About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion I the reading of a will. I can remember one passage that particularly struck me. It ran something 56 this. "And I direct that 10,000 be 57 . to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years, 58 always put off doing so. " It 59 the last words of a dying man. But the story does not 60 there. When the lawyers came to 61 out the bequest(遗赠), they discovered that old William B had 62 , too, and so the 63deed was lost. I felt rather 64 about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable 65 that William should not have had his 10,000 just 66 somebody kept putting 67 giving it to him. And from 68 accounts, William could have done with the 69 . But I am sure 70 there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be 71 today, which are being put off" 72 later. " George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, 73 that "One of these days is better than 74 of these days. " But I say that 75is better than all.

　　56. A. about B. for C. like D. of

　　57. A. consumed B. paid C. cost D. devoted

　　58. A. but B. or C. still D. and

　　59. A. has been B. were C. is D. was

　　60. A. remain B. end C. finish D. appear

　　61. A. find B. point C. put D. carry

　　62. A. died B. disappeared C. escapedD. hidden

　　6a. A. invaluable B. identical C. good D. historic

　　64. A. exciting B. sorry C. faithful D. happy

　　65. A. matters B. dream C. task D. thing

　　66. A. because B. forC. as though D. till

　　67. A. off B. into C. in D. on

　　68. A. every B. some C. any D. all

　　69. A. payment B. money C. regrets D. expense

　　70. A. whether B. of C. that D. often

　　71. A. protected B. done C. made D. rewarded

　　72. A. until B. still C. too D. toward

　　73. A. implies B. marked C. regrets D. says

　　74. A. some B. any C. all D. none

　　75. A. Morning B. Spring C. Today D. Time

　　参考答案

　　56.C 上句的句意像此句所述故选C.

　　57.D根据下句的提示，help，所以选D.奉献。

　　58.A puf off延迟，前后句意表示相反则用but.

　　59.D本文的时态是过去时，由此排除A和C，但were复数主谓不一致，故选D.

　　60.B A.remain，保持;C.完成;D.出现;故选B.

　　61.D carry out固定搭配

　　62.A"too"提示由上句得知并列意思所以选A.

　　63.C good deed was lost固定用法。

　　64.B上下文作者的情绪看出应选B.

　　65.D A、B、C都不符合句意，只有D符合。

　　66.A前后都是句子故选连词根据下文的意思，所以后句是前句的原因。

　　67.A前文中已出现过这个词组故选A.

　　68.D固定搭配短语。

　　69.B前文的主题一直线的问题故选B.

　　70.C 由句子成份可以看出空格前后是两个句子，所以选宾语从句的that.

　　71.B与little deeds搭配，空格处所填的是动词的宾语即动词对象则是little deeds，所以选B.

　　72.A根据丈中的句意，则B、C和D不符合，所以选A.

　　73.D谚语所以选says.

　　74.C one与all相对应

　　75.C以天做单位，谈论外延和内涵是一直性的所以选today.