I left my friend’s house nearly after seven. It was still too early for me to have my evening meal, ___36___ I walked along the sea-front for about an hour __37___ I began to feel hungry. By that time I was not far from a favorite restaurant of mine, ___38___ I often went to eat. I went into the restaurant and ___39__ my meal. While I was waiting for the soup ___40__ I looked around to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. It was then ___41___ I noticed that a man sitting at a corner table kept glancing ___42___ my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was ____43___ to read. When the waiter ___44___ my soup, the man was clearly puzzled by the ___45___ way in which the waiter and I addressed (称呼) each other. He became more ___46___ as time went on and it grew more and more ___47___ that I was well known in the restaurant. Eventually, he stood up and went into the ___48___. After a few minutes he came out again, ____49___ the bill and left. Then I called the owner of the restaurant and asked him ___50___ the man had wanted. At first the owner did not want to tell me, I ____51__ . “Well,” he said, “ that man was from the police.” “Really?” I said, considerably surprised. “ He was very  ___52___ me. But why?” “ He ___53__you here because he thought you were a man he was ____54___,” the owner said, “When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photograph of the ___55____. Of course, I was.”

　　 When Ali was young, all the men in the village wore red hats. Ali was not yet   1   to have one, and he was waiting for the day when his father would buy one   2   him.

    One day, Ali’s father told him that he could   3   him to the next village,   4   the big marketplace was.   5   they loaded a donkey with four sacks of grain, and soon they were walking down the road that   6   the east.

　　 When they got to the village, the market- place was   7   with people and animals. The people had come to the market to sell   8   they had made or raised, and to buy what they wanted．Ali’s father was   9  . He sold his grain   10   a good price soon after he and Ali arrived at the market.

    The father and son then went to buy things that were needed at home. Ali was happy that his father had brought him along. The market was full of   11   sights and sounds, and Ali enjoyed looking at   12  . He   13   the red hat, but his father had not. “Now, All,” he said, “there is   14   thing we have to buy.” They   15   in front of a hat shop. Ali’s father asked the assistant to   16   a hat for his son. Ali was so   17   that he could not speak. Ali’s father chose a hat and after discussing the   18   for quite a long time, he seemed   19   and paid the assistant. Then he   20   the red hat and placed it on his son’s head．“Ali,” he said, “now you are a man.”

1. A．rich enough

B．old enough

C．good

D．young

2. A．for

B．to

C．with

D．belonging to

3. A．go with

B．wait for

C．drive.

D．show

4. A．that

B．which

C．what

D．where

5. A．Yet

B．Together

C．Just then

D．Otherwise

6. A．led to

B．took

C．got to

D．is toward

7. A．crowded

B．surrounded

C．gathered

D．seated

8. A．animal

B．things

C．wheat

D．all that

9. A．pleasant

B．lucky

C．upset

D．proud

10. A．in

B．on

C．with

D．at

11. A．interested

B．interesting

C．tiresome

D．boring

12. A．pictures

B．nothing

C．everything

D．market

13. A．had forgotten about

B．had remembered

C．had bought

D．had got

14. A．one more

B．some

C．other

D．no more

15. A．walked

B．talked

C．looked

D．stopped

16. A．put on

B．made

C．bring out

D．try

17. A．pleased

B．angry

C．worried

D．frightened

18. A．quality

B．price

C．shape

D．color

19. A．excited

B．moved

C．satisfied

D．puzzled

20. A．took

B．picked

C．brought

D．snatched

    One day, Ali’s father told him that he could   3   him to the next village,   4   the big marketplace was.   5   they loaded a donkey with four sacks of grain, and soon they were walking down the road that   6   the east.

　　 When they got to the village, the market- place was   7   with people and animals. The people had come to the market to sell   8   they had made or raised, and to buy what they wanted．Ali’s father was   9  . He sold his grain   10   a good price soon after he and Ali arrived at the market.

