閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)以下要求：1）漢語提示；2）首字母提示；3）語境提示，在每個(gè)空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)挠⒄Z單詞，并將該詞完整地寫在相對(duì)應(yīng)的橫線上。所填單詞要求意義準(zhǔn)確、拼寫正確。
It’s believed that you can quite easily improve your ability to remember
things through practice and exercise. But e_____ if you are successful,    
there are times ______ your memory seems to play tricks on you.        
Sometimes you remember things ______ really did not happen. Take           
one morning last week as an ______. I got up and found that I had          
l      the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember          
locking it ______(仔細(xì)地) the night before. Memory “tricks” work the     
other way as well. Once in a while you remember ______ doing something 
and then find out that you d______. One day last month I was sitting           
in a barber shop w______ for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I          
______(意識(shí)到) that I actually got a haircut two days before.              

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)以下要求：1）漢語提示；2）首字母提示；3）語境提示，在每個(gè)空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)挠⒄Z單詞，并將該詞完整地寫在相對(duì)應(yīng)的橫線上。所填單詞要求意義準(zhǔn)確、拼寫正確。

It’s believed that you can quite easily improve your ability to remember

things through practice and exercise. But e_____ if you are successful,    

there are times ______ your memory seems to play tricks on you.        

Sometimes you remember things ______ really did not happen. Take           

one morning last week as an ______. I got up and found that I had          

l       the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember          

locking it ______(仔細(xì)地) the night before. Memory “tricks” work the     

other way as well. Once in a while you remember ______ doing something 

and then find out that you d______. One day last month I was sitting           

in a barber shop w______ for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I          

______(意識(shí)到) that I actually got a haircut two days before.              

It's believed that you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things through practice and exercise. But 40.e________ if you are successful, there are times 41.________ your memory seems to play tricks on you. Sometimes you remember things 42.________ really did not happen. Take one morning last week as an 43.________. I got up and found that I had 44.l________ the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remembered locking it 45.________ (仔細(xì)地) the night before. Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember 46.________ doing something and then find out that you 47.d________. One day last month I was sitting in a barber shop 48.w________ for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I 49.________ (意識(shí)到) that I had actually got a haircut two days before.

It was on a warm day last summer. I was walking by the sea. The waves came and went. But I didn’t see them. I was lost in my thoughts.

A row of small holes soon caught my eyes. They lay in the sandy earth by the side of a road. In a minute I would have stepped on them.

What are these holes? I wondered. It had an answer soon. A fat, hairy insect crawled up from the earth. It had a wide tail. It was using the tail to dig in the ground.

The insect moved round and round in one spot(地點(diǎn)). Soon it had made another hole. When it was finished, the insect hid at the bottom. It covered its head with sand.

By now my thoughts of the early morning had gone. This new hole and the insect were all my world. So I sat quite still by the side of the road. And I waited.

As I watched, a small ant crossed the road. It passed my foot, and then it crossed the sandy earth. In a little while it reached the edge of the hole. I saw it start to fall in. The ant tried to turn back. But it couldn’t.

And then I knew. I knew why the holes were there. For just then the fat insect came up out of the hole. It ate the ant who was trapped there.

Later I learned the insect’s name. It’s called ant lion. It digs holes to catch ants.

I’ll never forget that day. The holes looked so small to me. But to the ant and the ant lion they were the whole world.

I took my walks by the sea that summer. But I never again learned as much as I did on the one.

1. What did the ant lion use to dig holes?

  A. Its tail       B. Its feet.            C. Its head         D. Its whole body

2. Why did the ant lion hide in the hole?

  A. To keep the sun away           B. So no one would catch it.

  C. So the ant wouldn’t see it        D. To keep warm.

3. Why did “I” sit down by the side of the road?

  A. To think                           B. To eat her lunch

C. To watch the little holes          D. To catch ants.

4.Why did the ant lion dig the holes?

  A. To play a game                 B. To catch its food

  C. To hide its eggs                   D. To hide from its enemy

5.Why did “I” never forget that day?

  A. Learned something          B. Had a nice time

  C. Saw the ant lion whenever she took a walk

  D. Felt sorry for the ant.

One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
【小題1】Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.

