题目内容
She ________ to catch the early train,but she didn’t get up in time.
- A.intended
- B.was intended
- C.had intended
- D.was intending
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分析:考查虚拟语气:had intended to do本打算做…却没做,句意:她本打算赶上早班车,但是没及时起来。选C。考点:考查虚拟语气
点评:用于hoped,wished,wanted,expected,meant,planned等表示“希望”等含义的动词过去式,以及promised,was,were,would like之后 ,表示未曾实现的希望或计划。To have done表示动作,to have been 表示状态。
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An “apple polisher” is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe(贿赂), but is close to it.
All sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians and people in high offices—just about everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed.
There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing”—“soft-soaping” or “buttering-up”. A gift is just one way to “soft-soap” somebody, or to “butter him up”. Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise—telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is.
Endless are the ways of flattery. Who does not love to hear it? Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is. In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it.
We need it to be more sure of ourselves. It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it. But if we just lap it up for its food value and nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves.
Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it. A good example is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England. The king got tired of listening to endless sickening flattery of his courtiers(朝臣). They overpraised him to the skies, as a man of limitless might.
He decided to teach them a lesson. He took them to the seashore and sat down. Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in. The tide was too busy to listen to him. The king was satisfied. This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their flattery.
【小题1】Which of the following activities has nothing to do with “apple-polishing”?
A.A boy tells his girlfriend how pretty she looks. |
B.An employee tells her boss how good he is at management. |
C.A knight is said to be of limitless power by his followers. |
D.A teacher praises her students for their talent and wisdom. |
A.Everybody can be an apple-polisher. |
B.Cromwell was not a good apple-polisher. |
C.George Fox and his party were not apple-polishers. |
D.There are people who don’t like being apple-polished. |
A.Too much flattery can carry us away. |
B.Flattery is too empty to do people any good. |
C.Flattery can get you nothing but excessive(过度的) pride. |
D.Flattery is one of the ways to apple-polish people. |
A.Because he was sick of his normal life. |
B.Because he disliked being overpraised any more. |
C.Because he wanted them to realize how wise he was. |
D.Because he wanted them to see how weak he was as a king. |
A.Those who are politicians or in high offices. |
B.Those who lack confidence. |
C.Those who are really excellent. |
D.Those who think highly of themselves. |
完形填空(每小题1.5分,共30分)
It was a normal summer night, humidity(潮湿)hung in the thick air. The only sound was my sister’s heavy __36__ from the bed next to me.
I couldn’t go to _37__, partly because of my cold and partly because of my __38__ for the next day. My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a __39__ .
Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough __40__ to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big bright __41__ hanging in the sky, giving off a magic glow.
My sister turned over as though she was as light as air. Why could she sleep soundly? Why wasn’t she __42__ too? Did she know about tomorrow?
I couldn’t stand the __43__ anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the __44__ and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. Pouring the red paste onto the brush, I cleaned back and forth, up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some __45__of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat, __46__ me as he meowed(猫叫)his sad song. He was on the old orange couch (长沙发), sitting up on his front legs, 47 something to happen. He looked at me as if to say, “I’m __48__, pet me. I need a good hug.” Even the couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft 49 . This couch represented my birth, my parents’ marriage, and hundreds of other little __50__.
As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was __51__ with questions: What’s life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator’s body, I had a __52__ thought; each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the __53__ and the next day’s surprise. The __54__ was so full of warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries __55__ move away.
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