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I don’t often lose things and I’m always careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have dropped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unluckily, there were several people sitting at the table at that time, so I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the head of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I told him what had happened. He asked me to report the missing wallet to the police. I told him I didn’t want to do so; I was in a hurry because I had to reach my waiting room before two o’clock, where some people were waiting to see me. I also told him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay for the meal. He told me not to worry about that. He asked me to write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill (帐单).
小题1:When the writer couldn’t find his wallet, his first thought was that________
A.it had been given to the taxi-driver
B.he had dropped it in the taxi
C.he had lost his wallet again
D.it might be left at home
小题2:The writer thought he must have the wallet with him because___________.
A.he had paid the taxi-driver
B.he had paid the bill of the meal
C.the waiter had seen it on the table
D.the waiter was looking for it on the floor
小题3:Why do you think the writer turned and walked back to the table?
A.He would phone the police about the missing of his wallet.
B.He wondered if he had dropped his wallet while eating.
C.The head of the restaurant wanted to know what was wrong.
D.Several people were sitting at the table at that time.
小题4: The writer of the story is probably a _________.
A.doctor B.cookC.school teacherD.newspaper reporter

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小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:A
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One day, I happened to talk to a stranger (陌生人) on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的) to think like that, for from all the millions of people in Chicago, I could not possibly know his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a very big city. He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.
He told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player and that he even had his own tennis court (网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next-door neighbor. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next-door went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my turn to laugh.
小题1: Which of the following is true?
A.The story happened in Chicago.
B.The writer’s brother lived in Sacramento.
C.Both the writer and the stranger lived in Chicago.
D.Both the writer and his brother lived in California.
小题2: The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _____________.
A.it was possible for him to happen to know the stranger’s friend
B.he didn’t want to look for the stranger’s friend
C.he didn’t know the stranger’s friend
D.it was impossible to find the stranger’s friend
小题3: How many persons does the story involve (涉及)?
A.Four.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.
小题4:Which is the best title of the story?
A.On a busB.Two tennis players
C.One in a millionD.Chicago is a large city

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THE BRONTE FAMILY
Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels (小说) of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.
Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care of the remaining three girls and a boy.
Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.
As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher(出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her works. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.
Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book, and Anne died in 1849.
Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had.
小题1:We know from the text that      .
A.Jane Eyre was published in 1847
B.Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all
C.the Bronte sisters received good education
D.Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writing
小题2:The underlined words “the other two” in the 5 th paragraph refer to      .
A.Shirley and VilletteB.The Professor and Agnes Grey
C.Agnes Grey and Wutheriing HeightsD.The Professor and wuthering Heights
小题3: What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?
A.Their novels interested few publishers.
B.None of them had more than two books published.
C.None of them lived longer than 40 years old.
D.Emily was the least successful of the three.

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It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10 th and 11 th centuries. As wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆) or decimum. Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion (遗弃),but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, And more than just a right: the documents showed that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case did the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.
The wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance(遗产,继承物)against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria, Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the Catalan wife knew how to win herself, within the context of the family, a powerful economic position.
小题1: A decimum was      .
A.the wife’s inheritance from her father
B.a gift of money to the new husband
C.a written contract
D.the wife’s right to receive one-tenth of her husband’s property
小题2: In the society described in the passage, the legal standing of the wife in marriage was      .
A.higher than that of her husband B.lower than that of her husband
C.the same as that of her husbandD.higher than that of a single woman
小题3: What compensation did Maria Vivas get for the field?
A.Some of the land Miro had inherited.B.A tenth of Miro’s land.
C.Money for household expenses.D.Money from Miro’s inheritance.
小题4: Which of the following is Not mentioned as an effect of the dowry system?
A.The husband had to share the power of decision in marriage.
B.The wife was protested from desertion.
C.The wife gained a powerful economic position.
D.The husband was given control over his wife’s property.

