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‘Well,’ he answered, ‘it is a strange true story. About ten years ago I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 39 it suddenly rained. I had no 40 and no umbrella. No buses 41 that street and there were no taxis in sight. As I was on my way to a party I didn’t want to get 42 . So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite 43 , there wasn’t a person around, and still it rained and rained. 44 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 45 a large umbrella over his head. As I hoped he would 46 me to walk to the next corner with him, 47 I could have got a taxi, I stepped 48 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said, 49 , where are you going with that umbrella?
50 by my sudden appearance, the young man 51 the umbrella which I am afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 52 into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and 53 my walk. I knew it would be 54 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I’ve kept it 55 .’
36. A. for months B. for years C. since childhood D. since then
37. A. used B. cost C. taken D. spent
38. A. very little B. only a few pounds C. not a penny D. not a great deal
39. A. when B. then C. before D. as
40. A. car B. hat C. raincoat D. friend
41. A. moved through B. ran through C. went across D. passed across
42. A. tired B. back C. wet D. away
43. A. dark B. wet C. late D. helpless
44. A. At once B. At last C. Strangely D. Secretly
45. A. raising B. carrying C. holding D. lifting
46. A. allow B. let C. agree D. promise
47. A. there B. where C. from which D. in which
48. A. into B. out of C. towards D. from behind
49. A. By the way B. Pardon C. Excuse me D. Sorry
50. A. Encouraged B. Forced C. Warmed D. Frightened
51. A. shut B. took C. dropped D. forgot
52. A. disappeared B. wandered C. marched D. came
53. A. stopped B. started C. continued D. delayed
54. A. endless B. interesting C. exciting D. hopeless
55. A. ever since B. forever C. long enough D. in the end
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Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.
Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of fat to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.
"He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?
Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.
“I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable,” she said.
One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.
Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but “certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable”.
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.
【小题1】Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.
| A．not having a layer of blubber |
| B．having few feathers due to old age |
| C．having no wetsuit |
| D．others penguins rejecting him |
| A．total invention |
| B．waterproof feathers |
| C．the use of wetsuit on humans |
| D．the use of heat lamp |
| A．whether other penguins would reject him |
| B．if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit |
| C．if the wetsuit kept warm |
| D．whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering |
| A．Wetsuit for An Old Penguin |
| B．Old Penguin Getting Bald |
| C．Unwilling to Swim |
| D．Strange Look of PierreＢ |
A few days ago I got a call from my old college friend whom I haven’t seen for a very long time. The topic, which was about all the good old times that we had changed to a touching story when he started talking about his father.
His father’s declining health made him stay at the hospital. Because of his illness, his father suffered from insomnia (失眠) and often talked to himself. My friend, who had not been able to sleep for a few days as he had to keep watching his father’s condition, became annoyed and told his father to keep silent and try to get some sleep. His father said that he really wanted to sleep well because he was very tired and told my friend to leave him alone in the hospital if he did not want to keep him company.
After his father finished talking, he fell unconscious (失去知觉). My friend was very sorry for speaking the ill words towards his father. My friend, whom I knew as a tough person, cried as a baby on the other end of the telephone. He said that from that moment on, he prayed every day, asking God to let his father wake up from his coma. He promised himself that whatever words came out from his father’s mouth after he regained his consciousness, he would gladly take them. His only hope for God was to give him a chance to rectify his past mistake.
Often, we complain when we have to accompany or watch over our parents for years, months, days, hours or even minutes. But do we realize that our parents keep us company and watch over us for as long as we (or they) live? From the day we were born to our adulthood, and even when deaths come to us, they are always at our side.
Imagine how sad our parents will be when they hear a seemingly innocent （天真无邪的）word of “no” come out from our mouths. We can make promises to ourselves that from now on there will be no more complaints that come out from our mouths when we have to watch over or accompany our parents. No more complaints come out from our mouths when we feel that our parents have treated us like little children. There are so many unlucky ones who have neither fathers nor mothers. They long to have the things that we most complain about, but never have them.
Actually, it takes only a second to think and light the lamp that will bring us to a place where peace is dwelling.
【小题1】Which of the following word can be used to describe the writer’s friend?
| A．Sad | B．Sorry | C．Regretful | D．Pitiful |
| A．put…right | B．recite…by heart |
| C．realize | D．recognize |
| A．Your parents will keep talking to themselves when they are old. |
| B．Be good to your parents when you still have the chance. |
| C．You will regret in your life if you don’t show your kindness to your parents. |
| D．It is not easy to take good care of sick old parents. |