(包装).
On September 11,1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital,
she put him in my lap, saying," I promised you a gift, and here it is ." What an honor! I turned four a
month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night.
I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mun wept and told
me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I head mum and
Dad whispering such words as "hopeless","pitiful",and "dying", which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming, don"t expect any presents this year "Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the
living room. I"d never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom
I heard him say." what? he"s all right?" he hung up and shouted upstairs." The hospital said we can bring
Richard home! "
"thank god!" I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window. I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My
socks still hung there flat. But I knew they was not empty: they were filled with love!
B. He got a C hristmas gift
C. He became four yesrs old
D. He received a doll
B. Boring
C. Difficult
D. Fearful
B. Happiness.
C. Sadness.
D. Disappointment.
B. Life with a lovely baby
C. A special Christmas gift.
D. Memories of a happy family
mistrust and problems, especially with those from other 2 ?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, 3 children from different races and religions
played and studied 4 in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone"s 5 from Ismail"s. And no one
was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu-we just 6 our differences.
Perhaps,our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well 7 or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we "d 8 the countryside on our
bicycles,hoping to 9 the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare
shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his 10 .
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail"s family later returned to their village, and I 11
touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I 12 my destination. The driver
acknowledged my 13 but did not move off. Instead, he looked 14 at me. "Raddar?" he said, using
my childhood nickname (绰号).I was astonished at being so 15 addressed (称呼).Unexpectedly! It
was Ismail! Even after two 16 we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something 17 to describe.
If we can allow our children to be 18 without prejudice, they"ll build friendships with people,
regardless of race or religion, who will be 19 their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are
societies built and 20 we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, "We happy few. We band
of brothers".
( )1.A.interested ( )2.A.parties ( )3.A.why ( )4.A.together ( )5.A.drop ( )6.A.refused ( )7.A.paid ( )8.A.explore ( )9.A.get through ( )10.A.arrival ( )11.A.lost ( )12.A.stated ( )13.A.attempts ( )14.A.anxiously ( )15.A.familiarly ( )16.A.departures ( )17.A.possible ( )18.A.them ( )19.A.from ( )20. .A.still | B. pleased B. cities B. which B. around B. throw B. made B. meant B. search B. deal with B. choice B. gained B. ordered B. instructions B. carelessly B. strangely B. months B. funny B. themselves B. by B. otherwise | C. puzzled C. villages C. how C. alone C. move C. sought C. preserved C. discover C. come across C. effort C. developed C. decided C. opinions C. disappointedly C. fully C. years C. hard C. us C. with C. then | D. excited D. races D. when D. apart D. roll D. accepted D. treated D. desert D. take away D. company D. missed D. chose D. arrangements D. fixedly D. coldly D. decades D. clear D. ourselves D. against D. instead |
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At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it. "You may wonder, Sir Percival," said Laura calmly, "if I am going to ask to be released (免除) from ray promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father"s wishes too much. " His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet. "No, if we are going to withdraw.(退出) from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine. " "Mine?" he said in great surprise. "What reason could I have for withdrawing?" "A reason that is very hard to tell you," she answered. "There is a change in me. " His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side. "What change?" he asked, trying to appear calm. " When the promise was made two years ago", she said, " my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?" "I wish you to understand", Laura continued, "that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret." "I will do both those things, " he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more. "I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage,",she added quietly. "No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you, " he said. | |||
1.How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura? | |||
A. Angry. B. Calm. C. Nervous. D. Excited. | |||
2.We can learn from the passage that _____. | |||
A. Laura had once promised to marry Percival B. Laura"s father wished to end her marriage C. Percival had been married to Laura for two years D. Percival asked to be released from the marriage | |||
3.The passage is probably taken out of_____. | |||
A. a novel B. a report C. a diary D. an essay | |||
完形填空。 | |||
I was talking with a friend recently who took a voluntarylay-off to go to a new position at a | |||
( )1.A. firing ( )2.A. take ( )3.A. prove ( )4.A. planned ( )5.A. for ( )6.A. surroundings ( )7.A. work with ( )8.A. nothing ( )9.A. to do ( )10.A. quickly ( )11.A. common ( )12.A. passing ( )13.A. right now ( )14.A. can ( )15.A. basically ( )16.A. deadline ( )17.A. solution ( )18.A. Since ( )19.A. changed ( )20.A. unfamiliar | B. hiring B. put B. guarantee B. educated B. as B. cases B. follow by B. something B. to happen B. slowly B. original B. meeting B. just right B. will B. absolutely B. timeline B. determinations B. Unless B. checked B. unlucky | C. teaching C. lift C. mean C. abandoned C. like C. places C. deal with C. anything C. to be doing C. successfully C. final C. solving C. shortly after C. may C. probably C. pathline C. j udgement C. Because C. unchanged C. uncommon | D. searching |
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I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn"t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always chose to sit at the__1__ of the classroom. All this__2__after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy__3__because I didn"t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the __4__in keeping pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my "__5__for it", I wouldn"t have decided to give it a try. Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the__6__of it! When I first started attending the practice sessions, I didn"t even know the rules of the game, much__7__what I was doing. Sometimes I"d get__8__ and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid__9__, I wasn"t the only one "new" at the game, so I decided to__10__on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn"t know "just yet". I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the rules and the "moves". Being part of a team was fun and__11__. Very soon the competitive part in me was winning over my lack of__12__. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process. I never had so much fun! With my__13__self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from "__14__" in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, to raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn"t 100 percent__15__I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself. | |||
( )1. A. front ( )2. A. continued ( )3. A. idea ( )4. A. interest ( )5. A. going ( )6. A. point ( )7. A. less ( )8. A. committed ( )9. A. Interestingly ( )10. A. focus ( )11. A. puzzling ( )12. A. fun ( )13. A. expressed ( )14. A. dreaming ( )15. A. lucky | B. middle B. changed B. plan B. chance B. looking B. half B. later B. inspired B. Fortunately B. act B. confusing B. enthusiasm B. improved B. playing B. happy | C. corner C. settled C. belief C. competence C. cheering C. rest C. worse C. embarrassed C. Obviously C. rely C. motivating C. confidence C. preserved C . relaxing C. sure | D. back D. started D. saying D. difficulty D. applying D. basis D. further D. confused D. hopefully D. try D. tiring D. interest D. recognized D. hiding D. satisfied |
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1-10的相应位置上。 | |||
This Saturday morning I was having a walk around, enjoying the quiet morning, beautiful weather and lovely life, with my dog Jett running _1_ (enjoy) beside me. At one home I passed, I noticed a newspaper that 2__ (lie) by the roadside instead of near the door. Thinking I would make someone else"s life a little _3__(easy), I picked up the paper and gently threw it towards their door. _4__ instead of landing on the doorstep, the paper sailed _5__ the wrong direction because of the strong wind and landed on the roof of a big truck in the driveway. No one saw the funny scene but me and I burst out laughing. It was very quiet and they were probably still sleeping. It was too early to knock on the door and tell the homeowner __6__ their newspaper was. __7_ , instead I walked home, got dressed and went to the store to make it right. I returned a little later with a new newspaper and a basket of strawberries freshly _8__(pick) from my garden. I found the homeowner in the driveway with some of his friends. With a deep breath I came up to him and said, "I hope you have a great sense of humour." I explained what had happened to _9__ newspaper. Hearing this they all laughed loudly and I couldn"t help but smile all day. I"ve heard it said. "Character is what you do _10 _ nobody is looking." I should be a man of character! |