题目内容
I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence(玩世不恭) was 31 to me. We liked each other the first instant we met. 32 , I was a straight A student and my parents had high hopes for me to 33 an Ivy League (常春藤联盟) school. Billy did not concentrate all his attention 34 his study and school life. However, we were in love --- so 35 teenager love. I still remember we had a plan for prom(舞会). It was understood that we had 36 about where we would dance and drink and party together.
This meant one thing to my parents---panic. And it grew as the 37 letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to, nine accepted me. And one of them was Brown University---the Ivy League _ 38 in 1770 in historic Providence, Rhode Island.
There was no 39 that I was drawn to Brown, but Billy (who had joined the army) was __40 down south and I had offers 41 for me there, too. I was torn between my love for him and my family 42 .
One week 43 the start of school, my mother had a talk with me. She said I was eighteen years old and I had a 44 to make--- one that went 45 beyond the choice of 46 to attend university.
In August, I 47 and drove north to Providence. It took several months to 48 that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy’s. Brown changed my life, opening doors and giving me the 49 I now use to think, to learn and to write. Life is always about 50 it seems, and the older I get, the more I understand this. Still, there are times when I think of Billy because he taught me about love.
31. A. confusing B. disturbing C. appealing D. amusing
32. A. Unfortunately B. Actually C. Luckily D. Originally
33. A. leave B. start C. finish D. attend
34. A. in B. at C. on D. from
35. A. special B. crazy C. wrong D. normal
36. A. talked B. looked C. lied D. argued
37. A. description B. rejection C. application D. acceptance
38. A. constructed B. assessed C. assisted D. informed
39. A. point B. use C. doubt D. need
40. A. left B. sent C. exposed D. employed
41. A. waiting B. asking C. hoping D. searching
42. A. tradition B. connection C. reputation D. expectation
43. A. before B. after C. at D. since
44. A. plan B. decision C. rule D. promise
45. A. out B. away C. far D. deep
46. A. when B. where C. whether D. how
47. A. got up B. packed up C. looked up D. turned up
48. A. foresee B. imagine C. realize D. consider
49. A. chances B. position C. equipment D. tools
50. A. surprises B. adventures C. opportunities D. choices
31-35 CBDCB 36-40 CDACB 41-45 ADABC 46-50 BBCDD
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I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?”“Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”?
“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?”“He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…”“His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.?
“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!”“You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?”“But he held the box in his right hand.”“Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.”“And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”?
【小题1】 We can learn from this passage ________.?
A.the writer came to the cafe for the first time? |
B.the old man made a living by telling jokes in the cafe? |
C.the writer had known about the old man before? |
D.what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad? |
A.couldn't help laughing immediately? | B.showed great mercy upon him? |
C.didn't believe him at all? | D.bought the old man another cup of coffee? |
A.the right thumb of his best friend? |
B.the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person? |
C.something made of bloody white materials? |
D.his own right thumb? |
A.he was nobody but the best friend of the old man? |
B.the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did ? |
C.the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick? |
D.the old man helped the cafe in some way? |
A.The writer refused to pay the old man's bill.? |
B.The writer decided to make the trick known to the public.? |
C.More strangers would hear the old man's story.? |
D.The old man wouldn't visit the cafe any more. |
I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?”“Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”?
“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?”“He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…”“His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.?
“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!”“You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?”“But he held the box in his right hand.”“Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.”“And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”?
1. We can learn from this passage ________.?
A.the writer came to the cafe for the first time? |
B.the old man made a living by telling jokes in the cafe? |
C.the writer had known about the old man before? |
D.what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad? |
2. Having heard the old man's story, the writer _______ .?
A.couldn't help laughing immediately? |
B.showed great mercy upon him? |
C.didn't believe him at all? |
D.bought the old man another cup of coffee? |
3. It turned out that the thumb in the match box was actually __________.?
A.the right thumb of his best friend? |
B.the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person? |
C.something made of bloody white materials? |
D.his own right thumb? |
4.The waiter hadn't let out the truth of the old man's story earlier because _______ .
A.he was nobody but the best friend of the old man? |
B.the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did ? |
C.the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick? |
D.the old man helped the cafe in some way? |
5. As suggested by the passage, what might happen in the end? ??
A.The writer refused to pay the old man's bill.? |
B.The writer decided to make the trick known to the public.? |
C.More strangers would hear the old man's story.? |
D.The old man wouldn't visit the cafe any more. |