题目内容

  When I was twenty seven years old, I was a clerk in San Francisco, and an expert at stock(股票). I was content with the prospect(前景).

  One day I ventured in a small boat too far, and was carried out to sea.Just at nightfall, when hope was about gone, I was picked up by a small brig(双桅船)which was bound for London. When I stepped ashore in London my clothes were ragged and shabby, and I had only a dollar in my pocket.

  About ten o'clock on the following morning, thirsty and hungry, I was dragging myself along Portland Place, when a child that was passing, towed (牵着)by a nurse-maid, threw a luscious(甘甜的)big pear--minus one bite--into the gutter(排水沟). I stopped, of course, and fastened my desiring eye on that muddy treasure. My mouth watered for it, my stomach craved(恳求)it, my whole being begged for it. But every time I made a move to get it some passing eye detected my purpose, and of course I straightened up then, and looked indifferent(无关紧要的), and pretended that I hadn't been thinking about the pear at all. This same thing kept happening and happening, and I couldn't get the pear. I was just getting desperate(不顾一切的)enough to brave all the shame, and to seize it, when a window behind me was raised, and a gentleman spoke out of it, saying,

  “Step in here, please.”

  I was admitted by a well-dressed flunkey(仆役), and shown into a sumptuous(华丽的)room where a couple of elderly gentlemen were sitting. They sent away the servant. and made me sit down. They had just finished their breakfast, and the sight of the remains of it almost overpowered me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of that food, but as I was not asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best I could.

(1)When the author was twenty-seven-years old, he worked as a clerk ________ .

[  ]

A.in France
B.in Britain
C.in America
D.in China

(2)He got to London because ________ .

[  ]

A.he wanted to be an expert at stock

B.he wanted to find a couple of elderly gentlemen

C.his small boat turned over and he was saved by a ship which would sail for London

D.he liked adventure and wanted to go to London to travel

(3)The underlined word“treasure”in the third paragraph means ________ .

[  ]

A.a store of gold, silver jewels

B.a very valuable and important object

C.a very useful and important thing

D.a big pear--minus one bite

(4)The last sentence“I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of that ________ food…”means ________ .

[  ]

A.I have no ability to say things that are clever and amusing facing that food

B.I was so hungry that I would almost lose my mind facing that food

C.I didn't control my feeling facing that food

D.I was completely concentrated on the food and really wanted to eat it

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(A)

      In 1962, A Russian woman told her doctor that she could see with   her fingers. 1 the doctor did not believe it 2 he saw with his own   eyes. The doctor 3 her eyes with a large handkerchief and then put   colored papers 4 newspapers under her hands. She was able to 5 one   color from 6 and read the newspaper by 7 and feeling them. The doctor   examined her many times and was 8 with the examination, so he sent 9   to Moscow, in which she was further examined by 10. Her unusual powers,   in the end, were 11.

       The early 12 into these unusual powers has shown that 13 man   trusts only his eyes he will 14 be able to see outside the limits of   time and into the 15.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
1. A. Easily  B. Certainly  C. So  D. Sometimes    [  ]
2. A. after   B. when     C. until  D. since     [  ]
3. A. opened  B. hid      C. closed   D. covered   [  ]
4. A. but     B. and      C. or     D. also    [  ]
5. A. see     B. guess    C. tell   D. think     [  ]
6. A. those   B. that     C. other  D. another   [  ]
7. A. seeing  B. singing    C. touching D. checking  [  ]
8. A. satisfied B. strict     C. busy   D. very careful    [  ]
9. A. him     B. them     C. her    D. it      [  ]
10. A. nursesB. scientists C. blind peopleD. good teachers[  ]
11. A. examined  B. believed  C. known     D. true   [  ]
12. A. lesson    B. examination  C. newspapers  D. research  [  ]
13. A. if   B. whether  C. because     D. after    [  ]
14. A. hardly   B. not  C. certainly   D. easily     [  ]
15. A. space  B. world   C. future   D. earth    [  ]

(B)

(W=woman;P=policeman)

W: Excuse me. I want to buy an English dictionary for my daughter.   could you tell me 16 to get it?

P: I think you can get it from the book shop in the center   of the 17. There are all kinds of dictionaries there.

W: Thanks. But I don't know the way to the book shop. This is my 18   time to come here.

