阅读理解。 Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pic
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Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It"s nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated." "Oh, you"re such a good man." She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?" "It"s not the shortest way," I answered quickly. "Oh, I"m in no hurry," she said. "I"m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don"t have any family left. The doctor says I don"t have very long." I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she"d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing. At dawn, she suddenly said, "I"m tired. Let"s go now." We drove in silence to the address she had given me. "How much do I owe you?" she asked. "Nothing." I said. "You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I answered. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy." |
1. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to _____. |
A. show she was familiar with the city B. see some places for the last time C. let the driver earn more money D. reach the destination on time |
2. The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he _____. |
A. wanted to do her a favor B. shut off the meter by mistake C. had received her payment in advance D. was in a hurry to take other passengers |
3. What can we learn from the story? |
A. Giving is always a pleasure. B. People should respect each other. C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy. D. People should learn to appreciate others" concern. |
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An interesting experience of my life I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life. My friends told us that taking the"hard 1 " to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn"t know what to 2 . But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 3 ,which was relatively modern and 4 . During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not 5 at all. It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much 6 . However, we had energy. First we tried to get return tickets to shanghai, but the tickets seller 7 us that tickets would not be on 8 for another two days. We were a little worried about getting 9 , but we made up our minds to 10 for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way 11 the "gypsy" taxi drivers that tried to 12 us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it 13 cost us thirty yuan to get 14 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets. 15 the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 16 . The most important lesson about China I ever 17 , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much 18 . We were not able to get tickets, but the 19 agents (代理人) could. While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very 20 . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place. There aren"t any words to describe it. |
( )1. A. chair ( )2. A. provide ( )3. A. plane ( )4. A. quick ( )5. A. bad ( )6. A. trouble ( )7. A. promised ( )8. A. time ( )9. A. behind ( )10. A. start ( )11. A. toward ( )12. A. offer ( )13. A. even ( )14. A. what ( )15. A. Somehow ( )16. A. wouldn’t ( )17. A. learned ( )18. A. harder ( )19. A. business ( )20. A. interesting | B. bed B. expect B. bus B. clean B. good B. food B. informed B. show B. out B. ask B. into B. charge B. still B. which B. However B. couldn’t B. taught B. earlier B. transport B. crowded | C. seat C. happen C. ship C. simple C. easy C. sleep C. advised C. duty C. through C. look C. across C. bargain C. also C. where C. Therefore C. shouldn’t C. offered C. later C. travel C. famous | D. bench D. think D. train D. long D. hard D. help D. persuaded D. sale D. back D. pay D. past D. share D. only D. how D. Otherwise D. needn’t D. heard D. easier D. hotel D. noisy | 完形填空。 | It was past 10:00 p. m. I was busy with my schoolwork though I was 1 . Just then, my little brother Michael ran out of his room, 2 a pen in his right hand and a piece of paper in the other. "Betty, can you help me with my 3 for school? It"s about the seven 4 of the world." he said. My eyes were so fixed on the computer screen that my brother had to pull my blouse just to get my 5 . "Look, not right now! I"m very busy." I said."You are always busy! You are always like that!" he replied. I felt a bit guilty (内疚的) 6 I thought about his words, but my work seemed more 7 to me than my brother"s. I sighed a few times and 8 with my own studies. The next day, I arrived home late. Michael came into my room. "I know you are 9 but there"s something I want to show you," he began. Without saying a word, I 10 the paper from him.I really didn"t 11 what he was saying. 