No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon(外科医生) and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep,and when he awakes,the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new.It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain.

   Long ago, operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down(压制,控制) on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched.

   Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”.Laughing gas became known in America.Young men and women went to parties to try it.Most of them spent their time laughing,but one man at a party,Horace Wells,noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas.He decided to make an experiment on himself.He asked a friend to help him.

   Wells took some of the gas,and his friend pulled out one of Well’s teeth.Wells felt no pain at all.

   As he didn't know enough about laughing gas,he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out.

   Wells tried again,but this time he gave too much of the gas,and the man died.Wells never forgot this terrible event.

It is ____ since a man being operated felt all the pain.

   A. a few more years   B. not long    C. few years     D. two thousand years

Long ago,when the sick man was operated on, he ____.

   A. could feel nothing           B. could not want anything

   C. could feel all the pain        D. could do anything

Using the laughing gas,the people did not seem to ____.

   A. be afraid of anything    B. feel pain   C. want to go to the parties    D. be ill

If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on,he _.

   A.felt nothing  B. felt very comfortable  C.still felt pain      D.would die

One who took too much of the laughing gas ___.

   A.would laugh all the time       B.would die 

C.would never feel pain         D.would be very calm


(B)
Last week, while visiting my dad with my daughter, we went to a restaurant for dinner. When we were seated, my dad asked the waitress if there were any soldiers eating at the restaurant. Then waitress said there was a soldier having dinner with his friend. My dad told the waitress to tell the soldier and his friend that their dinner was paid for! He also said that he did not want to be known as the benefactor(施主).
Then waitress later commented on my dad’s thoughtful behavior saying that she had never seen anything like this before. At a local college, she had studied opera and so she used this to thank my dad by performing a piece from The Pearl Fisherman. Her voice brought me to tears because it sounded perfect!
After a while, the soldier appeared at our table (I don’t know how he knew my dad paid the bill for him.) and said that he would be sent to the front the next morning and that he could not leave this country without saying “thanks” to my dad. My dad replied that it was he who wanted to say “thanks”. They shook hands as the soldier left.
Before we left, the waitress came by again. She did a magic show as another way to show her “thanks” to my dad. Her show was really great. My dad left her a note with email address asking for her next performance time in addition to a $ 50 tip.
Everyone witnessed something exemplary in the human spirit that night. I can only hope to see more of this in the future.
46. My dad offered help to the soldier and his friend in the restaurant probably because________.
A. he wanted to thank them for all they had done
B. he wanted to know more about then
C. he wanted the waitress to thank him
D. he wanted the soldiers to know his kindness
47. The waitress performed The Pearl Fisherman in the restaurant because____.
A. she was asked to perform to the guests
B. she wanted to show off her wonderful skills
C. she wanted to show her respect and thanks to the author’s dad
D. she wanted to attract more and more guests
48. What did the soldier do in response to the author’s father’s kindness?
A. He gave something to author’s dad.
B. He gave a big tip to the waitress.
C. He said thanks to the author’s dad in person.
D. He did a magic show for the author and her father.
49. The author considered her father’s action to be ____.
A. funny        B. understandable         C. worthless            D. honorable
50. The passage mainly tells us that we should ____.
A. learn to be grateful to others      B. find ways to thank others
C. try to learn from each other               D. respect soldiers and waitresses

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.

“I don’t understand,” he said. His mum just hugged him and said, “You  36 will.”

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does my mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,”  37  so much could his dad say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still  38  why women cry.  39  he gave a call to God, and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so  40 ?”

God said, “When I made the woman she had to be  41 . I made her shoulders 42 enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give  43 .”

“I made her  44 childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else  45 , and to take care of her family in spite of sickness and fatigue (劳累) without  46 . I gave her the sensitivity to  47 her children under any and all circumstances,  48  her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her wisdom to carry her husband through his 49 . I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never  50 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him  51 . And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. She can use it whenever it is needed.”

“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the  52 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she  53 her hair. The  54 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love  55 .”

