题目内容
one day your luck will change."
Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education. I had decided to try for aq job
in radio. One day, I wanted to host (主持) a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door
of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn't got enough experience." Get some work
with a small station and work your way up," she said.
I went back home. I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened
a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn't get the job.
I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for
my job. I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer (播音员) if he can't get a job in a
radio station?"
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call."What did you mean? Do you know anything about
football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion
on a football game, I succeeded.
On my way home, Mom's words came back to me,"One day your luck will change, Son. And when it
happens, it'll feel doubly (加倍的) good because of all the hard work you've had." At that moment I knew
what just what she meant.
B. A shop assistant
C. A sports announcer
D. A businessman
B. Because he didn't get college education
C. Because he's got a good-looking person
D. Because he hadn't got enough experience
B. But I was successful every time
C. But I lost my way every time
D. But the door of every station was always closed
B. Everything Happens For The Best
C. No One Is Always Lucky
D. To Find A Job In Radio Is Difficult
阅读理解
Thursday, April 24th
We got to the clean, lovely city of Yangzhou early in the morning. This is our first trip to China. All the different smells attract our attention to the local food. We are going to try something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is not expensive but very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to the Great Wall in the north.
Sunday, April 27th
We visited the famous Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) which was crowded with visitors from all over the world, and bought a lot of toys for our friends outside the gate of the park. Everything is so colourful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will do the famous foot massage (按摩) and then leave for the Great Wall. We will take the night train north, stay in Beijing for two days, and then catch a bus to the Great Wall.
Wednesday, April 30th
Our trip to the Great Wall was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. People in the village love the quiet life. They are the kindest people I had ever met. They always smile and say “Hello”. Ralph and I can speak only a few words in Chinese, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness.
1.From the passage we can see that the writer had a ____ stay in Yangzhou.
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A.four-day |
B.five-day |
C.six-day |
D.seven-day |
2.The writer didn’t ____ in Yangzhou.
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A.taste delicious food |
B.visit places of interest |
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C.do foot massage |
D.climb mountains |
3.The writer left Beijing for the Great Wall _______.
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A.by train |
B.by car |
C.by bus |
D.on foot |
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A.The writer left Yangzhou for Beijing by train at night. |
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B.It took them a long time to get to the Great Wall from Beijing. |
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C.People in the village live a quiet but happy life. |
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D.The writer was travelling alone but happily. |
5.What is the best title for the passage?
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A.My First Visit to Yangzhou |
B.My Travelling in China |
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C.Delicious Food and Beautiful Places |
D.A Trip to the Great Wall |
| 阅读理解。 | ||
| Ever since we became pen pals, Julien has sent me strange things. Once, she sent her sneeze in a jar. ("I have a cold, can you tell?" she wrote. ) Then she sent her fingerprint. ( "So you'll recognize me in a crowd.") Julien sent me breakfast, all right: cornflakes. Soggy, milky, grainy, crumbly, limp cornflakes scraped from the bottom of her cereal bowl. I lost my appetite, but I read the letter.
"I don't know," Mom said."Julien might find a way. After all, she did send you her sneeze. A week later I checked the mail and found a box with air holes and the words "FRAGILE-THIS SIDE UP" printed in bold black letters on the top. It was from Julien. I stroked the box with my fingers. It was perfectly dry. I smelled it. It didn't smell. I held my breath and started opening the package. What if sunbeams spring out and hit me in the face like those fake snakes in a can; I thought? My hands shook as I lifted the last flap and peeked inside. Where in the world was the sunset? All I could find was a letter and a twisty, gray, papery shell. It looked like a submarine. I read the letter.
Julien," I said. Without reading the postscript, I laid the letter and the submarine on the kitchen table. Then I left the room to find a pen so that I could cross out "sun-set" and write "submarine" above it. When I returned, I stared in shock at the submarine. A creature was oozing out of it! Was it a sea monster? I looked closer. It was a winged creature... an insect... a butterfly. An orange, blue, purple, red, and gold butterfly. It looked like... a sunset! While the sunset opened and closed its wings to dry them, I read Julien's postscript. It said, "P. S. Next week I'm sending you Japan." | ||
| 1. What does the underlined word "oozing" probably mean? | ||
| A. moving B. jumping C. swimming D. flying | ||
| 2. What did Julien really want Caitlin to see in the fourth mail? | ||
| A. The setting sun. B. Colors of a sunset. C. A colorful butterfly. D. A new submarine. | ||
| 3. We can learn from the passage that Julien was ______. | ||
| A. strange and clever B. honest and friendly C. creative and giving D. funny and inventive | ||
| 4. What can be inferred from the passage? | ||
| A. Caitlin was from Japan and had never seen Julien. B. Caitlin's mom thought Julien's gifts were fantastic. C. Caitlin was pleased with the cornflakes that Julien sent. D. Caitlin was expecting another unusual gift from Julien. |