题目内容
I’d been proud that I’d never lost my cellphone until my husband Jack got a call one evening.
We went to visit a friend in hospital last year. When Jack’s 36 rang, it was my mother calling from my 37 . She asked if I had 38 my mobile. I checked my purse. It was 39 !
I used Jack’s phone to call my number. Then a boy, whom I’ll call Rhys, 40 it. “I found your phone!” he said, excitedly. “I have been trying to find you, but 41 it was getting late, I decided to leave.” He gave me the address of a 42 near his home.
Later that evening, I went to 43 him there. I didn’t dare to go 44 , worrying this was some cheater. So Jack came along. After 45 10km, we got to the coffee shop which Rhys 46 .
My 47 were gone. Rhys was just a young boy. “How did you 48 my mum?” I asked. He 49 that when he found my mobile by the roadside, he started calling people in my list of contacts. But all they 50 was my mobile phone number—which didn’t 51 . He’d called many names, starting with the letter A. Finally he got Adam, one of my friends, who 52 my house.
I was 53 to get my phone back with all the contacts, messages and photos I could have lost for ever. I was so 54 to Rhys and offered him some money, but he 55 .
As we drove back, we praised Rhys for his honesty.
1.A. electric car |
B. mobile phone |
C. radio |
D. doorbell |
2.A. hospital |
B. company |
C. school |
D. home |
3.A. found |
B. changed |
C. lost |
D. bought |
4.A. gone |
B. new |
C. busy |
D. broken |
5.A. accepted |
B. returned |
C. got |
D. answered |
6.A. before |
B. because |
C. after |
D. if |
7.A. coffee shop |
B. post office |
C. hotel |
D. supermarket |
8.A. follow |
B. meet |
C. catch |
D. punish |
9.A. slowly |
B. back |
C. alone |
D. finally |
10.A. driving |
B. running |
C. walking |
D. riding |
11.A. talked about |
B. looked for |
C. heard of |
D. knew about |
12.A. difficulties |
B. fears |
C. diseases |
D. hopes |
13.A. remember |
B. know |
C. tell |
D. understand |
14.A. realized |
B. repeated |
C. explained |
D. believed |
15.A. had |
B. noticed |
C. expected |
D. finished |
16.A. happen |
B. matter |
C. help |
D. fit |
17.A. called |
B. visited |
C. shared |
D. sold |
18.A. sorry |
B. glad |
C. sad |
D. proud |
19.A. useful |
B. strange |
C. grateful |
D. polite |
20.A missed |
B. appeared |
C. agreed |
D. refused |
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1.B
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.D
6.B
7.A
8.B
9.C
10.A
11.A
12.B
13.C
14.C
15.A
16.C
17.A
18.B
19.C
20.D
【解析】:文章讲述了我找回手机的小故事,赞扬了Ray的诚实的品质。
1.B 上下文串联。根据下文说明是妈妈打了Jack的手机。
2.D 上下文串联。根据下文可知是妈妈从家里打来的电话。
3.C 动词辨析。A发现;B改变;C失去;D购买。这里指妈妈问我是否丢了手机。
4.A 形容词辨析。A丢了;B新的;C忙碌的;D坏了。根据上下文可知我的手机丢了。
5.D 动词辨析。A接受;B归还;C得到;D接电话。指那个男孩接了我的电话。
6.B 连词辨析。指因为天黑了,所以他决定离开发现电话的地方。
7.A 上下文串联。根据下文可知我们的越好在他家旁边的咖啡店见面。
8.B 动词辨析。Meet见面。解析同上。
9.C 副词辨析。A慢慢地;B回来;C单独;D最后;这里指我不敢独自一人去。
10.A 上下文串联。根据文章最后一行As we drove back说明我们开车前往的。
11.A 短语辨析。A谈论;B寻找;C听说;D逻辑。指我们来到了Ray电话中谈及的那个咖啡店。
12.B 上下文串联。上文提及我不敢独自一人来,说明我之前很害怕,现在已经不怕了。
13.C 动词辨析。A记得;B知道;C告诉;D理解。指我问他是如何告诉我的妈妈的。
14.C 上下文串联。我问了他问题。他对我的问题做出了回答解释。
15.A 动词辨析。A有;B注意。C期待;D完成。指我的那些朋友们有的只是我的手机号码,而现在手机就在Ray的手里,知道手机号码根本没有帮助,起不了什么作用。
16.C动词辨析。解析同上。
17.A 动词辨析。指他给我家里打了电话。
18.B 形容词辨析。我重新拿回了电话,自然应该是很高兴,对Ray很感激。
19.C 形容词辨析。解析同上。
20.D 动词辨析。我要给钱给他,表示感谢,他拒绝接受。
Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.
She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts(工作班次)are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”
So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just £90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”
The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.
Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”
The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself—— and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”
Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret, “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”
【小题1】Margaret quit her job as a nurse because _______.
A.she wanted to earn more money to support her family |
B.she had suffered a lot of mental pressure |
C.she needed the right time to look after her children |
D.she felt tired of taking care of patients |
A.they never clean their offices |
B.they look down upon cleaners |
C.they never do their work carefully |
D.they always make a mess in their offices |
A.light-hearted because of her fellow workers |
B.happy because the building is fully lit |
C.tired because of the heavy workload |
D.bored because time passes slowly |
A.help care for her children |
B.regret what they had said |
C.show sympathy for her |
D.feel disappointed in her |