题目内容
— _______ . That'll be$20, please.
B. With pleasure.
C. Don't mention it.
D. There you are.
Michael was a farmer in Texas.His parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940’s, and they became very rich.Michael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather, who was still living on the same farm.
Michael booked his ticket,flew to Shannon airport,hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been born.He asked for directions to the Ohagan farm,and in the end he drove up a bumpy path.He was shocked by what he saw:a small field,and in the middle of it was an old house,which looked as if it was falling down.Animals were wandering in and out of the front door,and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe.
“Are you Mr. Ohagan?”asked Michael。
“Yes,”replied the old mall.
“I'm your grandson,Michael,”said Michael.
“A--ha,”replied the old man.
“Is this your farm?”asked Michael.
“Yes,all the way to the wall over there,”said the old man.
Michael was astonished.“Grandfather,”he said,“I have a farm in Texas.I can get into my car and drive all day and I still haven’t reached the end of the farm.”
“Yes,”said his grandfather.“I used to have a car like that.”
【小题1】Michael’s parents _______.
A.still lived in Ireland alone | B.owned a small farm in Texas |
C.returned to their birthplace | D.were Irish immigrants(移民)in America |
A.The farm was small | B.The old house looked like his own. |
C.Living conditions were poor in the fields. | D.Animals were free in the fields. |
A.owned a small farm, which extended only to the wall not far away |
B.had so large a farm that he couldn’t cover it in a day |
C.hadn’t his modern car any longer |
D.used to have as good a car as his grandson’s |
A.Michael owned a large farm in Ireland. |
B.Michael’s car was in such poor condition that it couldn’t reach the end of the farm within a day. |
C.Michael’s farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day. |
D.Michael didn’t know what to say to his grandfather |
A.the old man really had a car like that |
B.the old man knew his son’s farm in the US was quite large |
C.the old man misunderstood what Michael said |
D.the old man wanted to buy a car like that |
根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(每小题1分)
A:____ I went to work early today, and everyone laughed at me.
B:____ It was me. Can’t you take a joke?
A:____ But watch out, because I’ll be sure to pull a prank on you next time.
B:It had better not be a practical joke like last year, when you painted my face red while I was sleeping.
A:____ Let’s go and see if any of our friends made a fool on anyone today.
B:OK! ____
A.Let’s go. |
B.Yeah, I’m a sucker (傻瓜). |
C.What’s the date today? |
D.April Fool! |
E. Ha ha, that was a good one. F. What did you do that for?
G. Who set my alarm one hour early?