I will never forget what happened to me that day. That afternoon,I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I  16  that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,  17  he knew me. The man had a newspaper  18  in front of him, which he was  19  to read, but I could  20  that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my  21  the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the  22  way in which the waiter and I  23  each other. He seemed even more puzzled as  24  went on and it became  25  that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the  26  . When he came out, he paid his bill and  27  without another glance in my direction.
    I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had  28  . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He  29  you here because he thought you were the man he 30 . ” “What?” I said, showing my  31  . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I  32  say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a  33  ”. “Well, it’s really  34  I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “  35  , I might have been in trouble. ”

【小题1】
A.noticed B.understood C.knewD.recognized
【小题2】
A.since B.as ifC.though D.even if
【小题3】
A.flat B.open C.cut D.fixed
【小题4】
A.pretending B.thinking C.hopingD.continuing
【小题5】
A.guessB.find C.see D.learn
【小题6】
A.menu B.bill C.paper D.food
【小题7】
A.direct B.funnyC.strange D.familiar
【小题8】
A.chatted with B.looked at C.laughed at D.talked about
【小题9】
A.the waiter B.the dinnerC.I D.time
【小题10】
A.clearB.hopeful C.trueD.possible
【小题11】
A.restaurant B.washroom C.office D.kitchen
【小题12】
A.sat down B.acted C.leftD.calmed down
【小题13】
A.wanted B.tried C.ordered D.wished
【小题14】
A.followedB.caught C.metD.discovered
【小题15】
A.was to beat B.was dealing with C.was to meet D.was looking for
【小题16】
A.care B.surprise C.worry D.regret
【小题17】
A.must B.mayC.need D.can
【小题18】
A.discoveryB.fortuneC.decision D.mistake
【小题19】
A.a pity B.natural C.a chance D.lucky
【小题20】
A.OtherwiseB.However C.ThusD.Therefore

As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates boasted that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. While he did not quite achieve that goal, only 15 years later, he was a millionaire. And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft company, he became the richest man in America with assets(资产)of nearly US $ 6.3 billion.
Born in Seattle, Washington on 28, October, 1956, Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. From the beginning, he was an extremely energetic and intelligent child. He had read the entire world book encyclopedia(百科全书)by the age of nine. His favorite subjects at school were science and math and his favorite pastime was "thinking".
Gates first started to play with computers at the age of 13. Before long he became an expert at working the school's computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the three top universities in the USA-Princeton, Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began classes there the next autunm, majoring maths. But he was still obsessed(占据心里)with computers and spent as much time in the computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls.
By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had developed a software program called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it.
BASIC was a success because until it came along, there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions. Although he had not completed his degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had formed called Microsoft.
His next project was the software program that made him famous and very rich. It was called DOS, short for Disk Operating System, and it was purchased by IBM in 1980. Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world.
As chief executive officer(首席行政长官)of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man, but one who is not easily satisfied. He is quick to criticize his staff and hates to be questioned about decisions he has made. He was regarded as a loner and unfashionable boring computer nut until his marriage to Microsoft manager Melinda French on New Year's Day 1994. Yet to many people now, Gates, is a person who is, in spite of his great wealth, humble(谦恭)and ordinary. He spends his money carefully. He eats in fast food restaurants and flies economy class. And when praised for Microsoft's great success, he has been heard to say, "All we do is put software in a box and if people see it in the stores and like it, they buy it."
【小题1】When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be a ______.

