The leader of a band was finding it extremely (极度地) difficult to prepare for an important performance, because the members of the band were never all present at any one of the rehearsals (预演) . Then the last rehearsal before the show came, and again some of the members were not there. At the end of the rehearsal, the leader said to all the members of the band who were present, “I have been making a note of those who have been absent from our various rehearsals. Here it is. ” He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and looked at it. “I see that the only man who has been hard-working and faithful enough to be present every time is the drummer(鼓手).”

  The drummer went very red, stood up and answered, “Well, I thought it was the only right thing to do, as I won' t be able to come to the show tomorrow. ”

1.What was the leader of the band trying to do?

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A.To prepare for a big rehearsal.

B.To find a hard-working and faithful drummer.

C.To get ready for an important show.

2.What was on the piece of paper that the leader of the band had?

[  ]

A.The names of people who had been present at rehearsals.

B.The names of people who had been absent from rehearsals.

C.The name of the drummer.

3.How many members of the band had attended every rehearsal?

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A.All of them.

B.One of them.

C.None of them.

 

4.Why did the drummer go very red?

[  ]

A.Because he was proud of what the leader of the band had said about him.

B.Because he was ashamed.

C.Because he was ill.


John: Here’s a good shop. Shall we buy mother’s birthday present here?
Mary: Yes, that’s a good idea. Shall we go inside?
Tom: No. Let’s look in the window. Shall we buy her a sweater?
Anne: Er, no. It’ll soon be summer. Let’s buy her a blouse to wear. There’s a nice one in the window.
John: No, she has two blouses. Let’s buy a ring.
Mary: Oh, no! They’re diamond rings. Look at the price. The cheapest is $15.
John: A real diamond ring is at least $500.They only look like diamonds.
Tom: Shall we buy a table? It’s only $15.
Anne: It doesn’t look good, just like a big box. Mum likes chairs.
Tom: But they haven’t any here.
Mary: What about a pen? So cheap! Only $10.
John: She has a lot of pens and pencils. All of them are new. 
Tom: Oh, look here. These flowers are beautiful.
Mary: They aren’t real and will never die.
John: And they’re the cheapest of all these things. Yes, let’s buy them.
Anne: All right.
【小题1】Who finds the shop to buy the present first?
A.John.B.Anne.C.Tom. D.Mary.
【小题2】Who wants to buy a blouse but not a sweater?
A.John.B.Anne.C.Tom.D.Mary.
【小题3】Why don’t they buy the pen?
A.Because it looks so bad.
B.Because Mother has many pencils.
C.Because it’s too cheap.
D.Because Mother doesn’t need pens.
【小题4】How much are the flowers?
A.At least $10.B.Less than $10.
C.About $15.D.Only $15.
【小题5】Which of the following things are sold in the shop?
A.It sells flowers, rings, tables and sweaters.
B.It sells rings, coats, blouses and flowers.
C.It sells blouses, tables, chairs and pens.
D.It sells sweaters, real flowers, tables and rings.

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes (态度) surprisingly shows that their family life is happier than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive (积极的) today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的)and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that these parents are much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel LaSalle. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. When they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Cromer, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call talk or discussion. For example, when I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion(叛逆)is not based on real facts. A researcher explains, “Teenagers were thought to be different from others in a part of time in our social history. But to our surprise, they say they are getting on well with their parents. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.”

1.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______________________.

A.share family duties                      B.cause trouble in their families

C.go boating with their family                D.make family decisions

2.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ___________________.

A.go to clubs more often with their children    B.are much stricter with their children

C.care less about their children’s life         D.give their children more freedom

3.According to the writer, teenage rebellion ____________________.

A.may be a wrong opinion                  B.is common at present

C.lived only in the 1960s                   D.was caused by changes in families

4.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A.Discussion in family.                     B.Teenage education in family.

C.Harmony in family.                       D.Teenage trouble in family.

 

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