题目内容
A trip to the bookstore with my granddaughter is always a big event. She __36__ in it for hours, touching the books, running her hands over the covers, looking at a few ___37___ here and looking at a few pages there.
I never ___38__ the full importance my five-year-old Grand Angel placed on these trips, until the day I suggested she pick the book she liked best, __39____ we could go home for dinner. Her response(答复) was __40___.
“But Grammy, I ___41___ them all the best. All the covers are be-yoo-tiful and all the pictures are bee-yoo-tiful and they’re all __42___. Just like people. Remember when you told me about people?”
I most certainly __43___ when I told her about people. I had explained that we are all __44___ in our own different way. Each of us has a story to ___45___ and no two stories are similar. We learn by ____46__ our stories and listening to the stories of others. Difference is the thing that makes each and every one of us __47___. I had no idea that she’d connected the lesson with ___48___. Actually, no one book was ___49___ than any other book. They were equally beautiful and equally special(特别的).
With dinner still ___50___ and our stomachs beginning to make noise, ___51___ time was finally at hand. But how to choose? I suddenly ___52___ the right question when I asked, “Which book wants to go home the most with you today?” After a short moment of ___53___, her eyes lit up. She ran to a specific book and ___54___ it from its place on the shelf. The main __55____ was the picture on the cover, a turtle with sad eyes. “We need to find out why the turtle is sad,” she said.
1.A. stands B. plays C. studies D. stays
2. A. chairs B. pages C. papers D. shelves
3. A. realized B. asked C. supported D. approved
4. A. but B. if C. so D. or
5.A. important B. great C. independent D. fluent
6.A. accept B. care C. discover D. like
7.A. different B. cheap C. expensive D. valuable
8. A. forgot B. insisted C. remembered D. limited
9.A. confused B. beautiful C. helpful D. energetic
10.A. show B. write C. follow D. tell
11.A. sharing B. changing C. collecting D. rewriting
12.A. independent B. kind C. special D. clever
13.A. stories B. books C. people D. life
14. A. thicker B. bigger C. cheaper D. better
15. A. preparing B. arriving C. waiting D. cooking
16.A. decision B. dinner C. reading D. shopping
17.A. answered B. raised C. thought of D. left out
18.A. talking B. thinking C. walking D. sleeping
19.A. repaired B. received C. exchanged D. removed
20.A. reason B. act C. question D. problem
1.D
2.B
3.A
4.C
5.B
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.B
10.D
11.A
12.C
13.B
14.D
15.C
16.A
17.C
18.B
19.D
20.A
【解析】略
---- What’s your plan for the holiday, Sam?
----- I’ll go on a trip to Beijing with my family.
------ ________
A.Have fun | B.Good luck | C.Come back soon. | D.Congratulations |
Britain’s oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 110. Mr. John Evans had never found the time or the money – to make the trip from his house near Swansea. But, when British Rail offered him an all-expenses-paid birthday trip to the capital, he just could not refuse.
Until yesterday he had never been far from home, except for one trip to Aberdeen. Mr. Evans, who spent 60 years working as a miner in South Wales, almost made the journey to London once before, at the turn of the century. “There was a trip to the White City but it was ten shillings (1 shilling ="1/20" pound) return from Swansea – too much I thought. All my money went to the family then, “he said.
During the next two days Mr. Evans will be taken on a whistle–stop tour of London to see the sights. Top of his list is a visit to the Houses of Parliament (国会).
The only arrangement he does not care for is the wheelchair provided to move him about if he gets tired. “I don’t like the chair business – people will so think I am getting old,” he said.
His secret for a long and healthy life has been well publicized–no alcohol, no cigarette and no angry. Before setting off from Swansea with his 76-year-old son, Amwel, he quipped, “I’m glad to see they’ve given me a return ticket. ”
1.It’s reported that Mr. Evans’s healthy long life was to a certain extent due to his _____.
A.wine drinking |
B.proper smoking |
C.mild temper |
D.sense of humor |
2.Which of the following statements is true?
A.A single trip from Mr. Evans’s house to the White City used to be ten shillings. |
B.The first place for Mr. Evans to visit is the Houses of Parliament. |
C.He appreciated people’s arrangement of a wheelchair during his visit |
D.Mr. Evans once made the journey to London at the end of the century. |
3.The word “quip” in the last sentence most probably means _____.
A.to make a witty remark |
B.to express a happy message |
C.to make a wish |
D.to tell a joke |
4.What might be the best title for this passage?
A.110-year-old Tourist |
B.Secret for Long and Healthy Life |
C.Free Return Ticket |
D.Sightseeing in London |