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A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

 “Frank!” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.

My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

      7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16   nearly everything she owned.

When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.

1.A.work            B.stay            C.live            D.expect

2.A.answer          B.speak         C.smile          D.laugh

3.A.covering        B.moving          C.fighting         D.pressing

4.A.minds         B.memories       C.thoughts        D.brains

5.A.better            B.dark           C.younger            D.old

6.A.cave             B.place          C.sight                  D.scene

7.A.Discussing        B.Solving      C.Sharing             D.Suffering

8.A.learn from         B.talk to        C.help               D.know

9.A.needed            B.recognized  C.interested          D.encouraged

10.A.normal            B.common    C.unusual          D.quick

11.A.more             B.worse        C.fewer                  D.less

12.A.word            B.speech       C.sentence           D.language

13.A.not               B.no          C.something         D.nothing

14.A.fed               B.kept        C.lived             D.depended

15.A.attention           B.control       C.treatment          D.management

16.A.lost               B.needed       C.destroyed          D.left

17.A.troublesome     B.unlucky      C.angry                  D.unpopular

18.A.separated        B.went          C.reunited                 D.returned

19.A.pushed          B.tried        C.showed                 D.measured

20.A.nodding          B.greeting      C.meeting            D.acting

1—5  CADBB  6—10 DCDCA  11—15 DBBDA  16—20 ABADB


解析:

1.C  上文的“incurables"表明这位老人是不治之症患者,存活的时间不会太长。

2.A  我叫他名字, 他不会回答。

3.D  由下文暗示可知,37岁的Frank不如一个婴儿的智力。他不能用语言回答别人的问话,但内心有一定的反应,因此一见到我便将右脚靠着我的右脚以示问候。

4.B  Frank的这一举动使我的记忆一下子回到了30年前。

5. B  下文交待30年前作者的生活,二战期间他只能住在防空洞中,生活很苦,只能用“dark”来形容当年的岁月。

6.D  作者回忆30年前的生活,头脑中出现了防空洞的情景。

7.C ;8.D  在战争问题上由于拥有共同的话题,我们这些防空洞居住者逐渐了解了对方。

9.C ;10. A  一个37岁的人智力却不正常,这一现象逐渐吸引了我的注意。

11.D  尽管Frank已经37岁,但智力还不如一个婴儿。

12.B;13.B  他的讲话仅体现了内心的快乐和愤怒,没有更多实在的内容。

14.D;15.A  West夫人不得不强壮而又有能力,因为Frank完全依靠于她,他需要婴儿似的全部照料。

16. A  她几乎失去了一切。

17. B  West夫人遭受这么大的损失,大家尽力帮助这不幸的一家人。

18. A  ; 

19. D ;

20. B  那天早上临走前,我站在Frank身边,将我的右脚靠着Frank 的右脚以便量出他脚的大小,目的是为他买一双鞋子。Frank将我的这一动作看成是问候的表现,从此他就用这一动作来问候我,这就有了本文开头的那种情景。

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  A famous general cried as he looked at one battle field. His soldiers were fighting well, but he felt very sad. He turned to his men and said, “My soldiers, I am going to ask you a question. The one who gives the best answer will receive a medal . The question is this: Who is the strongest power in the world?”

  Four soldiers raised their hands. They wanted to answer the general's question. The general asked the first soldier to speak.

  “Sir.” said the young man, “I think my gun is the strongest power. It can kill a person or an animal from a great distance.” “Thank you. ”said the general, “Next. ” He pointed to the man who was his best soldier.

  “A soldier is stronger. ” said the second man, “He must shoot the gun and aim well. A gun's power comes from the way it is used.”

  The third soldier thought he had the, best answer of all . “No, sir, ” he said, “our general is the strongest power. He gives the orders for his soldiers to shoot their guns.”

  The general said nothing. He waited for the last man to answer his question. The fourth soldier answered the general's question this way, “I believe, sir, that the greatest power on the earth is love. It makes the general decide if he wants his soldiers to use their guns. Also, if men had more love for each other, they would not use their guns.”

  The general gave the medal to the last man. Now if you were this general, which of your soldiers would receive the medal?

1.A long time ago, man led ________ life.

[  ]

A.a happy

B.a hard

C.an active

D.a strange

2.What caused mom people to die in the battle fields?

[  ]

A.The invention of the gun.

B.The invention of the arrow.

C.The invention of the spear .

D.The invention of the wooden stick.

3.From the third soldier's answer, we can see that ________.

[  ]

A.the general was the greatest power

B.the general was good at shooting

C.the soldier wanted to please the general

D.the soldier wanted to fight against the general

4.What does the fourth soldier's love mean?

[  ]

A.Love can make guns fire.

B.Love among people can stop war from breaking out.

C.Love can make people fight for peace.

D.B and

C.

5.This passage seems to show us that the general ________.

[  ]

A.liked to make jokes on his soldiers

B.liked testing his soldiers

C.liked crying in the battle fields

D.hope the world to he peaceful

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All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. There you can feel everything on show. If we want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see.
【小题1】By touching things,________.

