La st Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain __1__
so I decided I would leave the children in the __2__ before I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not
to __3__ anything and told them I would be back within a few__4__. Then I locked all the doors and
__5__ them happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __6__! I could hardly believe my __7__. The car doors were __8__ locked, the windows tightly shut and in the back seat __9__ only two coats.
Being __10__, I ran to the corner of the street __11__ there was no sign of them. I __12__ up to an old
lady nearby and asked __13__ she had seen two small girls but she said "No".
Feeling quite sick with __14__, I sat on the driver"s seat, and tried to stop trembling. Suddenly, I
__15__ a merry laugh behind me. I got out of the car, ran round to __16__ the boot and there inside
were two very red-faced and excited __17__. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __18__
behind it and then been unable to push the __19__ forward again. With tears in my eyes, I leaned
forward and __20__ their ears. |
( )1. A. heavy
( )2. A. car
( )3. A. ask
( )4. A. hours
( )5. A. had
( )6. A. disappeared
( )7. A. ears
( )8. A. too
( )9. A. hanged
( )10. A. stupid
( )11. A. where
( )12. A. jumped
( )13. A. that
( )14. A. fear
( )15. A. felt
( )16. A. shut
( )17. A. child
( )18. A. climbed
( )19. A. window
( )20. A. hit | B. hard
B. bus
B. eat
B. minutes
B. made
B. died
B. words
B. again
B. put
B. proud
B. which
B. rushed
B. when
B. happiness
B. smelt
B. repair
B. boys
B. flew
B. door
B. pulled | C. hardly
C. house
C. read
C. seconds
C. left
C. quarrelled
C. eyes
C. already
C. had
C. frightened
C. that
C. drove
C. whether
C. excitement
C. saw
C. start
C. women
C. threw
C. seat
C. cut | D. big
D. school
D. touch
D. days
D. let
D. cried
D. brains
D. still
D. were
D. pleased
D. when
D. flew
D. how
D. anger
D. heard
D. open
D. girls
D. landed
D. boot
D. bit |
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试题【完形填空 Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by c】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
I"d just got in a taxi at the railway station when suddenly I found one of my suitcases missing. Just then, I saw a young fellow about 30 walking away with it, opening it and drawing out the valuables. "Stop thief! Stop thief!" I shouted and threw open the car door and rushed out to him, followed by the driver and half
a dozen passers-by. Very soon the thief was cornered at the turn of the road. My driver caught the thief
by the neck and put his hand into his trouser pocket, drawing out money, credit card, telephone book
and so on and put them back into my suitcase.
Half an hour later, the car was running at full speed on the express highway. I sat back and breathed
a long sigh of relief (松口气). But as I pulled out those stolen things from the suitcase and started to
check them, I became dumbfounded (惊呆了). Before my eyes were 200 yuan instead of 100. And a
blood test report of a 58-year-old woman appeared. I suddenly  realized that the taxi driver must have
mistaken the thief"s belongs and put his into my suitcase. The pitiful and begging look of the poor young
man flashed across my mind again. My heart began to sink.
Two years has passed since then. But this event keeps coming back to me. Was the young man a
habitual robber or a dutiful son who had been driven to desperation (铤而走险) to find money to save
his mother"s life? My heart aches for him. How I wish I had gone back that summer afternoon to return
the 200 yuan and say sorry to him. For the first time in my life, I realized that hate and love are very close. | | 1. Why was the writer dumbfounded when he opened his suitcase? | A. Because he was now searching a different suitcase.
B. His own blood test report has changed into an old woman"s.
C. An old woman had put her savings into his suitcase.
D. He was facing things that did not belong to himself. | | 2. What was one of the reasons for the young man to steal in the writer"s opinion? | A. The young man was a born thief.
B .The young man couldn"t afford to pay for his old mother"s medical treatment.
C. The young man"s mother asked him to do so.
D. Young people are likely to steal when they are poor. | | 3. What does the writer really mean by "hate and love are very close"? | A. Sometimes you hate a person but soon the feeling completely changes.
B. People easily love and hate others.
C. Human beings are always a mixture of different feeling.
D. Don"t always hate others. | | 4. The major purpose for the writer to write this passage is ______. | A. to describe what hate and love are like
B. to entertain the readers with an interesting story
C. to impress the readers with an interesting story
D. to encourage the readers to help him find the thief | | 完形填空 | Cheerful Charlie was a very special boy. When he was still in his mother"s tummy (肚子), she had
had an accident, which 1 that Charlie couldn"t walk. But that had never been a(n) 2 for him; he had
always been happy. When he became older, they had started calling him Cheerful Charlie because of his
joyful and 3 nature. He really brightened everything up for those around him.
