had jumped from the top of a ten-storey building intending to commit suicide(自杀). As he fell past the ninth floor, a shotgun blast through a window killed him immediately. Neither the shooter nor Opus knew that a safety net had been put up at the eighth floor level to protect some window washers and that Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide anyway because of this.

       In the room on the ninth floor where the shotgun blast went through  an elderly man and his wife were arguing and he was threatening her with the shotgun. He was so upset that when he pulled the trigger（扳机）, he completely missed his wife and the pellets（小子弹） went through the window, striking the falling Opus.

       The old man said it was his long-term habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her. Therefore, the killing of Opus seemed to be an accident. That is, the gun had been accidentally loaded.

       The continuing investigation(调查) turned up a witness who saw the old couple’s son loading the shotgun six weeks before the fatal incident. It turned out that the old lady had cut off his son’s financial(经济的) support and the son, knowing the habit of his father to use the shotgun threateningly against his mother, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother.

       Further investigation showed that the son had become increasingly depressed over the failure of his attempt to engineer(密谋策划) his mother’s murder. This led him to jump off the ten-storey building, only to be killed by a shotgun blast through a ninth floor window.

       The case was closed as a suicide.

1.Who shot Ronald Opus? （no more than 2 words）

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2.Who loaded the old man’s shotgun? （no more than 2 words）

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3.What was the safety net put up at the eighth floor used for? （no more than 8 words）

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4.What was the old man’s long-term habit? （no more than 8 words）

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After having been successful in his career, a man felt a strong desire to repay his mother for all that she had done for him. Although she   1   to ask for anything, he continued to persist (坚持). To put a(n)  2   to the discussion, she said, “All right. If you must, then tonight you sleep on my bed with me, just as you   3   when you were a baby. ” He said, “That’s a   4   thing to ask for, but if it   5   you, I will.”

After   6  , the man slept with his mother. As soon as he fell asleep, the mother got up and   7   a mug (有柄的大杯) of water on his side. Feeling   8   by the wetness under him, he   9   to the other side of the bed. As he   10  , his mother poured   11   mug of water on the other side. In his sleep he tried to find   12   towards the foot of the bed. Some time later he woke up feeling that this part of the bed was   13  , too. He got up and saw his mother,   14   the mug in her hand. He asked, “What are you doing, mother? Why don’t you  15   me sleep? How do you expect me to sleep on a wet bed?”

Mother said, “I slept with you, when you   16   the bed in the night. I   17   your nappy (尿布) and moved you to the dry part of the bed,   18   I slept on the wet side. You wanted to   19   me. Can you sleep here with me   20   for one night on a damp bed? If you can, I’ll take it that you have repaid me.”

1．A．demanded             B．refused                C．prepared              D．advised

2．A．reply                     B．conclusion           C．end                     D．entrance

3．A．used to                 B．would to              C．would like to        D．ought to

4．A．right                     B．proper                 C．funny                  D．strange

5．A．comforts               B．pleases                C．encourages          D．answers

6．A．supper                  B．breakfast             C．work                  D．lunch

7．A．drank                    B．poured                C．heated                D．placed

8．A．disturbed               B．interrupted           C．disappointed        D．annoying

9．A．stayed away          B．walked away        C．moved away        D．turned away

10．A．lay down             B．broke down         C．sat down             D．settled down

11．A．other                   B．any                     C．another               D．one

12．A．cloth                   B．peace                  C．space                  D．water

13．A．cold                    B．damp                  C．hard                    D．hot

14．A．under                  B．with                    C．on                      D．beside

15．A．hope                   B．ask                     C．cause                  D．let

16．A．wetted                B．poured                C．dirtied                 D．watered

17．A．bought                B．dried                   C．cleaned               D．changed

18．A．when                  B．while                   C．as                      D．so

19．A．repay                  B．thank                  C．satisfy                 D．understand

20．A．never                  B．still                     C．even                   D．ever

A father sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced, "Dad, because this is your birthday and you're 40 years old, I'm going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!" When the boy started making good on his word, the father cried out suddenly, "Oh, Andrew, don't do it now; I'm too busy!"

