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　　  Paul used to live next to Clara’s family in the No．12 Street in Paris (1) he was young．And Paul had long (2) to marry Clara．But at the age of thirty-three when he was working in a small town near Paris, he met (3) married Alice, who was a pretty girl and (4) with him in the same workshop．Clara was well, perhaps there is (5) so terrible as a woman was made (6) in this way．

    Paul was taken (7) a judge．And he had to pay Clara 6,000 francs because of the (8) promise．Paul had to (9) the money from his boss．He agreed to pay back 50 francs a month to him．

    Paul and Alice were (10) but not (11)．They had little enough food, certainly, even before the (12) began to arrive．They worked very hard, (13) taking a holiday．In time, there were seven (14) in the family．Life was very (15) for this big family．Paul had to work day and night to (16) the family and pay back the money he had borrowed．

　　  The years of hard work and little food changed the family (17)．After 12 years of family life, Paul was alone in the world．And 20 years (18) ．Paul paid back all the money at last and left the factory．

    One day it was a holiday, he went to the park near the No．12 Street, where he used to play football with his friends．He sat down on a seat．A middle-aged (19) came and sat down near him．It was Clara．She said:”The 6,000 francs has been in a bank (20) the day it was paid to me, Paul．It is now 60,000 francs, and I have kept it for (21)．Will you let me (22) it with you?”

    “NO, ” said Paul, “each thousand is a (23) life in a desert between us．It can (24) bring me any happiness．

　　   With these words, Paul(25) and walked away．

【小题1】The theatre has very good access for the      (残疾人)
【小题2】Mary is an old lady of great          ( 尊贵 )
【小题3】The Olympic m      is “Swifter , Higher , Stronger .
【小题4】She went on holiday alone ---- she’s very i       .
【小题5】She took a year’s leave of a       from her job .
【小题6】He g       from high school and went to college last year.
【小题7】My father has          ( 辞职 ) as Minster of Education.
【小题8】You need a health          ( 证明 ) if you want this job.
【小题9】The youth should have great a      .
【小题10】Fresh air is b      to one’s health.
【小题11】She lost everything she owned as a direct ________________(后果).
【小题12】It will take a lot of energy to get them ________________(支持)this policy.

For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said, “Victor and Elizabeth, my children, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university. I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. This is why God made you intelligent—to help other people.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped me, too. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years, I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.
After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast about 150 meters high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said, “Victor and Elizabeth, my children, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university. I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. This is why God made you intelligent—to help other people.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped me, too. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years, I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.
After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast about 150 meters high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.

1. 1.

   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Elizabeth married shortly after Victor’s mother died.
   2. B.
      Elizabeth was a brave girl who loved Victor and gave him much help.
   3. C.
      Victor’s mother was very angry when she knew he loved Elizabeth.
   4. D.
      Victor did not want to leave his family because his mother died not long before.
2. 2.

   Victor did all the following during his research in the university EXCEPT that       .

   1. A.
      he discovered many things and built a scientific machine
   2. B.
      he learnt much about death both in the hospitals and in the university
   3. C.
      he worked hard and took only one day’s holiday during the next two years
   4. D.
      he built a tall mast to catch lightning and send the electricity down to the lab
3. 3.

   According to the author, the secret of life is to        .

   1. A.
      give life to things that were dead
   2. B.
      use electricity to help others
   3. C.
      build the best machine to learn about death
   4. D.
      become the greatest scientist of tomorrow
4. 4.

   Which is the correct order about the life of Victor?
   ① Victor’s mother passed away.
   ② Victor got help from the professor and other scientists.
   ③ Victor went to university and attended the professor’s talk.
   ④ Victor found the answer to giving life to things that were dead.
   ⑤ Victor experienced a storm, seeing the lightning destroying the tree.

   1. A.
      ①②③④⑤
   2. B.
      ⑤①②④③
   3. C.
      ①③②⑤④
   4. D.
      ⑤①③②④