“BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回聲). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.

　 We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

　 The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.

　 A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.

　 But now … I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions and codes of behavior on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

　 I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were no people in the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.

　 I thought to myself, “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

　 In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I couldn’t stand his outrageous(蠻橫的)words, “I can’t throw you away, let alone these old papers?”

　 All the lights were off except father’s.

　 Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he had the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucked me underneath the covers.

　 This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.

　 The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had thought between us did not exist at all. Love—it second to none.

46. Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.

　 a. I opened the door and entered the house.

　 b. Sadly I ran out into the street.

　 c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.

　 d. I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.

　 e. I walked about in the street without any aim.

A. b, e, d, c, a　　　 B. b, e, c, d, a　　　　　　

C. b, e, a, c, d　　　 D. b, e, c, a, d

47. What made the writer think of his childhood?

　 A. The sight of the street lights.　　　

B. The sight of the empty street.

　 C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms.

　 D. The sight of light in his own house.

48. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

　 A. perhaps the father is getting older and older.

B. perhaps the son has already grown up.

　 C. perhaps they never agree with each other.

D. perhaps the father has got used to doing that.

49. According to the passage what does “Love—it’s second to none” mean ?

A. 愛是至高無上的 B. 愛是第二位的　

C. 愛并沒有什么 D. 愛就是沒什么

50. What conclusion(結(jié)論) can you come to after reading the passage?

　 A. The father treats his son in an unfair way.

B. The father is actually kind to his son.

　 C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.

D. The father is always finding fault with his son.

Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child.He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford university for two or three years.At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home.He wanted a change.And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford.

It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper.They had in front of them only two chickens.Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, "My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford.Now I want to know what you have learned."The son smiled and said, "Father, I have studied a science which can prove(證明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens.""Well," said the father, "This is something I would like very much to know.""There are two chickens on the plate, "said the student.He took one of the chickens in his hand and said, "Here is one more ; and one and two makes three.So here are three chickens."Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, "I will have one of the chickens myself, your mother shall have another, and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else."The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.

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1.The rich man loved his son very much ,  so he __________.

A．senthimtoworkatOxfordfortwoorthreeyears

B．wantedhimtoliveatOxfordfortwoorthreeyears

C．senthimtoOxfordtostudy

D．gavehimalotofmoney

2.The father asked his son _______.

A．howmuchmoneyhehadspentattheuniversity

B．howhelikedOxford

C．whathehadlearnedbytheendofthefirstyearattheuniversity

D．howhissongotalongwithhisclassmates

3.The student said that _________.

A．hecouldmakethreechickens

B．hecouldchangethetwochickensontheplateintothree

C．hecouldprovethetwochickensontheplatewerereallythree

D．hewasgoodatmaths

4.Who was cleverer, the father or the son?

A．Neither.                              B．Both

C．Theson                               D．Thefather

5.In the end _________.

A．thestudenthadnothingtoeatforhissupper

B．eachofthemhadachickenfortheirsupper

C．thefathergavehissonthethirdchickentoeat

D．bothoftheparentshadnochickenstoeat