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Hobbs was an orphan (孤儿）. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money. ” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other. ”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will (遗嘱）, ” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it. ” “Yes, I see. I’ll do that, ” said the young man.
1. Hobbs wanted to borrow money to ________.
A. study abroad B. work abroad
C. pay off the debts D. learn to paint pictures
2. What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” (in Paragraph 2） probably mean?
A. Surprised. B. Frightened.
C. Satisfied. D. Excited.
3. With the money he got, at first Hobbs _______.
A. planned to have a happy life for a few days
B. decided to give up his work in the factory
C. was to give a dinner to his friends
D. had no idea what to do
4. Hobbs was asked to _________.
A. tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it
B. read his uncle’s will
C. tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money
D. buy some pictures
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People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 36 and have made up their minds to 37 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run 38 through the narrow High Street. “They not only make it 39 to sleep at night, but they are 40 damage to our houses and shops of historical 41 . ”said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 42 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads, ”said Jean Lacey, a biology student, “why don’t they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 43 village. Its streets were never 44 for heavy traffic. ”
Harry Fields also studying 45 said they wanted to make as much 46 as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to 47 . “Most of them don’t 48 here anyway, ”he said, “they come in for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don’t 49 . It’s high time they realized the problem. ”The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were 50 on their side, and even if they weren’t, they soon would be.
I asked if they wer 51 that the police might come to 52 them.
“Not really, ”she said, “actually we are 53 bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no 54 against practising. ”
I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
36. A. college B. village C. town D. church
37. A. change B. repair C. ring D. shake
38. A. now and then B. day and night C. up and down D. over and over
39. A. terrible B. difficult C. uncomfortable D. unpleasant
40. A. doing B. raising C. putting D. producing
41. A. scene B. period C. interest D. sense
42. A. If B. Although C. When D. Unless
43. A. pretty B. quite C. large D. modern
44. A. tested B. meant C. kept D. used
45. A. well B. hard C. biology D. education
46. A. effort B. time C. trouble D. noise
47. A. stand B. accept C. know D. share
48. A. shop B. live C. come D. study
49. A. notice B. mention C. fear D. control
50. A. hardly B. unwillingly C. mostly D. usually
51. A. surprised B. afraid C. pleased D. determined
52. A. seize B. fight C. search D. stop
53. A. proper B. experienced C. hopeful D. serious
54. A. point B. cause C. need D. law
55. A. left B. found C. reached D. passed
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The time came for the 10 tests given at our school. I could only just hear out of one ear, and was not 11 to reveal something else that would single 12 out as different. So I cheated.
The “whisper test” 13 each child to go to the classroom door, turn sideways, close one ear with a finger, 14 the teacher whispered something from her desk, 15 the child repeated. Then the same for the other ear. Nobody checked how tightly the 16 ear was covered, so I only pretended to block mine.
As 17 I was the last. But all through the testing I 18 what Mrs Leonard might say to me. I knew from previous years that the teacher 19 things like “The sky is blue.” Or “Do you have new shoes?”
My 20 came. I turned my bad ear toward her, 21 the other just enough to be able to hear. I waited and then came the words that God had surely put into her mouth, 22 words that changed my life 23 .
Mrs Leonard, the teacher I 24 , said softly, “I 25 you were my little girl.”
1 A. liked B. loved C. hated D expected
2. A. lip B. ear C. finger D. eyes
3. A. broken B.cut C. formed D.killed
4. A. very B.much C. more D.even
5. A. strange B.happy C. sad D.different
6. A. inside B.with&nbtsp ; C. as well as D.outside
7. A. surprised B.smiling C.frightening D.blind
8. A. everyone B.no one C. anyone D.none
9. A. special B.strange C. usual D.simple
10. A. arithmetic算术 B.history C. hearing D. blood
11. A. excitedly B.when C. about D.how
12. A. me B.Mrs Leonard C. us D.the pupils
13. A. encouraged B.persuaded C.required D.agreed
14. A. if B.so C.as if D.While
15. A. that B.what C. after D.which
16. A. untested B.left C.bad D.tested
17. A. usually B.follows C.usual D.well
18. A. examined B.wondered C.understood D.noticed
19. A. questioned B.announced C.shouted D.whispered
20. A. teacher B.time C.opportunity D.chance
21. A. picking up B.plugging up C.closing D.opening
22. A. seven B.some C.several D.lovely
23. A. sometimes B. usually C.forever D.all
24. A. knew B.adored C. realized D.spoke
25. A. expect B.wish C.wanted D.knew
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When I was young,my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.
