题目内容
December 24 arrived along with a heavy snow. It was my first Christmas Eve without my mother, and the day’s usual 21 had disappeared.
The telephone rang. I 22 it and went to my bedroom to bury the continuous 23 , knowing it must be my friend Rebecca calling. How could I be 24 ? I wanted to be left 25 .
My heart felt as 26 as the falling snow. 27 can I stop missing my mother?
I 28 the window. Seeing Rebecca’s car parked out front, I went back to my bed and drew the covers over my head.
“Lucy!” she shouted. “I know you’re in there. Answer the door!”
“Leave me alone!” I 29 back. I heard paper rustling(沙沙作响) as she slid 30 under the door.
“Merry Christmas, ” she called out.
Not answering the 31 made me even 32 . It wasn’t fair to my best friend. Her father and sister 33 in a car accident when she was eight years old. 34 , her mother had to return to 35 , and Rebecca was left to look after herself.
When she left, I carried the small package, sat down and 36 it. Inside was a golden pen and a journal. When I opened the journal’s front cover, out fell a bookmark with a(n) 37 written on it:
Dear Lucy,
My words won’t heal（治愈）the 38 . But your own words can.
Love,
Rebecca
As I stared at the journal’s blank pages, a single tear fell on the page which quickly absorbed it.
That night, I 39 the phone and dialed her number.
“Looks like the snow is melting(融化), ” I said. “Spring was just _____40____the corner.”
21.A. excitement | B. disappointment | C. fright | D. pity |
22.A. answered | B. covered | C. picked | D. ignored |
23.A. pleasure | B. puzzled | C. sadness | D. interest |
24.A. regretful | B. joyful | C. comfortable | D. careful |
25.A. alive | B. active | C. alone | D. crazy |
26.A. light | B. white | C. heavy | D. clear |
27.A. Why | B. Where | C. Whether | D. How |
28.A. looked through | B. looked into | C. looked out | D. looked up |
29.A. brought | B. shouted | C. took | D. turned |
30.A. anything | B. something | C. everything | D. nothing |
31.A. phone | B. question | C. letter | D. door |
32.A. more helpful | B. more attractive | C. worse | D. better |
33.A. survived | B. escaped | C. lived | D. died |
34.A. As a whole | B. As a result | C. In all | D. In general |
35.A. work | B. wash | C. repair | D. learn |
36.A. closed | B. folded | C. opened | D. painted |
37.A. article | B. poem | C. notice | D. message |
38.A. failure | B. pain | C. wish | D. shame |
39.A. picked up | B. picked out | C. pushed back | D. put away |
40. A. around | B. over | C. on | D. at |
口算能手系列答案NEW YORK— Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes, or a couple of hours if they head for the woods. Dave Murbach needs 11 months.
Almost every day of every year, Murbach’s thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.
Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that makes more attractive Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.
“I'm always looking for a tree,” the center's chief gardener says. “I look for it even when I go to the beach in the summer. It' s like a homework assignment hanging over your head.”
And if he gets it wrong, there's nothing hiding it.
“Every day it's up, 400,000 people go by, and 2.5 million people watch the lighting celebration on television,”he says.
This year’s tree, a 74-foot Nomy spruce (云杉) from Richfield, Ohio, flown to New York on the world's largest cargo plane, was lighted on December 2.
The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York — a tradition dating back to 1931, when the workers building Rockefeller Center put up a small tree with ornaments (装饰品).
The search for the next year's tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs.
Murbach has three standards: The tree must be at least 65 feet high, at least 35 feet across and leaves dense (密集的) enough not to see through.
That's not as simple as it sounds. Though forests are full of evergreens, few get enough sunlight or space to fill out. And branches in snow regions often break under the weight, making trees unbalanced.
Back at the office, he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees, many addressed simply to “Mr. Christmas Tree Man.”
Though there was occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night, Murbach knows the effect the tree has on people: “It's for bringing people together, attempting to bring together people you love. That's what I hope it sets off.” But Murbach says he's always too worn out to celebrate Christmas.
1. Which is the correct order of the events in the passage?
a. Murbach’s thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree.
b. 2.5 million people watch the Christmas tree.
c. The tree is flown to New York.
d. It was lighted on December 2.
e. The tree is chopped up.
f. Murbach searches for the tree.
A. a, b, c, d, e, f B. c, d, b, f, e, a
C. c, d, e, b, a, f D. a, f, c, d, b, e
2. Murbach spends a lot of time that are exhibited in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.
A. taking care of Christmas trees
B. deciding on the perfect evergreens
C. sorting the letters from people
D. deciding the TV programs
3. Why does Murbach take his job seriously?
A. Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice.
B. Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe.
C. Because he enjoys showing off.
D. Because he wishes to attract people's attention to himself.
4. According to Murbach' s standard of trees, the best tree must_______ .
A. be evergreen
B. have lots of space between their branches
C. be tall enough not to see through
D. be equally balanced
5. What kind of person do you think Murbach is?
A. A person always ignoring his family.
B. A person full of love.
C. A person devoted to his work.
D. A person with great anxiety.