李道勝

A

I was on my way to pick up two of my granddaughters and take them to church. On the way， I stopped by the shops to pick up a few things. I told my other granddaughter Michelle（who was already in the car） that we might get __1__. She was all for it， with a happy look on her face just from the thought of it.

We __2__ from the car to the shop， __3__ as the giant cold drops made us wet to the skin. I almost ran straight into a little old lady holding onto her walker. She had three bags of groceries tied onto the handle of the walker. She didn't __4__ that we were in such a rush， just smiled at our silliness！

We went into the store， __5__ the things we needed and prepared ourselves for another __6__. That's when I noticed the lady was still there， waiting for the rain to __7__ a little.

“Would you like a __8__？” I asked her. She mumbled （咕噥） something about her __9__ and I told her I would place it in the back seat if she just wanted to go ahead and get in front.

She did and I opened the __10__ door to put the walker. It was no easy task and I got __11__ wet. Finally I __12__ to put it in and off we went.

Soon we found her __13__ and I ran to __14__ the walker out of the back seat. Getting it out wasn't any __15__ than getting it in.

__16__ I handed the lady her things and off she went. My granddaughters laughed and laughed at the way I looked and that made me laugh. We arrived at the __17__ looking like we had been for a __18__ with our clothes on. But it was __19__ it.

I am glad I could be a（n） __20__ to my granddaughters—and laugh about it too！

1. A. dirty B. lost C. separated D. wet

2. A. moved B. ran C. stepped D. walked

3. A. dancing B. laughing ? ? C. screaming D. talking

4. A. know B. mind ? ? C. realize D. understand

5. A. bought B. caught ? ? C. sought ? ? D. thought

6. A. fight B. talk C. shower ? ? D. struggle

7. A. die down B. go away ? ? C. pass out ? ? D. put off

8. A. bus B. company ? ? C. journey D. ride

9. A. groceries B. hearing C. sight ? ? D. walker

10. A. back B. front ? ? C. side D. top

11. A. heavily B. narrowly ? ? C. slightly D. thoroughly

12. A. intended B. managed ? ? C. planned D. tried

13. A. car B. destination? ? ? C. house ? ? D. village

14. A. fetch B. knock ? ? C. strike ? ? D. throw

15. A. cheaper B. easier ? ? C. funnier ? ? D. slower

16. A. Carefully B. Finally ? ? C. Gradually ? ? D. Slowly

17. A. church B. market C. store D. town

18. A. camping B. hiking C. swim D. trip

19. A. getting B. measuring C. proving D. worth

20. A. contribution? B. example C. hero D. success

B

Are some people born clever， and others born stupid？ Or is intelligence developed by our environment and experiences？ __1__ enough， the answer to both these questions is __2__. To some extent our intelligence is given us __3__， and no amount of special education can __4__ a genius out of a child born with __5__ intelligence. On the other hand， a child who lives in a __6__ environment will develop his intelligence less than __7__ who lives in rich and varied __8__. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth __9__ whether or not he reaches those limits will __10__ on his environment. This view， now __11__ by most experts can be supported in a number of ways.

It is easy to show __12__ intelligence is to some extent something we are born __13__. The closer the blood relationship between two people， the closer they are __14__ to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people __15__ from the population， it is likely that their degrees of __16__ will be completely different. If on the other hand we __17__ two identical twins， they will very likely be __18__ intelligent as each other. Relations __19__ brothers and sisters， parents and children， usually have similar intelligence， and this clearly __20__ that intelligence depends on birth.

1. A. Frankly? ? ? B. Clearly? ? C. Strangely? ? ? D. Surely

2. A. wrong? ? ? B. no? ? ? ? C. right? ? ? ? ? D. yes

3. A. by chance? ? B. so far? ? ? C. before long? ? D. at birth

4. A. make? ? ? ? B. teach? ? ? C. regulate? ? ? D. expand

5. A. enough? ? ? B. short? ? ? C. high? ? ? ? ? D. low

6. A. special? ? ? B. warm? ? ? C. happy? ? ? ? D. boring

7. A. that? ? ? ? ? B. person? ? ? C. somebody? ? D. one

8. A. surroundings? B. region? ? C. environment? D. society

9. A. for? ? ? ? ? B. but? ? ? ? C. however? ? ? D. that

10. A. hold? ? ? ? B. get? ? ? ? C. depend? ? ? D. touch

11. A. made? ? ? B. occurred? ? C. thought? ? ? D. held

12. A. that? ? ? ? B. how? ? ? ? C. whether? ? ? D. why

13. A. on? ? ? ? B. with? ? ? ? C. at? ? ? ?   D. along

14. A. possible? ? B. reasonable? ? C. accidental? ? D. likely

15. A. at random? B. in brief? ? ? C. on purpose? D. as yet

16. A. intelligence? B. endurance? ? C. relationship? D. cooperation

17. A. glance at? ? B. judge? ? ? C. estimate? ? D. take

18. A. of? ? ? ? B. such? ? ? C. as? ? ? ? ? D. for

19. A. unlike? ? ? B. like? ? ? ? C. as? ? ? ? ? D. among

20. A. suggests? ? B. claims? ? ? C. maitains? ? D. predicts