题目内容
Nothing beats a solid handshake _________ greeting someone.
A．when you B．when it comes to C．if it is D．while
B
【解析】
试题分析：句意：当谈到问候这个话题时，两个人之间的握手是日常问候。when you 后缺少谓语动词故排除A；if 如果；while 当……时候，后跟的动词须有持续性；come to谈到，常用it作主语，根据句意故选B。
考点：考查时间状语从句的用法。
点评：本题难度适中。时间状语从句是高中阶段的重难点之一，需要考生有分析理解复杂的句子结构的能力，能够正确理解句子的语境，熟练掌握连词的意义及句法功能。
即学即练：_________ Mary was writing a letter, the children were playing outside.
A. Why B. Where C. If D. While
解析：D。句意：玛丽写信时，孩子们在外面玩耍。
Dear Sir,
I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport． Two buses travel along their route (路线): the number 49 and number 16． But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road it is always full, so I can’t get on it． I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it．
The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes． If this is so, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?
The regulations say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting． Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers． Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport． I counted the other passengers as they got off． There were 129 of them．
It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers． Can nothing be done to make your service better?
Yours
Tired passenger
【小题1】The writer has to take Bus No.49 because ．
| A．it arrives on time | B．it is not always full |
| C．it travels faster | D．it has fewer seats on it |
| A．Ten minutes． | B．One hour． |
| C．Half an hour. | D．Nearly a day． |
| A．20 | B．40 | C．60 | D．129 |
| A．the bus service was poor |
| B．no buses except the No.49 bus passed Souk Road |
| C．no passengers took their buses |
| D．the writer was always the first to get on the bus |
“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped—the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance．
One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms，he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boy…called me－a f—…freak．”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks．
He grew up，handsome for his misfortune．A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that．He developed a gift for literature and music．
The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor．Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft on a pair of outer ears，if they could be donated，”the doctor decided．So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man．Two years went by．Then, “You’re going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need．But it’s a secret,” said the father．
The operation was a brilliant success．His talents blossomed into genius．School and college became a series of successes．Later he married and entered the diplomatic service．“But I must know!” he urged his father．“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him．”
“I do not believe you could,” said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet．”The years kept the secret, but the day did come …one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son．He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材)．Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret．
1..
When the mother unfolded the cloth and looked upon the tiny face we know that the mother________．
A. suddenly decided to make a sacrifice for the baby
B. kept the baby’s situation unknown to others
C. felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby
D. complained of her bad luck and regretted having a disabled child
2..
Give the closest meaning to the underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2．
A. Slow–acting person. B. Ugly–looking child.
C. Badly–behaved student. D. Strangely–shaped creature.
3..
At last, we may infer from the passage that_________.
A. The agreement was between the donator and the family
B. Finally the boy came to know the donator was a stranger
C. The mother may never let her hair be cut to keep her ears from being seen
D. The mother donated her ears to her son after she died
4..
What moral lesson can we draw from this reading?
A. Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known．
B. It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul．
C. True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance．
D. It is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful．