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Some people seem easy to understand：their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, can be deceptive. For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen. I don’t know very much about them. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity. For my own part I find that the longer I know people, the more they puzzle me.
I read in this morning's paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years.Once he gave me a great surprise. Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I’d never have velieved that he was capable of such an action. He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and position. He didn’t talk much, but what he said was sensible. Tou couldn’;t imagine he’d possible raise his voice in anger. Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows. He’d tell with point a good and spicy story, and in his youth he’d been something of an athete. He was a rich man and he’d made every penny himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so weak; he arounsed your instinets（本能）of protection. TYou felt he couldn’t bear to hurt a fly.
One afternoon Burton told me a “funny” story in a quiet, dry humour:
“There was a namesake（同名人）of mine, who was the best bridge player I ever met. He seemed to have a fantastic instinct about the cards. I used to play with him a lot.”
“He was handsome in a way with curly hair and pink-and- white cleeks. Women thought a lot of him. There was no harm in him, he was only wild. Pf course he drank too much. He won a good deal of my money by card-playing.”
“One day he came to me when he went broke. He came to see me in my office and asked me for a job. I asked him how old he was.
“’Thirty-five’, he said.”
"'And what have you been doing hitherto?' I asked him.
"'Well, nothing very much,' he said.
"'I'm afraid I can't do anything for you just yet,' I said. 'Come back and see me in another thirty-five years, and I'll see what I can do.'
"He didn't move. He went rather pale. He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time. He hadn't been willing to stick to bridge, he'd been playing poker, and he'd got trimmed. He hadn't a penny. He'd pawned everything he had. He couldn't pay his hotel bill and they wouldn't give him any more credit. He was down and out. If he couldn't get something to do he'd have to commit suicide.
"I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces. He'd been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldn't have thought so much of him if they'd seen him then.
"I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. I've known too many men who were little tin gods at their university.
“Suddenly I had an idea.” Pausing in his story, Burton turned to me. “When I was young I swam over three miles round the beacon（灯塔）and landed at the river of Tarumi. It’s rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon. Well, I told my young fellow about it and I said that if he’d do it I’d give him a job.
“I could see he was rather taken aback. He was not in good condition for sports. He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded.”
“I told him I’d drive round to the river at half past twelve and meet him.
"Done,"he said.
“I wished him good luck and he left me.I had a lot of work to do that morning and I only just managed to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve.But I needn't have hurried;he never turned up
“Did he funk it at the last moment?” I asked.
“No,he didn't funk it. He started all right. But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink. The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage. We didn't get the body for about three days
I didn't say anything for a moment or two.I was a trifle shocked.Then I asked.
“When you made him that offer of a job, did you know he'd be drowned?'
He looked at me with his kind blue eyes, smiling. "Well,I hadn't got a vacancy in my office at the moment.'
55．The author believes .
A．some people are too easy to understand
B．appearance is just opposite to the quality
C．first impressions can be misleading
D．his fellowmen are not understandable
56．For some time, Edward Burton impressed the author most with his .
A．age and position B．wealth and ability
C．sensibility and humor D．kindness and weakness
57．The underlined words “he was all to picces” may mean .
A．he was mad and wild B．he was completely down
C．he was sick and dirty D．he was totally drunk
58．We can infer from Burton’s story that his namesakes .
A．never saw through his trick B．annoyed him by playing cards
C．could not do any job well D．intended to cheat him with a lie
59．We learned from the story that Edward Burton .
A．knew the young man would kill himself
B．arranged the end of his namesake’s life
C．did much for the poor fellowman
D．killed his card-friend by mistake
60．Edward Burton could be described as a(n) person.
A．innocent B．smart C．careless D．evil
查看习题详情和答案>>For several days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed very busy with business，and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough，he rode out a great deal.
During this time，all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house，when he would sometimes pass me coldly， and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me，because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.
One evening，several days later，I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair，and looked not quite so severe，and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips， and his eyes were bright，probably with wine. As I was looking at him，he suddenly turned， and asked me，“Do you think I am handsome，Miss Eyre? ”
The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: “No，sir.” “Ah，you really are unusual! You are a quiet， serious little person， but you can be almost rude.” “Sir，I'm sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn't matter，or something like that，” “No，you shouldn't! I see，you criticize my appearance，and then you stab (刺) me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance (抵消) your few good points.”
I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind，and said quickly，“Yes，you're right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one，and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you， and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man，take my word for it，but I have done wrong. It wasn't my character，but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to， because you're sympathetic and give them hope.”
It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn't seem to like to finish the talk quickly，as was the case for the first time.
“Don't be afraid of me， Miss. Eyre，”he continued. “You don't relax or laugh very much，perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me，and laugh， and speak freely. You're like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage， you'll fly very high. Good night.”