    The father and son then went to buy things that were needed at home. Ali was happy that his father had brought him along. The market was full of   11   sights and sounds, and Ali enjoyed looking at   12  . He   13   the red hat, but his father had not. “Now, All,” he said, “there is   14   thing we have to buy.” They   15   in front of a hat shop. Ali’s father asked the assistant to   16   a hat for his son. Ali was so   17   that he could not speak. Ali’s father chose a hat and after discussing the   18   for quite a long time, he seemed   19   and paid the assistant. Then he   20   the red hat and placed it on his son’s head．“Ali,” he said, “now you are a man.”

1. A．rich enough

B．old enough

C．good

D．young

2. A．for

B．to

C．with

D．belonging to

3. A．go with

B．wait for

C．drive.

D．show

4. A．that

B．which

C．what

D．where

5. A．Yet

B．Together

C．Just then

D．Otherwise

6. A．led to

B．took

C．got to

D．is toward

7. A．crowded

B．surrounded

C．gathered

D．seated

8. A．animal

B．things

C．wheat

D．all that

9. A．pleasant

B．lucky

C．upset

D．proud

10. A．in

B．on

C．with

D．at

11. A．interested

B．interesting

C．tiresome

D．boring

12. A．pictures

B．nothing

C．everything

D．market

13. A．had forgotten about

B．had remembered

C．had bought

D．had got

14. A．one more

B．some

C．other

D．no more

15. A．walked

B．talked

C．looked

D．stopped

16. A．put on

B．made

C．bring out

D．try

17. A．pleased

B．angry

C．worried

D．frightened

18. A．quality

B．
price

C．shape

D．color

19. A．excited

B．moved

C．satisfied

D．puzzled

20. A．took

B．picked

C．brought

D．snatched

 (浙江省台州中学2008学年第二学期第三次统练试题)

I was 17 when I walked into Carley’s bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  21  on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like   22  . I needed to start   23  for college, so I said yes. I worked after school, and the job helped  24  my yearly tuition. I would work many other jobs: making coffee in the Students Union; a hotel maid and   25  making maps for a company. But selling books was one of the most   26  .

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything  27  and found other books we could order. She left the store less   28  . I’ve always remembered the   29  I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a   30  in Los Angles, I heard about an immigrant child born   31  his fingers connected. His family couldn’t afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in   32  , hiding his hand in his pocket.

I   33  my  boss to let me do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the   34  for free.

I visited the boy soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his   35  hand and said, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of   36  .

In the past, while I was   37  , I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the   38  . Fox pays my salary,  39  I feel as if I work for the   40  , helping them make sense of the world.

21．A．maps                   B．articles                  C．reports                  D．titles

22．A．a book                 B．some tea               C．a job                     D．any help

23．A．planning        B．saving                   C．preparing              D．studying

24．A．pay for                 B．fit for                     C．run for                  D．enter for

25．A．so                        B．yet                        C．even                     D．still

26．A．boring                                                     B．satisfying       

C．surprising                                                        D．disappointing

27．A．in need                 B．in all               C．in order                 D．in store

28．A．worried                B．satisfied                 C．interested              D．puzzled

29．A．surprise                B．failure                    C．regret                    D．pride

30．A．doctor                 B．TV reporter          C．bookseller             D．store owner

31．A．with                     B．in                          C．by                         D．for

32．A．horror                  B．honor                    C．shame                   D．danger

33．A．advised                B．persuaded             C．forced                   D．permitted

34．A．action                  B．program                C．treatment              D．operation

35．A．repaired               B．connected             C．injured                  D．improved

36．A．humor                  B．interest                  C．pleasure                D．excitement

37．A．at the TV station                                     B．in the Students Union   

       C．at the US Forest Service                          D．at Carley’s bookstore

38．A．opposite              B．same                     C．different                D．right

39．A．so                        B．and                       C．but                        D．because

40．A．viewers                B．readers                 C．customers             D．passengers