题目
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Although they were friends, each thought oneself to be the better painter.
One day, Kerry promised marriage to Alice. Surprised and pleased by the offer, the girl was not sure
whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter. After a moment she replied as follows, "Each
of us must paint a picture. If yours is superior to mine, you can make me your wife. If not, please drop
the question." Then it was decided to give it the following day.
The next morning, Alice hung her picture on the gate. It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise
from everyone who passed by. In fact, a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed eyes on it.
Several hours passed. Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful
leather suitcase in his hand. When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist brushed like a rose and agreed
to marry him without any hesitation. Why?
B. She didn"t want to marry anybody.
C. She didn"t like it at all.
D. She thought the offer wasn"t polite.
B. better than
C. as bad as
D. as good as
B. Kerry wasn"t sure of his painting so he dropped his offer.
C. Kerry did go the next day, but he failed to take a picture.
D. Kerry agreed to Alice"s suggestion.
B. the flowers were red
C. it showed so large a bunch of flowers
D. people felt it strange to hang it on the gate
B. a painting drawn by Kerry
C. a box with a picture in it
D. made up of leather
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试题【阅读理解。 Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain. They taught drawing and 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is
exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brain Bell. Their building is a former automobile
electrical-parts film in Atlanta. Form the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door
and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting (生锈的) walls.
In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city"s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been
abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum
bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition (排除), pulling rubbish out through the roof,
because it was too dangerous to go inside the building. The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to
think about what he wanted to do, and "to treasure what was there- the walls, the rust, and the light." Yocum
said. "Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It"s like an art installation (装置) in
there-a slow-motion show."
Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building
to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working
area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer (缓冲) zone between the front and the back
contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings
that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.
Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the
decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has
also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.
own.
B. unnecessary
C. unrealistic
D. common
B. it was still in good condition
C. it was located in the city center
D. it looked attractive from the outside
B. removed the skylights from the bathroom
C. presentd a slow-motion show in an art gallery
D. built a kitchen at the back part of the old building
B. turned more old buildings into art galleries
C. got inspiration from decorating their old building
D. paid more attention to the outside of the art gallery
B. it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building
C. people should not judge things by their appearance
D. creative people can make the best of what they have
he was 1 . He never criticized (批评) us, but used 2 to bring out our best. He"d say, "If you pour water
on flowers, they flourish (茂盛). If you don"t give them water, they die." I 3 as a child I said something
unkind about somebody, and my father said, " 4 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else,
it"s a reflection of you." He explained that if I looked for the best about people, I would get the best 5 . From
then on I"ve always tried to 6 the principle (原则) in my life and later in running my company.
Dad"s also always been very 7 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 8 a great deal of my time, and the
headmaster of my school gave me a 9 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway (使动摇) me from my decision, 10 any good father would. When
he realized I had made up my mind, he said, "Richard, when I was 23, my dad suggested me to go into law. And
I"ve 11 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 12 I didn"t pursue (追求) my 13 . You know what you
want. Go fulfill (实现) it."
As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 14 for young people in the
U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I"d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 15
me.
