题目内容
6. I had only a few (contact) with him,though we worked in the same building.
6. contacts
John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big grin. "Did the kids like your coat?”I asked. "They loved it”， he said.
Over the next few weeks? John changed. He was polite,less argumentative,more thoughtful,and on the whole much happier. "Good dinner,mum," he would say every evening. Without a word of objection he would carry in wood for the stove. One day when I suggested that he start on his homework before dinner,John,who always put things off,said, "You're right. I guess I will.”When I mentioned this incident to one of his teachers,she joked that the coat must have changed him.
John and I both know we should never mistake a person's clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see,for practising standards of excellence in thought,speech,and behaviour,and for matching what is on the inside to what is on the outside.
1. What does the author try to express in the first par?agraph?
A. The coat looked like a magical coat.
B. They were good at shopping.
C. The coat was a real bargain.
D. They had the same taste in clothes.
2. What does the underlined word "grin" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. A wide smile.
B. A worried look.
C. A jealous spirit.
D. A joking tone.
3. After John wore the new coat,the author found he
a.was happier and better-behaved
b,received more praise from his teachers
c.was willing to follow suggestions .
d,made rapid progress in study
e. would say sweet words to please mum
A. a,b, c B. a,c, e
C. b,d,e D. c,d, e
4. What message does the author intend to deliver in the article?
A. We should not judge people by their appearance.
B. Life is full of possibilities when we are young.
C. It's beneficial to try different things in our lives.
D. What we wear could help shape who we are inside.
4. Mary is my best friend and always (与我分享感受和想法) .
In 1947,a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Aus?trian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after World War J .
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness,Richard Bur-ton,Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras (交响乐团) .It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time,the "Fringe" appeared as a challenge to the official fes?tival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that eve?ryone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house dis?used for years.
Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University,and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the "Fringe", once less recognized,has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971,and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1. 25 million tickets were sold,
1. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To bring Europe together again.
B. To honour heroes of World War H .
C. To introduce young theatre groups.
D. To attract great artists from Europe.
2. Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They owned a public house there.
B. They came to take up a challenge.
C. They thought they were also famous.
D. They wanted to take part in the festival.
3. Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?
A. Some little-known writers of plays.
B. University students.
C. Artists from around the world.
D. Performers of music and dance.
4. We may learn from the text that Edinf) urgh Festival .
A. has become a non-official event
B. has gone beyond an art festival
C. gives shows all year round
D. keeps growing rapidly
2. I am sorry,Alice. I didn't mean hurting your feelings.
1. If your knowledge can be in some way (combine) with my ex- perience,we are sure to succeed.
1. He is both clever and diligent,so it isn't surprising he won the first prize.
7. I'm tired out. I (shop) all afternoon and I don't seem to have finished anything.
5. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine,we must send an engineer to handle the problem.