We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.

I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.

I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.

Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”

Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.

1.Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

2.The mockingbird died because it ______.

3.An ornithologist probably means ______.

4.What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?

What would you do if you were unemployed, homeless and you found a large sum of money? Pauline Nichter, 46, and her husband, Tom, 44, had both 1　 their jobs and were living in and out of motels(汽車旅館) with their 11-year-old son, Jason. They were in danger of losing their car for 　2　 to make payments on it.

One day last summer, Pauline found a wallet 　3　 a credit card, an airline ticket to New Zealand and $2,394 in 　 4 　 at a shopping center in the Los Angeles suburb of Buena Park. “For a second I 　5　 about taking the money,” she said later. “　 6 only for a second. It wasn’t our money and we don’t want to set a bad 　 7 to our son.” She delivered the wallet and the contents to the nearest 　　8　 , where the owner reclaimed them. Police admitted that they were　 9 when the Nichters walked into the police station with the　 10　 and the money.

Word of the 　11　 quickly got around, and a grateful community 　12 in kind. The Nichters received more than ten job offers and a(n) 　13 rent-free for six months. An unknown donor（捐助人） brought the car 　14 up to date. Others gave cash. One elderly couple walked into the police station 　15　 Pauline had turned in the wallet and asked how much had been in 　16　 . When they were 　 17　 the amount, the man said, “Then that’s what they 　18　 ,” and wrote out a check for $2,400.

At a news conference Pauline said in 19　 , “Never in a million years would I have thought this would happen to us. What we have 　20 is far more than what was in the wallet.”

1. A. dropped　　　　　　　 B. received　　　　　　　　　 C. found　　　　　　　　　　　 D. lost

2. A. fear　　　　　　　　　　 B. failure　　　　　　　　　　　 C. unwillingness　　　　　 D. hesitation

3. A. containing　　　　　　 B. promising　　　　　　　　 C. folding　　　　　　　　　　 D. covering

4. A. total　　　　　　　　　　 B. bill　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. cash　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. rent

5. A. looked　　　　　　　　　 B. consulted　　　　　　　　 C. moved　　　　　　　　　　 D. thought

6. A. And　　　　　　　　　　 B. But　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Or　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. So

7. A. sample　　　　　　　　 B. example　　　　　　　　　 C. goal　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. limit

8. A. post office B. railway station　　　　　 C. police station D. shopping center

9. A. surprised　　　　　　　 B. delighted　　　　　　　　　 C. frightened　　　　　　　　 D. scared

10. A. credit card　　　　　 B. airline ticket　　　　　　　 C. wallet　　　　　　　　　　　 D. money

11. A. devotion　　　　　　 B. loyalty　　　　　　　　　　 C. bravery　　　　　　　　　　 D. honesty

12. A. responded　　　　　 B. replied　　　　　　　　　　 C. reflected　　　　　　　　　 D. required

13. A. department　　　　 B. apartment　　　　　　　　 C. holiday　　　　　　　　　　 D. electricity

14. A. payments　　　　　　 B. license　　　　　　　　　　 C. park　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. parts

15. A. what　　　　　　　　　 B. when　　　　　　　　　　　 C. where　　　　　　　　　　　 D. which

16. A. them　　　　　　　　　 B. it　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. each　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. all

17. A. asked　　　　　　　　 B. repaid　　　　　　　　　　　 C. told　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. reminded

18. A. value　　　　　　　　　 B. reserve　　　　　　　　　　 C. earn　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. deserve

19. A. tears　　　　　　　　　 B. cheers　　　　　　　　　　 C. shock　　　　　　　　　　　 D. silence

20. A. created　　　　　　　 B. donated　　　　　　　　　　 C. returned　　　　　　　　　 D. received

When I started working as a freelance writer two years ago,my lifestyle  41  .As my workload  42  , I began spending less and less time outside of the house. Then, one day while I was  43   writer’s block, Daisy insisted I take her outside to play. I fought her at first because I needed to work, but  44   gave in. After about an hour of playing, we  45   inside, and I found myself clear-headed and ready to  46  . I learned my lesson from her: A little fresh air goes a long way to  47   your day.

