A young soldier was looking for someone in a hospital. Then in front of a room, a nurse saw him and said, “Oh, your father is right here.” And  31  the young man could say anything, she quickly took him to an old man in bed. “Your son is here,” she said. She had to 32 many times before the old man’s eyes opened.

    The old man was too sick to see the young man  33 . He reached out his hand. The young man held his hand. He wanted to let the old man feel his  34  .

    The nurse brought a chair so that the young man could   35  beside the bed. All through the night, the young man sat there and held the old man’s hand. She found him very tired, so she asked him to  36  ,but he didn’t. Sometimes, the nurse heard the young man say a few words. The old man said nothing. He only held the young man’s hand the whole night.

    When morning came, the old man died. The nurse said, “I’m sorry about that.” “But 37 was that man?” “He was your father,” she answered  38 . “No, he wasn’t.” the young man said. “I never saw him before in my life.” “Then why didn’t you say anything when I took you to him?” “I knew at once that there must be something wrong. But I also knew he   39  his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I found he was too sick to tell whether l was his son or not, I knew how much he needed me. So I  40  .”

(   )31. A. before           B. when     C. after             D. since

(   )32. A. report            B. remove           C. repeat    D. recommend

(   )33. A. correctly         B. clearly    C. happily           D. closely

(   )34. A. happiness         B. energy           C. power    D. love

(   )35. A. stand            B. lie               C. walk     D. sit

(   )36. A. take a seat   B. have a rest     C. take a look   D. have a talk

(   )37. A. what             B. how             C. who            D. where

(   )38. A. in surprise B. in fear    C. in trouble    D. in danger

(   )39. A. believed     B. understood       C. remembered      D. needed

(   )40. A. returned          B. arrived           C. stayed    D. left

A father isn’t happy with his only son. He doesn’t think his son is clever.

　 One day, the father gives his son a task. He says, here is a coin. Go to buy one thing. That must be something to eat, something to drink, and something to plant.

　 “What can I buy with one coin? It is too hard!” Then a girl finds the boy is not happy and comes up to him. “Can I help you? ” The boy tells her that hard task. “I know what you can do, ” she says. “Go and buy a watermelon with this coin. ” It will give you everything your father wants.” The boy thanks the girl and then runs to buy a watermelon.

　 When the father sees the watermelon, he is very happy. “Good Job!” “In fact, that’s not my idea. A girl helps me”, says the boy. The father then says, “Honesty is more important than cleverness.”

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(　 ) 36. The father isn’t happy, because __________.

A.　　 he doesn't think his son is clever

B.　　 his son is lazy

C.　　 his son doesn’t study hard

D.　　 his son can’t buy something for him

(　 ) 37. The boy thinks about what his father says, but he still doesn’t know ______.

A. where to buy it　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. what to buy

C. how to buy it　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. why to buy it

(　 ) 38. __________ helps the boy.

A. A girl　　　　 B. An old man　　　 C. A friend　　　　　　　　　 D. A teacher

(　 ) 39. The father is _______ when he sees the watermelon.

A. sad　　　　　　　　　　 B. happy　　　　　　　 C. excited　　　　　　　　　　 D. angry

(　 ) 40. The meaning of “honesty” is __________.

A. 失败　　　　　　　 B. 坚持　　　　　　　　　　　 C. 诚实　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 骄傲

There once was a boy who loved eating sweets. He ___36____ asked for sweets from his father. His father was a ____37____ man and they lived in a very old house. He could not always ___38____sweets for his son. But the little boy did not ___39___ this, and demanded sweets all the time. 

The boy’s father thought hard about ____40____ to stop the child asking for so many sweets. There was a very holy(神圣的) man living nearby at that time. The boy’s father had a(n)____41___.He  decided to take the boy to the great man who might ____42____ persuade(说服) the child to stop asking for sweets all the time. The boy and his father went along to the ____43____ man. The father said to him, “Oh, great saint, could you ask my son to stop asking for sweets which I cannot afford?” The great man was in ____44_____, because he liked sweets himself. How could he ask the boy to give up asking for sweets? The holy man told the father to ____45____ his son back after one month. 
      During that month, the holy man gave up eating sweets, and when the boy and his father ____46____after a month, the holy man said to the boy “My dear child, will you stop asking for sweets which your father cannot afford to give you?” ____47_____ , the boy stopped asking for sweets.

The boy’s ___48_____ asked the saint, “Why did’t you ask my son to give up asking for sweets ____49____ we came to you a month ago?” The saint replied, “How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself. In the last month I gave up eating sweets.”

A person’s ____50___ is much more powerful than just his words.

(   )36. A. always           B. never        C. hardly        D. seldom

(   )37. A. rich              B. honest       C. kind         D. poor

(   )38. A. make             B. accept       C. afford        D. find

(   )39. A. ignore            B. understand    C. remember     D. change

(   )40. A. what             B. where        C. why         D. how

(   )41. A. excuse            B. surprise      C. idea         D. proverb

(   )42. A. can              B. was able to    C. be able to     D. could

(   )43. A. young            B. strong        C. great        D. ugly

(   )44. A. difficulty          B. peace        C. danger       D. tears

(   )45. A. call               B. turn         C. get          D. bring

(   )46. A. returned           B. asked        C, left         D. disappeared

(   )47. A. Up to now         B. Sooner or later  C. In other words  D. From then on

(   )48. A. sister             B. brother        C. father        D. mother

(   )49. A. when             B. because       C. until         D. though

(   )50. A. success           B. history        C. future        D. example