题目内容
________ the six blind men went to the roadside.
- A.Every day
- B.Everyone
- C.Everyday
- D.Every one
It was the old lady’s eightieth birthday. She was sure Myra wouldn’t forget her mother’s birthday, even if she was busy. After all, eighty was a special birthday. Perhaps Myra might come. Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. She was excited like a child.
Mrs. Morrison had brought a card and a bunch of flowers when she came to do the breakfast. Mrs. Grant downstairs had made a cake. Johnnie, the little boy next door, was now up with her with a packet of sweets.
“I guess you’ll get lots and lots of presents, ” he said. “I did last week when I was six.”
What would she like? A pair of slippers, perhaps. A blue new cardigan(羊毛衫). Or a table lamp. Or a little clock, with clear black numbers. So many lovely things.
She stood by the window, watching. The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Her heart beat fast. Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate.
“Granny, granny, ” Johnnie returned. “I’ve got your post!”
He gave her four envelopes. Three were from old friends. The fourth was in Myra’s writing.
“No parcel(包裹), Johnnie?”
“No, granny.”
Almost reluctantly, she tore the fourth envelope open. Folded in the card was a check. Written on the card was a message: Happy Birthday—Buy yourself something nice with the check, Myra and Harold.
The six-figure check fell to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lady bent to pick it up. Her present, her lovely present. With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits.
【小题1】As can be inferred from the passage, _______.
A.the old lady lived alone in a flat away from her daughter |
B.the friends sent the old lady many lovely presents by post |
C.Myra was stopped by her husband from seeing her mother |
D.the neighbours cared little about the old lady in daily life |
A.to send her a present. | B.to send her a check. |
C.to come back home to celebrate her birthday. | D.not to return home. |
A.excited | B.happy | C.disappointed | D.impatient |
A.The Present | B.The Check | C.The Birthday | D.The Daughter |
A.she was sure her daughter would come, not the check |
B.she didn’t notice there were six figures on the check |
C.she didn’t think the check was large enough for a present |
D.she would prefer a present with love from her daughter |
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – One of the world’s most famous fossils (化石) – the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 – will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.
Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom. A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston, Texas, spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U.S. tour, which will start in Houston next September.
“Ethiopia’s rich culture of both the past and today, is one of the best kept secrets in the world,” said Joel Bartsch, director of the Houston museum.
The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago. Officials said six other U.S. cities may be on the tour. But they said plans had not been worked out.
Travelling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils.
Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery, is part of the skeleton of what was once a 3-foot-tall ape-man (猿人).
【小题1】The author writes this text mainly to ___ .
A.introduce a few U.S. museums |
B.describe some research work |
C.discuss the value of an ape-man |
D.report a coming event |
A.A painting of the skeleton. |
B.A photograph of Lucy |
C.A copy of the skeleton. |
D.A written record of Lucy. |
A.Four. | B.Five. | C.Six. | D.Eleven. |
A.An ape-man. | B.A song. | C.A singer. | D.A camp. |
This year some twenty-three hundred teen-agers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes . They will attend U. S. schools , meet U.S. teenagers , and form impressions of the real America . At the same time , about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world .
Here is a two-way student exchange in action . Fred , nineteen ,spent last year in Gemany with George’s family . In turn , George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America .
Fred , a lively young man , knew little German when he arrived , but after two months’ study , the language began to come to him . School was completely different from what he had expected-much harder . Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room . They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States . There were almost no outside activities .
Family life , too , was different . The father’s word was law , and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first . Also , he missed having a car .
“Back home ,you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time . In Germany , you walk , but you soon learn to like it .”
At the same time , in America , Mike , a friendly German boy , was also forming his idea . “I suppose I should criticize American schools .” He says , “it is far too easy by our level . But I have to say that I like it very much . In Germany we do nothing but study . Here we take part in many outside activities . I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens . There ought to be some middle ground between the two .”
1.The whole exchange programme is mainly to .
A.help teenagers in other countries know the real America |
B.send students in America to travel in Germany |
C.let students learn something about other countries |
D.have teenagers learn new languages |
2.Fred and Mike agreed that .
A.American food tasted better than German food |
B.German schools were harder than American schools |
C.Americans and Germans were both friendly |
D.there were more cars on the streets in America |
3.What is particular in American school is that .
A.there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings |
B.students usually take fourteen subjects in all |
C.there are a lot of after-school activities |
D.students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car |
4.After experiencing the American school life , Mike thought .
A.the easy life in the American schools was more helpful to the students . |
B.German schools trained students to be better citizens . |
C.American schools were not as good as German schools |
D.a better education should include something good from both America and Germany |