A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr. Smith began to leave. He was about to start the car when a gunman (持槍者)   36   up from the back seat. He  37   a gun to Mr. Smith’s head,“Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.

　　“All right”Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (發(fā)動機(jī)), pulled away from the side of the street and   38   down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not   39   the gunman. He knew he needed help. Where were the police? As he drove   40   each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to meet a police car. But he could see    41    . “Just my luck,” he thought. “If I was   42   too fast, there would be a police car on every corner.”

　　   43    he pushed his foot down on the accelerator(加速器), and the car ran   44  faster. “What are you doing?” shouted the gunman. “Keeping off the police.” Mr. Smith answered. “I thought I saw a police car   45   there.”

　　He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong   46    of the road. Not one of the policemen saw him. Again Mr. Smith’s plan was not working. He had to try a    47     plan.

　　He    48   a corner and saw the police station in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate. The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted, “Help! Help!” Then he   49   back to grab the man’s gun. At the same time the policemen heard the   50   and quickly caught the gunman.

　　(    )36.   A. woke       B. sat       C. stood    D. jumped

　　(    )37.   A. brought     B. pointed   C. held     D. carried

　　(    )38.   A. drove       B. left      C. took     D. pushed

　　(    )39.   A. fight        B. lift       C. keep      D. hit

　　(    )40.   A. around    B. over       C. through     D. towards

　　(    )41.   A. somebody  B. anybody   C. everybody   D. nobody

　　(    )42.   A. driving    B. moving    C. getting      D. walking

　　(    )43.   A. Slowly    B. Suddenly   C. Quietly     D. Carefully

　　(    )44.   A. more     B. much      C. very        D. quite

　　(    )45.   A. front      B. near      C. below       D. back

　　(    )46.   A. street     B. way      C. side         D. corner

　　(    )47.   A. new      B. safe      C. hard         D. nice

　　(    )48.   A. found     B. turned     C. stopped at    D. arrived at

　　(    )49.   A. got       B. looked    C. turned       D .came

　　(    )50.   A.  sound    B. man     C. voice       D. noise

   

  It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We hadn’t seen rain for almost a month.. The crops(莊稼) were dying. The rivers were drying. If we didn’t see some _41__soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of _42__and saw the only miracle ( 奇跡 )I had seen with my own eyes.

I was in the _43__making lunch when I saw my 6-year –old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He disappeared into the woods, but minutes later, he came running out again_44_the house.

 I went back to make sandwiches, think about the task he had done. Moments later ,however, he was once again walking toward the woods .This ___45_ for an hour—walked carefully to the woods and ran back to the house.

 Finally I couldn’t wait any longer and I walked out of the house and followed him_46__.Then I saw the most _47__ thing. Several big deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to him. And I saw a baby deer_48_ on the ground, clearly suffering from dehydration( 遭受脫水)and the heat. It lifted its_49__with great effort to lap up （舔）the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.

 When the water was gone, Billy jumped back and ran back to the house. I __50_ him back to a spigot (龍頭  ) that we had shut off the water to. Billy opened it all the way up and very little __51_ came out .He knelt( 跪下 )there ,letting the water slowly fill up his ___52__. When he stood up and began to run back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes __53_with tears.

 “I’m not _54__”, he was crying.

 As the tears from my eyes began to hit the ground, they were suddenly __55__by other drops … more drops … and more

 All I could say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm… just like the actions of one little boy saved the deer.

41.  A. crops         B. rivers   C. money      D. rain   

42.  A. giving        B. sharing   C. receiving   D. sending

43.  A. dining room   B. bedroom   C. kitchen   D study     

44.  A. toward      B. to         C. for        D. from

45.  A. happened    B. went on    C. held       D. took      

46.  A. happily      B. angrily    C. quietly     D. quickly

47.  A. surprising   B. annoying   C. wonderful   D. strange  

48.  A. sleeping    B. sitting      C. dying       D. lying

49.  A. head       B. feet        C. back       D. nose           

50.  A. walked     B. followed    C. ran       D. jumped    

51.  A. water      B. drops      C. rain         D. food.         

52.  A. mouth      B. hands    C. pocket      D. bag       

53.  A. filled      B. full       C. went        D. dealt   

54.  A .playing.   B. joking     C. wasting       D. drinking  

55.  A. joined     B. taken      C. brought       D. made