题目内容
I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a figure that really struck terror into my heart.
I 1 it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home.It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside 2 at such a late time.There were 3 few people on the road at night.Even during the day, the road was used by only some.On that night, it seemed even 4 .While I was walking, I could hear some 5 made by creatures that love the night world.I moved really fast towards home.It was 6 because I was hungry.More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth.All of a sudden, I 7 an old lady in a short distance away.Her 8 was covered with a white cloth.She was 9 to me, I think.
I was a bit 10 .I wanted to know 11 she was there at that time of the late night.I stopped walking for a while.As I 12 there, stories about ghosts (鬼) began to come to my mind one after 13 .I was soon 14 fear and started to run as fast as I could.When I reached home I could 15 speak.
The next day, however, I 16 that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person.But I could find no footprints there 17 a banana plant.I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that 18 like a woman waving her hand.I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the 19 night’s experience, this 20 was small relief to me.
1.A.realized B.recognized C.remembered D.reminded
2.A.alone B.asleep C.awake D.lonely
3.A.never B.often C.seldom D.rarely
4.A.busier B.noisier C.quieter D.wider
5.A.noises B.quarrels C.songs D.voices
6.A.completely B.mainly C.obviously D.partly
7.A.made sense of B.caught sight of C.got ahead of D.took hold of
8.A.waist B.leg C.head D.hand
9.A.smiling B.waiting C.whispering D.waving
10.A.mysterious B.cautious C.conscious D.curious
11.A.why B.when C.what D.how
12.A.lay B.sat C.stood D.walked
13.A.another B.other C.others D.the other
14.A.addicted to B.filled with C.far from D.short of
15.A.clearly B.easily C.hardly D.loudly
16.A.traveled B.visited C.appreciated D.went
17.A.over B.without C.than D.except
18.A.felt B.looked C.smelt D.sounded
19.A.previous B.next C.last D.following
20.A.invention B.achievement C.contribution D.discovery
1—5 CABCA 6—10 DBCDD 11—15 ACABC 16—20 BDBAD
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the 36 _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to 37 for the night.
“Could you 38 give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a 39 man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and 40 that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our 41 are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a 42 couple like you 43 into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be 44 to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite(套房), but it will be good enough to make you 45 for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t 46 me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build 47 for you.” The three of them had a good 48 .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it 49 he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip(双程的) 50 to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and 51 him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new 52 there, a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to 53_ .”
“You must be 54 ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of 55 was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Boldt became its first manager.
1.A. rain B. anger C. snow D. hunger
2. A. leave B. go C. stay D. look
3. A. surely B. possibly C. really D. freely
4. A. lazy B. bored C. nervous D. friendly
5. A. shouted B. explained C. believed D. agreed
6. A. hotels B. desks C. streets D. rooms
7. A. nice B. famous C. rich D. common
8.A. beyond B. off C. out D. under
9. A. kind B. glad C. good D. generous
10. A. enjoyable B. helpful C. grateful D. comfortable
11.A. worry about B. take care of C. make use of D. come up with
12. A. one B. it C. them D. those
13.A. sleep B. meal C. laugh D. walk
14. A. after B. before C. while D. when
15. A. ticket B. bill C. check D. questionnaire
16. A. made B. told C. treated D. led
17. A. building B. car C. bedroom D. place
18. A. live B. sell C. manage D. rent
19. A. lying B. joking C. dreaming D. cheating
20. A. whose B. which C. whom D. who