单选题A He has spoken to him on the phone.B He stayed in his apartment one summer,C He went on a summer trip with him.D He used to work with him.

A、doing

B、did

C、to do

D、do

Frank knew he was very ill. He spent days walking, ( 1 ) as far as thirty miles ( 2 ) a day, trying to reason with the pain, and strange thoughts in his mind. Then, one night, he made up his ( 3 ) that he would go to the hospital and ask them to admit him. He reported to out-patients and asked to see a psychiatrist.A junior doctor eventually examined him and ( 4 ) to Frank's confused account of having been in hospital before, of how he thought he ought to ( 5 ) again because he was so confused and knew something was very wrong with him. The doctor did not admit him. Frank cannot ( 6 ) whether he was told that the hospital was full or that they simply did not believe him. "I felt I was completely alone. I thought there was ( 7 ) there to help." So Frank went back on to the streets to find a future of sleeping outside, the occasional shelter in hospitals, and sometimes prison ( 8 ) he was picked up for being drunk: drunk because it was the ( 9 ) way he could forget his condition. Frank had sought help and been turned away. Thousands of others ( 10 ) him can find no help either. They are the sufferers from long-term mental illness that confuse the minds of their victims.

(1).A、sometimes

B、sometime

C、some time

D、time

(2).A、for

B、at

C、on

D、in

(3).A、head

B、brain

C、mind

D、heart

(4).A、listened

B、heard

C、talked

D、took

(5).A、be admitted

B、admit

C、be admitting

D、have been admitted

(6).A、remind

B、remember

C、recall

D、forget

(7).A、somebody

B、anybody

C、nobody

D、everybody

(8).A、whenever

B、where

C、that

D、why

(9).A、only

B、one

C、bad

D、first

(10).A、as

B、some

C、alike

D、like

A

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.

One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.

On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped（困住了）! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.

Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

Now Mr. Coates says, “I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them.”

36. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.

A. it was broken B. it was a weekend

C. it was a holiday D. it stopped on a wrong floor

About 150 years ago，a musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. He was playing his new symphony. He couldn‘t (11) that the audience were clapping wildly. He was deaf. He was Beethoven，one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.

Beethoven wrote about 300 (12) of music. He wrote some of his most beautiful pieces after he became deaf. It is hard for anyone to be deaf. But it is even worse for a musician than for (13) else. Think of not being able to hear the music you have written!

As a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father drank (14) .When the boy was only four，his father decided to make a musician (15) him. Hour after hour he had to practice (16) the violin. He learned so fast that he was able to make a concert tour when he was eleven. When he was seventeen，the great Mozart praised him. After he studied with Haydn. Beethoven was writing a great deal of music (17) .

Beethoven had an ugly face and a bad temper. He was often invited (18) the homes of wealthy people. They forgave him when his temper flared up. Illness made him become deaf when he was (19) thirty-one.

Beethoven wrote long pieces and short ones，gentle ones and (20) ones.

A. hear

B. listen

C. listen to

D. hear of

A small boy was walking (51) a street in London． His name was Tom．It was a cold winter day in 1900．(52) he could not have breakfast or lunch． He didn't have any money． His father died(死了)when he was very young． His mother was often ill，so she couldn’t (53) Tom and his brother，Mike． Both of them had to work to help their mother． He was small but his dream(梦想)was very (54) ． His wish was to be a famous actor． He worked very hard to sing and dance (55 ) ．

One day，a man came to him and asked，" (56) in my film?""Certainly，"he answered．

And he did his (57)in it． Many people said，"We have never seen such an (58)． film．"Thirty years (59 ) ，this boy was among (60) famous people in the world． He made many interesting films，and lots of people admired him．

( )51．

A．along

B．for

C．with

D．to

My grandfather was a completely different person before he had a stroke. He worked as a chief accountant, and he worked really long hours. People used to say that he was a workaholic. When he came home, he was always tired and this used to make him irritable. He didn't use to be sociable at all. He used to spend a lot of time alone working in the garden. I used to be frightened of him as a child. He used to shout at us all the time. Then, suddenly he became ill, and then the doctors told him he had to give up work. He changed almost overnight. His attitude to lots of things changed. He relaxed and spent time with his grandchildren. When he died, I think he was a really happy, relaxed man.

(1). My grandfather used to ().

A、drink a lot

B、work very hard

C、be the manager

(2). He was () when he came home.

A、 very pleasant

B、excited

C、easy to get angry

(3). When I was a child, I ().

A、 liked him very much

B、I hated him

C、was afraid of him

(4). Doctors asked him to ()after he had a stroke.

A、 stop working

B、change his attitude

C、work less

(5). When he died, he ().

A、 was feeling worried

B、was irritable

C、was a happy man

B

Jim was a waiter． He liked to grow flowers in his garden when he was free． One Sunday morning after breakfast he put on his old clothes and began digging(挖) in his garden at 8． He dug and dug． Half an hour later he suddenly found a coin near his foot． He was very glad． He put it in his right pocket． A few minutes later，he found anotherone． He picked it up and p．．．hit in the same pocket．The same thing happened for the third，the fourth and the fifth time…: He was very happy and told his wife about it． She was very happy，too． She said，"A thief took away a lot of coins from a shop a few days ago． The police caught him but they didn't find any coins． Then Jim went on digging some coins，but just when he began to dig，he felt something cold in his trousers．．． It ran down one of his legs． He put his hand down quickly and the coin came into his hand． Now he knew there was a hole in his right pocket．

( )26． There were some _________ in Jim's garden．

A．flowers

B．coins

C．people

D．trees

At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future called to him excitedly. Get out of the classroom into a job, it said, and Ron obeyed. His father, supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket.

You’re lucky, Ron, he said. For every boy with a job these days, there's a dozen without. So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.

For a year he spent his days filing shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he was looking back on his school-days as a time of great variety(多样性) and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success.

One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lorry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart ad a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a caf é run by an elderly man and his wife.

Before he had finished the sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the restof the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. The ease and speed of it rather took Ron’s breath away. At quite times Ron had to check the old man’s arithmetic in the records of the business.

At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of 17 to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for 3 weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books.

(1)Ron Jackie left school at sixteen because _______.

A、his father made him leave

B、he didn't want to stay in school

C、he was worried about the future

D、he could earn a lot of money in the supermarket

(2)What did Ron’s father think about his leaving school?

A、He thought his son was doing the right thing.

B、He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.

C、He was against it.

D、He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one.

(3)After a year, Ron to realize that ________.

A、he was interested in the job

B、his work at the supermarket was dull

C、being at work was much better than going to school

D、the store manager wanted to get rid of him

(4)Ron left the supermarket because ______.

A、he knew he would find work in Bournemouth

B、he took a job as lorry driver

C、he gave up the job because he felt unwell

D、he wanted to work at the seaside

(5)Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because ________.

A、he got on well with the manager there

B、he knew how to keep the accounts of the business

C、he had had experience of selling books

D、he was young and strong

B

Open Letter to an Editor

I had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently---one who works for you. In fact, he's one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.

Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume (简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues (问题), approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I'm sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you've given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.

So why is he looking for a way out?

He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.

The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.

He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he's doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That's what you want for him, too, isn't it?

So your reporter has set me thinking.

Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists---everyone--is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can't do it, they'll find someone who can.

60. What does the writer think of the reporter?

A. Optimistic.

B. Imaginative.

C. Ambitious.

D. Proud.

Not until he left his home ________ to know how important the family was for him.

A.did he begia

B.ead he beans

C.he began

D.he has began