题目内容
—Listen! There is a knock on the door. Who _____ it be?
—It must be Jack. Just now I sent for him.
A. shall B. can C. must D. might
B
【解析】略
Lisa Reid lost her sight(视力) because of cancer ten years ago, but a knock on the head has given it back. The 24-year-old lady has 36 part of her sight after being knocked on the head. Eleven days ago, Miss Reid 37 down to kiss her guide dog good night, but accidentally(意外地) hit her head on a coffee table. 38 she woke up the next morning, she could see for the first time in 10 years.
“I could 39 believe it. It’s amazing,” she said. The cancer that stole Miss Reid’s sight was diagnosed(诊断) 13 years ago. Doctors gave her a five percent 40 of survival after discovering she had brain cancer. An operation(手术) to excide the tumor(切除肿瘤) was 41 , but it damaged her eyes and had a bad effect 42 her sight.
Miss Reid was blind at 14, and her eyes were only able to notice 43 and dark.. “I had lost hope and thought that everything was against me,” she said.
Now Miss Reid has recovered 80 percent of the sight in her left eye, but her color vision(色觉) is 44 . The eye expert has no 45 for her recovery because he has never seen a similar case(病例).
After Miss Reid recovered her sight on November 17, she 46 it a secret at the beginning, but later in the day she called her 47 and over the telephone read the health warning on a cigarette package(盒) to her mum. “Lisa 48 me and said‘there’s been a change; listen to this’,” said Louise Reid, Miss Reid’s mother. “Then she started reading to me. I was surprised.” Unsure whether her sight would last(持续), Miss Reid waited 49 the next day before 49 her walking stick and spreading the good news. She couldn’t wait to celebrate it with her family and friends.
【小题1】
A.returned | B.recovered | C.damaged | D.examined |
A.bent | B.stood | C.lay | D.jumped |
A.Before | B.While | C.When | D.Since |
A.always | B.almost | C.hardly | D.simply |
A.danger | B.chance | C.ability | D.sign |
A.wrong | B.successful | C.difficult | D.expensive |
A.on | B.up | C.to | D.of |
A.light | B.color | C.night | D.white |
A.wild | B.weak | C.wrong | D.sick |
A.explanation | B.description | C.purpose | D.excuse |
A.allowed | B.hid | C.kept | D.protected |
A.doctor | B.mother | C.friend | D.boss |
A.emailed | B.warned | C.showed | D.rang |
A.till | B.on | C.in | D.off |
A.throwing away | B.sending away | C.handing out | D.running out |
Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子) in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
【小题1】Many people liked Mark Twain because________.
A.he was famous | B.he liked to talk | C.he was humourous | D.he was a writer |
A.to see one of his friends |
B.because he wanted to do something there for his writing |
C.because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there |
D.to see one of his relatives |
A.they did something wrong to Mark Twain |
B.their hotel was too small |
C.the room was not very clean |
D.there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room |
A.the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room |
B.the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number |
C.Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents |
D.Mark Twain made a joke |
A.no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night |
B.the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night |
C.Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night |
D.there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer |
The audience starts to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs. Yes, it’s Top of the pops!
Top of the pops is an amazing 45-year-old programme. Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV prograrmme. After about 2340 shows, it’s still the most popular pop music show in Britain.So what’s the secret?
“We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio,” says producer Chris Cowey. “That just doesn’t happen on other shows”
Chris starts the preparations for the programme over a week before it goes out.His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show. When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday, Chris can start to book the bands
Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound, lighting and camera workers. They listen to each song and plan the show.
Tuesday is paperwork day. There are bookings to make sure of, letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make. The show is on Thursday. Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practicing. Tonight’s presenter, Jo Whiley, practises too
First the bands go to make up. Judy and Issy are the make-up artists. “We see the stars with no make-up on, looking terrible,” says Issy. Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.
Back in the studio things are happening. The audience is practising their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme, then Chris edits it all night long. The final version is exactly 29 minutes long
【小题1】What make (s) Top of the Pops the most popular in Britain?
A.The famous singers of the bands. |
B.The live performances in the studio. |
C.The large numbers of pop fans in Britain. |
D.The jobs carefully done by the workers of the TV station. |
A.they must decide what songs they will perform |
B.they have no idea what songs they will perform |
C.they don’t have to decide what songs they will perform |
D.the songs that will be performed haven’t been decided on |
A.The programme time on TV is exactly controlled. |
B.All the stars must make up before their performance. |
C.The producer plays the main role in planning the programme. |
D.There are no audience to join in the performance at the TV station |
【小题5】Which is the proper title for the passage?
A.A Stage for Pop Stars |
B.Go Backstage of Top of the Pops |
C.Great Success Comes from Hard Work |
D.The Most Popular Is the Most Successful |