day when he let a bicycle ran right into him. He never watches

A.like

B.though

C.as

D.when

A、not telling

B、to tell

C、not to tell

D、telling

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

Henry's job was to examine cars which crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every morning，except at weekends，he (11) see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier， (12) a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle arrived the frontier，Henry used to stop the man and order him to take the straw off. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see (13) he could find anything，after which he would look in all the man's pockets before he let him tie the straw up again. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always (14) to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw，he never found (15) ，even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was smuggling something，but he was not (16) 鱼to imagine what it could be.

Then one evening，after he had looked through the straw and emptied the factory worker's pockets (17) usual，he said to him，“Listen，I know that you are smuggling things (18) this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is that you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm an old man，and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to (19) . I promise that I shall not tell anyone if you tell me what you've been smuggling. ”The factory worker did not say anything for (20) . Then he smiled，turned to Henry and said quietly：“Bicycles. ”

A. should

B. might

C. would

D. must

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、hope

B、despair

C、despite

D、expectation

A.was

B.is

C.will

D.would

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

James’s New Bicycle

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__.

There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things.

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”

That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for.

The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

B

Mr Henry lived in a small village with high mountains all around it． All day he worked on his farm and never went to the city． Sometimes he went to the town which is not far away to buy something，but he always walked there and never took a bus or a train． His wife died after his only daughter was born* When the girl，Ann，grew up，she left her father and went to col-lege． Four years later Ann passed all her examinations and found work in a hospital in the cap-ital． As she was busy，she had no time to go back to see her father． But she missed her father very much， So she wrote to his father and asked him to come to the capital．

When Mr Henry heard from his daughter，he was quite happy and was soon ready to set off． The next day，as soon as he got to the station，he rang Ann up and told her the train he would take． At eight in the morning the train arrived at the Capital Station． Mr Henry had spent about sixteen hours on the train． As soon as he got off，he saw his daughter standing．there to meet him． Ann ran up to him and found that her father looked pale．

"What，s the matter with you，Dad?"Ann asked in surprise． "Do you feel unwell? "Nothing，"answered Mr Henry． "I，m just not used to sitting backwards(背朝前) in the train． ""Oh，dear，"laughed the girl． "Why didn’t you exchange seats with the man opposite to you?""How can I do that?"answered Mr Henry． "No man sat opposite to me！

( )26． Mr Henry was _________．

A． a worker

B． a driver

C． a farmer

D． a teacher

A、This being his first visit

B、Never having visited

C、This being his first time to visit

D、Having never been before

When was duet most probably found to be the very hero? ( )

A. the day when he was leaving for home.

B. a couple of days after the girl was rescued

C. the first day when he was in New York

D. the same day when he was interviewed.

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

B

Leo is sixty-six． But he looks young． He has two children-one is a son and the other is a daughter． He has lo tennis rackets，8 baseballs，6 basketballs， 12 soccer balls and 8 volleyballs． But he never plays sports． He only likes collecting sports things． His son Neal， likes soccer． He is a member of the city soccer and he plays soc-cer every day with his friends． And his daughter， Nancy， likes volleyball． But she doesn’t play it．She watches it on TV!

根据短文内容回答下列各题。

26． How many daughters does Leo have?

_____________

______ his talk when Mary ran out of the lecture hall.

A. Hardly had he begun

B. Hardly he had begun

C. Hardly he has begun

D. He hardly had begun

One day a woman got into her car and started driving home after work.Suddenly, she saw a yellow car behind her.The driver was a man.When she turned left, the yellow car turned left.When she turned right, the yellow car turned right, (1) When she stopped at the traffic lights, the yellow car stopped(2)her.The woman was afraid,so she drove quickly to the police station.She was very surprised when she found the car stopped behind her.At that time, a young man was standing outside the police station.The woman was very happy to see him.She knew that he was a policeman because he was (3)a police uniform. She jumped out of her car and ran to the policeman.She asked him to arrest the man in the yellow car, so the policeman walked to the man

The man didn' t try to run(4)when he saw the policeman He just smiled and said to the woman."I want to give this purse ack to you, madam.I think you (5) it on the street.”(完型填空)

A.Wearing

B.Behind

C.Too

D.Dropped

E.Away

He swears to his mother that he will never let her ______.

A、on

B、down

C、alone

D、out

________ to speak when the audience interrupted him.

[A] Hardly had he begun

[B] No sooner had he begun

[C] Not until he began

[D] Scarcely did he begin