题目内容
A famous actor often had to travel by train. Of course, some of his fellow passengers used to 1 him on his journeys, and some of them 2 to get into conversation with him. But he was usually feeling 3 after acting until late the night before, so he didn’t 4 them to talk to him.
One day he had just got into the 5 with all his luggage when a young man came and sat down in the seat 6 him. The young man took out a book and began to read it, while the actor tried to get some 7 in this corner of the carriage.
When he opened his eyes, he found that the young man was looking 8 him with his mouth open, his book 9 . The actor shut his eyes and tried to sleep again, but every time he opened them, the young man was looking at him with the same 10 look. At last he gave up the attempt to sleep, 11 a newspaper, put it up in front of him and began to 12 .
After a few moments the young man cleared his 13 and spoke. “I beg your pardon, sir, ”he said, “But haven’t I seen you 14 before?” The actor didn’t answer. He didn’t even put his newspaper 15 .
The young man said nothing more for several minutes, but then he tried 16 . “I beg your pardon, sir” he said. “But are you going to San Francisco?”
The actor put his paper down this time, looked at the young man 17 without saying a word, and then put the paper up in front of him again.
This time there was an even longer 18 before the young man spoke again. Then he said, in a last 19 to start a conversation with the great man, “I am George. P. Anderson of Wilmington, Vermont. ”
This time the actor put his paper down and spoke, “ 20 am I, ”he said.
That was the end of the conversation.
1. A. meet B. recognize C. realize D. remember
2. A. had B. decided C. tried D. required
3. A. tired B. worried C. satisfied D. excited
4. A. expect B. allow C. discourage D. encourage
5. A. way B. station C. train D. hotel
6. A. towards B. before C. behind D. opposite
7. A. sleep B. food C. rest D. drink
8. A. after B. into C. at D. for
9. A. left B. forgotten C. gone D. finished
10. A. unhappy B. limited C. pleasant D. fixed
11. A. look through B. folded up C. took out D. glanced at
12. A. read B. consider C. count D. chat
13. A. eyes B. mouth C. hands D. throat
14. A. here B. long C. sometime D. somewhere
15. A. down B. out C. up D. off
16. A. again B. finally C. also D. once
17. A. strictly B. happily C. severely D. friendly
18. A. stop B. pause C. break D. passage
19. A. effort B. hope C. struggle D. attempt
20. A. Never B. Nor C. So D. Sure
提示:
1. B 认出。 2. C 尝试,试图。 3. A 累的,疲倦的。 4. D 鼓励。 5. C 火车。 6. D 相反的,对面。 7. A get some sleep 睡一会。 8. C look at 短语。 9. B 被遗忘了。 10. D 动词fix的形容词形式。 11. C 拿出。 12. A 开始读(报纸)。 13. D 喉咙。 14. D 某个地方。 15. A put down放下。 16. A 再一次。 17. C 严肃的。 18. B 暂停。stop是完全停止。 19. D attempt可作名词,尝试。 20. C 我也是。
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One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our 1._____we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to 2._____a new place or country, we 3._____what it will be like. We predict( 预料) the 4._____ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things 5._____. Things are often very different from the way we 6._____them to be. One of the 7._____ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been 8._____ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had 9._____and analysed(分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there 10._____ to be no way of 11._____ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he 12._____ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his 13._____. The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke 14._____: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about 15._____. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your 16._____ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep. You will hear my voice and 17._____ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are 18._____ asleep, and when you wake up you will 19._____ nothing. You will forget everything. Now I am going to 20._____ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.
1.A.brains | B. senses | C. minds | D. sights |
2.A.visiting | B. seeking | C. reaching | D. discovering |
3.A.imagine | B. know | C. feel | D. guess |
4.A.custom | B. habit | C. style | D. way |
5.A.quickly | B. simply | C. correctly | D. neatly |
6.A.required | B. wished | C. left | D. expected |
7.A.funny | B. dull | C. famous | D. silly |
8.A.managing | B. trying | C. thinking | D. hoping |
9.A.studied | B. learned | C. discussed | D. researched |
10.A.used | B. ought | C. seemed | D. had |
11.A. making | B. finding | C. turning | D. letting |
12.A.gave | B. sat | C. woke | D. got |
13.A.dream | B. lesson | C. research | D. exercise |
14.A.softly | B. loudly | C. slowly | D. firmly |
15.A.everything | B. something | C. nothing | D. anything |
16.A.eyes | B. feet | C. head | D. body |
17.A.believe | B. repeat | C. take | D. understand |
18.A.really | B. extremely | C. actually | D. almost |
19.A.accept | B. remember | C. hear | D. receive |
20.A.count | B. say | C. add | D. Speak |