阅读理解。 Switzerland (瑞士) is famous for its watches. However, this country did
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Switzerland (瑞士) is famous for its watches. However, this country didn"t invent the watch. It was the British who did it. Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland. Many years ago, an Englishman was travelling to Italy. On his way he stopped in a small town in South Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage (马车) inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the earliest kind of watch. A native shop assistant (售货员) happened to see the watch. He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman about it. "It is a carriage watch." said the man. This machine tells the time but now it isn"t working. At once the shop assistant offered to try to repair it. So the traveller handed him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it was not surprising that he managed to repair it. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had gone on his way, he made a watch exactly the same type. Thus the watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world. |
1. Switzerland is famous for ______. |
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A. making watches B. selling watches C. inventing watches D. the carriage watch |
2. It was ______ who brought a watch to Switzerland earliest. |
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A. a Swiss B. an Italian C. an Englishman D. a shop assistant |
3. The earlist watches were made in ______. |
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A. Switzerland B. England C. Italy D. a small town |
4. The first Swiss watch was made by ______. |
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A. an Italian shop assistant B. an English shop assistant C. a man who came from Switzerland D. a man who was travelling to Italy |
5. The carriage watch was a machine which ______. |
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A. was put in the carriage B. wasn"t working C. told people time D. had to be repaired |
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In the late 1980s, during a visit to Bangladesh (孟加拉), I saw a woman with a baby on her back, breaking bricks with a hammer. I asked a Bangladesh escort (随从) why they weren"t using a machine, which would have been a lot easier. He told me a machine would put that lady out of work. And bad as that woman"s job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive. 1______. Serving in the U.S. Army overseas in the past, I saw a lot of people like that woman in Bangladesh. 2______. They are victims (受害者) of crime and social unrest (动荡), who in turn become the drug dealers and the street gang (匪帮) members. I"ve seen it over and over again everywhere I go. People who have jobs can have a home, send their kids to school, develop a sense of pride, contribute to the good of the community, and even help others. 3______. 4______, but I"m still working to help people prepared for disaster. I"m not going to stop. 5______. |
A. Because they can work, they"re free. They"re blessed (幸福的). B. It reminded me of my father"s words: To work is a blessing C. She might get to do a little farming some day, too. D. I believe in my father"s words: To work is a blessing E. Now I"m retired from the Army F. And I have come to believe that people without jobs are not blessed. G. No one can work. |
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It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade, or so we thought. We bought the latest rage, Baby Sitter"s Club dolls, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she "really wanted a bike more than anything else." It was just too late, what with all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying last-minute gifts, to take the time to select the "right bike" for our litter girl. So here we were Christmas Eve around 9 p.m., with Rose and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, nestled snug in their beds. Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. "What if I make a little bicycle out of clay (泥) and write a note that she could trade (互相交换) the clay model in for a real bike?" Her dad asked. "This is an expensive item and she is "such a big girl," it would be much better for her to pick it out." So he spent the next four hours painstakingly working with clay to make a tiny bike. On Christmas morning, we were excited for Rose to open the little hear shaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud. "Does this mean that I trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?" Beaming, I said, "Yes." Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me. I"d rather keep this than get a real bike." At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet! |
1. Choose the right time order of the following events. a. The girl asked for a new bike. b. The girl opened the little heart shaped package. c. The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll. d. The father made the girl a bike with clay. e. The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one. |
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A. a, b, c, e, d B. a, c, d, b, e C. a, c, b, d, e D. a, b, d, c, e |
2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? |
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A. The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike forever. B. Tears were in the girl"s eyes because she didn"t like the present at all. C. The girl never lost her desire for a bike. D. The parents paid little attention to the daughter"s desire for a bike. |
3. Why did Dad make the clay bicycle? |
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A. He wanted his daughter to buy a real one. B. He didn"t want to disappoint his daughter. C. He thought his daughter would like it. D. He wanted to give his daughter a surprise. |
4. What can be inferred from the last sentence? |
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A. The parents were not happy and encouraged. B. The parents didn"t feel comfortable and relaxed. C. The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl. D. The parents felt disappointed and sorry for the girl. |
