“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped-the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance．

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms，he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boy…called me－a f—…freak．”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks．

He grew up，handsome for his misfortune．A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that．He developed a gift for literature and music．

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor．Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft on a pair of outer ears，if they could be donated，”the doctor decided．So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man．Two years went by．Then, “You’re going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need．But it’s a secret,” said the father．

    The operation was a brilliant success．His talents blossomed into genius．School and college became a series of successes．Later he married and entered the diplomatic service．“But I must know!” he urged his father．“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him．”

“I do not believe you could,” said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet．”The years kept the secret, but the day did come …one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son．w ww.ks 5u.co mHe stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材)．Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret．

56．When the mother unfolded the cloth and looked upon the tiny face we know that the mother________．

A．suddenly decided to make a sacrifice for the baby

B．kept the baby’s situation unknown to others

C．felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby

D．complained of her bad luck and regretted having a disabled child

57.Give the closest meaning to the underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2．

A．slow—acting person                            B．ugly—looking child

C．badly—behaved student                D．strangely—shaped creature

58．At last, we may infer from the passage that_________.

A．The agreement was between the donator and the family

B．Finally the boy came to know the donator was a stranger

C．The mother may never let her hair be cut to keep her ears from being seen

D．The mother donated her ears to her son after she died

59．What moral lesson can we draw from this reading?

A．Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known．

B．It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul．

C．True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance．

D．It is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful．

Once upon a time there was a storyteller. After becoming tired of telling the same old made-up stories, he left his house looking for a(n)  36   life story.

He arrived in a village. After  37    here and there in the village for a month looking for true stories, the storyteller still hadn’t found one.  38  , he decided to stop his   39   .

The next day, when he was   40   the village, he heard a woman shouting from behind a big wall. He tried to   41   the conversation; it sounded like the woman was abusing (辱罵) her daughter-in-law. The storyteller didn’t like what he heard, but he was   42   to get his story finally.

After listening to the conversations each day, he   43   them to his story. Though he couldn’t see the   44  of his story in person, he started    45   the mother-in-law, as she seemed to be a bad woman.

Now it was time to write the end of the story. But before he did, the storyteller wanted to see the two women, so he  46  the wall. He saw the mother-in-law sitting in a wheelchair. It seemed that she was handicapped (殘疾的).The old lady   47  to get some food lying on the table near her chair. But because of her  48   , she couldn’t reach it and the daughter-in-law,  49   in a nearby chair, looked like she was enjoying the old lady’s helplessness.   50   , the old lady fell from the chair and started abusing her daughter-in-law.

The storyteller went back and quickly   51  the end of the story and was   52   at how different it was compared to what he   53   thought it would be. Truly he found the story he wanted.

Never judge a situation   54   you know all the aspects well. Sometimes you can’t imagine your   55   from the reality.

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My __36__ began when I was just a kid．I __37__ becoming a doctor.

My mother was a domestic(傭人)．Through her work, she observed that __38__ people spent a lot more time reading than they __39__ watching television. She announced that my brother and I __40__ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and __41__ her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a __42__. My mother was illiterate(文盲). 

When I entered high school I was a(n) __43__, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to __44__ the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from __45__ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy __46__ food and pay the bills. With everything __47__, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very __48__ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was __49__ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to __50__ our heads and any kind of food on the table, __51__ buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required wise preparation. I went back to my __52__ and became an A-student again, and eventually I __53__ my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother's story—a woman with __54__ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job __55__ than parenting. This I believe.

