题目内容
It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs.There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 1 my horse, Skippy, up.I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring.The 2 cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I 3 it.You could hear the faint 4 of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner.My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring.It was 5 because there was no moon or stars.Nobody else was in the ring at the time.I was really enjoying the 6 and I was able to 7 what Skippy was doing.As I took my last lap it 8 .Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step 9 the ring.I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be 10 to move out of the way fast enough.She knew that she was going to get hit.
She tried to 11 but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat.When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run. 12 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he 13 .It really made the 14 seem absolutely unreal.I thought that maybe I was 15 .I had 16 in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening.I knew I had hit my sister.There was no way I could have 17 her.My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe.It’s like I forgot 18 .As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (变形) through many different 19 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief.Then she was laughing.
As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life 20 he saved my sister’s.
1.A.picking B.warming C.catching D.setting
2.A.bitterly B.hardly C.gently D.perfectly
3.A.challenged B.witnessed C.enjoyed D.hated
4.A.ceremony B.tradition C.victory D.laughter
5.A.windy B.bright C.dark D.cloudy
6.A.quiet B.quality C.impression D.significance
7.A.rely on B.focus on C.insist on D.put on
8.A.let out B.held on C.participated in D.took place
9.A.close to B.out of C.into D.towards
10.A.able B.frightened C.content D.proud
11.A.evaluate B.worry C.scream D.escape
12.A.Accidentally B.Normally C.Generally D.Somehow
13.A.sped up B.rose up C.broke down D.wore out
14.A.moment B.contest C.comment D.technique
15.A.advancing B.breathing C.concluding D.dreaming
16.A.that B.none C.neither D.it
17.A.hit B.recognized C.missed D.acknowledged
18.A.how B.what C.when D.why
19.A.actions B.emotions C.attitudes D.thoughts
20.A.if B.because C.as if D.so that
1— 5 BACDC 6 – 10 ABDCA 11 – 15 CDBAD 16 – 20 DCABB
One evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake _________ until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself.
A.on average | B.on purpose | C.on sale | D.on schedule |
When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note----“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”----and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside. I took it home and planted it on the back porch (门廊). Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
【小题1】Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer____.
A.to show his magical power |
B.to pay for the delivery |
C.to satisfy his curiosity |
D.to please his mother |
A.The milkman’s magic power |
B.The milkman’s kindness to me |
C.The note to change an order |
D.The home delivery service |
A.He wanted to have tea there. |
B.He was a respectable person. |
C.He was treated as a family member. |
D.He was fully trusted by the family. |
A.Nobody wants to be a milkman now. |
B.It has been driven out of the market. |
C.Its service is getting poor. |
D.It is forbidden by law. |
A.He missed the good old days. |
B.He wanted to tell interesting stories. |
C.He missed it for his milk bottles. |
D.He planted flowers in it. |
One day, when old Jacob and little Jacoble were walking home, the sun began to go down. Old Jacob was thinking of his house and little Jacoble didn’t know what to think. Then he thought of a wonderful idea, and he cried, “Jacob! Do you know what I saw yesterday? I saw a green rabbit. It was flying in the air and it was so big, even bigger than an elephant!”
“You saw that with your own eyes?” asked old Jacob. “Of course I did,” said Jacoble proudly. “It’s a good thing that you really saw that big, flying, green rabbit,” said old Jacob, “because that old bridge we are going to walk over is a very strange one. As soon as anyone who hasn’t told the truth comes on it, the bridge breaks in two.” They continued walking.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble a little later, “you know that big, green, flying rabbit I saw yesterday ... Well, it wasn’t really flying, and ... it wasn’t quite as big as an elephant ... but it was very big, about the size of a horse!” “Big as a horse?” asked Jacob as they got closer to the bridge and little Jacoble began not to feel so well.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble. “That big, green rabbit I saw yesterday, well, I had something in my eye and so I couldn’t see that well. It wasn’t a very big rabbit but it was green. Yes, that’s what it was — all green!”
Old Jacob didn’t say a word. He just walked over the bridge. But Jacoble didn’t go after him because he was afraid and he knew why he was afraid. He stood at the bridge and said, “Oh, Jacob! You know that rabbit I saw yesterday. It wasn’t green. No. It was just a little, brown rabbit.”
Then he was not afraid of anything any more and he ran happily over the bridge.
【小题1】We know from the text that the story happened ______.
A.in the morning | B.in the afternoon | C.at dusk (黄昏) | D.at midnight |
A.humorous | B.interesting | C.frightening | D.unbelievable |
A.Because he was afraid of falling into the river. |
B.Because he tried to persuade Jacob to believe it. |
C.Because he wanted to frighten Jacob. |
D.Because he didn’t remember the story clearly. |
A.A lie will never be known. |
B.True friends don’t cheat each other. |
C.Telling lies makes one suffer from fears. |
D.Making up a story is lying. |