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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With the first performance only a week   36  , I was still learning my lines. I was having  37  dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about  38   up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.

As I walked down    39    streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep    40    and to keep away from any possible    41    . Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.

     About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I     42    quickly, half   43    to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me    44    , so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize    45    the noise had been. It had been my    46   falling to the sidewalk.

     Suddenly I wasn't cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to    47    I'd heard the noise. Although I    48    the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was    49   to be found.

     I was about to give up the search when I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the    50    , "Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was  51  . How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eye. "Is this what you're looking for?" he asked,    52    up a small square shape.

      It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn't get much    53    that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I also had gotten back some    54    of city life. I realized that the city couldn't be a bad place as long as people were    55     to help each other.

36．A. ago                 B. before                        C. away                         D. off

37．A. fun                  B. trouble                        C. interest                       D. boredom

38．A. giving                B. keeping                        C. going                          D. clearing

39．A. narrow               B. dirty                          C. empty                        D. dark

40．A. warm                B. hot                                   C. cold                          D. cool

41．A. pickpockets    B. murderers                C. policemen                    D. robbers

42．A. ran                  B. turned                        C. walked                        D. looked

43．A. meaning             B. wanting                      C. expecting                      D. hoping

44．A. sad                  B. nervous                       C. cold                           D. happy

45．A. what                B. how                           C. why                           D. which

46．A. wallet               B. watch                         C. hat                                   D. key

47．A. when               B. where                        C. at which                       D. which

48．A. looked for            B. found                          C. searched                      D. headed

49．A. somewhere         B. nowhere                  C. anywhere               D. everywhere

50．A. outside              B. inside                         C. behind                         D. above

51．A. drinking               B. dreaming                      C. sleeping                       D. walking

52．A. bringing              B. taking                         C. holding                        D. keeping

53．A. money              B. sleep                         C. happiness                     D. practice

54．A. enjoyment           B. sadness                    C. puzzle                 D. disappointment

55．A. pleased              B. anxious                       C. willing                          D. content

 

One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes．Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain．Later, when the potatoes were harvested, Everyone looked out for the ring but it remained lost．Another year came round and all the farmers working in the field kept their eyes open．The following year was the same．And year after year, whoever had business in the field aways had Nancy’s ring in his mind.

Then the farm changed hands but it went no farther than to cousins．So the memory of the lost ring remained alive until thirty-eight years had passed．Then came a spring day when a man was ploughing the field behind a pair of horses．Even after thirty-eight years he still looked out for the ring, and knew just which part of the field Nancy had lost it in．At this time, when he came there, he found it .He picked it up, put it carefully into his pocket, left his horse, and ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.

1.How did Nancy come to lose her ring?

A．She lost it while helping to harvest tomatoes in the field

B．She lost it while watering the plants in the field.

C．She lost it while working in the field.

D．She lost it while helping to plant potatoes in the field.

2.What was done so that the lost ring could be found?

A．Friends were asked to join in the search.

B．The field was searched for a long time.

C．Dogs were called to look for it.

D．Both A and B

3.Why did people keep looking for the ring even after the farm changed hands?

A．It was a very expensive ring                 B．They all wanted to solve the mystery.

C．They all loved Nancy.                          D．Everybody wanted to have this ring.

4.What did the ploughman do after finding the ring?

A．He picked it up and put it in his pocket.

B．He ran back to tell everybody in the village.

C．He placed it in a secret spot.

D．He returned it to the owner.

5.What can you infer from the story?

A．The ring was invaluable.

B．People on the farm were honest and helpful.

C．The ring’s mysterious disappearance was the work of supernatural power.

D．Nancy no longer expected that her ring would be found again.

 

"How come the boys always get to go somewhere but we have to stay here?" Toby, my cousin, complained．Soon we had an idea of finding a hidden treasure, but we had to find out how to make this happen．We went upstairs to my parents' bedroom which was always tidy and smelled like my mother's perfume．Opening the silver lid of the glass jar, we looked nervously inside and removed my mother's pretty pearl ring and diamond ring．Mom only wore them when she got dressed up to go somewhere, so Toby believed she wouldn't miss them．We wrapped them up tightly in toilet paper and quickly ran out into the big field where we often pretended to ride wild horses．

We brought along a big kitchen spoon to dig a hole and buried the rings．"Don't tell anyone．" Toby made me promise．For some unknown reason we forgot to go back later．

It was almost a week before my mother realized her rings were missing and she was driven mad．The look on my face must have been a dead give-away and it wasn't long before I told the whole story about my adventure with Toby．Only then did I realize the seriousness of my crime．

"Show me where," my mother demanded．So off we went for the rings．But I couldn't remember exactly where! We dug in several places without success．Eventually we gave up, and amazingly my mother didn't shout at me．

One day about six years later, a farmer found a pearl ring in the soil and he kindly handed it over to my mother, who was overjoyed．This discovery started an exciting new search．But the other was never discovered．

Many years later, I noticed my sister wearing the pearl ring．When I asked my mother how, she answered, "Well, I always planned to give my good rings to my daughters someday and you were supposed to get the diamond one!"

1．The author and Toby decided to find a hidden treasure, because _______．

       A．they wanted to do something exciting

       B．they were told the author’s mom had hidden some

       C．they had found somewhere suitable for hiding treasure

       D．Toby was wise enough to know where to find a hidden treasure

2．Probably, the author's mother _______．

       A．was not strict with her children

       B．had quite a lot of jewelry

       C．was not very wealthy

       D．had a pair of valuable jars

3．The best title for the passage could be _______．

       A．Just Punishment                              B．Hidden Memory

       C．Happy Childhood                           D．Serious Crime

Flying over a desert in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes．After an hour's flight, one of the scientists wrote in his notebook, "Look here for probable metal." Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, "This ground should be searched for metals." From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word "Uranium".

None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic powers for looking down below the earth's surface．They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground -- using trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie under the ground on which the trees and plants are growing.

This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow on the surface.

At Watson Bar Creek, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds．Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees．Roots were dug and put into boxes．Each bag and box was carefully marked．In a scientific laboratory the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested．Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.

Study of the roots, branches and seeds showed no silver．But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds．The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunk had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.

If the trees indicated that there was no gold in the ground, the scientists wouldn't spare money to pay for digging into the ground.

1.Scientists were flying over a desert or a hilly wasteland or a mountain region to _____.

A．train their eyes	B．study the trees
C．look for gold	D．search for minerals

2.The study of trees, branches and roots indicated that ______.

A．there were larger amounts of gold in the branches far from the tree trunk than in the seeds

B．there were smaller amounts of gold in the tree roots deep in the ground than in the branches

C．there were larger amounts of gold in the seeds growing closer to the tree trunk than in the seeds farther from it

D．there were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the leaves on the ends of the branches

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of a tree that can help the searchers?

A．leaves

B．roots

C．branches

D．seeds

4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?

A．Scientists searching for treasure with special equipment.

B．New methods of doing geological study.

C．Gold could be found in trees and plants.

D．A new method of searching for minerals.