A Fool"s Day falls on 1st of April. People 1 forget the significance (意义) of the day.
In March 1980, I was 2 at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 3 to go to
another university after graduation and had 4 application (申请) forms to several 5 . Every morning I
arrived at the porter"s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 6 came.
On April 1st, as I was eating my 7 , Huang came in, with a toothbrush (牙刷) 8 in his hand. 9
fearing that he might forget the important news, he passed me the 10 . "Morning, Wu," he said, "I saw
Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University,
and asked you to go and get it 11 possible." I jumped with 12 .
I even didn"t 13 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G"s office but he wasn"t 14 . I then went to the
secretary"s room and 15 everything to her. She opened Mr. G"s room. I looked at everything. There didn"t
seem to be a letter for me. "If he had asked you to pick it up from here," said the secretary, " he would
have put it in 16 or simply left it to me."
Greatly 17 , I walked out of the room and 18 the secretary lock it. 19 the secretary"s eyes 20 .
"Sorry," she said. "It"s April Fool"s Day!" |
( )1. A sometimes
( )2. A. staying
( )3. A. continued
( )4. A. returned
( )5. A. people
( )6. A. application
( )7. A. dinner
( )8. A. still
( )9. A. Because of
( )10. A. message
( )11. A. if
( )12. A. the news
( )13. A. take
( )14. A. anywhere
( )15. A. asked
( )16. A. the office
( )17. A. disappoint
( )18. A. watched
( )19. A. Quickly
( )20. A. closed | B. never
B. working
B. planned
B. taken
B. colleges
B. report
B. lunch
B. even
B .As if
B. sign
B. as soon as
B. the letter
B. finish
B. in
B. tells
B. his desk
B. disappointed
B. noticed
B. Strangely
B. opened | C. always
C. visiting
C. went
C. brought
C. cities
C. reply
C. supper
C. yet
C. After
C. letter
C. when
C. joy
C. eat
C. at
C. explained
C. the room
C. disappointing
C. saw
C. Finally
C. brightened | D. seldom
D. studying
D. remembered
D. sent
D. offices
D. chance
D. breakfast
D. already
D. While
D. notice
D. as fast as
D. luck
D. have
D. away
D. answered
D. an obvious (明显的) place
D. disappointment
D. got
D. Suddenly
D. darkened | | 完型填空。 | Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus
station. They"re 1 to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often 2 the poor students and sell them
some books cheaply. So there"re many young men in their shop. Of course people 3 them and their friends
often call on them and talk with them. We can always hear their rooms are full of 4 .
It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next 5 . It was
a little far from our town. So they had to 6 earlier than usual to catch a six o"clock train. After 7 a few
friends came to see them while they were preparing some food and drinks for the picnic. Mr. King and his
wife had to stop 8 them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the 9 on the wall. Mr. and Mrs.
King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn"t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few 10 and
had an idea. She said to her husband, "Oh, it"s eleven o"clock! You"d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are
anxious to 11 !
Mr. king heard this and stood up and said 12 to the visitors and they left soon. | ( )1. A. rude
( )2. A. help
( )3. A. deserve
( )4. A. cry
( )5. A. morning
( )6. A. go to work
( )7. A. breakfast
( )8. A. accepting
( )9. A. phone
( )10. A. minutes
( )11. A. go home
( )12. A. hello | B. friendly
B. hurt
B. understand
B. shout
B. afternoon
B. get up
B. lunch
B. to receive
B. photo
B. hours
B. go to bed
B. goodbye | C. cold
C. select
C. achieve
C. laugh
C. evening
C. go to sleep
C. supper
C. receiving
C. clock
C. days
C. go shopping
C. sorry | D. distant
D. respect
D. like
D. noise
D. day
D. open the shop
D. meal
D. to accept
D. picture
D. months
D. have a rest
D. good night | | 阅读理解。 | When my father was getting ready for work, our house was ruled by knocks and words. He used to come
downstairs to breakfast.
The morning paper lay beside his plate. He always read the"Deaths"first; and then he knocked once on the
table. One of my sisters brought his toast (烤面包片), already buttered for him. Usually he said nothing, but
once I heard him say, "I love you very much, Edith. I would love you more if you buttered my toast on both
sides." He read the paper all through breakfast.
Two knocks on the table meant "I am ready for my tea". If a single knock followed, that meant "More toast,
please." After breakfast he said, "Boots." The paper was spread (展开) for him over the back of an armchair.
Yesterday"s paper was put on the chair for his feet, and his boots were brought to him, freshly cleaned. He
read standing, at the same time putting on his boots and tying the laces (鞋带). With one boot finished, he
said, "Bus."