12 I wanted was to get rid of him and finally get to rest. Suddenly, my eyes widened in 13 . There, he wrote: The Seven Wonders of the World: 1.Love 2. Friendship 3. Peace 4. Joy 5. Wisdom 6.Fun 7. Family I 14 believe what my brother had written on the paper. I was completely 15 . How could such an innocent (天真的) little child 16 such things in life? The most 17 things in life are the ones that we 18 take for granted (认为……理所当然). These things don"t take the form of big houses or beautiful 19 . The most wonderful things in the world are immaterial (非物质的) 20 they can never be developed by human art, skill or effort. | ( )1. A. tired ( )2. A. buying ( )3. A. problem ( )4. A. events ( )5. A. attention ( )6. A. before ( )7. A. exciting ( )8. A. started ( )9. A. busy ( )10. A. handed ( )11. A. record ( )12. A. What ( )13. A. surprise ( )14. A. shouldn’t ( )15. A. wounded ( )16. A. understand ( )17. A. funny ( )18. A. ever ( )19. A. voices ( )20. A. it | B. experienced B. holding B. mistake B. cities B. care B. as B. useful B. hated B. bored B. took B. worry B. That B. sadness B. needn’t B. lost B. remember B. valuable B. often B. poems B. when | C. talented C. playing C. trouble C. wonders C. love C. since C. important C. forgot C. free C. passed C. mind C. Which C. happiness C. couldn’t C. pleased C. study C. necessary C. seldom C. cars C. but | D. satisfied D. biting D. homework D. mysteries D. sight D. till D. interesting D. continued D. angry D. accepted D. share D. Who D. disappointment D. mustn’t D. puzzled D. finish D. possible D. never D. music D. and | 阅读理解。 | Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl (爬行) into the house."Look! In comes one," she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside,"She found me when I was just in." But the thief outside didn"t believe him, so he said,"Let us two try to crawl into the house together." At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted,"In come two, catch them!" The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said,"You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight." The two thieves started running away at once. The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rein (缰绳) broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn"t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said,"How they look like the two of last night." The man said,"I asked you to fetch a rope, why don"t you hurry for it?" The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes. | 1. The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____. | A. they were found out B. they were frightened by what they had heard in the house C. they didn"t work together well with each other D. mice stopped them from doing so | 2. From the last paragraph, we know that _____. | A. the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes B. the woman recognized the two thieves C. the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them D. the two thieves didn"t know that they were not found at all | 3. The woman said, "How they look like the two of last night." Here"the two" refers to _____. | A. the two thieves B. nothing C. the mice D. the sweet potatoes | 完形填空。 | When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to 1 a small brown leather purse lying on the sidewalk. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could 2 the owner"s name. There was nothing inside it 3 some change and an old photo―a picture of a woman and a young girl of about twelve years, who looked like the woman"s daughter. I put the photo back and 4 the purse to the police station, where I 5 it to the desk sergeant. 6 I left, the sergeant took down my name and address 7 the owner might want to write and thank me. That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They 8 a young woman so that there would be four people at the table. Her face was familiar. I was 9 sure that we had not met before, but I could remember where I had seen her. In the course of conversation, however, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her purse that afternoon. 10 I realized where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, although she was now much older. | ( )1. A. watch ( )2. A. find ( )3. A. besides ( )4. A. took ( )5. A. offered ( )6. A. Before ( )7. A. although ( )8. A. have also invited ( )9. A. well ( )10. A. All at once | B. notice B. learn B. except B. brought B. passed B. When B. in case B. also had invited B. much B. At once | C. discover C. discover C. except for C. fetched C. handed C. While C. for fear C. also invited C. quite C. Immediately | D. find out D. work out D. in addition to D. sent D. returned D. As D. so that D. had also invited D. very D. All suddenly | 语法填空 。 | As soon as I returned from the USA, I called 1 Lily, one of my neighbors. I dialed several times, but I still could not get 2 it."Is it her telephone out of 3 or 4 she changed the number?" I thought."She used to help me greatly when I was in need of her. She is a kind lady, 5 is thought highly of by others. Anyway, I must go to see her this time." The next morning, 6 wind was blowing hard. 7 (Regard) of the bad weather, I went to the shop, buying some presents. Then I took a taxi and drove to her home. I arrived ten minutes later. I knocked at the door. Out came an old lady."Is Lily"s home here?" I asked her."Oh, you are Tony!" The lady cried 8 amazement."I myself am Lily!""Is she Lily? She is much 9 than Lily!" It was my turn to be shocked this time. I stared at her for several minutes."My God! She is Lily. 10 can one person change so much?" |
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