题目内容
The cattle _______ grazing on the grass.
A. were B. was C. be D. is
A
解析:
当集体名词是cattle, 表示由相同的个体组成的集体,作主语时,谓语动词应用复数形式。
While I was in my 4th month of pregnancy (妊娠期) with my second child, we were preparing for a trip to Louisiana, where Marshall’s family live, to celebrate Jane’s 2nd birthday. Two days before we were to leave, we got the shocking news that I was going to lose the baby. Not knowing when this would happen, we decided to continue with our trip.
Since Marshall’s family lives on a 600-acre cattle farm, you often find that you have a lot of time to yourself to think when you are there. That is precisely what I did not want to do at this time. I told Marshall that I needed to get a good book to get lost in while I was there. I told him I heard the Harry Potter books were good, so he went out and got the first one for me.
During that trip, I totally got lost in the book, which was of great help during a time when I needed a distraction to forget about the sadness. In the book, I noticed the name “Seamus”. I vaguely remembered it was pronounced “Shamus” and I liked the sound of that. I mentioned it to Marshall and he liked it too. Toward the end of the trip, I had just 5 chapters left and I knew I was about to finish the first book, which I was pretty excited about.
Soon after we put Jane down to bed, I had started labor (分娩), so I was unable to read. The labor lasted 5 and 1/2 hours, but Marshall stayed there with me, sitting beside me and reading aloud the last 5 chapters of Harry Potter. I can never fully explain how much that helped me through the experience. And ever since then, Marshall and I both have been fans of the Harry Potter books. We remember how they helped us get through that time of our lives.
We were sad to have lost the baby, but the name Seamus started our journey toward adoption. And we gave this name to our adopted son. Though our Seamus doesn’t have a drop of Irish blood in him, the name fits him perfectly.
【小题1】Why did the writer want a good book during the trip?
A.Because the trip to Louisiana would take a long time. |
B.Because she didn’t want to think of losing her baby. |
C.Because she had nothing else to do except reading. |
D.Because a good book could help her enjoy her trip. |
A.made the family’s trip more exciting | B.include five books all together |
C.have someone called Seamus in them | D.can help people deal with their problems |
A.she wanted to keep her trip in memory | B.she loved this name very much |
C.her son doesn’t have Irish blood | D.it is a perfect name for a boy |
A.They planned their trip after getting the shocking news. |
B.They thought the cattle farm was too large to do anything on. |
C.They felt excited when they almost finished the trip. |
D.They liked reading Harry Porter very much after the trip. |
A.Funny Stories Of My Family | B.Seamus And Harry Potter |
C.How We Got To Louisiana | D.How My Son Got His Name |
完形填空:(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
In history,a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback.He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows.The work was dirty,tiring and not very well paid.
People in the western states had to __36__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern __37__.But someone had to __38__ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad.This was the job of a cowboy.Sometimes the __39__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as __40__ as six months to move the cattle.The __41__ was long but the cattle were driven __42__ as not to lose __43__.Then they could be sold at a good price.
Most cowboys were young, __44__ men.A good horse _45__ their job of moving cattle much easier.A good cowboy __46__ cows and knew how to control them.At night,he __47__ to the cows to keep them calm.
In the late 1800s,America was changing from a nation of farm to one of __48__ and cities.The cowboy seemed __49__ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs.
Today,the __50__ of cowboys has __51__ greatly.One change is the use of trucks.The job is not so hard __52__ it used to be.And cowboys are better __53__ now.They are _54__ to be married.Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers.Some work for big companies.
__55__ at night and on weekends,they become cowboys.These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat,keeping the beef price low.
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