Last summer, I was very   48   . I found myself working from the time I got up right up until bedtime, which left little time for Daisy. It’s not that I was  49  her needs, but just that I didn’t have as much time to   50   her as I once did.

It wasn’t until I started seeing changes in her  51   that I realized there was a problem. She wasn’t following my commands, so I started searching for the   52  . As it turned out she needed more   53   from me, and when I made more time for her,things went back to  54   . She showed me that even when I’m up to my ears in work, I have to make time to spend  55   my loved ones.

36.A.terrible          B.special           C.awesome        D.generous

37.A.lesson            B.promise         C.opportunity     D.secret

38.A.annoying          B.comortable       C.boring         D.easy

39.A.but               B.or              C.so             D.because

40.A.honestly          B.simply           C.privately      D.faithfully

41.A.paused            B.changed         C.updated        D.operated

42.A.finished          B.pressed          C.arranged       D.increased

43.A.forgetting        B.planning          C.escaping       D.battling

44.A.unfortunately     B.gradually         C.eventually     D.frequently

45.A.came back         B.turned around    C.took apart     D.blew up

46.A.scream            B.write           C.think          D.taste

47.A.predict           B.transform        C.determine      D.trighten

 48.A.busy           B.excited           C.upset          D.comfortable

 49.A.admitting      B.adapting           C.ignoring       D.requiring

 50.A.rely on        B.dress up           C.spy on         D.devote to

 51.A.behavior       B.mistake           C.food           D.imagination

 52.A.method         B.cost             C.cause          D.conclusion

 53.A.praise         B.attention          C.encouragement  D.guidance

 54.A.normal         B.quietness          C.safety         D.happiness

 55.A.to             B.with               C.for            D.by

One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young.When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.

1. 1.

   Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

   1. A.
      He had just got a new cage.
   2. B.
      He liked its beautiful feather.
   3. C.
      He wanted a pet for a companion.
   4. D.
      He wanted it to sing for him.
2. 2.

   The mockingbird died because it ______.

   1. A.
      drank the poisonous water by mistake
   2. B.
      was frightened to death
   3. C.
      refused to eat anything
   4. D.
      ate the poisonous food its mother gave it
3. 3.

   An ornithologist probably means ______.

   1. A.
      a religious person
   2. B.
      a kind person
   3. C.
      an expert in birds
   4. D.
      a schoolmaster
4. 4.

   What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?

   1. A.
      Freedom is very valuable to all living things.
   2. B.
      All birds put in a cage won’t live long.
   3. C.
      You should keep the birds from their mother.
   4. D.
      Be careful about food you give to baby birds.

It was on a warm day last summer. I was walking by the sea. The waves came and went. But I didn’t see them. I was lost in my thoughts.
A row of small holes soon caught my eyes. They lay in the sandy earth by the side of a road. In a minute I would have stepped on them.
What are these holes? I wondered. It had an answer soon. A fat, hairy insect crawled up from the earth. It had a wide tail. It was using the tail to dig in the ground.
The insect moved round and round in one spot(地點(diǎn)). Soon it had made another hole. When it was finished, the insect hid at the bottom. It covered its head with sand.
By now my thoughts of the early morning had gone. This new hole and the insect were all my world. So I sat quite still by the side of the road. And I waited.
As I watched, a small ant crossed the road. It passed my foot, and then it crossed the sandy earth. In a little while it reached the edge of the hole. I saw it start to fall in. The ant tried to turn back. But it couldn’t.
And then I knew. I knew why the holes were there. For just then the fat insect came up out of the hole. It ate the ant who was trapped there.
Later I learned the insect’s name. It’s called ant lion. It digs holes to catch ants.
I’ll never forget that day. The holes looked so small to me. But to the ant and the ant lion they were the whole world.
I took my walks by the sea that summer. But I never again learned as much as I did on the one.
【小題1】 What did the ant lion use to dig holes?

A．To keep the sun away	B．So no one would catch it.
C．So the ant wouldn’t see it	D．To keep warm.

One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.

We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.

I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flew about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.

I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.

Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time. Hearing me crying over the death of my bird, he explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poisonous (有毒的) berries (干果). She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”

Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.

52. Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

A. He had just got a new cage.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. He liked its beautiful feather.

C. He wanted a pet for a companion.　　　　　　　　　 D. He wanted it to sing for him.

53. The mockingbird died because it ______.

A. drank the poisonous water by mistake　　　　　　 B. was frightened to death

C. ate the poisonous food its mother gave it D. refused to eat anything

54. An ornithologist probably means ______.

A. a religious person　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a kind person

C. an expert in birds　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a schoolmaster

55. What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?

A. Freedom is very valuable to all living things.

B. All birds put in a cage won’t live long.

C. You should keep the birds from their mother.

D. Be careful about food you give to baby birds.

　　One day last June I was walking slowly along the pavement on the sea front of the small seaside town 1 I live, lazily looking at the ships in the 2 .

　　Although the weather was 3 , it was a very cold day, and there was hardly 4 on the beach. Soon I got to a shelter made of glass where I sat down to 5 the sunshine, protected from the 6 . Suddenly a large friendly dog appeared and 7 down at my feet, and 8 to leave however hard I tried to get rid of it. It was 9 a collar but there was no name or address on it. Eventually I rang the local 10 and explained 11 had happened. I told them I would 12 the dog until the owner 13 it.

　　Several days later, a lady to whom the police 14 my address, turned up at my house to 15 the dog was hers. It had jumped 16 a bus and run away while she was paying her 17 . Then she called the dog in a soft 18 , and it got up and followed 19 , wagging its tail happily. I was quite 20 to have to give back such a friendly animal.

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　　Mr. Anderson lives in a big city in America. Last year he came to England to visit the small town which his father had come from.

　　There was a big, square garden in this town. One day, while Mr. Anderson was walking past, he stopped outside and looked in. There was beautiful grass in the middle of the garden. It was green and short and soft.

　　A gardener was watering it, and Mr. Anderson said to him, “Good morning. Is this your garden?”

　　“No”, answered the gardener, “It isn't mine, but I work here. ”

　　“How do people get such beautiful lawns?” Mr. Anderson asked, “Ours are never as good as this. ”

　　The gardener stopped his work and looked at Mr. Anderson. Then he said, “you come from America, don't you?”

　　Mr. Anderson answered, “Yes, but my father came from this town. ”

　　“Well,” the gardener said, “It's easy to grow lawns like this. ” He asked Mr. Anderson to come in , and said , “Let me tell you about it. ”

　　Mr. Anderson went into the garden. “My name's Anderson , ” he said to the gardener , “Joe Anderson. What's yours?”

　　“My name's Gray. ” the gardener answered. “Pete Gray. Now about the lawns. First we sow (plant) our seeds; then when the grass appears, we pull all the weeds out; after that, we cut the grass every week, we water it every day when the weather is very dry during the summer season, and we sometimes roll it (press it down with a special roller). ”

　　“Oh,” Mr. Anderson answered, “That's very interesting, Pete. And how long does it take before the lawn becomes like this?”

　　The gardener thought for a few moments and then answered, “Oh, about 400 years.”

1．Mr. Anderson left ________ for ________ last year.

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2．One day, Mr. Anderson stopped outside the garden because ________ .

[　　]

3．Mr. Anderson came into the garden because ________ .

[　　]

A．he found the beautiful lawns in it

B．his father had come from there

C．how to plant lawns was very interesting

D．the gardener asked him in

4．The gardeners water the grass ________ .

[　　]

5．Which is true?

[　　]

A．Both grass and weeds come up when they plant seeds.

B．Mr. Anderson thought it was hard to make such a beautiful garden.

C．Mr. Anderson told the gardener where he had come from, so he knew it.

D．It took a few years to make such beautiful lawns

閱讀理解

　　Mr. Anderson lives in a big city in America. Last year he came to England to visit the small town which his father had come from.

　　There was a big, square garden in this town. One day, while Mr. Anderson was walking past, he stopped outside and looked in. There was beautiful grass in the middle of the garden. It was green and short and soft.

