Have you ever had an embarrassing (尴尬的) experience? Last week we asked readers t
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Have you ever had an embarrassing (尴尬的) experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony: My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn’t go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn’t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry: The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favorite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress in a shop window and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped (拍击) my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand！I"d taken the hand of a stranger!
小题1:The students began laughing when they saw Tony _________.| A．wearing a wrong shoe | B．carrying an alarm clock | | C．looking down suddenly | D．rushing into the classroom |
小题2:Henry and his wife held hands _________.| A．at the cinema | B．in the shop | C．at the restaurant | D．along the street |
小题3:Henry was embarrassed because he __________.| A．heard his wife screaming | B．knocked over some watches | | C．took the hand of a stranger | D．slapped the woman in the face |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述两位读者的来信，描述了两位读者曾经遇到过的尴尬的事。
小题1:根据I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!可知，托尼穿错了鞋。所以本题选A。
小题2:根据The street was very busy and we started holding hands可知，他们是在大街上牵着手的。所以本题选D。
小题3:根据I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand！I"d taken the hand of a stranger!可知，亨利牵错了手，所以很尴尬。所以本题选C。
点评：本文讲述了两件事情，都是有关遇到的尴尬的事，所以阅读时可以带着问题在对各自的描述中寻找答案。这三个小题的答案都可以在文中很容易找的。所以本题的难度并不大。 |
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Mr and Mrs White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday Mrs White said to her husband, “The children don’t have any lessons today, and you’re free too. There’s a new funfair(游乐场) in the park. Let’s all go there to play.”
Her husband said, “I want to finish some work today.” “Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That’s the most important work.” Mrs White said.
So Mr and Mrs White took their children to the funfair. Mr White was 45 years old, but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of his children said to his mother, “Dad is just like a small child, isn’t he, mom?” Mrs White didn’t want to follow his husband around any more at that time and answered, “He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child.”
小题1: There were_____ children in the family.小题2: One Sunday, Mrs and Mr White wanted to go to_____ with their children.| A．school | B．work | C．a funfair | D．a shop |
小题3: Mr White liked the place so much that he_____.| A．sold lots of sweets | | B．followed his wife all the time | | C．hurried from one thing to another | | D．asked a lot of questions |
小题4: From the story we know Mrs White_____ when Mary asked her the question.| A．was still excited to play | | B．was a little angry with Mr White | | C．looked for Mr White everywhere | | D．ate a lot of sweets |
小题5: Of all the family members, _____enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.| A．Mr White | B．Mrs White | C．Mary | D．the boys |
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The day is like any other day in his life. Tom walks past the shop at the street corner. He stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. But he feels sorry for himself. He really wants to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walks away and thinks how to tell his mother about it. He knows she will give him anything he likes if she can. He also knows very well that she has little money. He decides not to go home so quickly, because he looks worried and his mother will see it. So he goes to the park and sits on the grass. Then he sees a boy in a wheel chair. He notices that the boy moves the wheel chair with his hands. Tom looks at him carefully and is surprised to see the boy has no feet. He looks at his own feet. "It"s much better to be without shoes than without feet," he thinks. There is no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He smiles and he is happier.
小题1:Tom passes the shop______.| A．by bus | B．on foot | C．by bike | D．in a car |
小题2:Why does Tom stop in front of the shop?| A．Because he has the same shoes like the ones in the shop window. | | B．Because he wants to look at the Shoes he likes. | | C．.Because he wants to buy the shoes. | | D．Because the shoes are very beautiful. |
小题3:The pair of shoes he likes is______.| A．too expensive | B．quite cheap | | C．not there | D．still there |
小题4:Tom goes into the park because he ______.| A．is thinking how to tell his mother about it | | B．wants to see the boy in a wheel chair. | | C．doesn"t want to make his mother worried | | D．he feels sad because he wants the shoes |
小题5:From the story we can know that Tom _____.| A．loves his mother very much | | B．doesn"t want to stay at home | | C．doesn"t want to go to school | | D．likes new shoes very much |
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Boris was a teacher. He taught science at a high school. For he needed some books for his lessons, he went to a bookshop to buy some. After he put them in his car in a quiet street, he went to buy some other things at other shops. When he came back to his car, one window was open and the books were gone. Boris drove home sadly.
