题目内容
That had made me ___1___ my childhood. I, too, had ___2___ a violin, but we didn't have the money. Even though life was ___3__ then, I couldn't wait any longer to ask, “Daddy, ___4__ I have a violin of my own?” Daddy looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy came home with a case, saying, “Mary, I found this ___5___ violin for seven dollars.”
The day I carried my ____6___ to school for my first lesson, no one could know the bursting in my ____7__. I practised, joined the school orchestra and gave ___8__ Several years seemed to pass more quickly then and I found ___9___ in the first violin chair. More years passed. My violin made every move with me, and was carefully put ___10__.
Now here I am ___11___ the newspaper want ad. I took out my violin and put it on the table. Then I picked up the ___12__, walked to the telephone and dialed the number 8432526.
Later, in the day, a man in his thirties knocked on the door. “I've been ___13___ someone would ___14___ my ad. My daughter wants a violin so badly,” he said, ___15___ my violin. “How much are you ____16__?”
Any music store, I knew, would offer me a higher pay. But now I heard my voice answer, “Seven dollars.”
“Are you ____17___?” he asked and caused me to think so much of my ___18___.“Seven dollars,” I ___19___ and added, “I hope your little girl will ___20___ it as I did.”
(1) A.look back |
B.dream of |
C.think of |
D.remind of |
(2) A.had |
B.wanted |
C.bought |
D.owned |
(3) A.hard |
B.happy |
C.easy |
D.comfortable |
(4) A.must |
B.should |
C.may |
D.shall |
(5) A.second-hand |
B.beautiful |
C.expensive |
D.new |
(6) A.instruments |
B.books |
C.schoolbag |
D.violin |
(7) A.head |
B.mind |
C.heart |
D.body |
(8) A.performances |
B.concerts |
C.shows |
D.plays |
(9) A.my instruments |
B.it |
C.me |
D.myself |
(10) A.away |
B.side |
C.down |
D.up |
(11) A.in |
B.on |
C.for |
D.with |
(12) A.photo |
B.violin |
C.newspaper |
D.case |
(13) A.expecting |
B.telling |
C.asking |
D.paying |
(14) A.like |
B.know |
C.see |
D.answer |
(15) A.seeing |
B.fixing |
C.examining |
D.playing |
(16) A.selling |
B.asking |
C.paying |
D.costing |
(17) A.reading |
B.sorry |
C.willing |
D.sure |
(18) A.story |
B.violin |
C.father |
D.childhood |
(19) A.answered |
B.repeated |
C.replied |
D.agreed |
(20) A.play |
B.enjoy |
C.have |
D.do |
解析:
(1)
作者回忆起自己的童年,故用think of.(2)
表示过去想做的事未能实现用had wanted.(3)
指当时生活艰难.(4) may
作于疑问句,表示“可以”.(5)
从价格上可以看出是二手货.(6)
从上下文获取.(7)
指心里兴奋的心情.(8) give performances
是“参加演出”的意思.(9)
本句意思是:作者发现自己不知不觉地就坐上了小提琴的第一把交椅.(10) put away
意为“收起来”.(11)
介词on作be的表语,表示“进行中,发生中”.(12)
广告是登在报纸上的.(13) have been expecting
是完成进行的,“一直在盼望”的意思.(14) answer the ad.
意为“应征广告”.(15)
购物时要先看质量.(16) ask
在这个句子中指的是卖主向买主索要多少钱.(17) Are you sure?
意为“你当真吗?”(18)
从这位爱自己女儿的父亲身上,作者想起了自己的父亲.(19)
作者重复原来所说的价格.(20)
希望他的女儿像好一样喜欢这把小提琴.阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻击)?"
