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”。
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 museum | B．introduce them to the world of art |
| C．ask them to read about artists | D．show them different painting styles |
| A．She came to feel her mother’s love. | B．She liked many paintings. |
| C．She hardly enjoyed herself. | |
D．She could un derstand the pictures of fat babies. |
| A．One of Mary's paintings. | B．A strange way of painting. |
| C．Artists in the Middle Ages. | D．Her mother’s instruction. |
Mr. Brown first went to look at the underground-fire when he was seven. “Through the hole in the earth you could see the orange fire, but you had to look fast because it was so hot,” said Mr. Brown. In 1898,he saw the fire once more.
Now, we can only see the smoke. The fire Mr. Brown saw is not the underground-fire. In fact ,there are 260 coal fires in the world. They are harmful and dangerous. Then how to put them out?
Scientists have tried to set fire to underground coal to speed up the fires. In this way, the burning of underground coal would be soon finished.
1.Mr Brown said that we had to take a fast look at the fire because_________.
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A．it was in the hole |
B．it was very hot |
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C．it was orange |
D．it was harmful |
2.How many coal fires are there in the world?
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A．There’s only one |
B．It’s hard to say |
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C．There are 260 |
D．The article doesn’t tell us |
3.What’s one of the best ways to put out the underground fire?
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A．To cover the holes with stones |
B．To speed the fire |
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C．To see the fire burning |
D．To do some experiments |
4.What is the best title for the article?
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A．Watching the Underground-fire |
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B．A Way to Put out the Underground Coat Fires |
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C．The Burning Earth |
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D．Coal and Coal Fires |