50. A. sorry B. good C. relaxing D. nervous 51. A. sitting B. expecting C. working D. standing 52. A. happily B. safely C. quickly D. silently 53. A. although B. if C. when D. before 54. A. money B. help C. sight D. tears 55. A. believe B. hope C. buy D. take （22）
Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trains, or even cars can be a terrible trouble—especially when they are insects . As for this, there is a great 21 between human beings and insects. The former 22 every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly 23 attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the 24 man who had to stop his car soon after 25 from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the 26 of the car, he naturally got out to 27 the wheels carefully , but he found nothing wrong , so he 28 his way . Again the noise began 29 and became even louder . Quickly 30 his head , the man saw what appeared to be a great 31 cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees 32 .
On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour‘s 33 driving, he arrived safely in London , where he parked his car outside a 34 and went in . It was not long 35 a customer who had seen him arrive 36 in to inform him that his car was 37 with bees . The poor driver was 38 that the best way should be to call a 39 . In a short time the man arrived . He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back of the car . Very thankful to the driver for this 40 gift , the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box .
21．A．connection B．difference C．communication D．similarity 22．A．do 23．A．give
B．take C．make D．try B．keep C．pay D．draw
C．unpleasant D．hopeless
24．A．unfortunate B．careless
25．A．passing by B．leaving out C．setting out D．getting up 26．A．front B．back C．left D．right 27．A．clean B．change 28．A．drove 29．A．normally
C．test D．examine
D．forced D．immediately D．raising
B．continued C．pushed
B．gently C．naturally
C．shaking
30．A．hiding B．turning 31．A．black B．beautiful 33．A．boring B．careful 34．A．hotel B．museum 35．A．when
36．A．broke B．moved 37．A．crowded
38．A．advised B．required 40．A．unfamiliar
C．white D．colorful
D．behind
D．hard D．school D．dropped D．requested
C．exciting C．hospital C．hurried C．ordered
32．A．below B．ahead C．nearby
B．after C．until D．before
B．covered
C．filled D．equipped
39．A．bee-keeper B．policeman C．waiter D．repairman
B．unknown C．unexpected D．uncertain
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George Pickens had been making a wish daily as a worker at Central Bank.
All over the country banks were being 36 , George thought． 37 this bank? Didn't robbers hear of its four-million-dollar 38 ? Were they afraid of Mr．Ackerman, the old 39 guard, who hadn't 40 his gun in twenty-two years?
Of course George had a (an) 41 for wanting the bank to be robbed． 42 , he couldn't simply take bills that were under his 43 all day long．So he had thought of another 44 to get them．His plan was 45 ．It went like this:
If Bank Robber A holds up Bank Teller B…
And if Bank Teller B gives Bank Robber A a certain sum of money…
What is to prevent Bank Teller B from 46 all the money left and 47 that it was taken away by Bank Robber A?
There was only one 48 ．Where was Bank Robber A?
One morning George entered the bank．―Good morning, Mr．Burrows,‖ he said 49 ．The bank president said something in a 50 voice to George and went into his office. At two o‘clock Bank Robber A walked in．George 51 he was a bank robber．For one thing, he stole in．For another thing, he wore a mask（面罩）.
