A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 36 a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37 , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 38 he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe(脚尖)， 39 as high as he could , but even as his tallest 40 he was unable to touch it. He began to 41 up and down , as high as he could, at the 42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 43 .
Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to 44 on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Gameboy . Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or , 47 luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .
He had tired everything he could think to do . 48 seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he 51 like this , the more unhappy he became.
52 ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself ,“This isn’t 53 .I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s 54 more I can do to get the apple ---that is unchangeable---but we are supposed to be able to 55 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”
1. A．preferring B．offering C．receiving D．allowing
2.A. so B. then C. but D or
3. A．sadder B．angrier C．hungrier D．tastier
4. A．expanding B．stretching C．swinging D．pulling
5. A． strength B．length C． range D．height
6. A．jump B．look C．walk D．glance
7. A． tip B．stage C．top D． level
8.A hope B. hand C. sight D. reach
9. A．put B．stand C．get D． hold
10. A．break B．shake C．take D． strike
11. A．up B．forward C．down D．around
12. A．for B．with C．on D．of
13. A．After B．Through C．Without D．Upon
14. A．back B． away C．up D．down
15. A．wishes B． beliefs C．efforts D．goals
16. A．thought B． imagined C．tried D．claimed
17. A．Therefore B．However C．Moreover D．Otherwise
18. A．skilful B．cheerful C．harmful D．helpful
19. A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
20. A．change B．express C．forget D．describe
We missed our train, and ________ the next train was delayed, ________ we had to wait for another two hours.
A．on top of that; so B．as a result; thus
C．what was worse; therefore D．apart from that; then
－I’ll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow morning.
－I’m sorry, by then my performance ______ and I _______ reporters in the meeting room.
A．will end; will meet B．will have ended; will be meeting
C．will be ended; am going to meet D．is to end; will be meeting
－You seem to know little about Yancheng Middle School. Aren’t you a teacher here?
－No, but I ________.
A．hope to B．hope that C．hope it D．hope to be
Never should we forget the war and sufferings ________ caused to the people.
A．it B．which C．that D．what
________Yan yanhong, a kindergarten teacher in Zhejiang Province ________ the boy by holding up him by his ears, his feet about 10 cm off the ground, she ________ free to live her own life now.
A．If; didn’t abuse; would be
B．Had; not abused; would have been
C．If; shouldn’t abuse; should have been
D．Had; not abused; would be
