About 1,000 students were having a final exam in a huge lecture hall. Obviously the teacher wasn’t very well liked, who kept shouting out how much time was left. During the exam he was so  36   going around the room making sure that nobody   37  . He asked the students to pile the   38   tests on the huge desk. This made for quite a mess(混乱).

    Anyway, everyone needed a fairly good   39  . Many students did poorly when rushed.  40of the students thought that he must get a good grade, so he went on when the professor said “  41   down and check up your exam sheets”.

Five   42   turned into ten, ten into twenty, twenty into forty … almost an hour   43   the test was over, our friend finally put down his pencil,   44   up his work, and headed to the front to present his final. The whole time, the professor sat there,   45   waiting for the student to complete.

“What do you think you are doing?” It was clear that the professor had   46   only to give the student a   47   time.

“Turning in my exam,” replied the student confidently.

“I’m afraid I have some bad   48   for you,” the professor gloated(幸灾乐祸), “Your  49 is an hour late. You’re FAILED it. And I’ll see you next term when you   50   my course.”

The student smiled slyly(狡诈地)   51   asked the professor, “Do you know who I am?” “No,” cried out the professor   52  .

The student   53   the professor right in the eyes and said slowly, “I didn’t think so,” so he lifted up one of the   54   half way, put his test neatly into the center of the pile, let the pile fall  55   his test in the middle, turned around, and walked out of the huge lecture hall.

36.A.kind                       B.busy                       C.strict                      D.serious

37.A.cheated                   B.failed                            C.slept                       D.passed

38.A.written                   B.succeeded               C.unfinished               D.completed

39.A.teacher                   B.friend                     C.grade                      D.paper

40.A.All                         B.One                        C.None                      D.Each

41.A.pencils                   B.papers                    C.hands                     D.books

42.A.students                  B.minutes                  C.sheets                     D.piles

43.A.if                           B.though                    C.before                    D.after

44.A.gathered                 B.brought                  C.sent                        D.made

45.A.strangely                B.excitedly                 C.anxiously                D.curiously

46.A.promised                B.managed                 C.waited                    D.worked

47.A.easy                       B.hard                       C.long                       D.good

48.A.information            B.result                      C.advice                    D.news

49.A.exam                      B.time                       C.arrival                    D.turn

50.A.accept                    B.repeat                     C.learn                      D.begin

51.A.and                        B.but                         C.so                          D.however

52.A.cruelly                   B.calmly                    C.angrily                   D.firmly

53.A.searched                 B.hit                          C.blamed                   D.looked

54.A.hands                     B.eyes                       C.desks                      D.piles

55.A.changing                B.burying                  C.improving               D.sticking

I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.
My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality (道德). Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.
【小题1】The author’s roommate offered to help him because________.

A.he felt sorry for the author
B.he thought it was a chance to make some money
C.he knew the doctor was a very good one
D.he wanted the author to have a good lawyer
【小题2】 A good doctor is essential for the author to __________.
A.be properly treated
B.talk with the person responsible for the accident
C.recover before he leaves America
D.eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury
【小题3】The word“charge”in the third paragraph means_________ .
A.be responsibleB.accuseC.ask as a priceD.claim
【小题4】Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.
A.friendlyB.selfish C.professional D.busy
【小题5】What conclusion can you draw from the story?
A.Going to court is something very common in America.
B.One must be very careful while driving a car.
C.There are more bad sides in America than good sides.
D.Money is more important than other things in the US.

Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious(自觉的)effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “trick” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber(理发师)shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and amusing(有趣的)in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble.

1.If you want to have a good memory, .

A.you should force yourself to remember things

B.you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise

C.you should never stop learning

D.you should try hard to remember tings

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.

B.One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.

C.The writer remembered to lock the door.

D.the writer remembered unlocking the front door.

3.In the passage, the writer seems to tell you .

A.forgetting things is serious and dangerous

B.always forgetting things is understandable

C.forgetting things at times is natural

D.the way to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

4.The best title for this passage is .

A.How to Get a Good Memory

B.“Tricks” Of Memory

C.Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness is Dangerous

D.Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

 

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