There wasn"t a postman, or a taxi driver who wasn"t 4 to see Charlie. "Cheer up, Mr. Postman,
that way you"ll 5 more letters today!" he would say, or "That was great, Mr. Taxi Driver. You 6 that
thing better than anyone else." He also had great ideas and 7 for everything; and he shared them so
8 that, just about every day in that town, someone did a great job, or 9 something new, thanks to
Charlie"s ideas.
One day, though, he came up against a real 10 . A young boy came to town on his holidays. He
was known as Waterworks and was a real crybaby. No matter what Charlie said to him, Waterworks
would always find some 11 to be sad: "I don"t have many sweets…my parents didn"t buy me that
toy…" Everything seemed so bad to him. But Cheerful Charlie wasn"t going to be 12 , and he kept
spending more time with Waterworks, 13 trying to cheer him up, just as he did with everyone.
Then, one day, when they were together in the street, someone 14 a pie from a window above by
chance, and it landed 15 on Charlie"s head. He got such a fright that he couldn"t even move his lips.
He was speechless, and 16 Waterworks was just about to cry, he 17 Charlie"s happy words so
much that he finally said, "Wow, Charlie, that"s a nice clown mask (小丑面具) you just 18 !"
On saying those words, Waterworks felt so 19 that he finally understood why Charlie was always
so happy and cheerful. He realized that he was so used to Charlie"s enthusiasm that he couldn"t help but
see the fun 20 of everything. | ( )1. A. reflected
( )2. A. problem
( )3. A. sensitive
( )4. A. surprised
( )5. A. send
( )6. A. paint
( )7. A. theories
( )8. A. eagerly
( )9. A. cleared
( )10. A. difficulty
( )11. A. means
( )12. A. let down
( )13. A. hardly
( )14. A. aimed
( )15. A. ahead
( )16. A. because
( )17. A. missed
( )18. A. set on
( )19. A. ordinary
( )20. A. result | B. meant
B. mistake
B. humorous
B. moved
B. write
B. play
B. solutions
B. carefully
B. noticed
B. surprise
B. reason
B. taken up
B. quickly
B. moved
B. right
B. but
B. loved
B. put on
B. sorry
B. wonder | C. told
C. excuse
C. responsible
C. pleased
C. print
C. park
C. comments
C. quickly
C. enjoyed
C. risk
C. method
C. set free
C. constantly
C. threw
C. almost
C. therefore
C. envied
C. build up
C. good
C. side | D. predicted
D. topic
D. enthusiastic
D. disappointed
D. find
D. repair
D. impressions
D. generously
D. invented
D. disaster
D. value
D. driven away
D. specially
D. dropped
D. even
D. although
D. disliked
D. make up
D. curious
D. influence | | 阅读理解 | I consider myself one of the luckiest people I know.
I lost my biological mother when I was 9 and when she was alive she was not much of a mother to
me.
I met my step-mom for the first time when I moved to America to be reunited with my father. From
the beginning she made sure to let me know that I was safe and welcome.
I remember when I first saw her at the airport. It was different but not uncomfortable. After I was
picked up from the airport we went home and she unpacked my luggage. Then she took me shopping
for new clothes since the ones I had brought with me from Africa were a bit worn.
That night before I went to bed she came to my room, which was the first room I had ever had for
my own, with the first bed I didn"t have to share. She told me she was glad to have me and that she
would take good care of me.
Before she walked out of my new room, she asked me for a hug. I had no idea what she was talking
about. I did not know what the word hug meant, not because I didn"t speak English, but I had just never
heard the word before, let alone knew what it meant. So, I just looked at her with a questioning
expression on my face.
But she didn"t give up. She called my father into the room and asked him to explain to me what she
meant. When my father was explaining I looked at her and wondered why she wanted to hug me. She
then told me it was because she loved me and opened her arms wide. Shyly I opened mine and we
hugged.
That was my very first hug and I was 11 at that time. I"m 23 now and, thankfully, I have received
many hugs since then.