A.teacherB.doctorC.businessmanD.professor
【小题2】When Gates went to Harvard, he ______.
A.was only interested in maths
B.spent most of his time in computer laboratories
C.developed the first computer software program
D.divided his time between his maths studies and the computer laboratories
【小题3】Before the development of BASIC, ______.
A.no one was interested in computer software
B.software programs were not considered commercial projects
C.software programs were very expensive
D.no one wanted to pay for computer software
【小题4】When the writer says "He was regarded as a loner and unfashionable boring computer nut", he means ______.
A.Bill was so strong-minded that no one could change his mind
B.The only thing that could interest Bill in his life was computer
C.Bill was such a boring young man that nobody would like to talk to him
D.Bill couldn't work out the boring computer programs
【小题5】Most people think that Bill Gates is ______.
A.a crazy personB.a person obsessed with making money
C.someone who spends money freelyD.a quite common, normal person

It was eleven o'clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from his night out. He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative. His entrance awoke his wife, who was in bed and fast asleep when he came in. He talked to her while he undressed, telling her anecdotes and bits of news and gossip that he had gathered during the day. She was overcome with sleep, and answered him with little half utterances.
  He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, showed so little interest in things which concerned him and valued so little his conversation.
  Mr. Pontellier had forgotten the candies and peanuts that he had promised the boys. Still, he loved them very much and went into the room where they slept to take a look at them and make sure that they were resting comfortably. The result of his investigation was far from satisfactory. He turned and shifted the youngsters about in bed. One of them began to kick and talk about a basket full of crabs.
  Mr. Pontellier returned to his wife with the information that Raoul had a high fever and needed looking after. Then he lit his cigar and went and sat near the open door to smoke it.
  Mrs. Pontellier was quite sure Raoul had no fever. He had gone to bed perfectly well, she said, and nothing had made him sick. Mr. Pontellier was too well familiar with fever symptoms to be mistaken. He assured her the child was burning with fever at that moment in the next room.
  He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying home to see that no harm done to them. He talked in a dull, repeated and insistent way.
  Mrs. Pontellier sprang out of bed and went into the next room. She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow. She said nothing, and refused to answer her husband when he questioned her. When his cigar was smoked out, he went to bed, and in half a minute was fast asleep.
  Mrs. Pontellier was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her nightdress. She went out on the porch, where she sat down and began to rock herself in the chair.
  It was then past midnight. The cottages were all dark. There was no sound except the hooting of an old owl and the everlasting voice of the sea, which broke like a mournful lullaby (催眠曲) upon the night.
  The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her nightdress no longer served to dry them. She went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms.
  She could not have told why she was crying. Such experiences as had just happened were not uncommon in her married life. They seemed never before to have weighed much against theabundance (充足) of her husband's kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be self-understood.
  An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with vague pain. It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her soul's summer day. It was strange and unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly scolding her husband, expressing sadness about Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself.
  The mosquitoes succeeded in driving away a mood which might have held her there in the darkness half a night longer.
  The following morning Mr. Pontellier was up in good time to take the carriage which was to convey him to the ship. He was returning to the city to his business, and they would not see him again at the Island till the coming Saturday. He had regained his calmness, which seemed to have been somewhatweakened the night before. He was eager to be gone, as he looked forward to a lively week in the financial center.
【小题1】Mr.Pontellier comes back home from his night out in a/an ______state of mind.

A.excitedB.confusedC.depressedD.disappointed
【小题2】 Mr. Pontellier criticizes his wife because ______.
A.she is not wholly devoted to her children
B.she does little housework but sleep
C.she knows nothing about fever symptoms
D.she fails to take her son to hospital
【小题3】The writer would most likely describe Mr. Pontellier’s conduct during the evening as ______.
A.impatient and generousB.enthusiastic and responsible
C.concerned and gentleD.inconsiderate and self-centered
【小题4】The underlined sentence suggests that Mr. Pontellier's complaints to his wife are ______.
A.hesitant and confusedB.not as urgent as he claims
C.angry and uncertainD.too complex to make sense
【小题5】In paragraphs 8 to 13, Mrs. Pontellier’s reactions to her husband’s behavior suggest that ______.
A.she accepts unquestioningly her role of taking care of the children
B.this is one of the first times she has acknowledged her unhappiness with her husband
C.her relationship with her husband is not what has made her depressed
D.she is angry about something that happened before her husband left
【小题6】The passage shows Mr. Pontellier is happiest when he ______.
A.sits near the open door smoking a cigar and talking
B.makes up with his wife after a heated argument
C.has been away from home or is about to leave home
D.has given his children gifts of candies and peanuts

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I    36     that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,    37    he knew me. The man had a newspaper     38    in front of him, which he was    39     to read, but I could    40     that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my     41    the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the    42     way in which the waiter and I    43     each other. He seemed even more puzzled as     44    went on and it became     45  that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the    46    . When he came out, he paid his bill and    47  without another glance in my direction .

