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。

    After his meal Lincoln walked over to the War Department to see 1 any more news had come from Sherman's Army. Then　　 it was time to go to the theatre. In the morning it 2 that　　 the President and Mrs. Lincoln, together 3 a number of guests, would visit Ford's Theatre to see the 4. The President went into the theatre, and took his seat at the back of the box (包厢). While he 5 the play a young man wanted to 6 him.　　 He was twenty-year-old John Wilkes Booth, a 7 of a famous　　 family of actors and a lover of the 8. A few hours 9 the play began he was in the theatre 10 a small hole 11 the door of　　 the presidential box. Now 12 Booth entered the box. In his 13 hand was a small knife, in his right hand a gun. Aiming the gun at the back of the President's head he fired. Lincoln fell 14 in his seat. Rathbone, one of his guests, threw　　 himself at the 15. Booth 16 him with his knife, then jumped 17 the box rail (栏杆) to the stage (舞台), eleven feet below, He fell, but　　 quickly to his feet, shouting, "Sic semper tyrannis." (拉丁语,　　 意思是" 独裁者的下场总是如此".)For a time there was 18　　 confusion (混乱). Then a young army doctor climbed into the Presidential box. Mary 19 his arm. "Oh, doctor! Is he 20 ?"The  doctor looked at Lincoln's wound, and his face darkened, The President had badly wounded 21 . There was no 22 . The wounded President was carried across the street to the nearest house, 23 he was laid on a bed.All through the night Lincoln 24 with death. At 7:22 (April 15, 1865) in the 25 it was all over.　　 The great and good man was at peace (和平) with the world.

阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。　　 　　

    This was a cloudy day, and hunger waked him again. He was very　　 weak. It was no uncommon thing now for him to fall. Once he fell into　　 a bird's nest (巢). There were four tiny birds, a day or so old, no　　 more than a mouthful. He ate them greedily (贪婪地), putting them　　 alive into his mouth and crushing them like eggshells (蛋壳) between　　 his teeth. The mother bird flew about him with cries of anger. He used　　 his gun as a stick with which to hit her, but she flew beyond his　　 reach. He threw stones at her and by chance, one broke a wing. Then　　 she ran away, dragging the broken wing, with him following her.

　　     He tired the mother bird; but he tired himself also. She lay on　　 her side breathing heavily. He lay on his side, a dozen feet away,　　 unable to move toward her. And as he recovered, she recovered. She　　 flew beyond reach as his hungry hand stretched out to catch her. The　　 hunt started again.　　

(1)   The man kept falling because of __________.

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A. the cloudy weather　　B. being woken with hunger 　　   

C. weakness　　　　　　  D. the wounded bird 　　

(2)  The four baby birds ____________.

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A. were about a day old 　　   

B. were fed on eggs 　　   

C. were crushed when the man fell into the nest 　　   

D. added up to no more than a mouthful 　　

(3)   The mother bird cried angrily because the man _____.

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A. wanted to catch her 　　   

B. had broken her wing 　　   

C. attacked her with his gun as a stick 　　   

D. was eating her babies alive 　　

(4)  The man wounded the mother bird in the wing _______.

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A. with his gun as a stick 　　   

B. with a stone by chance 　　   

C. because the mother bird was very tired 　　   

D. because the stone was right for him to attack her 　　

(5)  The man could not catch the mother bird and the mother bird could not escape easily, because ___________.　　   

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A. the hunt made both of them tired out 　　   

B. they both lay on their sides 　　  

C. they recovered almost at the same time 　　   

D. the man was hungry and the bird was wounded

My sister had dropped out of school and (71) m　 ______ unwise decisions with her life. She chose to spend her time with people who were lost as she was. They all chose to ignore their (72) __________　 (responsible) and joined one another in a life which involved drinking and partying. (73)　　　　 (sad), they were all losing time. They were young and had the potential to become (74) w　 _____　 they wanted if they would only choose to respect themselves and believe in a

(75)　　　　 (good) life.

My sister was lost but my father never (76) g　 _____up on her. She may not have ever known it but his prayers and faith in her may have been the very thing she needed. I remember sitting at the family dinner table where everyone had gathered

(77) e　 ___　 my sister. Once again she had (78) c　 ___　 to drink with her friends instead of spending an evening with our family who loved her very much. We said she would not come. But my father said she would. We all rallied against him,

(79)________ (bet) she would not show up and asked why he would say that. We were convinced he was in denial. He (80) s　 _____ said, “I will always bet on her, on all of you.”

He was s ______　 　to have arrived on the four o'clock train.?

We had not been out for long ________ he fell sick.

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