At that point one of the girls went outside to the garden gate and waited there. Her job was to stop the bus
when it came. It came early sometimes, and it had to wait for my father. "Overcoat, hat." One of my sisters
had already brushed his overcoat. Now she held it open for him and guided his arms into it. Then she pulled
his jacket down under the coat. Another girl came with his hat, nicely brushed. "Handkerchief, pipe." They
were brought and put, with his tobacco, into his pockets. He looked out of the window and said either
"Walking stick" or "Umbrella". It was handed to him. Ready now, he was still reading the paper.
He did not put it down until he heard the shout "Bus coming!" Then he kissed my mother and went out.
The girls breathed freely.
How lucky a man is to have a wife and five daughters at home! | | 1. When the author"s father wanted more toast, he would _____. | | [ ] | A. knock once on the table
B. knock twice on the table
C. say "More toast, please"
D. say "I"m ready for more toast" | | 2. What does "Edith" in paragraph 2 mean? | | [ ] | A. A kind of bread
B. One of the writer"s sisters
C. The writer
D. The writer"s mother | | 3. All the daughters were quite busy in the morning because _____. | | [ ] | A. their father never helped them
B. their father always gave different instructions at the same time
C. each of them had to start and finish her job just on time
D. they were not clever or quick enough to do their jobs | | 4. From the story we may see that _____. | | [ ] | A. the father was so lazy that he hardly did anything
B. the father was the"center" of the family
C. every girl in the family was afraid to do wrong because they didn"t know clearly enough what to do
D. the father was hated by all his daughters | | 完型填空。 | I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually
I am very 1 and go to bed early. For this 2 my first day or night in any new place is always quiet and
very 3 happens. 4 my first night in Algeciras was very different. This night was very 5 and unusual.
At that time 6 in Southern Spain was a dirty and 7 looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening by 8 . As soon as I got off the boat, I went to look for a 9 . I found a small hotel not far from the boat.
This hotel looked 10 and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my 11 around
the city of Algeciras. And so I decided to stay in this 12 hotel on the quay (码头). I also decided to stay in
this hotel for another 13 . The moon was full and it was a clear, 14 night. From the hotel I could 15 the
sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.
The hotel had a narrow 16 and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow
and dark stairs to the first floor. I 17 a small cupboard with a desk in front of it. This was the hotel office.
An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the 18 . When I said I wanted a room for the night, she
took me 19 some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting playing
cards with some friends. He was 20 his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance (讨厌的人). He looked
at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room. Then he said, Room Five, and turned back to his game
of cards. | ( )1. A. frightened
( )2. A. choice
( )3. A. much
( )4. A. So
( )5. A. ordinary
( )6. A. Gibraltar
( )7. A. badly
( )8. A. bus
( )9. A. guide
( )10. A. clean
( )11. A. friend
( )12. A. small
( )13. A. reason
( )14. A. dark
( )15. A. look down at
( )16. A. bedroom
( )17. A. came to
( )18. A. cupboard
( )19. A. over
( )20. A. tired of | B. excited
B. reason
B. little
B. Because
B. common
B. Algeciras
B. well
B. boat
B. driver
B. dirty
B. address
B. large
B. person
B. cloudy
B. praise
B. doorway
B. picked up
B. office
B. down
B. enjoying | C. tired
C. aim
C. few
C. And
C. forgetful
C. Madrid
C. wrongly
C. plane
C. hotel
C. beautiful
C. charge
C. expensive
C. memory
C. bright
C. study
C. stairs
C. painted
C. desk
C. up
C. throwing | D. satisfied
D. journey
D. many
D. But
D. strange
D. New Delhi
D. good
D. train
D. dinner
D. interesting
D. way
D. funny-looking
D. sight-seeing
D. sunny
D. forget
D. bulletin-board
D. escaped from
D. doorway
D. under
D. buying | | 阅读理解。 | One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of
London"s big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on
his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, and he had put Rupert, the skeleton
(人体骨架) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought
that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders
what they said when they got home and found Rupert. | | 1. Who wrote the story? | | [ ] | A. Rupert"s teacher.
B. The neighbor"s teacher.
C. A medical school teacher.
D. The teacher"s neighbor. | | 2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase? | | [ ] | A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching. | | 3. What happened at the airport? | | [ ] | A. The skeleton went missing.
B. The skeleton was stolen.
C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.
D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase. | | 4. Which of the following best tells the teacher"s feeling about the incident? | | [ ] | A. He was angry.
B. He thinks it very funny.
C. He feels helpless without Rupert.
D. He feels good without Rupert. | | 5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards? | | [ ] | A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert. |
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