36．A．belief                            B．work                      C．education                D．promise

37．A．majored in             B．got used to             C．dreamed of             D．got tired of 

38．A．lazy                       B．easy-going             C．successful               D．reliable

39．A．spent                     B．paid                       C．took                      D．did

40．A．could only             B．could not                      C．must not                D．should often

41．A．read to                  B．present to               C．teach                     D．explain to

42．A．joke                             B．means                    C．tool                       D．trick

43．A．A-student               B．B-student               C．C-student               D．D-student

44．A．get rid of                                                 B．hang out with                              C．break away from                                        D．keep in touch with

45．A．making                  B．stopping                 C．working                D．getting

46．A．your brother           B．yourself                 C．your sister              D．the family

47．A．left over                B．paid off                 C．used up                  D．carried out

48．A．a(chǎn)ngry                    B．pleased                  C．disappointed           D．bored

49．A．a(chǎn)nything               B．everything              C．something              D．nothing

50．A．put an idea into                                         B．gave an impression on  

       C．keep a roof over                                         D．have eyes in the back of       

51．A．let alone                B．let out                    C．let in                     D．leave alone

52．A．guys                     B．mother                  C．studies                   D．play 

53．A．made                     B．fulfilled                 C．changed                       D．tried

54．A．little                      B．much                     C．few                       D．high

55．A．more interesting      B．less important          C．more important       D．less interesting

There are a few memories from our childhood that will stay with us forever. A few that seemed so    36    at the time may cause us to smile years later.

     One such memory is a phone call I    37    when I was about three or four years old. My mother had entered a contest on a local    38    show. Entrants（參加者）were to tell an interesting story about their    39   . Winners would receive a phone call from Mrs. Santa Claus（女圣誕老人）! Mrs. Claus would award（獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)） the lucky child free    40    of a local store.

     Well, the call came. My mother talked to Mrs. Claus and then    41    the phone to me. I didn’t    42    the fact that many people were listening to our conversation. However, the fact that this lady had a    43    connection to Santa, that was important.

     I didn’t know it yet, but my mother had    44    the attention of the contest judges by telling about the time I had    45    a wall with crayons（蠟筆）. Even I knew that this was not the kind of    46    that Santa would approve.

     Suddenly, in a very pleasant tone（語(yǔ)氣）of    47   , Mrs. Santa Claus asked me about my art work. I    48    that this lady was the real Mrs. Claus, not a radio station actress standing in for her.

     I    49    down the phone and ran crying from the room. My crime（罪行）had not    50    unpunished. Santa would    51    know that I’d been bad!

     It turned out that I did get a    52    present from the radio station and its sponsor（贊助商）. And I guess Santa didn’t find out about the wall. Maybe he did and was in a    53    mood. In any case, my Christmas presents did not    54    a piece of coal（煤）.

     I wonder what Santa has in    55    for this year. Hopefully my wife hasn’t written Mrs. Claus any letters.

36. A. nice                    B. important                 C. impossible                D. terrible

37. A. received              B. made                       C. gave                        D. showed

38. A. TV                            B. literature                  C. radio                        D. gift

39. A. parents               B. child                       C. husbands                  D. teacher

40. A. gifts                   B. money                            C. books                       D. pens

41. A. offered               B. brought                    C. showed                    D. handed

42. A. doubt                 B. guess                       C. know                       D. believe

43. A. false                   B. direct                       C. weak                        D. wrong

44. A. put                            B. paid                         C. caught                      D. taken

45. A. decorated            B. made                       C. draw                        D. painted

46. A. idea                    B. action                      C. behaviour                 D. plan

47. A. sound                 B. noise                        C. laugh                       D. voice

48. A. wondered            B. believed                   C. reported                   D. supposed

49. A. put                            B. took                         C. knocked                   D. threw

50. A. met                    B. gone                        C. changed                   D. got

51. A. surely                 B. possibly                   C. impossibly                D. happily

52. A. nice                    B. bad                          C. terrible                     D. cheap

53. A. satisfying            B. surprising                 C. forgiving                  D. frightening

54. A. invent                 B. leave                        C. include                     D. exist

55. A. thought               B. mind                        C. fact                          D. public

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A   41   came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to   42   that shirt away, but gave it to her   43  .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I   44   the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her   45  , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s   46   was something greater.

