"It"s my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning
wind."The rest of the family is home, where it"s__1__."
Just another one of his__2__ideas-a big tamale (玉米粉蒸肉) feast after tonight"s Christmas Eve
service at the church-and look where it landed him:waiting in a line 50 people deep.
Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before
Christmas? But they__3__, as Carl knew.He had been driving all over El Paso that morning.__4__to
bring home tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo.
When he arrived, a fresh batch (一炉) was__5__off the steamer in 45 minutes.__6__at the end of
the snaking line of tamaleseekers, he watched the woman in front of him__7__her jacket to cover her
shivering youngster.It wasn"t long before she, too, __8__in the biting wind.After only a moment"s__9__,
Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the__10__mother.
Together, they__11__when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop
carrying steamy bags.__12__, Carl got inside the door and__13__closer to the counter, the woman
now first in line."Sorry folks, " the clerk announced, "that"s the last of the tamales.""__14__!" Carl
groaned (抱怨) with everyone else__15__behind him.
"__16__, "stressed the man at the counter, "we"ll have a final batch ready__17__, oh, about two
hours."
Defeated, Carl backed away, but the young mother grabbed his arm.
"You"re leaving?"
"I__18__, "Carl glanced at his watch."I promised to put up luminarias (传统圣诞灯) at my church."
"I"ll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house."
Carl"s brow furrowed "I couldn"t ask you to do that."
"But it"s__19__I can do.You lent me your coat." Her smile overrode (推翻) his objections."Just give
me your address." She and her little girl settled in for the long wait.
And at__20__noon on Christmas Eve, they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales-along with Carl"s
brown jacket-to his home. |
( )1. A. harmonious
( )2. A. brilliant
( )3. A. were
( )4. A. Decided
( )5. A. ready
( )6. A. Finding his way
( )7. A. move
( )8. A. waved
( )9. A. assumption
( )10. A. grateful
( )11. A. cheered
( )12. A. Immediately
( )13. A. shouldered his way
( )14. A. No problem
( )15. A. lined up
( )16. A. So
( )17. A. before
( )18. A. plan to
( )19. A. the least
( )20. A. just | B. warm
B. bad
B. did
B. Determined
B. prepared
B. Taking his road
B. reject
B. froze
B. appreciation
B. respectful
B. congratulated
B. Hopefully
B. forced his way
B. No way
B. held up
B. But
B. for
B. intend to
B. the most
B. exactly | C. happy
C. stupid
C. could
C. Wanted
C. soon
C. Taking his place
C. abandon
C. shook
C. hesitation
C. hopeless
C. shouted
C. Lastly
C. felt his way
C. No doubt
C. looked up
C. Then
C. in
C. have to
C. the last
C. accurately | D. pleasant
D. common
D. had
D. Expected
D. due
D. Finding his place
D. remove
D. shocked
D. attention
D. shameful
D. screamed
D. Finally
D. inched his way
D. No wonder
D. waited up
D. Besides
D. after
D. ought to
D. the best
D. right |
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核心考点
试题【完形填空 "It"s my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the a】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空 | As waiters,we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong,somehow we have
the ability to keep on going.It"s our responsibility to_1_the customer.
I remember my first_2_ job was at a fine restaurant.One afternoon,the manager informed all the
cooks and waiters that a VIP_3_were coming for lunch.The group were_4 VIPs in the city"s fashion
industry.
After the group arrived and got_5_comfortably,drinks were 6 . Normally,the head waiter would be
in charge of wine service._7 ,the manager asked me to serve that afternoon.I had_8_done wine service,
nor had I ever served a group of twelve.
I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table.As I 9 one of the glasses in front of the
first customer,somehow I had 10 my grip (抓,握) and six glasses fell on top of a young woman,and
then to the floor and 11 in pieces.I felt frightened and my face turned red.I apologized many times to
the 12 and to the rest of the group.
Quickly,the manager 13 my aid and helped in the cleanup,and sent out their drinks right away.I
didn"t understand why,but the group were forgiving me and the young woman 14 informed me it was
OK.
My manager pulled me to the side and said,"If you know why an accident happened, 15 from it
and move on.You still have a table to serve and you can"t show your 16 or your disappointment.
Mistakes and accidents do happen.Keep your 17 up and be confident.The glasses are replaceable."
