Jack packed up all the things he had accumulated over the last ten years.A:future B:far C:past D:near

Jack and Ben, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. Jack, __(1)__ bed was next to the room's only window, __(2)__ to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. But Ben had to spend all day and night __(3)__ flat on his bed. To __(4)__ time the two men began to talk. They talked for hours about their wives, families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, and where they had been on vacation. __(5)__ days went by, a deep friendship began to develop between them.

Every afternoon when Jack could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to Ben all the things he could see outside the window. And Ben began to live for those one-hour __(6)__ when his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window __(7)__a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm __(8)__ flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees beautified the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As Jack described all this in detail, Ben would close his eyes and imagine the beautiful scene.

One warm afternoon Jack described a parade __(9)__ by. Although Ben couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his __(10)__ eye as Jack portrayed it with descriptive words.

(1)A、which

B、that

C、whose

D、who

(2)A、allowing

B、allowed

C、to allow

D、was allowed

(3)A、lying

B、lain

C、lied

D、lay

(4)A、take

B、kill

C、keep

D、make

(5)A、As

B、With

C、Once

D、For

(6)A、times

B、×

C、pauses

D、periods

(7)A、overacted

B、overexcited

C、overlooked

D、overtook

(8)A、in

B、amid

C、within

D、with

(9)A、pass

B、passing

C、passed

D、past

(10)A、mind's

B、brain's

C、heart's

D、head's

A.in order to find

B.so as to find

C.only to find

D.such as to find

A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has difficulty in laying his hand upon it.

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Passage Three

The war had begun, and George had joined the air force. He wanted to be a pilot and after some months he managed to get to the air force training school, where they taught pilots to fly'.

There, the first thing that new students had to do was to be taken up in a plane by an experienced pi lot, to give them some ideas what it felt like. Even those who had traveled as passengers in commercial (商业的 ) airline planes before found it strange to be in the cockpit (驾驶舱)of a small fighter plane, and most of the students felt nervous.

The officer who had to take the students up for their first flight allowed them to fly the plane for a few seconds if' they wanted to and if they were not too frightened to try, but be was always ready to take over as soon as the plane started to do dangerous things.

George was one of those who took over the controls of the plane when he went up in it for the first time, and after the officer had taken them [Yom him again. George thought that he had better ask a few questions to show how interested he was and how much he wanted to learn to fly. There were a number of instruments (仪表) in front of him, so he chose one and asked the officer what it was. The officer looked at him strangely for a moment and then answered, "That is the clock."

44. George went to the air torte training school because he wanted ______.

A. to fight the war

B. to fly

C. to be pilot

D. to be a passenger

A. in

B. between

C. among

D. over

A.research

B.a research

C.researches

D.the researches

A. involved

B.running into

C. Involving

D. run into

Richard Gray was a famous explorer ( 探险家 ) . He was also a millionaire. He had visited every country in the world. He had crossed Antarctica, flown across the Atlantic by balloon, and climbed Mount Everest. Last year he decided to walk across Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth. He walked for days over the hot desert sand. One night he found the camp where he had been the night before. Gray had walked in a circle. He was lost.

Two days later he had drunk all his water. He couldn't walk. He crawled to the top of a sand dune (沙丘) ,and there he saw a man. The man was wearing smart, clean trousers, a white shirt and a tie. Gray crawled over to him.

“Water⋯ water ⋯” he said.

“I'm terribly sorry, old boy,” replied the man, “but I haven't got any water with me.”

“Help me!” shouted Gray, “I'm a rich man…a millionaire… I'II give you anything. ”

“That's very nice of you, old boy,” said the man. “Look, I can't give you any water, but would you like to buy my tie?”

“A tie? Of course not! ” screamed Gray, and crawled away. He crawled slowly up the next sand dune. His mouth was full of sand. His lips were cracked (破裂) and dry. He I couldn't breathe.

He reached the top of the dune and there he saw a huge good hotel.

Girls were swimming in the large swimming pool. Beautiful fountains were all around the hotel.

“Is it a mirage (幻景)? ” he thought. “Am I dying?”

He stood up and staggered (蹒跚) down the dune.

A waiter in shining white uniform. came out of the door.

“Water ⋯water ⋯ a bath! Food! ” screamed Gray.

“I'm sorry, you can't come into this hotel,” said the waiter.

“Why not? I've got plenty of money. . . I'm a millionaire. ”

“Ah,” replied the waiter,“ but you aren't wearing a tie! ”

(1)The famous explorer _________.

A、had crossed Antarctica and the Atlantic by balloon

B、had traveled all over the world

C、had walked across Death Valley

D、had ever been a millionaire

(2)The man offered to sell his tie to Gray because _________.

A、he wished to get some money from Gray

B、Gray was a rich man

C、he didn't have any water with him

D、he thought a millionaire needed to wear a tie

(3)Gray saw _________ from the top of the next dune.

A、a large good hotel

B、many swimming boys

C、a lot of drinking water

D、a beautiful mirage

(4)At last Richard Gray_________

A、got some water to drink

B、was not permitted to enter the hotel

C、was very sorry for the waiter

D、was dying

(5)If Gray __________, he would have got some water to drink in the hotel.

A、had got a lot of money with him

B、had put on his tie at once

C、had said he was a famous millionaire

D、had bought the tie from the man

A. made an effort

B. made a fool

C. made a big fuss

D. made up

A、had been

B、was

C、are

D、were