P: Oh, welcome to our city, madam. The book shop is a bit far from   here. I think it's 19 to go there by bus. The No. 4 bus will take you   there. The bus stop is just on the other side of the street.

W: But I want to 20 the city while I'm walking.

P: OK! Go up the road and turn right at the second 21, walk on until   you reach a big bridge. Go across it and take the first turning on   the left. Walk 22 the road with some flowers and trees on 23 sides. At the end of the road you'll find the book shop on your right, 24 the   museum and the Bank of China. You can't miss it.

W: Oh, it's really a long 25, But it doesn't matter. I like walking.   It's very kind of you, young man. Thanks a lot.

P: You're welcome.

                                                                                                                                                                                   
16. A. what  B. where  C. when  D. which       [  ]
17. A. shop  B. village  C. city  D. village       [  ]
18. A. first   B. second   C. third   D. fourth      [  ]
19. A. best  B. better   C. well  D. good        [  ]
20. A. look  B. visit  C. watch   D. travel      [  ]
21. A. turning  B. crossing   C. lights  D. cross    [  ]
22. A. on    B. slowly  C. along   D. alone      [  ]
23. A. all   B. both    C. each    D. every      [  ]
24. A. between B. among   C. inside  D. beside     [  ]
25. A. road  B. street  C. way  D. path        [  ]

听力(共两节,满分30分)

第一节(共8小题;每小题1.5分,满分12分)

A.听下列对话,根据所听内容完成句子。

M:Do you have any trouble with your pronunciation, Mary?

W:Not too much.I can pronounce English words well, but I write them poorly.

1.-Do you have any trouble ________, ________?

-________.I can ________ English words well, but write them ________.

M:Why don’t you go and ask the man sitting in the chair?

W:Oh, thank you very much.

2.Why ________ and ask the man ________?

John, a quite ordinary playwriter, is now in high debts.

3.John, ________, is now in high debts.

B.听下面五段对话,从A、B、C中选出能回答所提问题的最佳答案。

M:Mondays are the worst.Our timetable is full of difficult subjects.

W:Like what?

M:Well, like English, French and geography in the morning.

W:What’s your favorite day of the week?

M:Oh, the day after Tuesday without doubt.We have an easy morning:just art and music, followed by sports all the afternoon.

W:That sounds nice.

4.What’s their favorite day of the week?

A

B

C

M:I’d like to see Mr.Stone.I hear he is an expert on heart disease.

W:I’m sorry, Mr.Stone will be busy the whole afternoon.He is having a medical conference.Can you manage at 10∶30 tomorrow morning?

5.Who is Mr.Stone?

A.A doctor.

B.A nurse.

C.A secretary.

M:I’m so tired.I’ve spent the entire morning in selling my car.

W:Selling your car?Don’t you like it or isn’t it new?

M:No, my company is moving me to Europe next month.So I intend to buy a new one over there.

6.Why did the man sell his car?

A.He doesn’t like it.

B.He is going abroad.

C.It’s too old.

W:What’s the matter, Tom?You look unhappy.

M:No, not really.I’m only worrying about my maths exam.

7.What makes the man worried?

A.Maths test.

B.An English exam.

C.His headache.

W:I find listening most difficult.What can I do?

M:Don’t worry.Listen to English tapes every day, and you will make great progress.The more you listen, the easier you will find.

8.What does the man advise her to do?

A.Listen more.

B.Speak more.

C.Write more.

第二节(共12小题;每小题1.5分,满分18分)

听第9段材料,并判断下列陈述是否正确(True or False)。

  Food is a subject that interests me.I like food that is good and well-cooked.I dislike watery cabbage, soup that looks and tastes like water, and beef or mutton that is burned or not cooked enough.But when you get real English beef and mutton, bread and cheese, or eggs and bacon, there is nothing like it.I didn’t know any apple that has a better taste than a good English one, and no other cup of tea ever tastes as good to me as the tea that we make in England.

  I know that coffee is not good in many English hotels.But it is good in many English homes when it is made with fresh coffee by people who know how to make it.My wife is going to make some coffee for us tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock.You’ll see then that English coffee can be good.

9.The speaker is interested in food, especially in English food.

10.According to the speaker, soup that looks and tastes like rain interests him.

11.The speaker likes to have a cup of tea made in England.

12.The speaker thinks coffee made in English homes is not better than in English hotels.