(1) |
A. In spite of |
B. Because of |
C. For |
D. To |
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(2) |
A. always |
B. seldom |
C. forever |
D. sometimes |
[ ] |
(3) |
A. As |
B. Where |
C. Wherever |
D. Whenever |
[ ] |
(4) |
A. meet with |
B. deal with |
C. meet |
D. judge |
[ ] |
(5) |
A. about |
B. from |
C. in |
D. of |
[ ] |
(6) |
A. was breaking |
B. would break |
C. had broken into |
D. was breaking in |
[ ] |
(7) |
A. charging |
B. charged by |
C. in charge of |
D.in charge from |
[ ] |
(8) |
A. was leaving |
B. is coming |
C. will leave |
D. would come |
[ ] |
(9) |
A. would go |
B. need come |
C. dared come |
D. had to go |
[ ] |
(10) |
A. very |
B. very much |
C. heavily |
D. much more |
[ ] |
(11) |
A. the biggest |
B. a much bigger |
C. a bigger |
D. a big |
[ ] |
(12) |
A. In fact |
B. But |
C. So |
D. And |
[ ] |
(13) |
A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
[ ] |
(14) |
A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
[ ] |
(15) |
A. was |
B. had been |
C. would be |
D. happened to be |
[ ] |
(16) |
A. such an |
B. so a |
C. such a |
D. a such |
[ ] |
(17) |
A. Yet |
B. But |
C. So |
D. Then |
[ ] |
(18) |
A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
[ ] |
(19) |
A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
[ ] |
(20) |
A. all |
B. very |
C. too |
D. quite |
[ ] |
(21) |
A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
D. that |
[ ] |
(22) |
A. will carry |
B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
[ ] |
(23) |
A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
D. towards |
[ ] |
(24) |
A. not smaller than |
B. as big as |
C. as small as |
D. much smaller than |
[ ] |
(25) |
A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
[ ] |
完形填空:
Mr Parker was living in the country , and he wanted to go to an office in the city one day . He 1 the address on a letter, got 2 his car and 3 to the city . He drove straight to the office without any 4 and stopped his car 5 the office. He locked his car and 6 to go into his office, but suddenly he turned around and went back to his car . He remembered that he 7 his keys in it ! He telephoned his wife and said, “ 8 , I ’ve locked my keys in my car . Please 9 me your keys .”
Mrs Parker got into their 10 car and drove twenty miles to 11 her husband. But 12 Mr Parker was waiting for his wife, he walked 13 his car and tried the other 14 . It was not locked ! Mr Parker locked it 15 before his wife arrived.
1. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.looked |
B.lost |
C.found |
D.took |
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2. | ||||
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A.to |
B.into |
C.at |
D.out |
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3. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.arrived |
B.walked |
C.ran |
D.drove |
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4. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.trouble |
B.answer |
C.matter |
D.difficult |
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5. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.in the front of |
B.in the middle of |
C.in front of |
D.at the foot of |
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6. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.went |
B.wanted |
C.forgot |
D.wondered |
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7. | ||||
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A.has locked |
B.had lock |
C.locked |
D.had locked |
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8. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.listen to me |
B.I need your help |
C.Excuse me |
D.Don’t smile at me |
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9. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.bring |
B.take |
C.carry |
D.show |
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10. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.another |
B.other |
C.a second |
D.the other |
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11. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.hand |
B.give |
C.look at |
D.help |
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12. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.while |
B.since |
C.before |
D.after |
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13. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.under |
B.on |
C.around |
D.over |
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14. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.door |
B.car |
C.keys |
D.way |
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15. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.suddenly |
B.quickly |
C.slowly |
D.angrily |
完形填空
Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(护照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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[ ] |
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A.understands |
B.studies |
C.visits |
D.calls |
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2. |
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[ ] |
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A.looking |
B.living |
C.telephoning |
D.sleeping |
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3. |
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[ ] |
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A.table |
B.floor |
C.car |
D.computer |
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4. |
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A.later |
B.ago |
C.before |
D.earlier |
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5. |
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[ ] |
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A.open |
B.broken |
C.down |
D.gone |
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6. |
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[ ] |
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A.information |
B.photos |
C.names |
D.letters |
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7. |
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[ ] |
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A.coming |
B.return |
C.written |
D.waste |
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8. |
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[ ] |
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A.when |
B.before |
C.after |
D.till |
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9. |
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[ ] |
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A.received |
B.accepted |
C.picked up |
D.heard from |
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10. |
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[ ] |
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A.anything |
B.something |
C.everything |
D.nothing |
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11. |
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[ ] |
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A.money |
B.post |
C.spoken |
D.bank |
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12. |
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[ ] |
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A.record |
B.letter |
C.programme |
D.passage |
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13. |
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[ ] |
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A.decide |
B.believe |
C.hope |
D.learn |
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14. |
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[ ] |
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A.service |
B.hotels |
C.police |
D.people |
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15. |
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[ ] |
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A.day |
B.hour |
C.time |
D.way |
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16. |
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[ ] |
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A.looked for |
B.looked after |
C.called at |
D.called on |
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17. |
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[ ] |
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A.unmber |
B.income |
C.saving |
D.cost |
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18. |
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[ ] |
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A.bought |
B.tried |
C.saw |
D.picked |
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19. |
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[ ] |
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A.found |
B.paid |
C.passed |
D.changed |
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20. |
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[ ] |
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A.bus |
B.bag |
C.jpise |
D.wall |
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21. |
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[ ] |
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A.shared |
B.got |
C.wasted |
D.spent |
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22. |
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[ ] |
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A.excited |
B.surprised |
C.moved |
D.frigtened |
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23. |
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[ ] |
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A.how |
B.when |
C.whether |
D.why |
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24. |
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[ ] |
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A.things |
B.everything |
C.the bag |
D.the money |
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25. |
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[ ] |
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A.life |
B.country |
C.city |
D.family |