Our neighbour"s son was getting married in 2009 at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a 1 , and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little 2 , but I had a month to go before the June 30 wedding and I would 3 a few pounds. June 29 came and, of course, I hadn"t lost a single pound; in fact I had 4 two. But I 5 a nice new girdle (紧身内衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city we 6 once again at the store. I ran in and told the clerk I needed a 7 large girdle. The clerk found the box with the 8 girdle marked "LG", and asked if I would like to try it on. "Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I 9 try it on." The next morning was rather hot, one of those thirty-four degree days, I suppose, so I 10 to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I opened the box only to 11 a new girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn"t 12 right without a girdle, a fight 13 in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to 14 20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag? That"s it. Finally my husband, 15 like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down into it. At once I put on the pink dress, which didn"t 16 very well with my red face, and was ready to go. Finally we got to the 17 . I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass (大弥撒). I turned to my husband and asked, "What is a High Mass?" He shrugged his 18 . 19 , I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight and one half seconds-the priest (神父) was going to bless 20 except my girdle. |
( )1. A. hotel ( )2. A. long ( )3. A. put on ( )4. A. won ( )5. A. think ( )6. A. went ( )7. A. size ( )8. A. described ( )9. A. can’t ( )10. A. wanted ( )11. A. find ( )12. A. work ( )13. A. broke down ( )14. A. pull ( )15. A. laughing ( )16. A. do ( )17. A. town ( )18. A. shoulders ( )19. A. Happily ( )20. A. something | B. store B. tight B. gain B. received B. suggested B. arrived B. length B. bought B. needn’t B. expected B. notice B. use B. broke out B. lay B. crying B. go B. store B. arms B. Generally B. nothing | C. church C. little C. lose C. gained C. demanded C. stopped C. width C. sold C. shouldn’t C. tried C. search C. fit C. broke up C. push C. shouting C. work C. church C. head C.Luckily C. anything | D. office D. perfect D. miss D. lost D. figured D. entered D. depth D. talked D. mustn’t D. waited D. look D. wear D. broke away D. shake D. smiling D. look D. hotel D. hands D.Unfortunately D. everything | 阅读理解。 | One day I got a duck from a friend who lived two miles south of my house. I brought the duck home in a bag. It was obvious that the duck missed his family very much upon his arrival. Left to himself, he would at once turn his head homeward. I tried to shut him together with other ducks for several days, but with no use at all. There seemed to be but one thought in the mind of him, and that was home. So I decided to let him out, but I kept about fifty yards behind him. I followed, thinking he would soon lose his way and came back. But he seemed to have an exact map of the country in his mind. Soon he met a dog. He paused and looked at the animal for a moment, and then turned to the right along a road which led to a railroad station. He had now gone about half the distance, and was getting tired. A little pool of water by the roadside caught his eye. Into it he bathed, drank, and rested for a few moments, and then started homeward again. For a while, he realized that he had got into the wrong direction, and turned his face southward again. Finally we came in sight of the home path, which led up to the farmhouse. It was now nearly night and I had no time to watch the experiment further. But as he neared the path he seemed suddenly to see some familiar things, and rushed at the top of his speed. I followed close behind. Into the house yard he rushed with uplifted wings as if he was eagerly telling his partners the story of his adventures. | 1. What does the author think about the duck? | [ ] | A. Interesting and careful. B. Curious and enthusiastic. C. Intelligent and determined. D. Brave and experienced. | 2. As soon as the duck arrived at a new place, he seemed _____. | |
[ ] | A. glad B. nervous C. tired D. homesick | 3. The underlined part “the experiment” in the last paragraph refers to "_____". | [ ] | A. if the duck had the ability to get on well with other ducks. B. if the duck was born with a good sense of direction. C. if the duck could discover the author. D. if the duck could find his way home. | 4. What"s the purpose of the writer"s writing the text? | [ ] | A. To share us a duck"s interesting trip. B. To present his opinions about a duck"s remarkable experience. C. To express his curiosity about a duck"s interesting trip. D. To examine why a duck would like to rush on it"s own. | 完形填空 | "I couldn"t move. I"ll have to wait here until you return." I said to my friends. I felt so aching and my 1 gave out under me. But at the last moment I 2 with great strength and walked with my friends. This was what I had experienced 12 years before when I was climbing Mt Huangshan, and this 3 cheered me up. Compared to the climbing of the Huangshan Mountain, going up the Wansheng Mountain (万圣山) seemed much 4 . The only 5 was the snow. On the 27th of January 2008, I went out alone, climbing the Wansheng Mountain. On my way I saw children playing 6 on the road, making snowmen or driving toy wooden trucks on the snow. Soon I 7 myself at the