题目内容
Four hundred dollars for a pair of shoes, you _______ be joking!
- A.may
- B.can
- C.need
- D.must
解析:
考查情态动词。由前半句“四百美元一双鞋”可知后半句为“你一定是在开玩笑”,表示说话人感到很惊讶。must, may, can都可用于猜测,must, may用于肯定句中,且must指对有把握的事实肯定的推测,can表猜测时用于否定句中。must be doing表示对正在发生的动作的猜测。难度适中。
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner(客机), you can travel in one day to places which needed a month or more to get to hundreds of years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but you can see the places you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They even make the longest journey enjoyable(令人愉快的).
Some people prefer to travel by sea. You can visit many other countries or different parts of your country. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop if there is something interesting, for example, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That’s why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business.
【小题1】From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is ____.
A.by train | B.by sea | C.by plane | D.by car |
A.make the longest journey enjoyable |
B.travel to a very far place in a few minutes |
C.make our own timetable |
D.visit many other countries |
A.modern trains in the country |
B.the comfortable seats and dining-cars |
C.the travelers on the modern trains |
D.the slower ways of traveling |
A.a plane or a car | B.a car or a boat |
C.a boat or a train | D.a train or a plane |
A.Four. | B.Three. | C.Two. | D.Six. |
For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
【小题1】What was Shakespeare?
A.A writer | B.An actor |
C.A theater producer | D.A,B and C |
A.writing | B.acting |
C.opening the Globe Theater | D.selling his books |
A.房子 | B.遗憾 | C.悔恨 | D.天赋 |
A.Shakespeare died when he was 52 years old. |
B.Shakespeare married in 1582,and he had two daughters and a son. |
C.Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and science fictions. |
D.No one knows why Shakespeare left his hometown at he age of 21. |