    The next morning she   47   with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to   48   a university.[來(lái)源:高&考%資(源#網(wǎng)]

    After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are   49  , aren’t you? I think I have a   50   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of   51  .” Mom accepted the opportunity very   52  .

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   53  . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   54   in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you   55   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working   56   over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you   57   be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there.   58   her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the   59   comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle   60   situations and never give up.

41. A. noise                         B. voice                       C. sound                              D. tune

42. A. get                            B. take                    C. carry                               D. throw

43. A. otherwise                   B. anyhow                    C. instead                            D. actually

44. A. settled                B. pushed                     C. stored                      D. stuck

45. A. teacher             B. employer                  C. director                     D. adviser

46. A. purpose                     B. encouragement     C. achievement                     D. victory

47. A. went                          B. met                  C. worked                           D. stayed

48. A. visit                          B. continue                   C. attend                      D. prepare

49. A. serious                B. fortunate                  C. careful                      D. responsible

50. A. career                        B. duty                         C. position                           D. part

51. A. learning                     B. judging                   C. obeying                      D. imagining

52. A. patiently                    B. eagerly                     C. successfully                     D. skillfully

53. A. upset                         B. frightened                C. guilty                              D. ashamed

54. A. looked up                  B went up                     C. took up                         D. showed up

55. A. believe               B. protect                 C. treat                       D. receive

56. A. spirit                         B. intention                  C. action                      D. attempt

57. A. must                        B. would                      C. might                            D. should

58. A. At                           B. During                     C. On                                D. With

59. A. worthless        B. thoughtless     C. hopeless                        D. helpless

60. A. challenging         B. different                   C. dangerous                      D. strange

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A   41   came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to   42   that shirt away, but gave it to her   43  .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I   44   the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her   45  , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s   46   was something greater.

    The next morning she   47   with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to   48   a university.

    After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are   49  , aren’t you? I think I have a   50   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of   51  .” Mom accepted the opportunity very   52  .

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   53  . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   54   in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you   55   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working   56   over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you   57   be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there.   58   her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the   59   comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle   60   situations and never give up.

41. A. noise                         B. voice                       C. sound                              D. tune

42. A. get                            B. take                    C. carry                               D. throw

43. A. otherwise                   B. anyhow                    C. instead                            D. actually

44. A. settled                B. pushed                     C. stored                      D. stuck

45. A. teacher             B. employer                  C. director                     D. adviser

46. A. purpose                     B. encouragement     C. achievement                     D. victory

47. A. went                          B. met                  C. worked                           D. stayed

48. A. visit                          B. continue                   C. attend                      D. prepare

49. A. serious                B. fortunate                  C. careful                      D. responsible

50. A. career                        B. duty                         C. position                           D. part

51. A. learning                     B. judging                   C. obeying                      D. imagining

52. A. patiently                    B. eagerly                     C. successfully                     D. skillfully

53. A. upset                         B. frightened                C. guilty                              D. ashamed

54. A. looked up                  B went up                     C. took up                         D. showed up

55. A. believe               B. protect                 C. treat                       D. receive

56. A. spirit                         B. intention                  C. action                      D. attempt

57. A. must                        B. would                      C. might                            D. should

58. A. At                           B. During                     C. On                                D. With

59. A. worthless        B. thoughtless     C. hopeless                        D. helpless

60. A. challenging         B. different                   C. dangerous                      D. strange

Think you can’t be happy? You’ll think again after reading this story.

Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to   36   over them when someone was   37   —usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teeth were too big, too. The other kids teased her because of the way she   38   and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day. No matter what she did, she was teased for being “  39  .”

That’s   40   she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. “It was like a friend, and it   41   me that there are good things,   42   everything around me is unpleasant,” she says. She copied the list over and over,   43   new things every day.

One day, she decided to   44   her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But   45  , they made her feel stupid again. “They laughed at me,” she remembers, “I was ashamed, and I   46   doing it.” Here comes the  47  part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to   48   where she left off. “It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life,” she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they’d be interested in printing her list as a book.