The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes．Apologicaliy the father said, "You can finish later．"

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away, disappointment written over his face．That evening the father said, "Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!" But the boy didn't respond．

Unfortunately, a few days later after this incident, the boy had an accident and was drowned．His heartbroken father wrote．．．

"If only I could tell him how much I regret my thoughtless words, and could be sure that he knows how much my heart is aching．"

Love is not only giving．Any loving act must be warmly accepted or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar．If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too busy! Nothing is more important than responding with love to the cry for love from those who are near and precious to us, because there may be no chance at all as in the case of the little boy．

1.What does the underlined phrase "poring over" mean?

       A．looking in on                       B．looking out for

       C．looking through                     D．looking around

2.The boy is going to give his father 40 kisses because ______．

       A．his father is very busy

       B．this is the boy' birthday

       C．the boy wants to play with his father

       D．this is his father' birthday and he's 40 years old

3.What happened to the youngster later?

       A．His heart was broken．            B．．He died unexpectedly．

       C．He ran away from home．        D．He fell silent all the time．

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

       A．A Love Story                    B．Love Your Son

       C．A Father and a Son                D．Love is a Two-way Street

A beggar, carrying a shabby(破旧的) old wallet, was begging alone from house to house. As he complained about his 36 , he kept wondering that people who lived in 37 houses should always be unsatisfied, 38 rich they might be, and they should go so far as to 39 all they have.

       “Here, for example,” he said, the former master of this house succeeded in trading, and made himself very rich. By then, instead of stopping, and handing over his 40 to another, and spending the rest of his years 41 peace, he took to(从事) equipping ships. He expected to get mountains of gold; but the ships were 42 , and his treasures were lost. Now they all lie at the bottom of the sea, and he has found his 43 disappeared like those in dreams. In short, examples of this are 44.

       At this moment Fortune suddenly appeared to the beggar and said, “Listen! I have long wished to 45 you. Here are a lot of gold coins I have found. Hold out your wallet, and I will fill it with them; but only on this condition: All shall be gold that falls into the wallet, but if 46 of them falls out of the wallet to the ground, it 47 become dust. Consider this well. I have warned you I shall 48 keep my word. Your wallet is old, don’t fill it 49 its power.” The beggar was almost too overjoyed to breathe. He 50 felt the ground below his feet. A stream of coins were poured 51 it. The wallet soon became rather heavy.

       “Is that 52 ?” “Not yet,” “Isn’t it 53 ?” “Never fear.” “Consider, you are a millionaire.” “Just a little more, just 54 a handful,” But at that moment the wallet broke, the gold coins 55 dust and Fortune disappeared. The beggar had nothing but his empty wallet and remained as poor as before.

1.A. plan            B. fate                          C. idea                         D. dream

2.A. dark            B. poor                        C. clean                        D. rich

3.A. how              B. so                   C. however                   D. whatever

4.A. win                B. lose                C. throw                       D. forget

5.A. business         B. debt                 C. money                            D. chance

6.A. to                     B. on                       C. with                   D. in

7.A. bought                B. sold                 C. missed                      D. robbed

8.A. luck              B. riches                       C. trade                        D. future

9.A. countless        B. wonderful                 C. helpless                    D. funny

10.A. admire           B. help                  C. encourage                 D. excite

11.A. little                  B. much                       C. any              D. lots

12.A. must                 B. may                C. shall                        D. can

13.A. mostly          B. simply             C. possibly             D. strictly

14.A. beyond          B. within                           C. during             D. by

15.A. really           B. actually                   C. hardly                      D. nearly

16.A. for                B. into                     C. on                     D. from

17.A. so                    B. enough                     C. true                D. right

18.A. trembling        B. shaking                 C. breaking                   D. rolling

19.A. try              B. put               C. leave                        D. add

20.A. cleared up        B. brought up       C. fell into                  D. turned into