Old photographs give one a brief of the past. A. glance B. glimpse C. sight D. look 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life to the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is “to face the music”.

When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music.” It does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, any why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At some time or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!

The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did- facing the orchestra which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression “to face the music” came to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”

Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about hw well they looked. Was their equipment clean, whinny enough to pass inspection? Still the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do?

Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. As, for example, when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.

According to the passage, how many ways does the phrase “to face the music” come from?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

What’s the meaning of “to face the music?”

A. To face something far less pleasant. B. To face the stage.

C. To face the back of one’s horse. D. To face one’s leader.

The underlined word “hostile” in Paragraph 3 means “ ”.

A. unfriendly B. dislike C. unimportant D. unnecessary

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye：Queen City Casket Company．“What is it?” I wondered．I 　36　 it over．There，in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 　37　. Immediately my mind traveled 38 many years．

I was nine years old, walking down the cold，wet streets of Springfield，with a bag of magazines on my shoulder．On my 39 that day．I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader，had always taken me there to ask his workers 40 they wanted any magazines．

Shaking off the 41 like a wet dog．I entered Mr. Rader's office．After a quick glance ,he 42 me over to the fire-place．Noticing the 43 in the top of my 44 ，he said，“Come with me!”，pulling me into his pickup 45 ．we pulled to a stop before a shoe store．Inside，a salesman 46 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 47 seen．I 48 about 10 feet tall when I got up 49 them．“We’d like a pair of new socks too．” Mr Rader said．

Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 50 ，wrote something on it, and handed it to me．With 51 eyes，I read，“Do to others as you would have them do to you．” He said affectionately(深情地)，“Jimmy，I want you to　52　　I love you”．

I said good-bye, and for the first time I 53 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 54 ．With people like Mr Rader in the world，there was hope，kindness and love，and that would always make a 55 ．

A．read B．thought C．turned D．passed

A．address B．1ist C．message D．information

A．forward B．so C．ahead D．back

A．return B．rounds C．trip D．arrival

A．if only B．how C．whether D．why

A．dust B．sweat C．tail D．rain

A．led B．followed C．watched D．carried

A．hole B．mud C．water D．cover

A．magazine B．shoe C．sock D．bag

A．truck B．factory C．home D．store

A．dressed B．fitted C．showed D．comforted

A．ever B．already C．never D．hardly

A．appeared B．seemed C．looked 　 D．felt

A．for B．with C．on　　 D．in

A．pen B．paper C．card　　 D．notebook

A．tearful B．unbelievable C．curious.　 D．puzzled

A．admit B．know C．consider 　 D．express

A．sensed B．received C．lost　 D．gained

A．mistaken B．fight C．all right 　 D．possible

A．deal B．fortune C．choice　　 D．difference

Tong Shiqiang rushed into a kindergarten behind his primary school several times, carrying a __36__ of kids each time he rushed out of their classroom on that fateful（灾难的）day. Only 14 years old and 1.5m tall, Tong can now __37__ a national bravery award for saving seven children.

The grade-6 student was __38__ a Chinese language class in Zhongwang Primary School in Qishan village of Longnan city, one of the worst-hit areas in Gansu province, __39__ the deadly quake struck on May 12,2008. There were 49 __40__ students in his class at the time.

"Windows began rattling(嘎嘎响）and it __41__ as if lots of bees were singing underground," __42__ Tong Shuangxi, Tong Shiqiang's teacher and uncle. "The sound grew __43__ ... and then I __44__ it was an earthquake."

The teacher cried: " __45__ out!" All the students ran out of the room immediately.

__46__ outside, Tong Shuangxi rushed toward the kindergarten where the children __47__ a nap (午睡). Tong Shiqiang ran with him.

Only three of the kids had __48__ to run out of their room when they __49__ the building. The rest were crying, too __50__ to move. It __51__ less than three minutes for them to carry out all the five- and six-year-olds to __52__.

__53__ whether all the kids had been saved, Tong and his nephew had __54__ begun checking the name list when the classroom's walls fell down. "That's the only time I was scared," said Tong Shiqiang.

