20. A. bother 四、阅读
B. mind C. care D. ruin
A
The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didn’t speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation, and this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.
It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless joyless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.
At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistant’s turn this evening to look after it till eight o’clock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large government building. He’d parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and he’d have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “Must be a lot of money in papers, eh?” one of them shouted. He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.
He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.
1. It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would ______. A. be a cheerful companion B. try to cheat a customer C. earn a great deal of money D. trust his assistant much 2. The assistant’s job that evening was to ______.
A. sell papers until 8 o’clock B. start selling magazines at 8 o’clock C. count the money taken that day D. lock up the car park
3. If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to _______. A. park his car in a government car park B. look for another free parking place C. pay to park his car in a garage
D. pretend he was a government employee
4. When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided they were _______ A. badly dressed B. very well off C. not as rich as himself D. not as hardworking as himself
B
A man came home from work late, tired and irritated（生气的, 不耐烦的）, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
“Yeah sure, what is it？”replied the man.
“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”
“That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.
“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy. “If you must know, I make $ 20 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow $ 10?”
The father was furious（生气的）, “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior.” The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and, started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. “Are you asleep, son?” He asked.
“No, daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.
“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man. “It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation（怒气）on you. Here’s the $10 you asked for.”
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “Oh, thank you, daddy！”He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled（皱皱巴巴的）up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.
“Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father grumbled. “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied.
“Daddy, I have $ 20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
5. When the man came home from work late, he______. A. was tired but happy
B. was tired and angry at his son’s question
C. was tired but happy to find his son waiting for him at the door D. was tired and angry to find his son waiting for him at the door 6. The little boy asked the question ______.
A. because he wanted to have dinner with his father
B. in order to borrow some money from his father to buy something C. because he wanted to buy a toy
D. because he was just curious to know
7. After an hour or so, the man went to the little boy’s room and ______. A. saw if the boy was asleep
B. asked him what he needed to buy with that $ 10 C. said sorry to his son D. gave $10 to his son
8. From this passage, we can infer that ______.
A. the boy would like to have dinner with his father B. the boy often asked for money to buy some nonsense C. the boy loved his father very much
D. the man would get even angrier at last
五、单词拼写
1. He walked so slowly that his brother lost ___________（耐心）with him. 2. A ____________（平静的）sea never made a skillful mariner. 3.The scientists have ___________（成功）in studying the cause of this disease. 4. The workers are saying that their requests are not fairly ___________（对待）。
5. Judy stayed up late last night, ____________（准备）an important speech for her boss. 6. Be confident. At no time should we think ourselves ____________（无希望的）。 7. We are happy because tomorrow is ___________（圣诞节）。 8. He ___________（致力于）all his life to teaching and writing. 9. They had a lot of work to _________（处理）to.
10. January 12th is the ___________（第十二）day in the month.
【试题答案】
一、辨音
ACBAD
二、单选
A组：
BABDC CCDAD CAAAD B组：
CBDDD CAADD DAABC C组：
ADDAA
三、完形
BBDCB
四、阅读
CACC
五、单词拼写
1. patience 6. hopeless
BDBAD DBBAC AAC DACBD DABCD BACDA BADC 2. calm 3. succeeded 4. treated 7. Christmas 8. devoted 9. attend 5. preparing 10. twelfth