【题目】B

The rumor proved all too bitterly true: Park’s Hardware, a downtown institution of Orono for over 100 years, would be closing. Locals cross-examined, and begged Lin, the owner of the store, but in vain. Running a small, local, family-owned hardware business was no longer profit-making. The town’s affection for Park’s Hardware was just not enough to allow it to compete against the giant warehouse stores.

I was one member of the excited masses that began to walk through Park’s as, day by day, the lettering on the front window changed from "20% OFF EVERYTHING" to "30%", "40%", and on and on, until the only things left were the light sockets (插座)and doorknobs.

Compared with giant warehouses, a hardware store is special. I recall the time I was exploring in one giant warehouse for a wireless doorbell that Park’s didn’t carry. I found the thing, but didn’t understand the following note on the package: "Red light indicates condition of the battery." "Excuse me," I said to a clerk, holding the item out, "I can’t seem to find the red light." The man examined it, and said, "Neither can I." I contrasted this experience with one I routinely had at Park’s. "Lin," I’d beg. "Can you ... please ...I don’t know ... do you think...?" And quicker than one could say, "little red light," Lin would spring into action and together we’d sit down to find the solution.

I could buy a single screw(螺丝钉) at Park’s. At a warehouse I have no choice but to buy a span>box of a hundred screws. But I don’t want a box of a hundred screws when all I need is one. I just want to know the location of the little red light, and now that Park’s is gone, I realize that I never will.

1 Why did Park’s decide to stop its business?

A. The owner invested in other business.

B. The owner couldn’t make enough money.

C. Its location was not convenient for shopping.

D. It couldn’t win enough affection from the locals.

2What did Park’s do before closing?

A. It had a closing down sale. B. It struggled for its reorganization.

C. It distributed its goods to regulars. D. It looked for a new owner.

3What does the writer’s experience in Paragraph 3 indicate?

A. The benefit of having more choices.

B. The pressure of competition for Park’s.

C. The good service of Park’s.

D. The responsible working attitude of large stores.

4What’s the writer’s tone in writing this passage?

A. Humorous. B. Supportive. C. Critical. D. Regretful.

【题目】完形填空

阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 1 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 2 his father could well 3 it, he told him that was all he wanted.

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 4 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 5 but slightly disappointed, the young man __6__ the box and found a lovely book. 7 , he raised his voice at his father and said, 8 all your money you give me a book? and rushed out of the house, 9 the book in the study.

He did not contact his father for a whole year 10 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He 11 he had to go back home and see his father.

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 12 the hospital, he saw on the desk the 13 new book, just as he had left it one __14__ ago. He opened it and began to 15 the pages. Suddenly, a car key 16 from an envelope attached behind the book. It had a tag(标签)with the dealer’s name, the 17 dealer who had the sports car he had 18 . On the tag was the 19 of his graduation, and the 20 PAID IN FULL.

【1】A. expected B. enjoyed C. admired D. owned

【2】A. finding B. proving C. deciding D. knowing

【3】A. afford B. offer C. keep D. like

【4】A. encouraged B. comfortable C. proud D. moved

【5】A. Nervous B. Serious C. Careful D. Curious

【6】A. packed B. opened C. picked up D. put aside

【7】A. Angrily B. Eagerly C. Calmly D. Anxiously

【8】A. At B. From C. With D. To

【9】A. toasting B. putting C. forgetting D. leaving

【10】A. until B. as C. before D. unless

【11】A. learned B. realized C. recognized D. admitted

【12】A. get to B. search for C. turn to D. leave for

【13】 A. much B. still C. hardly D. quite

【14】A. year B. month C. week D. day

【15】A. clean B. read C. turn D. count

【16】A. lost B. came C. appeared D. dropped

【17】A. old B. same C. special D. new

【18】A. remembered B. desired C. found D. met

【19】A. picture B. place C. date D. sign

【20】A. words B. information C. messages D. card

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