The 14-year-old is __55__ to be nominated (提名) for the child hero award, to be given by the Ministry of Education and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League.

A. score B. dozen C. couple D. number

A. beat B. win C. show D. give

A. listening B. hearing C. giving D. attending

A. when B. while C. where D. which

A. another B. other C. others D. the other

A. looked B. turned C. appeared D. seemed

A. reminds B. remains C. recalls D. remarks

A. a louder B. weaker C. clearer D. louder

A. realized B. found C. thought D. recognized

A. Nobody B. Everybody C. Somebody D. Anybody

A. once B. Before C. Since D. After

A. were having B. have C. had D. having had

A. tried B. wanted C. managed D. attempted

A. arrived B. reached C. got D. escaped

A. surprised B. moved C. frightened D. excited

A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took

A. safety B. classroom C. yard D. hospital

A. No problem B. No wonder C. Not sure D. Not know

A. ever B. just C. never D. even

A. possible B. probable C. likely D. maybe

Right is right. Right? Of course. But is left wrong? Well, the Romans used to think so. They thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. Latin, the language of the Romans, had many words that expressed this view. Some words we use today still have this meaning. The Latin word “dexter” means “right”. The English word “dexterous” comes from this word. It means “handy” (clever with hands). So, right is handy. But the Latin word for left is “sinister”. The English word “sinister” comes from this word. Sinister means “evil” (very bad). Is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil? Well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. In old English, the word for left means “weak”. That isn’t much of an improvement over “evil”.

Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.

People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place? One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.

1. What does the passage lead us to believe when one writes?

A. He can only use his right hand.

B. He can only use his left hand.

C. He can use either his left hand or his right hand.

D. He can use both his left hand and his right hand.

2. The last sentence of this article means ________.

A. Fair-minded right-handed people want to change the habit of the left-handed people

B. Fair-minded right-handed people are starting to help the left-handed people

C. Fair-minded right-handed people are starting to use left hand to write and so on

D. Fair-minded right-handed people are starting to give up using their left hands

3. After we read the article we can certainly know that _______.

A. left-handed people have been treated poorly

B. the number of the left-handed people is larger than that of right-handed people

C. right-handed people are much cleverer than left-handed people

D. left-handed people are less smart but hardworking

4. Which of the following is NOT right, according to the article?

A. At one time, left-handed people were forced to use their right hands.

B. Left-handed people today are being treated better than those in the past.

C. There are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people today.

D. “Dexterous” comes from Latin, means “evil” and English “sinister” means “handy”.

At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.

Now 20, third-year Cambridge University student, Peter Blackburn is managing director of a company with a ?? 30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than $15,000 by next summer. He set up Peter Blackborn Ltd last year to bring out a new, color term-planner that now students all over the UK are using.

"I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative," he says, "I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go".

Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone. Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.

"Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves," he says "I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college."

Friends believe that Blackburn will make ?? 1 million within 5 years. He is not quite so sure, however. "There's a lot to be done yet," he says.

Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.

a. He spent his holiday preparing a plan.

b. He collected newspapers.

c. He set up his own company.

d. He asked the bank for money.

e. He set up a babysitting circle.

A. e, b, c, a, d B. b, e, a, d, c C. b, e, d, a, c D. b, e, c, a, d

When he was quite young, Blackburn _______ .

A. already made a lot of money B. already had a business brain

C. was already managing director of a company D. already set up his own business

The underlined expression in the fourth paragraph "have a go," here means _______ .

A. give up this job and have a new one B. leave the company

C. have a try D. develop my business quickly

In spite of a college student, Blackburn _______ .

A. spends more time on his business than on his studies course

B. keep in touch with his business office by movable phone

C. seldom goes out with his friends

D. often spends whole holiday preparing business plan

Which of the following best explain why Blackburn works hard at his company?

A. He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college.

B. He wants to make more money before he leaves college.

C. He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves the college.

D. he depends on the company for his living in the future.

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