It was a rainy evening. A man didn’t take his umbrella, so he wanted to call his wife to tell her he would go home late. Then he called home, however, the maid(女仆) answered the phone instead of his wife.

He said, “Can I speak to my wife?”

The maid replied, “Sorry,she’s upstairs with her boyfriend.”

He was surprised and at once very angry. He shouted, “Hurry up, go to the hall closet and take out my shotgun.”

The maid asked in surprise, “What do you need me to do?”

The man shouted crazily, “Go upstairs and kill them both.”

The maid said, “But I have never killed a man before.” Being the loyal maid, she says, “OK!”

Five minutes later, the maid picked up the phone and said, “OK,I follow your order. They are both dead now. ___________________” The man said, “Throw them into the pool, and I will take care of them when I get home. ”

“But we don’t have a pool.” the maid said.

The man asked nervously, “Is this 555—4532?”

Immediately, the terrible yells came from the house.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案

1.The underlined word “loyal” in the passage most probably means______.

A.false to one’s master

B. true to one’s master

C.dishonest to one’s master

2.The maid killed them because__________________.

A.she was afraid of his host.

B.she obeyed the orders of his host very much.

C.she loved his host.

3. _________________ would happen at the end of the story.

A.Both the man and the maid would be punished by the law.

B.The man and the maid would be happy for what they have done.

C.The maid would marry the man.

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the story?

A.The man felt afraid when he asked the maid her host’s telephone number.

B. It was the man’s house, so the man felt happy after his wife was dead.

C. There wasn’t a pool in the house.

5. “___________________” is the missing sentence in the passage .

A.You can go home now.

B.What should I do with their bodies?

C.You must be happy, right ?

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.

He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

At twenty-eight, he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He made almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired(退休)and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius(天才)to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.

1. Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except .

A. Hamlet B. Macbeth

C. Romeo and Juliet D. Man and Superman

2. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon .

A. with his wife B. with his daughter

C. with his wife and children D. alone

3. Shakespeare got much money from .

A. writing B. plays

C. acting D. retirement

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Shakespeare had two children.

B. Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C. Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D. Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.

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通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Nowadays experience, like many other things, is becoming more and more .

Several days ago, I wanted to invite my friends to lunch. What we really needed was a good and quiet for some conversation, not a big meal, I chose one only for people like me who belonged to a particular club. What could be nicer?

When I a day before, I was asked whether I would eat a $20 or $50 lunch. I said, “$50 .” I didn’t realize until I was asked to pay after the lunch, that “$50” means “$50 for each person.” There were five of us that day. When the bill(账单)came , it was $310.40 (250 for food and the rest for drinks, fruits and air-conditioning). Though everybody was surprised, I paid the bill without a word.

What could I say? It was my own that made me pay the lunch bill of my life. On the whole, it was not so . We had a wonderful lunch and the place was beautiful. Besides, the experience was good and special, and will in later years. To support the logic(逻辑)of the lunch bill, I have developed my own way to explain it: $50 for the lunch and $260.40 for the .

This paid experience has made me ten times wiser.

1.A. expensive B. useful C. interesting D. important

2.A. club B. school C. place D. hotel

3.A. so B. because C. but D. if

4.A. learned B. paid C. discovered D. ordered

5.A. at times B. at present C. at last D. at first

6.A. business B. wish C. promise D. carelessness

7.A. smallest B. largest C. best D. worst

8.A. good B. bad C. easy D. difficult

9.A. remember B. help C. understand D. succeed

10.A. experience B. memory C. club D. restaurant

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