It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon(馬車)and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he  2  that he was lost, but he  3 to drive, expecting to find his way or to  4 someone who could tell him how to get back to the  5 .

It was a long  6 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost   7 , he saw in a  8  a tall farmer ploughing the land. He stopped his  9 team of horses near the fence and called out, “Hello, farmer.”

“Hello, yourself,”  the farmer replied,  10 ploughing.

“Where does the horse   11 ? He asked without knowing his languages mistakes.

“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   12 stays right where it is,” said the farmer,   13     stopping his work.

“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man, speaking a little  14 .

“Don’t know. I never  15 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 16 . “What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I  17 saw.”

18  stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  19 at the city man. Then he said, “Maybe I don’t know much.   20  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”

1.                A．signs           B．orders          C．a(chǎn)ttention  D．direction

 

2.                A．realized        B．recognized      C．a(chǎn)ccepted D．received

 

3.                A．stopped        B．used           C．wanted   D．continued

 

4.                A．miss           B．meet           C．look D．lose

 

5.                A．town           B．country         C．capital    D．village

 

6.                A．lonely          B．busy           C．dirty D．crowded

 

7.                A．a(chǎn)t noon         B．a(chǎn)t night         C．raining   D．dark

 

8.                A．truck          B．pile            C．field D．store

 

9.                A．strong          B．tired           C．weak D．tiring

 

10.               A．but            B．went on        C．stopped   D．still

 

11.               A．go            B．lead up         C．get   D．show

 

12.               A．a(chǎn)lways         B．often          C．sometimes D．seldom

 

13.               A．began          B．still            C．without   D．a(chǎn)lready

 

14.               A．clearly         B．lower          C．more loudly    D．more politely

 

15.               A．judged         B．measured       C．saw  D．studied

 

16.               A．sad            B．lovely          C．friendly   D．a(chǎn)ngry

 

17.               A．ever           B．often          C．even D．never

 

18.               A．Still            B．Not            C．With  D．Finally

 

19.               A．gladly          B．immediately     C．in silence  D．excitedly

 

20.               A．Really          B．Perhaps        C．Certainly  D．Fortunately

 

 

I have a special rule for travel: never carry a map. Sometimes I get lost, but I usually have a good time. I can practice a new language, meet new people, and learn new customs. And I find out about different “styles” of directions every time I ask, “ How can I get to the post office?”

    In Japan, most streets don’t have names; people use landmarks in their  directions. For example, the Japanese will say to the travelers “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

    In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not mountains, so the land is very flat (平的)，in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. For example, they will say: “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”

    People in Los Angeles, California, measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh”, they answer, “It’s about five minutes from here.” They don’t know how many miles away it is.

People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions because tourists seldom understand the Greek language. Instead, a Greek will often say, “Follow me.” Then he’ll lead you through the streets of the city to the post office.

66. The underlined word landmarks in the second paragraph means ____.

   A. easily recognizable (可辨認的) objects by which one can tell one’s position

   B. big markets where people can tell you how to get to the post office

   C. tall buildings in front of which is the post office

   D. bus stops which are near the post office you are looking for

67. From the passage we learn that in the American Midwest countryside, ____.

   A. there are no buildings                            B. there are no landmarks

   C. the fields are very flat                           D. there are some hills

68. Which of the following shows distance in time?

   A. The Japanese.                                  B. People in Los Angeles.

   C. People in Greece.                               D. People in the American Midwest.

69. Why don’t the Greeks try to give directions?

   A. Because they often say “Follow me.”

   B. Because they will lead you to the post office.

   C. Because they don’t understand any foreign language.

   D. Because tourists don’t understand their language.

70. The passage tells us that ____.

   A. there are different ways to get to the post office

   B. people everywhere can tell you how far the post office is

   C. in Greece there is much trouble in finding the post office

   D. there are different customs in different places

He ________ or never gives his child a present.

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Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (紗廠), but he was often  17  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  18  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  19 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  20  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 21 .

