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A mother and her young son got into a bus in New York City and sat down. The bus conductor（售票员） came to them for their money. The mother said, "I want one ticket（票） to Central Park, "and gave him two dollars. The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then asked him, "How old are you, young man?"  The mother just began to speak, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, "I'm four years old at home, and two and a half on buses and trains."  The mother felt shamed（羞愧）， so she took another dollar out of her bag and gave the money to the conductor. The conductor gave her one and a half tickets.

1.One day the mother took a bus ______.

A. to a small city   B. to get some money    C. with her son   D. to school

2.The mother gave the conductor_____ dollars in all(总共) on the bus.

 A. 1             B. 2            C. 3          D 4

3.The mother was______.     

A. not honest(诚实)   B. honest     C. very clever  D. not pretty

4.The conductor asked ______ how old he was.

A. the mother    B. the little boy     C. the bus driver   D the passenger

5.The boy was ____ years old then.      

A. four       B. two       C. two and a half   D six and a half

根据语境或句意，从各题括号中选择一个词填空，使句子意思正确，并将答案填写在答题卡指定的位置。
【小题1】 "What would you do if you cut_     by accident?" " I should cover the cut and press it hard." (yourself, yourselves)
【小题2】 Block September is a very_   thriller, but I think it's boring, (success, successful)
【小题3】  "Shall I get some flowers for my mom?" "No, that's not special _     _. " (enough, too)
【小题4】 Jenny's mother asked her    out on school nights. It was not safe outside, (to go, not to go)
【小题5】 To Kevin's _________ he found so many people playing beach volleyball in very hot weather. (surprised, surprise)

A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. So they stopped there to   1  for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very  2 . Could you please  3  me some water from the lake?”

The follower walked to the lake  4  the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts (手推车) started crossing the lake.  5  , the water became very muddy.

Then he went back and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not   6  to drink.

After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the   7  follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. As requested, the follower went to the lake. This time he found that all the mud had   8   to the bottom. The water was very   9 and looked fit to drink. So he    10 his water bottle and took it to the wise man.

The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower. “See what you did   11   the water clean?” he said. “You let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own,  12  you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is   13   by something. If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will most likely settle down on its own   14  being put in any effort at all to   15   it.”

1.                A．rest           B．look           C．watch    D．see

2.                A．hungry         B．thirsty          C．happy    D．sad

3.                A．get            B．give            C．take D．bring

4.                A．while          B．before          C．as   D．until

5.                A．However       B．Instead         C．In addition D．As a result

6.                A．fit             B．able           C．important D．interesting

7.A. different   B same          C. other            D. left

8.                A．gone           B．been           C．settled   D．lived

9.                A．dirty           B．clear           C．fresh D．sweet

10.               A．got            B．finished        C．reached   D．filled

11.               A．making         B．to make        C．made D．had made

12.               A．so that         B．in order to      C．because   D．when

13.               A．woken         B．left            C．disturbed D．given

14.               A．without         B．with           C．after  D．like

15.               A．prevent        B．calm           C．protect    D．fix

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry. One day your luck will change."

Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education, I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.

    In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn't got enough experience. "Get some work with a small station and work your way up," she said.

I went back home. I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn't get the job.

    I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Lowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.

    As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员) if he can't get a job in a radio station?"

    I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.

    On my way home, Mom's words come back to me, "One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it'll feel doubly good because of all the hard work you've had." At that moment I knew just what she meant.

16. What's the writer's ideal job?

A. A sportsman.                  B. A shop assistant.

C. A sports announcer.             D. A businessman.

17. Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?

A. Because he was too young.

B. Because he didn't get college education.

C. Because he's got a good-looking person.

D. Because he hadn't got enough experience.

18. The sentence "But I got turned down every time. "means"        ".

A. But I was refused every time

B. But I was successful every time

C. But I lost my way every time

D. But the door of every station was always closed

19. What made the writer succeed in the end?

A. His mother’s words.             B. A kind lady’s help.

C. His father’s car.                   D. His own hard work.

20. What's the best title of this passage?

A. Mother's Words.                  B. Everything Happens for the Best.

C. No One Is Always Lucky.          D. To Find a Job in Radio Is Difficult.

根据句意提示写出单词，完成句子。

1.The street near my house is quite _________ (寂静的) at night.

2.Do you think English ________ (语法) very difficult?

3.Kitty will go _______ (在国外) as an exchange student.

4.Last summer holiday, my teacher _________ (介绍) Joy to me, and now we are close friends.

5.They are happy to get some help from some local _____________ (企业).  

6.My hat is ______ (hang) behind the door. Can’t you see?

7.There were twenty people in the room, _________ (include) the teacher.

8.It was a delightful holiday and a ___________ (mean) experience.

9.--- Who is the _______ (produce) of the new computer?

--- My father’s company made it.

10.If you connect the printer to the computer ________ (incorrect), it will refuse (拒绝) to work.