Jonathan lived alone in a house,which he looked after carefully.One summer evening Jonathan returned home   1 usual at 4:53.When he opened the front gate, he suddenly noticed something   2 .There was   3  in the earth in one of the flower beds.Jonathan was just going to blame(责备)the milkman or the postman   4 he noticed that one of the curtains(窗帘)in the front room downstairs was   5  .Jonathan never did it like that.
He walked up to the porch(门廊)and   6  it quietly.He   7  carefully for a few seconds.  8  could hear nothing.The front door was half-open.Jonathan studied it carefully,  9  if he had forgotten to close it that morning.He had   10 forgotten before.He stepped silently    11 the hall to the door and looked   12  the room.The shadow(影子)of a man was clearly    13 on the far wall in the evening sunlight.He had clearly been standing  14 the door since Jonathan’s return.Jonathan closed the door and turned the key quickly.Then he quietly picked up  15   and began to call   16  .The thief, a tall young man, tried to climb     17   a window to get out but Jonathan   18   that.He beat him with his umbrella.Three minutes later the police   19  .Jonathan was a little angry that he had to have dinner later than usual but on the whole night he felt quite pleased with     20  .

【小题1】
A.toB.1ikeC.as D.for
【小题2】
A.goodB.beautifulC.badly D.strange
【小题3】
A.a heavy footprint.B.a beautiful flower
C.a newspaper D.a bottle of ink
【小题4】
A.whenB.whileC.as D.since
【小题5】
A.troubleB.out of placeC.wrong D.shining
【小题6】
A.closedB.lookedC.opened D.knocked at
【小题7】
A.watchedB.1istenedC.studied D.waited
【小题8】
A.andB.whileC.but D.so
【小题9】
A.seeingB.wantingC.wondering D.waiting
【小题10】
A.alwaysB.neverC.ever D.sometimes
【小题11】
A.inB.aroundC.over D.across
【小题12】
A.insideB.out ofC.at D.after
【小题13】
A.shone (照耀)B.reflected (反射)C.given D.put up
【小题14】
A.in front ofB.in the frontC.beside D.behind
【小题15】
A.a stoneB.a stickC.a knife D.the telephone
【小题16】
A.the neighbourB.his friendC.the policeD.the thief
【小题17】
A.byB.ontoC.through D.to
【小题18】
A.had hopedB.had thoughtC.had wished D.had noticed
【小题19】
A.1eftB.arrivedC.reached D.spoke
【小题20】
A.himselfB.the policeC.the thief D.the house

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had loved a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well   16   it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As   17   drew near, the young man expected   18   that his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of the special day, his father called him into his study. His father told him how   19   he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped (包装好的) gift box. Curious, but a little bit   20  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经).
Angrily, he raised his   21   to his father and said, “Is a Bible   22   you can give me with all your money?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years   23   and the young man was very successful in business, but   24   his father was very old, he thought perhaps he   25   go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.   26   he could make the arrangements (安排), he received a telegram which   27   him of his father’s death, and all the possessions (财产) willed (立遗嘱) to him.
  28   arriving at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to   29   through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had   30   it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to   31  . As he was reading, a car   32   dropped from the back of the Bible.
How many times do we   33   blessings (祝福) because they are not wrapped as we expected? Do not spoil (搞糟) what you have by desiring (渴求) what you have not; but remember what you now have was once   34   the things you hoped for. What may appear as bad fortune (运气) may   35   be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

【小题1】
A.offerB.payC.buyD.afford
【小题2】
A.his birthdayB.graduation dayC.sports meetD.examination day
【小题3】
A.signsB.notesC.warningsD.marks
【小题4】
A.upsetB.crazyC.comfortableD.proud
【小题5】
A.excitedB.disappointedC.worriedD.satisfied
【小题6】
A.handB.headC.voiceD.sound
【小题7】
A.allB.thatC.all whatD.that all
【小题8】
A.pastB.goneC.passedD.spent
【小题9】
A.learningB.realizingC.hearingD.understanding
【小题10】
A.couldB.wouldC.shouldD.ought
【小题11】
A.AfterB.BeforeC.SinceD.Until
【小题12】
A.informedB.requiredC.reportedD.introduced
【小题13】
A.ByB.OnC.AsD.At
【小题14】
A.putB.pushC.searchD.pass
【小题15】
A.keptB.boughtC.leftD.expected
【小题16】
A.turn overB.turn onC.turn upD.turn down
【小题17】
A.pictureB.modelC.keyD.toy
【小题18】
A.missB.getC.forgetD.avoid
【小题19】
A.ofB.amongC.betweenD.along
【小题20】
A.surelyB.actuallyC.mainlyD.naturally

