题目内容

We had to wait half an hour _______ we had already booked a table.

A.since                         B.although                    C.until                         D.before

B


解析:

although 引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然”,表示“虽然我们订了座位,但是我们不得不等半小时”。since意为“自从”;until意为“直到”;before意为“在……之前”。

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The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles. It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?
First we had to read about ancient Egyptians and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn't see what was so great about art.
On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn't stop looking at this painting! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.
【小题1】   The aim of the mother’s plan was to _______.

A.take them to visit the museumB.introduce them to the world of art
C.ask them to read about artistsD.show them different painting styles
【小题2】   What was the writer’s experience in the museum before the last visit?
A.She came to feel her mother’s love.B.She liked many paintings.
C.She hardly enjoyed herself.
D.She could understand the pictures of fat babies.
【小题3】   What made the writer go through a change that summer?
A.One of Mary's paintings.B.A strange way of painting.
C.Artists in the Middle Ages.D.Her mother’s instruction.

When most people travel, they spend some time booking hotel rooms. However, my friend Ashley and I were not like most people many years ago. We decided that backpacking through Ireland would be more fun if we “winged it”.

  Winging it, of course, meant that we’d each buy a one-way ticket to Dublin, and give ourselves ten days to get back to Bath, England, where we were enrolled in a study-abroad program. The plan was to visit Dublin, Galway, Cong, and finally end things in Belfast, where we figured we could catch a flight back to England.

  Unfortunately, Ireland had other plans for us, as nothing worked out the way in which we thought it would. After getting stuck in Galway and Cong for about seven days, we finally managed to take a bus trip from Cong to Belfast. The twelve-hour bus ride started at ten in the morning, which meant that we’d arrive in the heart of Belfast at around ten at night. Of course, like all transport, the bus ran late, and we ended up in Belfast at around eleven-thirty at night. As there were a ton of hotels around the area where it dropped us off, we weren’t too worried about finding a hotel room. But hotel after hotel turned us down.

  After the third hotel turned us down and the fourth one was locked up for the night, Ashley and I started to realize that we had to spend a long night sleeping on a city bench. Like militant soldiers, we slept in turn as we were worried we would get robbed. The system worked, as we were able to stay safe while catching as much sleep as we could on the bench.

  From this experience, I really learnt a good lesson.

1.Why did the author and his friend decide to wing it when they went to travel in Ireland? (No more than 8 words)

                                                                                 

2.What did the author and his friend do in Bath, England? (No more than 8 words)

                                                                                  

3.How long did it take the author and his friend to get to Belfast from Cong by bus? (No more than 5 words)

                                                                                 

4.Why did the author and his friend have to take turns to sleep? (No more than 8 words)

                                                                                 

 

Every Saturday or Sunday night my family and I go out and feed the homeless people in the city of Orlando. There are thousands of people across the United States without any food or shelter. My family and I have been doing this for several months.

We all get together in the kitchen and prepare the food. Some of the meals are sandwiches, cookies and a bottle of water. Sometimes my mom prepares a steaming hot delicious meal. We then bag them all up to feed 30 or more people.

I like to write special notes on the bags like “God loves you.” Before my family and I get into the car we ask God for protection in a family prayer. A lot of people misunderstand homeless people. Not all homeless people are drug addicts or bad people. Some are really nice. Some of them just had bad things that happened to them.

At first when my family and I went out on the street we had to earn their trust. A lot of people are unkind to them for no good reason. But now that they see us every week, they trust us. We even know some of their names. We all have to remember that these are people that have feelings. Some of them shake our hands for giving them food, and thank us. Some of them do really funny dances because they are happy.

We have become really close with this man named Tony and his wife. They have all of their personal belongings in shopping carts. After meeting with them several times he has told us a lot about his life. He graduated from Harvard University and has a PHD. He used to teach French and Spanish. He lost his job after the economic crisis began.

After we get done feeding the homeless, it makes me appreciate what I have at home. Sometimes it makes me sad, and makes my mom cry. I love feeding the homeless, and making a difference in someone’s life.

1.The following statements are all right except _________.

A.we feed the homeless every Saturday or Sunday night

B.I write some encouraging words on the food

C.we offer food for about 30 or more people every Saturday or Sunday night

D.my family and I have been feeding the poor for several months

2.What do many people think of the homeless in America?

A.They are homeless because of taking drugs.

B.They are bad people against the society.

C.They must have done something bad.

D.All of above.

3.Why do the homeless believe in the author and his family?

A.They don’t ask the homeless to do something bad.

B.They always bring more food every time.

C.They often give food to them at fixed time.

D.They never ask about the names of the homeless.

4.What made Tony lose his job?

A.The falling economy across the whole country.

B.He hasn’t got a suitable university degree.

C.He graduated from a common university.

D.He doesn’t like the teaching of the French language.

5.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph most probably refers to _________.

A.the loss of the job of Tony

B.the poverty of the author’s family

C.the feeding of the homeless

D.the leaving from the homeless

 

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