Ⅲ. 完形填空(20分)

Early one morning, an old woman was carrying a big basket of cabbages(卷心菜)to the market. She hoped to　1　them to the people from town.

The mountain road was narrow(狭窄的)and the old woman was walking　2　, because she did not want to have　3　and lose her cabbages.

Suddenly she　4　a loud bell and a bicycle came round the corner. It passed her and went very fast　5　the hill. The old woman had to jump up to one side of the　6　so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley(山谷).

She looked up, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was　7　on without even looking round to see　8　the old woman was all right.

The old woman began to shout, “Come back, young man! You dropped something! ”

When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he　9　fell off his bicycle. Then he turned and began to　10　the bicycle back up to the hill. “What is it? ”he asked, “What did I drop? ”“Little boy, ”the old woman answered, “you dropped your manners. ”

1. A. send　　　  B. sell　　　  C. give　　　  D. take

2. A. carefully   B. clearly   C. politely   D. hardly

3. A. a match        B. a rest

C. an accident        D. a talk

4. A. hit    B. made   C. found   D. heard

5. A. over    B. up    C. to    D. down

6. A. road    B. street   C. town   D. hill

7. A. driving   B. riding   C. running   D. walking

8. A. how    B. why    C. whether   D. when

9. A. usually   B. hardly   C. easily   D. nearly

10. A. carry   B. catch   C. push   D. give

Ⅳ. 任务型阅读(10分)

A young man went to visit a wise man who lived deep in the mountain. He wanted to ask for wisdom(智慧)of life.

“Excuse me! Could you tell me what is the most important day in our lives? Is it the day we’re born or the day we die? Is it the day we fall in love or the day we are successful? ”the young man asked.

“None. The most important day in our lives is today. ”the wise man replied calmly.

“Why? ”the young man was very surprised. “Is it because there is some unusual event taking place today? ”

“No. Nothing has happened today. ”

“So is it because of my visit? ”

“Even if nobody visited me today, today is still very important, because today is the only wealth(财富)we have. No matter how important yesterday is, it has gone by; 3. no matter how wonderful tomorrow may be, it hasn’t come; no matter how ordinary and boring today is, it is in our hands. ”

The young man still wanted to ask something, but the wise man stopped him and said, “When we are talking about the importance of today, we have wasted a lot of it. That is to say, part of ‘today’ has passed. ”

Having understood this, the young man nodded and then went down the mountain.

4. Actually today is the only wealth and chance we have. Therefore, what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow and catch hold of today!