1.At the beginning Miss Eyre's impressions of Mr. Rochester were all except_________.
A．busy B．sociable C．dull D．changeable
2.The underlined sentence means___________.
A．Only by meeting him around the house sometimes did I know a little about him.
B．Only by coming to the house could I know about him.
C．I occasionally met him but my knowledge about him was poor.
D．What I knew about him was limited in the house.
3.From what Mr. Rochester told Miss Eyre，we can conclude that he wanted to ___________.
A．tell her all his troubles
B．tell her his life experience
C．blame her for misunderstanding him
D．change his circumstances
4.At the end of the passage，Mr. Rochester sounded __________.
A．rude B．cold C．polite D．encouraging
5.According to the passage，which of the following statements is WRONG?
A．Miss Eyre was atLowoodSchoolbefore she came to Mr. Rochester’s house.
B．Miss Eyre didn’t see Mr. Rochester often.
C．Miss Eyre was honest，brave and confident.
D．Miss Eyre was brave，polite and warm-hearted.
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For several days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed very busy with business，and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough，he rode out a great deal.
During this time，all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house，when he would sometimes pass me coldly， and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me，because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.
One evening，several days later，I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair，and looked not quite so severe，and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips， and his eyes were bright，probably with wine. As I was looking at him，he suddenly turned， and asked me，“Do you think I am handsome，Miss Eyre? ”
The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: “No，sir.” “Ah，you really are unusual! You are a quiet， serious little person， but you can be almost rude.” “Sir，I'm sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn't matter，or something like that，” “No，you shouldn't! I see，you criticize my appearance，and then you stab (刺) me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance (抵消) your few good points.”
I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind，and said quickly，“Yes，you're right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one，and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you， and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man，take my word for it，but I have done wrong. It wasn't my character，but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to， because you're sympathetic and give them hope.”
It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn't seem to like to finish the talk quickly，as was the case for the first time.
“Don't be afraid of me， Miss. Eyre，”he continued. “You don't relax or laugh very much，perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me，and laugh， and speak freely. You're like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage， you'll fly very high. Good night.”
- 1.
At the beginning Miss Eyre's impressions of Mr. Rochester were all except_________
- A.busy
- B.sociable
- C.dull
- D.changeable
- A.
- 2.
The underlined sentence means___________
- A.Only by meeting him around the house sometimes did I know a little about him
- B.Only by coming to the house could I know about him
- C.I occasionally met him but my knowledge about him was poor
- D.What I knew about him was limited in the house
- A.
- 3.
From what Mr. Rochester told Miss Eyre，we can conclude that he wanted to ___________
- A.tell her all his troubles
- B.tell her his life experience
- C.blame her for misunderstanding him
- D.change his circumstances
- A.
- 4.
At the end of the passage，Mr. Rochester sounded __________
- A.rude
- B.cold
- C.polite
- D.encouraging
- A.
- 5.
According to the passage，which of the following statements is WRONG?
- A.Miss Eyre was atLowoodSchoolbefore she came to Mr. Rochester’s house
- B.Miss Eyre didn’t see Mr. Rochester often
- C.Miss Eyre was honest，brave and confident
- D.Miss Eyre was brave，polite and warm-hearted
- A.
At 4:00 A.M. on Sunday morning, my friend, Tim, awoke me. He was sleeping in the living room right next to the front door and said there was a man pounding on my front door and screaming. At first, I was like, "Shut up and leave me alone," but then I heard one of the scariest voices of my life. The man sounded of Spanish descent (血统), older, and in pain.
I was home alone for the week, so I had two guns loaded with bullets. I had a rifle (步枪) next to my bed and a shotgun next to my front door. I grabbed my rifle. Tim asked me, "What are you doing?"
"Getting my gun, what do you think I'm doing?" I asked.
As I headed down the hall towards the front door, I remembered Chad, my older brother, telling me to protect myself when he left. Immediately, I grabbed the shotgun and gave it to Tim. Thinking that it might scare the person off, I went to my back door and shot my rifle into the dark cold sky. However, this did not work. "Protect yourself, Sarah," kept going through my head. The man kept yelling and pounding on my door. I would have just opened the door, but I watched too many "America's Most Wanted" shows, where that is how they get the little girls to open the door. So, I then called 911 myself.
The operator said, "911. What is your emergency?"
I replied, "My name is Sarah Miller and I am at Juniper Lane in Hotchkiss and there is a man beating on my front door and telling me to let him in." That was the start of all the excitement. I continued to tell her what was going on and what had already gone on. Our conversation was still going when I heard the man walk off my door. During this time, the police were having a discussion of whether they should respond to the call. When I heard the man walk off my door, I thought that he was going to leave.