foot of the mountain. Looking up at the snow-covered giant mountain and seeing the steep slippery (滑) road with thick ice and snow, I suddenly felt a little 8 , but the 9 of the footprints in the snow made me feel 10 that this was a safe access to the top of the mountain. About 40 minutes later, I reached the edge of the forest on the mountain. Stamping on the road, I could feel the 11 of ice and snow. In some places, there were snow drifts and piles of ice, which were pushed aside to let people go more easily. Seeing the white-covered pine trees, I couldn"t help entering the 12 . In spite of the heavy 13 , many trees were still standing straight, but some were bent down with snow and ice, some even 14 . Walking on the path in the forest, I could see no more 15 . Suddenly I realized that it was 16 to walk in such dirty weather. In my childhood, I had witnessed thousands of trees, big or small, falling down one after another in a flash. Fearing that the 17 of dominoes (多米诺) might happen, I hurried 18 . Now I"m sitting beside a warm stove, writing about my trip while my memory is still 19 . I regard this to be one of the most exciting moments, one that I"ll 20 forever in my life. | ( )1. A. fingers ( )2. A. sat ( )3. A. memory ( )4. A. harder ( )5. A. joy ( )6. A. cheerfully ( )7. A. saw ( )8. A. determined ( )9. A. sound ( )10. A. sure ( )11. A. melting ( )12. A. ice ( )13. A. snow ( )14. A. stayed up ( )15. A. snow ( )16. A. safe ( )17. A. appearing ( )18. A. out ( )19. A. good ( )20. A. remind | B. legs B. lay B. difficulty B. easier B. way B. sadly B. found B. encouraged B. impression B. nervous B. cracking B. house B. smoke B. pulled over B. footprints B. exciting B. disappearing B. in B. fresh B. forget | C. hands C. rose C. trip C. better C. failure C. successfully C. watched C. disappointed C. sight C. pleased C. freezing C. hole C. weather C. fell down C. trees C. interesting C. rising C. by C. frightening C. recall | D. eyes D. raised D. holiday D. slower D. difficulty D. luckily D. looked D. discouraged D. thought D. happy D. running D. forest D. climate D. washed away D. roads D. dangerous D. falling D. within D. happy D. value | 阅读理解。 | I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin. In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened. "Who did this?" my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen. "This is all your fault, Katharine," my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke. From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other. We set a place for blame at the dinner table. But the Whites didn"t worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died. In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York. The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud of having a new driver"s license (驾照), Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed off her license to everyone she met. The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah"s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached less crowded areas, they let Amy take over. Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat. After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel. She came to a crossroads with a stop sign. Whether she was nervous or just didn"t see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping. The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car. Jane was killed immediately. I was slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I"ve ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died. Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child. When Mr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room. Sarah had a few cuts on the head; Amy"s leg was broken. They hugged us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters. They wiped away the girls" tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches (拐杖). To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, "We"re so glad that you"re alive." I was astonished. No blame. No accusations. Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign. Mrs. White said, "Jane"s gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back. But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister"s death?" They were right. Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago. She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She"s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane. | 1. The author of the passage is _____. | [ ] | A. Mrs. White"s niece B. Jane"s school friend C. The Whites" cousin D. Sarah"s friend from college | 2. How did the accident occur? | [ ] | A. Amy didn"t stop at a crossroads and a truck hit their car. B. Amy didn"t know what to do when she saw the stop sign. C. Amy didn"t slow down so their car ran into a truck. D. Amy didn"t get off the highway at a crossroads. | 3. The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane"s death because _____. | [ ] | A. they didn"t want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her life B. Amy was badly injured herself and they didn"t want to add to her pain C. they didn"t want to blame their children in front of others D. Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best | 4. From the passage we can learn that _____. | [ ] | A. Amy has never recovered from the shock B. Amy changed her job after the accident C. Amy lost her memory after the accident D. Amy has lived quite a normal life |
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