Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big 　     , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was 　   enough to escape the flood, so when the water had      and the other houses were 　    there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．

 Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children,   　 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 　   in the flood and she 　    her home with them until it was 　  　 for them to rebuild their house．

 Anna＇s friends were 　  when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give   so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 　   ．

 “Well,” Anna  　    her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very  　   , because her husband had been killed in the 　   　  and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 　      only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a  　    who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our 　   ,she said to her children．

 The children were 　   and happy to get such a present．They 　   the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”

1.A．accident    B．flood         C．fire            D．earthquake

2.A．below       B．big           C．high           D．small

3.A．reduced     B．come         C．disappeared      D．appeared 

4.A．rising       B．standing       C．flowing         D．falling    

5.A．so         B．for            C．but             D．since

6.A．nothing    B．anything       C．something        D．everything

7.A．gave       B．shared        C．found           D．built

8.A．necessary  B．important      C．obvious          D．possible

9.A．worried    B．disappointed   C．satisfied          D．puzzled

10.A．them      B．him          C．herself           D．us

11.A．supply     B．grow         C．support          D．educate

12.A．asked for  B．talked with     C．turned up         D．explained to

13.A．sad       B．rich           C．poor            D．happy

14.A．storm     B．rain           C．war            D．flood

15.A．because   B．which         C．that            D．as

16.A．get       B．make         C．send             D．buy          

17.A．boy      B．student        C．teacher          D．girl

18.A．child     B．daughter       C．present          D．sister        

19.A．angry     B．lovely         C．excited          D．sorry

20.A．disliked   B．gained         C．led             D．welcomed

 

　　Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced（离婚）, had three kids under age 7, and was hardly keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress.

　　“Sometimes I would lie in bed and think. I don’t know how I’m going to pay the bills,” Mangano said.

　　But she had a gift for seeing the obvious. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water and wringing（拧）out a mop.” Mangano says. “So, I thought: There’s going to be a better way.”

　　How about a “self wringing” mop? She designed a special tool that could be twisted（转动）in two directions while not making hands wet and dirty. She set out to sell it, first only a few at flea markets（跳蚤市场）.

　　Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes（泡在电视机前的人）buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed. Mangano was sure it would sell if they’d let her do the on-camera demonstration.

　　QVC took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”

　　Today she’s the president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of the Home Shopping Network. Talking about her household inventions is “as natural for me as it is for parents to talk about their children”.

　　Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers. The thin, space-saving inventions are the most successful gadget（器具）ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the country. Of course, you couldn’t possibly sell hangers on TV.

(1)What would be the best title for the passage?

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A．There is going to be a better way

B．A woman invented the self-wringing mop

C．An ordinary woman sells her invention on TV

D．Women can all achieve remarkable success

(2)What does the underlined sentence “the phones went crazy” (in Paragraph 6) mean?

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A．Many people made calls to say they were mad.

B．There were lots of calls to order the new mop.

C．Many people were mad to see me on TV.

D．The telephone broke down at my home.

(3)Which is the correct order of the following events?

a．Mangano invented the most popular Huggable Hangers.

b．Mangano was tired of mopping the floor.

c．Mangano designed a self-wringing mop.

d．Mangano was ever worried about how to pay the bills.

e．Mangano did an on-camera demonstration to sell her mops.

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(4)What conclusion can be made from the story?

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A．Women can invent household tools because they often do housework.

B．Mangano treated her household inventions as she treated her children.

C．Mangano used to lie in bed and think of how to invent household tools.

D．One can make life better through work though it is sometimes hard.

My grandma, Jordan, had to give up working because of health problems．You can imagine how 　36 she was, as work was almost everything to her．

In 1998, because of a serious disease, she lost her 　37　 　Fortunately, she regained some vision after several years' treatment, but she was no longer able to　 38　 Suddenly, she had a lot of time on 39 　　 ．

Feeling a lack of purpose in her life, Jordan　 40 her days with helping sick children that she had 　 41　 through the online prayer chains to which she belonged． 42 , going blind and becoming disabled turned out to be 　43　 It gave her a new direction．She made a _44 to give suffering kids a little joy and a little hope．

Because daily she received many emails __45__prayers for children suffering from different types of cancer and other illnesses, Jordan 46____ the Love and Hope Foundation to help those children．She decided to 　47 their stories with pictures on a web site so that others who wanted to help these kids could join and 　48

She once believed that she wasn't of much use to anybody　 49 ．How wrong she was! What began as a hobby　 50　 into a full-time job almost overnight．People from every walk of life are getting 51 in Love and Hope and it is developing very well．

“What’s required to become a messenger of hope to a sick child?’’ “ _52__the desire to help．”

“ Whatever your 　53 is．" says Jordan．"You can use it to benefit 　54 children and

their families．It can truly make a 　55 to the lives of these children and you can also get a lot from it．"

36．A．embarrassed　 　 B．satisfied　　　　　 C．disappointed　 　　 D．amazed

37．A．confidence　 　 B．eyesight　　　　 　　 C．hearing　　　 　　 D．sense

38．A．walk　　　　 　 B．speak　　　　　　 C．work　　　　 　 D．see

39．A．hand　　　 　　　 B．mind　　 　　　　　 C．shoulders　　 　　 D．duty

40．A．loaded　 　　　　 B．filled　　　　　　 C．added　　　　 　　 D．covered

41．A．learned about　　　 B．thought of　　　　 　 C．looked after　 　　 D．referred to

42．A．Hopefully 　　　　 B．Unfortunately　　　 C．Surprisingly　 　　 D．Particularly

43．A．impressive 　　　 B．harmful　 　　　　　　　 C．useless　　　 　　 D．rewarding

44．A．suggestion 　　　　 B．living　　　 　　　　　 C．promise　　　 　 D．prediction

45．A．answering　 　 B．requesting　 　　　　　 C．refusing　　　 　　 D．pretending

46．A．searched　　 　　 B．held　　　　 　　　　　 C．built　　　　　 　 D．created

47．A．sell　　　　 　 B．post　　　　　 　　　 C．edit　　　　　 　 D．stick

48．A．share　　　 　 B．keep　　 　　　　　　　　 C．run　　　　　 　　 D．work

49．A．as well　　　 　 B．as usual　 　　　　　　　 C．above all　　　 　　 D．any more

50．A．turned　　　 　　 B．ended　　　 　　　　　　 C．returned　　　 　 D．resulted

51．A．involved　　 　　 B．employed　 　　　　　　 C．prepared　　　 　　 D．concerned

52．A．Even　　　　 B．Except　　 　　　　　　　 C．Only　　　　 　　　 D．Yet

53．A．education　 　　 B．ability　　　　　 　 C．trouble　　　　 　 D．condition

54．A．helpless　　　 　 B．frightened　　　　 C．suffering　　　 　 D．puzzled

55．A．meaning　　 　　 B．mistake　　　 　　　 C．response　　　 　 D．difference