Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this
story is one such lesson that I will never 1 . Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on 2 things in life and about
devoting ourselves to 3 is important to us. This is how the story went:
An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would 4 every morning and go to the sub-way.
He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and 5 . He would do
this every single day of his life. He sat at 6 street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His 7 was dirty, and a stench (恶臭) came out and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand
the smell any more, 8 they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the
door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of 9 all over the house that he had collected over the
years.
The police counted the money, and they soon 10 that the old man was a millionaire (百万富翁). They
waited outside his house expecting to 11 the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that
evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a 12 man
now, a millionaire.
But the old man said 13 ; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up 14 ,
went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans, 15 or anything significant (有意义的) for his life. We learn
nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing. |
( )1. A. remember
( )2. A. interesting
( )3. A. what
( )4. A. wake up
( )5. A. sing
( )6. A. a different
( )7. A. house
( )8. A. but
( )9. A.food
( )10. A.recognized
( )11. A. tell
( )12. A.rich
( )13. A.thanks
( )14. A. much later
( )15. A. friends | B. forget
B. special
B. that
B. go up
B. sleep
B. another
B. coat
B. so
B. money
B. said
B. share
B. poor
B. something
B. much earlier
B. jobs | C. teach
C. important
C. how
C. stay up
C. think
C. the same
C. cap
C. if
C. books
C. realized
C. cover
C. nice
C. nothing
C. so quickly
C. chances | D. give
D. necessary
D. where
D. come up
D. beg
D. a strange
D. bag
D. because
D. clothes
D. thought
D. discuss
D. bad
D. much
D. as usual
D. dreams |
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| 阅读理解。 | Andy was still traveling in Spain when he realized he had to confirm (确认) his flight home with the airline
company (航空公司). He was visiting Spain in order to improve his Spanish. When he was speaking to people
face to face, he had no difficulty understanding what they said. However, when he was speaking on the phone,
he still had a problem. Andy called the airline. And the clerk confirmed that his plane was leaving at nine o"clock
three days from that day. She also told Andy to be at the airport two hours earlier in order to check in his
luggage and get a seat.
Since he was leaving in three days, Andy didn"t lose any time. He visited as many places as he could. He
thought that it would probably be a while before he had enough money again. He wished he could come back
and spend a year in Spain.
Too quickly, the final day arrived. Andy left early for the airport to arrive two hours before take-off. He
hated to rush. He went to the clerk to show his ticket. The clerk looked at the ticket in surprise. "Why, sir, but
your flight was at nine o"clock in the morning, and now it is eight in the evening." "But I confirmed my flight,"
insisted Andy. "Will I have to pay for another ticket?"
"No, sir. However, the next flight out will be three days from now."
Andy"s look of shock turned to pleasure as he realized that now he could continue his vacation. | | 1. Why was Andy in Spain? | | [ ] | A. He was there on a business trip.
B. He hoped to learn Spanish better.
C. He liked to visit places of interest in Spain.
D. He was visiting friends there | | 2. Andy missed his flight because _____. | | [ ] | A. he forgot his flight time
B. the clerk gave him the wrong time of his flight
C. the clerk misunderstood him
D. he misunderstood the clerk | 3. Which word can best describe the feeling of Andy when he came to know that his stay in Spain would
be longer? | | [ ] | A. happy
B. shocked
C. upset
D. angry | | 4. What can we infer from the passage? | | [ ] | A. Travellers always have to confirm the time of flight with airline companies by phone call.
B. It"s more difficult for Andy to understand others in Spanish face to face than on the phone.
C. Andy was enjoying himself when visiting places in Spain.
D. Andy would spend the next three days at the airport. | | 完形填空。 | Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 1 were reviewing (复习)
their lessons for the exams. If they didn"t 2 , they would have to retake (重考). Usually a few students 3 ,
but Jane didn"t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 4 just before the exams she was
working so hard that her sister Barbara was 5 about her. She went to bed too 6 . The night before the
exam, Barbara 7 her to go to bed early and take a 8 pill (安眠药). She promised to wake 9 up in the
morning.
