题目内容
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
I was born and brought up in the town of Pineville, which I left at the age of sixteen.Twenty years 1 I found myself back on a visit.I went to see my old friend Tom Clark,who, 2 as ever,was chairman of the local(本地的) club.He was busy preparing to welcome 3 writer,who had been 4 to come to give a talk on modern literature (文学) at the public library 5 evening.Since I happened to have 6 a book or two by the famous writer,when Tom invited me to go with him I 7 accepted.
Tom was going to 8 the speaker to the audience(听众).So we went to the library a little early to greet him.As the speaker had not yet 9 , I left Tom and went into the main reading room 10 a large crowd had already gathered.I was 11 to find that I knew nobody there.So I found a seat in the corner and 12 patiently waiting.
When it was just about time for the 13 to begin.I saw Tom standing at the doorway making a sign for me to come out.He looked 14 about something, so I got up and went out to him.He 15 that he had just had a telephone call from the writer.Our speaker had 16 his flight(航班) and would not be arriving!While we were thinking about the problem.Tom suddenly asked me 17 mind filling in as speaker.I 18 had time to think about the matter when suddenly I found I was being 19 back into the reading room to make a speech to the 20 audience!
1.A.ago
B.later
C.earlier
D.before
2.A.active
B.lazy
C.brave
D.shy
3.A.a well-known
B.an unknown
C.the well-known
D.the unknown
4.A.noticed
B.invited
C.refused
D.made
5.A.last
B.some other
C.the other
D.that very
6.A.interested
B.written
C.mentioned
D.read
7.A.gladly
B.sadly
C.had
D.was
8.A.direct
B.move
C.describe
D.introduce
9.A.spoken
B.arrived
C.rested
D.eaten
10.A.where
B.although
C.after
D.there
11.A.expected
B.disappointed
C.unexpected
D.disappointing
12.A.sat
B.stood
C.lay
D.hid
13.A.party
B.show
C.talk
D.dinner
14.A.pleased
B.worried
C.frightened
D.satisfied
15.A.suggested
B.explained
C.apologized
D.insisted
16.A.taken
B.made
C.missed
D.lost
17.A.whether to
B.not to
C.that I should
D.if I would
18.A.sent
B.driven
C.carried
D.led
19.A.hardly
B.still
C.already
D.quickly
20.A.familiar
B.waiting
C.shouting
D.ready
完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to ___1__. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but __2___ appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her into the __3___. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some ___4__ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes __5___ any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and __6___ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father ___7__ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he ___8___ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his ___9___ , he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
Her father asked her to __10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ___11___.
__12__ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
She asked, “What does this _13___, Father?”
He __14_ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ___15___, but with a ___16___ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became _17___ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.
“___18___ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity(不幸的事) __19___ on your door, what will your ___20__ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”
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