( )1. A. processes ( )2. A. Therefore ( )3. A. difficult ( )4. A. editor ( )5. A. jumped ( )6. A. strange ( )7. A. struggling ( )8. A. ashamed ( )9. A. put up ( )10. A. committee ( )11. A. enthusiastic ( )12. A. speakers ( )13. A. widely ( )14. A. similar ( )15. A. physics ( )16. A. pleasure ( )17. A. fit in ( )18. A. swim ( )19. A. in return for ( )20. A. slimmest | B. decisions B. However B. easy B. boss B. sank B. happy B. improving B. disappointed B. prepare for B. newspaper B. artistic B. readers B. weakly B. ordinary B. history B. hope B. look out B. try B. in case of B. smallest | C. challenges C. Otherwise C. boring C. candidate C. stopped C. awful C. working C. shocked C. worry about C. radio C. sympathetic C. cheerleaders C. excitedly C. different C. English C. trouble C. stay up C. ask C. in terms of C. best | D. exercises D. Besides D. interesting D. judge D. raced D. lonely D. complaining D. relieved D. give up D. team D. realistic D. writers D. brightly D. familiar D. math D. sorrow D. get around D. escape D. instead of D. gentlest | |||||||||||||||||||||
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It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night.The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful:blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently. My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same.I"m_so_glad_I_did. On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape.After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea.As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance. On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby.We couldn"t believe it-there aren"t any whales along the coast here.The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive. The little baby whale-actually as big as our boat-was obviously stuck and could not move.The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves."She"s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side, "my father said.At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently.With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water.Then it swam up right beside its mum.They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction.We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel.Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe-and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance. In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half.That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day.Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. The author says "I"m so glad I did."(in Para. 2)because . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. he witnessed the whole process of fishing B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea C. he experienced the rescue of the whales D. he spent the weekend with his family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. The harbour survived the storm owing to ________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. the shape of the harbour B. the arms of the bay C. the still water in the channel D. the long coast line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. The mother whale failed to help her baby because ________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. What is the theme of the story? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness. B. Fishing provides excitement for children. C. It"s necessary to live in harmony with animals. D. It"s vital to protect the environment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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About 70 scientists were working on a very busy project.All of them felt really desperate due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting their job. One day,one scientist came to his boss and told him,"Sir,I"ve promised to take my children to the exhibition going on in our township so I want to leave at 5:30 pm" His boss replied,"OK.You"re permitted to leave the office early today." The scientist started working.He continued his work after lunch.As usual, he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch only when he felt he was close to completion.The time was 8:30 pm. Suddenly he remembered his promise to the children.He looked for his boss but he was not there.Having told him in the morning himself, he closed everything and left for home.Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children.He reached home.The children were not there.His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading magazines.The_situation_was_explosive;any_talk_would_boomerang_on_him.His wife asked him,"Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are hungry?" The man replied,"If you would like to have coffee, I will have too, but what about the children?" His wife replied,"You don"t know?Your boss came here at 5:15 pm and has taken them to the exhibition." What had really happened was the boss who gave him permission was observing him working seriously at 5:00 pm. He thought to himself:this person will not leave the work,but he"s promised to take his children to the exhibition.So he took the lead in taking them there.The boss does not have to do it every time.But once it"s done, loyalty is established. That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress was extraordinarily huge.By the way,can you boldly guess who the boss was?He was none other than the mastermind behind India"s successful nuclear weapons program,Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam,former president of India. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. The scientist asked for an early leave because________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. he felt increasingly desperate about his work B. he meant to accompany his wife at dinner C. the task at hand was close to completion D. he"d promised to take his kids to a show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. The underlined sentence implies that the scientist thought his wife was________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. dissatisfied with his coming home late B. ready to serve dinner for him C. grateful to his kindhearted boss D. delighted to see him back home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. The boss took the children to the exhibition________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. when it was too late for the scientist to do so B. because the scientist was absorbed in his work C. because he also wanted to see what was on show D. when the man"s wife asked him to do so | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I had offered to watch my 3yearold daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she __1_ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too __2_ and I shouted, "What are you doing?" No response. I __3_ my question and heard her say, "Oh …nothing." " Nothing?" I got up-from my desk and ran out __4_ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick __5_ into the bathroom. I had her __6_! I told her to turn around. She __7_. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, "Young lady, I said turn around!" __8__, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife"s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was __9__ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 10 voice that had been shouted to me as a child. "How could you…You should know…How many times have you been 11 … What a bad thing to do…" It was just a matter of my picking out which old 12 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But 13 I could let loose, I looked 14 at the sweater on her. In big 15 it said, "I"M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!" I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 16 seeing a bad girl who didn"t listen, I saw a little angel full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 . "Sweetheart, let"s take a picture so Mommy can see how 19 you look." I took the picture and thanked God that I didn"t 20 the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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