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Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't oven look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said,“ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,”I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,”I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?”I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I'll buy it,”I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,”he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,’Would you mend this chair for me I wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣）by the whole thing.
We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.
A. changed his mind B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose D. decided to help the writer
How much did the writer pay?
A. ￡ 5. B. ￡ 7. C. ￡ 20. D. ￡ 27.
From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________
A. hanest B. careful C. smart D. funny
查看习题详情和答案>>“We’ve been good friends for so many years. And I don’t think you meant to do that ...” I said to myself， looking at Jack， my friend who was running across the 36 field.
How I wish I could join them！ But it was impossible because of the pain in my left foot， caused by Jack.
I first met Jack in a football match in the elementary school. When my team looked as if we were 37 ， Jack， who was watching， volunteered to join us. He was so confident and skilled that we won. From then on， Jack and I often played together and became best friends.
But something happened before an important football match between Class Six and my class. My class had so many good players that we had to 38 the best ones. Jack and I were in the same team. The match was close in the first half. I saw my chance and was ready to score a goal. Suddenly， Jack 39 me. He slid to stop the ball， but collided with my left foot. I knew I had lost the chance to score and was 40 the field. But what really hurt me was that Jack didn’t say sorry. And when some of my teammates said he did it on purpose to 41 me from scoring， I felt even 42 .
Now I stand here， with tears in my eyes. I don’t want to 43 those words but I don’t know how to persuade myself they are 44 . Then everything changes when Jack scores and wins！ How excited I am！
While I am still 45 in excitement， someone pats my shoulder. It is Jack， with a smile on his face. “I’m sorry that you can not join in because of my 46 . But you see， Jason， we beat them！ No matter whether you joined in or not， you’ve made a contribution. Come on， let’s celebrate！” Suddenly， I am 47 by the players. The sunshine is so bright that I close my eyes. Riding high above my teammates， I feel so happy. And I know the friendship between Jack and me will last forever.
A. basketball B. volleyball C. badminton D .football
A. lost B .winning C. leading D. beaten
A. replace B. award C. decide on D. call in
A. ran into B. ran to C .ran across D. ran away
A. sent away B. carried off C. stuck to D. hold on
A. break B. interrupt C. make D. keep
A. amused B. comfortable C. depressed D. scared
A. believe B. say C. deny D. hear
A. right B. false C. true D. bad
A. lost B. fallen C. caught D. drawn
A. score B. pride C. reason D. carelessness
A. raised up B. pulled away C. picked up D. pushed off
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Tina and Thomas Sjogren were the fourth people to reach the earth's poles. Years ago, the couple were 16 across the North Atlantic on their way to Europe. Tina looked out of her window and was 17 by the vast amount of space in Greenland. “The sky outside the window burst into different 18 and auroras (极光) flew all around us. I 19 what it would be like to step down there and start walking 20 , all alone in such a place. ”She thought, “If this is what Iceland and Greenland are like, how 21 then must the Arctic be?” She turned to her husband, 22 him awake and said, "Honey, let' s go to the Poles !"
Tina’s 23 would not be their first adventure. They had already climbed Mount Qomolangma. The pair soon made a 24 to visit both the North and South Poles on skis, Traveling 25
On February 2, 2002, they reached the South Pole. Their journey 26 2,000 kilometres. After just 35 days of recovery and preparation, they 27 again. "You are so 28 after the long expedition to the South Pole, so you don' t know if you could do 29 right away."
On May 29 , after traveling for the whole morning, as the couple watched with weak 30 , the numbers on their GPS showed that their goal had 31 been achieved. They had made it.
Without the 32 of dogs or supplies dropped from planes, it was only their strength and willpower that 33 them to ski and swim their way. They got valuable experience but that did not come without a 34 If you go on an adventure, there's always the risk of something going wrong. 35 , you will learn from it.
16. A. flying B. exploring C. swimming D. sailing
17. A. frightened B. bored C. amazed D. amused
18. A. shapes B. colors C. sounds D. waves
19. A. remembered B. wondered C. enjoyed D. doubted
20. A. carefully B. quickly C. aimlessly D. freely
21. A. cold B, bright C. wonderful D. terrible
22. A. shook B. knocked C. kept D. beat
23. A. idea B. advice C. order D. offer
24. A. suggestion B. plan C. proposal D. change
25. A. non-stop B. unsupported C. unreturned D. unprepared
26. A. covered B. included C. lasted D. crossed
27. A. broke down B. settled down C. set out D. came back
28. A. excited B. disappointed C. confused D. tired
29. A. more B. another C. one D. others
30. A. torchlight B. sunlight C. breath D. eyesight
31. A. surprisingly B. luckily C. accidentally D. eventually
32. A. reward B. burden C. help D. company
33. A. attracted B. allowed C. taught D. forced
34. A. price B. success C. mistake D. change
35. A.Therefore B. Instead C. Otherwise D.However
查看习题详情和答案>>When I was quite young, I discovered that somewhere inside the telephone lived an amazing person - "Information Please" and there was nothing she did not know.
