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I quickly walked to the other side to avoid ___ him.
A. meeting B. meet C. to meet D. meets
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A few days ago, I was having a meeting in my company. After walking out, I 36 for my car keys in my pocket, only to discover they were not there. 37 , I gave myself a quick personal pat 38 my clothes, but they were not in 39 of my pockets. So, I went back to the meeting room and looked for them in every place where I had been. Suddenly it 40 to me that I must have left them in the car. Worried and frightened, I quickly 41 for the parking lot.
My wife, Diane, has 42 me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition(点火处). My theory is the ignition is the 43 place so that I won’t lose them. Her theory is that the car will be 44 . As I rushed out of my company, I came to a terrifying 45 . Her theory was right. The parking lot was 46 .
Without hesitation, I called the 47 . I gave them my location(位置)and 48 that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most 49 call of all.
“Honey,” I said in a low voice. I always call her “honey” in times like these. “I 50 my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.”
There was a period of 51 . I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard Diane’s 52 .
“Ken,” she shouted, “I dropped you off!”
Now it was my time to be silent. 53 , I said, “In that case, would you please come and 54
your dear husband?”
Diane answered, “I will... just as soon as I can have this policeman 55 I didn’t steal your car.”
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One bitterly cold day, a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood, I quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of dangers.
When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, my best friend suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt that my friend was right.
The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood, so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!
After I returned home and told my mother what had happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale.
“You should have been killed,” he said.
So why am I still alive? It was my boots that saved my life.
Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.
Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt, my mother was well serious with me. After all, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.
Through this experience, I learned that it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective(观点). Taking the time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the “shock of my life”.
1.The underlined word “disregard ” in the second paragraph means “________”.
A.pay no attention to |
B.take notice of |
C.consider |
D.follow |
2.In spite of Bruce’s warning, the author still cut the tree because ________.
A.he was sure there would be nothing to happen |
B.he wasn’t sure whether Bruce was right and was anxious to go home |
C.he didn’t hear his friend’s warning at all because of the blowing wind |
D.he was angry with his friend and didn’t want to listen to him |
3.The author wrote the passage mainly to _______.
A.give an account of one of his terrible experiences |
B.make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective (观点) through his experience |
C.tell us not to cut trees down any more |
D.remind us to be careful while working |
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.But for his boots, the writer would have died. |
B.The writer regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning. |
C.The writer knew nothing about electricity. |
D.When the tree was cut down, the writer realized his friend was right |