阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空(必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。

Mr. Baker worked in an office. Once he was asked to a friend’s birthday party. His friends knew he had a wonderful voice(声音)and asked him1.(sing) a few French songs. He did as his friends asked. And he was introduced to a beautiful girl who was born in a rich family.Soon they married(结婚)and her father2.(give)them a lot of money.They had their own house and cars.Mrs.Baker did nothing at home and they lived a happy life.

Two years later,Mrs.Baker’s father died.they got into trouble(麻烦)at once.But Mrs.baker wasn’t good at3.(do)anything,so Mr.baker had to find another job to make more money.

One evening he went home happily and said, “My friends help me 4.( find) a job in another office. I5. (go) to work tomorrow.My shirt is worn out( 破了),dear.Will you please make a new one for me?”

“I’m sorry I 6.(not do ) it,”said the woman,”I have never made any shirts before, you know.”

7.(try) your best, dear.” said Mr. Baker,“I8.(like) my old shirt, please make a new one like it”

“Well, let me try.

The next morning , as soon as Mr. Baker9. ( get) up, his wife showed her husband the new shirt and said,”Try it on ,dear!”

Mr.Baker had a look at the shirt and asked in surprise(惊奇地), “Why10. the new shirt _______(have) several holes in it?”

Pointing to(指着) the old shirt, she said,”Look!There’re some holes in your old shirt,too.”

The most awful words in the English language are, "Our computer is down." You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell you a ticket. Our computer is down."

"If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket."

"I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so."

I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and looking at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?"

"We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not."

"So when it goes down, you go down with it."

"That's good, sir."

"How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know.

"I have no idea. Sometimes it's down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There's no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it's down it won't answer us."

After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said. "Let's forget the computer. What about your planes? They're still flying, aren't they?"

"I couldn't tell without asking the computer."

"Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he's flying to Washington," I suggested.

"I wouldn't know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn't take you if you didn't have a ticket."

"Is there any other airline(航空公司) flying to Washington within the next few hours?"

"I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT' knows. 'It' can't tell me."

By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage (行李).

1.The best title for the article is _____.

A. The Most Awful Words B. When the Computer Is Down

C. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer

2.What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

A. She could sell a ticket.

B. She could write out a ticket.

C. She could answer the passengers' questions.

D. She could do nothing.

3.What did passengers do when the computer was down?

A. They left the airport and went home.

B. They drank coffee and watched the black screen.

C. They began to talk to each other.

D. None above.

4.The last paragraph suggests that _____.

A. a modern computer won't be down

B. computers can take the place of humans

C. sometimes a computer may drive people mad

D. People can do more things without a computer

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网