I understood why he was truly a well 18 restaurant manager within the neighborhood.His 19
relationship with the group made the situation 20 and the group forgave me for that. | ( )1. A. welcome
( )2. A. waiter
( )3. A. group
( )4. A. let in as
( )5. A. introduced
( )6. A. bought
( )7. A. Therefore
( )8. A. often
( )9. A. set
( )10. A. got
( )11. A. stood
( )12. A. manager
( )13. A. took over
( )14. A. repeatedly
( )15. A. hear
( )16. A. apology
( )17. A. nose
( )18. A. behaved
( )19. A. new
( )20. A. calm | B. feed
B. cook
B. number
B. made up of
B. satisfied
B. sold
B. However
B. once
B. broke
B. caught
B. lay
B. guest
B. came to
B. regretfull
B. tell
B. excitement
B. face
B. respected
B. famous
B. comfortable | C. invite
C. servant
C. family
C. added up to
C. seated
C. ordered
C. Besides
C. never
C. cleaned
C. forgot
C. kept
C. man
C. gave up
C. impatiently
C. change
C. nervousness
C. head
C. visited
C. terrible
C. special | D. please
D. director
D. class
D. recognized as
D. dressed
D. got
D. Though
D. little
D. shook
D. lost
D. stayed
D. woman
D. rushed against
D. angrily
D. learn
D. carelessness
D. hand
D. understood
D. close
D. possible | | 阅读理解 | Throughout the Depression (经济萧条) years,my brothers,sisters and I often heard our granny say,
"One of these days,my ship is coming in."Of course Granny"s ship was just a dream-her escape from the
reality of being poor most of her life.But to us it was very real.
Our family got by with the barest (最少) of necessities.There rarely was enough left over for special
desires.So if we wished for other things,we told Granny about them,and she would plan for them to be
aboard her ship.
At times we kids worried greatly as to how the ship was going to arrive at Granny"s house in the
deep pine woods of East Texas,miles from any waterway.One day when Granny was sitting with us on
her front porch,we asked her how she expected the ship to come.Shifting in her rocking chair,she
expected the ship to come.Shifting in her rocking chair,she pointed to the beautiful clouds floating in the
bright blue sky.
"Why,children," she explained,"Granny"s ship has big beautiful sails.Some day it will rise up on clouds
like those,and come floating right up to the front door."
As we grew older,our childish wishes for BB guns,baby dolls and mohair sweaters were replaced by
dreams of an education,a job or a lovely wedding.We told Granny of those goals and she put each one
aboard her ship.
Granny has been gone a long time now,but I still remember how we sat with her on the porch scanning
the skies.She never told us the name of her ship,but I think perhaps it was "Hope",for Granny told us to
have patience,to reach beyond our limitation,and many of our dreams and wishes did come true.
Even now,sometimes,when the skies are brilliantly blue,with soft puffy clouds sailing along with the
breeze (微风),I look up-to see Granny"s ship.Its sails are full and proud.It is a beautiful ship,carrying a
wonderful cargo of many packages of many sizes-all marked "From Granny.With Love".
1. From the text,we know________.
A. Granny has been dead for a long time
B. Granny used to have unpractical ideas about life
C. Granny"s ship arrived at last
D. Granny has moved to the city
2. We can infer from the text that the writer"s family lived________.
A. in a city
B. in Granny"s ship
C. in a mountainous village
D. at the seaside
3. What does the underlined word "them" in the second paragraph refer to?
A. Our necessities.
B. Our wishes.
C. The children.
D. Package. | | 短文填词 | A couple of months ago, I asked to go to Wuxi.
With my parents"________(许可), I went there
by bus and visited lots of beautiful parks.________
impressed me most was the visit to the Taihu Lake. Never
________I seen such a large lake in my life. I boated
on the lake and walked t________the parks along the
shore. The air________so fresh, the flowers were so
charming and the stone were so beautiful. I________(爬) the
high HuiHills. Each step I took brought me c________
to the top of the hill. What beautiful sights and waters!
I was________(吃惊)to see wild geese playing
joyfully a________the waters of the Wuhu
Lake. I enjoyed my trip________much that I even
didn"t want to leave when my holiday ended. |
1.________
2.________
3.________
4.________
5.________
6.________
7.________
8.________
9.________
10.________
| | 完形填空 | An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate the nuisance of boys
playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.
One evening when the boys were particularly 1 , he went out to talk to them.He explained that he
had just retired and was 2 when he could see or hear boys playing his 3 game, football.He would 4
give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night.The boys got 5 , for they could hardly believe
6 they were being paid to do something they 7 .
The first two weeks had passed, the boys came to the old man"s house, and went away 8 with
their 25 yuan.The third week when they came back, 9 , the old man said he hadn"t had much money 10 himself and sent them away with only 15 yuan.The fourth week, the man said he had not yet
received his 11 from the government and gave them only 10 yuan.The boys were very disappointed,
but there was 12 much that they could do about it.
