It to me that I should go to attend a meeting when I was about to go home． A．happened B．struck C．occurred D．reminded 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words and phrases marked A,B,C and D．Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context。

Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans．With each passing day everyone became more anxious, waiting for the final school bell．Upon its 36 everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David

David was a small boy in ragged clothes．I had often wondered what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 37 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves．But something made David 38 ．I can still remember he was always 39 a smile and willing to help．He always stayed after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor．We never talked much．He 40 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly head for home

Weeks passed and the 41 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of school before the holiday break．I smiled in 42 as the last of them hurried out of the door．Turning around I saw David quietly standing by my desk．

“I have something for you．” he said and 43 from behind his back a small box． 44 it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it．” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it．I lifted the lid and to my surprise saw nothing．I looked at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s 45 ．”

“Oh no it isn’t” said David．“It’s full of love．My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there．”

Tears filled my eyes 46 I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given attention to．After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 47 the little empty box set on my desk．

A．warning B．ringing C．calling D．yelling

A．modestly B．naturally C．inaccurately D．inappropriately

A．popular B．upset C．special D．funny

A．expressing B．delivering C．wearing D．sharing

A．would B．should C．might D．could

A．argument B．excitement C．movement D．judgment

A．relief B．return C．vain D．control

A．searched B．found C．raised D．pulled

A．Holding B．Handing C．Sending D．Leaving

A．cheap B．empty C．useless D．improper

A．as B．until C．because D．though

A．from B．behind C．over D．towards

When I was a kid, my brother dropped the bomb: "No Santa Claus （Father Christmas）!" I fled to Grandma because I knew she would 36 me the truth．I told her everything．"No!" she said．"Ridiculous! Don' t 37 it．"

After dinner, we went to General Store．Grandma handed me ten 38 ．"Take it and buy something for whoever needs it．I'll wait in the 39 ．" I' d often gone shopping with Mother, but never had I shopped 40 ．For moments, I stood there, confused, 41 what to do with it．I thought of everybody I knew． 42 I thought of Bobbie Decker．His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough．We all knew that Bobbie would have no cough 43 he had a thicker coat．So I decided to buy Bobbie one．"Is this a present for 44 ?" the saleslady asked me kindly．I 45 shyly．She smiled, handed it to me and wished me a merry Christmas．Then Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Santa Claus 46 and ribbons and write "To Bobbie, From Santa Claus " on it．Then she 47 me over to Bobbie's house．Grandma parked down the street from Bobbie' s house．We 48 noiselessly and hid in the 49 by his front walk．"All right, Santa Claus," she 50 ,"get going．" I rushed out, threw the present down at his front door, 51 his doorbell and flew back to the safety．Together we 52 breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open．

Forty years I haven' t forgotten those 53 I spent shivering （颤抖）in Bobbie' s bushes．That night, I realized that the stories about Santa Clause were really ridiculous ．Santa Claus was alive, 54 we were on his 55 ．

A．tell B．teach C．take D．advise

A．remember B．believe C．understand D．consider

A．bags B．keys C．coats D．dollars

A．home B．store C．car D．bus

A．separately B．apart C．singly D．alone

A．wondering B．worrying C．expecting D．looking -

A．Luckily B．SurprisinglyC．Suddenly D．Firstly

A．unless B．since C．as D．if

A．anyone B．someone C．others D．another

A．nodded B．smiled C．replied D．denied

A．gift B．name C．paper D．needle

A．sent B．drove C．walked D．guided

A．stole B．struggled C．stepped D．searched

A．cars ． B．buildings C．stairs D．bushes

A．sighed B．whispered C．called D．shouted

A．knocked B．pushed C．pounded D．switched．

A．rushed B．laughed C．paused D．waited

A．nights B．feelings C．moments D．bills

A．and B．but C．then D．therefore

A．side B．team C．part D．staff

It's not a new phenomenon, but have you noticed how many nouns are being used as verbs? We all use them, often without noticing what we're doing.

I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said “I’ll pencil it in my diary”, and my friend said “You can ink it in”, meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!

Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology. An obvious example is the word fax, which is a shortening of facsimile originally, an exact copy of a book or document. We all got used to sending and receiving faxes, and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising we'd fax it immediately. So, nouns turn into verbs in two easy stages. Then along came email, and we were soon all emailing each other madly. How did we do without it? I can hardly imagine life without my daily emails.

Email reminds me, of course, of my computer and its software, which has produced another couple of new verbs. On my computer I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I'll want to look at again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same thing on my PC, but there I don't bookmark; I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun. I wasn’t really sure whether people said this, but someone told me recently that they had favorited a site I was looking for and so they could easily give me its address.

