The pickle(咸菜)jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside my parents’bed．  21    he got ready for bed，Dad would empty his pockets and drop his   22   into the jar．When the jar was    23    ，Dad would sit at the kitchen table，   24   the coins，then take them to the bank，and put the rolled coins on the    25   ，saying     26   ，“These are for my son’s college education．He’ll    27     work at the mill(磨坊)all his life like me．”

    The years passed，and I    28    college and took a job in another town．    29     while visiting my parents．I noticed that the jar was gone．It had served its purpose and had been    30   ．My dad was a man of    31   words，and never lectured me on the   32   of determination and faith．The jar had taught me far more than any    33    could have done．

   When I married，I told my wife Susan about the important part the    34     had played in my life as a boy．In my mind，it showed，more than anything else，how much my dad    35     me．No matter how     36    things got at home，Dad continued to drop his coins into the jar．

   The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born，we spent the holiday with my parents．After dinner, Susan carried the baby into my parents’bedroom to feed her．Minutes later, Susan came back into the living room with a／an     37    look．She took my hand and led me into the bedroom．“Look，”she said     38    ，her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor beside the bed．To my     39    ，there，as if it had never been removed，stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins．l walked over to the jar, dug down into     40    ，and pulled out a handful of coins．With the strong feelings choking(使…哽咽)me．I dropped the coins into the jar．

Edith Cavell was born on December 4, 1865, in England. When she left school, she became a teacher. Edith soon found that she had a 36  for nursing(护理), so she completed her training 37  any problem. In 1907, a doctor invited Edith to open a 38  school for nurses in Belgium(比利时).
In August 1914, Germany invaded Belgium. By then, the training school had become a Red Cross hospital. It required its nurses to care for injured soldiers from every country---even 39  soldiers.   .
German forces (军队) went through Belgium to France. British soldiers were 40  with the French, trying to 41  the Germans out of France. But they didn’t 42 . As a result, many British and French soldiers would be caught. But some of them found their 43 to Edith’s training school. There, she took care of them and 44  them from the German forces. Then she heard some 45  people were willing to help the soldiers escape. Together they organized travels for the soldiers out of Belgium to Holland, which was a safe country during the whole war.
In august 1915, the German government discovered 46  was happening at Edith’s training school. Edith was 47  for helping about two hundred British and French 48 escape. Early on October 12, 1915, Edith Cavell was 49  . She died for her country, but she believed that she had only been a nurse trying to do her 50 . History will remember her for ever.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Roberta appeared on the stage.She took a deep breath and began to   1.Now she was Portia,a strong-willed   2in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.The theater was filled with people.She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced,the words flowing

3from her.

4.Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition(选拔试演).She  5being in front of other people.She was very   6at school.She had never thought she was good enough at anything to  7much attention.She stayed mostly to herself,making  8friends.She had excellent grades,   9she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition,Roberta’s mother had heard about it and   10her to join in.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to   11the part.Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”

Roberta looked down.“I’m not interested.”

Her mother wouldn’t let the   12drop.“You’re just a little scared(害怕).Everyone gets scared.You know you   13do it.The trick is to look past the   14to find the love of what you’re doing.”

So Roberta had made an appointment(预约)with the head of the Drama Club.She had read the play and found herself excited by the  15of speaking such rich words.In secret she practiced Portia’s part,  16the lines by repeating them over and over.It wasn’t hard;she  17every minute of it.Every time she spoke the words,she had a new  18of the lines,as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition,she   19two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors.When she had finished,the head of the Drama Club announced the   20was hers.

