Push!

       At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door. He rolled over and look to his  36  , and it was half past one. “I’m not getting  37  at this time,” he  38  to himself, and rolled over.

       Then, a  39  knock followed. “Aren’t you going to  40  it?” said his wife.

       So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs. He opened the door and there was a man   41  at the door. It didn’t take long to  42  the man was drunk.

“Hi, there,”slurred(嘟囔) the stranger, “Can you give me a push?”

“No, get lost. It’s half past one. I was  43  ,”Peter said and slammed the door. He went back   44  to bed and told his wife what had happened.

She said, “That wasn’t very  45  of you. Remember that night we had a  46  in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to  47  that man’s door to get our car  48  again? What would have happened if he’d told  49  to get lost?”

“But the guy was   50  ,” said Peter.

“It doesn’t matter,”said the wife. “He needs help  51  it would be the Christian thing to help him.”

So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs. He opened the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere, he shouted, “Hey, do you still want a  52  ?”

And he heard a  53  ,“Yeah, please.”

So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouted, “  54  are you?”

       The drunk replied, “Over here, on the  55  .”.”

Push!

At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door. He rolled over and looked at his  1, and it was half past one. "I'm not getting  2  at this time," he  3, and rolled over.

Then, a  4  knock followed. "Aren't you going to  5  that?" said his wife.

    So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs. He opened the door and there was a man  6  at the door. It didn't take Peter long to  7  the man was drunk.

"Hi, there," slurred (嘟囔) the stranger, "Can you give me a push?"

"No, get lost. It's half past one. I was  8," Peter said and slammed the door. He went back  9  to bed and told his wife what had happened.

She said, "That wasn't very  10  of you. Remember that night we had a  11  in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to  12  that man's house to get our car13  again? What would have happened if he'd told  14  to get lost?"

"But the guy was  15," said Peter.

"It doesn't matter," said the wife. "He needs help  16  it would be the Christian thing to help him."

So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs. He opened the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouted, "Hey, do you still want a  17 ?"

And he heard a  18  cry out "Yeah, please."

So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouted," 19_ are you?"

The drunk replied, "Over here, on the  20."

1.  A.  door           B.  clock            C.  wife           D.  window

2.  A.  out of bed      B.  out of the house  C.  down to work    D.  into trouble

3.  A.  complained     B.  explained        C.  replied        D.  thought

4.  A.  weaker         B.  louder           C.  longer         D.  angrier

5.  A.  stand          B.  stop             C.  answer         D.  refuse

6.  A.  standing       B.  lying            C.  knocking       D.  looking

7.  A.  remember       B.  show             C.  realize        D.  doubt

8.  A.  in bed         B.  in surprise      C.  at home        D.  at work

9.  A.  down           B.  up              C.  inside          D.  home

10.  A.  nice           B.  foolish         C.  typical         D.  generous

11.  A.  hard time      B.  quarrel         C.  fight           D.  breakdown

12.  A.  drive to       B.  pass by         C.  knock on        D.  drop into

13.  A.  started        B.  refreshed       C.  united          D.  delighted

14.  A.  us             B.  them           C.  the man          D.  others

15.  A.  mad            B.  drank          C.  different        D.  dangerous

16.  A.  but            B.  though         C.  and              D.  because

17.  A.  rest           B.  push           C.  room             D.  lift

18.  A.  lady           B.  gentleman      C.  drunk            D.  voice

19.  A.  What           B.  How            C.  Who              D.  Where

20.  A.  roof           B.  bed            C.  swing            D.  ground

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door. He rolled over and look to his  21  , and it was half past one. “I’m not getting  22  at this time,” he  23  to himself, and rolled over.
Then, a  24  knock followed. “Aren’t you going to  25  it?” said his wife.
So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs. He opened the door and there was a man   26  at the door. It didn’t take long to  27  the man was drunk.
“Hi, there,”slurred(嘟囔) the stranger, “Can you give me a push?”
“No, get lost. It’s half past one. I was  28  ,”Peter said and slammed the door. He went back   29  to bed and told his wife what had happened.
She said, “That wasn’t very  30  of you. Remember that night we had a  31  in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to  32  that man’s door to get our car  33  again? What would have happened if he’ d told  34  to get lost?”
“But the guy was  35  ,” said Peter.
“It doesn’t matter,”said the wife. “He needs help  36  it would be the Christian thing to help him.”
So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs. He opened the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere, he shouted, “Hey, do you still want a  37 ?”
And he heard a  38  ,“Yeah, please.”
So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouted, “ 39 are you?”
The drunk replied, “Over here, on the  40  .”
21．A．door   B．clock  C．wife   D．window
22．A．out of bed  B．out of the house         C．down to work    D．into trouble
23．A．complained        B．explained   C．replied        D．thought
24．A．weaker       B．louder         C．longer         D．angrier
25．A．stand B．stop   C．answer       D．refuse
26．A．standing    B．lying   C．knocking    D．looking
27．A．remember B．show C．realize        D．doubt
28．A．in bed         B．in surprise C．at home     D．at work
29．A．down B．up       C．inside          D．home
30．A．nice    B．foolish        C．typical        D．generous
31．A．hard time  B．quarrel       C．fight   D．breakdown
32．A．drive to      B．pass by       C．knock on   D．drop into
33．A．started       B．refreshed  C．united         D．delighted
34．A．us       B．them C．the man     D．others
35．A．mad   B．drunk C．different    D．dangerous
36．A．but     B．though       C．and    D．because
37．A．rest    B．push  C．room D．lift
38．A．lady    B．gentleman          C．drunk D．voice
39．A．What B．How   C．Who   D．Where
40．A．roof    B．bed    C．swing        D．ground