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What? You stayed up all night and ran ten kilometers. You know you can't , don't you?

A. be too old to learn

B. put all your eggs in one basket

C. burn the candle at both ends

D. say the grass is always greener on the other side

C 【解析】句意:——什么?你熬夜跑了十公里。你知道你不能精力过分的消耗,不是吗?be too old to learn太老了而无法学习;put all your eggs in one basket孤注一掷;burn the candle at both ends精力过分地消耗;say the grass is always greener on the other side邻家芳草绿。根...
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Jenny wasn’t interested in playing the piano. She liked writing stories and acting them out with her friends. But Mrs. Windsor gave her p1. lessons for free, so she felt she should have a try. Every S2. she had her piano lessons in Mrs. Windsor’s house.

One Sunday morning, Jenny walked into Mrs. Windsor’s music room and sat down on the piano bench as u3..

“Hello, ” Jenny heard a v4. behind her. She turned around and saw a young girl.

“What’s your name?” The girl asked.

Before Jenny could a5., Mrs. Windsor walked in and said, “Jenny, this is my niece(侄女), Pasha. Pasha, this is Jenny. I need to go to hospital, so Pasha will give you your l6. today.”

Pasha sat beside Jenny on the piano bench and asked, “What piece do you like best?”

“I don’t know.” Jenny said. “They’re all the same to me.”

“You mean you don’t have a f7.?” Pasha was surprised.

“No, not really.” Jenny said.

Pasha opened Jenny’s music book and asked Jenny to play.

After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of Jenny’s. Jenny stopped. Then Pasha said, “Jenny, what are you h8. in the music?” Jenny looked at Pasha strangely.

“I don’t know.” Jenny said.

“Let me t9. and you listen, ” Pasha said. “All you have to do is learning to hear the stories in the music.”

“I’ve never thought of it that way.” Jenny said.

“Let’s try together, shall we?” Pasha smiled. Together they played that afternoon and tried to find the story in the m10.. That day Jenny found playing the piano was not that difficult.

1.piano 2.Sunday 3.usual 4.voice 5.answer 6.lesson 7.favorite 8.hearing 9.try 10.music 【解析】这篇文章讲了一个小女孩帕莎启发另一个小女孩珍妮懂得倾听音乐中的故事从而鼓励她弹钢琴的故事。 1.句意:但温莎太太免费给她上钢琴课,所以她觉得她应该试一试...

THREE CENTURIES OF HOAXES(骗局;恶作剧)!

A THINKING MACHINE

In 1769, long before computers were invented, a man from Hungary(匈牙利)built a wonderful machine that could play chess very well. It made people all over Europe happy and beat nearly everyone it played against .including famous people like French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, and scientist and inventor Yenjamin Franklin. For years, many people believed that it was truly a thinking machine. There were people who said it was a hoax, but could not prove it or explain how it worked. About 85 years later, the secret was finally found. There was a man hiding inside the machine all the time... who was very good at playing chess!

ZOO ESCAPE(逃脱)

On November 9, 1874, New York newspaper, The Herald, ran a terrible story on its front page. It said that all the animals in the Central Park Zoo had escaped and were running around the city. It said the police were working to save people, but 27 people had already been killed, and 200 people hurt. It warned everyone to stay at home to avoid the danger. Many people in New York were terrified, and did as the paper said. If only they had read the final words of the article, which said; "Not one word of it is true. Not a single act described has taken place." It was just a hoax. The story was made up by Thomas Connery, aneditor at The Herald, who wanted to draw attention to the poor condition of cages in the zoo.

ROSIE THE RUNNER

The first woman to cross the finishing line of the 1980 Boston Marathon(马拉松)was 23-year-old Rosie Ruiz. However, as she climbed the stairs to receive her prize, people started to become suspicious(怀疑的).She didn't seem to be tired at all. Furthermore, none of the other runners remembered seeing her, and her picture never appeared in photos or TV broadcasts of the race. Later, several people said that they had seen her join the race only at the end. It turned out she had run only half a mile(about 805 meters) and taken the train for the rest of the race! Her prize was taken away, of course.

1.Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

A. The thinking machine used a computer to win games.

B. 200 people were killed by zoo animals in 1874.

C. Rosie Ruiz wasn't tired at the finishing line.

D. Rosie Ruiz didn't appear in TV broadcasts of the race.

2.What is true about all the hoaxes in the passage?

A. They made people scared. B. They fooled a lot of people.

C. They made people suspicious. D. They made people happy.

3.The title of the passage shows us that the writer thinks that hoaxes .

A. are not new B. are easily avoided

C. are always interesting D. are usually unbelievable

1.D 2.B 3.A 【解析】本文讲述的是发生在三个不同世纪中的三个骗局,分别是18世纪有人“发明”了一个下象棋的机器高手,后来证明是有人藏在机器中;19世纪美国纽约的一家报纸报道说,一家动物园里的所有动物都从园里逃了出来,在大街上踩死踩伤很多人,提醒市民注意安全。最后被告知这是一起恶作剧;第三则是20世纪马拉松国际长跑比赛的“冠军”获得者是弄虚作假得来的荣誉,最后被取消成绩。...

Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult ____was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She that he was as easy to please as her mother, who was always happy with beautiful clothes.

Besides, shopping Christmas Day is quite busy, and at this time of the year it was not great fun: people stepped on your feet or pushed you with elbows(肘部), they just wanted to get to the cheapest goods before .

Jane stood in front of a counter and some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,”the assistant tried her. “They worth double the price.” but Jane knew that her father hardly liked this kind of present before.

Jane stopped at a small counter. She found some good cigarettes on sale. her father smoked only once a week, she knew that they were the presents belonged to him. Without for long, she bought them.

When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen presents in her bag, her parents supper at table with lots of dishes. Jane asked they had supper so early. Her mother was , “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking.” Jane by her.

1.A. it B. this C. that D. there

2.A. wish B. wished C. wishing D. to wish

3.A. on B. in C. at D. from

4.A. an B. a C. the D. /

5.A. their B. them C. theirs D. they

6.A. other B. the other C. others D. the others

7.A. to attract B. attracting C. attract D. attracted

8.A. clear B. clearly C. clearer D. more clearly

9.A. Because B. But C. Although D. So

10.A. what B. whom C. who D. which

11.A. think B. thinks C. to think D. thinking

12.A. are having B. had C. were having D. have had

13.A. what B. when C. how D. why

14.A. exciting B. excitement C. excite D. excited

15.A. tells B. told C. was told D. is told

1.A 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.D 11.D 12.C 13.D 14.D 15.C 【解析】 试题本文讲叙Jane在圣诞节给父亲选礼物,因往年送父亲领带不能使父亲高兴,满以为这次买烟斗送父亲会让父亲高兴的,却被告知父亲终于戒烟了。 1. 2. ...

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