In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn't help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the  1 !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a   2  dream.
“Stop that noise,” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to   3  again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help!help! I'm sure I'm   4  .”
Peter got out of bed and started   5 , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was   6  ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my   7   stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes   8 , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite   9 that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait   10  morning, can’t you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go,” his wife shouted, “  11  you will find me dead   12  the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters   13  he heard his wife calling him again.
“I’m   14  again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as   15  as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake   16  around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who’s there?”
“Oh, Doctor.” Peter called up to him, “I have very   17  news for you. My wife   18 ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly  19  her. So you need not come. Go back to   20  now, and sleep well!”

【小题1】
A.driver B.nurseC.doctorD.child
【小题2】
A.terribleB.interestingC.surprisingD.wonderful
【小题3】
A.bedB.sleepC.dreamD.hospital
【小题4】
A.walkingB.dyingC.achingD.sleeping
【小题5】
A.dressingB.wearingC.raisingD.working
【小题6】
A.veryB.soC.tooD.quite
【小题7】
A.goodB.badC.wrongD.poor
【小题8】
A.downB.offC.onD.up
【小题9】
A.surprisedB.afraidC.certainD.worried
【小题10】
A.beforeB.forC.toD.until
【小题11】
A.andB.butC.soD.or
【小题12】
A.afterB.inC.beforeD.until
【小题13】
A.afterB.whenC.beforeD.while
【小题14】
A.goodB.wrongC.all rightD.right
【小题15】
A.fastB.slowlyC.hurriedlyD.happily
【小题16】
A.everyoneB.someoneC.no oneD.doctors
【小题17】
A.goodB.badC.necessaryD.ill
【小题18】
A.fellB.stayedC.grewD.failed
【小题19】
A.gone offB.missedC.pleasedD.left
【小题20】
A.your homeB.your bedroomC.your dreamD.bed

“REMOVE from friends.”
This is no ordinary button. One click and I have the power to erase a person from my life.
In late fall, I had around 400 friends on Facebook. Today, I have 134.
Click. Make that 133.
When Facebook first entered my life in 2005, I panicked(恐慌、担心) that my friend count was too low. If I wasn’t properly connected, how would anyone see my clever quote(引语)? Who would wish me a happy birthday? I accepted and sent out friend requests without a second thought and soon accumulated 391 friends.
There is an appeal to being able to communicate with someone or just “thumbs(拨动手指) up” a photo rather than make real conversation.
“It’s comforting and it’s easy,” said Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University, who studies the way people communicate online.” There’s a sense of belonging in it. It’s a sense of community in a generation where community has sort of (有点)disappeared.”
However, I don’t talk to half of these people in the online community. There are some I would avoid if I met them on the street.
Click. 132.
I decided to rid my account of any “friend” that…well, wasn’t. Sound easy? You try it.
Look at who you’re dealing with: family, friends, classmates, crushes(爱恋的对象), acquaintances…
With every click of the “Remove from friends” button, you risk burning a bridge, losing a contact and missing an opportunity. So every time I go to click the button, my heart hurts.
However, I’m not the only one who has experienced a Faceboook friend refreshing. The New Oxford American Dictionary announces its “Word of the Year” each year, and last year, “unfriend” made the cut (入围) (though I’ll still stick with “defriend”).
When I started my mission(任务), a few friends joined. Most were surprised by how easily they could cut hundreds of connections without thinking twice.
“Oh my God, I defriended like 600 people today. I feel so good!” my friend Sarah messaged.
Dana, a close friend from high school, and I battled it out to see who could get our counts lower. She wins at 123.
To some, it’s poor “netiquette(网络礼仪)” to defriend. But to me, it’s the stage of life when we hold onto the people who count, the people who impact you.
【小题1】According to the article, what happens when you click the “Remove form friends” button?

A.A message is sent out to your online friends.
B.You accept someone as your online friend.
C.You send out a friend request to people.
D.The number of your online friends is reduced.
【小题2】The writer worried about her friend count in 2005 because ______.
A.no one would wish her a happy birthday
B.it was the first time she had made friends online
C.she had only 391 online friends at that time
D.she was eager to make connections
【小题3】What is Larry Rosen’s opinion?
A.People living in the same area are closely connected in everyday life.
B.Communication online helps people feel they are members of a group.
C.It’s easy for people to make and break new friendships online.
D.Today’s young people spend nearly all their time communicating online.
【小题4】Which of the following is the best description of the underlined sentence?
A.I made new friends online while I removed some old ones.
B.Some friends cut the number of their online friends just like I did.
C.We competed to see who could remove the most online friends.
D.When someone removed me from a friends’ list, I removed him/her.

I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had       the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started       our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come       and get on the       list.

The next morning I went down to the       at about 5 A. M., and four hours later I       the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to       me, and that I would stay in       with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to       the rest of the way.

And somewhere in there I became       when I went into something I      . I once worked there in 1966 for the       of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten       tall. And it was burning. I started to ask       in which my crane might be       a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didn’t know what to do. So I did the same, too. It was as if they had       the bulls go in Spain and we were running through the street. People falling down, people       them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely      . I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and I caught my       and said, “Oh, my God, I’m going to die.”

Then I    a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we knocked into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you?”

