二、完型填空（共10分，每小题1分）

It’s very common to meet different people in public places.

When I was 16 years old, I got a job in a  16   .Mum asked，“How did you  17   your lunch, dear?” I answered，“I made some new friends in the supermarket, twin brothers, their mum and dad. They were my customers. They invited me   18   lunch.”

Mum was happy that I had made new friends, but she wanted to know what kinds of   19  they might be.

Several days later, I asked my friends to come to the supermarket where I worked  20    let mum meet them. Mum was very  21  to find out that the twin brothers were jointed at the chest. She felt very strange because I didn’t tell her about that before.

When Mum asked me about this, I said, “I know that too. But do you know that their mum has to make all clothes because it’s  22  difficult to find anything to fit them?They ’re also good   23   .That day, Joe, the one on the right, made me noodles for lunch.”

When Mum saw the twins,she must have thought how strange they  24  .But to me,what I cared about was that they had difficulty  25  clothes and they were good cooks.

  （    ）16.A.supermarket  B.post office     C.factory       D.bank

  （    ）17.A.find         B.make          C.manage      D.cat

  （    ）18.A.at           B.for           C.after         D.before

  （    ）19.A.men         B.women       C.boys         D.people

  （    ）20.A.and          B.but          C.or           D.so

  （    ）21.A.surprised      B.excited       C.interested     D.disappointed

  （    ）22.A.so           B.very          C.too          D.really

  （    ）23.A.friends       B.singers        C.workers       D.cooks

  （    ）24.A.smelled      B.looked         C.felt           D.sounded

  （    ）25.A.selling       B.making        C.wearing        D.buying

三、阅读理解（共15分，每小题1分）

   阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

                                   A

Some time ago，an old businessman had a large store in Boston.He wanted a boy to work for him，and he put an advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning，many boys came to the old man’s office，           .

There was a post（柱子）by his desk,and there was a nail（钉子）in it.He took a walking stick and said,”Everyone has three chances.If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once,I will give him the job.”

The boys thought it was very easy.They all tried,but nobody could make it.So the old man said,”I’m sorry I can’t take any of you.”And they left.

He kept the advertisement in the newspaper，and the next morning many more boys came，and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before.The boy hit the nail successfully for three times.The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that.

“Yes,” said the boy,”I failed yesterday,but I thought that if I kept on trying a while,I could do it. So I went home and practised hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it，and I got up very early this morning，and tried again.”

The old man said ,”You are the boy for me.” And he gave the boy the job.Whatever the boy had to do,he tried to do his best.It was not very long before he became the best clerk（店员）in the store.

（   ）26.Which of these is the most suitable if we put it into the bank in

         paragraph 1？

        A.reading the advertisement              B.asking for the job

        C.visiting the old businessman             D.working in the store

（   ）27.What does the underlined phrase”make it ”mean in Paragraph 3？

        A.try          B.hit         C.create        D.succeed

（   ）28.What can we infer（推断）from the passage？

        A.The thin boy was confident of success when he came again.

        B.It was very expensive to put advertisements in newspaper.

        C.All the boys failed to hit the nail into the pole the next day.

        D.The old man was surprised when he saw the thin boy succeed.

（   ）29.Where did the thin boy practise hitting a nail？

        A.In the school.  B.In the store.   C.In the post office.  D.At home.

（   ）30.What does the writer of this passage want to tell us？

        A.One is never too old to learn.      

        B.A good beginning is half done.

        C.Where there is a will,there is a way.  

        D.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

码字很不容易啊，不过一切都是为了学生。