13.The speaker wants his friends to enjoy his wife’s coffee tomorrow morning.

听第10段材料,填空。

  Jim walked into a store which had a sign outside:“Second-hand clothes bought and sold.”He was carrying a jacket and asked the owner of the store how much he thought the jacket was worth.

  The man looked at the jacket and then said, “Two dollars.”

  “What?” said Jim.“But I was thinking you would say at least five.”

  “Five dollars?No, it isn’t worth a cent more than two dollars, ” said the owner of the store.

  “Are you sure?”

  “Sure!” said the man.

  “Well,” said Jim, taking two dollars out of his pocket, “Here’s the money.This jacket was hanging outside your store with a price-tag that said $8.5, but I thought maybe that was a typing mistake.And now I know it is!” Then he walked out of the store with the jacket in his hand before the store owner could think of anything to say.

14.Jim walked into a store which had a sign outside:“Second-hand   (1)   bought and sold.”He was carrying a jacket and asked the   (2)   of the store how much he thought the jacket was   (3)  

  The man looked at the jacket and then said, “Two dollars.”

  “What?” said Jim, “But I was thinking you would say at least five.”

  “Five dollars?No, it isn’t worth a cent more than two dollars, ” said the owner of the store.

  “Are you sure?”

  “Sure!” said the man.

15.“Well, ” said Jim, taking two dollars out of his   (4)  , “here’s the money.This jacket was   (5)   outside your store with a price-tag(价格标签)that said $8.5, but I thought maybe that was a typing mistake.And now I know it is!” Then he walked out of the   (6)   with the jacket in his hand before the store owner could think of anything to say.

听第11段材料,完成第16~17题。

At the Cafe

Attendant:Good afternoon.

Tom:I’m Tom, Zhang.We made a reservation for tea this afternoon.

Attendant:Yes, sir.This way, please.Here’s your table.Is this all right?

Tom:Yes, it’s nice, indeed.Thank you.

Attendant:I’m so glad you like it.What would you like?We serve coffee and tea, sandwiches, cakes and cold drinks.Please look under the plate-glass at the menu for afternoon tea.

Tom:What would you like, Mike?

Mike:I’ll try a chicken salad sandwich and have a cup of coffee with cream.

Attendant:How about you, Mr.Zhang?

Tom:I will have black tea with lemon and sugar and a piece of Swiss roll.

Attendant:Anything else?

Tom:What’s your specialty today?

Attendant:We have strawberries with cream today.I suggest you try them.

Tom:Good, I will.

16.How many people are there in the dialogue?

A.Four.

B.Three.

C.Two.

17.Where is the menu?

A.On the plate-glass.

B.Beside the plate-glass.

C.Under the plate-glass.

听第12段材料,并判断下列陈述是否正确(True or False)。

Check, please!

Waiter:Are you through with your meal?

Tom:Yes, we are.Could we have the check, please?

Waiter:Here is your check, 85 dollars in all.I can take care of it here when you’re ready.

Tom:Do you accept cheque?

Waiter:No, I’m sorry we don’t.We accept credit cards and cash.

Tom:Well, I don’t have any cash with me.So I’ll have to put it on credit.Here’s 90 dollars.Please keep the change.

Waiter:Thank you.I will be right back.

Tom:Oh, please wait for a minute.I want to go with the food left.

Waiter:I see.I will bring some to-go boxes for you.

Tom:Thank you.

18.The waiter preferred to be paid by cheque.

19.The waiter received 4 dollars for his tip(小费).

20.The customer took away his left food with to-go boxes.

阅读理解

  “I swear, I didn't steal anything!” I shouted over the alarm.Obviously the security guard didn't believe me because he seized the shopping bag right out of my hand.

  “Do you have a receipt of this?” he asked doubtfully, putting any new back-to-school outfit(全套设备)onto the dusty floor near the mall entrance.

  “Of course I do,” I replied, fishing my wallet out of my coat pocket.Elsie and Monica, my two best friends, stood beside me.They were laughing their heads off!

  I almost tore my wallet apart for the receipt, but it had disappeared.“Let me look again,” I said nervously.Then I looked again, and again, and again!My face was getting hotter by the minute, and my heart was beating like a racehorse..w.^w.k.s.

  Finally, I looked back at the guard and whispered, “It's not here.” The guard picked up my clothes and said, “You'll have to come with me, Miss.”

