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  It was Satuday.As always, it was the one, for “Six days, shall you labar and all your work”was taken senously back then, Outside, Father and Mr.Patnce ncxt door were bxsy conny tcood lnside the wiel users Mother ane Mrs.Patrick were enpted in seeng cleaning

  Somehow the boy s had shipped away to the back lot with their kites.Now, evet at the reis of having Brother caught to beat carpets.they had sent him to the kitchen tox exsre xding, sccmed there was no limt to the heights to which kites would fly today

  My mothe looked at the sitting room, its furndign disordered for a tborough sweeting.Again she cast a look toward the window “Come on, girls! Let's take sing to the beer and theem a tutue”

  On the way we met Mrs.Patrick, Ianghing guiltily as if she wrig doing woeig wrong

  The never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our frsh string into the boys' kites up higher and higher, We could hardly distingwish the orang-coloced sports of the kites Now and then we slowly pullked one kite back, watching it dancing upo and down in the wind and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending yt up again

  Even out fathers dropped their tools and joined us.Out mothers look their turn, laughing like schoolgirls Ithink we were all beside ourselves Parents forgx their daty and their dignity; children for everyday fights and little jealousies."Perhaps it's like this in the some of heafer,"I thought confusedly.

  It we growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the housew.Isuppose we had some chean and orderly enough.The strange thing was, we didn't mention that ady afterward Ifelt a little embarrasse.Surely none of the of the others had been as exceted as I Ikxked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are”

  The years went on, then one day Iwas hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old, sisrently cried her desire to go park, see duck

  “I can't go!”I said.”“I have this angt and when I'm through I'll be too rired to walk that far

  My mother, who was visiting us, go up from the peas she was shelling It's a wllderful day, she offered, really warm, yet there's a fine breeu.Do you remimber that day we flew kites?

  I stoppoed in my dash between store and sink.The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memorese Come on, I told my little girl You're right, it's too good d day to miss.

  Another decade passed, We were in the aftennath(余波)of a great war, All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisone war, He has ked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent, What was he thinking of-what dark and horrible things?

  "Sany!"A smile shpped out frow his jips."Do you remem-no, of course you wouldn't make the impression on you as it did on me.”

  I hardly dared speak,”Remrmber what?

  “I used to think of that day a lot in POW camo(战俘营),when things weren's too good, DO you remember the we flew the kites?

(1)

mrs.patnck was laughing gultily because she thought ________

[  ]

A.

she was too old to fly kites

B.

her husband would make fun of her

C.

she shoule have been doing her how

D.

supposed to the don't game

(2)

by “we were all beside ourselves writer means that they all ________

[  ]

A.

felt confused

B.

went wild with joy

C.

looked on

D.

forfot their fights

(3)

what did the think atfer the kite flying?

[  ]

A.

boys must hace had nore fun than the firls

B.

shoule have finished their work before playing

C.

her parents should spend more time with them

D.

all the others must have forgotten that day

(4)

why did the writer finally agree to jtake her little girl for an outing?

[  ]

A.

she suddenluy renmenbered ther duty as mother

B.

she was reminded of the day thety felw kits

C.

she ha dfinished her

D.

she thought it was a

(5)

the youngest patrick boy iss mentioned to show that ________

[  ]

A.

the write was not alone in treasuring her fond menories h

B.

his expenience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life

C.

childhood friend\ship means so much to the writer

D.

people like him really changed a lot after the war

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea.I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer (实况解说员).

“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted.“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”

Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.

“She DIDN’T,” she was saying.“No.She DIDN’T.She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT.She DID? No she…”

And so on.This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea.I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not.A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed.Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen.I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”

And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”

It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box (便携式录音机) and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode.But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones.You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even (you hope) a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf (催人入梦的潮声), and …

BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”

Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls.Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr.Johnson.Oh, Dr.Smith.You’ve opened the abdominal cavity (腹腔)? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver.Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”

From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

       A.had a wonderful holiday at the beach

       B.must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather

       C.is only interested in talks by doctors about operation

       D.experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

       A.The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.

       B.A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.

       C.Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.

       D.Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.

The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.

       A.a dead body           B.a loud mobile phone        

       C.a sound sleeper        D.a sleep lover

In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.

       A.turned it up to make the seagulls happy

       B.turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode

       C.might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

       D.might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

We can infer from the passage that _______.

     A.the writer is interested in mobile phone.

     B.the writer hates people using mobile phone

     C.the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.

