Question

       A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited．The house was old and the owner  1came out．When he did come out he wouldn't say hello to anybody  2simply stared at them．

       The boy knocked on the door and __3__．As he was ready to   4away, the door slowly opened．"What do you want?" the old man said．

       "Uh, sir, I'm selling these magazines and I was  5if you'd like to buy one．" The old man  6stared at the boy．The boy could see the inside of the house and  7some dog figurines（小雕像）．"Do you  8dogs?" the boy asked．"Yes, I do．They're my family here and they're all I have．" The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very   9．"I've a magazine here for collectors．It's perfect for you．I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much．" But the old man said, "I need   10of the magazines, now goodbye．"

       The boy was sad．He went home and then an idea   11to him．．He had a little dog figurine．He walked back to the old man's house with the  12．He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door．"Boy, I  13I told you no magazines．"

       "No, sir．I know that．I wanted to bring you a  14．" The boy handed him the figurine and the old man's face  15．"It's a Golden Retriever．I have one at home．

       This one is  16you．" The old man was  17; no one had ever shown him so much  18? "Boy, you have a big    19．Thank you!" From that day on the old man  20coming ont of the house and talking with people．

1.A．regularly              B．never            C．hardly         D．．nearly

2.A．but                 B．when            C．as              D．so

3.A．hurried               B．remained          C．waited           D．left

4.A．drive                 B．run               C．escape          D．walk

5.A．wondering            B．saying             C．doubting         D．hoping

6.A．ever       '          B．yet              C．still                 D．just

7.A．loved                B．noticed           C．contacted        D．sensed

8.A．help                 B．raise             C．collect         D．like ．

9.A．lonely                B．cruel             C．old            D．terrible

10.A．nothing             B．none             C．either           D．some

11.A．happened            B．reached           C．brought          D．occurred

12.A, fear                 B．magazine          C．figurine          D．idea

13.A, imagined              B．thought            C．wished          D．expected

14.A．friend              B．dog              C．gift             D．book

15.A．went up            B．turned up          C．grew up          D．lit up

16.A, with                 B．for              C．on            D．in

17.A．surprised            B．calm             C．disappointed       D．encouraged

18.A．pity                B．kindness           C．politeness        D．happiness

19.A．hand               B．eye               C．heart            D．head

20.A．continued            B．started            C．avoided          D．risked

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B 

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.D  

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.B