I know this is not quite the right word, but I can’t be bothered to think of _____
A. a better B. a best C. the better D. the good
He’s feeling rather _______ with himself after the examination.
A. pleasing B. pleased C. pleasant D. pleasurable
-- Do you think we need so much money?
-- Yes, you know we’ll have to buy ________ equipment
A. much B. many C. less D. vast
The story goes that two best friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had a（n）1, and one friend slapped（打耳光）the other one in the _2.
The one who got slapped was _3, but without saying anything, wrote in the _4: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”
They keep on walking _5they found an oasis（绿洲），_6they decided to take a bath, The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire（泥沼）and started _7, but the friend saved him.
After he _8from the near drowning, he _9on a stone: “Today my best friend _10my life.”
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend 11him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. 12?”
The other friend replied: “When someone hurts us we should write 13down in the sand where winds of 14can erase it. But when someone does something 15for us, we must carve it in stone where no wind can 16erase it.”
What does the story 17us? — Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your 18in stone.
Send this sentence to the people you’ll never 19. It’s a 20message to let them know that you’ll never forget them.
1.A. stop B. argument C. rest D. agreement
2.A. face B. hand C. head D. back
3.A. defeated B. injured C. hurt D. refused
4.A. stone B. desert C. diary D. sand
5.A. while B. before C. when D. until
6.A. which B. where C. when D. that
7.A. crying B. drowning C. falling D. dying
8.A. came B. returned C. recovered D. took
9.A. wrote B. drew C. recorded D. stood
10.A. protected B. changed C. supported D. saved
11.A. questioned B. told C. asked D. answered
12.A. How B. Why C. When D. Where
13.A. them B. these C. it D. those
14.A. forgiveness B. love C. peace D. kindness
15.A. hard B. bad C. friendly D. good
16.A. ever B. never C. still D. even
17.A. remind B. tell C. prove D. inform
18.A. benefits B. profits C. advantages D. memories
19.A. remember B. leave C. forget D. miss
20.A. useless B. long C. traditional D. short
Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city, 1was very near the countryside. She worked 2a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of 3
Mrs. Green had a good voice and she 4her classes exciting. But she had a 5point. Some of her notes（音调）were so high that they sounded like a door which needed 6. In order to improve her notes, she took 7chance（机会）that she could find to practise.
As her house was not big, she couldn't practise 8in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing 9the country road. She practised her high notes 10walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car 11along the road, she 12singing. She did not want her high notes to be 13, for she was shy.
One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so 14and so fast that she didn't 15it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her 16and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a 17expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to 18all the tires（轮胎）carefully.
Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the 19he had heard really was. The driver found 20wrong, got back into the car and drove off.
1.A. that B. which C. where D. there
2.A. as B. like C. with D. on
3.A. books B. pictures C. sports D. music
4.A. got B. supported C. made D. forced
5.A. weak B. strong C. good D. special
6.A. painting B. locking C. cleaning D. oiling
7.A. some B. each C. a D. other
8.A. operating B. listening C. singing D. other
9.A. across B. beside C. close to D. along
10.A. as soon as B. while C. after D. before
11.A. coming B. disappearing C. leaving D. driving
12.A. kept B. went on C. stopped D. began
13.A. found B. made C. hearing D. heard
14.A. quietly B. quickly C. carefully D. slowly
15.A. recognize B. catch C. realize D. provide
16.A. biggest B. highest C. nice D. largest
17.A. puzzled B. sad C. serious D. happy
18.A. watch B. examine C. control D. notice
19.A. fact B. note C. noise D. music
20.A. the tires B. everything C. something D. nothing
The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station？ A train for Santa FE collide（碰撞）with a（n） 1at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured，” said a（n） 2voice of a young woman.
“Just a minute, we’ll come 3. Please stay there and wait，” answered the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 4. Soon they got to the 5, but only to 6everything was fine. No collision, no 7man.
“What a dirty trick！” Said the policeman 8. “We must find out that mischievous（恶作剧的） 9and.”
They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 10they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 11a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too. 12it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 13meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 14out of the damaged truck, he was 15hurt just 16the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 17in time, he was saved at last.
Later the policemen did 18they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 19.
It is 20that a prophecy（预言）should coincide（巧合）with the fact so exactly.
1.A. ambulance B. truck C. car D. bus
2.A. anxious B. sweet C. gentle D. low
3.A. fast B. ahead C. soon D. later
4.A. went by B. set off C. got there D. came on
5.A. telephone B. street C. station D. crossing
6.A. feel B. find C. have D. tell
7.A. injured B. trapped C. frightened D. killed
8.A. happily B. excitedly C. angrily D. disappointedly
9.A. man B. policeman C. woman D. boy
10.A. until B. since C. while D. when
11.A. at B. of C. by D. for
12.A. When B. Where C. That D. Which
13.A. dozen B. dozens C. dozen of D. dozens of
14.A. raised B. helped C. pushed D. forced
15.A. slightly B. clearly C. hardly D. badly
16.A. as B. so C. before D. for
17.A. police station B. market C. hospital D. sidewalk
18.A. that B. which C. however D. whatever
19.A. delayed B. worked C. stopped D. failed
20.A. surprised B. surprising C. satisfied D. satisfying
