Passage 2

Colin is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he got a job in a store. Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied(满意) with him.

One day, on his way home, he met Nancy. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house. She agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about the school life they spent together, their teachers, classmates and their future(未来). They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”

“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Colin. “Where’s yours?”

“I left it at home.”

Colin thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Colin. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

1.Colin was ______ when he finished middle school.

A. seventeen      B. twenty        C. eighteen      D. twenty-two

2.The old woman is satisfied with Colin because ______.

A. he buys food for her                B. he’s smart

C. he can keep quiet                  D. he gets home on time

3.From the story, we can know that Nancy was Colin’s ______.

A. classmate   B. co-worker(同事,同仁)   C. aunt    D. cousin

4.The underlined word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.

A. 集邮         B. 站立         C. 贴邮票          D. 跺脚

5.Colin stamped his foot on the floor in order ______.

A. to wake his neighbor

B. to make his grandma angry

C. that his grandma would tell him the time

D. that his grandma would buy his a watch

 

阅读下面短文,掌握大意。然后从A.B.C.D四个选项中选出最佳选项 

I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman. “You look   26  . Come and sit here,” she said. “ 27   are you going?”

“I don’t know. I just want to catch a  28    and see what it will be like at the end.”

“I’m afraid you’ll see  29   there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?”

“How can I do that while my heart’s   30   ?” I asked sadly. My best friend had left me.

The woman seemed to understand my feeling. “Don’t cry, little girl. I’ve had a similar experience to you. Thirty-five   31   ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad. I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took    32   to the sea.   33   ,they seemed to know what would happen, so they   34   loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 35   . How could I  36    my hope to live for one of life’s problems? After that, I worked hard to raise the children. Now they all live   37    and one of them has his own family.

Then the woman gave me a   38  , “We should never wait for the door to   39     before us. We should find the key to the  40   or try to find another way”

The bus came and I got on it with a smile

1.A. tired

B. excited

C. happy

D. well

2.A. What

B. How

C. Where

D. When

3.A. train

B. bus

C. boat

D. plane

4.A. nothing

B. everything

C. something

D. anything

5.A. smiling

B. breaking

C. singing

D. dancing

6.A. days

B. weeks

C. months

D. years

7.A. her

B. them

C. him

D. it

8.A. So

B. Or

C. Besides

D. However

9.A. laughed

B. talked

C. spoke

D. cried

10.A. in

B. out

C. up

D. down

11.A. give away

B. give up

C. get up

D. stand up

12.A. happily

B. sadly

C. badly

D. hopeless

13.A. cry

B. shout

C. hit

D. smile

14.A. open

B. close

C. lock

D. mend

15.A. classroom

B. office

C. door

D. shop

 

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