One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so__1__ that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was __2__ for her. Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying, "Hi, where are you going?" I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to __3__ her. Clearly she had taken me __4__ somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness, __5__ to give explanation to my girlfriend later. Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girlfriend__6__ her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously, "Who"s she?" The pretty girl, quite __7__ of the situation, spoke out first, "Hi, let me __8__ myself. I"m Nancy, used to be __9__. Very glad to meet you." She behaved very __10__. But I was __11__ to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend __12__ the pretty girl again turned to me, "Will you give me your cell phone number so that we __13__ keep contacts(联系) later?" I had to submit to her __14__. Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop. A minute later I got a short __15__ on my phone-from a stranger. My girlfriend __16__ my phone and read the note. It was from the girl, who said, "Just now, two thieves tried to __17__ your pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the __18__ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also __19__ to leave at the same stop. Because of the __20__ I delayed my departure. Now you" ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck." |
( )1. A. tiring ( )2. A. ready ( )3. A. identify ( )4. A. on ( )5. A. preferring ( )6. A. fixed ( )7. A. proud ( )8. A. explain ( )9. A. partners ( )10. A. naturally ( )11. A. in a hurry ( )12. A. while ( )13. A. would ( )14. A. request ( )15. A. suggestion ( )16. A. removed ( )17. A. steal ( )18. A. terminal ( )19. A. pretending ( )20. A. incident | B. slow B. available B. realize B. by B. planning B. opened B. careful B. enjoy B. neighbors B. generously B. at a loss B. before B. can B. question B. warning B. seized B. reach B. former B. intending B. matter | C. crowded C. special C. remind C. with C. managing C. raised C. afraid C. introduce C. friends C. cautiously C. at ease C. when C. should C. command C. notice C. found C. get C. previous C. demanding C. accident | D. messy D. suitable D. judge D. for D. promising D. focused D. aware D. help D. colleagues D. normally D. in time D. until D. must D. opinion D. message D. caught D. pick D. latter D. announcing D. affair | 完形填空 | A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a__1__to catch a train, she__2__a quick way to reach it. "I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!" the driver said__3__. "You don"t think I know the best way to go?" The woman tried to explain that she hadn"t__4__to annoy him, but the driver kept__5__. She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be__6__, so she changed her__7__. "You know, you are right, " she told him. "It must seem__8__for me not to think you know the best way__9__the city." 10 , the driver glanced at his 11 in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. "He didn"t say another word the rest of the ride, "she said. " 12 I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me." When you find yourself 13 with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to 14 your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or 15 marriages. I have discovered one simple 16 extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from 17 in a disaster. The 18 is to put yourself in the other person"s shoes and look for the 19 in what that person is saying. Find a way to 20 , and the result may surprise you. | ( )1. A. hurry ( )2. A. chose ( )3. A. jokingly ( )4. A. supposed ( )5. A. apologizing ( )6. A. reasonable ( )7. A. road ( )8. A. strange ( )9. A. across ( )10. A. Surprised ( )11. A. rider ( )12. A. until ( )13. A. satisfied ( )14. A. give up ( )15. A. combine ( )16. A. and ( )17. A. lying ( )18. A. problem ( )19. A. fact ( )20. A. agree | B. rush B. made B. angrily B. expected B. driving B. thoughtful B. mind B. wrong B. at B. Worried B. speaker B. after B. concerned B. turn down B. destroy B. that B. resulting B. importance B. meaning B. argue | C. moment C. found C. anxiously C. meant C. asking C. normal C. direction C. terrible C. through C. Annoyed C. helper C. because C. crowded C. stick to C. suffer C. but C. setting C. key C. expression C. escape | D. way D. suggested D. curiously D. decided D. shouting D. practical D. manner D. stupid D. along D. Disappointed D. comer D. since D. faced D. point out D. divide D. though D. leading D. reply D. truth D. fight | 完形填空 | One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue when remembered it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I __1__ the first sock shop that __2__ my eye, and a boy clerk, not more than seventeen, came forward. "I wish to buy a pair of socks." His eyes __3__. " Do you know that you have come into the finest place in the world to buy socks?" I had not been aware of that, as my entrance had been __4__. "Hold on, lad, I am going to buy only one pair!" "I know that, but I want you to see how marvelously __5__ these are." There was on his face an expression of serious and holy joy, as if he were revealing to me the __6__ of his religion. I looked at him in __7__. " My friend, " said I, "if you can keep up this zeal and excitement day after day, in ten years you will __8__ every sock in the United States." My amazement at his __9__ and joy in salesmanship will be easily understood. In many shops the customer has to wait for someone to 10 him. And when finally some clerk does 11 you, you are made to feel as if you were 12 him. He shows no interest either in you or in the goods he is 13 to sell. 14 possibly every clerk began his career with hope and 15 . The daily work was too much and dull for him; gradually his only pleasures were found 16 of working hours. He became a 17 , not inspired salesman. After being mechanical, he became incompetent, then sour. That was the last 18 . His