15.Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman.There was a big box in the businessman's living room.The businessman pointed at the box and said,"There's only one thing you (51)C do.Don't open the box."After saying this,he (52)B the living room.
The woman said to her husband,"There (53)A be something expensive in the box.Let's(54)Ait,shall we?"Her husband said no to her.
The woman didn't give up her(55)B.One day,she decided to find out what was(56)C it.Her husband didn't stop her.She opened the box and looked inside.She found (57)C in the box and tried hard to close it,(58)C she failed.
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was (59)B.He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.
"But there was nothing in the box,"the woman said."We haven't taken anything (60)A."The businessman shouted at them,"The box is not important.I cannot believe you.That's important!"
The woman said to her husband,"There (53)A be something expensive in the box.Let's(54)Ait,shall we?"Her husband said no to her.
The woman didn't give up her(55)B.One day,she decided to find out what was(56)C it.Her husband didn't stop her.She opened the box and looked inside.She found (57)C in the box and tried hard to close it,(58)C she failed.
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was (59)B.He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.
"But there was nothing in the box,"the woman said."We haven't taken anything (60)A."The businessman shouted at them,"The box is not important.I cannot believe you.That's important!"
| 51.A.needn't | B.wouldn't | C.mustn't |
| 52.A.entered | B.left | C.found |
| 53.A.must | B.will | C.used to |
| 54.A.open | B.close | C.clean |
| 55.A.work | B.idea | C.box |
| 56.A.near | B.under | C.in |
| 57.A.something | B.anything | C.nothing |
| 58.A.so | B.and | C.but |
| 59.A.lost | B.open | C.empty |
| 60.A.at all | B.at times | C.at once. |
14.阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项.
On 26th December,2004,a young girl called Tilly Smith was on holiday with (35)A family in Phuket,Thailand.No one knew what was going to happen-a tsunami(海啸) that would (36)Cabout 200,000people.Tilly had studied tsunamis in her geography class and had seen a video of a tsunami.
"My mum didn't (37)C what was happening,"said Tilly.But Tilly did."I saw this bubbling(泡) on the water,at the edge; the water and the foam(气泡) looked as if they were (38)B,and were making a strange noise.The water was coming in,but it wasn't going (39)Dagain.It was coming in,and in,and in,towards the hotel"
She turned to her mother and sister and told them that it was a tsunami.At first they did not (40)B her.She was only 10years old.Maybe she was just (41)D to see a tsunami because she had studied it?
Tilly's father went back to the hotel with her sister.They told the people who worked in the hotel what Tilly had said.Tilly ran out to the beach,to warn the people there.The hotel worker believed Tilly.They began to get people off the (42)C.Only a few minutes later a huge wave (43)A over the beach.This beach was one of the few beaches in Phuket where no one was killed or seriously (44)D.This was all because of 10-year-old Tilly Smith.She (45)B all her family and others.The picture shows Tilly a year after the tsunami at church service to remember the people who (46)A.
On 26th December,2004,a young girl called Tilly Smith was on holiday with (35)A family in Phuket,Thailand.No one knew what was going to happen-a tsunami(海啸) that would (36)Cabout 200,000people.Tilly had studied tsunamis in her geography class and had seen a video of a tsunami.
"My mum didn't (37)C what was happening,"said Tilly.But Tilly did."I saw this bubbling(泡) on the water,at the edge; the water and the foam(气泡) looked as if they were (38)B,and were making a strange noise.The water was coming in,but it wasn't going (39)Dagain.It was coming in,and in,and in,towards the hotel"
She turned to her mother and sister and told them that it was a tsunami.At first they did not (40)B her.She was only 10years old.Maybe she was just (41)D to see a tsunami because she had studied it?
Tilly's father went back to the hotel with her sister.They told the people who worked in the hotel what Tilly had said.Tilly ran out to the beach,to warn the people there.The hotel worker believed Tilly.They began to get people off the (42)C.Only a few minutes later a huge wave (43)A over the beach.This beach was one of the few beaches in Phuket where no one was killed or seriously (44)D.This was all because of 10-year-old Tilly Smith.She (45)B all her family and others.The picture shows Tilly a year after the tsunami at church service to remember the people who (46)A.
| 35.A.her | B.his | C.my | D.your |
| 36.A.wash | B.take | C.kill | D.surprise |
| 37.A.see | B.study | C.realize | D.understand |
| 38.A.steaming | B.boiling | C.producing | D.cooking |
| 39.A.away | B.fast | C.slow | D.out |
| 40.A.notice | B.believe | C.ask | D.answer |
| 41.A.planning | B.going | C.getting | D.hoping |
| 42.A.hotel | B.school | C.beach | D.road |
| 43.A.swept | B.flew | C.ran | D.went |
| 44.A.worried | B.disturbed | C.carried | D.hurt |
| 45.A.left | B.saved | C.thanked | D.moved |
| 46.A.died | B.lived | C.stayed | D.cheered. |
13.I was recently invited to dinner by a friend.During the meal,the manager came over and said that our meal was free.He stood there (31)B at me,he seemed to know me.(32)C I asked if he knew me.He laughed and said I had probably (33)D him,but I had changed his life.He said that twelve years ago he was in (34)D stress management class.I asked the group what their number one stress was and (35)B,including him,said it was their(36)C.
He said I listened carefully and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room.I(37)A on the chair for a few minutes and then I invited everyone to do the same.I wanted them to look at the room from (38)D there.After everyone had done it,I asked the group to think about how (39)B the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).
Then I asked them to (40)B their bosses.Was this the same person who had seen their good (41)A and hired them?Do they remember how happy they were to be (42)C for the job?How did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had (43)D said thank you to his boss for the opportunity to make a living.He answered no.
He told me his(44)A changed that night.He went back to work with a(45)C card to his boss.He had been the manager for 8years.He said he owed it all to me:I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude.
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He said I listened carefully and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room.I(37)A on the chair for a few minutes and then I invited everyone to do the same.I wanted them to look at the room from (38)D there.After everyone had done it,I asked the group to think about how (39)B the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).
Then I asked them to (40)B their bosses.Was this the same person who had seen their good (41)A and hired them?Do they remember how happy they were to be (42)C for the job?How did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had (43)D said thank you to his boss for the opportunity to make a living.He answered no.
He told me his(44)A changed that night.He went back to work with a(45)C card to his boss.He had been the manager for 8years.He said he owed it all to me:I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude.
| 31.A.shouting | B.smiling | C.looking | D.knocking |
| 32.A.Suddenly | B.Luckily | C.Finally | D.Firstly |
| 33.A.remembered | B.seen | C.disliked | D.forgotten |
| 34.A.their | B.our | C.his | D.my |
| 35.A.more | B.most | C.few | D.fewer |
| 36.A.teachers | B.wives | C.bosses | D.children |
| 37.A.stood | B.sat | C.walked | D.rested |
| 38.A.down | B.right | C.left | D.up |
| 39.A.special | B.different | C.strange | D.same |
| 40.A.miss | B.consider | C.like | D.thank |
| 41.A.qualities | B.tastes | C.looks | D.skills |
| 42.A.found | B.refused | C.chosen | D.trained |
| 43.A.never | B.always | C.sometimes | D.ever |
| 44.A.life | B.luck | C.salary | D.job |
| 45.A.sorry | B.post | C.thank-you | D.greeting. |