Catherine is a beautiful girl．She studied in a university in Sydney a year ago．When she left the city, she returned to the town where she was born．And she found work in a middle school．She teaches her students French there．She likes her work and sings and dances well．So she’s made many friends soon and most people in the town know her．She often takes part in all kinds of meetings and parties and she always sings or dances for the participants(与会者)．She spends a lot of time on it．Sometimes she goes to bed late and can’t get up on time．Of course she’s often late to go to work．Mr．Read, the headmaster(校长)，is strict with everybody．He always stands by the school gate when the first bell rings．Catherine has to tell him that her watch is slow．Yesterday the girl went to a birthday party of her friend．They all sang and danced and none of them remembered the time．She got home late at night．And this morning she got up late again．She hurried to school without breakfast, but Mr．Read was waiting for her at the gate．
“ I’m sorry, Mr．Read, ” said Catherine, “ My watch…”
“ Your watch is slow again, isn’t it?” The old man said angrily．“ I have to tell you either you change your watch, or I’ll change you!”
(1)
Catherine is ________．
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A．
a university teacher
B．
a French teacher
C．
a famous dancer
D．
a famous singer
(2)
Most people in the town know the girl because ________．
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A．
she works in the middle school
B．
she teaches her students French
C．
she likes speaking at the meetings
D．
she often sings and dances for them
(3)
________, so she’s very busy after work．
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A．
Catherine is often asked to the parties
B．
Catherine has a lot of work to do
C．
Catherine spends much time in the parks
D．
Catherine often meets her students
(4)
Catherine often goes to work late because ________．
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A．
she can’t get up on time
B．
she doesn’t like her work at all
C．
something is wrong with her watch
D．
she lives very far from the school
(5)
What do Mr．Read’s last words mean?
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A．
He told the girl to buy a better watch．
B．
He told the girl to work harder．
C．
The headmaster won’t let the girl go to the meetings．
D．
Mr．Read will send the girl away if she’s late again．
完形填空阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项. Catherine was a famous writer of children's stories. She lived in a fine old house in a small town near London. Often she worked at home, in her quiet __1__. Long before her books became popular, she had tried to teach __2__ how to use a computer. And now she typed(打字) all her stories on her computer. But sometimes she had to __3__ to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn't like being away because she was worried about burglars(盗贼) . So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglar think someone __4__ at home. One day she came back after a day out, and found that there was something different in her house. There was only a little __5__ left in the cup, and the radio was off. But when she looked at her computer, she saw it was __6__, and someone had typed in a new story. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windows was broken. Then she sat down to read the story. To her surprise, it was a very good one. "I'll use it in my __7__ book!" she said __8__. The next month she had to go to London. She put a cup of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the desk. When she returned, the coffee and the sandwiches had __9__. She ran to the computer. This time there was only __10__ on the screen(屏幕). "IT'S NOT YOUR STORY. IT'S MINE!" it said.
(1)
A. classes B. lessons C. classroom D. study
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(2)
A. the students B. herself C. the burglar D. her children
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(3)
A. leave the house B. have a rest C. give a message D. buy a computer
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(4)
A. must have B. has C. must D. must be
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(5)
A. water B. milk C. coffee D. tea
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(6)
A. on B. off C. broken D. over
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(7)
A. old B. first C. every D. next
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(8)
A. carefully B. sadly C. happily D. badly
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(9)
A. brought B. broken C. gone D. eaten
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(10)
A. a piece of paper B. a message C. a new story D. a letter