One evening in early April,my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar 36 a worker who had the flu.I told her I would mess it up, 37 I had never worked at the bar before.I 38
that instead of making money,I would end up owing it.
“You can do it,”said my mother.“ 39 ,you won’t get much business until lunch.”
“But I’ll never remember the orders,and I’m no good ___40_ money.Please,Mom,don’t
41 me.”
“Then I’ll help you,”she said.
I shrugged my shoulders.I thought my mother’s 42 was a bad one,but I 43 .
When I got to the bar the next day,I found my mother was 44 .Because the weather that day was rainy and cold,people wanted hot snacks and drinks. 45 ,I was really slow at taking the orders and making change.The line of people grew,and everybody seemed 46 .I was so nervous that my hands shook,and I 47 a cup into pieces.What a mess!Then my mother came to 48 me,and she also showed me how to make 49 .If someone gave me $5 for something that cost $3.25,I handed over 50 quarters and a dollar and said,“75 cents makes four dollars,plus one dollar makes five.”Things went more 51 after that.
By the end of the day,I could remember orders, 52 the bill,and make change quickly with a smile.I was even a little 53 when the sun came out and dried up business.My mother said she was proud of me,and when she 54 that I work at the snack bar again next year,I did not even shrug.I was too busy 55 the restaurant I would open one day.
36.A.to B.for C.after D.over
37.A.because B.though C.until D.while
38.A.promised B.noticed C.worried D.hoped
39.A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Yet
40.A.of B.on C.about D.with
41.A.blame B.fool C.frighten D.make
42.A.idea B.bar C.day D.answer
43.A.guessed B.obeyed C.begged D.admitted
44.A.angry B.sad C.wrong D.ashamed
45.A.At least B.At last C.At most D.At first
46.A.surprised B.impolite C.pleased D.impatient
47.A.damaged B.destroyed C.broke D.ruined
48.A.scold B.help C.beat D.save
49.A.money B.lunch C.coffee D.change
50.A.two B.three C.four D.five
51.A.smoothly B.fairly C.simply D.conveniently
52.A.turn in B.count out C.take over D.add up
53.A.discouraged B.disturbed C.disappointed D.distrusted
54.A.thought B.stated C.announced D.suggested
55.A.imagining B.preparing C.examining D.describing
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| When I woke next morning, I was dying of _1__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _2__. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _3_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __4_ there than in any other hotel; and that was _5__ I wanted just then. The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __6__ carefully for what I must __7__. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __8__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right __9_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached. The waiter asked me _10__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 11 way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was 12 that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter 13 his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter — enough to feed a small army — and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 14 . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 15 , but you can never __16_. What a waiter’s face really shows! In another minute he brought _17__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 18 have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate. Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room — at least five pound 19 . I never believed until then that any meal could 20 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢). 1. A. hunger B. cold C. anger D. illness 2. A. stone B. head C. breast D. stomach 3. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. So D. However 4. A. received B. fed C. cared D. eating 5. A. just B. what C. that D. why 6. A. English B. meal C. questions D. myself 7. A. speak B. answer C. say D. explain 8. A. that B. about C. of D. to 9. A. pronunciation B. meaning C. form D. spelling 10. A. whether B. something C. when D. what 11. A. surprised B. friendly C. puzzled D. touched 12. A. unbelievable B. true C. thought D. a pity 13. A waved B. shook C. bowed D. patted 14. A. much B. a little C. nothing D. empty 15. A. pleasure B. surprise C. pride D. satisfaction 16. A. tell B. guess C. design D. express 17. A. other B. another C. more D. me 18. A. should B. might C. would D. must 19. A. lighter B. heavier C. weightier D. more 20. A. hurt B. fat C. defeat D. please |
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