　　A gardener was watering it, and Mr. Anderson said to him, “Good morning. Is this your garden?”

　　“No”, answered the gardener, “It isn't mine, but I work here. ”

　　“How do people get such beautiful lawns?” Mr. Anderson asked, “Ours are never as good as this. ”

　　The gardener stopped his work and looked at Mr. Anderson. Then he said, “you come from America, don't you?”

　　Mr. Anderson answered, “Yes, but my father came from this town. ”

　　“Well,” the gardener said, “It's easy to grow lawns like this. ” He asked Mr. Anderson to come in , and said , “Let me tell you about it. ”

　　Mr. Anderson went into the garden. “My name's Anderson , ” he said to the gardener , “Joe Anderson. What's yours?”

　　“My name's Gray. ” the gardener answered. “Pete Gray. Now about the lawns. First we sow (plant) our seeds; then when the grass appears, we pull all the weeds out; after that, we cut the grass every week, we water it every day when the weather is very dry during the summer season, and we sometimes roll it (press it down with a special roller). ”

　　“Oh,” Mr. Anderson answered, “That's very interesting, Pete. And how long does it take before the lawn becomes like this?”

　　The gardener thought for a few moments and then answered, “Oh, about 400 years.”

(1) Mr. Anderson left ________ for ________ last year.

[　　]

(2) One day, Mr. Anderson stopped outside the garden because ________ .

[　　]

(3) Mr. Anderson came into the garden because ________ .

[　　]

A．he found the beautiful lawns in it

B．his father had come from there

C．how to plant lawns was very interesting

D．the gardener asked him in

(4) The gardeners water the grass ________ .

[　　]

(5) Which is true?

[　　]

A．Both grass and weeds come up when they plant seeds.

B．Mr. Anderson thought it was hard to make such a beautiful garden.

C．Mr. Anderson told the gardener where he had come from, so he knew it.

D．It took a few years to make such beautiful lawns

Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day,and began listing items on eBay. She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card. She stopped for a moment and admired the picture. “Red Stocking B. B. Club of Cincinnatti,” the card read, under the reddish brown color photo of ten men with their socks pulled up to their knees.

As a collector and seller, it’s her job to spot old items that might have value today. It’s what Bernice,72, and her husband, Al Gallego, 80, have been doing since 1974 at their California antique store.

This card, she figured, was worth selling on eBay. She took a picture, wrote a description and put it up for auction.She put a $10 price tag on it, deciding against $15 because it would have cost her an extra 20 cents. Later that night she got a few odd inquiries---someone wanting to know whether the card was real, someone wanting her to end the caution and sell him the card immediately.

The card is actually 139 years old. Sports card collectors call the find “extremely rare” and estimate the card could fetch five, or perhaps, six figures at caution.

Just like that, Bernice is the least likely character ever for a rare-baseball card story. “I didn’t even know baseball existed that far back,” Gallego says, “I don’t think that I’ve ever been to a baseball game.” The theory is that the card came out of a storage space they bought a few years back. It is not uncommon in their line of work to buy the entire contents of storage units for around $200.

When she met with card trader Rick Mirigian, she found out what the card was-----an 1869 advertisement with a picture of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnatti Red Stocking.

“When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich bag and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost fainted,” Mirigian says. “ They’ve uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine. That card is history. It’s like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso.”

67. 1.What can we conclude from paragraph 3?

   A.Bernice had to pay some fees for her card on eBay.

   B.Bernice wanted to end the caution that night.

   C.Bernice decided to sell the card for $15.

   D.eBay charged her 20 cents for the card.

68. 2.The underlined word “fetch” in paragraph 4 most probably means “_______”.

   A. go and bring   B. add up to   C. go down to   D. be sold for

69. 3.From the passage we may learn that _______.

   A. Bernice is a baseball fan

   B. Bernice is the last person to purchase the rare-baseball card

   C. Bernice unexpectedly became the owner of the rare-baseball card

D. Bernice didn’t realize the value of the card until she put it up for auction

70. 4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.A Surprisingly Valuable Discovery

B.The History of the Baseball Card

C.Bernice Gallego---A lucky collector 

D. Sports Card Collectors