One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧场) house in a large valley. 1 seemed to be all
right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 2 across
the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 3 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 4
Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his 5 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard
it. Hoof beats (蹄声). He 6 . There before him stood a tall, white 7 . An old man stared down at him from
its back.
"Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul. "My name is Gray Cloud," the old man answered 8 . "Come with
me."
Raul followed on his horse. A 9 feeling came over him. All 10 them the rain was pouring down, 11 not
a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 12 back toward Raul"s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once
he found 13 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 14 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again.
The old man and his horse were 15 .
Raul"s father ran out across the yard to 16 him. "We have been 17 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry.
Let"s get in out of the 18 ."
"Wait," said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?"
"Can"t say I … wait. I 19 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died
a long time ago. They say he was 20 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?" |
( )1.A. Something
( )2.A. dropped
( )3.A. Suddenly
( )4.A. beating
( )5.A. nose
( )6.A. looked up
( )7.A. tiger
( )8.A. lazily
( )9.A. natural
( )10.A. around
( )11.A. yet
( )12.A. walking
( )13.A. them
( )14.A. shook
( )15.A. gone
( )16.A. see
( )17.A. waited
( )18.A. yard
( )19.A. believe
( )20.A. defeated | B. Everything
B. fell
B. Strongly
B. blinding
B. hair
B. woke up
B. horse
B. angrily
B. common
B. beside
B. for
B. leading
B. themselves
B. waved
B. left
B. meet
B. thought
B. wind
B. consider
B. caught | C. Anything
C. rolled
C. Quickly
C. burning
C. neck
C. lay down
C. lion
C. coldly
C. strange
C. through
C. so
C. heading
C. him
C. held
C. followed
C. beat
C. worried
C. grass
C. doubt
C. damaged | D. Nothing
D. covered
D. Hardly
D. touching
D. head
D. sat down
D. elephant
D. slowly
D. bad
D. above
D. or
D. returning
D. himself
D. took
D. lost
D. ask
D. excited
D. rain
D. forget
D. struck | | 阅读理解。 | Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for
18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career (职业). He has always wanted to travel.
"I guess I am a really restless spirit. I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it," he says.
The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships (游船). At the time
Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical
check and police clearance, the job was his.
Estrella is responsible (负责的) for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly.
"I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place and a different culture.
It"s exciting when you go to the next country and you don"t understand the language," he says.
Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from
94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.
But there is a downside. "You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself
and others," he says. "You don"t really think about home. You start to think about home only when you get
closer to your vacation and wonder what you"ll be doing."
Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days
a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. "You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every
day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol." In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores
it, otherwise he works out in the crew"s gym, goes on the internet or calls home. | | 1. What do we know about Estrella? | A. He is very fond of traveling.
B. He doesn"t drink wine now.
C. He cannot speak a foreign language.
D. He used to be a housekeeping manager. | | 2. The underlined word "downside" in paragraph 5 probably means _____. | A. disappointment
B. disadvantage
C. failure
D. loss | | 3. Which of the following is true? | A. Estrella doesn"t often feel homesick because of his work.
B. The work on the ship is not suitable for a married person.
C. Estrella can find no other job except the one on the ship.
D. The people on the ship are from 94 countries. | | 4. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is _____. | A. not a tiring journey at all
B. just an interesting voyage
C. far from a voyage for pleasure
D. more than a pleasant travel by sea | | 完形填空。 | Not too long ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest 1 out of our
Polynesian Village resort (度假胜地) at Walt Disney was asked how she 2 her visit. She told the
front-desk clerk she had had a (n) 3 vacation, but was heartbroken about 4 several rolls of Kodak color
film she had not yet 5 . At that moment she was particularly 6 over the loss of the pictures she had shot
at our Polynesian Luau, 7 this was a memory she especially treasured.
Now, please understand that we have no written service rules 8 lost photos in the park. 9 , the clerk
at the front desk 10 Disney"s idea of caring for our 11 . She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls
of 12 film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau.
Two weeks later the guest received a 13 at her home.In it were photos of all the actors of our show,
14 signed by each performer. There were also 15 of the public procession (游行队伍) and fireworks in
the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own 16 after work. I happened to know this 17 because this
guest wrote us a letter. She said that 18 in her life had she received such good service from any business.
Excellent 19 does not come from policy (政策性的) handbooks.It comes from people who 20 -and
from a culture that encourages and models that attitude. | ( )1. A. working
( )2. A. expected
( )3. A. disappointing
( )4. A. taking
( )5. A. developed
( )6. A. silly
( )7. A. when
( )8. A. covering
( )9. A. Excitedly
( )10. A. understood
( )11. A. workers
( )12. A. printed
( )13. A. film
( )14. A. frequently
( )15. A. rules
( )16. A. case
( )17. A. story
( )18. A. only
( )19. A. advice
( )20. A. care | B. checking
B. realized
B. wonderful
B. dropping
B. taken
B. nervous
B. where
B. finding
B. Fortunately
B. reminded
B. guests
B. shot
B. card
B. personally
B. pictures
B. work
B. place
B. almost
B. experience
B. serve | C. trying
C. paid
C. uncomfortable
C. losing
C. washed
C. calm
C. as
C. making
C. Therefore
C. trusted
C. managers
C. unused
C. camera
C. alone
C. handbooks
C. time
C. photo
C. never
C. quality
C. like | D. staying
D. enjoyed
D. important
D. breaking
D. loaded
D. sad
D. which
D. keeping
D. Quietly
D. discovered
D. clerks
D. recorded
D. packet
D. actually
D. performances
D. position
D. show
D. nearly
D. service
D. know | | 阅读理解。 | A university graduate described as a "respectable and intelligent" woman is seeking professional help
after being convicted of (证明有……罪) shoplifting for the second time in six months.
