Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big 36 , and a lot of houses down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was 37 enough to escape the flood, so when the water had 38 and the other houses were standing there 　39 　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, 40 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 41 in the flood and she 42 her home with them until it was 43 for them to rebuild their house.

　　 Anna’s friends were 44 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 45 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 46 .

　 　“Well,” Anna　 47　 her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very　 48 , because her husband had been killed in the　 49　 and she had a lot of children, 50　 I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for 51 this year, so I’m going to make only one present to all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a　 52　 who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our 53 ,’ she said to her children.

　　 The children were 54 and happy to get such a present. They 55 the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. Such was that Christmas present.”

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

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

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

39. A. to 　　　 　　　　　　　B. of 　 　　　　　C. by 　　　　 　　D. with

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51. A.Obon　　 　 　　　B. Halloween 　　　 　　　C. Thanksgiving　 D. Christmas

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

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

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

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

35. If you ask me, I would say that I won’t mind ______abroad to enrich my knowledge.

　　 A. taking　　　 　　　　　　 B. to take　　　　　　　 　　　 C. to be taken　　 　　 D. being taken

34. -Would you mind if I turned on the radio and listened to some music?

　 -______. In fact, I also like to listen to music in my car.

　　 A. No, you can’t　 　 　　 　　B. Yes, I do　　 　 　　C. No, go ahead　 　　 D. OK, no problem

33. He couldn’t ______ the fact that the money was found in his house.

　　 A. answer for　　　　　　　　　　 　　 B. leave for　　 　　　 C. account for　　 　D. care for

32. -What do you think of their marriage? 　-______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

　　 A. Generally speaking　 　　 B. I have no idea　　 　 C. To be honest　 　 D. To my surprise

31. In the end I lost my ______ and shouted at her.

　　 A. character　 　　B. manner　 　　C. benefit　　　　　　　 　　　　　 D. patience

30. She’s going to have problems finding a job ______she gets good marks.

　　 A. for　　　　　 　 B. since　　 　　　　 C. so that　　　　 　　　　　 D. even if

29. -Mr Wang, I will go and fetch four chairs for the meeting.

　 -You ______ fetch four; two will do.

　　 A. won’t　　 　B. couldn’t 　　　　C. shouldn’t　 　　　　　D. needn’t

28. If you ______ go, at least wait until the rain stops.

　 A. can　　 　　　 　B. must　　 　　　 　　C. should 　　　　　　D. would