阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I   36   across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and   37   with dust. Deciding to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They   38  .

As I carefully opened each letter,   39  of them fragile with age, I discovered a new page 40   unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents' lives.

My father used to   41   in the army. So his letters were full of frontline   42   of the things about the war. Each of my mother's letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was   43   to these letters like a magnet(磁铁).

Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very   44   and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a   45   kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the   46  . He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had   47  to him when he had been so far from home.

It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the   48   letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.

At his bedside, I joked with him, saying   49  , "Today is Valentine's Day, don’t you want to send Mother a present?" He became more   50   when I handed him the old   51  . He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he   52   it, his eyes were filled with tears.

My father, in a   53   tight with emotion (情感) read the loving message he'd sent to my mother fifty-six years   54  . And this time, he could read it to her in   55  .

36. A. came   B. hit         C. drew    D. fell

37. A. hidden   B. covered        C. buried    D. filled

38. A. refused      B. smiled         C. shocked   D. agreed

39. A. all       B. none      C. both    D. neither

40. A. recently   B. usually        C. previously   D. occasionally

41. A. work   B. study      C. serve    D. report

42. A. accounts  B. documents     C. introductions  D. occupations

43. A. devoted   B. addicted     C. thrown   D. drawn

44. A. sad   B. dead      C. dangerous   D. ill

45. A. typical   B. traditional     C. different   D. familiar

46. A. wars   B. illnesses     C. letters    D. hospitals

47. A. meant   B. intended     C. planned   D. said

48. A. divided   B. sorted      C. separated   D. updated

49. A. sadly   B. angrily      C. softly    D. loudly

50. A. curious   B. enthusiastic     C. fantastic   D. positive

51. A. card   B. envelope     C. basket    D. lipstick

52. A. found   B. wrote      C. recognized   D. missed

53. A. sound      B. noise      C. whisper   D. voice

54. A. later   B. earlier         C. ago       D. ahead

55. A. person      B. private         C. danger    D. peace

第三部分：阅读理解。

第一节(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.

A

Tom Smith was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something. “Tommy. When I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.

“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”

“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”

In the next few days Tommy began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.

“Tom Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”

When he got outside, Tom told his parents everything.

“When you told me to earn some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”

Tom was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?”

56. Tom was fired from the jobs because _______.

A. he liked listening to the radio

B. he had a big family to support

C. he spent a lot of time writing letters

D. he didn’t do the jobs well

57.Tom put an advertisement in the newspaper about _______ months after he left school.

A. three         B. six         C. nine         D. eleven

58. Why was Tom fined $ 250? _______.

A. Because he was lazy

B. Because he was out of work

C. Because he cheated people

D. Because he didn’t pay for his new suit

59. What would probably happen at last? _______.

A. Tom would get $ 2500 from the newspaper

B. The court would give $ 250 back to Tom

C. Tom would continue to advertise in the newspaper

D. Tom  would become a newspaper reporter

60. Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the information from the passage? _______?

A. How did the parents feel when Tom invited them to the theatre and dinner

B. What’s Tom’s secret

C. What did the policeman want Tom to do

D. How much did Tom have to pay all the people back