题目内容
What made you _________?
- A.looked worried
- B.look worried
- C.looked; worrying
- D.look worry
We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too. As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超车）?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was--er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
【小题1】From the story we know that _________.
| A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife |
| B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all |
| C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife |
| D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife |
| A．He could drive slowly and it was safe. |
| B．Other drivers would let him go first. |
| C．His wife could use a new bookshelf. |
| D．He could save a lot of money and time. |
| A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf. |
| B．Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it. |
| C．Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help. |
| D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car. |
| A．Before they arrived at the church. |
| B．Before they overtook the writer’s car. |
| C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church. |
| D．After the writer’s family left the church. |
An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day’s hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend (修理) it. He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.
“Where is your light?” asked the policeman. “No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law (法律).” “I had a light, but it has just gone out,” said the old man.
“I don’t believe that story,” said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. What’s your name and where do you live?” he asked.
“Please don’t take my name,” said the old man. “My home is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven’t come far without a light.”
“You came all the way without a light. What’s your name?”
The carter quickly took the policeman’s hand and put it down on top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman’s hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry. “Now, what do you think?” said the carter. “Did I come all the way without a light?”
【小题1】In the passage the word “cart” is ____.
| A．something like a car |
| B．something like a light |
| C．something pulled by a horse |
| D．something with a light |
| A．on the back of his horse |
| B．late one night |
| C．very late every night |
| D．with a policeman |
| A．Near the old man’s home. |
| B．At the traffic lights |
| C．Under a road light |
| D．Far from the old man’s home |
| A．the old man didn’t have a light |
| B．the policeman didn’t believe the old man’s words |
| C．the old man didn’t want to tell his name |
| D．the light on the old man’s cart was not on |
| A．He made the policeman touch the light. |
| B．He jumped and shouted angrily. |
| C．He made the policeman angry. |
| D．The light burnt the policeman’s hands. |
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.
1.What made the foreigner laugh loudly?
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A．English idioms. |
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B．The writer’s question. |
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C．Their talking about the Great Wall |
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D．The writer’s way of learning English |
2.Where does the story most probably happen?
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A．In China. |
B．In America. |
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C．In England. |
D．In Japan. |
3.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means _______.
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A．Thank you |
B．Excuse me |
C．OK |
D．Really |
4.What does the writer learn from his own experience? He should _______.
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A．improve his spoken English |
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B．speak with foreigners in a polite way |
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C．pay attention to English idioms |
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D．be brave enough talking with foreigners |
5.The story tells us _______ between languages in different countries.
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A．the difference |
B．the popularity |
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C．the grammar rule |
D．the change |