Some plays achieve so much success that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is __1__for
the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same __2__night after night.One would __3__
them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter(结巴). Yet the thing is not always the
case.
A famous actor in a __4__successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat(贵族)who had
been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years.In the last act, a gaoler(监狱长, 看守)would always come
on to the stage with a letter which he could hand to the prisoner.Even though the noble was expected to
read the letter at each __5__, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances,
he had managed to learn the __6__of the letter by heart.The curtain went up on the final act of the play
and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.Just then, the gaoler __7__with the
precious letter in his hands.He entered the __8__and presented the letter to the aristocrat.But the copy
he gave him had not been written out in __9__as usual.It was simply a blank sheet of paper.The gaoler
looked on eagerly, __10__to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.The noble stared at the
blank sheet of paper for a few seconds.Then, squinting(眯着眼看)his eyes, he said, "The light is __11__.
Read the letter to me."And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.__12__that he could not
remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied, "The light is indeed dim, sir.I must get my __13__."With this, he hurried off the stage.Much to the aristocrat"s __14__, the gaoler returned a few moments
later with a pair of glasses and the __15__copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner. |
( )1. A. fortunate
( )2. A. lines
( )3. A. want
( )4. A. highly
( )5. A. play
( )6. A. pages
( )7. A. turned up
( )8. A. room
( )9. A. doubt
( )10. A. wondered
( )11. A. bright
( )12. A. Imagining
( )13. A. glasses
( )14. A. surprise
( )15. A. usual | B. unfortunate
B. words
B. ask
B. high
B. performance
B. joke
B. turned out
B. cell
B. turn
B. surprised
B. dim
B. Believing
B. lines
B. satisfaction
B. old
| C. happy
C. plays
C. expect
C. poorly
C. role
C. lines
C. came out
C. stage
C. order
C. anxious
C. dark
C. Seeing
C. light
C. anger
C. unusual | D. unhappy
D. roles
D. wish
D. poor
D. case
D. contents
D. picked up
D. office
D. full
D. afraid
D. out
D. Finding
D. lettes
D. amusement
D. new |
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| 1-5: BACAB 6-10: DABDC 11-15: BDADA |
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| 完形填空 | On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the women"s club as usual.It was a
pleasant way of __1__ time for an old woman who lived alone.
When she came home she __2__ something unusual.Had someone got in?The back door and the
windows were all locked and there was no __3__ of forced entry.Had anything been taken?She went
from room to room, __4__, and found her camera and spare watch missing.
The following Thursday she went out at her __5__ time, but didn"t go to the club.Instead, she took a
short walk in a park nearby and came home, letting herself in through the __6__ door.She settled down
to wait and see what would happen.
It was 4 o"clock when the front doorbell rang.Mrs Clarke was __7__ tea at the time.The bell rang
again, and the next moment she __8__ her letterbox being pushed open.Picking up the kettle of boiling
water, she moved quietly towards the letterbox.A piece of __9__ appeared through the letterbox, and
then a hand.The wire turned and caught around the knob(原形旋钮)on the doorlock.Mrs Clarke
__10__ the kettle and poured the water over the hand.A __11__ cry was heard outside as the wire
__12__ to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was followed by the sound of __13__ feet.
It wasn"t long before the police caught the thief.And Mrs Clarke was greatly __14__ at the club for
her successful __15__. | ( )1. A. saving
( )2. A. learned
( )3. A. sight
( )4. A. watching
( )5. A. late
( )6. A. open
( )7. A. drinking
( )8. A. saw
( )9. A. wood
( )10. A. discovered
( )11. A. soft
( )12. A. pushed
( )13. A. walking
( )14. A. admired
( )15. A. self-satisfaction | B. passing
B. found
B. exhibition
B. searching
B. dinner
B. back
B. making
B. watched
B. equipment
B. brought
B. gentle
B. put
B. jumping
B. encouraged
B. self-protection | C. stealing
C. sensed
C. note
C. looking
C. usual
C. front
C. pouring
C. heard
C. chalk
C. raised
C. sharp
C. stuck
C. running
C. instructed
C. self-respect | D. finding
D. hoped
D. sign
D. checking
D. own
D. broken
D. planting
D. smelled
D. wire
D. supported
D. loud
D. fell
D. steady
D. supported
D. self-service | | 完形填空 | I want you to know about our neighborhood, Tangley Heights, a slum(贫民窟). I didn"t go there much
after I met Maxine and her disabled son Ronald and their friend, Miss Annie.In 1981 I was 12 years old.
