Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)．He asked the king to declare

him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was about to do so when an old

servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a

much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three

years．”

    The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he

went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one

day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this

old man，then 1 will be the greatest archer．”

  The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his

shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The

old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow

turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took Out the

arrow and said�！癐 knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s  why

I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，

and I’m  nothing before him．You must be  with him for at least thirty years．And he is

very old，SO go fast! Find the old man!”

56．The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“       ”

  A．a(chǎn)dmire    B．a(chǎn)dvise    C．a(chǎn)nnounce     D．a(chǎn)dmit

57．The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the

  A．he had nothing more to learn from him

B．he could then become the greatest archer

    C．the old man refused to teach him everything

    D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO

58．The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his

   master．Which is the right order of the events?

    A．1—2—3—4    B．4—3—2—1

    C．4—2—3—1    D．4—2—1—3

  59．What do you think would most probably happen next?

    A．The young archer died from the wound soon after．

    B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．

    C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him．

    D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’S master．

  60．What lesson can you learn from the story?

    A．There’s always someone better than you in this world．

    B．You must never try to become better than your teacher．

    C．The older a man is，the better archer he usually becomes．

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．

Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmates is her age-----73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.

　　When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn’t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs. Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.

　　She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs. Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff(不靈活). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.

49. Mrs. Hanson couldn’t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because ____________.

A. she hadn’t got enough money

B. she was a country girl

C. the banker ordered her not to borrow any money

D. the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children

50. The computer students welcomed Mrs. Hanson warmly because ______.

　 A. she had got an excellent result in the exam

B. she was good at telling funny stories

　 C. they wanted to get her help in their studies

D. they were deeply moved by her spirit

51. Mrs. Hanson is the sort of person who ________.

　　A. cares for study very much

B. likes to borrow money from the bank

　　C. never misses a chance to talk

D. tries to save any money for her family

52. In which order did Mrs. Hanson do the following things?

　　a. she began her studies at college.

　　b. She finished high school.

　　c. She got married and gave birth of nine children.

　　d. She had her 73 rd birthday.

　　e. She went to the bank to borrow money.

　　A. a c b e d      B. b e c a d   C. b c e d a    D. e d a c b 

The children were packing up in a hurry, for the night ________.

A. draws near          B. drew nearer

C. was drawn near      D. drew near

Be sure to go to the concert with me, _____?

A. will you   B. aren’t you     C. mustn’t you     D. don’t you

– She isn’t feeling very well today.

---You’re right. ______ to have caught cold.

A. It appears                  B. It appears that

C. She appeared               D. She appears

There are many other ways to advertise _______ broadcast advertisements on radio and TV.

A. except        B. as well     C. beside     D. besides

The movie, for one thing, is boring; for ______thing, it looks like ______.

A. another; another               B. the other; the other

C. another; the other              D. the other; another

 Hillen used to be very shy but she has grown _______it now.

A. without     B. over       C. away    D. out of

 If ________ guests we have, we would need ___ food.

A. more; less   B. fewer; more   C. few; less    D. fewer; less

 Only in this way, directed by the teacher, ______work out the problem the day before.

A. had they   B. they could    C. could they     D. did they