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A Fool"s Day falls on 1st of April. People 1 forget the significance (意义) of the day. In March 1980, I was 2 at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 3 to go to another university after graduation and had 4 application (申请) forms to several 5 . Every morning I arrived at the porter"s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 6 came. On April 1st, as I was eating my 7 , Huang came in, with a toothbrush 8 in his hand. 9 fearing that he might forget the important news, he passed me the 10 . "Morning, Wu," he said, "I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 11 possible." I jumped with 12 . I even didn"t 13 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G"s office but he wasn"t 14 . I then went to the secretary"s room and 15 everything to her. She opened Mr. G"s room. I looked at everything. There didn"t seem to be a letter for me. "If he had asked you to pick it up from here," said the secretary, "he would have put it in 16 or simply left it to me." Greatly 17 , I walked out of the room and 18 the secretary lock it. 19 the secretary"s eyes 20 . "Sorry," she said. "It"s April Fool"s Day!" |
( )1. A. sometimes ( )2. A. staying ( )3. A. continued ( )4. A. returned ( )5. A. people ( )6. A. application ( )7. A. dinner ( )8. A. still ( )9. A. Because of ( )10. A. message ( )11. A. if ( )12. A. the news ( )13. A. take ( )14. A. anywhere ( )15. A. asked ( )16. A.the office ( )17. A. disappoi ( )18. A. watched ( )19. A. Quickly ( )20. A. closed | B. never B. working B. planned B. taken B. colleges B. report B. lunch B. even B .As if B. sign B. as soon as B. the letter B. finish B. in B. told B.his desk B. disappoin B. made B. Strangely B. opened | C. always C. visiting C. managed C. handed C. cities C. reply C. supper C. yet C. After C. letter C. when C. joy C. complete C. at C. explained C.the room C. disappointing C. saw C. Finally C. brightly | D. seldom D. studying D. remembered D. sent D. offices D. chance D. breakfast D. already D. While D. notice D. as fast as D. luck D. have D. away D. answered D.an obvious (明显的) place D. disappointment D. let D. Suddenly D. darkened | 完形填空。 | My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon. I tried as hard as I could to remain (保持) 1 , but I had an empty feeling in my stomach. I stared down at my sweat covered, 2 hands. I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were 3 people. They were not just my mum and dad, who 4 say, "Good job!" even if I messed up the entire piece. What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes? As it 5 , I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was 6 for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat. Slowly I walked to the mulberry piano in the 7 of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played. I swallowed the golf ball-sized lump (隆起的) in my throat and sat down. 8 , I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory keys. As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more 9 of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my year of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece 10 that I could play it backwards if 11 . Although at one point I accidentally played two keys 12 the intended (预先, 打算的) ones, I continued to move my fingers automatically (自动的). My eyes burned holes into the page in front of me. There was no 13 that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this promise to myself, I leaned (倾斜) 14 and focused carefully on the music. 15 I came to the end of the page, a warning 16 inside my head: DON"T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE! Needless to say, I 17 myself with all my heart and mind. And, proud of my "page- turning" feat (技艺) I finished the 18 of the piece without making a single mistake. After the final note died away, a celebration went into action 19 my head.I had finished. I had mastered (征服) the 20 . | ( )1. A. unknown ( )2. A. shaking ( )3. A. true ( )4. A. will ( )5. A. turned out ( )6. A. looking ( )7. A. corner ( )8. A. Slowly ( )9. A. sure ( )10. A. so much time ( )11. A. requested ( )12. A. in spite of ( )13. A. way ( )14. A. backward ( )15. A. Then ( )16. A. appeared ( )17. A. told ( )18. A. other ( )19. A. inside ( )20. A. musical | B. still B. moving B. real B. can B. turned up B. searching B. cross B. Happily B. unsure B. so hardly B. told B. instead of B. need B. forward B. Next B. had B. asked B. part B. outside B. piece | C. calm C. waving C. young C. could C. turned back C. expecting C. center C. Quickly C. certain C. such a lot of time C. demanded C. in the way of C. use C. upward C. When C. raised C.obeyed C. left C. out of C. impossible | D. quiet D. wandering D. old D. would D.turned down D. waiting D. passage D. Suddenly D. confident D. so many times D. ordered D. in the form of D. sense D. downward D. While D. went D.refused D. rest D. on D. possible | 阅读理解。 | Son"s Help Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling (赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn"t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup (拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year"s Day. Mr. Lang didn"t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn"t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen. "I saw there weren"t any policemen outside, daddy," said the boy, "so I went to the crossing and asked some to come." | 1. Mr. Lang was paid much because _____. | [ ] | A. he was a driver B. he worked in a factory C. he had a lot of work to do D. he had worked there for a long time | 2. Mrs. Lang did all housework because _____. | [ ] | A. she couldn"t find any work B. she thought her husband was tired C. her husband spent all time in gambling D. she wouldn"t stop her husband gambling | 3. _____, so he was put into lockup. | [ ] | A. Mr. Lang often gambled B. Mr. Lang was late for work C. Mr. Lang didn"t help his wife at home D. Mr. Lang wasn"t polite to the police | 4. The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _____. | [ ] | A. he didn"t love her any longer B. he wouldn"t stop gambling C. he had been put into lockup D. he was hardly sent away by the factory | 5. Which of the following is right? | [ ] | A. The boy expected his father to be put into lockup again. B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen. C. The boy expected his father to stop gambling soon. D. The boy expected his mother to come back. |
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