I __1__that once you are 12, you are too big for lots of things you used to __2__before, but you are too
young for a job.So a whole group of us children were __3__with nothing to do, only standing at the
corner to __4__if Maxine would come with popeyed(突眼的)Ronald.Somebody found that Ronald
went to a school for mentally __5__kids and that every afternoon a special bus brought him home and
that his mother was always there to __6__him off the bus.
My mama could always make you feel special.She could see what my teachers could not, but that
was a __7__between us.When my mama died, the secret died, too.It was Maxine who __8__me to her
neighbor, Miss Annie, when I needed __9__with English.She told me to bring my book to her house
every day after school.After a few weeks, Miss Annie said, "Vernon, I have never __10__you for money, but I would like you to help Maxine __11__up her yard."
I cleaned up the yard, and then put the __12__in a bag that Ronald held.Ronald stood there __13__
the bag as if it were the most important job on earth.When you first saw Ronald, he looked like a (n)
__14__animal, but what I understood was that Ronald"s problem was __15__.Being scared made him
look strange. | ( )1. A. described
( )2. A. discuss
( )3. A. left
( )4. A. ask
( )5. A. independent
( )6. A. get
( )7. A. bridge
( )8. A. moved
( )9. A. curiosity
( )10. A. asked
( )11. A. bury
( )12. A. money
( )13. A. holding
( )14. A. energetic
( )15. A. doubt | B. deserved
B. do
B. dealt
B. wait
B. naughty
B. catch
B. gap
B. introduced
B. test
B. awarded
B. trap
B. book
B. throwing
B. naughty
B. sadness | C. discovered
C. find
C. admired
C. see
C. frightened
C. teach
C. secret
C. calmed
C. concern
C. combined
C. clean
C. rubbish
C. closing
C. beautiful
C. fear | D. determined
D. think
D. sent
D. consider
D. disabled
D. guide
D. wall
D. settled
D. help
D. paid
D. dig
D. dust
D. carrying
D. ugly
D. character | | 完形填空 | One day, three people suddenly appeared in a store, taking food off the shelves as fast as they could,
obviously not planning to pay for it. The shop owner 1 the "panic button" and then went over the
counter and 2 the front door. It was 3 that they were homeless, and equally obvious that they
weren"t going anywhere with their ill-gotten gains. They 4 the loot (赃物) and simply stood
together - knowing the 5 were on the way.
Imagine what they must have 6 , when they were told they didn"t have to steal, if they were that 7 ,
instead of being driven out or told they were headed for 8 . "We have food in the back, expired (过期) 9 still safe to eat, that we plan on 10 to a homeless shelter. If you need food, you can have
some."
They were told to 11 what they had dropped and put it 12 , then asked to clear up the mess
they"d made of the store. They were doing just that when the police 13 . The officers were told the
situation was under 14 and the police were no longer 15 .
This wasn"t what they had 16 . They were being treated as human beings who had done something
wrong but could 17 the wrong they"d done. 18 , because they knew that the homeless were never
welcome to use "public restrooms" in private businesses, they quickly followed orders to take turns and
use the restroom to clean up.
Soon three 19 people, standing just a bit taller than before when they came in, 20 out with all the
food their arms could hold. They were reminded that, if they needed to come back again, they were to
ask and not just grab. | ( )1. A. saw
( )2. A. opened
( )3. A. obvious
( )4. A. threw
( )5. A. police
( )6. A. forced
( )7. A. excited
( )8. A. home
( )9. A. or
( )10. A. giving
( )11. A. shut up
( )12. A. ahead
( )13. A. reached
( )14. A. control
( )15. A. useful
( )16. A. loved
( )17. A. change
( )18. A. Shocked
( )19. A. stranger
( )20. A. ran | B. fixed
B. closed
B. unclear
B. dropped
B. officials
B. understood
B. tired
B. office
B. but
B. moving
B. cut up
B. away
B. arrived
B. discussion
B. enjoyable
B. planned
B. correct
B. Punished
B. cleaner
B. rushed | C. hit
C. left
C. doubtful
C. took
C. assistants
C. felt
C. hungry
C. shop
C. and
C. coming
C. give up
C. down
C. stopped
C. development
C. necessary
C. found
C. hide
C. Worried
C. poorer
C. moved | D. found
D. locked
D. manageable
D. crashed
D. workers
D. delayed
D. thirsty
D. prison
D. so
D. losing
D. make up
D. back
D. started
D. requirement
D. comfortable
D. expected
D. enlarge
D. Misunderstood
D. richer
D. walked
| | 完形填空 | I was loading my truck to go to the flea market when a hook(钩子) on one of the bungees bent and
broke back into my left eye. The 1 was like a hot sword had been struck through my head. I fell down
on my hands and knees, and 2 I saw blood dripping onto the ground, I knew it was 3 .
