My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉
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My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉的) elderly man. When Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped and said with a smile, “Oh, but I’ve told you this one before, haven’t I ?” We all chuckled and changed the subject.
Later, on the dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so long to get my message. “What do you mean?” he replied. “I cut off the story as soon as you kicked me.”
“But I kicked you twice, and it still took you a while to stop!”
Suddenly we realized what had happened and returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, “Don’t worry. After the second one I thought it wasn’t for me, so I passed it along!”
小题1:The writer kicked her husband because __________.| A．she didn’t like him | | B．she didn’t like stories | | C．he was telling a story he had told before | | D．the story he told was not interesting |
小题2:What can be inferred from the text?| A．Micheal was kicked three times. | | B．Micheal kicked the boss. | | C．The boss was kicked twice | | D．The boss kicked the author. |
小题3:They all chuckled because __________.| A．they kicked each other | | B．they changed the subject in the end | | C．they were all satisfied with the dinner | | D．they all thought each of them had done something interesting |
小题4:It took Micheal so long to stop his story because __________.| A．he wanted to finish the whole story | | B．he got a kick only after a long while | | C．he didn’t understand at once why he was kicked | | D．the two kicks given were not heavy enough |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B |
解析
文章介绍了一个有趣的小故事。
小题1:C 细节题。根据第2行Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before,可知C正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据2,3行, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick.我踢了他两次。
小题3:D 推理题。根据文章可知我丈夫讲了一个旧故事，被踢了以后，他知道这个故事已经讲过了，而我和老板都知道这是一个旧故事。所以要做一些更有意思的事情了。故D正确。
小题4:B 推理题。根据文章最后一段可知我踢了老板两次，踢了第二次以后老板知道我是想踢我的丈夫，所以他就踢了我的丈夫。这里有一个过程，再根据第一段Still the story went on.故B正确。 |
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A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 21 my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to __ 22 _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to __23 ．As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was 24 ___ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ 25 __ topic．Well, I’d __ 26 change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? _27 _ the way, have you ever __28__ there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will __29 __ me if I leave China without seeing __30 ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of 31 ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ 32 !” I couldn’t _33 __ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do __34__ ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman _ 35__ to tears．He began to __ 36___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’．It is an _37__ of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention __38___ English idioms．”
Then I knew I had made a fool of __39__ ．Since then I have been more ___50__ with idioms．
| 小题2: | | A．look | B．meet | C．pick up | D．find out |
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| 小题3: | | A．walk | B．talk | C．play | D．go |
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| 小题4: | | A．pleased | B．angry | C．afraid | D．surprised |
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| 小题5: | | A．proper | B．strange | C．safe | D．polite |
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| 小题6: | | A．to | B．better | C．not | D．like |
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| 小题8: | | A．gone | B．visited | C．seen | D．been |
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| 小题9: | | A．look at | B．think of | C．send for | D．laugh at |
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| 小题10: | | A．it | B．them | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题11: | | A．interesting | B．interest | C．interests | D．interested |
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| 小题12: | | A．Really | B．Good | C．You don’ t say | D．You are right |
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| 小题14: | | A．this | B．so | C．anything | D．me a favor |
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| 小题15: | | A．laughed | B．cried | C．moved | D．came |
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| 小题16: | | A．explain | B．shout | C．prove | D．say |
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| 小题17: | | A．experience | B．expression | C．explanation | D．example |
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| 小题19: | | A．me | B．myself | C．him | D．himself |
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| 小题20: | | A．helpful | B．popular | C．careful | D．satisfied |
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A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children, like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents, seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
A man’s mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
小题1:We usually begin to learn our own language by ________ it.| A．speaking | B．hearing | C．saying | D．teaching |
小题2:If you have a good ________ , you’ll have less difficulty in learning something. | A．teacher | B．camera | C．memory | D．family |
小题3:The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily, because ______. | A．they are very clever | B．they have good teachers | | C．they have more chances to use these languages | D．they have a better life |
小题4:Memory is ________ that we write in our mind and carry about. | A．the best diary | B．the best camera | C．a great help | D．a beautiful picture |
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Sam, a dog, was left behind in Colorado while his owners, Mr. And Mrs. Green moved to Southern California. They did not give the dog up. They found him a very nice home before they moved. They would have let Sam accompany them, but they were afraid the dog’s presence would make it difficult for them to rent a house when they reached their destination.
The Green family lived in Colorado for less than a year. Before that, they had lived in the same neighborhood in California to which they returned. So Sam had been there before, but only for a short time when he was young.
Several months after the Greens left Colorado, after they were comfortably settled back in California, they heard a scratch at the door. They couldn’t imagine who might be there. It never occurred to them that it might be Sam, because they were sure he was happily set up with his new family back in Colorado. When they opened the door, the Greens saw a dirty, tired dog with very hurting feet. The animal looked a little bit like Sam, but no one could believe that Sam could have walked 840 miles on his own. The tired dog spent the night under the family car. The next day, when he was more rested, he performed some of his old tricks. The Greens knew they had their own dog back.