I consider her my birth mother because life began when I came to stay with her. For the first time
there were no kids for me to take care of and I became a child for the first time. There was no work
waiting for me every day other than the occasional chores that she gave me to teach me responsibility.
Today I say thank-you to my mother; thank you for giving me my childhood back after it had been
taken away from me. I am who I am today because of your love!
1. What was the author"s life in Africa?
A. Difficult.
B. Amusing.
C. Challenging.
D. Satisfactory.
2. The author was puzzled at her new mom"s request for a hug because _______ .
A. her new mom didn"t open her arms wide in time
B. the word" hug" made no sense to her at that time
C. her English wasn"t good enough to understand it
D. she didn"t hear what her new mom was talking about
3. We may learn from the passage that the author _________.
A. didn"t need to do any work in her second home
B. met her new mom when she was nine years old
C. felt safe and loved by what her new mom did
D. had a very big family to support in Africa
4. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. My New Home
B. My First Hug
C. My Childhood
D. My African Memory | | 阅读理解 | Every day has just 24 hours - and this applies to all people. Some people are constantly pushed for
time. This article is about how we can learn to manage our valuable time more effectively.
In reality we cannot manage time. We can only manage ourselves and our relationship with time. 1
And habits are not that easy to changes.
Below here are tips that can help you manage your time better.
Organize your goals.
Organize your goals based on two criteria: degree of urgency and importance: a. Should be done
today, tomorrow, etc. b. Should be done at "that date". c. Can be put off for so many days. d. Can ask
someone else to do it. 2
Clean up your list.
Make a list of everything you think that is not helping or benefiting you and do not do them!
Focus on one goal.
Concentrate only on one goal at a time. Otherwise, if while dealing with something you think about
everything you can do later, most likely you will get bored and disappointed. 3 The boredom (厌倦)
is guaranteed with this way of thinking.
Identify your deadlines.
4 Divide the activities per day / week and long-term goals to get a clear
picture of what you have to do and when.
Find suitable work environment.
5
Be realistic.
Make sure that your goals are realistic and do not try for the impossible.
Say "NO".
Learn to say "no" to other activities, requests and people who eat your time
(unless indeed at that very moment it is necessary for you to help them).
A. Allow time to adjust your list if necessary.
B. After all, how we use our time is largely a matter of habit.
C. Create a suitable environment to work, one that fits your style.
D. Check the list of what you should do and when it must be completed.
E. After organizing your goals, start with the most important and urgent.
F. It is like every time you eat you think all the meals you must eat in your life.
G. Do not let boredom discourage you if what you have to complete is boring. | | 完形填空 | Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a 1 job which gets him 2 at five o"clock
every morn ing. He is a 3 .
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner 4 the newspapers are. The
newspapers are delivered to the 5 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry
them.
In 6 , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm.
Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He
tries to put each 7 on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from 8 , rain or snow. His 9
think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him 10 .
Billy 11 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the
rest 12 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to 13 money from his customers. Since many of
them 14 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 15 . Sometimes, when Billy is 16 , his older
brother has to 17 the newspapers. Once Billy"s father had to help as well.
Billy has seventy customers now, 18 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more
customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a
19 to Europe, but he will also be happy 20 he wins a new bicycle. | ( )1. A. full-time
( )2. A. indoors
( )3. A. schoolboy
( )4. A. that
( )5. A. house
( )6. A. autumn
( )7. A. newspaper
( )8. A. air
( )9. A. teachers
( )10. A. books
( )11. A. makes
( )12. A. in
( )13. A. give
( )14. A. play
( )15. A. in the morning
( )16. A. sick
( )17. A. carry
( )18. A. then
( )19. A. trip
( )20. A. because | B. strange
B. outdoors
B. newspaper boy
B. where
B. porch
B. winter
B. magazine
B. wind
B. parents
B. some bread
B. saves
B. at
B. borrow
B. study
B. at night
B. angry
B. collect
B. but
B. car
B. whether | C. good
C. down
C. cowboy
C. which
C. school
C. morning
C. lett er
C. water
C. bosses
C. a new bike
C. spends
C. to
C. collect
C. work
C. in the afternoon
C. at school
C. deliver
C. so
C. bicycle
C. unless | D. part-time
D. up
D. clever boy
D. whether
D. corner
D. summer
D. email
D. fire
D. customers
D. tips
D. pays
D. on
D. catch
D. rest
D. at noon
D. sad
D. sell
D. for
D. job
D. if |
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