One day while my mother was out, I hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there was no one home to give me any sympathy. I walked around the house, finally arriving at the telephone! Quickly, I called “Information Please" and told her what happened. She told me to open the icebox and hold a little piece of ice to my finger.
After that, I called "Information Please" for everything. When my pet bird died, I told
"Information Please" the sad story. She tried to comfort me, she said quietly, "Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in." Somehow I felt better. Another day I was on the telephone, “How do you spell ‘grateful’? ". All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. When I was 9, we moved to Boston.
A few years later, on my way to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about half an
hour or so between planes. Without thinking, I dialed my hometown operator and said, "Information, please."
Surprisingly, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well, "Information." I hadn't planned on
this but I heard myself saying, "Could you please tell me how to spell ‘grateful’?"
There was a long pause. Then came the soft-spoken answer, "I guess your finger must have
healed by now." I laughed. "So it's really still you," I said, "I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time." I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and asked if I could call her again. "Please do," she said, "Just ask for Sally."
Three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answered me. I was told that Sally
passed away five weeks before.
Before I could hang up she told me that Sally left a message for me—“Tell him I still say
there are other worlds to sing in. He'll know what I mean.” I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant.
Never underestimate the impression you may make on others. Whose life have you touched
today?
1.
What does “Information, Please” refer to in the passage?
A. An amazing girl.
B. A special kind of telephone.
C. A communication system.
D. A service that helps telephone users.
2.
What happened to the little boy one day when he was at home alone?
A. He was amused by the telephone.
B. He hurt his finger with a hammer.
C. He found an amazing telephone.
D. He got a piece of ice from an icebox.
3.
What did “Information, Please” give the little boy whenever he was in trouble?
A. Information and conversation.
B. Good memories and happiness.
C. Sympathy and information.
D. Friendship and cheers.
4.
When did the author get in touch with “Information, Please” again after he moved to
Boston?
A. When he was in trouble on his way to college.
B. When his plane stopped in Seattle for half an hour.
C. When he went back to Seattle to visit his sister.
D. Three months later after he moved to Boston.
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MONTREAL--He may be the world’s richest man, but that didn’t prevent Bill Gates from falling for an April Fool’s day joke by two Quebec radio comics (喜剧演员) pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
Montreal French-language station CKMF--FM said last Wednesday that staffers (工作人员) Marcantoine Audet and Sebastien Trudel had a 10-minute telephone chat with Microsoft Corp boss Gates on April 1.
The broadcast was aired on their nightly show last Tuesday and repeated last Wednesday.
“We were happy. We had been calling Microsoft persistently (坚持不懈地) for four weeks,” Trudel said.
Trudel said he and his colleague had already fooled Canadian pop singer Celine Dion and Formula One (一级方程赛车) driver Jacques Villeneuve on their show.
“This time, we wanted to give ourselves a challenge with somebody more difficult to reach,” Ttudel said.
He said he was surprised that Gates’s assistants did not check to see if it was really the prime minister’s office on the line.
Trudel said they imitated (模仿) Chretien’s heavily accented English, talking about the economy, asking about Microsoft’s Windows operating system and inviting the multibillionaire to visit a well-known Montreal strip joint (运动服合资企业).
The radio host said that Gates was not amused by the fake interview.
“He did not seem angry but he did not find it so funny,” the comic said.
Bill Gates was fooled mainly because ______.
A. his assistants were not careful enough
B. the Canadian Prime Minister helped the two comics
C. the two comics imitated the Canadian Prime Minister so well
D. it was April Fool’s Day
We can conclude from the passage that the two comics ______.
A. liked to fool famous people on their show
B. thought that Gates was not a great challenge to them
C. had a good knowledge of Bill Gates and his Windows operating system
D. were not quite satisfied with their tricks
Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. Gates ‘April Fooled’ B. Two Comics and Their Tricks
C. Two comics and Their Show D. A Fake Interview
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