题目内容
A mysterious illness, referred to as “ a typical phenomena”, has been brought under control, the government said on Wednesday, ______ no cause of it has been made public.
- A.though
- B.when
- C.that
- D.because
“尽管”没有病例公布
Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast(自吹自擂).
“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in town!”
George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.
Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast—but Richard never came back. The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. He must have drowned.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival(竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel(包裹) arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.
“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.”
1.George and Richard were ________ at school.
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A．roommates |
B．good friends |
C．competitors |
D．booksellers |
2. How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance?
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A．He envied Richard’s marriage. |
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B．He thought of Richard from time to time. |
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C．He felt lucky with no rival in town. |
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D．He was guilty(内疚) of Richard’s death. |
3. George got information about Richard from ________.
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A．a dictionary collector in Australia |
B．the latter’s rivals Dylans |
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C．a rare first edition of a dictionary |
D．the wrapping paper of a book |
4.What happened to George and Richard in the end?
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A．Both George and Richard became millionaires. |
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B．Both of them realized their original ambitions. |
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C．George established a successful business while Richard was missing. |
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D．Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success. |
How should one invest a sum of money in inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves."
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour- glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in an antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?
1.According to the passage, collecting antique clocks ________.
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A．can hardly keep the value of your savings |
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B．will cost much of your savings |
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C．may increase your wealth |
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D．needs your bravery |
2.By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to ________.
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A．suggest human beings are controlled by a clock |
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B．describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth |
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C．tell readers what clocks look like |
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D．compare clocks to human beings |
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time?
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A．Counting the beating of one's own heart. |
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B．Making use of candles, sand and water. |
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C．Observing shadows cast by the sun. |
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D．Keeping slaves busy day and night. |
4.The purpose of the passage is ________.
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A．to introduce the culture of antique clocks |
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B．to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks |
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C．to compare different ways to make a future profit |
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D．to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time |