I had no sooner got back to the kitchen the door-bell rang loud enough to wake the dead. A. when B. than C. as D. while 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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I had no sooner got back to the kitchen ________ the door-bell rang loud enough to wake the dead.

A. when B. than C. as D. while

解析:

no sooner…than意为“刚…就”，相当于as soon as. 句意为“我刚走回厨房,门铃又响了,响得足以把死人吵醒”。类似用法还有hardly / scarcely…when.。

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Bill Javis took over our village’s news-agency at a time of life when most of us only wanted to relax. He just thought he would like something but not too much to do, and the news-a??gency was ready-made. The business produced little enough for him, but Bill was a man who only wanted the simplicity and order and regularity of the job. He had been a long-serving sailor, and all his life had done everything by the clock.

Every day he opened his shop at 6:00 a. m. to catch the early trade; the papers arrived on his doorstep before that. Many of Bill’s customers were city workers, and the shop was convenient for the station. Business was tailing off by 10 o’clock, so at eleven sharp Bill closed for lunch. It was hard luck on anybody who wanted a paper or magazine in the after??noon, for most likely Bill would be down on the river bank, fishing, and his nearest competitor was five kilometers away. Sometimes in the afternoon, the evening paper landed on the doorway, and at 4 o’clock Bill reopened his shop. The evening rush lasted till seven, and it was worthwhile.

He lived in a flat above the shop, alone. Except in the very bad weather, you always knew where to find him in the af??ternoon, as I have said. Once, on a sunny afternoon, I walked home along the river bank from a shopping trip to the village. By my watch it was three minutes past four, so I was aston??ished to see Bill sitting there on his little chair with a line in the water. He had no luck, I could see, but he was making no effort to move.

“What’s wrong, Bill?” I called out from the path.

For answer, he put a hand in his jacket and took out a big, golden object. For a moment I had no idea what it could be, and then it suddenly went off with a noise like a fire en??gine. Stopping the bell, Bill held the thing up and called back, “Ten to four, you see, and this is dead right.”

I had never known anyone carrying a brass alarm clock round with him before.

Bill Javis became a news-agent when _______.

A. he needed the money

B. he was quite an old man

C. he decided to take up fishing

D. he gave up clock-repairing

Bill opened the shop so early in the day because _______.

A. he liked to do as much as possible before he went to work

B. the shop had to be open when the morning papers came

C. he was never sure of time

D. it was then that he did a lot of business

From the information given in the passage, who or what do you think was wrong?

A. The bell was－it must have gone off at the wrong time.

B. Bill was－he had dropped off to sleep.

C. The writer’s watch was－it was fast.

D. Bill’s clock was－it was old.

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7 she asked me, “What if we 8 this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and 9 her and the other kids to go outside the house and 10 creative ideas．While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a（n） 11 with beautiful images of smiles．They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the 12 of their exercise was “smile”．It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 13 to do something for others．

All that seemed 14 and came right from their heart．Nothing seemed to 15 to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to 16 others and do something nice in the community!

I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 17 to help clean cars．Passers-by were 18 and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they 19 ．A pretty heartwarming scene !

I felt blessed by being surrounded by such wonderful and loving 20 ．

1. A．drying B．repairing C．washing D．decorating

2. A．quiet B．hot C．different D．dirty

3. A．suggest B．avoid C．continue D．practice

4. A．also B．therefore C．already D．hardly

5. A．choose B．enjoy C．buy D．serve

6. A．worried B．popular C．puzzled D．difficult

7. A．Finally B．Simply C．Then D．Luckily

8. A．show B．leave C．make D．order

9. A．challenged B．expected C．invited D．encouraged

10. A．come up with B．put up with

C．get involved with D．get on with

11. A．board B．picture C．idea D．car

12. A．purpose B．trouble C．secret D．theme

13. A．need B．duty C．imagination D．sense

14. A．important B．disappointing C．hopeful D．natural

15. A．matter B．mean C．belong D．refer

16. A．relax B．try C．help D．smile

17. A．food B．cloths C．money D．fruit

18. A．interested B．amazed C．bored D．frightened

19. A．refused B．reviewed C．accepted D．understood

20. A．flesh B．bodies C．adults D．souls

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Being a waitress changed my life. One of my 41 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him _42 , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.

Thanks to the new found confidence I 43 __from Helen, I dreamed of having my own __44 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（贷款）, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”

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A．friend

B．waitress

C．citizen

D．customer

A．losing

B．earning

C．sharing

D．lacking

A．while

B．though

C．because

D．unless

A．helping

B．respecting

C．serving

D．praising

A．work

B．eat

C．smile

D．speak

A．regular

B．favorite

C．respected

D．fresh

A．eating

B．greeting

C．smiling

D．coming

A．found out

B．picked up

C．got back

D．took away

A．restaurant

B．work

C．house

D．money

10.

A．ahead

B．that

C．there

D．up

11.

A．exchanged

B．discussed

C．shared

D．explained

12.

A．should

B．would

C．might

D．must

13.

A．counting

B．totaling

C．adding

D．valuing

14.

A．ability

B．honesty

C．responsibility

D．identity（身份证）

15.

A．patience

B．confidence

C．choice

D．chance

16.

A．loved

B．practiced

C．continued

D．enjoyed

17.

A．tables

B．preparation

C．decisions

D．suggestions

18.

A．faith

B．honesty

C．money

D．friend

19.

A．hired

B．rejected

C．encouraged

D．determined

20.

A．fortunately

B．excitedly

C．personally

D．eventually

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1.A. And B. Though C. Therefore D. But

2.A. quietly B. quickly C. carefully D. nervously

3.A. boy’s B. man’s C. woman’s D. driver’s

4.A. person B. sign C. sound D. form

5.A. turning B. crossing C. going D. driving

6.A. slowed down B. put on C. added to D. took up

7.A. right behind B. close to C. away from D. near by

8.A. joy B. sorrow C. fear D. anger

9.A. tears B. heart C. face D. blood

10.A. slighter B. thicker C. lower D. harder

11.A. need B. effort C. trouble D. doubt

12.A. never B. late C. ever D. then

13.A. justice B. court C. lawyer D. sentence

14.A. direction B. path C. front D. nose

15.A. drove B. ran C. crashed D. sped

16.A. slower B. quicker C. taller D. heavier

17.A. an anger B. a fist C. a beat D. a blow

18.A. caught B. struck C. knocked D. beat

19.A. chin B. fists C. knees D. body

20.A. hit B. brought C. pushed D. pulled

I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me.

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"Do you practice in long stretches（一段时间）, an hour at a time?"

"I try to.”

"Well, don't,” he exclaimed. “When you grow up, time won't come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life."

When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript（手稿）ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal（零碎的） method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I even took up piano--playing again, finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice.

There is an important trick in this time--using formula: you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste it in chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.

I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.

1. What is the best title of this passage?

A. Concentrate on Your Work B. A Little at a Time

C. How I Became a Writer D. Good Advice

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches.

B. Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer’s life since he became a student.

C. The writer didn't take the teacher's words to heart at first.

D. Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine.

3. The underlined part "counted on" can he replaced by____.

A. enriched B. concentrated C. valued D. expected

4. We can infer that the writer .

A. has new books published each year however busy his teaching is

B. is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy

C. has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels

D. makes mental preparations beforehand, so he’s devoted to work instantly

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