Test 1 A A young man who live d in London was in love with a beautiful girl.Soon she became his fiancée(未婚妻)．The man was very poor while the girl was rich.The young man wanted to give her a__1__on her birthday.He wanted to buy something__2__for her，but he had no__3__how to do it，as he had very little money. The next morning he w ent to a shop.There were many fine things there：rings，gold watches，diamonds，but all these things were__4__.There was one thing he could not take his eyes off.It was a beautiful vase.That would be a wonderful present for his fiancée.He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager asked what had happened to him.The young man told him everything.The manager felt__5__for him and decided to help him.A brilliant idea__6__him.The manager__7__to the corner of the shop.To his great surprise，the young man saw a vase__8__into many pieces.The manager said，“I can help you.I shall order my assistant to__9__it and take it to your fiancée.When he enters the room，he will drop it.” On the birthday of hi s fiancée the young man was very__10__.Everything happened as he had__11__.The assistant brought in the vase，and as he entered the room，he dropped it.There was__12__on everybody’s face.When the vase was unwrapped，the guests saw that each piece was packed separately. 1．A.vase B．coat C．ring D．present 2．A.worth B．necessary C．separate D．beautiful 3．A.way B．plan C．idea D．path 4．A.too expensive B．so cheap C．too big D．very beautiful 5．A.sorry B．sorrowful C．worried D．uneasy 6．A.stuck B．came C．helped D．struck 7．A.pointed B．showed C．looked D．directed 8．A.burst B．broken C．got D．turned 9．A.wrap B．send C．buy D．pick 10．A.excited B．surprised C．calm D．busy 11．A.seen B．told C．realized D．expected 12．A.expression B ．anger C．horror D．fun B When we were children，everything we saw was new，wonderful and unbelievable.We were __13__ if it was raining or snowing，if it was hot or cold，if it was night or day.We just wanted to discover all the things that were around us. For us the only big __14__ was that we were awake or asleep.When we were awake，we wanted to extend the time just for __15__ with our friends or being with our pet a little more time. But we can’t stop time.Children grow and we become adults；and as adults，we no __16__ have enough time for little things—discovering a rainbow is not a __17__，seeing a building with 50 floors is not amazing，and looking at a giraffe in the zoo is normal.A rainy day is a bad day because the traffic will be slow in the streets，and the first day of spring __18__ us think about allergies(敏感症)． The first day of the month is not the beginning of a new month；it’s the time to __19__ about bills.Going to the supermarket is an obligation(责任)；it is not just for the pleasure of walking down the aisles(过道) and looking for things and seeing the people around us.Life is a process in which everyone has many obligations.__20__，i ... ...
