题目内容
A: 1
B:I wish I could say the same! Only joking! How have you been?
A:As well as usual. The kids have all grown up and moved out, so it’s just the two of us now 2 .
B:That would be great. 3
A:Any day next week. Just drop around when you feel like it.
B: 4
A:It sure will. Anyway, I have to leave. Remember to come around for dinner.
B: 5
A.When is a good time for you?
B.I’m glad to see you.
C.It’s nice to see you again.
D.I will, and it’ll be good to catch up again.
E.I am looking forward to it. See you next week.
F.While you’re around, why don’t you drop by for dinner one night?
G.Shall we meet on Wednesday?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
CFADE
After two classes, I started to recognize several of the faces in each class. There was always someone braver than the others who would introduce themselves and ask me questions about how I was liking Forks. I tried to be diplomatic, so mostly I just lied a lot to appear to be skilled at dealing with people. At least I never needed the map.
One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. She was tiny, several inches shorter than my five feet four inches, but her wildly curly dark hair made up a lot of the difference between our heights. I couldn't remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she gossiped about teachers and classes. I didn't try to keep up.
We sat at the end of a full table with several of her friends, who she introduced to me. I forgot all their names as soon as she spoke them. They seemed impressed by her bravery in speaking to me. The boy from England Eric, waved at me from across the room.
It was there, sitting in the lunchroom, trying to make conversation with seven curious strangers, that I first saw them.
They were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where I sat as possible in the long room. There were five of them. They weren't talking, and they weren't eating, though they each had a tray of untouched food in front of them. They weren't staring at me, unlike most of the other students, so it was safe to stare at them without fear of meeting an over interested pair of eyes. But it was none of these things that caught and held my attention.
I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all extremely, inhumanly beautiful. They were faces you never expected to see except perhaps on the airbrushed pages of a fashion magazine, or painted by an old master as the face of an angel. It was hard to decide who was the most beautiful -- maybe the perfect blond girl, or the bronze-haired boy.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “diplomatic” mean?
A.clever | B.smooth | C.honest | D.delight |
A.“I” was really liking the new place. |
B.“I” had a bad memory, so it’s hard to remember names. |
C.“I” was good at making friends. |
D.“I” was not interested in what the girl said. |
A.Because “they” looked incredibly beautiful. |
B.Because “they” weren’t talking. |
C.Because “they” sat in the corner. |
D.Because “they” didn’t eat the food. |
A.The girl walked with “me” was a little short. |
B.“I” saw the five students for the first time. |
C.Those students sitting in the corner had finished their food. |
D.“I” probably wanted to know more about those five students. |
People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth.”
For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say “Do not bad mouth me.” Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest: “I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth.”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person, “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.
But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.
1.In what kind of situation will a person say “Do not bad mouth me.” ?
A.When he feels down. |
B.When he feels regretful. |
C.When he is spoken ill of. |
D.When he feels innocent. |
2.If a person feels sorry for what he has said, he might say “ .”
A.Do not bad mouth me |
B.I really put my foot in my mouth this time |
C.Do not put words in my mouth |
D.Stop mouthing off |
3.If a person lives from hand to mouth, it implies .
A.he is badly – off |
B.he is hard – working |
C.he is well – off |
D.he has enough to eat |
4.By saying, “I have been running my mouth long enough”, the speaker means “ ”.
A.I have run a long way |
B.I have been a mouthy person |
C.I have learned a lot |
D.I have talked too much |