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The woman at the airline ticket counter in
My son Joe, a First Lieutenant (中尉) in the Army 82nd Airborne Division (空降师), would be returning to Ft. Bragg in North Carolina for a short rest and recovery from his tour of duty in
The next morning we made it onto our flight back to the States. Unfortunately, we had to stop in
That’s when I saw a group of soldiers coming down the ramp(通道) from one of the gates. I thought of Joe. They’re coming back from a war, I reminded myself, while I’m coming back from vacation. What right do I have to be frustrated? Maybe the troops were God’s way of reminding me to trust in his time. Bob grabbed my arm. “Look at those soldiers coming down the ramp.”
“I see them,” I said. Bob persisted, “Do you see who’s in front?” Suddenly, all those delays across all those miles made perfect sense. I rushed toward my son Joe’s open arms.
73. Why did Bob say “Let’s enjoy the extra day”?
A. To stay one day more. B. To cheer his wife up.
C. To visit other attractions. D. To meet his son there.
74. In the second paragraph the author mainly tells us .
A. her son was a First Lieutenant in the Army 82nd Airborne Division
B. when her son would return to the
C. she didn’t know the exact time when her son would return to the
D. she saw if her daughter-in-law Monica knew when Joe would arrive
75. The author felt frustrated because .
A. their flight couldn’t land as a result of bad weather
B. the bad weather caused their flight to be put off an hour
C. they didn’t wait for their son Joe to match on the airport
D. the bad weather had made their connecting flight delay
76. Where did the author happen to run into her son Joe?
A. At the
C. At the airport of
On his bench in Madison Square Soapy moved uneasily, and he realized the fact that the time had come for him to provide against the coming winter.
The winter ambitions of Soapy were not of the highest. In them there were no dreams of Mediterranean voyages or blue Southern skies. Three months on the Island was what his soul desired. Three months of assured board and bed and good company, safe from north winds seemed to Soapy the most desirable thing.
Just as the more fortunate New Yorkers had bought their tickets to Palm Beach each winter, Soapy had made his arrangements for his annual journey to the Island. And now the time had come.
There were many institutions of charity in New York where he might receive lodging and food, but to Soapy’s proud spirit the gifts of charity were undesirable. You must pay in humiliation of spirit for everything received at the hands of mercy. So it was better to be a guest of the law.
Soapy, having decided to go to the Island, at once set about accomplishing his desire. He left his bench and went up Broadway. He stopped at the door of a glittering cafe. He was shaven and his coat was decent. If he could reach a table in the restaurant, the portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter’s mind. A roasted duck, with a bottle of wine, a cigar and a cup of coffee would be enough. Such a dinner would make him happy, for the journey to his winter refuge.
But as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter’s eye fell upon his shabby trousers and old shoes. Strong hands pushed him in silence and haste out into the street.
Some other way of entering the desirable refuge must be found.
At a corner of Sixth Avenue Soapy took a stone and sent it through the glass of a glittering shop window. People came running around the corner, a policeman at the head of them. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of the policeman.
“Where is the man that has done that?” asked the policeman.
“Don’t you think that I have had something to do with it?” said Soapy, friendly.
The policeman paid no attention to Soapy. Men who break windows don’t remain to speak with policemen. They run away. He saw a man running and rushed after him, stick in hand. Soapy, disgusted, walked along, twice unsuccessful.
On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant for people with large appetites and modest purses. Soapy entered this place without difficulty. He sat at a table and ate beefsteak and pie. And then he told the waiter he had no money.
“Go and call a cop,” said Soapy. “And don’t keep a gentleman waiting.”
“No cop for you,” said the waiter. “Hey!”
Then Soapy found himself lying upon his left ear on the pavement. He arose with difficulty, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed a rosy dream. The Island seemed far away.
After another unsuccessful attempt to be arrested for harassing a young woman, Soapy went further toward the district of theatres.
When he saw a policeman standing in front of a glittering theatre, he thought of “disorderly conduct”. On the sidewalk Soapy began to sing drunken songs at the top of his voice. He danced, cried, and otherwise disturbed the peace.
The policeman turned his back to Soapy, and said to a citizen, “It is one of the Yale boys celebrating their football victory. Noisy, but no harm.”
Sadly, Soapy stopped his useless singing and dancing. The Island seemed unattainable. He buttoned his thin coat against the north wind.
In a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man who had set his silk umbrella by the door. Soapy entered the store, took the umbrella, and went out with it slowly. The man with the cigar followed hastily.
“My umbrella,” he said.
“Oh, is it?” said Soapy. “Well, why don’t you call a policeman? I took your umbrella! Why don’t you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.”
The umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. The policeman looked at them curiously.
“Of course,” said the umbrella man, “well, you know how these mistakes occur…if it’s your umbrella I hope you’ll excuse me – I picked it up this morning in a restaurant – if it’s yours, I hope you’ll…”
“Of course it’s mine,” said Soapy.
The ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to help a well-dressed woman across the street.
Soapy threw the umbrella angrily. He was angry with the men who wear helmets and carry clubs. They seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.
At last Soapy stopped before an old church on a quiet corner. Through one window a soft light glowed, where, the organist played a Sunday anthem. For there came to Soapy’s ears sweet music that caught and held him at the iron fence.
The moon was shining; cars and pedestrians were few; birds twittered sleepily under the roof. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends.
The influence of the music and the old church produced a sudden and wonderful change in Soapy’s soul. He thought of his degraded days, dead hopes and wrecked faculties.
And also in a moment a strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of this pit; he would make a man of himself again. Those sweet notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would be somebody in the world. He would…
Soapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.
“What are you doing here?”
“Nothing.”
“Then come along,” said the policeman.
“Three months on the Island,” said the Judge the next morning.
