Although I had left school against the advice of my teacher, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent, I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

By chance, I won some prizes and rewards for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said, “No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real excuse, I was just frightened. In the end she advised me that I should do it the following day.

So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly(支吾其词地) told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter on future.

1.Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraphs above this text?

A. The writer’s unhappy childhood.

B. The poor teaching quality of the writer’s school.

C. The writer’s leaving school against his teacher’s advice.

D. Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

2.The writer did NOT feel comfortable at the evening school because __________.

A. he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates

B. he had to walk a long distance to the evening school

C. he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain

D. all of the above

3. After his success, he __________.

A. decided to get a good job

B. decided to continue his studies in literature at the evening school

C. decided to return to the school he once left

D. began to feel very important and proud

阅读理解 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

It was a wet, rainy day during the school holidays. Lily looked out of the window and thought about her parents. They were on a long holiday. They said Lily was too young to go. So Lily was staying with her Aunt Bella. Today Lily was unhappy. She was all alone —Aunt Bella was out shopping.

Lily decided to go to the top floor. Maybe there was something interesting. She arrived at the top. There was an old door. Lily opened the door and walked in. The walls were changing colours. A sofa wasn’t on the floor! It was in the air. Suddenly she heard a sound “Whoooosh!” and after a minute she saw a boy appear(出现).

“Hi,” he said. “I am the genie(精灵). Who are you?”

“I’m Lily,” she answered, “but you don’t look like a genie.”

The boy looked at her. He said, “Hocuspocusinversus!” And then suddenly Lily was in the air. “OK! I believe you,” she shouted. “Get me down!”

“So, how many wishes do you want?” the boy said.

Then she told the cool genie she was lonely. She told him about having no friends. The cool genie just nodded his head(点头). When Lily finished her story she felt better.

The genie said, “Well, I must go now!” Then suddenly he was gone. Lily went downstairs(下楼) and found a postcard from her parents. It said, “Dear Lily. Miss you, back next week, love Mom and Dad.” Then the front door opened and she heard Aunt Bella arriving with her shopping.

The next day Lily decided to say “Thank you” to the genie. She went to the top floor and opened the door. But there was nothing there except a dark old room with a few boxes.

1.Why was Lily unhappy?

A. Because it was a rainy day in the school holidays.

B. Because her parents were on a holiday.

C. Because her Aunt Bella was at home.

D. Because she was lonely.

2.Where did Lily see the genie?

A. On the walls.

B. In the sofa.

C. In the room on the top floor.

D. In the air.

3.How did the genie make Lily believe that he was a true genie?

A. He said, “Hocuspocusinversus”.

B. He appeared in the room strangely.

C. Lily saw a sofa stay in the air.

D. He made Lily in the air.

4.What did Lily do when she believed the boy was a true genie?

A. She said she wanted some wishes.

B. She laughed happily when she saw the boy.

C. She ran downstairs.

D. She told the boy she was lonely and unhappy.

5.When would Lily’s parents come back?

A. Next week. B. That afternoon.

C. Next year. D. That week.

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