题目内容
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor (编辑). 1 the story was returned to her. The lady 2 . She wrote to the editor, “Dear Sir, Yesterday you sent back a story of 3 . 4 do you know that the story is not good? You didn’t read it. Before I sent the story I posted (贴)together pages 8, 9 and 10. This was a test to see 5 you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were 6 posted together. Is this the way you read all the stories 7 you?”The editor wrote back, “Dear Madam, 8 when I open an egg I 9 eat all the egg
10 that it is bad.”
1. A. In a few weeks B.After a few weeks
C.A few week later D.A few weeks before
2. A. was happy B.was excited
C.was angry D.was surprising
3. A. my B.yours
C.mine D.someone else
4. A. How B.What C.Whether D.How fast
5. A. when B.do C.where D.whether
6. A. already B.still C.not D.never
7. A. that are sent to B.that is sent to
C.that send to D.what people send to
8. A. In breakfast B.At breakfast
C.When breakfast D.Having breakfast
9. A.needn’t to B.don’t have to
C.haven’t to D.didn’t have to
10.A.to look B.to look for C.to invent D.to discover
解析:
1.
几周之后,只有B表达正确。
2. 因为稿子被退回来了,她肯定很生气,故选C。 3. 因为后面没有跟名词,因此这里要用名词性物主代词,故选C。 4. 意思是“你怎么知道写的不好呢?”,故选A。 5. 这是为了检验你是否会读这篇故事,要用whether。 6. 意思是“仍然粘在一起”,故用still。 7. 主句是定语从句,从句中用的是被动语态,因为先行词是复数,因此定语从句中的系动词要用复数形式are。 8. At breakfast,吃早饭的时候。 9. A项中的need是情态动词,后面直接跟动词原形。 10. 意思是我不必吃完整个鸡蛋才知道它是坏的。
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"I've been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in __1__ it?" said the old lady. John took over the papers from her shaking hand and seated her in a chair. He remembered her rich __2__ in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It's good, Grandma," he said gently. Then realizing that she__3__ hear him, he shouted into her ears. "I think it's very good. I'll send it to a publisher (出版商)." Ten days later, he reported that the publisher had read a few__4__ . He agreed to publish it, and he had paid $100 for the copyright. __5__ money would be given as an advance (预付款). Every month, John brought her$100 with a letter from the publisher telling about the progress of the book. One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn't get up. The doctor told her that she couldn't __6__ more than a few days. She was ready to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she could get it very soon. Grandma held on until the day the book came into her hands. She proudly touched her book with her fingers, tears in her eyes. Two hours later, she died peacefully, __7__ holding her book. Her granddaughter took up the book and __8__ it. "Why, it's just blank pages!" she cried in surprise. John's face turned __9__. Then the girl understood. There never was a book. It was John __10__, who couldn't take away her grandmother's only hope, had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance. | |||
( ) 1. A. borrowing ( ) 2. A. advice ( ) 3. A. couldn't ( ) 4. A. words ( ) 5. A. Some ( ) 6. A. die ( ) 7. A. still ( ) 8. A. closed ( ) 9. A. white ( ) 10. A. herself |
B. publishing B. experiences B. needn't B. letters B. Much B. stop B. yet B. opened B. red B. himself |
C. reading C. thoughts C. mustn't C. pages C. Enough C. last C. always C. turned on C. grey C. him |
D. lending D. family D. wouldn't D. books D. More D. remain D. then D. turned off D. yellow D. her |