题目内容
These eggs are ¥5. 00 a _____. (打)
As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mill carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when 1 was a boy it was such a fun to stick your finger 'through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad' s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route." he used to say, "and a story at every one. " One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read. "Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs. " Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the groom:. bat the mail was always delivered On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few button on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to 8 32,000.
A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad’s death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. " What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?" he asked.
"The letters?"
'I guess you never knew. "
"Knew what?"
" Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. "
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
【小题1】It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad us_____.
A.great chances to help other people |
B.happy occasions to play with baby chickens |
C.exciting experience* with a lot of fun |
D.good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies |
A.Dad had a strong sense of duty |
B.Dad was an honest and reliable man |
C.Dad had a strong sense of honor |
D.Dad was a kind and generous man |
A.Dad read letters for a blind lady for years. |
B.Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl. |
C.Dad delivered some eggs to Marian. |
D.Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year. |
A.offering analyses | B.providing explanations |
C.giving examples | D.making comparisons |
A.Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole. |
B.Santa Claus answered all their letters every year. |
C.Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children. |
D.Santa Claus had so much information about their families. |
A.The Mail | B.Christmas Letters |
C.Special Mailboxes | D.Memorable Travels |
Did you know that a turtle(乌龟)can lay 12 eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays
around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.
Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs,
they spend their whole lives in the water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim toland. They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find theirway back there is unknown.When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark.Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountainclimbers. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task oflaying eggs.The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protectsthe eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake. You may see tiny black ballscoming out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles!
【小题1】
Which sentence expresses the main idea?
A.Sea turtles have interesting life habits. |
B.Sea turtles swim to shore to lay their eggs. |
C.Large sea turtles lay their eggs in special ways. |
D.Sea turtles enjoy staying in the sand. |
A.deep water | B.danger | C.heat | D.bad weather |
A.many turtles die while swimming to shore |
B.female turtles protect their babies |
C.once turtles land, they never return to the sea |
D.the job of laying eggs takes great strength |
A.because they lay their eggs in mountain areas |
B.to give you a picture of how hard they work |
C.to tell you that they like to climb |
D.to show that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles |
Molly was a peasant girl. Her parents did not have much money and Molly did not have many nice clothes.
One day Molly’s father said to her, “Molly, take this pot of milk to market and sell it. You may keep the money.”
Molly was very happy. She put the pot of milk on her head and started her journey to market. While she was walking alone she began to think. “I will get quite a lot of money for this milk,” she thought. “What will I do with the money? I will buy a lot of eggs. I will take the eggs home with me. One of our hens will sit on them. Then there will be lots of little chickens. I will not sell the chickens. They will grow into hens. Then there will be more eggs. And these eggs will give me still more chickens. Soon I will have hundreds of hens. Then I will sell them all. They will bring me a lot of money. I will be rich. I will buy lots of new clothes. I will always wear nice clothes. Then a rich man will marry me. We will have a beautiful house, a big car and nice children...”
Molly was very happy. She jumped into the air. The pot of milk fell from her head onto the road. And that was the end of all her dreams.
In English there is a proverb. It says: Do not count your chickens before they are hatched(孵化).
1.Molly was happy to go to market because ________.
A.she liked to go there |
B.she wanted to buy nice clothes |
C.she could have the money of her own |
D.she wanted to buy some eggs |
2.On her way to market, Molly began to________.
A.count her eggs |
B.have a happy dream |
C.think of her happy family life |
D.think how to sell the milk |
3.What was the end of all Molly’s dreams?
A.She jumped up and fell onto the ground. |
B.She was happy about her house. |
C.She woke and found the milk on the road. |
D.She married a rich man. |
4.The proverb: “Do not count your chicken before they are hatched.” means ____.
A.one must count his chicken after they are hatched |
B.it is foolish to make plans |
C.one must depend more on what is in real life |
D.one must make plans before they begin to work |