题目内容
One dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hall of a small hotel in
The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. "All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said, "but I can't send a nice couple like you into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It's not a suite, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night. " The couple agreed.
As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, "You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in the
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man; asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in
That wonderful building was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And this young clerk whose names was George C. Boldt never foresaw the return of events that would lead him into the manager of one of the world's most attractive hotels.
41 . When the elderly couple left the hotel, they
A . took what they said as a joke
B . wanted to build the same hotel in the future
C . hoped that the clerk would replace the boss of the hotel
D. thought the clerk was talented in managing hotels
42. Why did the elderly man build a hotel for the clerk?
A . He was grateful to the clerk. B. They had a bet at first.
C. He wanted to please the clerk. D. He wanted to sell the hotel.
43. According to the text, the clerk
A. helped the couple because he thought they were poor
B . hoped that the old couple could give him a large amount of money
C. didn't expect to receive things in return from the old couple.
D. became rich, thanks to his own efforts
44. From the text, we can infer that
A. anybody can be a successful manager B. old people are always very rich
C. good luck is always waiting for lucky people D. kindness can bring a good return
45. What do you think of the clerk?
A. He was willing to help. B. He was very attractive.
C . He tried to make money for his hotel. D. He liked making friends.
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The science teacher believed very strongly in practical work as a means of teaching science effectively, and she wanted her pupils' parents to see how well their children were learning ___36___ her methods. She therefore arranged for all the parents ___37___ and see the results of one of the ___38___ experiments on a Saturday evening,___39___ all of them were free. The children had been studying the growth of plants, and they ___40___ four pots of beans a few weeks before. They had put poor soil in one pot, to see ___41___ effect this would have ___42___ the growth of the beans in ___43___,and good soil in ___44___ three pots. Then they had put one of the ___45___ in the dark for several days, and had given ___46___ pot no water for the same length of time.
At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, the teacher put little ___47___ on the four pots:‘The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.’‘This pot ___48___ in the dark for four days.’‘These beans have had no water for four days.’‘These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and ___49___ water.’ Then the teacher went home.
When she arrived on ___50___ evening, half an hour before the ___51___were due to come, she found this note beside the pots:‘We read your notes ___52___ the school servant and thought we would help him, so we watered all the plants, changed the earth in the one with ___53___ soil, and ___54___ the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days. We hope that the plants will now grow___ 55___.’
Your friends,
‘The Boy Scouts.’
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