完形填空。 Some time ago, my wife and I traveled to Sydney to visit my sister. We
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we needed and struggled onto the train.
In front of us, in a face-to-face seat, 1 six young men in their early 20s. They were strong and
2 , and I disliked them immediately. They were laughing loudly, obviously 3 themselves and they
4 a foreign language.
As we went quickly 5 the countryside, I kept an eye on them as they joked around.
Sometimes they took a look in our direction.When two of them got 6 . I relaxed a little. The rest of
them 7 to laugh and joke in their own language. When we finally arrived at our 8 only one of
them was left on the train.He was obviously 9 too and as I struggled towards him with my heavy
luggage (行李) , he reached out and asked in English: "Want a hand with that, mate?"
He 10 the heavier bag up the station steps for us. We were pleasantly surprised and very grateful.
| ( )1. A. sat ( )2. A. polite ( )3. A. helping ( )4. A. told ( )5. A. above ( )6. A. off ( )7. A. wanted ( )8. A. house ( )9. A. bored ( )10. A. carried | B. stood B. quiet B. enjoying B. spoke B. onto B. up B. started B. hotel B. worried B. left | C. lay C.lazy C. teaching C. said C. over C. along C. stopped C. station C. excited C. brought | D. lived D. noisy D. devoting D. talked D. through D. on D. continued D. shelter D. frightened D. bought | |||||
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| St. Martin"s Day is a holiday in Holland. St. Martin was a man who did kind things for many people in need. One cold winter day he was walking home. He wore a coat to keep warm and had a small piece of bread to eat. Then he saw a stranger on the side of the road. The man sat on the ground and he was hungry and had no home. St. Martin took out his knife and cut his coat in two. He gave the man half of his warm coat. Then he gave the man half of his bread. Nancy was a schoolgirl in Holland. One St. Martin"s Day, she rode her bicycle with her classmates after school. When she got home, she said goodbye to her classmates and went into her yard. As she parked her bike, she heard a noise in the grass. She jumped back suddenly. At her feet was a small gray homeless cat. "That old cat keeps .scaring me!" she complained as she walked into the room. "It won"t hurt you," said her father. She was angry about the cat but she could not be unhappy for long. It was St. Martin"s Day. "Who was St. Martin anyway?" Nancy asked. Father told her the story of St. Martin. Nancy was touched (惑动) by the story. She put a piece of bread in her bag and went into the yard. Nancy heard the noise again. "You wait a minute!" she called as she ran after the cat. She caught it and picked it up. She opened her bag. Taking out a piece of bread, she offered half to the cat. The cat hungrily ate the bread. "May we make a box for it to sleep in?" Nancy asked her father. "Sure," said her father. | ||||||||
| 1. St. Marin"s Day is a holiday in __________. A. Japan B. England C. Holland D. France 2. What did St. Martin do one cold winter? A. He worked for his country. B. He saved homeless animals. C. He often visited his neighbors. D. He gave his food to a poor man. 3. Nancy was scared by a _________ as she parked her bike. A. dog B. cat C. bird D. snake 4. After Nancy heard the story, she _________. A. fed the cat with her bread B. went to school by bike C. sang and danced with her friends D. enjoyed the dinner with her family 5. At the end of the story, Nancy and her father would _________ . A. run after the cat B. make a box for the cat to sleep in C. give the cat another piece of bread D. catch the cat and feed it | ||||||||
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 One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then __1__ to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree. "Please tie your horse to another tree, "said the poor man. "My horse is wild. It will kill yours. "__2__ the rich man said, "I shall tie my horse as I like! "he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible __3__, the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too __4__. The rich man"s horse was killed. "See what your horse has done! "cried the rich man. "You will have to __5__ it. "And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know. Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no __6__ . At last Mr. Know said, "This man is dumb. He cannot speak. " "Oh," the rich man shouted __7__. "He can! He spoke to me when I met him." "Are you sure?" asked Mr. Know. "What did he __8__?" "He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse. " "Oh,"said Mr. Know. "So he __9__ you. Then can you expect to get money __10__ him?" The rich man said nothing and left silently. | ||||||||
| ( ) 1. A. put down ( ) 2. A. So ( ) 3. A. song ( ) 4. A. late ( ) 5. A. pay for ( ) 6. A. idea ( ) 7. A. quietly ( ) 8. A. speak ( ) 9. A. helped ( ) 10. A. for | B. set down B. But B. word B. slow B. look for B. mistake B. angrily B. tell B. thanked B. from | C. sat down C. And C. bell C. hard C. wait for C. money C. happily C. talk C. warned C. with | D. turned down D. Though D. noise D. quick D. care for D. answer D. heavily D. say D. ordered D. about | |||||
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| Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him.ln fact, he had been so lonely that he drowned his feeling with food. As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him. Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was pleased that Jess thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up. At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings, Cindy had a second idea. She knew that Jess"s family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her. What could she do now? | ||||||||
| 1. The sentence ". . . he drowned his feeling with food" means "___________ ". A. he ate a lot to make himself feel less lonely B. he asked for a lot of food from his classmates C. he brought his food to his classmates D. he had a lot of food to put on weight 2. What would happen if Cindy told Jess the truth? A. Jess would go on the camping trip himself. B. Jess"s family would be angry with Cindy. C. Cindy might have trouble with her friends. D. Jess would be thankful to his classmates. 3. If Jess really bought a sleeping bag, ___________. A. everyone else would also buy one B. it would be the best in the class C. Cindy would pay for it D. he would have it for no use 4. From the story we can guess ___________ . A. everybody would go camping in the class B. Jess had few friends in the class C. Cindy was Jess"s best friend in the class D. Jess joined in many out-of-school activities 5. What"s the best title of this passage? A. Jess and His School B. Jess and His Friends C. An Invitation for Jess D. Jess and His Camping Trip | ||||||||
阅读理解，判断正误。 Sally was fourteen. She studied in a middle school. She liked dancing and singing and spent a lot of time on them. But she hated math and even decided to give it up. Her father was anxious about it. It was Sunday. Sally"s father gave a call to his sister who taught math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math. The woman came and said, "You are a clever girl, Sally. I"m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your best. " "I"m afraid I can"t. Aunt," said Sally, "Girls can"t be good at math. " "I don"t think so," said the woman. "I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and try different ways to practice doing math problems until you work them out or at least understand them better. Here is a math problem. Please think it over and see if you can work it out. " "OK," said the girl, "Let me try. " About an hour later, Sally took the. exercise book to her aunt and said, "I"ve tried several times and worked out the problem at last. " "Well done!" her aunt looked at her answer and said happily, "Now you see, math is not as difficult as you thought. " ( ) 1. Sally tried her best to learn math but could not learn it well. ( ) 2. Sally spent much more time in singing and dancing than in learning math. ( ) 3. Her aunt didn"t think that girls could be good at math. ( ) 4. The father asked his sister to teach his daughter how to learn math. ( ) 5. Sally worked out the problem at last. | ||||||||
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