Mr. Reese was born in a big city. His father had several companies and got a lot of money. He could give his son all the young man wanted. He was busy with his business and never asked him how he got along with his studies. So the boy spent most time in the restaurants or cinemas. Of course he was weak at his lessons and learned nothing at school. He made many friends but none of them was good and when they knew he came from a rich family, they began to teach him to gamble(赌博). Of course he lost much money.
Now Mr. Reese was twenty and finished middle school. He could not do anything. But his father didn't mind it until one day he found the young man had sold one of his companies. He became so angry that he made him leave his house. The young man couldn't gamble any longer. His friends made him pay his debt. He had to ask his mother to help him and the woman often gave him some money. But one evening his father happened to find it. The old man stopped his wife from doing so. They began to fight in the room. The young man brought out a knife and killed his father. His mother helped him to run away, but soon after that he was caught and sentenced(判刑)to death.
It was a cold and wet day. Suddenly it began to rain hard when Mr. Reese was being sent to the execution ground(刑场). Soon both he and the soldiers were wet through. He said angrily,“Bad luck! I shall be shot in such bad weather!”
“Don't complain(抱怨), brothers” said one of the soldiers. “You're luckier than us all. We'll have to go back to the city after that!”
1.Old Reese never wanted to know about his son's studies because _________.
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A．he was sure his son was good at his lessons |
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B．he spent all his energies on his business |
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C．he knew nothing about the education |
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D．his wife looked after their children |
2.The bad young men taught Young Reese to gamble in order _________.
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A．to play with him |
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B．to spend spare time |
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C．that the could get much money from him |
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D．that they could find jobs in his father's companies |
3.Old Reese became angry because _________.
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A．him son had learned nothing at school |
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B．his son was weak at all his lessons |
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C．his son couldn't do anything in the companies |
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D．his son had lost one of his companies |
4.Mr. Reese complained _________.
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A．he was sentenced to death |
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B．he would be shot |
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C．he went to the execution ground on foot |
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D．he would be shot in bad weather |
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选 出最佳选项。
Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen 21 his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but 22 for a glance.
One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden, 23 in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he 24 the old gardener was blind. 25 , the young man asked, "Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can't 26 in fact?" The old man smiled and answered that " I can tell you 27 reasons. First I was a 28 when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can't see these flowers, yet I can 29 them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that's 30 .
"Me? But you don't know me," responded the young man 31 .
"Yeah, it's 32 that I don't know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never 33 them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good 34 . In the meantime, it also 35 a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us."
The old man's 36 astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and 37 them as a link of minds so as to make 38 enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn't it one kind of happiness？
I believe every flower has 39 with which they can see the kindness of the man's heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though 40 to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.
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A．That’s OK. |
B．Never mind |
C．It depends |
D．It doesn’t matter |
Parents shouldn’t be too ______________ towards their children; they should let them be more independent.
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A．genuine |
B．protective |
C．close |
D．outspoken |
________ he is well again, he can go on with his English study.
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B．Now that |
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This is not an economical way to get more water; _________,it is very expensive.
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B．on the other hand |
C．in a word |
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