An old man lived alone in a town. He wanted to dig up his potato garden, but it was very　 41 work. His only son, who always 　 42　 him in the past, was then in prison（监狱）.So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said:

　 Dear son,

　 I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to 　 43　 potatoes in my garden this year. I 　 44　 to miss doing it because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to dig up a garden. If you were here, all my 　 45　 would be over. I know you would dig up the garden for me　 46　 you weren't in prison.

　 Love, Dad

　 Soon the old man　 47　 a letter, "Dad, don't dig up the garden! That's where I buried（埋藏）the guns!”

　 At 4 a.m. the next morning, some 　48　 came and dug up the whole garden without finding any gun. The old man was 49 and wrote another note to his son. He told him what had happened, and 　50 　him what to do next.

　 His son's reply was, "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for you

from here.”

41. A. hard　 　B. interesting　 C. simple　 　 D. boring

42. A. taught　 B. helped　 　　C. changed　 D. stopped

43. A. cook　 　 B. dig　 　　　 C. put　 　　　D. plant

44. A. hope　 　 B. forget　 　　 C. hate　 　　D. decide

45. A. trouble　 B. illness　 　　 C. danger　 　 D. fear

46. A. if　 　　 B. unless　 　　C. because 　 D. when

47. A. wrote　 　B. received 　　C. sent　 　　 D. read

48. A. friends　 B. neighbours　 C. policemen　 D. prisoners

49. A. ill　 　　B. lucky　 　　 C. surprised　 D. sorry

50. A. told　 　　B. called　 　 C. invited　 　 D. asked

“The zoo has money problem,” Grandmother Sandy said.
Angel listened. She heard that Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals.
Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.
Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.” She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper.
A few days after that, Angel’s letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel’s letter was having effect!
At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show.
The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible(有责任的)for the animals. “Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”

1. 1.

   By saying “Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals”, the writer means ___________

   1. A.
      Angel wanted to cook the animals for food
   2. B.
      Angel was cooking a meal for the animals
   3. C.
      Angel wanted to help the animals to run away
   4. D.
      Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals
2. 2.

   Which is the correct order of the following events?
   a. Angel appeared on television.            b. People began sending in money.
   c. Angel’s letter was published.            d. Angel asked her schoolmates to give money.
   e. Angel wrote the letter to a local newspaper

   1. A.
      c-a-b-e-d
   2. B.
      e-a-b-d-c
   3. C.
      e-c-b-d-a
   4. D.
      b-d-e-c-a
3. 3.

   Ray Navarro thought that Angel _________

   1. A.
      was most responsible for the animals
   2. B.
      was good at making animals happy
   3. C.
      helped the people in Fresno
   4. D.
      could cure blind people

完形填空：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　More than two hundred and fifty years ago, there (1) in a small town in Germany a boy by the (2) of Handel. His father was a famous doctor. The doctor hoped that his son would become a great (3) . But the boy loved music better than (4) and wanted to give his life to music. He wanted to be (5) to play beautiful music of his own.

　　Though the father sent his son to school, neither books (6) lessons could drive away his great (7) for music. On his way home, the boy often stopped (8) to the playing of the great organ(管乐) from a town church.

Later, his aunt Anna helped him to (9) his music on a small piano at his home. One day he (10) to play before a duke (公爵).The duke liked his playing very much. (11) the help of the duke, he began to (12) music under the best teachers. Soon he became very (13) in Europe. He not only played but also (14) music. His music made his name famous for all time.

　　Near the end of his life, he became blind(瞎). (15) then, he didn't give up writing music. He died in London.

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