( )1. A. had | B. did B. fortune B. so B. survived B. rather than B. both B. talk B. something B. waited B. passed away B. when B. money B. recalled B. love B. imagination B. glance B. strong B. greet B. interesting B. mentioned | C. was C. chance C. nor C. carried C. less than C. either C. break C. everything C. looked C. passed off C. since C. pain C. recognized C. worries C. memory C. blame C. insistent C. hug C. beautiful C. told | D. have D. life D. either D. passed D. other than D. each D. walk D. none D. sought D. passed on D. because D. dream D. recovered D. anxiety D. reality D. cry D. careful D. help D. forgetful D. answered | ||||
阅读理解。 | |||||||
It was a cool, rainy day and it was the day before Thanksgiving-the first one my three children and I would be spending without their father, who passed away several months ago. Now the two older children were sick with the flu. I hurried around, trying to care for each child:thermometers, medicine, juice, bread. I found the children had run out of fruits. But what almost broke me down was that I only had $2.50 left-and this should last until the end of the month. That"s when I heard the phone ring. It was the secretary from our former church,and she told me that they had been thinking about us and had something to give us. I called at the church on my way to the market just before lunch. The church secretary met me at the door and handed me two currency notes (流通券), each worth $20. I was so moved that I cried. Then I drove on to a store near our home for something needed for the children. The things I picked up cost me a little over $14.00, and I handed the cashier (收银员) one note. She took it and looked at it for a long time. I thought something might be wrong and told her that I was a single parent and how I got it. With tears in her eyes, the cashier said that morning she had prayed (祈祷) to help someone, and I gave her the chance. She added a turkey to my items (货物), took out two $20 bills and paid for my items. Once more I was moved to tears. As I walked to my car, I was still moved by the stranger"s love and realized that God loves my family. He shows us his love through others" hands. | |||||||
1. What made the author become sad the day before Thanksgiving? | |||||||
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A. It was cool and raining outside. B. Her two older children got the flu. C. Her children had no fruits to eat. D. She almost had no money to support her family. | |||||||
2. Why did the cashier look at the author"s note for a long time? | |||||||
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A. Because she wanted to know how the author got it. B. Because she couldn"t believe the author was so poor. C. Because she thought the auhor stole it from somebody else. D. Because she was glad she had a chance to help someone. | |||||||
3. What did the cashier do for the author? | |||||||
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A. She paid for all the author"s items in the store. B. She gave the author $40 and a turkey for free. C. She made sure the note was true. D. She believed the author and moved her to tears. | |||||||
4. We can infer from the passage that _____. | |||||||
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A. the author"s husband lived in another place B. people often do good things only near Thanksgiving C. life was hard for the author and her children D. the author was a person who always cried | |||||||
阅读理解。 | |||||||
One day, when we had been riding in the burning sun for five hours, we came to a narrow, shaky bridge where a railway crossed a stagnant (发臭的) pond. For 30 feet there was nothing but the widely-spaced wooden sleepers under our wheels, and nothing to stop us from falling into the steaming bot below if we overbalanced. Right under the bridge lay the body of a dead cow. I watched Mat as hc approached the bridge and rode straight over, without even slowing down. I stopped. "What"s up?" he shouted, from the other side. "I"m not riding over that thing. If I fail, I"ll be there with that cow!" "There"s nothing to it. I just did it, didn"t I?" "You"re stronger and taller. My feet can"t touch the ground. You do it for me!" Mat said strength didn"t come into it and rode off,leaving me staring down into the sickly brown soup. He would be waiting for me around the next corner, but I knew he would oive me at least ar hour before coming to help. The sun burned my face; sweat ran off my forehead into my eyes and stuck my shirt to my body; mosquitoes flew into my mouth when I breathed. To stand still in this place was to kill myself; anyway, to sit around waiting for Mat to help was more than my feminist pride could take. I rode back along the track a f"ew hundred yards to get a good run-up (助跑) and over I went. Mat was right: all the obstacles were in my mind. | |||||||
1. The author stopped near the bridge because _____. | |||||||
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A. she was tired and wanted to have a rest B. she found a dead cow under the bridge C. she was afraid of failing off the bridge D. she didn"t know how to cross the bridge | |||||||
2. Why did Mat refuse to help the author? | |||||||
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A. He wanted to finish the journey as soon as possible. B. He felt she should overcome her fear by herself. C. He didn"t believe she was really afraid. D. He knew she was too proud to accept his help. | |||||||
3. What does the underlined part "sickly brown soup" in the last paragraph ref"er to? | |||||||
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A. The body of a dead cow. B. The mud on the wheels. C. The dirty water in the pond. D. The author"s food for the journey. | |||||||
4. According to the last paragraph,the author seems to believe that _____. | |||||||
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A. nothing is difficult to the man who will try B. a friend in need is a friend indeed C. you can"t make something out of nothing D. well begun is half done | |||||||
完形填空。 | |||||||
Steve and Mark were good friends. They decided to spend their vacation in Haiti. Since they 1 no French, they took a French word book with them and hoped it would help them in difficult situations. The flight was 2 , and the hotel was very comfortable. Each day after breakfast, Steve and Mark 3 a picnic lunch and dinner and went off to visit interesting places. After a while, the boys became tired of 4 picnic meals and decided to eat a big fish dinner in a good restaurant. Unfortunately, they 5 their word book in the hotel. They 6 the menu carefully. After ten minutes, Steve said to Mark: "I don"t understand this menu." "Neither do I," said Mark. "I see poison on this menu. Are they 7 here?" "Maybe. They even spelled poison 8 . They spelled it p- o-s-s-o-n instead of p-o-i-s-o-n. But it 9 mean the same thing. Maybe we should go to another restaurant. I don"t 10 to eat something that will kill me." But Mark was 11 , so he said:"There is no other restaurant near here, and I"m tired of walking around the city. Let"s order something else instead. It"s 12 here, so the food must be good. "The boys looked at the menu again. They finally decided to order steak, 13 they really wanted fish. The boys just pointed to the word steak, and the waiter 14 . As they were eating they 15 some tourists speaking English. "This 16 is delicious." "We"re lucky we picked a restaurant that"s famous for its fish." Steve and Mark wondered about what they 17 . "Famous for its fish? There was no fish on 18 !" said Mark. Finally, Steve decided to find out what all this was about. "Excuse me, how did you order fish when it wasn"t on the menu?" "Sure it"s on the menu. It"s right here. Poisson." The boy shouted: "Poisson. That"s 19 ! We were wondering why a restaurant like this could have poison on the menu." The tourists 20 . One of them said: "No. Poisson is French for fish." | |||||||
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