―This is a holdup,‖ the man said 52 ．He took a gun from his pocket．The 53 made a small sound．―You!‖ the bank robber said, ―Lie down on the floor!‖ Mr．Ackerman lay down．The robber stepped 54 to Georges cage. ―All right,‖ he said．―Hand it over.‖
―Yes, sir,‖ George reached into his drawer and took all the bills from the top part-close to six thousand dollars．He passed them through the window．The robber took them, put them into his pocket, and 55 to leave. Then, while everyone watched Bank Robber A, Bank Teller B calmly lifted off the top part of the drawer and got the bills from the bottom part into his pockets. 36．A．repaired B．broken C．robbed D．built
37．A．Why not B．What about C．How about D．How is 38．A．money B．capital C．note D．bill 39．A．door B．body C．safety D．bank 40．A．pulled out B．got C．carried out D．kept 41．A．chance B．reason C．excuse D．time 42．A．Of all B．In all C．Above all D．After all 43．A．hands B．desks
C．drawer
D．control D．robber
44．A．man B．day C．way
45．A．perfect B．complete C．easy D．simple 46．A．robbing B．stealing C．keeping D．taking 47．A．telling B．thinking C．insisting D．imagining 48．A．secret B．problem C．thing D．puzzle 49．A．cheerfully B．calmly C．anxiously D．eagerly 50．A．loud B．low C．big D．worrying 51．A．trusted B．recognized C．supposed D．knew 52．A．angrily B．roughly C．firmly D．politely 53．A．robber B．manager C．guard D．customer 54．A．on B．above C．through D．over 55．A．turned B．decided C．signed D．drew
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When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor __36__ me to do
so. She said, ―Now it is the time for you to travel around the world, _37__ your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun!‖ I _38__ her.
Since I started to work for food company, however, I have done _39__of my traveling through the Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the __40_ of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business __41__, too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got __42__about food in different countries. Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were __43__ necessary when I happened to read a famous chef‘s（厨师）comment on the Internet. He said, ―It is very different to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the __44__ around us at the same time. So why don‘t you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian __45___?‖ Those words reminded me of my __46_ advice. As information technology __47__, you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various __48_ you can get from traveling.
Today there are people who _ 49__ direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people __50___ not with each other but into their microphones. It seems as if such people are _51__ by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to _52__ and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily _53_ more fruitful. However, we should never let it _54__ our time for face-to-face communication. Let‘s make use of information technology more _55__, and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.
36. A. promised 37. A. build up 39. A. mostly 40. A. life
41. A. plans
B. allowed
C. hurried C. practise
C. few
D. encouraged
D. exchange D. little D. obeyed D. houses D. trips
D. feelings D. actually
D. situations
B. use
38. A. agreed with B. learned from C. understood B. most
C. sights C. cooks
B. rivers B. bargain
C. progress C. much
42. A. information B. taste 44. A. people 45. A. shoes
43. A. even more B. no longer
B. drink
C. atmosphere D. environment
D. boss‘
D. advances
D. places
D. enjoy
B. dishes
C. customers C. forms
C. lose
46. A. friend‘s B. parents 47. A. produces B. advertises 48. A. news 49. A. avoid
B. keep
C. professor‘s
B. pleasures C. troubles
50. A. meeting B. talking 51. A. stopped B. met 52. A. look at 54. A. spare 55. A. wisely
53. A. communication
C. communicating
C. surrounded C. travel
C. work
D. traveling
D. hurt D. meet
B. employ
B. study
D. action
D. slowly
B. increase C. reduce D. make use of C. carefully
B. correctly
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Seventy years ago I was quite a small little girl, with an older brother and sister. My father was very ill at the time,and my mother __36__sewing of any kind so we could live. She __37_ sew far into the night with nothing but a dim light and an old sewing machine. Things were very _38__ that particular winter. Then a letter came from where her sewing machine was bought,__39__ that they would have to pick up her machine the next day unless payments were brought up to _40__ . I remember when she read the letter I became frightened;I could _41_ us starving to death and all sorts of things that could come to a child‘s _42__. My mother did not appear to be worried, __43_, and seemed to be quite_44__ about the matter. Mother said God would not_45__ her, that he never had. I couldn‘t see how God was going to help us__46__ this old sewing machine. The day the men were to come for our only means of __47__, there was a knock at the kitchen door. I was __48_ , for I was sure it was those dreaded men. _49__, a nicely dressed man stood at our door with a darling baby in his arms.
He asked my mother if she __50__ Mrs Hill. When she said she was ,he said ―I‘m in __51__ this moring and I am told that you are an honest and wonderful woman. My __52__was rushed to the hospital this morning and__53__we have no relatives here, and I must open my dentist office, I have nowhere to __54__my baby. Could you possibly take care of her for a few days?‖ he continued, ―I will pay you __55__.‖ With this he took out ten dollars and give it to my mother.