In the late 1980s I noticed that lots of my friends had acquired pagers, and kept saying things like “I’ll page you as soon as I know what time we’re meeting”. They couldn't say it to me, though; I refused to have one. So my children bought me a mobile phone, now known simply as a mobile and I had to learn yet more new verbs. I can message someone, that is, I can leave a message （either spoken or written）for them on their phone．Or I can text them, write a few words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is, phone them using my mobile? I haven’t heard that verb yet, but I’m sure I will soon. Perhaps I’ll start using it myself! 　

60. “I’ll pencil it in my diary” in the second paragraph probably means .

A. it was a firm arrangement　　　　　　　　

B. it was an uncertain arrangement

C. the arrangement should be written as a diary

D. he prefers a pencil to a pen

61. A website address can be easily found if it has been .

A. emailed B. messaged C. favorited D. texted

62. Which of the following has not been used as a verb yet?

A. message B. page C. email D. mobile

63. The best title for this passage is ．

A. New Verbs from Old Nouns　　　　

B. The Development of the English language

C. New Technology and New words

D. Technology and Language

After my 21 second－graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane remained __1__. Duane was a bright and lovable student, __2__ his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. __3__ that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the __4__ in his dark eyes.

“ Mrs. Brown, aren't you going to open my present？” he asked __5__. “I put it on your desk.”

Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift __6__ to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box __7__ a matchbox. As I opened it, the __8__ of two beer caps surprised me. Duane __9__ me that they were two silver earrings. He had noticed that I __10__ wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones.

I was __11__ by Duane's creativity and thoughtfulness. __12__ birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might __13__ to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I __14__ to wear these precious earrings given by this __15__ child?

As I placed the earrings on my ears, my __16__ clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me.

Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It __17__ me of Duane's act of kindness and the lessons he taught me. Although his __18__ at home was bad, Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to __19__. Whenever I see Duane's gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having __20__ reaching a student, I'll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart.

1. A. sitting B. crying C. standing D. speaking

2. A. unless B. though C. so D. since

3. A. Wondering B. Thinking C. Finding D. Pointing

4. A. hope B. joy C. hurt D. determination

5. A. disappointedly B. angrily C. happily D. shyly

6. A. happened B. appeared C. used D. ought

7. A. as well as B. more than C. except for D. rather than

8. A. shape B. color C. design D. sight

9. A. persuaded B. fooled C. told D. encouraged

10. A. only B. often C. once D. never

11. A. frightened B. touched C. knocked D. influenced

12. A. Since B. Until C. Before D. By

13. A. do harm B. draw attention

C. add weight D. have an effect

14. A. refuse B. offer C. agree D. wait

15. A. generous B. honest C. special D. sad

16. A. hands B. class C. audience D. friends

17. A. convinced B. reminded

C. proved D. showed

18. A. performance B. experience

C. situation D. health

19. A please B. take C. give D. accept

20. A. chance B. possibility C. intention D. difficulty

About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn’t want to carry too much money with me, so I asked the desk clerk(职员) to put a hundred dollar bill in the safe for me.

The next morning, however, the clerk said that he knew nothing about my money. I didn’t have any proof(证据) that I had given the man the money. There was clearly nothing left to do but to go to the nearest lawyer.

The lawyer advised me to return to the hotel with him and give another hundred-dollar bill to the desk. So we did. An hour later, I went back to the desk and asked for my money. Since I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the second hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not say he knew nothing about it.

Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer’s plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the hotel to ask for the hundred-dollar bill once again. And when the clerk insisted that he had given it to me, I said it was not true. The lawyer said to him, “ I saw this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don’t hand it in immediately, I will be forced to call the policeman.” The clerk realized he had been cheated, so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.

“I don’t know how to thank you enough for getting my money back.” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered? He said, “oh, don’t thank me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”

64.What do you think a “safe” is?

A.a box to put money or other valuables in B.a desk at the checking counter

C.a drawer in which guests’ money is kept D.a public purse to put money in

65.The clerk finally returned my money to me because________.

A.the lawyer had seen everything B.he was afraid of going to prison

C.the bill was not real money D.I had called the police

66.Which of the following would be the best title for the story?

A.How I lost my money! B.Cheated by a clerk

C.Don’t believe in lawyers! D.At a Detroit hotel

67.How much did the author lose in all?

A.100 dollars. B.200 dollars. C.300 dollars. D.400 dollars.

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