After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small cafe where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的). Although the waitress looked tired, she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill she remembered Bryan’s words.

She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone. On the table she saw a small note. There were tears in her eyes when she read it: “Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others.” Under the note were nine more $100 bills.

Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news. “Bryan...Bryan Anderson, my dear...you’re not going to believe what just happened...”

41. When the lady saw Bryan, she was worried because she thought _______.

A. he might hurt her B. he wasn’t going to stop

C. he couldn’t help her D. she didn’t have enough money

42. What can we learn about the old lady from the story?

A. She was never kind to others. B. She was usually quite careless.

C. She was probably very rich. D. She was not a very good driver.

43. The underlined expression “giving a hand to” (Paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A. questioning B. helping C. hurting D. calling

44. The underlined word “it” (Paragraph 5) refers to “_______”.

A. the change B. the bill C. the note D. the order

45. Which of the following shows the relationship between the man and the waitress?

A. Strangers. B. Friends.

C. The father and the daughter. D. A couple.

B

Sam was a fifteen-year-old boy living with his little sister, Julie. Their parents had passed away long ago. Sam had taken care of Julie by himself.

One day, Sam woke up at three in the morning as usual. When Julie was sleeping alone, Sam left their little house to send newspapers. When he found an old man sitting in front of their house, Sam was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. It was an icy morning and he looked very cold.

The poor old man didn’t have anything to cover himself with. Sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket(毯子). However, there were no extra blankets, so Sam thought hard and took his father’s coat. It was the only thing of his father’s that he had left. Sam wrote a short note. “Sir, I found you sleeping in front of my house. This is my father’s coat. I hope it fits you well.” He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he came back three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Sam thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his father’s coat.

That afternoon, Sam hurried home after school because Julie was at home alone. However, Julie and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Julie shouted to Sam, “Brother! He’s our grandfather!”

The grandfather smiled and said, “Sam, thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know how good my grandson is. This coat was the one that I gave my son a long time ago.”

46. How was the weather when Sam saw an old man in front of his house?

A. Hot and sunny. B. Rainy. C. Icy and cold. D. Windy.

47. Sam’s morning job was to _______.

A. take care of his sister B. go to school

C. send newspaper D. look for his grandfather

48. “Their parents passed away long ago.” means “Their parents _______ long ago.”

A. died B. went on C. left home D. passed by

49. Sam covered the old man with his father’s coat because _______.

A. his father’s coat fitted the old man well

B. the coat was the only thing that his father had left

C. he knew the old man was his grandfather then

D. he had no extra blanket

50. What is the story mainly about?

A. Father’s coat was missing.