She kept writing to one company   49  , because she liked the types of books it printed. “He kept saying, ‘It’s just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?’” “You’re not   50   to do anything with it. It’s   51   supposed to remind people of something they did that was really  52  .”

Finally, the publisher   53   to turn Kipfer’s list into a book, which sold more than million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even   54   it to be New York Times Best Sellers list.   55   being a best-selling author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.

36. A. jump                         B. fall                          C. turn                         D. push

37. A. nearby                       B. around                            C. watching                  D. laughing

38. A. dressed                      B. lived                        C. thought                    D. looked

39. A. foolish                       B. special                            C. different                   D. shy

40. A. what                          B. when                       C. because                    D. where

41. A. reminded                   B. told                         C. persuaded                 D. helped

42. A. because                      B. but                          C. unless                      D. even though

43. A. adding                       B. finding                     C. making                    D. giving

44. A. talk                           B. discuss                     C. share                        D. write

45. A. then                          B. naturally                  C. further                            D. instead

46. A. continued                   B. stopped                    C. enjoyed                    D. hated

47. A. cool                          B. important                 C. exciting                    D. funny

48. A. find out                            B. pick up                    C. think of                    D. give up

49. A. in general                  B. at first                      C. in particular              D. at last

50. A. made                         B. going                       C. advised                    D. supposed

51. A. often                         B. just                          C. also                         D. always

52. A. excellent                    B. successful                 C. fun                          D. true

53. A. hoped                        B. agreed                      C. refused                     D. considered

54. A. made                         B. expected                   C. hoped                      D. helped

55. A. Without                            B. Instead of                 C. While                      D. Besides

Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines(草藥) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger  36  in the forest and no one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy’s father became  37  ， and thew*w^w.k&s#5@u.c~o*m family couldn’t afford the  38  that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food in the forest.

   It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and  39  happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow 40   him. He rolled over and looked  41  in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my  42  . Say good-bye to this world.”  43  his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a(n)  44  into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed.Then he said, “45  you can kill and eat me, but I  46  you to know that these mushrooms are  47  poisonous(有毒的). You can eat me,  48  you will die too. My family will  49 me and find you. They will  50 your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine  51 will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good  52  in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral（葬禮） and long53  .

    The tiger hesistated. He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and  54  his appetite(胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick  55 .

36.   A． broke out           B. woke up        C. showed up        D. set out

37．A． hungry          B. ill           C. angry        D.mad

38．A． love               B. medicine      C.care          D.doctors

39．A． anything          B. everything    C. nothing      D.something

40．A． covered           B.followed         C. caught    D. pushed

41．A． down            B. out             C. around       D. up

42．A． energy          B. power          C. enemy    D. supper

43．A． Looking after   B. Thinking of    C.Bringing back     D. Believing in

44．A． stone         B.leaf             C. mushroom        D. apple

45．A． Of course       B.No way          C. In the beginning         D. In any case

46．A．choose             B. wish           C. persuade    D. order

47．A． expensive          B. delicious      C. deadly       D. magic

48．A． as              B. so            C. but           D. because

49．A．look for            B. call for        C. take care of   D. get rid of

50．A．feed               B. open           C. sell             D. kick

51．A．head             B.tail             C. paws           D.skin

52．A． price              B. seller           C. reward         D. doctor

53．A． understood       B.encouraged     C.needed         D.remembered

54．A． lost            B. increased        C. regained      D. forgot

55．A． skill           B. warning        C. thinking      D.word

My neighbor Jennifer is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other  36  , including her "sixth sense", that she hardly gives the impression that she has   37  anything. Jennifer looks after her children much like the rest of us,  38  that she doesn’t push too hard on them,  39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that   40  often don't realize she's blind.