A.you will have a strange feeling
B.you will learn how to reach out your hand
C.you can tell the difference of the things
D.you can tell what colors they are
【小题2】When people buy things in shops, they often_________.
A.try them on firstB.keep their right hands on them
C.ask about themD.feel and touch them
【小题3】Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things?” Because__________.
A.the things are used by people, tooB.people feel the things too often
C.people know how to use the thingsD.the things are hard to feel
【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title of the story?
A.Touching by FeelingB.To See or to Feel?
C.To See Better---FeelD.Ways of Feeling

One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods    21  she realized that she was lost.

Sitting on a rock and   22  what to do, she began crying.  After a while. She  23  to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes.   24  it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and   25 stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the   26 . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a   27 .

The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy   28  that his mistrees(女主人)was in danger. He jumped   29  a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a   30 scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He  31  the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking   32  into the air, the dog   33  through the woods until he found the  34  . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his

  35 , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He   36 over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was   37 .

When she opened her eyes and   38  her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you

 39  me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of   40 That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak

1.                A.since          B.before         C.while D.as

 

2.                A.remembering    B.forgetting       C.wondering D.regretting

 

3.                A.preferred       B.expected       C.decided  D.failed

 

4.                A.If             B.Until           C.When    D.Because

 

5.                A.cautiously       B.carelessly       C.hopelessly D.unwillingly

 

6.                A.trees          B.bushes         C.grasses   D. woods

 

7.                A.rock           B.stream         C.tree D.house

 

8.                A.sensed         B.found          C.heard    D.smelt

 

9.                A.at             B.in             C.through  D.onto

 

10.               A.terrible        B.familiar         C.pleasant   D.strange

 

11.               A.followed        B.discovered      C.missed    D.ignored

 

12.               A.calmly         B.gently          C.merrily    D.loudly

 

13.               A.looked         B.wandered       C.searched  D.travelled

 

14.               A.window        B.girl            C.hero  D.house

 

15.               A.delight         B.disappointment  C.embarrassment D.satisfaction

 

16.               A.climbed        B.jumped         C.walked    D.flew

 

17.               A.awake         B.abandoned      C.asleep D.available

 

18.               A.spotted        B.saw            C.observed  D.watched

 

19.               A.rescued        B.comforted      C.disturbed  D.scared

 

20.               A.relief          B.shock          C.sorrow    D.pain

 

 

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“That umbrella must have   38  you a great deal of money, Uncle.” I said to him one day.

“No,” he replied, “ 39 ”

“Was it a present?” I asked again.

“No,” said he.

“Then how did you get it?” I asked.

“Well,” he answered, “it is a strange true story. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening   40   it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat and no umbrella. No buses ran through that street and there were no   41   in sight. As I was on my way to a party, I didn't want to get  42  . So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite  43  .There wasn't a person around, and  44   it rained and rained.  45   a young man came to the place where I was standing,  46    a large umbrella over his head.  47  I hoped he would   48   me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped   49   the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said: “  50  , where are you going with that umbrella?”

 51   by my sudden appearance, the young man  52   the umbrella, which, I'm afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and  53  into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be  54  in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it   55  .”

1. A. for months           B. for years?          C. since childhood          D. for a few days?

2.A. satisfied with     B. afraid of    ?      C. proud of             D. careful with?

3. A. given             B. cost             C. saved                    D. made?

4. A. very little           B. I don't know     C. not a penny              D. quite a lot?

5. A. when              B. though               C. because              D. after?

6. A. bicycles              B. policemen?      C. friends                  D. taxis?

7. A. tired             B. back             C. wet                  D. away?

8.A. dark               B. fine             C. dirty                    D. dangerous?

9. A. naturally         B. suddenly?           C. always                   D. still?

10.A. At once               B. At last              C. As usual             D. As well

11.A. selling               B. carrying?           C. moving               D. showing?

12. A. As                   B. Although         C. While                    D. If

13. A. order                B. persuade         C. allow                    D. promise?

14. A. into             B. out of               C. towards              D. along?

15.A. By the way            B. Help             C. Excuse me                D. Stop?

16. A. Punished         B. Discouraged?        C. Warned               D. Frightened?

17. A. raised               B. took             C. dropped              D. forgot?

18. A. disappeared          B. lost             C. pulled                   D. turned?

19. A. endless              B. interesting          C. exciting             D. hopeless?

20. A. ever since           B. for a while?        C. for you              D. forever?

 

 

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It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them “says Isaksen

“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing “says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases A new bug(病毒)may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful(有害的)Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person

1.We learn from Paragraph I that the pet sold at the shop may_______.

A.come from Columbia

B.prevent us from being infected

C.enjoy being with children

D.suffer from monkey-pox

2.Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?

A.They attack human beings

B.We need to study native animals

C.They can’t live out of the rain forest

D.We do not know much about them yet

3.What does she phrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A.a new disease

B.a clear warning

C.a dangerous animal

D.a morning call

4.The text suggests that in the future we               .

A. may have to fight against more new diseases

B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs

C. should not be allowed to have pets

D. should stop buying pests from Africa

 

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