My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped(低垂), this one looked as if it were   36  itself up. The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an)   37  price of $28, which was popular just then with   38 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that   39  of classic elegance（优雅）. John tried it on and the fit was perfect.

John   40  the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said,   41  folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a   42  came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and reasoned discussion replaced fierce   43 . He became more mannerly and   44 , eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him   45  his behavior.

When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and   46  what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It   47  be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good   48  not only because he had earned   49  but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly,   50  John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never   51  a person’s clothes for the real person within them.   52  there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for   53  what is on the inside to what is on the outside.

For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to   54  as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape   55  all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.

1.                A．turning         B．showing         C．holding   D．hanging

2.                A．unreasonable    B．expected        C．acceptable    D．unbelievable

3.                A．adults          B．teenagers       C．women   D．strangers

4.                A．color          B．style           C．price D．size

5.                A．wore          B．carried         C．lent  D．sent

6.                A．carefully        B．comfortably     C．casually   D．quickly

7.                A．happiness       B．matter          C．smile D．change

8.                A．doubt          B．argument       C．fight D．war

9.                A．thoughtful      B．handsome       C．hopeful   D．curious

10.               A．of             B．with           C．on   D．at

11.               A．discovered      B．confirmed      C．concluded D．wondered

12.               A．can            B．should         C．will   D．must

13.               A．present        B．mark           C．word D．result

14.               A．it             B．them          C．this   D．one

15.               A．taking up       B．looking down to  C．checking up    D．looking up at

16.               A．trust           B．exchange       C．mistake   D．regard

17.               A．Though         B．But            C．Since D．So

18.               A．matching       B．attaching       C．relating   D．connecting

19.               A．career         B．life            C．study D．success

20.               A．how           B．why           C．where D．when

The restaurant _______ different kinds of wines and dishes and the prices are acceptable.

A．makes            B．prepares          C．offers            D．serves

You have failed to do what you ________ to and I’m afraid the teacher will blame you.

A．will expect        B．expected          C．will be expected    D．were expected

On her birthday, she received from her parents a nice present ________ a note was attached, saying “We love you so much”.

A．which            B．to which          C．in which           D．where

________ excited Geoff Marcy most was whether there were planets in other solar system where life might exist.   

A．It                B．That              C．What             D．Why

The old man has a strange way of speaking. Here is a recording of his speech, but no clear ________ of what he has said can be made at all.

A．sense            B．meaning          C．idea              D．explained

Hopefully, another ten volunteers ______ to work in the new exhibition by the end of this week.

A．will be selected                         B．are selected

C．have been selected                      D．will have been selected

—Li Lin took the 8:00 bus to Fuzhou this morning.

—Really? He _________ a fast train. It’s much more comfortable to travel by fast train.

A．could have taken    B．should take        C．must have taken    D．can take

—What a smart and hard-working boy he is!

—Right. ________ a possibility that he will win the first place in the competition.

A．This is            B．It remains         C．There seems       D．That appears

I won’t drive my car at this time tomorrow. ______ in a heavy traffic jam is really too bad.

A．Stuck             B．Having stuck       C．Being stuck        D．To stick