That night he called a newspaper. The next day people read an advertisement in the newspaper:
Books: Have you got any old books? I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturdays. Boris 82 West Road.
And then he went to the police station with the Wednesday newspaper at once.
The first weekend, when Boris was staying at home, his first visitor came at 8:30 in the morning. Boris took him to the kitchen. At about ten o’clock another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
As soon as he saw Boris, he asked, “Are you Boris?”
“Yes, I am,” Boris said. “What can I do for you?”
“Look! I have got some good books here. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look at them.”
Soon the books were taken in and showed on the dinning-table. “Sir, come out now,” Boris called. “And take the list with you.”
A policeman appeared in the dinning-room. He read the names on the books, and then read the names on the list in his hand. He found that they were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
小题1:Boris bought some books. They are books.
A．science B．old C．cheap
小题2:Boris probably bought the books on .
A．Tuesday B．Friday C．Saturday
小题3:Boris’ was open on Saturdays.
A．shop B．school C．house
小题4:Boris looked at the books on the dinning-table and might think, “They’re all .”
A．mine B．his C．theirs
小题5:The second visitor was taken away by at last.
A．Boris B．the first visitor C．a policewoman |
A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole（后跟）and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, “ Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? ”
A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He look down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant(仆人) to go back home and get another pair.
After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, "Why didn"t you get me the right boots?" “There"s no need to change them," the servant said. "The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one."
小题1: Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk?| A．Because the road was too bad. | | B．Because he didn’t know the way | | C．Because he wore the wrong boots. | | D．Because he had no boots. |
小题2:The man"s legs themselves _____.| A．were shorter than before | | B．were longer than before | | C．were broken on his way | | D．were right as usual |
小题3:What does the word “passer-by" mean in Chinese?小题4:What did the servant get him back?| A．He got the right boots quickly. | | B．He got nothing when he came back | | C．He got the same boots back. | | D．He got the different boots back. : |
小题5:From the short passage, we know the servant was_______.| A．right | B．careful | C．foolish | D．clever |
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I had worked that day, as a nurse. Now I faced the dirty supper dishes. I wanted to 1 why Jimmy hadn’t phoned as usual to say “Good night” to Bob and Tom. “Maybe Daddy"s 2 working on an accident,” I said to Bob. “Go to 3 now. You"ll see him in the morning.” Soon there was a knock at the door. “There 4 be something wrong with your phone,” my neighbor told me. “The City Police Station wants you to 5 .”
I went into the living room and dialed. Then I 6 the words every police wife fears (害怕): “Your husband has been hurt.” When I reached the hospital, my heart sank (下沉). The entrance was jammed with TV-news trucks. In the 7 I saw Jimmy’s best friend, Smith. “Just tell me -is he alive ?” I asked.
Smith 8 and didn’t answer. Then I found my younger sister, Mandy. “He’s 9 .” she told me, and we began to cry together.
Later, Smith told me 10 had happened.
In the morning, when my little Bob asked, “Where’s Daddy?” I 11 him into my arms and tried to explain. “A bad man 12 Daddy last night.” I said. “Daddy can’t come home any more. He’s in heaven(天堂) now.”
My son looked at me, his blue eyes 13 the picture of trust(相信). “Do they have 14 in heaven ?” he asked. “Can I call him ?”
“No, Bob, Daddy still loves you, but Daddy can’t 15 ”.
| 小题1: | | A．know | B．understand | C．remember | D．guess |
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| 小题2: | | A．busy | B．never | C． sure | D．often |
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| 小题3: | | A．play | B．study | C．sleep | D．wait |
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| 小题6: | | A．saw | B．remember | C．heard | D．wrote |
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| 小题7: | | A．room | B．crowd | C．truck | D．station |
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| 小题8: | | A．forgot | B．turned | C．returned | D．understood |
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| 小题9: | | A．dangerous | B．fine | C．afraid | D．gone |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled | B．pushed | C．sent | D．held |
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| 小题12: | | A．saw | B．beat | C．hurt | D．caught |
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| 小题13: | | A．drawing | B．showing | C．looking | D．enjoying |
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| 小题14: | | A．food | B．language | C．phones | D．TVs |
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| 小题15: | | A．work | B．talk | C．sleep | D．rest |
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