Joe came to New York from the Middle West, dreaming about painting. Delia came to New York from the South, dreaming about music. Joe and Delia met in a studio. Before long they were good friends and got married.

They had only a small flat to live in , but they were happy. They loved each other, and they were both interested in art. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.

Delia decided to give music lessons. One afternoon she said to her husband:

“Joe, I’ve found a pupil, a general’s daughter. She is a sweet girl. I’m to give three lessons a week and get $5 a lesson.”

But Joe was not glad.

“But how about me?” he said.” Do you think I’m going to watch you work while I play with my art? No, I want to earn some money too.”

“Joe, you are silly,” said Delia. “You must keep at your studies. We can live quite happily on $15 a week.”

“Well, perhaps I can sell some of my pictures,” said Joe.

Every day they parted in the morning and met in the evening. A week passed and Delia brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little tired.

“Clementina sometimes gets on my nerves. I’m afraid she doesn’t practice enough. But the general is the oldest man! I wish you could know him, Joe.”

And then Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket.

“I’ve sold one of my pictures to a man from Peoria,” he said, “and he has ordered another.”

“I’m so glad,” said Delia. “Thirty-three dollars! We never had so much to spend before. We’ll have a good supper tonight.”

Next week Joe came home and put another eighteen dollars on the table. In half an hour Delia came, her right hand in a bandage.

“What’s the matter with your hand?” said Joe. Delia laughed and said:

“Oh, a funny thing happened! Clemantina gave me a plate of soup and spilled some of it on my hand. She was very sorry for it. And so was the old general. But why are you looking at me like that, Joe?”

“What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Delia?”

“Five o’clock, I think. The iron-I mean the soup-was ready about five, Why?”

“Delia, come and sit here,” said Joe. He drew her to the couch and sat beside her.

“What do you do every day, Delia? Do you really give music lesson? Tell me the truth.”

She began to cry.

“I couldn’t get any pupils,” she said, “So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts. This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn. But tell me, Joe, how did you guess that I wasn’t giving music lessons?”

“It’s very simple,” said Joe. “I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same laundry where you work.”

“And your pictures? Did you sell any to that man from Peoria?”

“Well, your general with his Clemantina is an invention, and so is my man from Peoria.”

And then they both laughed.

1.To support the family, Delia worked as             .

A. a tutor                            B. a music teacher

C. an artist                          D. a laundry assistant

2.It happened that             .

A. a man from Peoria liked Joe’s pictures              

B. Delia earned $15 dollars a week easily

C. the couple worked at the same laundry                

D. Clemantina and the general were kind

3.Who hurt Delia’s hand?

A. The general                 B. Clemantina    C. Herself        D. A girl

4.We can infer from the underlined sentence that             .

A. Clemantina was an invention of the general

B. Clemantina was an invention of the man from Peoria

C. there were no such men as the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria

D. the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria were the couple’s clients

5.The couple’s attitude towards each other is             .

A. faithful                              B. honest

C. ashamed                               D. heartbreaking

6.Which do you think is the best title of the story?

A. A service of love                  B. A story of Joe and Delia

C. Lies and truth                     D. Servants of love

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During the summer holiday, I think I should do something                        1.__________

meaningful instead touring. So I got a job at a fast food                            2.__________

restaurant and worked there as cleaner. I worked 7 hours a day           3.__________

for three weeks. The job was hard and bored and seemed endless ，  4.__________

that made me so tired that I nearly stopped it halfway.                                     5.__________

After all, I stuck to it with determination. Every day I started                 6.__________

off for work early in the morning and went to home late in the               7.__________

evening. Finally, I finished the job after the new school term                   8.__________

began. Now, I understand that labor means. I think it is really                9.__________

a successfully experience, which is worth remembering for ever.          10.__________

I was driving home one evening about 5, stuck in traffic, and the car started to die— I hardly managed to get into a gas station, glad only that I would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck(拖车). Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the “ Quickie Mart” building, then suddenly she slipped(滑倒) on some ice and fell down, so I got out to see if she was okay.
When I got there, it looked like she had been overcome by weep than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked exhausted with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up and gave it to her. It was a coin.
At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban packed full of stuff and three kids in the back, and the gas pump(汽油泵) reading $4.95.
I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying “I don’t want my kids to see me crying,” so we stood at the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California for Christmas and that things were very hard for her right now.
I took out my credit card and swiped(刷磁卡) it through the card reader on the pump so that she could fill up her car completely, and I bought 2 big bags of food for her kids in the car who attacked it like wolves. While it was fueling, she asked, “So, are you an angel or something?” I said, “At this time of year, angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses common people.”
It was unbelievable to be part of someone else’s miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. Sometimes, angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter(摆动) of their wings.
【小题1】. Caught in traffic, the author still felt happy because      .

