题目内容
We must try to live in peace and ___________(和谐) with ourselves and those around us.
Many young people like his songs, that is to say, his songs a to young people.
She phoned the police in (惊慌), crying that she'd lost the baby.
At college, Barack Obama didn’t know that he the first black president of the United States of America.
A. was to become B. becomes
C. is to become D. became
This meeting room is a non-smoking area. I would like to warn you ______ that if you smoked here you would be fined.
A. in advance B. in detail
C. in total D. in general
The train_________at seven o’clock. You’d better get to the station by half past six.
A. is about to start B. is due to start
C. is due to starting D. owes to start
Most countries of the world have records of the great natural catastrophes that before.
A. had occurred B. have occurred
C. occurs D. would occur
“If you go on stealing, you will ________ you bright future, young man!”said the judge.
A. destroy B. damage
C. ruin D. break
That woman carried a new blanket over her arm. Wordlessly, she gave it to me.
“Is it finished?” I asked.
She shook her head. “No. It is ready,” she replied. I handed her the money and took the blanket.
“It is beautiful, so skillfully woven,” I said to my mother. “But what did she mean when she said it was not finished? How can it be ready if it is not finished?”
“I will tell you later,” my mother said, “but first I will take you to the Navajo village.”
We went down to the village. A group of young men were making sand pictures. We walked through the whole village, watching the different things the people were doing.
It was not until that evening that my mother finally explained the Navajo woman’s words.
“Did you notice anything about the things the people were making?” My mother asked.
“What should I have noticed?” I looked at her and asked.
“Each thing the Navajo make has one small part that is not complete. The design in their sand pictures are often not perfectly done, for example---the line of a circle may not quite close. If you look carefully at your blanket, you will probably find a stitch(一针) missing.”
I took the blanket off, but it looked as perfect as any design could be. Then suddenly, I noticed that sure enough a stitch was missing!
“They believe that when anything is completed or finished, it means the end has come--- it will not be perfect until then. Then too, with a circle, they believe that they must leave a pathway for the bad spirits to run away and the good spirits to come in. So, often, they do not make the line close.
1.The blanket the author received ______.
A. was poorly woven
B. made her think a lot
C. cost her a lot of money
D. was finished, but not ready
2.Why was the author shown around the village?
A. To buy more things made by the Navajo.
B. To make friends with some of the Navajo.
C. To have a deeper understanding of the Navajo.
D. To look for the woman who sold her the blanket.
3.Which of the following may the Navajo believe?
A. A stitch in time is very important.
B. Life only becomes perfect when you die.
C. He who makes no mistake is a perfect man.
D. You must always try to make your life complete.
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. The Navajo are good at making things
B. The Navajo are brave and hard-working.
C. Skills are needed to do business with the Navajo.
D. A blanket tells a lot about the Navajo culture.