题目内容
It’s nearly seven o’clock. Jack ____ be here at any moment.
A. must B. need C. should D. can
It''s nearly seven o''clock . Jack ____ . be here at any moment .
A . must B . need C . should D . can
It''s nearly seven o''clock . Jack ____ be here at any moment .
It's nearly seven o'clock . Jack _____ be here at any moment .
A well－dressed man came into a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl (珍珠) for his wife's birthday and that the price didn't matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that cost $5,000.He paid for the pearl, shook hands with the jeweller and left.
A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality (质量) as she wanted a pair of earrings(耳环) made.“Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl? ” said the man. The jeweller replied, “I would say it's nearly impossible to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man asked the jeweller to advertise (登广告) in the newspapers, and offered $25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the ad (广告) but nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweller gave up hope, a little old lady came in. To his surprise, she pulled the wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don't like to sell it，” she said sadly, “I inherited (继承) it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But now I really need the money.”
The jeweller was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man's hotel to tell him the good news. The rich man, however, was nowhere to be found.
1．From the first paragraph we can guess that the jeweller consider the well－dressed man was ________.
A．an honest jeweller to make friend with
B．a clever cheat with a lot of money
C．a rich businessman and a good husband
D．a poor gentleman who spent money like water
2．He paid $5,000 for the pearl without bargaining ________.
A．because he loved his wife very much
B．in order to get it as quickly as possible
C．since his business had been successful
D．so as to make the jeweller believe him
3．Both the man and the jeweller thought it ________.
A．possible to find an exact one like that pearl
B．difficult to get the matching pearl
C．impossible to advertise in the newspaper
D．easy to buy a similar pearl
4．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The people who answered the ad wanted to sell their pearls at a high price.
B．The woman was the well－dressed man's wife.
C．The jeweller was lucky enough to buy the little old lady's pearl.
D．The rich man didn't know the little old lady.
5．The jeweller could not find the rich man anywhere because he ________.
A．had moved to another hotel
B．was busy doing business with others
C．had escaped with $20,000
D．had told the wrong telephone number
It is six o’clock in the morning. You are asleep in my left arm and I am learning the art of one-handed typing. Your mother, more tired yet more happy than I’ve ever known her, is sound asleep in the room next door.
When you’re older we’ll tell you that you were born in Hong Kong in the lunar year of the pig. “It's a boy, so lucky,” our neighbours told us. They said you were the first baby to be born in the block this year. This, they told us, was good Feng Shui, in other words, a positive sign. Naturally your mother and I were only too happy to believe that.
Your coming has turned me upside down and inside out. I am pained by the memory of each suffering child I have come across on my journeys as a journalist. To tell you the truth, it’s nearly too much for me to even think of the children being hurt and abused and killed.
Last October, in Afghanistan, when you were growing inside your mother, I met Sharja, aged twelve, motherless, fatherless, guiding me through the grey ruins of her home. Everything was gone, she told me.
There is another memory of Rwanda, and the churchyard where I found a mother and her three young children huddled(蜷缩) together where they’d been beaten to death. The children had died holding on to their mother.
Daniel, these memories explain some of the protectiveness I feel for you, and the occasional moments of blind terror when I imagine anything bad happening to you.
1.We can see that this text is written to ________.
A．the author’s wife B．the author’s neighbour
C．Daniel D．a suffering child
2.The author mentions some of his painful memories because ________.
A．he wants his son to care for others
B．he feels more pain thinking about them as a father
C．he hopes to forget the tragedies he witnessed
D．his experience has affected his mental health
3.The underlined word “blind” in the last paragraph means ________.
A．unable to see B．meaningful
C．not clear D．not based on reason
4.Which of the following words best describes the author’s feeling when typing this text?
A．Relieved. B．Regretful. C．Loving. D．Calm.
