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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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Though we became firm 8 with our new neighbors, we often had causes to be made angry by them. Our garden became an unsafe place: little boys 9 as cowboys or Indians would jump up from behind bushes, 10 wooden guns at us and 11 us to put our hands up. Sometimes our lives were 12 ; at others, we were killed with a 13 “Bang! Bang！”. Even more dangerous were the arrows that occasionally came sailing 14 the garden fence.
But we did not 15 go in fear for our lives. The Robinsons were friendly and helpful and when we left for the holidays, we knew we had nothing to fear 16 our neighbors were around. We understood what it was like to have 17 in the long friendless winter evenings 18 Mr. Robinson would 19 in for a cup of tea and chat; or when Mr. Robinson would 20 over the fence and talk endlessly with father about gardening problems.
1. A. so B. but C. however D. therefore
2. A. unloaded B. loaded C. moved D. removed
3. A. the same B. various C. same D. young
4. A. delightedly B. angry C. sadly D. astonishingly
5. A. forced B. broken C. kicked D. pushed
6. A. place B. order C. room D. building
7. A. interview B. introduction C. arrangement D. management
8. A. strangers B. enemies C. friends D. relatives
9. A. pretending B. looking C. dressed D. worn
10. A. put B. take C. throw D. point
11. A. lead B. order C. ask D. make
12. A. wasted B. saved C. devoted D. spared
13. A. fast B. soft C. sharp D. slow
14. A. in B. on C. over D. across
15. A. always B. often C. even D. then
16. A. though B. unless C. as long as D. even if
17. A. cheers B. fun C. discussions D. company
18. A. as B. when C. while D. since
19. A. drop B. jump C. slip D. break
20. A. fall B. climb C. lean D. lie
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-I heard Back Street would sing at the New Theater.?-Where did you _____?
A. pick that up B. put that up C. make that up D. take that up
查看习题详情和答案>>Tyfanny, who goes on to ask Albert Einstein about the nature of space, received a(n) 1 reply from the great man six weeks later. “Dear Tyfanny, ”he writes, “I have to apologize to you that I am still among the 2 . This will not always be the case, however. ”
Tyfanny is one of the 60 children whose 3 to one of the greatest scientists of all time are 4 in the book Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein’s Letters To And From Children.
The letters are printed 5 as they were written, spelling 6 and all, with some printed in their original handwritten form.
While many letters seek answers to 7 questions, such as “what 8 the sun and planets in space?”or “I want to know what is beyond the sky and my mother said you can tell me, ”others are more personal. “I would like to ask if you 9 make any mistakes. ” 10 one child. While the children’s letters are certainly entertaining, 11 is Einstein’s replies that attract the most interest.
12 , he could not respond to every letter, but the letters he did 13 the time to answer, which showed the human side of the great scientist. Although he 14 his days looking into mathematics and 15 , he was always very fond of children and their boundless curiosity(好奇心).
For example, it was in a letter to a 12-year-old girl from New York that he makes his now well-known remark:“Do not worry about your 16 in mathematics; I promise you that 17 are still greater. ”
“This is a beautiful and touching 18 . It is amazing how intelligent some of the children’s 19 are, ”said a reader from Georgia, US. “but it is more interesting to get to know the other 20 of Einstein. ”
1. A. personal B. important C. public D. difficult
2. A. great B. living C. useful D. experienced
3. A. problems B. letters C. hobbies D. ideas
4. A. encouraged B. completed C. collected D. read
5. A. hardly B. wonderfully C. suddenly D. exactly
6. A. forms B. habits C. mistakes D. manners
7. A. small B. big C. easy D. lovely
8. A. carries B. expects C. prevents D. holds
9. A. ever B. no more C. no longer D. never
10. A. reads B. writes C. repeats D. points
11. A. which B. who C. one D. it
12. A. Obviously B. Unhappily C. Luckily D. Surprisingly
13. A. invent B. find C. search D. make
14. A. took B. paid C. spent D. cost
15. A. biology B. chemistry C. geography D. physics
16. A. difficulties B. opinions C. sadness D. future
17. A. you B. mine C. they D. yours
18. A. story B. memory C. book D. letter
19. A. questions D. thoughts C. methods D. curiosity
20. A. hand B. shape C. pleasure D. side
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One way of preventing (阻止) floods may be by making rain! This may sound rather 1 . As we know, heavy rain is the 2 of floods, and in Malaysia, most of the 3 are caused by the annual monsoon (一年一度的湿季风), which brings heavy rain to the east coast. If, 4 ,the rain could be made 5 in the South China Sea, there would be 6 floods since the rain could not reach the east coast.
Is it possible to make 7 give up their rain? Yes, it is.
As you probably know, clouds are caused 8 air containing water-vapor (水蒸气). The air rises and, since water-vapor 9 water when it cools, very tiny drops of water are formed. Since these drops are very10 , they float (漂浮) in the air and 11 a cloud. When the cloud rises, however, the drop becomes 12 . Because of this, they 13 together and become big drops. The big drops are no longer able to float because of their 14 , and they fall. As they 15 , they pick up more drops and become bigger. This is the cause of rain.
Rain making 16 making these bigger drops form and fall 17 they would normally do so. This can be done by “seeding” the clouds with chemicals, 18 planting seeds in the ground. Rain can be produced 19 by these chemicals. The seeding is done by 20 which fly through the clouds.
1. A. wonderful B. strange C. interesting D. terrible
2. A. cause B. reason C. way D. means
3. A. rains B. snows C. winds D. floods
4. A. however B. so C. as well D. then
5. A. to rise B. to raise C. to fall D. to drop
6. A. no longer B. no more C. many D. not
7. A. Malaysia B. coast C. clouds D. floods
8. A. of B. by C. with D. for
9. A. changes B. turns C. becomes D. drinks
10 A. big B. small C. wet D. dry
11 A. form B. organize C. meet D. bring
12. A. hotter B. warmer C. lighter D. colder
13. A. appear B. join C. fall D. make
14. A. size B. length C. color D. body
15. A. float B. form C. rise D. fall
16. A. means B. suggests C. show D. needs
17. A. after B. until C. before D. when
18. A. as B. such as C. like D. for
19. A. by the way B. as it C. like it D. in this way
20. A. sowing machines B. tractors
C. farmers D. planes
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