  When he opened the office door, I saw a man sitting behind a big metal desk.It was the manager.Then I had an idea.

  “May I say something?”I asked.“I can prove I didn't steal this thing.” “Then I explained all about the cashier(出纳员).She said that she had bought the exact same outfit as a birthday present for her little sister.” “We'll just see about that,” the manager said and went off to find her.Ten minutes later, I was free!

  It was terrible to be unfairly accused of something!Then I remembered shouting at my sister that very morning for taking my new hair clips.

  Had she really taken them?I made a promise that day never to accuse someone of something without proof, and I haven't.At last, something good came out of my terrible experience.

(1)

Why didn't the security guard believe the author?

[  ]

A.

Because she looked nervous at that time.

B.

Because she had no money in her wallet.

C.

Because she didn't have a receipt for the outfit.

D.

Because her face turned red after being caught.

(2)

That the author's two friends laughed their heads off showed ________.

[  ]

A.

they didn't believe the author

B.

they laughed at the author who stole things.

C.

they expected the author to be caught.

D.

they played a trick on the author.

(3)

We can infer the author was very ________ from the underlined part in Paragraph 4.

[  ]

A.

careful

B.

nervous

C.

frightened

D.

excited

(4)

Who proved that the author hadn't stolen anything?

[  ]

A.

The manager

B.

The cashier.

C.

The author's friends

D.

The security guard.

(5)

From her experience, the author learned that ________.

[  ]

A.

you should believe in yourself in face of difficulty.

B.

it is a terrible thing to be suspected(怀疑)by friends

C.

you should ask for a receipt for whatever you buy

D.

you should not doubt others if you can't prove it.

完形填空

  People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

R.W.E, erson

  It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents.In the morning she phoned her mother to   1   her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful   2   in the garden.

  Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香),he said, “I know where we can find   3   that you want.Get the children and come on.” So they went,   4   down the country roads.

  There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs.The young woman ran quickly to   5   the flowers.  6  , she picked a few here and a few there.On their way home there was a smile on her face.

  When they were   7   a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair.She had no children with her.They   8   the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the   9   in her hands, and smiled at her.The old granny   10   her again and again.She smiled happily, too.

    11   the young mother came back to her car, her   12   asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”

  “I don’t know her,” their mother said.“But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children.I have all of you, and I   13   have my mother.Just think how much those flowers   14   to her.”

  Hearing   15   their mother said, all the children were greatly   16  

  As we know, everyone needs love.In our society, only more love is   17   to the people,   18   those who are in great   19  , we will feel happy.  20   by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world.

(1)

[  ]

A.

expect

B.

persuade

C.

consider

D.

wish

(2)

[  ]

A.

nature

B.

lilacs

C.

tree

D.

building

(3)

[  ]

A.

all

B.

something

C.

anything

D.

nothing

(4)

[  ]

A.

walking

B.

rolling

C.

driving

D.

advancing

(5)

[  ]

A.

enjoy

B.

share

C.

compare

D.

stress

(6)

[  ]

A.

Simply

B.

Contently

C.

Immediately

D.

Carefully

(7)

[  ]

A.

watching

B.

passing

C.

experiencing

D.

finding

(8)

[  ]

A.

stopped

B.

exchanged

C.

shook

D.

started

(9)

[  ]

A.

sweets

B.

money

C.

flowers

D.

care

(10)

[  ]

A.

thanked

B.

struck

C.

touched

D.

communicated

(11)

[  ]

A.

While

B.

When

C.

Because

D.

Since

(12)

[  ]

A.

husband

B.

friends

C.

children

D.

mother

(13)

[  ]

A.

hardly

B.

never

C.

even

D.

still

(14)

[  ]

A.

meant

B.

repeated

C.

thought

D.

expressed

(15)

[  ]

A.

how

B.

why

C.

what

D.

which

(16)

[  ]

A.

separated

B.

surprised

C.

frightened

D.

moved

(17)

[  ]

A.

combined

B.

dragged

C.

offered

D.

advised

(18)

[  ]

A.

especially

B.

particularly

C.

luckily

D.

finally

(19)

[  ]

A.

sorrow

B.

excitement

C.

courage

D.

need

(20)

[  ]

A.

Then

B.

Only

C.

So

D.

Or

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