题目内容
---Ready to give up guessing, Sandy?
---No, no.Hold on! I think I ______ at the answer now.
A. arrive B. have arrived C. arrived D. am arriving
D考查时态。关键词为Hold on和now。
Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain-tops with guests barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, no matter where or how they are performed, include certain traditional customs.
Before a couple is married,they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready,then comes the most exciting moment.
The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party enters the church while the wedding march is played. The bride carrying a bouquet enters last with her father who will "give her away". The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar, the bride and groom exchange vows. It is traditional to use the words "To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part". Following the vows, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.
After the ceremony there is often a party, called a "reception" which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlyweds.
The car in which the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamers and shaving cream. The words "Just Married" are painted on the trunk or back window. The bride and groom run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon.
【小题1】 What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Introducing the kinds of wedding in the USA |
B.introducing the whole procedure of the wedding in the USA |
C.Introducing the traditional wedding ceremony in the USA |
D.Introducing a forgetful wedding party in the USA |
A.In American ,before a couple are married, they never get engaged. |
B.It is an old custom to wear the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the right hand. |
C.They don’t invite the relatives who live far away to the wedding party. |
D.The couple will go on their honeymoon on the very wedding day. |
A.The bride carrying a bouquet enters with her father who will "give her away" |
B.t he bride and groom exchange vows |
C.the couple exchange rings |
D.The wedding party enters the church while the wedding march is played |
What if you could fly like a bird just by thinking happy thoughts? Or you could disappear to a faraway land, never grow old and fight pirates every day? For Peter Pan and his friends, the Lost Boys, these dreams come true.
More than 100 years after this playful boy was “born”, Peter Pan and his friends are to continue their adventure in a sequel(续集)to J.M. Barrie’s original novel. “Peter Pan in Scarlet”(重返梦幻岛),written by British author Geraldine McCaughrean, was published earlier this month.
The sequel brings all the original characters back. Peter Pan’s friends, the Lost Boys, are now grown up and live in the real world. What’s more, at the end of the first book, Peter Pan thinks he has killed his enemy, Captain Hook. But ,new readers discover he is not so dead at all.
For those who are unfamiliar with the original story, Peter Pan lives in faraway Neverland with a group of orphans. But they are eager for a real mother and Peter Pan flies to London with a fairy(仙女), Tinkerbell, to find one. They visit a young girl, Wendy, who loves to read stories, and bring her and her two brothers back to Neverland to live with them. In Neverland, children never have to grow up, and there are no parents to tell them what to do.
Many teenagers dream of a world where they don’t have to grow old and take responsibility. But, the author explains such a world is not the paradise(乐园)when it first appears: adventures can be scary and often dangerous, and, though we all sometimes dream of running away, we all need someone to love and look after us too.
【小题1】The passage is written to ________.
A.tell you about an unrealistic dream |
B.introduce novels about Peter Pan |
C.analyze the difficulties of growing up |
D.explain why Peter Pan can’t grow old |
A.how some children fought against the pirate–Captain Hook |
B.the care–free life the children led in Neverland |
C.how peter Pan looked for a real mother for the Lost Boys |
D.how the Lost Boys return to Neverland for more adventures |
A.are ready to shoulder responsibility |
B.choose adventures in faraway places |
C.long for independence but also need someone to love them |
D.can’t wait to grow up |
A.they never have to grow up |
B.they don’t have parents |
C.they never have troubles |
D.they never need to worry |
A.to find a fairy | B.to visit a young girl |
C.to find a real mother | D.to earn money |
A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer's hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery (火红的) ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.
The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. "It's getting late," she thought, "I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am."
She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.
It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now... It all seemed deserted. She couldn't understand what was going on.
She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: "Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking." Ellen was her mother but-where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents' room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn't slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different-she wasn't in her mother's room and she wasn't wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas.
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, "Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared."
【小题1】Three days later Jennifer came back home .
A.at sunrise | B.at sunset | C.at night | D.at midday |
A.The idea of going back home. |
B.Her anxiety about her parents. |
C.The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater. |
D.The feeling of getting back home safely. |
A.he was busy looking for her |
B.he had to look after his wife |
C.he was not strict with his job |
D.he no longer enjoyed working in the garden |