It was the last day of July and the long hot summer was drawing to a close As for me1 was out of spiritsandif the truth must be told, out of money as wellDuring the past year I had not managed my finances as carefully as usualand 1 was now limited to spending the autumn economically between my mother’s cottage at Hampstead and my own in town.

? My father had been dead for some yearsand my sister and 1 were the sole survivors of a family of five children. My father was a drawing-master before me He had been highly successful in his profession and my mother and sister were left economically independent after his death.

??? The view of London below me had sunk into the black shadow of the cloudy night, when I stood before the gate of my mother’s cottage I had hardly rung the bellWhen the house door was opened violentlyMy worthy Italian friendProfessor Pescaappeared in the servant’s placeand rushed out joyously to receive me

??? I had first become acquainted(熟悉)with my Italian friend at certain great houseswhere he taught Italian and I taught drawing What I then knew of the history of his life was that he had left Italy for political reasons and that he had been respectably established for many years in London as a teacher of languages It once happened that I saved him from certain death by drowning while we

were swimming in the sea at Brighton Afterwards he overwhelmed(淹没)me with the wildest expressions of affection and exclaimed passionately, that he would hold his life at my disposal from then on, and declared that he should never be happy again until he had had the opportunity of proving his gratitudeLittle did I think that the occasion to serve me was soon to come

? Pesca dragged me in by both hands into the parlor, where my mother sat by the open window, laughing and fanning herselfPesca was one of her especial favoritesand his wildest strange acts were always pardonable in her eyes

? “Now, my good dears”began Pesca“listen to me The time has come I recite my good newsI speak at last…'Hear, hear!”said my mother, humoring the joke“I go back into my lifeand I address myself to the noblest of menwho found me dead at the bottom of the seaand who pulled me up to the top. What did I say when l got into my own life and my own clothes again? I said that my life belonged to my dear friendWalter, for the rest of my days Now,”cried the enthusiastic little mall at the top of his voice“happiness bursts out of me at every pore of my skinFor I have found a job for you”

1.The first two paragraphs of the passage serve as an introduction to——

A. the financial situation the writer then faced?

B. the season that the story was set in

C. the family members of the writer????????

D. the successful profession of the writer’s father

2.The underlined word‘‘sole’’in the second paragraph probably means‘‘?????????

Amain??? ????? B. only??? ????? C. lucky ??????? D. possible

3.It can be learned from the passage that Pesca ??????????

A. used to be a politician??? ???????

B. was a successful drawing-master

C. was quite close to the mother ????

D. wanted to give the writer some money in return

4.According to the last paragraphPesca was more than happy because ?????????? ?????

A. he went back into his life????????

B . he met his dear friend again

C. his friend ever saved his life?????

D. he had done something good for his friend

 

