20. A.
called B. picked C.
rushed D. pushed
(3)
James sat outside the office
waiting for the interview. He felt so 1 that he didn’t know
what to do with 2 .The person who had gone in 3 him
had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went
in. 4 James. He felt 5 that she had already got
the 6 .The problem was that he wanted this job 7 .It
meant 8 to him. He had 9 it such a lot before the
day of the interview. He had imagined himself 10 brilliantly
at the interview and 11 the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 12 .He
couldn’t 13 all those things he had 14 to say. At that
moment, he almost decided to get up and 15 But no-he had to do
this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 16 like
that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of
the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking
very 17 with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At
that moment James 18 her. The managing director then appeared at
the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have
kept you waiting.” James suddenly 19 that he had gone home after
all. He got up, legs 20 and forehead sweating
and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
1. A. healthy B. nervous C.
careless D.
confident
2. A. the managing
director
B. the woman
C.
himself
D. the situation
3. A.
by
B.
with
C.
before D.
after
4. A. Not like B. So
did C. Do
as D. Do like
5. A. doubtful B.
sure C. angry D. astonishing
6. A. reward B.
first
C.
prize D. job
7. A. hopelessly B.
naturally
C.
easily D.
so much
8. A. everything B.
happiness C. difficulty D.
nothing
9. A. dreamed of B. learned
of C. thought
about D. talked about
10. A. explaining B.
performing C.
answering D. performing
11. A. offered B.
asked
for C. being
offered D. being asked for
12. A.
crazy B.
excited
C. probable D. terrible
13. A. depend on B.
afford C.
believe in D.
remember
14. A. kept
B. been taught C.
planned D. been supplied
l5. A. leave B.
go
in
C. prepare D. practise
16. A. take back B. put
off
C. give up D. put down
17. A.
ugly B.
pleased
C.
sad D. pretty
18. A. noticed B.
loved
C.
missed D. hated
19. A. thought B.
hoped
C.
wished D. regretted
20. A. shaking B.
bending
C. walking D. stopping
(4)
Most parents, I suppose, have had
the experience of reading a bedtime story 1 their children. And
they must have 2 how difficult it is to write a 3 children’s
book.Either the author has aimed too 4 ,so that children
can’t follow what is in his (or more often ,her )story,5 the story
seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are 6 very difficult nor very simple, and
satisfy the 7 who hears the story and the adult who 8 it.
Unfortunately, there are in fact 9 books like this,
10 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 11 to
solve.
This may be why many of the books regarded as 12 of children’s
literature were in fact written for 13 . “Alice in Wonerland ” is
perhaps the most 14 of this.
Children ,left for themselves, often 15 the worst possible interest
in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a 16 and he will
17 willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative way, or
have a look at the most children’s comics, full of the stories and jokes which
are the 18 of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash children into 19 our
taste in literature. After all children and adults are so 20 that
we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose
we’ll just have to compromise over the bedtime story.
1.
A. to
B. in
C. with D. around
2. A. hoped B. realized
C. told D. said
3.
A. short B. long
C. bad D. good
4.
A. easy
B. short
C. high D. difficult
5.
A. and B. but C. or D. so
6.
A. both
B. neither C. either
D. very
7.
A. child B. father
C. mother D. teacher
8.
A. hears B. buys
C. understands D. reads
9.
A. few B. many
C. a great deal
of D. a great number of
10.
A. but B. however
C. so D. because
11. A. hard B. easy
C. enough D. fast
12. A. articles B. work
C. arts D. works
13. A. grown-ups B. girls C. boys D. children
14. A. difficult B. hidden
C. obvious D. easy
15.
A. are B. show
C. find D. add
16. A. school B. home
C. office D. library
17.
A. more B. less C. able D. be
18. A. lovingness B. interests C. rejections
D. readings
19. A. receiving B. accepting C. having D. refusing
20.
A. same B. friendly C. different
D. common
(5)
The sun was shining when I got on
No.151 Bus. We passengers sat jammed together in heavy clothes. No one spoke.
That’s one of the 1 rules.
2 we see the same faces every day, we
prefer to 3 behind our newspapers.
People who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to
keep their 4 . As the bus
came near the Mile, a 5 suddenly rang
out “ 6 !This is your driver speaking.” We looked
at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your papers down. All of you.” The 7
came down. “Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go 8 .”
Surprisingly we
all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an older woman, her head wrapped in a
red scarf .I saw her 9 every day. Our eyes met We
waited for the next 10 from the driver. “Now
repeat after me. Good morning neighbor!”