I  41  this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42  about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43  excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to   44  colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Jennifer  45   with us”. To my great  46  , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Jennifer told me my   47  showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment（成就感）. She really _48   what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt   49  Jennifer showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn't know that Jennifer was blind. It had just never  50  in conversation. When I told my daughter that Jennifer was blind, she was  51  for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. “But Mommy, Jennifer knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla  52  . And I knew my child was  53   because Jennifer had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Jennifer had also heard Kayla's  54  in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Jennifer really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55  .”

Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

36．A．senses                     B．means                     C．methods                  D．ways

37．A．enjoyed                  B．found                     C．missed                   D．got

38．A．instead                   B．except                    C．since                      D．but

39．A．which                     B．it                           C．she                         D．who 

40．A．children                  B．family                    C．guests                     D．friends

41．A．witnessed               B．heard                      C．recognized              D．realized

42．A．sad                        B．satisfied                  C．excited                   D．sorry

43．A．not at all              B．not so                     C．a(chǎn) little                    D．especially

44．A．mix                        B．draw                      C．write                   D．paint

45．A．stayed                    B．painted                  C．talked                     D．studied

46．A．surprise               B．encouragement        C．delight                    D．excitement

47．A．a(chǎn)ttitude                   B．picture                    C．homework              D．paper

48．A．understood              B．found                  C．saw                       D．touched   

49．A．a(chǎn)fter                       B．unless                     C．until                      D．when

50．A．talked about            B．turned out               C．referred to              D．come up

51．A．curious                   B．quiet                      C．puzzled                   D．worried

52．A．cried                      B．insisted                  C．required               D．informed

53．A．uncertain                B．wrong                    C．worried                  D．right

54．A．shortcomings          B．difficulties                     C．pride                     D．description

55．A．eyes                    B．pens                       C．hands                     D．paper      

A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager     36    him , then watched him cleaning the floor as a     37   .

"You are    38  ." he said. Give me your e-mail address   39    I'll send you the application to   40    , as well as the date when you may start.

The man replied, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail".

"I'm sorry"', said the HR manager."    41   you don't have an email, that    42   you do not exist. And anyone who doesn't exist cannot have the job."

The man left the office,    43  . He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10kg tomato crate（柳條箱）. He then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round. In less than two hours, he     44    doubling his capital. He   45    the operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can   46    in this way, and started to go earlier every day, and return late.    47  , his money doubled or tripled（增至三倍） every day.    48   , he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet （車隊(duì)）of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the     49   food retailers（零售商） in the US.

He started to plan his family's   50   , and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker（經(jīng)紀(jì)人）, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was    51  , the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail." The broker said    52  , "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Can you    53   what you    54    have been if you had an e-mail?!!"

The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be a(n)   55   at Microsoft!"

36.A. introduced           B. interviewed              C. examined              D. invited

37.A. game                   B. test                C. favour                D. reward

38.A. employed            B. received               C. fired                        D. checked

39.A. or                             B. so                   C. and                     D. but

40.A. put up                B. make up              C. take in                      D. fill in

41.A. If                  B. Although              C. Though                 D. Even though

42.A. means              B. suggests               C. reminds                 D. explains

43.A. excited            B. frustrated           C. amazed                D. satisfied

44.A. tried                         B. attempted             C. succeeded              D. failed

45.A. realized           B. contacted            C. reviewed              D. repeated

46.A. contribute          B. donate                C. survive                D. react

47.A. Instead            B. Otherwise              C. Thus                    D. But

48.A. Shortly                B. Regularly               C. Occasionally           D. Naturally

49.A. fastest          B. biggest             C. oldest                 D. highest

50.A. health                      B. fortune               C. success                D. future

51.A. interrupted       B. recovered            C. continued                       D. concluded

52.A. curiously            B. happily               C. nervously                D. patiently

53.A. believe              B. imagine              C. predict                         D. indicate

54.A. could            B. should                C. must                   D. need

55.A. manager            B. boss                  C. office boy                       D. political leader