题目内容
11.Edward Sims was born in 1892.He was the fifth child and only son of Herbert and Dora Sims.Herbert was a carpenter(木匠),and did a successful b(81)usiness making furniture.He decided that his first-brn son would be a carpenter just like him.For this reason,Edward was kept away from school and worked with his father.However,Edward was not born to be a carpenter.T(82)hough he had a fit body,he didn't have strong arms like his father.When he tried to find another job,he found it difficult because he had never learnt to read or write.
One day,he went for an interview at a law office.The job was a runner,taking papers from the office to other officesin the city.The lawyer was pleased to see that Edward was physically fit,but when he discovered that the young man couldn't read or write,he d(83)ecided not to employ him."How can you deliver documents to other offices,"he asked,"if you can't read the addresses on them?"
Greatly d(84)isappointed,Edward left the building and went to wait for a bus to take him back home.Next to the bus stop,a man was selling newspapers from a stand(摊位).
"Excuse me,young man?"hesaid."Would you look after my stand for a moment?"
For the next 20minutes,Edward sold newspapers,lots of them.When the man came back,he was so happyto see his new assistant's honestythat he o(85)ffered him a job.Edward took it immediately.
In the next few months,the two men progressed from working on newspaper stands to s(86)elling newspapers,cigarettes,candy and other goods in a shop.Then they opened a second shop,and a third.Finally,they had a chain of 25shops in three cities.
Edward became very rich,so he employed a private teacher to teach him to read and write.The teacher was e (87)specially amazed at what Edward had achieved."Imagine what you coud do if you were able to read and write when you were younger!"he said.
分析 文章大意:本文讲述了Edward Sims不会认字和写字,去找工作没有人要他,后来一个报摊老板请他帮忙守一下摊子,他将摊看得很好并卖出了许多报纸,后来报摊老板雇用了他,在他们的努力下,他们开始在摊位上卖烟,糖和其它商品,最后形成了商店并开了许多分店,成功后的Edward Sims请了老师来教他写字认字.
解答 81.business 考查名词与对语境的理解.结合语境可知此处表示做制家具的成功的生意,用business表示生意.
82.Though 考查连词与对语境的理解.结合语境可知此表示虽然他有着健康的身体,但他没有像父亲一样强壮的臂膀,填though表示虽然.
83.decided 考查动词与时态.由but when he discovered that the young man couldn't read or write可知此处表示他决定不雇用他,用decide表示决定,全文的时态是一般过去时,所以此处也用一般过去时,填decide的过去式.
84.disappointed 考查形容词与对语境的理解.上文说了他没有被雇用,所以此处表示他很失望的,用disappointed表示失望的.
85.offered 考查动词与时态.由下文的Edward took it immediately和上文的he was so happy to see his new assistant's honesty可知此处表示他提供了一个工作给Edward,用offer表示提供,时态是一般过去时,所以填它的过去式即可.
86.selling 考查动词与固定搭配.from…to表示从…到,此处的to是介词,且表示他们从卖报纸到卖报纸,香烟…可知,此处用sell表示卖,介词后的动词要用ing形式,所以填selling.
87.especially 考查副词与对语境的理解.结合语境可知此处表示老师对Edward的成就特别地吃惊,用especially表示特别地,副词修饰形容词amazed.
点评 考查对文章大意的理解和平时词汇量的积累,此类题需要结合语境和首字母来联想出正确的单词,并注意词形的变化.
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At last he grew very (86)tired and hopeless.He threw down all the sticks and cried (87)out,"I can't stand this life any longer.Ah,I wish Death would come and take (88)me away!"
(89)As he spoke,Death appeared,and said to him,"What would you do,old man?I heard you call me."
"Please,sir"replied the old man,"Would you help me lift these sticks up to my (90)shoulder?"
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had disappeared!I could hardly believe my(60)C.The car doors were(61)D locked,the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats.Being scared,I ran to the corner of the street where there was no sign of them.I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked(62)C she had seen two small girls but she said-No‖.
Feeling quite sick with fear,I sat on the driver's seat,and tried to stop trembling(发抖).Suddenly,I (63)D a merry laugh behind me.I got out of the car,ran to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and inside were two very red-face and excited children.They had obviously pulled out
the back seat,(64)A behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again.(65)D tears in my eyes,I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
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| 57.A.talk | B.reach | C.hear | D.touch |
| 58.A.away | B.out | C.back | D.along |
| 59.A.them | B.her | C.Herself | D.their |
| 60.A.Ears | B.words | C.eyes | D.heads |
| 61.A.Even | B.Again | C.already | D.still |
| 62.A.What | B.when | C.if | D.how |
| 63.A.felt | B.listened | C.smelt | D.heard |
| 64.A.climbed | B.flew | C.threw | D.jumped |
| 65.A.Behind | B.Over | C.Before | D.With. |
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When the movie first hit the theatres,it drew the world's attention with(68)itstouching story,breathtaking(美不胜收的)and unforgettable songs Movie-goers waited in long lines for hours to see the film that everyone was(69)talkingabout.
People could be heard singing Do-Re-Mi,My Favorite Things (70)andThe Sound of,Music-songs that would become classics.The lyrics were(71)writtenby Oscar Hammer-stein ll and the music by Richard Rodgers.
The story had been(72)producedfor the public before There were two German/Austrian films,one in 1956and another in 1958,as(73)wellas a successful Broadway production that opened in 1959.
Over the(74)past50 years,The Sound of Music has been showed in many places around the world There have been performances(75)inLondon:Japan,Sweden,Brazil; China and more.People still flock(聚集)to performances,thanks to beautiful music and a classic story; left behind by the ever-popular 1995 film.
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62.Jim's mother usuallywashes clothes in the evening.
63.Even a child knows September is theninth month of a year.
64.You can goacross the street when the traffic lights turn green.
65.More and more people have their own cars.That's why there'sheaviertraffic than before.