usefulness was over. I have observed this melancholy (可悲的) 19 in the lives of so many men in so many occupations that I have come to the 20 that the surest road to failure is to do things mechanically. | ( )1. A. rushed into ( )2. A. hit ( )3. A. opened ( )4. A. accidental ( )5. A. various ( )6. A. mysteries ( )7. A. amazement ( )8. A. occupy ( )9. A. affection ( )10. A. wait upon ( )11. A. observe ( )12. A. asking ( )13. A. paid ( )14. A. And ( )15. A. sadness ( )16. A. outside ( )17. A. mechanical ( )18. A. procedure ( )19. A. improvement ( )20. A. faith | B. turned into B. caught B. glared B. deliberate B. strange B. opinion B. interest B. sell B. prejudice B. care about B. notice B. inviting B. ordered B. However B. enthusiasm B. beyond B. strong B. approach B. decrease B. conclusion | C. stole into C. fixed C. brightened C. considerate C. long C. idea C. puzzle C. own C. success C. concern about C. view C. interrupting C. motivated C. Therefore C. doubt C. inside C. courageous C. stage C. increase C. summary | D. changed into D. focused D. widened D. special D. beautiful D. thought D. admiration D. attract D. pride D. take care D. see D. punishing D. permitted D. Yet D. consideration D. dull D. demanding D. pace D. decline D. intention | 阅读理解 | My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War Ⅱ. The book Night of the Uboats told the story. Memories In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father"s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe. Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷). I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报), which in those days always brought bad news. My grandmother opened it. It read, "Safe.Love Ted." My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father"s knee, his arm in a bandage. He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart.Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s. Ten years later I read Night of the Uboats and was able to complete the story. Torpedo One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned. By the time he got on deck(甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free, it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm.He had no choice but to jump-still with the photograph in his pocket. Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow.All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph. A Toast In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest(以 免)we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.
1. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea________. A. to meet a friend B. to see the father off C. to take a family photo D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship
2. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram? A. He was still alive. B. His knee was broken. C. His ship had been sunk. D. He had arrived in Glasgow.
3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 6 refers to the father"s________. A. weak heart B. taking a shore job C. failure to return to sea D. injury caused by a torpedo
4. What can we know about the author"s father after his ship was attacked? A. He lost his arm. B. He repaired the engines. C. He managed to take a lifeboat. D. He was the last to leave the ship.
5. What is the passage mainly about? A. A group of forgotten heroes. B. A book describing a terrifying battle. C. A ship engineer"s wartime experience. D. A merchant"s memories of a sea rescue. | 完形填空 | One of the warmest Christmas memories that I have was the year that I was Santa Claus. I was a young substitute(替代者) for a __1__ with a new family just starting out in life. I was __2__ to work at the local grade school on the last day __3__ the Christmas holidays. I can still __4__ going from classroom to classroom and doing my best to __5__ both old and joyful at the same time. I was about 50 pounds heavier then, __6__ I had the round little belly part down fine. My beard, however, was another __7__ as it kept sliding halfway down my face. I thought that more than a few of the kids __8__ me, but it didn"t matter. They still enjoyed __9__ Santa. They still laughed and delighted in their 10 gifts and candy canes. They still felt joyous and happy. They still knew that they were 11 and that was all that mattered to them. If there is one 12 that I could give to each of you at Christmas time and 13 day of the year, it would be that knowledge that you are loved. You are loved and 14 by a greater love than you could ever imagine. You are loved by God who 15 you. In all the difficulties, problems, and heartaches this world 16 , you are loved. In all the obstacles you must overcome, challenges you must 17 , and pains you must go through, you are loved. In all the mistakes you make, times you stumble (绊倒), and 18 paths you take, you are loved. You are loved every second in your life with a glorious love that will 19 end. Know that you are loved. Know that God loves you always. Rejoice (欣喜) in this love with the 20 heart of a child. And then, like a jolly (欢乐的) laughing Santa, go out and share it with the world. | ( )1. A. worker ( )2. A. called in ( )3. A. after ( )4. A. regret ( )5. A. taste ( )6. A. but ( )7. A. matter ( )8. A. recognized ( )9. A. buying ( )10. A. big ( )11. A. hated ( )12. A. thing ( )13. A. another ( )14. A. looked out ( )15. A. kept ( )16. A. takes ( )17. A. face ( )18. A. right ( )19. A. seldom ( )20. A. joyous | B. farmer B. called on B. before B. stop B. sound B. and B. pound B. welcomed B. selling B. small B. thrown B. man B. every B. looked for B. made B. fetches B. hand B. wrong B. often B. angry
| C. student C. called off C. during C. remember C. smell C. so C. gift C. visited C. writing C. old C. loved C. woman C. one C. watched over C. liked C. carries C. break C. real C. never C. jealous | D. teacher D. called at D. over D. consider D. feel D. still D. knowledge D. memorized D. seeing D. ugly D. forgotten D. school D. either D. watched out D. removed D. brings D. please D. busy D. almost D. pitiful |
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