1.A.noticed    B.reached      C.hit       D.passed

2.A.finding     B.making         C.getting         D.losing

3.A.away         B.near    C.in         D.down

4.A.volunteer         B.soldier         C.police D.fireman

5.A.company B.hotel   C.center         D.home

6.A.answered         B.made  C.heard D.received

7.A.be curious about B.forget about    C.laugh at       D.worry about

8.A.peace       B.touch  C.connection D.relation

9.A.walk          B.complete    C.cancel          D.smooth

10.A.delighted        B.frightened  C.embarrassed       D.interested

11.A.built       B.met     C.designed     D.had

12.A.construction  B.plan    C.destruction D.use

13.A.miles      B.centimeters         C.stories         D.floors

14.A.means    B.numbers     C.position       D.directions

15.A.as  B.why     C.when  D.because

16.A.driven    B.let       C.asked  D.enjoyed

17.A.pushing B.giving  C.looking        D.picking

18.A.dangerous      B.urgent         C.efficient      D.important

19.A.view       B.sight    C.breath         D.sense

20.A.put down        B.settled down       C.knocked down    D.let down

 

Nowadays, any traveler might be treated as a terrorist(恐怖分子) by the immigration(入境) officers in the USA.We returned from Iraq and landed safely. My heart 16 when I was asked to the back room by the immigration officer. My 17, with his very American last name, had no trouble at all. In fact, I am 18 American born and raised, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet. The only reason was 19 they thought my name looked like the one of 20 who’s on their wanted list(通缉令) and I had to wait till they checked me out 21 Washington.

Time passed 22. One hour, one hour and a half…I could not wait any longer and 23 my cellphone out to call the friend I had planned to meet that evening. An officer 24 over. “No Phone!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling terrorists and giving them 25.”

Oh, my! I was just a university professor. I had no 26 but to put my phone away. My husband and I were getting hungry and 27. I wanted to cry, to 28 onto a chair and shout: “I am but an American professor!”

After two hours in the back room, without explanation and 29, I was allowed to go after he gave me a piece of paper with a(n) 30 on it and told me I could write to the department if I wasn’t 31 with the treatment. He also 32 that nothing could stop it from happening again.

I shared my experience with my friends and the 33 was I should change my name. But name is personal, like the town you were born in.

Even though I had a troublesome experience at the airport, which made me realize being American could ever be so 34, like my father, I’ll keep the 35.

1.

A.ached

B.beat

C.sank

D.rose

 

2.

A.son

B.daughter

C.friend

D.husband

 

3.

A.still

B.also

C.already

D.never

 

4.

A.that

B.because

C.why

D.whether

 

5.

A.everyone

B.anyone

C.someone

D.all

 

6.

A.with

B.to

C.through

D.of

 

7.

A.quickly

B.carefully

C.dangerously

D.slowly

 

8.

A.put

B.pulled

C.used

D.caught

 

9.

A.went

B.came

C.cried

D.rushed

 

10.

A.news

B.truth

C.information

D.reply

 

11.

A.response

B.voice

C.choice

D.face

 

12.

A.silent

B.tired

C.comfortable

D.clear

 

13.

A.sit

B.run

C.jump

D.lie

 

14.

A.expressions

B.words

C.thanks

D.apologies

 

15.

A.address

B.name

C.number

D.map

 

16.

A.sad

B.disappointed

C.happy

D.angry

 

17.

A.added

B.spoke

C.talked

D.argued

 

18.

A.advice

B.result

C.way

D.agreement

 

19.

A.easy

B.long

C.hard

D.high

 

20.

A.experience

B.name

C.story

D.passport

 

In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn't help crying, “Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the  16  !”

   Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 17  dream.

   “Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to  18  again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm  19  !”

   Peter got out of bed and started  20  , but he could not find him any clothes.

   “Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was  21  ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my  22  stomach!”

   As soon as he had put his clothes  23  , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite  24  that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait  25  morning, can't you?”

   “No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“  26  you will find me dead  27  the morning.”

   So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters  28  he heard his wife calling him again.

   “I'm  29  again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.

   Hearing this, he started running as  30  as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake  31  around.

   The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”

   “Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very  32  news for you. My wife  33  ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly  34  her. So you need not come. Go back to   35  now,and sleep well!”

1.A. driver      B. nurse       C. doctor        D. child

2. A. terrible     B. interesting   C. surprising    D. wonderful

3. A. bed        B. sleep        C. dream       D. hospital

4. A. walking    B. dying       C. aching        D. sleeping

5.A. dressing    B. wearing     C. raising       D. working

6.  A. very       B. so          C. too          D. quite

7.A. good       B. bad        C. wrong        D. poor

8.A. down       B. off         C. on           D. up

9.A. surprised    B. afraid      C. certain       D. worried

10.A. before      B. for         C. to           D. until

11.A. And        B. But        C. So           D. Or

12.A. after        B. in         C. before        D. until

13.A. after        B. when      C. before        D. while

14.A. good        B. wrong     C. all right       D. right

15. A. fast         B. slowly     C. hurriedly      D. happily

16. A. everyone     B. someone   C. no one        D. doctors

17.A. good        B. bad        C.necessary     D. ill

18.A. fell          B. stayed     C. grew         D. failed

19.A. gone         B. missed     C.disappeared   D. left

20. A. your home    B. your bedroom  C. your dream  D. bed

 

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