1.Soapy regarded the Island as his winter ambition because _____.
A. he wanted to go on Mediterranean voyages and enjoy blue Southern skies
B. he wanted to spend the cold winter somewhere warm other than New York
C. he wanted to be put into prison to survive the coming winter
D. he wanted to buy a ticket to the Island to spend the cold winter
2.Which of the following is the reason for Soapy’s not turning to charity?
A. His pride gets in the way.
B. What the institutions of charity offer isn’t what Soapy needs.
C. He wants to be a citizen who obeys the law.
D. The institutions of charity are not located on the island.
3. How many times did Soapy try to accomplish his desire?
A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. D. 7.
4. From the passage, we can see what the two restaurants have in common is that _____.
A. they are both fancy upper class restaurants
B. neither of them served Soapy
C. they both drove Soapy out of the restaurant after he finished his meal
D. neither of them called cops
5.Hearing the Sunday anthem at the church, Soapy _____.
A. was reminded of his good old days and wanted to play the anthem again
B. was reminded of his unaccomplished ambition and was determined to get to the Island
C. was reminded of his disgraceful past and determined to transform himself
D. was reminded of his rosy dream and wished to realize it
6.By ending the story this way, the author means to _____.
A. show that one always gets what he/she wants with enough efforts
B. make a contrast and criticize the sick society
C. surprise readers by proving justice was done after all
D. put a tragic end to Soapy’s life and show his sympathy for Soapy
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Last June my brother wanted to buy a car.He had had an old one before,but it had broken down several times during the spring. “What you want is a secondhand car.”I suggested. “If you give me the money,”he said, “I'll get one tomorrow.” “I can’t give you the money,but what about Aunt Myra. ”I replied, “She must have enough.We haven’t seen her since Christmas but she always says that we should go and see her more often.”
We told our parents where we were going.They weren't very happy about it and asked us not to go.So we didn't.But later that same day something strange happened.A doctor rang to tell us that Aunt Myra had gone into hospital for an operation. “We can’t all go and see her at the same time,”said my mother. “you two go today,but don’t mention the money.”
When we got there,Aunt Myra seemed quite happy. “I’m not seriously ill,”she said, “but the doctor insists that I’m getting too old to drive my car.You can have it if you promise to take me to the seaside now and again.”We agreed,and now we quite enjoy our monthly trips to the coast with Aunt Myra.
1．The brother wanted to get ______.
[ ]
A．a free car B．an old car
C．a second hand car D．a cheap car
2．The brothers decided to ask Aunt Myra ______.
[ ]
A．for a car B．for some money
C．to help them D．to give them her own car
3．When the brothers hurried to the hospital,______.
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A．Aunt Myra had already had an operation
B．They found Aunt Myra was too ill to drive
C．They found Aunt myra was very pleased
D．They found the doctor very angry
4．Aunt Myra gave her car to them since she was ______.
[ ]
A．old now
B．lying in hospital
C．not going to drive it any more
D．too ill to leave hospital
5．Later Aunt Myra ______ once a month.
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A．met the brothers at the seaside
B．drove to the seaside
C．visited the brothers at the seaside
D．went to the seaside with the brothers
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“Well now, Dad.” she said, “I’m going to have you all to myself for a whole week. You must be very obedient（服从的，听话的）.”
“I hope you aren’t going to boss me, Molly. You’re walking me out of breath already. We mustn’t pass Mrs. Goodmays in our hurry.” They crossed the street to speak to Mrs. Goodmays, one of the doctor’s patients. “We’ve just been seeing my wife and daughter off to London. They’ve gone up for a week.”
“Dear me, to London, and only for a week!” said Mrs. Goodmays, with surprise. “It seems hardly worth the packing. It’ll be lonely for you, Molly, without your stepsister.”
“Yes,” said Molly, suddenly feeling as if she ought to have taken this view of the case “I’ll miss Cynthia.”
“And you, Dr. Gibson, I hope you won’t feel like widower(鳏夫) once again. You must come and have supper with me one evening. What about Tuesday?”
Dr. Gibson felt a sharp blow on his leg from the toe of Molly’s shoe, but even so he accepted the invitation, much to the old lady’s satisfaction.
A moment later Molly said to him, “How could you go and waste one of our precious evenings! We’ve only go five now. I’ve been planning all sorts of things for us two tonight.” “What sort of things?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Things you used to like.” She looked at him fearlessly. “Forbidden things now.”
Her father’s eyes lit up, but his face remained serious. “I’m got going to be pulled down, Molly. With hard work and sensible guidance I’ve reached a very height of civilized behavior, and there I’m going to stay.”
“Oh, no, you are not. We’re having bread and cheese for supper tonight, in armchairs in front of the TV! And you shall wear you dressing-gown at breakfast tomorrow-and every morning for a week! And you shall read the paper at the dining table! That’s only a start. I haven’t finished by a long way yet.”
1．What were Molly’s feelings as they walked home?
A．She wished she had gone to London too.
B．She was pleased to be alone with her father.
C．She was looking forward to meeting Mrs. Goodmays.
D．She hated being apart from Cynthia.
2．From the underlined sentence in the 4th paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Goodmays thought
_____________.
A．Mr. Gibson should have gone with them
B．Mr. Gibson would be a widower again
C．Mrs. Gibson should stay in London longer
D．Mrs. Gibson should have taken Molly with them
3．From the passage we can be certain that ____________.
A．Mrs. Gibson is strict with her husband and daughters
B．Mrs. Gibson has no children of her own
C．Mrs. Gibson never treated Molly well
D．Mr. Gibson is not satisfied with his present life
4．When Molly kicked her father, ___________.
A．she wanted him to turn down the invitation
B．she meant she didn’t expect the return of Cynthia
C．it seemed to have been a pure accident
D．it showed she was pleased to have been invited
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