小题1:The story suggests that _______ . | A．dog owners have trouble renting | B．many people treat their pets badly | | C．keeping a dog is easy | D．dogs are too much trouble |
小题2:Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?
a. Sam walked to California. b. The Greens moved to Colorado.
c. The Greens left Sam. d. The Greens returned to California.
e. Sam spent the night under the family car. | A．b, d, c, e, a | B．b, c, d, a, e | C．a, c, b, e, d | D．c, e, d, a, b |
小题3:The underlined word “destination” in the first paragraph means _________. | A．the cost of living | B．the country of one’s birth | | C．the damage to oneself | D．the place to which one is going |
小题4:The Greens knew the dog was Sam ________. | A．because of his hurting feet | B．from the color and the markings | | C．by the way he walked | D．after he did some tricks |
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Roger was a thief，but he wasn"t very clever. When he was in school, he stole apples or oranges from other children. Sometimes he stole pencils or books from other children. But he always got caught.
The teacher spoke to Roger"s parents and they tried to stop him from stealing things, but Roger wouldn"t stop. He kept stealing.
When he was older, he began to steal from stores, but he was still stupid. Once, he went into a store wearing the clothes he had stolen the day before. The still had the price tags（标签） on them, and the store manager called the police. They warned him that he would go to jail if he didn"t stop stealing.
Then Roger decided to rob a bank. He planned everything. He got some gloves so that he would not leave fingerprints, and a mask so that no one would recognize him.
" But what if they recognize my voice?" he thought.
He decided to write his message on a piece of paper so that he wouldn"t need to speak. He found an old envelope and wrote "give me all the money" on the back of it. He got a toy gun and went to the bank. He put on his mask and his gloves（ and showed the note to the bank clerk. The clerk gave him all the money, and Roger ran out of the bank and went home.
Ten minutes later he heard a knock on the door. It was the police. They had come to arrest him for robbing the bank.
" How did you find me so quickly?" asked Roger
" It was easy," said the police." Your address was on the envelope!"
小题1:How old was Roger when he started stealing things?小题2:What is something Roger did not steal?| A．money | B．food | C．a shirt | D．a bicycle |
小题3:In this story, the underline word "recognize" means __________.| A．know | B．make | C．watch | D．understand |
小题4:How did the police catch Roger?| A．His friend worked in the bank. | B．The clerk knew his voice. | | C．They found his picture. | D．They knew his address. |
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When my twin sons, Chad and Brad, were born, I was concerned about everything． Five years later, our little girl, Becky, 21 our family．I wanted everybody to be healthy and happy．I worked hard to see that they 22 ．
As the kids grew older, I worried about headaches, throat infections and many other 23 childhood illnesses．I didn"t like it when the boys spent time "warming the bench （板凳）" during Little League football games．I worried about Becky when she 24 the ball while playing softball．Before long, the teen years were upon us．I stayed 25 late t night waiting for the boys to return home．Many times the 26 crossed my mind that I would call the police if they weren"t home on time．_27_, they always arrived home safe and sound 28 I had to take such measures．
"Please don"t ever call the police," one of the boys said when I 29 him after a late arrival．The day the boys moved away to college was a 30 day indeed．I worried about their being able to take care of themselves．Would they starve?
A few months after the boys left college, our 31 rang in the middle of the night． It startled （惊醒）us when we looked at the clock．It was 3 o"clock in the morning．" 32 must be wrong," I shouted to my husband, Roy, as we both jumped up．We ran to the door, opened it, and there 33 a police officer．
"You need to 34 your sons," he seriously announced．I picked up the telephone, but unfortunately, it was 35．A line outside had been accidentally （偶然） cut．Roy and I jumped into the car and 36 to the nearest telephone．My stomach ached．My husband was 37 so badly that he could hardly dial the number．
On the first 38 , Chad answered the telephone．"What"s wrong?" Roy shouted into the receiver （听筒）．
"We were worried about you," Chad told him．"We"ve been trying to call you all night, but you didn"t 39 We called the police and asked them to go and check on you．"
For the first time in their lives, the boys were worried about us．And they were the ones who 40 had to call the police．
| 小题1: | | A．completed | B．visited | C．tested | D．appreciated |
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| 小题3: | | A．serious | B．common | C．unusual | D．incurable |
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| 小题4: | | A．hit | B．threw | C．got | D．missed |
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| 小题6: | | A．plan | B．advice | C．worry | D．thought |
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| 小题7: | | A．Strangely | B．Probably | C．Luckily | D．Exactly |
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| 小题8: | | A．after | B．when | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题9: | | A．threatened | B．told | C．surprised | D．reminded |
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| 小题10: | | A．nice | B．embarrassing | C．happy | D．sad |
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| 小题11: | | A．phone | B．clock | C．alarm | D．doorbell |
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| 小题12: | | A．Something | B．Anything | C．Everything | D．Nothing |
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| 小题13: | | A．stood | B．greeted | C．turned | D．came |
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| 小题14: | | A．call | B．email | C．see | D．educate |
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| 小题15: | | A．gone | B．useless | C．dead | D．stolen |
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| 小题16: | | A．rushed | B．headed | C．went | D．moved |
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| 小题17: | | A．looking | B．shaking | C．suffering | D．seeing |
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| 小题18: | | A．night | B．arrival | C．try | D．ring |
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| 小题19: | | A．talk | B．answer | C．wake | D．care |
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| 小题20: | | A．frequently | B．suddenly | C．actually | D．rarely |
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