A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle （/JC^C）between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet．He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn't possibly imagine how this had happened．It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out he would never hear the end of jt. When the girls found out, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived．
He prayed this prayer, "Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat!" He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered．As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water．Susie tripped （绊倒） in front of the teacher and dumped （倒） the bowl of water in the boy's lap．The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, "Thank you．Lord!"
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy was the object of sympathy．The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out．All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk．The sympathy was wonderful．But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred （转移） to someone else—Susie．She tried to help, but they told her to get out．
When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Susie whispered back, "I wet my trousers once, too!"
1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means ____ .
A．the boys would never play with him
B．the boys would treat him as usual
C. he would hardly hear any praise from the boys
D．he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly
2.After Susie dumped water in his lap, the boy was in a state of ___
A．excitement B．relief C．anxiety D．anger
3.What did the other kids do after the incident?
A．They offered him dry clothes．
B．They laughed at the boy rudely,
C．They helped the boy do the cleaning．
D．They urged the boy to get out angrily,
4.Why did Susie dump water in the boy's lap?
A．The boy asked her to do so．
B．She just did it by accident．
C．The teacher tripped her on purpose．
D．She knew the boy's embarrassment．
A few weeks ago, I followed a friend into an art supply store．I found him picking out tubes of water-color paint, which __36__ me because he's not an artist.
"I 37 up for a water-color class, and it starts next week," he said．"I really don't have 38_ for it, but it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die, so I _39__ it．Every few months I look at the list and decide what to focus on next． 40 I had the list, I complained a lot about what I was 41 _ in my life．Now I just bury myself in doing these things．Write your own list．and you'll 42 what I mean．"
So that night．I did just that, and he was right．The list revealed （显露出） a whole lot about what was __43__ to me．It also revealed how _44___ behind I am at getting to the things I really want．
I filled up the first twenty __45__ quickly, but then began to think carefully．
Eventually I __46_ items I've thought about for years, and __47__ I've carried with me since I was young．When I 48 the list later, some entries surprised me．
First, I want to _ 49_ much more, particularly now that my children are 50_ and can go with me to see the world．I would like to take them to bike through Denmark and camp in the Canadian Rockies．
I'm also surprised to _51_ some things on the list that need to be done soon．If I'm going to learn to roller-blade （轮滑）, __52_, I'd better start before I turn 50．
Like my friend, I now have an alternative to __53__．When I'm bored with life, I take out my list．
My friend told me the _54_ was preparing the ground so that life could work in mysterious ways．"If you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock （码头）," he said．
Thanks to my _55__, I'm working on some big docks．
1.A．surprised B．moved C．pleased D．excited
2.A．made B．took C．signed D．gave
3.A．interest B．concern C．time D．emotion
4.A．went for B．called for C．accounted for D．cared for
5.A．Because B．After C．Before D．Although
6.A．doing B．missing C．pushed D．engaged
7.A．admire B．abolish C．spot D．see
8.A．important B．strange C．beneficial D．special
9.A．slightly B．slowly C．possibly D．hopelessly
10.A．thoughts B．lists C．ideas D．blanks
11.A．studied B．added C．dropped D．obtained
12.A．burdens B．challenges C．dreams D．responsibilities
13.A．reviewed B．discovered C．wrote D．appreciated
14.A．play B．relax C．travel D．hike．
15.A．wealthier B．cleverer C．healthier D．older
16.A．write B．put C．find D．leave
17.A．such as B．for instanceC．in fact D．in particular
18.A．complaining B．relaxing C．objecting D．adjusting
19.A．problem B．key C．answer D．question
20.A．hobbies B．optimism C．list D．wishes
______ there was no conclusive evidence, most people thought he was guilty.
A. When B. As far as C. As long as D. While
---Where___?
—I got caught in the heavy traffic, or I ___ here earlier. A. did you go; had arrived B. are you; was C. were you; would come D. have you been ; would have been
---Do you often stay up?
---No. I always get a good night’s sleep _______ much work I have to do. A. whenever B. however C. whatever D. whichever
Born and ______ in Central China’s Hubei Province, Wang Luoyong learned Peking Opera at the age of 11 in Hubei Experimental Peking Opera School.
A. raising B. risen C. raised D. being raised