The city of Venice,in  Italy,is one of a kind.It is built on more than 120 islands,just off arrival.After explaining where my new house was,I told him that I had left the key under the doormat.Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back,I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator(冰箱).

  Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house.At the moment,he said,he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal.He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator.Now,he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon.When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house,he answered that the only problem  was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat,but luckily,the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and  he had climbed in through the window.I listened to all this in great surprise.There is no apple tree outside my window,but there is one by the living room window of my next-door  neighbor’s house!

 1.When my friend arrived,I could not go to meet him because________.

A.we were not good friends

B.I was busy at work

C.he had not told me that he would come

D.I did not want to see him

 2.A doormat is a mat______.

A.used as a door

B.for cleaning the bottom of shoes

C.put up on a door as an ornament(装饰物)

D.near a door under which people put their keys

3.I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____.

A.he had not waited for me to eat together

B.he had eaten too much of the food

C.he mistook my neighbor’s house for mine

D.he had left the house with the window open

 4.At last my friend______.

A.did not enter my house

B.entered my house after he opened the door

C.entered my house by climbing through the window

D.entered my house with the help of my neighbor

 5.The writer left the key under the doormat so that______.

A.nobody would find it

B.he might not lose it

C.his family could use the same key

D.his friend could easily get it

 

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers.“last week, ” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church.As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back.”

“How did you write your advertisement?”asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

“Here it is, said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper.The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella.The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No.10 Broad Street.”

“Now, ”Said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well.But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance.Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it </PGN0332.TXT/PGN>fails, I'll buy you a new one.”

The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote:“If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street.He is well known.”

This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door.In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown, and his own was among them.Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

1.The result of the first advertisement was that ______________.

A.the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

B.the man got his umbrella back

C.the man wasted some money advertising

D.nobody found the missing umbrella

2.The merchant suggested that the man should _______________.

A.buy a new umbrella

B.write another and better advertisement

C.go on looking for his umbrella

D.report the police

3.“If it fails, I’ll buy you a new one,” suggested that the merchant

_______________.

A.wanted to buy him a new umbrella

B.didn’t know what to do

C.was rich enough to buy one

D.was quite sure of success

4.The story is mainly about _________________.

A.a useless advertisement

B.how to make an effective advertisement

C.what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

D.how the man lost and found his umbrella

 

Once upon a time two brothers who lived on neighbouring farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious one in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed .

Then the long cooperoration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I'm looking for a few days’ work" he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with. Could I help you?"

"Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek(河沟) at that farm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow(草地) between us and he took his bulldozer(推土机) to the river levee(堤) and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll go him one better. I want you to build me a fence — an 8-foot fence — so I won't need to see his place or his face any more. Cool him down , anyhow."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."

The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing, and hammering.

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped.

There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge — a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work — and his younger brother, was coming across, his hand spread out ..

"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done."

The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother.

"I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I have many more bridges to build."

1..  What was the life for the two brothers before the conflict ?

  A. They live a poor , miserable life .

B. They were friendly neighbours ,helping each other .

C. They never speak to each other .

D. They live together as one family.

2..  The underlined word “spite” in paragraph 4 probably means ______________.

A. try to please                     B. make angry on purpose

C. laught at                         D. look down upon

3...Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?

   A. The younger brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek .

B. After the conflict John was angry with his younger brother.

C. At first the carpenter planned to build an 8-foot fence as John asked him to.

D. The two brothers made peace at last .

4..  The best title for this passage is _______________.

A. A Fine Piece of Work                    B. A Clever Carpenter

C. A Conflict between Two Brothers         D. Two Brothers

 

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