A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves up during one particularly icy cold winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. They both had jobs, so it was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address and sent the e-mail without noticing his error.

In the same time: In Houston, a woman had just returned from her husband’s funeral(葬禮). He was a minister of many years who had been “called home to glory” following a heart attack. The woman checked her e-mail, expecting message from family and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted(昏厥)and fell to the floor. Her son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife

From: Your Departed Husband

Subject: I’ve arrived!

I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful(平靜)as mine was.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

36. Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?

       A. To visit their family and friends

       B. To escape from their busy work

       C. To escape from the cold winter

       D. To attend a friend’s funeral

37. What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?

       A. He checked into a wrong hotel

       B. He forget to bring the laptop

       C. He forgot to mail his letter

       D. He misspelled her wife’s address

38. The expression “called home to glory” probably suggests that the man had           .

       A. died and gone to heaven

       B. called his family to say hello

       C. been awarded an honor

       D. gone back to his hometown

39. How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?

       A. Pleased       B. Frightened      C. Amazed             D. Moved

40. Which of the following is true according to the text?

       A. His wife wouldn’t go to Florida for his error.

       B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail

       C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago.

       D. The woman’s husband died of a heart attack

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time .That was my real   16     .He had gone out of the study for some    17    , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see    18    was on his desk. In the   19     was a small piece of paper on which were written the    20    “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物傳記).”

A (n)   21    boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the    22    . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a   23     until the start of the exam, so I could not    24    reading it.

When the headmaster    25    , I was looking out of the window.

I should have told him what had   26     then. It would have been so    27    to say, “I’m sorry but I    28    the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to   29     it.”

The chance passed and I did not    30    it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t   31     to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.

That was thirty-eight years   32     when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before,   33    have I tried to explain to myself why not.

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title   34     admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk.   35    there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was , it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入)you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

16. A. plan                    B. grade             C. fault               D. luck

17. A. vacation              B. course            C. example            D. reason

18. A. what                   B. which            C. that                   D. this

19. A. drawer                   B. corner             C. middle            D. box

20. A. names             B. messages           C. ideas               D. words

21. A. friendly            B. handsome          C. honest            D. active

22. A. paper                  B desk.              C. book                 D. answer

23. A. question              B. secret                C. note                  D. key    

24. A. forget               B. consider            C. practise             D. help

25. A. disappeared      B. stayed            C. went                 D. returned

26. A. existed             B. happened           C. remained           D. continued

27. A. easy                   B. tiring                 C. important          D. difficult

28. A. gave                   B. saw                  C. set                    D. made

29. A. repeat                 B. defend            C. change                  D. correct

30. A. lose                    B. have                  C. take                 D. find

31. A. remember           B. learn                 C. pretend             D. mean

32. A. ago                     B. past                  C. then                  D. before

33. A. either                  B. never                C. nor                   D. so

34. A. by                   B. without             C. through             D. besides

35. A. Otherwise           B. Though             C. But                  D. Therefore

 Mr. Mike doesn’t understand ______ made his wife so upset this morning.

A. what was it that           B. why it was that       

C. what it that was            D. what it was that

-- ____________ is the best player in your team?

--Jerry.

　 A. Do you think who　　　　 B. Do you think whom

　 C. Who do you think　　　　 D. Whom do you think

 I like these English songs and they __________ many times on the radio.

   A. taught         B. have taught

   C. are taught              D. have been taught

 All the factories________ great importance to the car exhibition, and the price was very low, so a lot of cars were sold during it.

A. attached     B. afforded     C. earned   D. brought

---The book deserves _________ a second time.

--- Sorry, I can’t follow you clearly.

---I said that the article is worth _______ again

　 A. reading; to read　　 B. to be read; to be read

　 C. reading; reading　　 D. reading; being read

 We agreed to accept __________ they thought was the best professor in the college.

   A. whatever    B. whomever    C. whichever    D. whoever

 He must have _________ the funny story. I don’t think it is true.

   A. picked up    B. turned up    C. done up    D. made up

 Whatever is left over may be put into the refrigerator, ________ it will keep for two or three weeks.

   A. when    B. where    C. while    D. which