I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    48    . "Well," he said , "that man was a detective (侦探) . He    49     you here because he thought you were the man he     50   ." "What ?" I said, showing my     51   . The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   52      say he looked very much like you ! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a     53   ." "Well , it's really    54     I came to a restaurant where I'm known ," I said . "   55     , I might have been in trouble ."

1.A.knew       B.understood       C.noticed     D.recognized

2.A.since     B.even if          C.though       D.as if

3.A.flat       B.open             C.cut          D.fixed

4.A.hoping     B.thinking         C.pretending   D.continuing

5.A.see            B.find             C.guess        D.learn

6.A.menu       B.bill             C.paper        D.food

7.A.direct     B.familiar         C.strange      D.funny

8.A.chatted with B.looked at      C.laughed at   D.talked about

9.A.the waiter B.time             C.I            D.the dinner

10.A.true      B.hopeful          C.clear        D.possible

11.A.restaurant    B.washroom         C.office       D.kitchen

12.A.left      B.acted            C.sat down     D.calmed down

13.A.wanted        B.tried            C.ordered      D.wished

14.A.met           B.caught           C.followed     D.discovered

15.A.was to beat   B.was dealing with C.was to meet D.was looking for

16.A.care      B.surprise         C.worry        D.regret

17.A.must      B.can              C.need         D.may

18.A.discovery B.mistake          C.decision     D.fortune

19.A.a pity        B.natural          C.a chance     D.lucky

20.A.Thus      B.However          C.Otherwise    D.Therefore

 

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned, pot-bellied coal stove.A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.

One morning they arrived to find the schoolhouse in flames.They dragged the unconscious little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive.He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.

From his bed the burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother.The doctor told his mother her son would surely die for the terrible fire had seriously damaged the lower half of his body.

But the brave boy made up his mind that he would survive.Somehow, to the amazement of the physician, he did survive.When the mortal danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly.The mother was told that it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be a lifetime cripple(残废) with no use at all of his lower limbs.

Once more the brave boy made up his mind.He would not be a cripple.He would walk.But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor ability.His thin legs just dangled there, all but lifeless.

At last he was released from the hospital.Every day his mother would massage (按摩)his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing.Yet his determination that he would walk was as strong as ever.

When he wasn't in bed, he was forced to stay in a wheelchair.One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air.This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair.He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him.

He worked his way to the white fence bordering their lot.With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence.Then he began dragging himself along the fence, determined that he would walk.He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.There was nothing he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.

Ultimately through his daily massages, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk haltingly(断断续续), then to walk by himself - and then - to run.He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for the sheer joy of running.Later in college he made the track team.Still later in Madison Square Garden this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run - this determined young man, Dr.Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!

1.From the passage, we may NOT know ________________.

      A.His mother’s massage helped Glenn recover.

      B.The fire was started because the boy was careless.

      C.Glenn’s mother was told that he would die because of his severe damage.

      D.Glenn practiced walking so many times that a smooth path formed on the ground.

2.What can be the best title for the text?

      A.Sufferings Made a Man

      B.The More Determined, the More Meaningful

      C.Will Inspired Life

      D.The Survival of the Strongest

3.The underlined word “dangled” in the fifth paragraph could best be replaced by _________.

      A.hung loosely                         B.trembled constantly

      C.stood breathlessly                    D.walked slowly

4.Why was Glenn Cunningham able to survive, then walk and eventually run?

      A.Because he had a strong wish to break the world record.

      B.Because he was encouraged by the doctor and his family.

      C.because of the doctor’s skilled treatment and his mother’s frequent massage.

      D.because of his great determination to survive and his strong will to live an normal life.

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