At the 13 of the fifth week, the boys came back and 14 at the old man"s door, waiting for their
15 . Slowly, the door opened and the old man appeared.He 16 that he could not afford to pay them
25 yuan 17 he had promised, but said he would give them five yuan each week without 18 .
This was really too much for the boys."You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five
yuan!" they yelled." 19 !"
They 20 away and never played on the street again. | ( ) 1. A. hot
( ) 2. A. happiest
( ) 3. A. interesting
( ) 4. A. more ever
( ) 5. A. shouted
( ) 6. A. how
( ) 7. A. expected
( ) 8. A. happily
( ) 9. A. but
( ) 10. A. earned
( ) 11. A. paycheck
( ) 12. A. not
( ) 13. A. final
( ) 14. A. kicked
( ) 15. A. rewards
( ) 16. A. expressed
( ) 17. A. as
( ) 18. A. fail
( ) 19. A. No way
( ) 20. A. walked | B. noisy
B. excited
B. amusing
B. therefore
B. cried
B. when
B. enjoyed
B. thankfully
B. in addition
B. saved
B. insurance
B. no
B. end
B. hit
B. awards
B. apologized
B. like
B. hesitation
B. No possible
B. stormed | C. troublesome
C. encouraged
C. acceptable
C. willingly
C. thrilled
C. that
C. admired
C. gratefully
C. however
C. remained
C. food tickets
C. so
C. start
C. beat
C. checks
C. stated
C. when
C. joke
C. No problem
C. broke | D. naughty
D. bored
D. favorite
D. forever
D. smiled
D. what
D. respected
D. tearfully
D. besides
D. left
D. salary
D. very
D. beginning
D. knocked
D. wages
D. expected
D. though
D. problem
D. No play
D. backed | | 阅读理解 | He met her at a party.She was so outstanding, with many boysaround her, while he was so normal,
with nobody paying attention to him.
At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him.She was surprised, but due to being
polite, she agreed.
They sat in a nice coffee shop.He was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable,
thinking, "Please let me go home."
Suddenly he asked the waiter, "Would you please give me some salt?I"d like to put it in my coffee."
Everybody stared at him-so strange!His face turned red, but, still, he put the salt in his coffee and
drank it.
She asked him curiously, "Why do you have this hobby?"
He replied, "When I was a little boy, I was living near the sea.I liked playing in the sea, and I could
feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee.Now every time I have the salty coffee, I
always think of my childhood.I miss my hometown so much.I miss my parents who are still living there."
While saying that tears filled his eyes.She was deeply touched.That"s his true feeling, from the bottom
of his heart.A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, caresabout
home, and has responsibility of home.
Then she also started to speak about her faraway hometown, her childhood, and her family.That
was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.
They continued to date.She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he was
kindhearted, warm and careful.He was such a good person but she almost missed him!
Thanks to his salty coffee!Then the story was just like every beautiful love story-the princess married
the prince, and then they were living a happy life...And, every time she made coffee for him, she put
some salt in the coffee.
After 40 years, he passed away, leaving her a letter which said, "My dearest, please forgive my
whole life lie.This was the only lie I said to you-the salty coffee.
"Remember the first time we dated?I was so nervous at that time.Actually I wanted some sugar, but
I said salt.It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead.
"I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised
not to lie to you for anything.
"Now I"m dying.I"m afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth:I don"t like the salty coffee.What a strange
bad taste!But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life!
"Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you.Having you with me is my biggest
happiness for my whole life.If I can live for a second time, I still want to know you and have you for my
whole life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again."
Her tears made the letter totally wet.
Someday, someone asked her, "What"s the taste of salty coffee?""It"s sweet, " she replied.
1. After ordering some salt to put into the coffee, the young man must have felt________.
A. touched
B. satisfied
C. disappointed
D. embarrassed
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Salt coffee is more delicious and sweeter than sugar coffee.
B. The man ordered the salt coffee in order to create a chance to date with the girl.
C. The man had to have salty coffee all his life to keep his word.
D. The woman hardly believed the man"s explanation at their first date.
3. From the passage we can see that the man is________.
A. caring and kindhearted
B. shy and sly
C. dishonest but responsible
D. warm and understanding
4. It is implied in the passage that the woman________when reading the letter left by her husband.
A. was cheated by her husband"s behavior
B. was touched by her husband"s white lie
C. felt sorry to know the truth too late
D. felt angry about his dishonesty |
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