A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had 　1　

a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well 2 it, he told him that was all he wanted.　

On the morning of his graduation day, his father called him into his own study and told him how 3 he was to have such a fine son, and told him how loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 4 but slightly disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely book, 5 , he raised his voice at his father and said, “ 6 all your money you give me a book?” and rushed out of the house, _7 the book in the study.

He did not contact his father for a whole year 8 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He 9 he had to go back home and see his father.　

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 10 the hospital, he saw on the desk the 11 new book, just as he had left it one year ago. He opened it and began to 12 the pages. Suddenly, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the book, it had a tag（標(biāo)簽）with the dealer’s name, the _13 dealer who had the sports car he had 14 . On the tag was the 15 of his graduation, and the words …“PAID IN FULL”.

1.　 A. expected　　　 B. enjoyed　　　 C. admired　　　 D. owned

2.　 A. afford　　　　 B. offer　　　　 C. keep　　　　 D. like

3.　 A. encouraged　　 B. comfortable　 C. proud　　　　 D. moved

4.　 A. Nervous　　　 B. Serious　　　 C. Careful　　　 D. Curious

5.　 A. Angrily　　　 B. Eagerly　　　 C. Calmly　　　 D. Anxiously

6.　 A. At　　　　　　 B. From　　　　 C. With　　　　 D. To

7.　 A. tearing 　　　 B. putting　　　 C. forgetting　 D. leaving

8.　 A. until　　　　 B. as　　　　　 C. before　　　 D. unless

9.　 A. learned　　　 B. realized　　 C. recognized　 D. admitted

10. A. get to　　　　 B. search for　 C. turn to　　　 D. leave for

11. A. much　　　　　 B. still　　　　 C. hardly　　　 D. quite

12. A. clean　　　　 B. read　　　　 C. turn　　　　 D. count

13. A. old　　　　　 B. same　　　　 C. special　　　 D. new

14. A. remembered　　 B. desired　　　 C. found　　　　 D. met

15. A. picture　　　 B. place　　　　 C. date　　　　 D. sign

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No one enjoys__________at.?

A.laughing　 B.laugh　　　　　 C.being laughed　 D.to be laughed

It was _____ he came bank from Africa that wear _________ he met the girl he would like to marry.

A. when; then　 B. not; until　 C. not until; that　 D. only; when

Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious（自覺的）effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “trick” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber（理發(fā)師）shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and amusing（有趣的）in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble.

1. If you want to have a good memory, 　　　.

　 A. you should force yourself to remember things

B. you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise

　 C. you should never stop learning　　 D. you should try hard to remember tings

2. From the sentence “We never get tired of hearing new ones”, we can infer that 　　　.

　 A. we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors

　 B. we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors

　 C. we will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness

　 D. absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people

3. In the passage, the writer seems to tell you 　　　.

　 A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous

　 B. always forgetting things is understandable

　 C. forgetting things at times is natural

　 D. the way to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

4. The best title for this passage is 　　　.

　 A. How to Get a Good Memory

　 B. “Tricks” Of Memory

　 C. Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness is Dangerous

　 D. Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

The old man 　　　　 that he 　　　　 from the countryside.

　 A.insisted on；was 　　　　　　　　　 B.insisted；be

　 C.insisted on；should be 　　　　　　　 D.insisted；was

He ____comes to see me.

A. at times　　　 B. at one time　　　　 C. at that time　　　 D. in no tome

Ladies and gentlemen, please remain ___ until the plane has come to a complete stop.

A.seated B. seating C.to seat D. seat

The boy __________that his cock __________an egg yesterday.

　 A. lied, lay B. lied; laid 　 C. lay; lied D. laid; lain