A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised (宣传) that it had the ______menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how (无论怎样) ______ it was.

At the bottom of the ______, there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will ______ it to the menu at once.”

The man ____ the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order (点…菜) ______ that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve ______ dish, even if it’s not your longest menu in the world.”

“That’s right, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements (要求).”

“Well,” the man said, “Bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. ____, not African.”

The waiter wrote down on his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on bread.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t ______ long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised. Then he smiled ______ the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t ______ it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very ______, sir, and this is the most embarrassing (令人尴尬的),” he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.A. biggest B. thickest C. heaviest D. longest

2.A. unfair B. unusual C. beautiful D. important

3.A. menu B. dish C. restaurant D. table

4.A. add B. buy C. sell D. make

5.A. looked for B. took out C. looked at D. picked up

6.A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something

7.A. any B. some C. each D. every

8.A. American B. Indian C. Canadian D. Australian

9.A. pay B. cost C. take D. spend

10.A. as B. any C. so D. though

11.A. catch B. take C. fetch (去拿) D. bring

12.A. happy B. sorry C. excited D. right

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. They are very busy working to _____ the family. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more _____. Finally, when my father is very tired from hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper(发脾气).

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (被子). I _____ sat down beside her and looked at her. “Mom, is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a low voice.

My mother stopped and raised her head with_____ in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was very worried _____

I thought I had hurt her. At last my mother said: “ Susan, Look at this thread(线). Sometimes it _____, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _____ and lasting(持久的). If life is a quilt, then _____ should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. ”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t _____ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick ______. When they returned from the hospital, mother looked rather pale and ______ of them seemed to have a serious illness. Every day in the morning and evening, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so ______. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently shone through the leaves. All of these made the most beautiful ______ in the world.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

He said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother ______.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making ______ strong and warm.

1.A. support B. manage C. organize D. afford

2.A. possible B. impossible C. difficult D. nervous

3.A. politely B. impatiently C. quietly D. happily

4.A. surprise B. excitement C. joy D. fear

5.A. until B. because C. but D. if

6.A. hides B. loses C. appears D. breaks

7.A. beautiful B. strong C. comfortable D. simple

8.A. money B. present C. time D. love

9.A. hear B. remember C. understand D. forgive

10.A. properly B. rapidly C. seriously D. completely

11.A. both B. either C. neither D. each

12.A. happy B. romantic C. polite D. gentle

13.A. couple B. family C. picture D. life

14.A. wisely B. carefully C. deeply D. proudly

15.A. quilt B. life C. illness D. future

How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world? The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for a clock. Even today, if you don’t have a clock, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.

People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.

1.According to(根据)the passage, there are _______ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7

2.The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because __________.

A. they know very little about the sun

B. the sun there never goes down in winter

C. it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D. it has long dark winters and long light summers

3.The underlined(下划线)word “tides” in the passage means __________.

A. 洋流 B. 潮汐 C. 海啸 D. 波浪

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Different Ways to Tell Time B. Useful Machines to Tell Time

C. The History of the Clock D. The Development of the Clock

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