Elizabeth lived at the foot of a hill. Her father had a small 1 and about twenty sheep. Her mother was often ill and couldn't help him. The girl had to 2 the sheep when she was on holiday. She drove (驱赶) the sheep to the 3 and she liked singing there. Her voice (嗓子) got 4 and often sang some songs at parties.

　　 5 her aunt's help, the girl began to perform (演出) when she was sixteen. And several years later she became a 6 . She often sang all over the country and a lot of people always 7 her. She got much money but she always felt tired and hoped to have 8 .

　　One year her mother was ill again and the doctor 9 her to spend the whole summer in a 10 place. Elizabeth decided to go to a small village which stood in the 11 with her because none of the villagers knew her and she could live a 12 life. They enjoyed themselves there. But one afternoon it began to 13 while they were having a picnic on the top of a mountain. The girl asked her mother to 14 her jacket. So she caught a cold and had to go to the 15 in a small town.

　　There were many 16 at the doctor's that day. The doctor was 17 . She had to wait for a long time and then the doctor asked, “What's the matter with you, madam?”

　　Before the girl could say a word, the telephone rang and he went to answer it. And when he was going to 18 her, the telephone rang and he had to stop 19 it again. The girl stood up and said, “Please tell me your 20 , sir.”

　　“What are you going to do?” the doctor asked in surprise.

　　“I'm going to the post office and tell you all on the phone!”

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My father used to like drinking. Every time when he got    1   , he would shout loudly and beat my     2   , who left my father and me when I was seven.

   I went to a boarding （寄宿的） school when I was thirteen, and I finally  3  see my father drunk every day. However, I didn’t talk to anybody and     4   all my spare time alone in school because of the pain in my heart. When other boys   5   on the playground, I would sit there alone. This lasted for several weeks until a new   6   who was about forty came to our class. She, of course,   7   I was different. She asked me to answer her question in her first class. I  8   and answered her question in a very   9   voice, with my head down. That noon, after lunch, she found me and had a talk with me. She asked me   10   I need any   11  . Nobody had ever    12  me like that. I finally told her   13   about my family.

   “Things won’t get   14  ,” she said.

   From that day on, every time when she saw me, she would give me a smile. She often asked me to answer her questions in class, and she helped me with my studies after class.   15   time went by, I didn’t feel so  16   as before.

   The day I left that school, I asked her   17  she did all that for me.

   “My mother   18   when I was ten. I know how hard it is   19   a mother,” she said.

   I will never   20   her ----- my dearest teacher.

1．A．hurt                      B．drunk                C．stressful               D．bored

2．A．brother                 B．grandma             C．mother                 D．aunt

3．A．couldn’t                B．shouldn’t            C．didn’t                   D．didn’t have to

4．A．wasted                  B．saved                 C．got                 D．spent

5．A．played                   B．would play          C．were playing         D．had played

6．A．student                 B．worker               C．teacher           D．friend

7．A．knew             B．noticed              C．smelt                    D．saw

8．A．stood up               B．woke up             C．went through    D．calmed down

9．A．angry             B．low                   C．sad              D．urgent

10．A．if               B．why                  C．when                    D．that

11．A．power                 B．relationship         C．help                      D．pressure

12．A．worried about       B．cared about        C．got on with           D．thought of

13．A．anything              B．anybody             C．everything             D．everybody

14．A．better                  B．worse                C．smaller                 D．higher

15．A．Although             B．Because              C．As                        D．When

16．A．lonely                  B．dangerous           C．hard                     D．happy

17．A．how                    B．when                 C．what                 D．why

18．A．married          B．died                  C．fell                       D．appeared

19．A．with                   B．as                      C．without                 D．for

20．A．forget                B．believe          C．upset             D．cheat

Nicolas Sarkozy, 52, is the first French president born after World War II and he is also a man who never 1   his ambition to be president.

But  2 was not easy for the young Sarkozy. When he was still a kid, his father abandoned the  3  , leaving the three children   4  their mother. He had to support his family with his mother.   5  he is only 165cm tall, other children often made fun of his   6  . The hard times made him  7  a strong man he is today.

In 1983 , 28-year-old Sarkozy unexpectedly  8  a senior politician to become the country’s youngest mayor of Paris. He  9  the national attention in 1993 after   10  freeing some children from a crazy man with a bomb. Later in 2002, he was named as the country’s interior minister and finance minister （财政部长）in 2004.

But he was never satisfied with staying11   he was. “I don’t just want to be president. I  12  be president, ” he once told a journalist. During his presidential campaign, Sarkozy won 13  with his promise to rebuild French pride  14  many plans to improve the French economy. He’s a man of   15  . His government has already  16  _a series of changes, such as 17  taxes. When visiting the US, he 18   America the greatest nation in the world and promised solidarity（团结） between the two  19  ,which was the 20   change from France’s50-year-old tradition to operate in counterpoise（平衡）to America.

1．A．expressed            B．explained            C．hid                   D．had

2．A．life                 B．work             C．education         D．career

3．A．hometown          B．family            C．society           D．dream

4．A．close to              B．dishonest to        C．cruel to            D．dependent on

5．A．As                B．If                C．Once             D．Though

6．A．appearance         B．spirit               C．weight           D．height

7．A．for                B．about             C．into             D．of

8．A．helped               B．beat              C．got               D．hurt

9．A．drew              B．paid                C．reached          D．gave

10．A．hopefully        B．meaningfully      C．terribly          D．successfully

11．A．what            B．when            C．how             D．where

12．A．must            B．may           C．would             D．used to

13．A．balance          B．achievement      C．popularity         D．prize

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

15．A．action            B．attraction         C．relaxation         D．tradition

16．A．analyzed            B．carried out       C．faced            D．mentioned

17．A．turning down     B．opening up        C．keeping up        D．cutting down

18．A．named             B．elected           C．predicted        D．called

19．A．leaders           B．actors           C．politicians         D．nations

20．A．major            B．easy              C．slow              D．careful