Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)

Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a meeting place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They discussed various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was _______ that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountains of gold. The books are in every language— new books, ancient books, _______ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old. She had asked the government for permission to move the books to a safe place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands, Secretly, she brought books home every night, _______ her car late after work. Her friends came to help her when the war _______. Anis who owned a restaurant agreed to hide some books. All though the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, passed them over the sever-foot wall and hid them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war _______. Then nine days later, a fire burned the library to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the soldiers left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be moved again while the city was quiet. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and _______ peace and a new library.

1.A.worried B.angry C.doubtful D.curious

2.A.then B.still C.even D.rather

3.A.starting B.parking C.testing D.filling

4.A.took off B.broke out C.went off D.broke up

5.A.opened B.stopped C.continued D.ended

6.A.dreamed of B.believed in C.cared about D.looked for

Old George selected his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier, he was pleased to think that he had saved 80 cents today.

At the exit, the cold wind made him think of his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and pants but could not find them anywhere. He had bought the black gloves at a good price, for just $35, years ago. They were soft and very comfortable. He had taken great care looking after them, so they were_________

George, calm on the outside but mad on the inside, re-entered the store. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of searching turned out to be in vain (徒劳). His black gloves were gone. “People have changed,” he said to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Not any more!”

He stared at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like his. On his way to the dairy section, he noticed a lady wearing a pair of black gloves. He sped up and in three seconds was in front of her. But when the surprised woman looked over, his eyes dropped, for her gloves were just far too small to be his. He went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but she said no. He finally walked out into the street.

A few days later, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. Before getting on the subway, he stepped into the supermarket again to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. “What color are they?” the woman in the office asked. “Black,” he gave the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men’s leather gloves. “Are they?”

“Yes! Those are mine,” George exclaimed, his eyes full of joy.

1.The author tells us that ________ in the first paragraph.

A.George was very poor

B.George was very strange

C.every cent was important to George

D.George was careless in shopping

2.The underlined phrase “in good condition” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.

A.excellent without damage B.healthy

C.attractive D.good-looking

3.George searched for his gloves in a mad way because ________.

A.they were a precious gift given by his friends

B.they were bought at a high price in a big store

C.he could not find other gloves as good as this pair

D.he would rather not spend money on another pair

4.When George realized he had probably lost his gloves, he ________.

A.thought someone had found his gloves and kept them

B.was calm and confident that he could get his gloves back

C.thought that there were more thieves nowadays than before

D.looked for his gloves everywhere including in the lost and found office

5.How do you think George felt when he finally left the supermarket without finding his gloves?

A.silly B.disappointed

C.horrible D.tired

6.When George entered the supermarket again a few days later, he ________.

A.decided to buy a better pair B.wanted to try his luck

C.held no hope at all D.felt very hopeful

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)

Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphone and listen to music b1. class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music l2.as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the n3. about sports, the weather, and activities of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio starts to use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the m4.from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national s5..

There are o6. kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was done by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, a7. music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of Beethoven.

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