题目内容
Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his home town.
He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favorite birds, the robins (欧洲的一种小鸟) ." When I was a boy. these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the north from the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests (巢) in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and they built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldn't build their nests near our houses because there were no trees. ”
“Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They do not come any more."
1.Mr. Ellis often talks about .
A. his old house B. the old days C. his life now
2.The birds, the robins, spent the winter in .
A. the south B. the west C. the north
3.From the passage we can know that .
A. Mr. Ellis likes his new life now
B. the robins can make their nests without trees
C. Mr. Ellis is not happy with the changes there
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Mr. Smith had a few shops in the town. A few months ago, however, he got badly ill, and after he got out of hospital, he found that he often forgot 1._______.
Last Friday was the birthday of a very important friend. He told his secretary (秘书) to buy some expensive gifts 2._______ him to take to the birthday party that afternoon. Later, he went out for a long lunch, and 3._______ all about the party, until 4._____ secretary called to remind (提醒) him.
Then Mr. Smith asked his secretary to call his driver to come to pick him up at once. He made his driver drive as 5.______ as he could, and when they arrived, he 6._______ out of the car. Suddenly (突然) he stopped and said to his driver, “Oh, dear! I have left my hat at home. It isn’t 7._______ to go to the party without a hat. Go and call my secretary up. Tell her to bring it 8.______ at once!”
“But you’re wearing your hat, Mr. Smith,” said the driver.
Touching his 9.______, Mr. Smith found his driver was right, 10.______ he said, “Well, then go and call her up to tell her not to bring my hat.”