Test 1
A
A young man who live ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d in London was in love with a beautiful girl.Soon she became his fiancée(未婚妻)．The man was very poor while the girl was rich.The young man wanted to give her a__1__on her birthday.He wanted to buy something__2__for her，but he had no__3__how to do it，as he had very little money.
The next morning he w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ent to a shop.There were many fine things there：rings，gold watches，diamonds，but all these things were__4__.There was one thing he could not take his eyes off.It was a beautiful vase.That would be a wonderful present for his fiancée.He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager asked what had happened to him.The young man told him everything.The manager felt__5__for him and decided to help him.A brilliant idea__6__him.The manager__7__to the corner of the shop.To his great surprise，the young man saw a vase__8__into many pieces.The manager said，“I can help you.I shall order my assistant to__9__it and take it to your fiancée.When he enters the room，he will drop it.”
On the birthday of hi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s fiancée the young man was very__10__.Everything happened as he had__11__.The assistant brought in the vase，and as he entered the room，he dropped it.There was__12__on everybody’s face.When the vase was unwrapped，the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.
1．A.vase B．coat C．ring D．present
2．A.worth B．necessary C．separate D．beautiful
3．A.way B．plan C．idea D．path
4．A.too expensive B．so cheap C．too big D．very beautiful
5．A.sorry B．sorrowful C．worried D．uneasy
6．A.stuck B．came C．helped D．struck
7．A.pointed B．showed C．looked D．directed
8．A.burst B．broken C．got D．turned
9．A.wrap B．send C．buy D．pick
10．A.excited B．surprised C．calm D．busy
11．A.seen B．told C．realized D．expected
12．A.expression B ．anger C．horror D．fun
B
When we were ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )children，everything we saw was new，wonderful and unbelievable.We were __13__ if it was raining or snowing，if it was hot or cold，if it was night or day.We just wanted to discover all the things that were around us.
For us the only big ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) __14__ was that we were awake or asleep.When we were awake，we wanted to extend the time just for __15__ with our friends or being with our pet a little more time.
But we can’t stop ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) time.Children grow and we become adults；and as adults，we no __16__ have enough time for little things—discovering a rainbow is not a __17__，seeing a building with 50 floors is not amazing，and looking at a giraffe in the zoo is normal.A rainy day is a bad day because the traffic will be slow in the streets，and the first day of spring __18__ us think about allergies(敏感症)．
The first day of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the month is not the beginning of a new month；it’s the time to __19__ about bills.Going to the supermarket is an obligation(责任)；it is not just for the pleasure of walking down the aisles(过道) and looking for things and seeing the people around us.Life is a process in which everyone has many obligations.__20__，if everyone tried to see life through the eyes of a child，I am sure that everyday could be better.
13．A.excited B．worried C．frightened D．tired
14．A.happiness B．surprise C．difference D．interest
15．A.covering B．surrounding C．crowding D．playing
16．A.sooner B．longer C．better D．worse
17．A.chance B．surprise C．sense D．feeling
18．A.forces B．helps C．makes D．causes
19．A.consider B．imagine C．suggest D．think
20．A.However B．Therefore C．Otherwise D．Besides
答案
1.D 2．D 3．C 4．A 5．A 6．D 7．A 8．B 9．A 10．A 11．D 12．B
13．A 14．C 15．D 16．B 17．B 18．C 19．D 20．A Test 2
A
John，an academicall ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y excellent young man，went to apply for a management position in a big company.The director did the last__1__.
The director asked，“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Who paid your school fees？” John answered，“My mother did.When I was young，my father died.” Then he continued，“What does your mother do？” John answered，“My mother works as a__2__cleaner.” Hearing this，the director asked John to show his hands.John reached out his hands that were__3__and perfect.The director said，“I have a__4__.When you go home，clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow.”
John felt__5__but did ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )it.His tears fell as he cleaned his mother’s hands.He noticed for the first time that her hands were so__6__.Also John__7__that it was this pair of hands that washed clothes every day to support him.After cleaning his mother’s hands，John__8__washed all the remaining clothes for her.
The next day，John ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )went to the director’s office.Tears in eyes，John was asked to__9__his feelings.“Now I know what is appreciation.Without my mother，there wouldn’t be the__10__me today.By helping my mother，I see how__11__it is to get something done.I have also come to know the value of family relationship.”
The director smiled ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )，“This is what I am__12__.I want a person who can appreciate the help of others，a person who knows the sufferings(苦难) of others and a person who won’t put money as his only goal in life.You are hired.”
1．A.thing B．job C．interview D．try
2．A.carpet B．floor C．clothes D．window
3．A.clumsy B．dirty C．strong D．smooth
4．A.request B．question C．wish D．choice
5．A.embarrassed B．frightened C．confused D．inspired
6．A.slim B．warm C．soft D．rough
7．A.realized B．believed C．insisted D．wondered
8．A.modestly B．hardly C．silently D．warmly
9．A.improve B．describe C．awaken D．hide
10．A.wealthy B．famous C．successful D．humorous
11．A.firm B．exciting C．crazy D．tough
12．A.looking through B．looking for C．looking at D．looking into
B
The first newspapers ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) were written by hand and put up on walls in public places.The earliest daily newspaper was __13__ in Rome in 59 B．C.In the 700s the world’s first printed newspaper was published in China.__14__ didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609，when one was started in Germany.
The first regular ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620.In 1621，__15__ newspaper was started in London and was published once a week.The first daily English newspaper was Daily Courant.It __16__ out in March,1702.
In 1690，Benjamin H ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arris printed the first American newspaper in Boston.But not long after it was first published，the government __17__ the paper.In 1740，John Campbell started the Boston Newspaper，the first __18__ published daily in the American colonies(殖民地)．By 1760 the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers.__19__，there are now about 1,800 daily newspapers in the United States.
Today，as a group，En ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )glish language newspapers have the largest circulation(发行量) in the world.But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahishimbun.It __20__ more than eleven million copies every day.
13．A.invented B．started C．sold D．read
14．A.Europe B．Asia C．America D．Africa
15．A.an English B．an American C．a famous D．a popular
16．A.got B．found C．went D．came
17．A.kept B．praised C．stopped D．supported
18．A.book B．newspaper C．magazine D．letter
19．A.However B．But C．And D．Yet
20．A.prints B．sells C．publishes D．writes
答案
1．C 2．C 3．D 4． ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )A 5．C 6．D 7．A 8．C 9．B 10．C 11．D 12．B 13．B 14．A 15．A 16．D 17．C 18．B 19．A 20．B