完形填空。
     It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed (痊愈) from a(n)   1   injury. I had   2   whether
or not I should attend the meet. But there I was,   3   for the 3,000-meter run.
     " Ready … set …" The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed   4   me. I felt   5   as I fell
farther and farther behind.
     " Hooray!" shouted the crowd. It was the loudest   6   I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner
was two laps (圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
     " Maybe I should   7  ," I thought as I moved on.   8  , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I
ran   9   and decided not to  10  in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it,  11  my foot did heal.
     When I finished, I heard a cheer-  12  than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and  13 , the boys were
preparing for their race." They must be cheering for the boys." I was leaving   14   several girls came up to me.
" Wow, you've got courage!" one of them told me.
     " Courage? I just  15   a race!" I thought. " I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl." We
were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"
     Suddenly I regained  16  . I decided to  17  track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always  18 
 in medals and victories, but in the  19   we overcome (战胜). The strongest people are not always the people
who win,   20   the people who don't give up when they lose.
(     )1. A. slighter   
(     )2. A. expected   
(     )3. A. late       
(     )4. A. from behind 
(     )5. A. ashamed   
(     )6. A. cheer     
(     )7. A. slow down 
(     )8. A. Therefore 
(     )9. A. with delight
(     )10. A. play     
(     )11. A. even if              
(     )12. A. weaker   
(     )13. A. well enough
(     )14. A. while     
(     )15. A. finished 
(     )16. A. cheer     
(     )17. A. hold on   
(     )18. A. measured 
(     )19. A. sadness   
(     )20. A. or       
B. worse          
B. supposed      
B. eager          
B. ahead of      
B. astonished    
B. shout          
B. drop out    
B. Otherwise      
B. with fear      
B. arrive        
B. only if        
B. longer      
B. sure enough  
B. when                   
B. won            
B. hope          
B. turn to        
B. praised        
B. struggles      
B. nor          
C. earlier            
C. imagined            
C. ready              
C. next to            
C. excited            
C. cry                
C. go on              
C. Besides            
C. in pain            
C. race                
C. unless              
C. lower              
C. surprisingly enough 
C. as                  
C. passed              
C. interest            
C. begin with          
C. tested              
C. diseases            
C. and                
D. heavier                 
D. doubted                 
D. thirsty                 
D. close to                
D. frightened              
D. noise                   
D. speed up                
D. However                 
D. in advance              
D. attend                  
D. until                   
D. louder                  
D. strangely enough        
D. since                   
D. lost                    
D. experience              
D. stick with              
D. increased               
D. tiredness               
D. but                     
完形填空。
     It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed (痊愈) from a(n)   1   injury. I had   2   whether
or not I should attend the meet. But there I was,   3   for the 3,000-meter run.
     " Ready … set …" The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed   4   me. I felt   5   as I fell
farther and farther behind.
     " Hooray!" shouted the crowd. It was the loudest   6   I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner
was two laps (圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
     " Maybe I should   7  ," I thought as I moved on.   8  , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I
ran   9   and decided not to  10  in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it,  11  my foot did heal.
     When I finished, I heard a cheer-  12  than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and  13 , the boys were
preparing for their race." They must be cheering for the boys." I was leaving   14   several girls came up to me.
" Wow, you've got courage!" one of them told me.
     " Courage? I just  15   a race!" I thought. " I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl." We
were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"
     Suddenly I regained  16  . I decided to  17  track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always  18 
 in medals and victories, but in the  19   we overcome (战胜). The strongest people are not always the people
who win,   20   the people who don't give up when they lose.
(     )1. A. slighter   
(     )2. A. expected   
(     )3. A. late       
(     )4. A. from behind 
(     )5. A. ashamed   
(     )6. A. cheer     
(     )7. A. slow down 
(     )8. A. Therefore 
(     )9. A. with delight
(     )10. A. play     
(     )11. A. even if              
(     )12. A. weaker   
(     )13. A. well enough
(     )14. A. while     
(     )15. A. finished 
(     )16. A. cheer     
(     )17. A. hold on   
(     )18. A. measured 
(     )19. A. sadness   
(     )20. A. or       
B. worse          
B. supposed      
B. eager          
B. ahead of      
B. astonished    
B. shout          
B. drop out    
B. Otherwise      
B. with fear      
B. arrive        
B. only if        
B. longer      
B. sure enough  
B. when                   
B. won            
B. hope          
B. turn to        
B. praised        
B. struggles      
B. nor          
C. earlier            
C. imagined            
C. ready              
C. next to            
C. excited            
C. cry                
C. go on              
C. Besides            
C. in pain            
C. race                
C. unless              
C. lower              
C. surprisingly enough 
C. as                  
C. passed              
C. interest            
C. begin with          
C. tested              
C. diseases            
C. and                
D. heavier                 
D. doubted                 
D. thirsty                 
D. close to                
D. frightened              
D. noise                   
D. speed up                
D. However                 
D. in advance              
D. attend                  
D. until                   
D. louder                  
D. strangely enough        
D. since                   
D. lost                    
D. experience              
D. stick with              
D. increased               
D. tiredness               
D. but                     
阅读理解。
     If I were writing a history of my family, some of the darkest moments recorded would be those about
Christmas trees. One would certainly think otherwise; selecting and putting up our trees have always been
filled with risk. For example, one afternoon dangerously close to Christmas Eve my mother bought what
she thought to be a bargain, a glorious tree that was so full and tall that we could hardly get it into the house.
Once we did, my father immediately realized that we would have to hire a carpenter (木匠) to build a stand
for it. Another December, perhaps the very next one, we bought a tree earlier than we ever had before. We
were happy with its shape and delighted that its size was manageable. We easily placed it in a stand, decorated
(装饰) it from top to bottom, and then self-satisfiedly sat back by the fire in its soft light. Two or three days
passed and the truth could not be hidden; we had bought a tree cut so long ago that its needles were coming
off. There was nothing to do but undecorate it, take it down, and begin tree shopping again. Our most recent
Christmas tree offered still another difficult task. When we brought it home, once again it seemed larger than
it was in the great outdoors. To complicate matters, we had bought a new stand, one whose nuts (螺帽) and
bolts (闩子) worked more mysteriously than those of our old stands. I persuaded two young neighbors to stop
playing basketball and to help us get the tree into the house and set it correctly in the stand. Unfortunately, no
one noticed the mud on our helpers' shoes, so only after removing several reddish brown spots from the carpet
were we able to discuss the question of where the lights and ornaments (装饰物) were stored. Perhaps those
who cut their own trees have tales more painful than these. I don't care to hear them, as my family's
experiences are enough to cause me to make the following suggestion:"Let's forget the tree next Christmas.
Let's simply hang some flowers on the front door and over the mirror in the hall."
1. The darkest moments in the writer's family were with the fact that _____.
A. the family bought big Christmas trees
B. they had problems decorating their Christmas trees
C. they had problems picking suitable Christmas trees
D. they had problems finding carpenters for putting up Christmas trees
2. We can learn from the passage that the writer would like to _____.
A. forget about Christmas stories
B. get the neighbors to put up their trees
C. buy a better tree to celebrate Christmas
D. make other decorations rather than Christmas trees
3. When the writer said "my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain", he means _____.
A. she bought the tree at a cheap price
B. she didn't really want to buy it
C. she had to bargain hard with the salesman
D. she couldn't afford a more expensive one
4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. How to Choose a Christmas Tree
B. No More Christmas Tree for Us
C. Dark Moments of Life
D. Christmas Without Trees

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