1.                A.surely          B.never          C.probably D.seldom

 

2.                A.only           B.even           C.almost    D.hardly

 

3.                A.hoping         B.knowing        C.wondering    D.expecting

 

4.                A.Actually        B.Generally       C.Luckily   D.Finally

 

5.                A.easily          B.rarely          C.simply    D.excitedly

 

6.                A.clever          B.beautiful        C.special   D.ordinary

 

7.                A.thick           B.fat             C.wide     D.strong

 

8.                A.sympathy       B.comfort         C.kindness D.mercy

 

9.                A.stand          B.load            C.accept   D.burden

 

10.               A.gives in         B.gives away      C.gives up   D.gives out

 

11.               A.difficulty        B.danger         C.rest  D.complaining

 

12.               A.control         B.love           C.respect   D.satisfy

 

13.               A.even if         B.in case         C.so that    D.as though

 

14.               A.disagreements   B.misunderstandings    C.faults D.quarrels

 

15.               A.minds          B.helps          C.refuses    D.hurts

 

16.               A.nervously       B.tiredly          C.determinedly   D.unselfishly

 

17.               A.clothes         B.smile          C.hair D.glasses

 

18.               A.washes         B.dyes           C.cuts D.combs

 

19.               A.figure          B.intelligence     C.beauty    D.appearance

 

20.               A.hides          B.lives           C.stores     D.comes

 

 

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most loved children’s books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a magical world called Wonderland. She has many experiences which seem to change the rules of reasoning or common sense. The popularity of the book comes from its imagination, interesting story, and art work.

The writer of the book is Lewis Carroll. In fact, Lewis Carroll was not the writer’s real name. His real name was Charles Dodgson. One day, he took a boat ride down the Thames River to have a picnic with three little girls who were friends of the family. To keep them entertained on the ride, he told them a story in which Alice, the middle child, was the main character. They enjoyed the story very much.

Charles later wrote the story down under the name Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and gave it to Alice as a Christmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George MacDonald. George read it to his children and they loved it. George suggested to Charles that he make a book from his story. Charles then wrote more parts to the story until it was around 35,000 words. It was first printed in 1866, with art work by John Tenniel, under the name Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book was an immediate success. One of its first fans was Queen Victoria. She immediately requested a collection of all of Lewis Carroll’s works. She was surprised to find that they included many works on math. In fact, Charles Dodgson was a highly respected mathematician. This can be seen in many puzzles and plays on reasoning that appear in his books and poems.

Since the story was first printed, it has kept selling up to the present day. It has been translated into over fifty languages and has had several movies based on it.

1.The passage is mainly about _________.

A.Charles’ family life

B.the birth of a book and its lasting influences

C.a magical world called Wonderland

D.a girl’s adventurous experiences

2.Who first had the idea of making a book from the story “Alice Adventures Under Ground”?

A.Alice

B.Charles

C.George

D.John

3.Which of the following is the right order of the passage?

a. Charles gave his story to Alice as a Christmas present.

b. Charles had a picnic with three little girls on the Thames.

c. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first printed in 1866.

d. More parts were added to the story by Charles.

e. The book won a large number of fans.

A.c-b-a-d-e

B.c-a-b-e-d

C.b-a-d-c-e

D.b-a-c-e-d

 

A young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife and a servant did the work in his house.

The young man liked laughing a lot. He nailed the servant’s shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because he put his feet in them and fell down. The servant was not angry, but smiled.

Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled.

Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, “You’re a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again.”

The servant smiled and said, “And I’m not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.”

1. He played a joke on the servant because    .

A.he hated him

B.he was not satisfied with the food the servant prepared for him

C.he wanted to get pleasure

D.he liked to show off himself

2.When the young man played a joke on him, the servant was not angry but smiled because _____.

A.he liked the young man’s action

B.making the young man laugh is his job

C.he was afraid to be fired

D.he thought he shouldn’t be angry with a child

3.What did the servant do in return to the young man?

A.He stole something from the house.

B.He gave a smile to the young man.

C.He had a fight with him.

D.He put mud into the young man’s coffee.

4. Why did the young man stop playing jokes on the servant? Because ___.

A.the servant showed kind and nice behavior to him

B.the servant told him the truth

C.he wanted to be a good man

D.his father told him to do so

 

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