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Thirteen-year-old Andrew will never forget that Saturday. He was relaxing on his family’s sofa with his sister, Susan. Suddenly the heater exploded. His sister, who was unhurt, managed to pull   26   away from the fire   27   his mum dialed for an ambulance.  28  ambulance soon arrived and rushed him to Children’s Hospital   29   he was operated on immediately.

Doctors told his mum there was little chance of Andrew being able to walk again. The damage to his body was so bad and the cuts in his legs so deep that the   30  (operate) took 11 hours. After a couple of weeks, he   31   (allow) to go home but had to spend the next six weeks in a wheelchair.  32   the help of his doctor, this brave young boy returned to school after only two and a half months.    33   (look) back on the accident, Andrew says he believes children can do   34   they want   35   they put their mind to it.

I stood there outside of the classroom  with the other students，waiting for the supervisor（监考老师）to open the door，and   1  filled the heart.

When we were finally inside the classroom，I realized how   2  it was.  The heater hadn't been on and the _3___ were as cold as ice.  Alright then, the supervisor started to walk around，____4___everyone's calculator to make sure they were "approved devices"（允许使用的工具）．

At around 8：25，the test started.  I was___5____my way through word problems， grammar sections，and reading and   6  sections.  The supervisor kept walking around the room,    7  each student's extra pencils and   8  sharpening them for us.I turned the___9___when instructed to，___10____it wasn't another math section and it wasn't.  It was a reading section —— ___11____！I started reading the excerpt（片段）given and was    12  to discover that it wasn't a boring piece about astrology （星象）or biological science. ____13____，it was an excerpt from a romantic novel.  I became little____14____with reading it and at times I wanted to say "Awww！”aloud.  My heart was     15       swooning（沉醉）and I think I was   16 .  Hopefully I got the questiotions from that section____17__because I actually had fun answering them.  Who knew the SAT could actually bring   18 ？

It was about 1 p. m.  when the test was over.  I got out of the classroom  with____19____．As I was walking outside the building，I was thinking that the test was no longer a bitter____20____for the first time in my life.

1.                A． happiness      B． nervousness    C． calmness D． sadness

2.                A． amazing       B． disappointing    C． tiring    D． freezing

3.                A． seats          B． walls          C． floors   D．hearts

4.                A． seeing         B． taking         C． checking D．preparing

5.                A． looking        B． pacing         C． making  D． showing

6.                A． comprehension B． thinking        C． guessing D． recitation

7.                A． bringing in     B． putting down    C． picking up    D． showing off

8.                A． kindly         B． slightly         C． directly  D． slowly

9.                A． door          B． direction       C． pencil   D． page

10.A.  finding         B.  praying       C.  deciding     D,  imagining

11.               A． terrible        B． great          C． sure D． no

12.               A． frightened     B． worried       C． shocked  D． regretted

13.               A． However      B． Therefore      C． Also D． Rather

14.               A． carried away    B． worn out       C． tired D． confused

15.               A． suddenly      B． totally         C． over D． again

16.               A． reading        B． sleeping       C． smiling   D． whispering

17.               A． right          B． ready         C． clear D． possible

18.               A． hope         B．joy            C．interest   D． trouble

19.               A．relief          B．hunger         C．strength   D．courage

20.               A．attempt        B．fact            C．process   D．experience

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a  36  on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from  37   to toe, explained that he had   38   out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant wife and his two children   39   at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.
Once I had   40    a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both   41 , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he   42  me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater  43   in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and  44   .While the little ones played and ran  45   ,I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the  46  .
It was about 5 a.m. before they   47   .The young fellow asked me how much he   48  me and I told him that the petrol pump had   49  $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a  50   from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to  51  to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It   52   out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most  53   person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and   54  me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this  55  ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a   41   on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from   42   to toe , explained that he had    43   out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children   44   at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.

Once I had    45    a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both    46   ,saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he    47   me back.

Before leaving, I had turned the heater   48   in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and   49   .While the little ones played and ran   50   ,I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the   51   .

It was about 5 a.m. before they    52   .The young fellow asked me how much he   53   me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had    54   $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a   55    from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to   56   to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It   57   out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most   58   person in the company.

In his letter, he thanked me again and    59   me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this   60   ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

41.A.kick                     B.hit                           C.beat                                D.knock

42.A.finger                         B.shoulder                   C.head                                D.hand

43.A.driven                        B.used                         C.come                               D.run

44.A.away                          B.behind                      C.over                                D.out

45.A.supplied                      B.poured                     C.equipped                         D.filled

46.A.sleeping                      B.crying                      C.quarrelling                       D.fighting

47.A.allow                          B.ring                         C.lead                                D.follow

48.A.on                              B.off                           C.in                                   D.over

49.A.neat                            B.hot                           C.warm                              D.attractive

50.A.around                        B.inside                       C.nearby                             D.along

51.A.drivers                        B.guests                       C.customers                        D.adults

52.A.left                             B.arrived                     C.ate                                  D.disappeared

53.A.gave                           B.paid                         C.owed                               D.offered

54.A.appeared                     B.exhibited             C.calculated                      D.shown

55.A.call                            B.letter                        C.check                              D.notice

56.A.get                            B.force                        C.requite                            D.hope

57.A.pointed                       B.turned                      C.worked                     D.found

58.A.generous                     B.successful                 C.serious                            D.powerful

59.A.praised                       B.persuaded                 C.informed                         D.convinced

60.A.lesson                         B.business                    C.aspect                              D.case

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1.What is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?

A．the heat of the EP                       B．the safety of the EP

C．the appearance of the EP                 D．the material of the EP

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A．doesn’t burn up oxygen                 B．runs without any noise

C．makes people get sleepy                  D．is unsuitable for children and pets

3.The underlined word “evenly” in paragraph 4 probably means     .

A．continuously                           B．separately

C．quickly                               D．equally

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A．persuade people to buy the product

B．advise people to save on heating bills

C．report the new development of portable heaters

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