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A woman in her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all, her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drove her   41   by making fun of her. The would climb her tree and then run away with pears,   42   “Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer-by asked to   43   for the night. Seeing that he had an   44   face, she let him in and gave him a nice   45  . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫師), thanked her by granting (允准) her   46   that anyone who climbed up her tree   47   not be able to come back down until she   48   it.

When the children came back to steal her   49  , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her long   50   she gave the tree permission to let   51   go. Aunty Misery was free from the   52   at last.

One day another man   53   her door. This one not took trustworthy to her,   54   she asked who he was. “I am Death. I’ve come to take you   55   me,” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to   56   some pears from my pear tree to remember the   57   it brought to me in this life. But I am too   58   to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   59   as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   60   and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery, would not allow the tree to let Death go.

41. A. hopeless                  B. painful                                  C. dull                                D. crazy

42. A. calling                      B. shouting                        C. announcing                          D. whispering

43. A. stay                          B. live                                 C. hide                              

44. A. interesting                B. honest                                  C. anxious                          D. angry

45. A gift                             B. kiss                                C. treat                              D smile

46. A. suggestion               B. advice                                   C. permission                            D. wish

47. A. could                        B. should                                  C. might                             D. must

48. A. permitted                 B. promised                       C. answered                      D. declared

49. A. branch                            B. food                               C. tree                               D. fruit

50. A. after                         B. while                              C. since                             D. before

51. A. it                              B. them                              C. him                                D. her

52. A trick                           B. question                        C. trouble                                  D. difficulty

53 A. stepped into                     B. left for                                   C. stopped at                            D. walked around

54. A so                              B. but                                 C. although                        D. because

55. A with                           B. off                                  C. upon                              D for

56. A. choose                            B. pick                                C. shake                                   D. hit

57. A. honor                       B. pleasure                        C. hope                              D. excitement

58. A. light                          B. short                              C. old                                 D. thin

59. A. light                          B. kind                               C. fine                                D. smart

60. A. disappointedly         B. cheerfully                       C. unwillingly                      D eagerly

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41—45 DBABC 46—50 DBADD 51—55 BCCAA 56—60 BBCBC

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