题目内容
In America, where labor（劳工） costs are so high, "do-it-yourself" is a way of life. Many people31 their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses. 32 many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a 33 that publishes（出版）children's books with the help of computers. 34 other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It 35 the reader to become the main character with the help of computers. Here is 36 they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. The computer uses this information to make up a story 37 pictures. The story is then printed up. "This book is about me," a child who 38 such a book might say. So the company is called "Me-Books Publishing Company".
39 like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more 40 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.
31. A. make B. build C. buy D. repair
32. A. Otherwise B. Only C. Once D. Soon.
33. A. director B. person C. company D. computer.
34. A. However B. Although C. That D. Unless.
35. A. allows B. hates C. hires D. pays.
36. A. what B. how C. why D. where.
37. A. with B. about C .for D. except
38. A. prints B. borrows C. sells D. receives.
39. A. Writes B. Children C. Companies D. Friends
40.A. impossible B. imaginative C. important D. inactive.
31－35 D D C B A 36－40 B A D B C
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!”
I was confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”
“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”
I couldn’t help asking, “Why couldn’t I talk about it?”
“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” he answered, greatly surprised.
“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
【小题1】What made the foreigner laugh loudly?
| A．English idioms. |
| B．The writer’s question. |
| C．Their talking about the Great Wall |
| D．The writer’s way of learning English |
| A．In China. | B．In America. |
| C．In England. | D．In Japan. |
| A．Thank you | B．Excuse me | C．OK | D．Really |
| A．improve his spoken English |
| B．speak with foreigners in a polite way |
| C．pay attention to English idioms |
| D．be brave enough talking with foreigners |
| A．the difference | B．the popularity |
| C．the grammar rule | D．the change |
Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in _______.
| A．England | B．America | C．Japan | D．Australia |
| A．He was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．The visitor to the White House was really important |
| C．The visitor who met the President of the United States was really important |
| D．the reporter was really important |
| A．He was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．The owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．The visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．The person who worked in the White House was really important |