They 4 me to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, where there"s a special eye center. The 5 there
operated on me several times but couldn"t save my eye. When they told me the news, I wanted to 6 .
Even after I got my prosthetic eye (义眼), I couldn"t 7 off the depression. To make matters worse,
I lost my job as a transportation officer for the Tennessee Department of Children"s Services because of
8 about my driving ability. But one morning, I woke up and the TV was 9 , and there was a
16-year-old girl. She had been 10 burned on her face, hands, and legs and was learning to walk again.
She 11 a big smile and seemed to look right at me and said, "You can"t ever give up. " At that moment,
I thought, this is just a (n) 12 . Get over it. And I 13 .
It"s been almost 12 years since my 14 , and there isn"t anything I can"t do now that I used to do.
Although I didn"t get my 15 job back, I could do something else to 16 a happy life.
I read a 17 once where a man was feeling bad because he had no 18 , until he met a man who
had no feet. No matter how destroying your problem is, 19 there"s always someone somewhere
who"s worse off. 20 having just one eye, I see things a lot more clearly now. | ( )1. A．fight
( )2. A．before
( )3. A．bad
( )4. A．forced
( )5. A．doctors
( )6. A．rise
( )7. A．set
( )8. A．possibilities
( )9. A．off
( )10. A．badly
( )11. A．developed
( )12. A．ear
( )13. A．worked
( )14. A．accident
( )15. A．new
( )16. A．build
( )17. A．humor
( )18. A．clothes
( )19. A．remember
( )20. A．Through | B．pain
B．though
B．good
B．passed
B．workers
B．stay
B．shake
B．decisions
B．up
B．carefully
B．covered
B．eye
B．stopped
B．experiment
B．hard
B．lead
B．joke
B．jackets
B．forget
B．Despite | C．injury
C．because
C．strange
C．took
C．teachers
C．leave
C．turn
C．chances
C．on
C．finally
C．enjoyed
C．arm
C．did
C．argument
C．easy
C．search
C．poem
C．shoes
C．promise
C．Without | D．wound
D．when
D．lucky
D．gave
D．soldiers
D．die
D．leave
D．concerns
D．down
D．hardly
D．wore
D．nose
D．helped
D．quarrel
D．former
D．avoid
D．story
D．trousers
D．prove
D．Beyond
| | 阅读理解 | Sitting by her Pinocchio lamp, she smiled at me as her tiny hands" shadow danced on the bedroom
wall. "A rabbit!" she laughed with all the delight of a four-year old. Her blue eyes shone with pride as
she showed me the animated image she had created. "Daddy, will you show me how to make a tiger?"
she asked. "Sure," I said, "and then we"ll read a story and tell your angels goodnight. "To my youngest
daughter, that meant her bedtime prayer.
Today my daughter is seven, and I no longer get to read the story. She reads it to me, complete with
expressive accents for the story characters.
To say I"m proud of our relationship would be an understatement. We have shared days of joy as
well as tragedy. Our time together has strengthened the relationship of love and special "life stuff" that is
all our own.
I am richer for having planted the spirit of trust in this gentle little person; we have grown together
spiritually, learning much from each other. The special times we spend together, like nights by a Pinocchio
lamp, create memories that we will treasure for the rest of our lives.
So it is with all of our relationships. The trust factor is vital for relationships to develop. Think of on
e of your fondest memories, and you will no doubt find a remarkable relationship at its center--one with
a spiritual quality that shines outward from the heart.
Time together, caring acts, and unconditional love build trust. I suggest that we each spend plenty of
time with our personal "Pinoechio lamps"--those special ways that we choose to strengthen our
relationships.
Relationships take time to develop and maintain. It is not always easy, but the results are priceless.
"Nights by a Pinoechio lamp", wherever those might be for you, will create enduring relationships of
golden "life stuff", spiritual gifts that no one can take away.
1. The underlined words in the third paragraph refer to all EXCEPT ______.
A. hands" shadow dancing on the wall
B. reading bed stories
C. sharing each other"s tragedy
D. praying to the angels for goodnight
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. The author thinks the relationship with his daughter is so simple that he can"t
describe with plenty of words.
B. If you take time to attempt to build relationship, you will find it easy to get the satisfactory results.
C. Plant the spirit of trust into others and you will create valuable memories for each other.
D. It"s not worth spending time developing relationship if you meet the failure at last.
3. Why does the author write the passage?
A. To recall his fondest memories.
B. To stress the importance of trust in building relationships.
C. To explain how to create valuable memories.
D. To tell the readers how to educate children.
4. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Life Stuff Of Your Own
B. Nights by a Pinocchio Lamp
C. Unconditional gifts-Love
D. A spiritual quality shining outward from the heart | 最新试题
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