Our voice were 11 .For
many of us, these were the 12 words
we had spoken that day. But we said them together, like 13 ,to
the strangers beside us. We couldn’t help 14
.There was the feeling of relief , that we were not being held up . But more, there was the sense
of ice being 15 . “Good morning
,neighbor.” It was not so 16 after
all. Some of us repeated it, others shook hands ,many laughed. The bus driver
said nothing more. He didn’t 17 to.
Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a warm sound I had never
heard before in 18 .
When I reached
my stop, I said 19 to my
seatmate, and then jumped off the bus. That day was 20
off better than most.
1.
A.
unwritten
B. strict C. bus
D. city
2. A.
As
B. Because
C. When D. Although
3. A.
read B. sit C. talk D.
hide
4. A.
ways
B. methods C. respect
D. distance
5. A. message
B. warning C. suggestion D.
voice
6. A.
Attention B. Minding C. Help
D. Listen
7. A.
papers B. passengers C. driver D.
tears
8. A.
on B. round
C.
ahead D. down
9. A.
still B. nearly C. even
D. hardly
10. A.
turn B. talk C. order
D. remark
11. A.
loud B. neat C. slow
D. weak
12. A.
first B. last C. best
D. only
13. A.
passengers B. citizens C. patients D.
schoolchildren
14. A.
shouting B. crying C. smiling
D. wondering
15. A.
formed B. heated C. broken
D. frozen
16. A.
sad B. hard C. ordinary
D. shy
17. A.
need B. want C. like D.
begin
18. A. my
life B. Bus
No.151 C. public D.
other words
19. A. good morning B. good-bye C. hello
D. thanks
20. A.
starting B. seeing C. taking D.
turning
(6)
In the 19th
century, Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly of a carriage,
pulled along by a team of horses, that could 1 more
than twenty miles of road 2 sixty
minutes. To us in the twenty-first century, in which man is able to move and
communicate so rapidly, the 3 of the
carriage seems nothing at all. Planes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour.
And even without 4 ,we
can, by wireless or telephone, communicate within 5 with
people on the other side of the 6 .
The benefits of
the these increased speeds are countless. Businessmen say travelling from
Europe to America can 7 much time, for
the journey that would once have taken weeks 8 now,
by air, only twenty-four hours. Members of one family separated from each other
by long 9 can have talks with each
other by telephone as 10 as if they
were sitting in the same room.
Not all the effects of
speed, 11 , are beneficial. People who
are in the 12 of using a motor car
13
they want to move half a mile become lazy and 14 the
power of enjoying an active 15 . Those who travel
through a country at eighty miles an hour do not 16 much
of the life to that country as they 17 .They
become 18 anxious about moving quickly from one 19
to another that they are 20 able
to relax and enjoy a happy journey.
1. A.
cover
B. discover C.
move D. pull
2. A.
by B. for
C. within D. over
3. A.
movement B. running
C. speed D. travel
4. A. moving B. seeing C.
speaking D. talking
5. A.
months B. seconds
C. weeks D. years
6. A. country B. globe
C. street D. village
7. A.
save B. cost C.
waste D. take
8. A.
spends B. has
C. makes D. takes
9. A.
ways B. periods C.
distances D. journeys
10.A.
easily B. firmly C.
nearly D. quietly
11. A.
thus B. otherwise C.
however D. meanwhile
12. A.
position B. habit C. group
D. rest
13. A. in
which B. whenever
C. wherever
D. why
14. A. get B. have
C. lose
D. want
15. A.
activity B. driving
C. walk D. training
16. A.
find B. know C. listen D.
see
17. A.
away B. out
C. back D. past
18. A.
more B. so
C.
too D.
very
19. A.
family B. floor
C. person D. place
20 A. no
longer B. no
more C. for
ever D. for something
(7)
Education is not an end but a means to an end. In other words, we do not
educate children 1 for the purpose of educating
them; our purpose is to fit them for life. 2 we
realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to
3 a system of education which will really prepare children for
life.
In many modern
countries it has 4 been accepted that ,by free
education for all – whether rich or poor, clever or stupid – one can
solve 5 of society and build a
6 nation. But we can already see that free education for all is
not 7 : we find in such countries 8 people
with university degrees than 9 jobs
for them to do Because of their degrees, they refuse to do
10 “low” work.
But we have only
to think 11 to understand that the wok of a
completely uneducated 12 is far more important
than 13 : we can live
14 education, but we 15 if we
have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the 16
away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns. In
countries where there are. 17 because everyone is
ashamed to do such work ,the scientists have to waste much of their time
doing 18 .
In fact, 19
we say that all of us must be educated to fit 20
for life, it means that we must be educated 21 that
each of us can do whatever job 22 him, and that we
can realize that all jobs are 23 to society, and
that it is very bad to be ashamed to do one’s work, or to laugh at 24 .Only
such a type of education can be 25 valuable to
society.
1. A. quite B.
only C.
almost
D. greatly