1.A.sing                B.dance            C.speak             D.report

2.A.member          B.actress               C.player                D.character

3.A.weakly          B.rapidly               C.smoothly          D.slowly

4.A.At first            B.In fact               C.After all         D.In all

5.A.hated           B.enjoyed           C.appreciated           D.regretted

6.A.honest          B.shy               C.polite                D.patient

7.A.avoid           B.focus             C.pay               D.attract

8.A.few             B.a few             C.several               D.many

9.A.or              B.so                    C.for               D.but

10.A.forced         B.requested         C.encouraged            D.reminded

11.A.accept         B.play              C.offer             D.learn

12.A.role               B.matter                C.interest              D.grade

13.A.can                B.must              C.may               D.should

14.A.anger          B.pain              C.sadness               D.fear

15.A.purpose            B.way               C.idea              D.importance

16.A.memorizing                         B.organizing

C.checking                              D.improving

17.A.disliked           B.loved             C.expected          D.bore

18.A.consideration                          B.description

C.selection                             D.understanding

19.A.practiced          B.planned           C.performed         D.delivered

20.A.part               B.play              C.speech                D.position

D
Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day, and began listing items on eBay. She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card. She stopped for a moment and admired the picture. “Red Stocking B. B. Club of cincinnati,” the card read, under the reddish brown color photo of 10 men with their socks pulled up to their knees.
As a collector and seller, it's her job to spot old items that might have value today．It's what Bernice, 72, and her husband, Al Gallego, 80, have been doing since 1974 at their California antique （古玩） store．
This card, she figured, was worth selling on eBay．She took a picture, wrote a description and put it up for auction （拍卖）．She put a $10 price tag on it, deciding against $15 because it would have cost her an extra 20 cents．Later that night she got a few odd inquiries—someone wanting to know whether the card was real, someone wanting her to end the auction and sell him the card immediately．^KS5U
The card is actually 139 years old．Sports card collectors call the find "extremely rare" and estimate the card could fetch five, or perhaps, six figures at auction．
Just like that, Bemice is the least likely character ever for a rare-baseball card story．"I didn't even know baseball existed that far back," Gallego says, "I don't think that I've ever been to a baseball game．" The theory is that the card came out of a storage space they bought a few years back．It is not uncommon in their line of work to buy the entire contents of storage units for around $200．
When she met with card trader Rick Mirigian, she found out what the card was—an 1869 advertisement with a picture of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings．
"When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich bag and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost fainted," Mirigian says．"They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine．That card is history．It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso．"
68．What can we conclude from Paragraph 3?
A．Bernice had to pay some fees for her card on eBay．
B．Bernice wanted to end the auction that night．
C．Bernice decided to sell the card for $15．
D．eBay charged her 20 cents for the card．
69．The underlined word "fetch" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "____"．
A．go and bring  B．add up to       C．go down to    D．be sold for
70．From the passage, we may learn that ____．
A．Bernice is a baseball fan
B．Bernice is the last person to purchase the rare-baseball card
C．Bernice unexpectedly became the owner of the rare-baseball card
D．Bernice didn't realize the value of the card until she put it up for auction
71．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．A Surprisingly Valuable Discovery      B．Bemice Gallego—A Lucky Collector
C．Sports Card Collectors               D．The History of the Baseball Card

Mrs. White was a wealthy lady. She lived 　36　 in a large comfortable house where her children and grandchildren came to visit her frequently. However, she was　37　. She spent a lot of time thinking about her  38  and about her dead husband. Her children   39 about her and asked Dr. Green to see her.
Mrs. Green was an experienced doctor. She knew old people became upset in their ways and didn’t like to   40  what to do. She decided to get to know Mrs. White before she said anything. During the visit, Dr. Green asked Mrs White to give her a   41  of the house. Mrs. White was  42   her house and happily agreed. As they walked from room to room, Dr. Green   43  that there were a lot of violets (紫罗兰) in every window. She asked, “__44 _ do you have so many violets?” Mrs White replied, “ I love these   45  and they  46  so fast that I have more and more. When the tour of the house was over, Dr. Green said, “I have one suggestion to make. Whenever you   47 a friend or a neighbor that is   48 in bed or getting married, give 49  one of your violets.”
Mrs White said   50   about the doctor’s advice and for a few months    51 her visit, she didn’t give away any of her violets. Then one day she was invited to the   52  of her neighbor's daughter. She put a ribbon(丝带) on one of her potted plants and took it to the party. Later one of her friends was sick so she took a violet plant and took it to the hospital.  53    she began to give more and more of her potted violets to her neighbors. Over the years she  54 so many that she became known as the “  55  lady”.