When Jane was in the bed. Her 10 kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 11 ,
she went to sleep. Then she had a dream: she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination
12 , but she couldn"t answer any of the questions. 13 around her was writing pages and gages. 14 she
thought hard (认真思考), she couldn"t find anything to write 15 . She kept looking at her 16 . Time was
running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 17 and tried
another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried
that she started 18 . Her whole body shook (颤抖). It shook so much that she 19 up. She was still in bed
and it had all been a 20 dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name. | ( )1. A. teachers
( )2. A. prepare
( )3. A. succeeded
( )4. A. but
( )5. A. excited
( )6. A. early
( )7. A.asked
( )8. A. sleeping
( )9. A. him
( )10. A. hand
( )11. A. her sister
( )12. A. result
( )13. A. The teacher
( )14. A.If
( )15. A. with
( )16. A. watch
( )17. A. gave up
( )18. A. examining
( )19. A. raised
( )20. A. nice | B. students
B. miss
B. failed
B. so
B. frightened
B. late
B. let
B. resting
B. her
B. foot
B. her parents
B. marks
B. The students
B. Though
B. about
B. textbook
B. put off
B. leaving
B. woke
B. wonderful | C. people
C. join
C. ended
C. and
C. worried
C. heavily
C. made
C. exciting
C. them
C. mind
C. the lessons
C. desk
C. No one
C. So
C. on
C. sister
C. look around
C. copying
C. stood
C. terrible | D. schools
D. pass
D. called
D. because
D. pleased
D. eagerly
D. have
D. breathing
D. herself
D. body
D. the medicine
D. paper
D. Everyone
D. How
D. to
D. subject
D. think over
D. crying
D. cheered
D. special | | 阅读理解。 | An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave
the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining where my new house was, I told him that I
had left the key under the doormat (门前的擦鞋垫). Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get
back, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator
(冰箱).
Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some
of my records after having had a nice meal. He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator. Now, he was
drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon. When I asked him if he had any difficulty finding
the house,he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat,
but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the
window. I listened to all this in great surprise. There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by
the living room window of my next-door neighbor"s house! | | 1. When my friend arrived,I could not go to meet him because _____. | | [ ] | A. we were not good friends
B. I was busy at work
C. he had not told me that he would come
D. I did not want to see him | | 2. I listened to my friend"s phone call in great surprise because _____. | | [ ] | A. he had not waited for me to eat together
B. he had eaten too much of the food
C. he mistook my neighbor"s house for mine
D. he had left the house with the window open | | 3. In fact my friend _____. | | [ ] | A. did not enter my house
B. entered my house after he opened the door
C. entered my house by climbing through the window
D. entered my house with the help of my neighbor | | 4. The writer left the key under the doormat so that _____. | | [ ] | A. nobody would find it
B. he might not lose it
C. his family could use the same key
D. his friend could easily get it | | 阅读理解。 | Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can
tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him
to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn"t remember this, he wrote these words down on
a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now
and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and
that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and
said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper.
He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."
The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
"Burnt yesterday evening." | | 1. Mr Brown told his son that _____. | | [ ] | A. he would be away from home for four days
B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month
D. he liked a cup of tea | | 2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on _____. | | [ ] | A. the wall
B. the door
C. a piece of paper
D. his son"s pocket | | 3. A man came to visit the boy"s father on _____. | | [ ] | A. the second day
B. the third day
C. the fourth day
D. the fifth day | | 4. The man was very surprised because _____. | | [ ] | A. he thought the child"s father was dead
B. the child didn"t ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn"t find that piece of paper | | 阅读理解。 | It was 3:12 a. m. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the
crackling of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.
With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his
sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke-filled house to push
and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the
garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, collapsed on the lawn.
The nine-year-old boy raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother"s room. He found it impossible
to wake her up. Mrs. Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious (无意识的), and there was nobody to
help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and, as a fireman said later, "acted with all the
self-control of a trained adult."
On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to
telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.
First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then,
with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.
He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled
house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?
Grasping firmly a ball of string (线绳) from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed
upstairs to his mother"s room. Tying one end of the string to her hand, he ran back, laying out the string as
he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.
Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan:"The string will lead you to mother." Mrs. Kreamer
was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor. | | 1. Why did Glenn run downstairs first? | | [ ] | A. He wanted to find out what was happening.
B. He was worried about his mother"s safety.
C. He wanted to save his sister and brother.
D. He went to see if his father had come back from work. | | 2. How did Glenn help the firemen to save his mother? | | [ ] | A. By throwing water all over her and her bed.
B. By carrying her to safety with his brother.
C. By pushing and pulling at her.
D. By tying a string to her hand. | | 3. What did Glenn do to protect himself? | | [ ] | A. He put a wet cloth around his head.
B. He threw water all over himself.
C. He hid himself in the bathroom.
D. He rushed out to the lawn. | | 4. Glenn saved his family because _____. | | [ ] | A. his father had taught him to do so on the phone
B. he had learned something about first aid
C. he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely
D. he had followed his mother"s instruction |
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