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At the time my son was born in 1956, I shared a hospital room with a young woman who bore a boy on the same day. Partly because my parents 46 a shop selling flowers, the room was soon 47 with the lovely scent of roses.
As the seventh floral arrangement was 48 , I was beginning to feel 49 , for no flowers had arrived for my roommate, Ann. She sat on the edge of her bed and leaned forward to admire the 50 bouquet. She was a pretty young woman, yet there was something about her large, brown eyes that made me think she had known too much 51 , too much sadness for one so young. I had the feeling she had always had to admire someone else’ 52 .
“I’m enjoying every 53 of this”, she said as though she had read my 54 and was trying to reassure me. “Wasn’t I the lucky one to get you for a 55 ？”
I still felt uncomfortable, however. 56 there were some magic button I could push to 57 the sadness in her eyes. Well, I thought, at least,I can see that she has some flowers. When my mother and father came to see me that day, I asked them to send 58 some.
The flowers arrived just 59 Ann and I were finishing supper.
“More flowers for you,” she said, 60 .
“No, not this time,” I said, looking at the 61 “These are for you.”
Ann stared at the blossoms a long time, not saying anything. She ran her 62 across the pale blue bouquets and 63 touched each of the sweet roses as though trying to engrave（刻画） them on her 64 .
“How can I ever thank you” she said softly.
I was almost embarrassed. It was such a little 65 on my part.
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Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is 36 for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the sane 37 night after night. One would
38 them to know their parts by heart and 39 have cause to falter（结巴）.Yet 40 is not always the case.
A famous actor in a 41 successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat 42 had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act，a gaoler（监狱长，看守）would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 43 the noble was expected to read the letter at each 44 ,he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke 45 his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the 46 of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed（使显露）the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then，the gaoler 47 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the 48 and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in
49 as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, 50 to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then，squinting（眯着眼看）his eves，he said,“The light is 51 .Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 52 that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied，“The light is indeed dim，sir. I must get my 53 ”With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s 54 ，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the 55 copy of the letter which he proceeded（继续进行）to read to the prisoner.
| 36．A. fortunate | B. unfortunate | C. happy | D. unhappy |
| 37．A. lines | B. words | C. plays | D. roles |
| 38．A. want | B. ask | C. expect | D. wish |
| 39．A. always | B. never | C. sometimes | D. often |
| 40．A. such | B. the thing | C. one | D. this |
| 41．A. highly | B. high | C. poorly | D. poor |
| 42．A. where | B. what | C. which | D. who |
| 43．A. Because | B. Even though | C. When | D. Though |
| 44．A. play | B. performance | C. role | D. case |
| 45．A. with | B. in | C. on | D. to |
| 46．A. pages | B. joke | C. lines | D. contents |
| 47．A. appeared | B. disappeared | C. came out | D. came in |
| 48．A. room | B. cell | C. stage | D. office |
| 49．A. English | B. French | C. order | D. full |
| 50．A. worded | B. surprised | C. anxious | D. afraid |
| 51．A. bright | B. dim | C. dark | D. out |
| 52．A. To see | B. To find | C. Seeing | D. Finding |
| 53．A. glasses | B. lines | C. light | D. letters |
| 54．A. surprise | B. satisfaction | C. anger | D. amusement |
| 55．A. usual | B. old | C. unusual | D. new |
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阅读理解
Some inventions are so useful, but seem so simple, that we wonder why no one thought of them long ago. Post-it Notes--the pieces of paper that you can fasten almost any where and then remove without leaving any sign that they were there--are an example of such an invention.
Post-it Notes were invented about twenty years ago by Art Fry, a scientist at 3M Corporation. The idea for the product came from a frustrating(令人沮丧的)experience he often had while singing in his church choir(唱诗班). Fry used pieces of paper as bookmarks to mark the places in his book of songs, but these bookmarks were always falling out. He knew he needed a bookmark that would stay where he put it, but that he could remove without damaging the pages.
Around that time, Fry heard about a new adhesive(粘合剂) that a colleague(同行), Dr. Spence Silver, had created. This adhesive was special because it was sticky，but not too sticky. It was strong enough to hold papers together, but weak enough to not tear the paper when it was removed. Fry saw that the new adhesive could help solve his bookmark problem. One morning, Fry put some of the adhesive on the edge of a piece of paper. Just as he hoped, it made a perfect bookmark.
A short time later, Fry realized that his new invention had even more uses than being a great bookmark. He came to this realization when he wrote a note on one of his new“bookmarks”and attached(附着)it to a report he was going to give to a colleague. Soon, co-workers were asking Fry for more samples(样品)of his invention so that they could use the new type of notes themselves.
Fry and some other people at 3 M believed so much in the new product that they persuaded the company to give away thousands of the“sticky pieces of paper”for trial use. When some salespeople at 3M went to offices and showed workers just how helpful the new type of notes could be, they immediately received many orders. As more and more people discovered how useful Post-it Notes could be, the product took off.
1．The invention of Post-it Notes showed that Art Fry _____.
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A．had a lot of knowledge
B．was very hard-working
C．was good at creative(创造性的)thinking
D．loved his job in the church
2．In what way did Dr. Spence help Art Fry?
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A．They worked together and often discussed science.
B．His invention of a special adhesive made Art's invention possible.
C．He persuaded 3M Corporation to give away lots of Post-it Notes for trial use.
D．He cooperated with Art by providing the new adhesive for Art.
3．Which of the following is a possible use of Post-it Notes?
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A．A note on a friend's door.
B．An e-mail to a friend.
C．A postcard from abroad.
D．An ad in a newspaper.
42The underlined phrase“took off”means _____.
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A．started to leave the ground
B．disappeared from the market
C．had even more uses
D．became popular very quickly
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