I was still on the phone when I heard the man in my basement. "Protect yourself, Sarah," went through my head again. The basement stairs lead right up to a door entering our house. We leave our garage door open to cool off our house when the weather is good. The man was yelling, "Help me" from the bottom of the stairs. I walked over and made sure the door was locked and made sure there was a bullet in the rifle. I stood there with the phone in one hand and my trusty old rifle in the other just waiting for him to start coming up the stairs.
My conversation with the operator went from "Hi, how are you now?" to "What are you doing to help me here?" About this time, the operator told me that the policeman should be at the bottom of my driveway, so I turned on all of the lights, inside and outside. I still had my rifle in my hands when the policeman walked up the stairs to my front door. "Did you see an older Spanish man walking down my driveway by any chance?" I asked him.
"Um, no," he answered. I then asked him if he had seen anyone in the basement, and again he said, "No". So at this time, he went back down the stairs and approached my garage. For some reason, I knew that there was still someone in there. I crouched (猫着腰) down to where I could see into the garage / basement area. As the policeman approached the basement, he yelled, "Whoa, put your hands up. Freeze."
"I’ve got you," were the first words out of my mouth; I don't know what I was thinking. After this happened, I realized that those words weren't exactly the smartest choice of words. About this time, another policeman pulled into my driveway with his lights on followed by a police officer. As I approached the basement with my rifle, I was worried about what I would see. What I saw will always stick with me forever. A poor twenty-nine year old Spanish man was crapping (拉屎) there, and I almost shot him because he was coming to my house to find help. His face was all bloody, his nose was broken, his clothes were torn, and worst of all, he didn't speak English, and none of the policemen who were there spoke Spanish. I had taken three years of Spanish before, so I translated what the Spanish guy, Jose, was saying to the policemen. About this time an ambulance came up my driveway with its lights on. So, I had three police cars and an ambulance, all with their lights on, in my driveway. I'm sure my neighbors all came out, since nothing had ever happened in my small community.
I did protect myself that night. My brother was right when he said that you could never be too careful. "Wake up Sarah. It's time for school," my mom said a couple of mornings later. That is how I prefer to be woken up. I will always have a loaded gun next to my bed after this incident.
55. The moment Tim awoke her, the author ______.
A. screamed B. felt annoyed C. heard the voice D. grabbed the rifle
56. Why did the author go to the back door and shot into the sky?
A. Because she wanted to scare the man off. B. Because she wanted to kill the man.
C. Because she wanted to call for help. D. Because she wanted to remind the police.
57. The Spanish man pounded the author’s door so early ______.
A. to practise speaking English B. to meet his old friend
C. to seek help D. to hide himself
58. By saying “That was the start of all the excitement”, maybe the author ______.
A. thought they talked too much exciting things
B. was excited that she could talk with the operator
C. was sure that the police would come
D. wanted to say their conversation lasted a long time
59. What did the author learn from the incident?
A. She regretted what she had done to the Spanish
B. She felt it fortunate to know a little Spanish
C. She thought it couldn’t be too careful about her safety.
D. She would never live alone in a big house.
60. Which of the following can be used as the title of this passage?
A. Make ends meet B. As busy as a bee C. A piece of cake D. A false alarm
查看习题详情和答案>>About once a month I have to go to Bedford for my work. One day I went into a 21 there to have something to 22 . The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room.
About an hour later I was 23 to go. The waiter 24 me my coat. Something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. I took a 25 look at the 26 . “Oh, you’ve brought 27 coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine, 28 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.”
“Oh, then I 29 someone has taken your coat and left his,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing 30 sometimes.”
I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold 31 in it. The waiter and I 32 to go to the police station.
“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked at the station.
“Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”
He 33 the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.
“Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I 34 you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 35 I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the 36 of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel, so how did my ring 37 in the coat?”
“Did anyone sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.
“Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”
“You may remember this 38 ,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here isn’t the thief.”
The policeman laughed. “No,” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and 39 our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the 40 coat away with him.”
A. hotel B. restaurant C. company D. shop
A. do B. buy C. eat D. make
A. asked B. glad C. invited D. ready
A. showed B. returned C. brought D. dressed
A. special B. close C. usual D. near
A. waiter B. box C. coat D. pocket
A. no one else’s B. another’s C. other’s D. someone else’s
A. but B. and C. instead D. for
A. know B. wonder C. suppose D. find
A. appears B. happens C. meets D. changes
A. ring B. coin C. pen D. sign
A. realized B. thought C. wanted D. decided
A. searched B. remembered C. telephoned D. asked
A. return B. thank C. pay D. help
A. then B. so C. yet D. however
A. thing B. price C. story D. problem
A. come B. put C. set D. get
A. person B. ring C. box D. coat
A. after B. before C. like D. as
A. right B. good C. same D. other
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