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 _1_this. "And I direct that $10,000 be _2_ . to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years,_3_always put off doing so. " It _4_ the last words of a dying man. But the story does not _5_ there. When the lawyers came to _6_ out the bequest （遗赠）， they discovered that old William B had _7_ , too, and so the_8_deed was lost.

I felt rather _9_ about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable_10_ that William should not have had his $10,000 just_11_ somebody kept putting _12_ giving it to him. And from_13_accounts, William could have done with the _14_ . But I am sure_15_ there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be _16_ today, which are being put off" _17_ later. " George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, _18_that "One of these days is better than _19_ of these days. "

But I say that 75is better than all.

1. A. aboutB. forC. likeD. of

2. A. consumedB. paid C. cost D. devoted

3. A. but B. orC. still D. and

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

5. A. remain B. endC. finish D. appear

5. A. find B. point C. putD. carry

7. A. died B. disappearedC. escapedD. hidden

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

8. A. exciting B. sorry C. faithfulD. happy

9. A. matters B. dream C. taskD. thing

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

11. A. off B. intoC. in D. on

12. A. every B. some C. any D. all

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

14. A. whether B. ofC. that D. often

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

16. A. untilB. still C. tooD. toward

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

18. A. someB. any C. all D. none

19. A. Morning B. SpringC. Today D. Time

参考答案：

1.C 上句的句意像此句所述故选C。

2.D根据下句的提示，help，所以选D.奉献。

3.A puf off延迟，前后句意表示相反则用but.

4.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。

5.B A.remain，保持；C.完成；D.出现；故选B。

6.D carry out固定搭配

7.A“too”提示由上句得知并列意思所以选A。

8.C good deed was lost固定用法。

9.B上下文作者的情绪看出应选B。

10.D A、B、C都不符合句意，只有D符合。

11.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。

12.A前文中已出现过这个词组故选A。

13.D固定搭配短语。

14.B前文的主题一直线的问题故选B。

15.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。

16.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。

17.A根据丈中的句意，则B、C和D不符合，所以选A.

18.D谚语所以选says。

19.C one与all相对应

20.C以天做单位，谈论外延和内涵是一直性的所以选today。