     D.the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea.I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer (实况解说员).
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted.“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”
Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.
“She DIDN’T,” she was saying.“No.She DIDN’T.She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT.She DID? No she…”
And so on.This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea.I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not.A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed.Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen.I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”
And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”
It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box (便携式录音机) and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode.But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones.You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even (you hope) a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf (催人入梦的潮声), and …
BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”
Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls.Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr.Johnson.Oh, Dr.Smith.You’ve opened the abdominal cavity (腹腔)? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver.Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”
【小题1】From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

A.had a wonderful holiday at the beach
B.must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather
C.is only interested in talks by doctors about operation
D.experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach
【小题2】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.
B.A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.
C.Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.
D.Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.
【小题3】The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.
A.a dead bodyB.a loud mobile phone
C.a sound sleeperD.a sleep lover
【小题4】In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.
A.turned it up to make the seagulls happy
B.turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode
C.might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones
D.might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones
【小题5】We can infer from the passage that _______.
A.the writer is interested in mobile phone.
B.the writer hates people using mobile phone
C.the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.
D.the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea.I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer (实况解说员).

“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted.“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”

Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.

“She DIDN’T,” she was saying.“No.She DIDN’T.She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT.She DID? No she…”

And so on.This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea.I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not.A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed.Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen.I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”

And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”

It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box (便携式录音机) and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode.But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones.You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even (you hope) a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf (催人入梦的潮声), and …

BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”

Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls.Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr.Johnson.Oh, Dr.Smith.You’ve opened the abdominal cavity (腹腔)? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver.Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”

1.From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

A.had a wonderful holiday at the beach

B.must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather

C.is only interested in talks by doctors about operation

D.experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach

2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.

B.A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.

C.Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.

D.Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.

3.The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.

A.a dead body

B.a loud mobile phone

C.a sound sleeper

D.a sleep lover

4.In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.

A.turned it up to make the seagulls happy

B.turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode

C.might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

D.might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

5.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A.the writer is interested in mobile phone.

B.the writer hates people using mobile phone

C.the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.

D.the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.

 

John Fisher, a builder, and his wife Elizabeth wanted more living space, so they left their small flat for an old 40-metter-high castle tower. They have spent five years turning it into a beautiful home with six floors, winning three architectural prizes.

“I love the space, and being private,” Elizabeth says. “You feel separated from the world. If I am in the kitchen, which is 25 meters above the ground floor, and the doorbell rings, I don’t have to answer it because visitors can’t see I am in!”

There are 142 steps to the top so if I go up and down five or six times a day, it’s very good exercise! But having to carry heavy things to the top is terrible, so I never buy more than two bags of shopping from the supermarket at a time. Apart from that, it’s a brilliant place to live.

“When we first saw the place, I asked my father’s advice about buying it, because we couldn’t decide. After paying for it, we were a bit worried because it looked awful. But we really loved it, and knew how we wanted it to look.”

“Living here can be difficult-yesterday I climbed a four-meter ladder to clean the windows. But  when you stand on the roof you can see all the way out to sea on a clear day, and that’s a wonderful experience. I am really glad we moved. ”

1.What is the writer trying to do in the text?

      A.describe how to turn an old tower into a house.

       B.recommend a particular builder

       C.describe what it is like to live in a tower

       D.explain how to win prizes for building work

2.From the text, a reader can find out

       A.Why visitors are not welcome at John and Elizabeth’s house.

       B.Why Elizabeth asked her father to buy the tower

       C.Why Elizabeth exercises every day

       D.Why John and Elizabeth left their flat.

3.Which of the following best describes Elizabeth’s feelings about the tower?

       A.she wanted it as soon as she saw it

       B.she likes most things about it

       C.she ha been worried since they paid for it

       D.she finds it unsuitable to live in

4.What problem does Elizabeth have with living in such a tall building?

      A.Her visitors find it hard to see if she is at home

       B.She feels separated from others

       C.She cannot bring home lots of shopping at once

       D.It is impossible to clean any of the windows.

5.How will John and Elizabeth advertise their tower if they sell it?

A

FOR SALE

Tall building, formerly a castle. High windows give a good view. Needs some improvement

 
 


B

FOR SALE

A house with a difference-a castle tower, turned into a lovely home. Wonderful view

 
 


C

FOR SALE

Prize-winning home, five years old. Six rooms, all with sea views

 
 


D

FOR SALE

Castle tower, turned into six small flats, close to supermarket.

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