Ⅳ.  完形填空(10分)

Maxim Gorky(高尔基)was born in a carpenter's (木匠) family.

When he was five, he    48   his father.  He    49    his childhood in his grandfather's home.     50    the age of ten, his mother   51    of illness.  His grandfather   52   him look for a job by himself.  For ten years, young Gorky    53    about in the street.  He did whatever kinds of jobs he 54 , and he lived such 55 life.     54    , and he lived such   55   life.

The dog's life in the ten years made him deeply understand the hardship of the   56   people and deeply hate the old system (制度).  During that time he read all kinds of books which   57   him a lot of materials for works later on.

(     )48.  A.  lived with    B.  played with    C.  lost     D.  learned from

(     )49.  A.  made    B.  enjoyed     C.  lived    D.  spent

(     )50.  A.  On     B.  At     C.  In     D.  For

(     )51.  A.  died     B.  died with    C.  had    D.  had a

(     )52.  A.  noticed    B.  do    C.  made     D.  heard

(     )53.  A.  studied     B.  played with    C.  walked after    D.  worked

(     )54.  A.  did    B.  could find    C.  looked after    D.  wanted

(     )55.  A.  a simple    B.  a hard    C.  a happy    D.  an interesting

(     )56.  A.  young    B.  old    C.  rich    D.  working

(     )57.  A.  gave    B.  did    C.  helped    D.  lent

Ⅴ.  阅读理解(20分)

A

Mr.  Coates works in an office in Brighton,  England.  One Saturday, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift, it stopped between floors. Mr.   Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout,  but no one heard him.   Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates slept for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning, his workmates came into work and found the lift was not working. When the lift was opened, Mr. Coates came out. He was cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the lift for 62 hours!Now     Mr. Coates says,  "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them.  "