One evening, Mark and Amy went for a ride in Mark's car. They parked on a hill. Mark turned on the radio, and a policeman broke in with a piece of news. He said a murderer had escaped from prison (监狱). The murderer's left hand was missing and in its place, he wore a hook (钩子).

"Let's close the windows and doors," said Amy.

"That's a good idea," said Mark.

"You know," said Amy, "that prison isn't too far away. I think we really should go home."

"Look, Amy," Marie argued, "that prisoner is not going to climb all the way up here. Even if he did, all the doors are closed. How could he get in?"

"Mark, he could take that hook and break the window," she said. "I'm scared. I want to go home!"

As he started the car, Amy thought she heard someone, or something, scratching () at her door.

"Did you hear that?" she asked. "It sounded like somebody was trying to get in!" "Oh sure!" said Mark.

Soon they arrived home. When Mark got out of the car, he found something hanging on the door handle (把手) — a hook!

1题判断正误(“T”表示正确,“F”表示错误);2 题完成句子;34题简略回答问题;5 题将文中划线句子译成汉语。

1.A murderer with a hook in his right hand had escaped from prison.

2.When they heard the news they were________________________________

3.Who was more scared, Mark or Amy?

__________________________________________________________________

4.What was hanging on the door handle (把手)?

__________________________________________________________________

5._________________________________________________________________

 

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

  After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."

  One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

  Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!

  Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

  That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

  Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?"

  Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because_____.

A. the woman's window was dirty         

B. the writer's window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby               

D. the writer was near-sighted

2.The writer was surprised that_____.

A. the woman was sitting by her window 

B. the woman's window was clean

C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon     

D. the woman's window was still terrible

3."It dawned on me" probably means "____".

A. I began to understand it                  B. it cheered me up

C. I knew it grew light                      D. it began to get dark

4.It's clear that _____.

A. the writer had never met the woman before

B. the writer often washed the window

C. they both worked as cleaners

D. they lived in a small town

5.From the passage, we can learn ______.

A. one shouldn't criticize others very often

B. one should often make his windows clean

C. one must judge himself before he judges others

D. one must look at others through his dirty windows

 

“Cool” is a word with many meanings.Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold.As the world has changed,the word has had many different meaning.

“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.When you see a famous car in the street,maybe you will say,“It’s cool.”You may think,“He’s so cool,”when you see your favourite footballer.

We all maximize(扩大) the meaning of “cool”.You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”.Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used.A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall(瀑布)they had visited.On one student’s paper was Just the one sentence,“It’s so cool.Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words.Without “cool”,some people have no words to show the same meaning.So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性).Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can.And I think they are also very cool.

1.We know that the word “cool has had ________.

A.only one meaning B.no meanings C.many different meanings

2.In the passage,the word “express” means “________”.

A.see B.show C.know

3.If you are _______ something,you may say,“It’s cool.”

A.interested in B.angry about C.afraid of

4.The writer takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used.

A.pleased with B.strange to C.worried about

5.In the passage,the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”________.

A. may not be as cool as it seems

B. usually means something interesting

C. can make your life colourful

 

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