The story of the touchstone(探金石) tells of a man who was told that if he could find the touchstone, its magical powers could give him anything he wanted. It could be found, he was 31 , among the pebbles (卵石) of a beach. All he need to do is  32  a stone.If it feels warm, the magical touchstone is 33 .

The man rushed to the beach without delay. When he  34 a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea. He  35 this practice for weeks. Each pebble felt cold, and each pebble was  36 thrown into the sea..

But one morning, he  37 to take hold of a pebble that felt  38 , unlike the other stones. The man, who had  39 noticed the difference, threw it into the sea. He hadn’t  40 to, but he had formed a habit that can be  41 to break.

Any behavior one   42 is strengthened. Repeated often enough, it becomes a(n)  43 . A Spanish proverb says, “Habits are first cobwebs (蜘蛛網(wǎng)), then cables (鋼索).” It works well for  44 habits that first trap us like a cobweb. And if we continue the behavior, the  45 grows stronger and can be as difficult to break as a steel cable.  46 some habits can work in our  47 , such as patterns of our lives, positive attitudes and healthy ways of thinking. We form our habits, then our habits form us  48  .

When it  49 habits, practice may not make perfect. But practice will certainly make permanent. So form the habits you want and let them 50  you into the person you want to be.

3.A made            B. found           C. controlled          D. offered

If you buy more than ten, they knock 20 pence off ________.

1. A.
   a price
2. B.
   price
3. C.
   the price
4. D.
   prices

24．Excuse me, Madame. You still haven’t answered my question yet. Was it at 8 o’clock      

you heard Mr. Croft_______at the door?

We’ll all have a heart that is already accurately showing us how true things are.

Carmen’s mother Maria had just   1  a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant（移植）her life was in constant   2 .

Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very   3 : finding a donor heart that matched Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   4  hospitals all over the country.

Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble walking from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a corner of the hospital,   __5 .

“Are you okay?” a man asked.

Carmen sobbed（哭泣）as she told the stranger her   6 . This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   7  it through the night.   8 , an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to donate（捐獻(xiàn)）something from herself.

After reviewing the data, doctors   9  Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to   10  the transplant.

That cold night, when Cheryl was   11  dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was   12  for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.

On New Year’s Eve, Carmen   13  Cheryl’s funeral（葬禮）with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”

One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria   14  with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was   15  in another loving mother’s chest.

1.                A．survived        B．suffered        C．died D．made

2.                A．change         B．danger         C．disorder  D．pain

3.                A．unlikely        B．big            C．slim  D．likely

4.                A．finding         B．interrupting     C．touring   D．phoning

5.                A．crying          B．sleeping        C．doubting  D．thinking

6.                A．idea           B．story           C．thought   D．a(chǎn)ccident

7.                A．put            B．support         C．make D．pass

8.                A．Hurriedly       B．Devotionally     C． Calmly   D．Suddenly

9.                A．informed       B．warned         C．congratulated  D．reminded

10.               A．give up         B．carry out       C．search after    D．put off

11.               A．noticed        B．predicted       C．declared  D．left

12.               A．singing         B．begging        C．decorating D．praying

13.               A．a(chǎn)ttended       B．joined          C．visited D．passed

14.               A．passed away     B．woke up        C．left behind D．dressed up

15.               A．a(chǎn)ctive          B．necessary       C．a(chǎn)live  D．lively

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a  36   on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from   37  to toe, explained that he had  38   out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(懷孕的) wife and his two children  39  at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便車) back.

Once I had   40   a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both   41  ,saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he   42   me back.

Before leaving, I had turned the heater   43  in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and 44   .While the little ones played and ran   45  ,I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the  46  .

It was about 5 a.m. before they   47  .The young fellow asked me how much he 48  me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had   49  $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”,but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a   50  from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to  51 to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It 52  out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most   53   person in the company.

In his letter, he thanked me again and   54  me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this  55  ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

1.                A．kick           B．hit             C．beat D．knock

2.                A．finger          B．shoulder        C．head D．hand

3.                A．driven         B．used           C．come D．run

4.                A．a(chǎn)way           B．behind         C．over D．out

5.                A．supplied        B．poured         C．equipped D．filled

6.                A．sleeping        B．crying          C．quarrelling    D．fighting

7.                A．a(chǎn)llow          B．ring            C．lead D．follow

8.                A．on            B．off             C．in   D．over

9.                A．neat           B．hot            C．warm D．a(chǎn)ttractive

10.               A．a(chǎn)round         B．inside          C．nearby    D．a(chǎn)long

11.               A．drivers         B．guests          C．customers D．a(chǎn)dults

12.               A．left            B．a(chǎn)rrived         C．a(chǎn)te   D．disappeared

13.               A．gave           B．paid           C．owed D．offered

14.               A．a(chǎn)ppeared       B．exhibited       C．calculated D．shown

15.               A．call            B．letter          C．check D．notice

16.               A．get            B．force          C．requite    D．hope

17.               A．pointed        B．turned         C．worked   D．found

18.               A．generous       B．successful       C．serious    D．powerful

19.               A．praised         B．persuaded      C．informed  D．convinced

20.               A．lesson         B．business        C．a(chǎn)spect D．case