| ( )1. A. strict ( )2. A. praise ( )3. A. think ( )4. A. Another ( )5. A. in case ( )6. A. revise ( )7. A. understanding ( )8. A. taking up ( )9. A. suggestion ( )10. A. and ( )11. A. always ( )12. A. rather ( )13. A. promise ( )14. A. newspaper ( )15. A. controlled | B. honest B. courage B. imagine B. Some B. by turns B. set B. experienced B. making up B. decision B. as B. never B. but B. task B. magazine B. comforted | C. special C. power C. remember C. Any C. by chance C. review C. serious C. picking up C. notice C. even if C. seldom C. for C. belief C. program C. reminded | D. learned D. warmth D. guess D. Other D. in return D. follow D. demanding (苛求的) D. keeping up D. choice D. as if D. almost D. therefore D. dream D. project D. raised |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| It was Sunday. Mrs. Read got up early in the morning. She had some housework to do. After breakfast she had a look at the watch and found it didn"t work. She bought it ten years ago, so she wanted to buy a new one. Her daughter Sue was only four. Her husband was busy with his work that day and nobody looked after the girl, she couldn"t leave her at home. So she took Sue to the nearest shop in the town. It was fine that day and there were a lot of people in the shop. Mrs. Read and her daughter went upstairs and they got to the third floor and she began to pick a watch there. But when she bought one, she couldn"t find Sue. She ran to the manager"s office and asked for help. Mr. King began to go up and down to look for the little girl with her. Suddenly the woman heard someone calling, "Kate" She found it was her daughter. How happy she and the girl were! "Whose name did you call, dear?" asked the woman. "Yours." "Why not call "Mother?"" "There are lots of mothers in the shop," said the girl. "Which mother answered me?" | |||
| 1. Mrs. Read got up early to _____ that Sunday. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. buy a new watch B. do some housework C. helped her husband D. take her daughter to the shop | |||
| 2. Mrs. Read went to the nearest shop because _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. she brought her daughter B. she knew the manager there C. the things were cheap there D. she was too tired to go further | |||
| 3. Sue left her mother _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. when they went to the shop B. when they reached the shop C. when Mrs. Read was picking a watch D. when they came out of the shop | |||
| 4. What was the woman"s name? | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. Her name was Kate Read B. Her name was Sue Read C. Her name was Kate King D. Her name was Sue King | |||
| 5. The girl called her mother"s name because _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. she didn"t like her B. she couldn"t find her C. she didn"t know where she was D. she could easily find her | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn"t want to carry too much money with me, so I asked the desk clerk to put a hundred- dollar bill in the safe for me. The next morning, however, the clerk said he knew nothing about my money. I didn"t have any proof (证 据) that I had given the man the money. There was nothing I could do but go to the nearest lawyer. The lawyer advised me to return to the hotel with him and give another hundred-dollar bill to the clerk. This I did. An hour later, I went back to the desk and asked for my money. Because I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the second hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not say he knew nothing about it. Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer"s plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the hotel. I asked for the hundred-dollar bill once again, and when the clerk insisted he had already given it to me, I denied (否认) it. The lawyer said to him, "I saw this gentleman give you a hundred dollars. If you don"t return it immediately, I"ll be forced to call the police." The clerk realized he had been tricked, so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill. "I don"t know how to thank you enough for getting my money back," I said to the lawyer. And what you suppose he answered? He said, "Oh, don"t thank me. That will be a hundred dollars, please." | |||
| 1. The man went to a Detroit hotel one day to _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. get his money back B. put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe C. ask to be a desk clerk D. stay for the night | |||
| 2. The hotel clerk at last returned the first hundred-dollar bill to the man because _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. he knew the lawyer"s plan very well B. he found the lawyer tricking him C. he didn"t want to get into trouble with the police D. he wanted to give the man a surprise | |||
| 3. It is clear that the hotel clerk was _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. dishonest B. ready to help C. afraid of the lawyer D. foolish | |||
| 4. Which of the following statements is TRUE? | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. The man didn"t get his 200 dollars back. B. The lawyer was happy that the man got both his bills back. C. The lawyer asked for 100 dollars. D. The man thanked the lawyer by paying him some money actively (主动地). | |||
| 5. How do you think the man felt in the end? | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. Pleased. B. Thankful. C. Happy. D. Sad. | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| It"s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before 1 Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma 2 me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 3 like me. She said, "There"s an old saying-the 4 you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 5 to the mosquitoes." Not 6 it, I replied, "Grandma, that"s just an old wives" tale!" Well, less than a week 7 my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted (覆盖着) with a 8 of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 9 , but they all proved useless. Late one 10 in my cousin"s home, I couldn"t bear the 11 of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I 12 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 13 , she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep." With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地) 14 her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would 15 on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her face and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed, I ran to others" 16 , only to find they were all sleeping 17 as the same thing occurred again and again. From those bites, I came to 18 my grandma"s silly tale. From then on, I"ve always tried to keep a(n) 19 mind about those strange old wives" tales 20 they do have some truth to them. | |||