36. A. took down B. took on C. took up D. took in 37 .A. could B. would C. must D. should 38. A. bad B. sudden C. strange D.rare
39. A. warning B. announcing C. stating D. declaring 40. A. date B. day C. time D. age 41. A. suppose B. picture C. stand D. regret 42. A. head B. heart C. thought D. mind 43. A. however B. therefore C. still D.otherwise 44. A. doubtful B. angry C. sure D.calm 45. A. fail B. miss C. lose D. drop 46. A. take B. own C. keep D. hold 47. A. support B. help C. hope D. pleasure 48. A. delighted B. puzzled C. frightened D. surprised 49. A. Instead B. Besides C. Actually D. Finally 50. A. heard B. knew C. was D. trusted 51. A.danger B. trouble C. despair D. loss 52. A. daughter B. wife C. mother D.partner 53. A. although B. if only C. since D. even if 54. A. care B. place C. attend D. leave 55. A. in full B. in advance C. in all D. with cash （26）
―Down-to-earth‖ means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 1 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 2 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 3 of someone who acts important and proud. Down-to-earth persons 4 be important members of society, of course. 5 they do not let their importance ―go to their heads‖. They do not 6 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 7 to have ―his nose in the air‖. There is 8 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans 9 another expression that means almost the same as ―down-to-earth‖. The expression is ―both-feet-on-the-ground‖. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good 10 of reality. He 11 what is called ―common sense‖. He may have 12 , but he does not allow them to 13 his knowledge of what is real.
The opposite kind of 14 is one who has his ―head-in-the-clouds‖. A man with his-head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 15 is not in the real world.
16 , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. 17 words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.
Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 18 to have both feet on-the –ground.
19 we have both our feet on-the –ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly 20 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
1．A．pleasant B．sad C．common D．surprising 2．A．meets B．welcomes C．receives D．accepts 3．A．case B．kind C．opposite D．example 4．A．must B．may C．should D．will 5．A．But B．So C．For D．And 6．A．wish B．expect C．desire D．consider 7．A．said B．told C．asked D．made 8．A．some B．a C．no D．every 9．A．discover B．find C．make D．use 10．A．understanding B．wish C．reason D．expectation 11．A．demands B．lacks C．has D．likes
12．A．fortunes B．dreams C．achievements D．disadvantages 13．A．block B．protect C．own D．gain 14．A．idea B．people C．attitude D．person 15．A．mind B．life C．body D．head 16．A．Always B．Therefore C．However D．Sometimes 17．A．Sharp B．All C．No D．Bad 18．A．possible B．probable C．likely D．able 19．A．Though B．Since C．When D．Unless 20．A．toward B．for C．over D．onto
（27）
There is a workman in America who earns as much as a company director. He is Max Quarterman, a thirty-year-old plasterer (泥瓦匠).
Max lives in an upper middle-class housing estate. His 1 are mostly bank managers, business executives, airline pilots and the 2 , but Max's seven-bedroom house — 3 $ 80,000 — is the largest in the area. 4 outside the house are Max's $ 7000 sports car and his wife's Morris Mini. 5 is a 150 colour TV set and the family's 6 — a circular bath with gold-plated taps. There are also many labour－saving 7 and luxury (豪华) furniture.
How can a plasterer 8 all this? The answer, says Max, is hard work. In partnership with another plasterer, Max 9 contract plastering jobs for a firm. The owner of the firm 10 them as human machines, the best and quickest in the 11 , who can do as much in two days as 12 two-man team can in two weeks.
How do they 13 it? Not by working overtime. They work a normal eight-hour day, five days a week. The secret 14 in Max's hod (桶) in which he carries the plaster to the site of the job. Max's is a superhod — it contains double the usual 15 of plaster, and Max, a strong fellow, runs when he carries it. More time is thus 16 to get on with the plastering. Besides, 17 man wastes time smoking, and they 18 their lunch