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Robert Fredy was general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury park. New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pear man, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fredy’s car hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield.Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fredy turned on the wipers to show he wasn’t interested.
Pearman put his head close to the window.“Come on, mister.Give me a chance.I need a job,” he said.Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fredy.In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fredy handed a business card and told him to call if he was serious.
“My friends told me he was just pulling my leg, ”said Pearman.“But I said, “ No, he’s a
businessman.I need to give it a shot.”
Two days later,29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager"s office of the big hotel.Fredy gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.
Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel"s dining halls for business meetings.In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fredy’s loans.
“Mr.Fredy gave me a second chance, “says Pearman, ” And I took advantage of it.I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left.But there is no future in washing windshields.”
Ordinarily, Fredy keeps away from the street people.“But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money,” Fredy says, “I don’t hand my business card to just anybody.But I’m glad I did in this case.”
小题1:When Pearman first appeared before Fredy, .
A.Fredy took him as a beggar
B.Pearman was told to do it later
C.Fredy gladly agreed to let him do it
D.Pearman knew Fredy was a kind man
小题2:When Fredy told Pearman to call if he was serious, he meant if          .
A.Pearman was really hardworking
B.Pearman was really looking for a job
C.Pearman’s conditions were truly scrious
D.Pearman was really interested in washing windshields
小题3:By saying “he was just pulling my leg (paragraph 3)”, Pearman’s friends meant.
A.Fredy knew Pearman intended to ask for a job
B.Fredy was making fun of Pearman
C.Fredy wanted to help the poor
D.Fredy was tired of being stopped
小题4:Pearman is now            .
A.in charge of Fredy’s loans
B.still washing car windshields
C.full – time employed at the hotel
D.arranging dinner parties for the hotel
小题5:What can we learn about Fredy?
A.He helps those who will work hard themselves.
B.He likes to give his help to anyone in need.
C.He always gives help to the unemployed.
D.He is easily moved by poor people.

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
He fell in love with her at the first sight at a party. She was so outstanding while he was so  36  . At the end of the party, he invited her to have  37  with him. She was very  38  , but she promised.
Sitting in a nice coffee shop, he was too  39  to say anything. Suddenly he
said to the waiter,“ Would you please give me some  40  ?” Everybody stared at him, so strange!His face turned red, but still, he  41   the salt in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him  42  ,“Why do you have this  43  ?”
He replied,“ When I was a little boy, I was living near the  44  . Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood and my  45  .”
While saying that tears  46   his eyes. She was deeply  47  . That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story. Later they got  48   … And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that’s the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away, leaving her a letter which  49  :
My dearest, please forgive my lie,  the only  50   I said to you --the salty coffee. The first time we  51   I was so nervous that actually I wanted some sugar. I  52   to tell you the truth many times, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have  53   not to lie to you forever… Having you is my biggest happiness even though I have to drink the salty coffee.
Her tears  54  the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her, “What’s the taste of salty coffee?” She replied, “It’s  55  .”
小题1:
A.handsomeB.prettyC.humorousD.ordinary
小题2:
A.dinnerB.coffeeC.teaD.meal
小题3:
A.surprisedB.disappointedC.shockedD.ashamed
小题4:
A.anxiousB.eagerC.nervousD.serious
小题5:
A.sugarB.paperC.saltD.spoon
小题6:
A.putB.tookC.mixedD.dipped
小题7:
A.curiouslyB.carefullyC.seriouslyD.elegantly
小题8:
A.interestB.practiceC.hobbyD.act
小题9:
A.cityB.villageC.seaD.road
小题10:
A.motherB.familyC.hometownD.friend
小题11:
A.formedB.filledC.collectedD.appeared
小题12:
A.touchedB.movedC.inspiredD.encouraged
小题13:
A.divorcedB.marriedC.drunkD.hurt
小题14:
A.wroteB.spokeC.toldD.said
小题15:
A.requestB.willC.factD.lie
小题16:
A.dancedB.datedC.gatheredD.talked
小题17:
A.managedB.offeredC.triedD.failed
小题18:
A.promisedB.askedC.orderedD.persuaded
小题19:
A.wateredB.beatC.coveredD.made
小题20:
A.romanticB.saltyC.sweetD.cosy

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