题目内容
There was a pleasant feeling of anticipation (期盼) in the air on my first working——as a teacher day. But it was not to last.
It was a Saturday, and I was on the way to my aunt’s. Sitting in the bus, I __1_ what I would do to deal with my little sister and her friend, who were both in ___2__ third year of primary school. My __3__ and that girl’s mum expected me to help their children with spoken English, and had agreed to __4_ me.
I started my two girl “class”. Their school books were on the desk, but I didn’t use them, __5__ my own teaching plan.
At the beginning, the girls were calm and studied _6 _. But an hour later, after a 15 minute break, they quit concentrating on study. Instead, they ran about the ___7 _ giggling (咯咯笑) madly, paying __8__ attention to me.
The room got messier-books and toys covered the floor. I was just about to___9 __this when suddenly the door opened. Their parents looked stunned (受惊吓的).
My aunt asked, “You have finished the task?” My face __10__, I lied and nodded slightly. Before the girl’s mum could hand me the money, I ___11____ out of the house. I knew I couldn’t accept it.
Being a teacher with a messy ending is surely __12 _……
1. A. expected B. planned C. thought D. guessed
2. A. my B. her C. our D. their
3. A. teacher B. friend C. aunt D. mum
4. A. pay B. call C. visit D. invite
5. A. making B. following C. noticing D. correcting
6. A. quietly B. happily C. carefully D. hardly
7. A. yard B. floor C. table D. room
8. A. no B. a lot C. a little D. more
9. A. keep B. stop C. warn D. solve
10. A. shaped B. frozen C. burning D. hiding
11. A. rushed B. went C. walked D. rode
12. A. unusual B. unforgettableC. unlucky D. uninteresting
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. B
Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.
"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all .Now I’ll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here’s our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."
【小题1】 How many children did Elizabeth have?, 【小题2】 What did Elizabeth do after the flood? 【小题3】The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasn’t it? 【小题4】 What do you learn from the story? |