Ana Luz, recently studying for her PhD, has been told she could end up behind bars unless she can
control the desire to steal from shops.
Luz,who lives with her partner in Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge,admitted stealing clothes worth ￡9.95
from John Lewis in Oxford Street,London, on March 9.
Phillip Lemoyne, prosecuting (起诉), said Luz selected some clothes from a display and took them to
the ladies" toilet in the store. When she came out again she was wearing one of the skirts she had selected,
having taken off the anti-theft security alarms (防盗警报装置).
She was stopped and caught after leaving the store without paying, Mr Lemoyne said. He added that she
was upset on her arrest and apologized for her actions.
Luz, 28, was said to have been convicted of shoplifting by Cambridge judges last October, but Morag
Duff, defending, said she had never been in trouble with the police before that.
"She is ashamed and embarrassed but doesn"t really have any explanation why she did this," Miss Duff
said. "She didn"t intend to steal when she went into the store. She is at a loss to explain it. She is otherwise a
very respectable and intelligent young lady. She went to her doctor and asked for advice because she wants
to know if there is anything in particular that caused her to do this."
Judge David Azan fined Luz ￡50, and warned: "You"ve got a criminal record.If you carry on like this,you
will end up in prison,which will ruin your bright future you may have."
Luz achieved a degree in design at university in her native Spain,went on to a famous university in Berlin,
Germany for her master"s degree and is now studying for a PhD at Cambridge University,UK. | |
| 1. What is Ana Luz"s nationality? | A. American.
B. British.
C. Spanish.
D. German. | | 2. What does the underlined sentence "She is at a loss to explain it" mean? | A. In her opinion it was a loss to the clothes shops where she stole things.
B. She doesn"t have any idea why she has the desire to steal from shops.
C. She thinks it is a loss for her to explain why she stole things from shops.
D. Personally she feels ashamed and embarrassed for her shoplifting actions. | | 3. Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word "shoplifting" used in the passage? | A. Carrying goods in a lift for a shop.
B. Taking goods to the ladies" toilet.
C. Selecting some goods from a display.
D. Taking goods from a shop without paying. | | 4. From the passage we can learn that _____. | A. Ana Luz is already got her PhD at Cambridge University, UK
B. Ana Luz is ashamed and embarrassed and knows why she often did so
C. the university graduate will be put in prison if she steals in shops once more
D. Phillip Lemoyne is the"respectable and intelligent" woman"s defense lawyer | | 5. What would be the best title for the passage? | A. Shoplifting Shame of a PhD Student
B. Apologizing for the Actions in Shops
C. Seeking Professional Help from Experts
D. Controlling the Desire to Steal from Sh | | 完形填空。 | I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 1 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him
into a 36 village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be 2 at a nearby garage. I readily accepted.
I drove Dad into Mijas, and 3 to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the 4 . With several hours
to spare, I went to a theater. 5 , when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he 6 I"d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When
I 7 there I apologized for being late, and told him I"d 8 as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed a
major repairs. I"ll never forget the 9 he gave me. "I"m disappointed you 10 you how to lie to me, Jason." Dad
looked at me again. "When you didn"t 11 , I called the garage to ask if there were any 12 , and they told me you
hadn"t yet picked up the car." I felt 13 as I weakly told him the real reason. A 14 passed through Dad as he
listened attentively. "I"m angry with 15 . I realize I"ve failed as a father. I"m going to walk home now and think
seriously about 16 I"ve gone wrong all these years." "But Dad, it"s 18 miles!" My protests and apologies were
17 . Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him, 18 him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much 19 and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was 20 the
most successful lesson. I have never lied since. | ( )1. A. lonely
( )2. A. kept
( )3. A. agreed
( )4. A. village
( )5. A. However
( )6. A. realized
( )7. A. went
( )8. A. started
( )9. A. word
( )10. A. find
( )11. A. turn up
( )12. A. questions
( )13. A. ashamed
( )14. A. nervousness
( )15. A. you
( )16. A. where
( )17. A. meaningless
( )18. A. asking
( )19. A. physical
( )20. A. indeed | B. small
B. washed
B. planned
B. community
B. Then
B. found out
B ran
B left
B. face
B. decide
B. drive out
B. problems
B. frightened
B. sadness
B. myself
B. how
B. useless
B. persuading
B. practical
B. always | C. distant
C. watched
C. determined
C. garage
C. Therefore
C. thought
C. walked
C. arrived
C. look
C. believe
C. go away
C. mistakes
C. nervous
C. silence
C. me
C. why
C. helpless
C. begging
C. personal
C. also | D. familiar
D. serviced
D. promised
D. theater
D. Still
D. figured out
D. hurried
D. come
D. appearance
D. feel
D. come out
D. faults
D. surprised
D. thought
D. yourself
D. when
D. worthless
D. following
D. natural
D. almost |
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