　　It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  22 in scrap metal(廢棄金屬). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  23  plenty of money.

　　Jack  24  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  25  the ￡100.

　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  26  his first million, and he wanted to  27  this achievement by doing something “ 28 ”. With all his money it was  29  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  30  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  31  Jack still can’t get used to  32  the good life. He can  33  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.

“I remember being very  34  as a child, but never  35  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

1.                A．job            B．work           C．company D．house

 

2.                A．a(chǎn)ble           B．glad            C．unable   D．eager

 

3.                A．offer           B．like            C．expect   D．a(chǎn)fford

 

4.                A．wrong          B．hungry         C．ill   D．bad

 

5.                A．seeing         B．wondering      C．doubting  D．preparing

 

6.                A．school          B．farm           C．business  D．store

 

7.                A．problem        B．purpose        C．future    D．principle

 

8.                A．spent          B．borrowed       C．wasted   D．earned

 

9.                A．enjoyed        B．preferred       C．promised D．hated

 

10.               A．developing      B．saving          C．repaying   D．paying

 

11.               A．given          B．made          C．taken D．lost

 

12.               A．remember      B．honor          C．celebrate  D．recognize

 

13.               A．common        B．simple         C．interesting     D．grand

 

14.               A．impossible      B．possible        C．obvious   D．basic

 

15.               A．ground         B．front           C．spot  D．heart

 

16.               A．so             B．a(chǎn)nd            C．or    D．but

 

17.               A．using          B．sparing         C．living D．keeping

 

18.               A．often          B．never          C．sometimes D．seldom

 

19.               A．rich           B．poor           C．healthy    D．well

 

20.               A．proud          B．satisfied        C．unhappy   D．happy

 

 

Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (溝渠)along the highway. I travel daily to work. There is one particular    26    flower that has    27   caught my eyes. I’ve noticed it blooms only in the morning hours; the    28    sun is too warm for it. Every day for about two weeks. I see those beautiful    29   .

This spring I    30   a wildflower garden in our yard. “I can look out of the   31   window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought those lovely blue flowers from the   32  would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Everyday I    33  past the flowers thinking, I’ll stop on my way home and    34   them.” “gee (哎呀), I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” whatever the reason, I    35  stopped to dig them.

One day on my way home from work in my car, I was    36    to see the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were    37  . I thought to myself, “You    38    too long. You should have done it when you first saw them  39   this spring. ”

A week ago, we were shocked and saddened to learn my older sister-in-law had a terminal brain tumor (腫塊). She is 10 years    40   than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance. We haven’t been as    41   as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the   42     between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s    43  and us. I do believe god has given us some time left to    44  some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I’ll    45   and transplant them to my wildflower garden.

1.                A．red            B．yellow          C．blue D．white

 

2.                A．sometimes      B．never          C．seldom   D．a(chǎn)lways

 

3.                A．morning        B．a(chǎn)fternoon       C．noon D．evening

 

4.                A．trees          B．flowers         C．woods    D．gardens

 

5.                A．started         B．cleared         C．built D．deserted

 

6.                A．bedroom       B．dinning-room    C．sitting-room   D．kitchen

 

7.                A．highway        B．garden         C．ditch D．park

 

8.                A．rode           B．walked         C．drove    D．ran

 

9.                A．pick           B．sell            C．water    D．dig

 

10.               A．a(chǎn)lways         B．often          C．never D．ever

 

11.               A．surprised       B．excited         C．delighted  D．saddened

 

12.               A．found          B．gone           C．discovered D．1eft

 

13.               A．waited         B．wanted         C．kept  D．protected

 

14.               A．growing        B．blooming       C．seeding   D．fading

 

15.               A．younger        B．older          C．earlier    D．former

 

16.               A．good          B．wealthy        C．close D．strong

 

17.               A．change         B．result          C．value D．connection

 

18.               A．sister          B．brother        C．mother    D．father

 

19.               A．slip            B．jog            C．refresh    D．collect

 

20.               A．buy           B．stop           C．mow  D．collect