| ( )1. A. nice ( )2. A. simple ( )3. A. table ( )4. A. dish ( )5. A. spoke ( )6. A. took ( )7. A. quietly ( )8. A. now that ( )9. A. voice ( )10. A. back ( )11. A. look ( )12. A. talk ( )13. A. lent ( )14. A. call ( )15. A. moved ( )16. A. excited ( )17. A. love ( )18. A. treat ( )19. A. beauty ( )20. A. owner | B. clean B. usual B. girl B. menu B. nodded B. pushed B. safely B. even though B. accent B. ready B. wave B. meal B. showed B. check B. shook B. worried B. miss B. teach B. happiness B. partner | C. old C. calm C. waiter C. chair C. expressed C. kept C. gradually C. so that C. attitude C. late C. smile C. date C. returned C. see C. turned C. sad C. thank C. visit C. wealth C. friend | D. funny D. strange D. room D. desk D. wrote D. pulled D. comfortably D. as if D. language D. busy D. shout D. rest D. handed D. help D. bent D. shocked D. respect D. trick D. friendship D. customer |
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| The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler"s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he"d better buy a necklace (项链). He wasn"t used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending, because he was not very rich. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o"clock. Half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura. The assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the ones she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfactorily. Later James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married. | |||
| 1. The good title for this passage is " _____". | |||
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| A. A Clever Assistant. B. Buying a Birthday Present C. How to Choose a Necklace D. A Brave Young Man | |||
| 2. The word "overspending" in the passage means _____. | |||
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| A. spending too much energy B. spending too much time C. spending more time than he planned D. spending too much money | |||
| 3. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face _____. | |||
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| A. turned pale B. turned red C. turned yellow D. turned black | |||
| 4. James and Laura reached the shop at _____. | |||
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| A. 4:30 B. 5:00 C. 5:30 D. 6:00 | |||
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| Nancy and her family moved into a new house with a big garden. She didn"t have many friends in her new neighborhood, so after she sent her husband and children to work and school, she spent a lot of time in the garden. She loved the flowers, shrubs (灌木) and trees. One day, when Nancy was expecting some special visitors, she took extra care of the garden. She pulled the weeds, trimmed (修剪) the shrubs, cut the grass, and carefully cleaned all the dry autumn leaves. As she was working, an old woman was watching her with interest over the fence. Nancy had met this woman several times in the streets. She seemed to be friendly to everybody. When Nancy had finished, she stood back to admire her work. "Isn"t it beautiful?" she called out to the old woman. "Yes," replied the old woman, "but there is something missing. May I come in? I"ll put it right for you." Nancy opened the gate for her and let her in. slowly, the old woman walked to the tree near the center of the garden, held it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves showered down all over the garden. "Now," said the old woman, "isn"t it much better?" Nancy looked at her garden for a while and said, "Strange. The leaves make the garden look more beautiful?" The old woman smiled and said, "When you are as old as me, you"ll understand life can"t be perfect. The fallen leaves are part of nature"s beauty." | |||
| 1. Why did Nancy spend most of her time around her house? | |||
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| A. She was very busy with her work. B. She had to take care of her children. C. She thought the neighborhood unsafe. D. She had few friends in the neighborhood. | |||
| 2. What did Nancy do in the garden before the visitors came? | |||
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| A. She picked some flowers in the garden. B. She invited a neighbor to give her advice. C. She moved tables and chairs into the garden. D. She tried to make the garden tidy and beautiful. | |||
| 3. From the text, we can learn that the old woman was _____. | |||
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| A. rich and energetic B. wise and friendly C. quiet and sensitive D. lively and humorous | |||
| 4. What would be the best title of the text? | |||
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| A. Nature"s beauty B. An autumn story C. The art of garden D. A happy housewife | |||
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| When Mr Black looked out of the window, he saw two armed men running towards his house. One was short and the other was rather thin and tall. Having closed the window quietly, Mr. Black gave his pistol (手枪) to his son and said, "We are surrounded by the robbers now," He pointed to the kitchen and his son went in there quickly. Mr Black went to the front door with nothing in his hand. He was very good at ju-do (柔道), and lungful. The tall man entered the room with a sharp sword in his hand. He didn"t see Mr. Black who stood just behind the door. He fell onto the floor as Mr. Black attacked. Unfortunately the short man with a pistol jumped into the room after he had broken the window. He shot Mr. Black in the arm and tied him to a chair. The two men went out through the kitchen with money they had taken in Mr. Back"s bedroom. Suddenly two shots were heard and the two men fell down. Mr. Black"s son had shot them. When the police arrived after they received the boy"s telephone, they took Mr. Black and the two robbers to hospital. | |||
| 1. When Mr. Black saw two armed men running towards his house, _____. | |||
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| A. he was very much frightened B. he told his son get away at once C. he closed all the windows and doors to keep the robbers off D. he was calm and had an idea to fight them | |||
| 2. How did Mr. Black know the two men when he first saw them? | |||
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| A. They carried weapons with them. B. Mr. Black had seen them before. C. They were both running towards the house. D. Mr. black had never seen them before. | |||
| 3. Mr. Black fought the tall man _____. | |||
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| A. with a sharp sword B. with his hand C. with a pistol D. with a broom he found behind the door | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics, "The Art of Eating Spaghetti (意大利面条)" caught my eye. The word "spaghetti" brought back the 1 of an evening at Uncle Alien"s in Belleville 2 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 3 spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic (外来的) treat in 4 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 5 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 6 it. What laughing 7 we had about the 8 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 9 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 10 it down simply for my own 11 not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. 12 , I would write something else. When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 13 left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 14 my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the 15 papers. He said, "Now, class, I want to read you a composition," "The Art of Eating Spaghetti". My words! He was reading my words out 16 to the whole class. 17 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show 18 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 19 my words had the power to make people 20 . | |||