阅读下面的短文. The clock struck (敲) eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed excep——青夏教育精英家教网—

阅读下面的短文。
    The clock struck (敲) eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me.
Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile (堆) of those trouble things
     -books.
     I was going to have my exam the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn't answer.
And I could not. The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear! Ten more books to read before I go to bed!" We
students are the most wretched ones in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have
to work so hard when he was a boy.
     The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I did learn. I was too tired to go on. I
did the only thing I could. I prayed (祈祷), "My god, please let me pass the exam tomorrow. I will work
hard next time, Amen." My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with
my head on the books, I fell asleep.
1. The word "wretched" in Line 6 means _____.
    A. very happy
    B. forgetful
    C. unlucky
    D. hopeful
2. What do you think happened to the writer?
    A. He was late for the exam.
    B. He passed the exam luckily.
    C. He failed in the exam.
    D. He fell asleep during the exam.
3. The best title for the passage is _____
    A. The Night Before The Exam
   B. Working Far Into Night
   C. A Slow Student
    D. Going Over Lessons

阅读理解。
     Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White's home before going home. Grandpa White's was
at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He was often waiting for him near the front gate with
sweets or a nice cake. Besides, He often asked Bob about things he was doing, what he was going to do
for the summer and what he liked to do.
     The thing that Bob didn't like about Grandpa was his never-ending stories about his boyhood (童年) in
California. Bob was never asked to hear about Grandpa's boyhood, but he couldn't get away.
     After Grandpa's wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would
often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the newspapers. Grandpa
seemed to have all day, and Bob was often late giving newspapers to his customers (订报者). Bob didn't
want to complain, but the customers were unhappy.
1. When he took the newspaper to Grandpa White, Bob would often receive _____.
    A. old newspaper
    B. sweets or a cake
    C. some money
    D. stories
2. Bob could do nothing when _____.
    A. the customers got their newspapers late
    B. Grandpa began to tell him about his boyhood
    C. he saw grandpa feeling lonely
    D. Grandpa asked him about the things he was doing
3. The passage mainly tells us that _____ .
    A. Bob was still a child
    B. Grandpa liked to tell stories
    C. the customers sometimes got angry
    D. lonely people need other people

完形填空。
"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.
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