On a cold winter morning I heard someone trying to get their car out of the snow after a snowstorm. After a few minutes I realized they needed a(n) __1.__, so I got dressed ,went __2.__, and pushed the car. It only took about a minute and, __3.__ more cold than sociable(交际的), I walked back to my apartment, __4.__ really seeing the driver.

Months ___5.__ I was at the corner store and the guy in front of me __6._ on paying for the beer I was buying! It felt a bit __7.__ and I had to refuse repeatedly. When I __8.__ the cashier she told me my stuff was already __9.___ and she couldn't take my money.  

So, I was walking back home from the store and that __10.__ guy is fifty feet in front of me, all the way! It __11.__that he's my neighbor, living in the apartment complex(公寓大楼) just after mine!  

As we __12.__ the stairs of our separate apartment buildings I __13.__, "Thanks for the beer!" He replied, "__14.__. Thanks for helping me push my car that time!" 

I didn't __15._ him and told him it wasn't me.  He said "Oh! Okay. Well, still ... enjoy!" 

A few days later I __16._ him getting into his car and I realized __17.__ he was and that it actually had been me who __18.__ him that day!

Maybe one day soon I'll tell him he bought __19.__ for the right guy!

Either way, it feels nice to help, and when you put __20.__ into the world, it eventually comes back to you!  

21.               A．entry          B．push           C．handle    D．drag

22.               A．upward         B．downstairs      C．backwards D．outside

23.               A．feeling         B．looking         C．proving   D．turning

24.               A．unless         B．until           C．without   D．by

25.               A．ago            B．later           C．within D．away

26.               A．insisted        B．depended      C．reflected  D．held

27.               A．awkward       B．joyful          C．curious    D．pleasant

28.               A．offered        B．charged        C．reached   D．rang

29.               A．turned down    B．checked out     C．set aside   D．paid for

30.               A．strange         B．same          C．great D．junior

31.               A．finds out        B．turns out       C．carries out D．works out

32.               A．walked up      B．settled down    C．dried up   D．turned around

33.               A．whispered      B．shouted        C．declared  D．acknowledged

34.               A．No way         B．No wonder      C．No problem    D．No doubt

35.               A．expect         B．remember      C．mind D．appreciate

36.               A．saw           B．heard          C．observed  D．sensed

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

38.               A．offered        B．comforted      C．rewarded  D．helped

39.               A．stuff           B．car            C．beer  D．apartment

40.               A．good          B．quality         C．benefit    D．energy

Yesterday was my stepmom’s birthday. I hadn’t been home for a long time so I wanted to stop by the house to see her on this special day.
I have been struggling financially so I was afraid of the long trip. Gas is so expensive nowadays! Anyway, I filled my tank with gas and set off.
I stopped at the shopping mall and found a present. It was the perfect gift and I knew she
would love it. But when I got to the cashier my card was declined! I did not have enough money in my account to pay for the gift!
So I pondered the issue for a few minutes. I could put it back and get something cheaper, but I knew there was nothing else in the store she would like as much. So, I got on my smart-phone and transferred some money from my savings account so I was able to pay for the gift. It took a big chunk of my savings but I wanted her to have something special.
She loved the gift and I felt that even though I had spent almost all my money my stepmom deserved the best and I was glad I gave her the best that I could.
Before leaving my parents’ house, my dad took me to one side and, with our secret hand-shake, he gave me some money. I had not said anything to him about my finances but I guess my dad had just known it. When I got to the car, I saw the amount he gave me was three times what I had spent on the gas and the gift!
It goes to show that doing the right thing always comes with great rewards.
【小题1】Why was the writer unwilling to have a long trip？