A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 1onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 2out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her 3old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 4to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 5up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water 6from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 7.
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 8for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 9, and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”
“I want my silver ring to 10to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 11the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 12Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 13of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 14it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 15the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 16me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 17window, but the old woman on the bed 18nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 19on the paper were some childish letters. They 20the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
1.A．rushed B．struggled C．hurried D．stepped
2.A．reached B．let C．pushed D．pointed
3.A．firm B．smooth C．dry D．fresh
4.A．back B．up C．away D．ahead
5.A．sit B．get C．stand D．wake
6.A．fell B．burnt C．burst D．ran
7.A．ill B．sick C．unpleasant D．funny
8.A．letter B．note C．will D．message
9.A．table B．pen C．paper D．woman
10.A．send B．go C．belong D．come
11.A．moved B．drew C．used D．pulled
12.A．great B．merry C．splendid D．real
13.A．hope B．chance C．opinion D．wish
14.A．sign B．read C．remember D．copy
15.A．setting B．hiding C．placing D．laying
16.A．Hold B．Leave C．Excuse D．Pardon
17.A．large B．open C．small D．pretty
18.A．did B．saw C．felt D．knew
19.A．Described B．Printed C．Recorded D．Written
20.A．formed B．spelled C．organized D．repeated
--- Do you think Bob will attend the meeting this afternoon? --- ______．
A．I hope not B．I don’t hope so C．I don’t think it D．I hope he would
The committee asked for these suggestions to be ______ on paper, so that they might study them further．
A．brought down B．handed down C．laid down D．put down
He is always ready to help others, seldom, ______, refusing them when they turn to him．
A．if never B．if ever C．if not D．if any
---Excuse me．Can you spare me a few minutes? ---______．
A．What’s on? B．What’s up? C．What’s more? D．What is it?
--- Will $200 ______ the cost of the damage?
--- I’m afraid not．I need at least $100 more．
A．do B．include C．cover D．afford
