The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA.
“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please ____21____ there at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly ____22_____.” said an anxious voice of a young woman. “ And you know I am the ….”
“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ____23____ though the line was cut off. Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off. Before long they got to the crossing, but they ___24____everything was fine. No accident, no wounded man.
“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman ____25____. “ We must find out that bad___26_____ and …..”They were just talking about the _____27___when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came ___28_____towards them, too. When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly ____29___ to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen __30_______, the train hit the truck heavily and ___31____it dozens of meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ___32_____ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone. As he was taken to the ___33______ in time, his life was saved
Later the police did whatever they could to _____34___the woman who had telephoned them. It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand ____35_____ of this crime as described above.

Today, I’m going to share a story with you. A king had a wise advisor 1.______ best advice for the king was, “Everything happens for the good”.One day the King went hunting and injured 2._______ by shooting an arrow at his own foot. He asked the advisor what he thought about the accident. The advisor replied, “Everything happens for the good”. This time the King was really angry and ordered 3. _________(put) his advisor into prison.

The King later went on a hunting trip 4._________ the advisor this time. The King was then captured by some cannibals（食人者）. He was taken to the cannibals' camp 5._________ he was to be the evening meal for the cannibals. Before putting him into the cooking pot he 6._________(inspect) thoroughly. The cannibals saw 7.________ wound on the King’s foot and decided to throw him back into the jungle. According to the cannibals' tradition, they would not eat anything that was 8.________ (perfect). The King suddenly realized 9.________ his advisor said was true. The advisor also escaped death because if he 10.__________(not be) in prison, he would have followed the King on the hunting trip, and would have ended up in the cooking pot.

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he  41   his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always _42__ his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,  43    to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the   44  made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the  45 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be  taken down for   46 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying  47  for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a  48  fake（假货）. When he was  49  of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 50  cost nearly 100,000, into pieces  51  hearing Glen’s words. Glen was  52 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 53  . For many times of entry-exit  54  he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and  55  him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if  56  reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be  57  according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

     After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep  58  on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of  59  , which he would remember as the  60  of his success forever.

1. A. set up         B. took up       C. went up       D. picked up

2. A. honors         B. mentions          C. brings            D. owes

3.A. decided         B. refused       C. objected          D. asked

4. A. books              B. things        C. savings           D. pounds

5.A. ordinary       B. routine       C. regular      D. common

6.A. look            B. inspection     C. test            D. experiment

7.A. one             B. it            C. them              D. these

8.A priceless        B. useful        C. worthless         D. valuable

9. A. afraid             B. proud             C. ashamed       D. hard

10.A. that           B. what          C. as            D.  which

11. A. on           B. at            C. who          D. in

12. A disappointed       B. delighted         C. amazed        D. satisfied

13.A. strictly         B. quietly         C. quickly        D. curiously

14.A. conditions      B. experiences     C. experiments     D. chances

15. A. stopped        B. hoped         C. warned         D. urged

16.A. came out       B. found out      C. sent out         D. set out

17.A. hit           B. blamed        C. praised         D. charged

18.A. expression     B. idea           C. thought         D. impression

19.A. honesty       B. lies            C. goods          D. bravery

20.A. secret         B. lesson         C. choice          D. belief

Mr．Glen is a millionaire．Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he   36  up his small company．Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his   37  expensive “school” fees．He always   38 a Ph．Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting an undertaking．Before   39 , he bought a Rolex watch with the   40  made through years of work after school and the scholarships．At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check．The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be   41  down for inspection．Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax．And he worried about paying   42  for his watch．So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless   43 ．When he was   44  of his ‘smarts’, immediately,   45  the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which   46  nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen’s words．Glen was amazed．  47  he understood why, he was taken to the office to be   48 strictly．For many times of entry-exit   49  he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment．The officers   50  every thing carefully in the box, and warned him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if   51  reusing and carrying fake and shoddy（伪劣）goods, he would be   52  according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too．He said that this made a deep   53  on him, because an additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of   54 , which he would   55  as the secret of his success forever.

Today, I’m going to share a story with you. A king had a wise advisor 【小题1】______ best advice for the king was, “Everything happens for the good”.One day the King went hunting and injured 【小题2】_______ by shooting an arrow at his own foot. He asked the advisor what he thought about the accident. The advisor replied, “Everything happens for the good”. This time the King was really angry and ordered 【小题3】 _________(put) his advisor into prison.
The King later went on a hunting trip 【小题4】_________ the advisor this time. The King was then captured by some cannibals（食人者）. He was taken to the cannibals' camp 【小题5】_________ he was to be the evening meal for the cannibals. Before putting him into the cooking pot he 【小题6】_________(inspect) thoroughly. The cannibals saw 【小题7】________ wound on the King’s foot and decided to throw him back into the jungle. According to the cannibals' tradition, they would not eat anything that was 【小题8】________ (perfect). The King suddenly realized 【小题9】________ his advisor said was true. The advisor also escaped death because if he 【小题10】__________(not be) in prison, he would have followed the King on the hunting trip, and would have ended up in the cooking pot.