题目内容
He ______ his father’s place as president of the corporation at the age of 25. And he ________ to be more successful than his father.
A. had taken; turned out
C. took, has been turned out B. took; has turned out
D. took; had turned out
B
I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in
the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant.
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street. Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was
fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps.
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door
【小题1】 At what time was the story set?
| A.An early winter morning | B.A cold winter afternoon |
| C.An early summer morning | D.A windy summer afternoon |
| A.cold and frightening | B.dirty and crowded |
| C.empty and dead | D.unusual and unpleasant |
| A.rushing out suddenly | B.shining brightly |
| C.flowing slowly in drops | D.appearing slowly |
| A.He was annoyed at being seen by the writer. |
| B.He was angry at being disturbed by the writer. |
| C.He was probably fast asleep. |
| D.He was probably murdered. |
C
Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.’’ He is said to be “undersized.’’ with“short legs’’ and a “round stomach”. The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description--it seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts:other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose—and that is the point.
It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that, as Tolstoy has it, Napoleon is a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace, the wars having reached the critical year of 1812,Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar(沙皇), who has come with peace terms. Napoleon is very angry:doesn’t he have more army? He, not the Tsar, is the one to make the terms. He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped. “That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!” he shouts. And then, Tolstoy writes, Napoleon “walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders moving quickly.’’
Still later, after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds, Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner. “He raised his hand to the Russian’s…face,” Tolstoy writes, and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently….” To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well, well, why don’t you say anything?’’ said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.
Tolstoy did his research, but the composition is his own.
【小题1】Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is _________.
| A.far from the historical facts | B.based on the Russian history |
| C.based on his selection of facts | D.not related to historical details |
| A.he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms |
| B.the Tsar's peace terms were hard to accept |
| C.the Russians stopped his military movement |
| D.he didn’t have any more army to fight with |
| A.To walk out of the room in anger. | B.To show agreement with him. |
| C.To say something about the Tsar. | D.To express his admiration. |
| A.ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests | B.fond of showing off his iron will |
| C.determined in destroying all of Europe | D.crazy for power and respect |
| A.A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings. |
| B.A writer may write about a hero in his own way. |
| C.A writer may not be responsible for what he writes. |
| D.A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings. |
I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call.My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company.Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets.It had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the street.I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask.I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead.The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant.
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for.There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street.Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint.I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside.He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat.I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps.
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn.It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door.
【小题1】At what time was the story set?
| A.An early winter morning. | B.A cold winter afternoon. |
| C.An early summer morning. | D.A windy summer afternoon. |
| A.Cold and frightening. | B.Dirty and crowded. |
| C.Empty and dead. | D.Unusual and unpleasant. |
| A.rushing out suddenly | B.shining brightly |
| C.flowing slowly in drops | D.appearing slowly |
| A.He was annoyed at being seen by the writer. |
| B.He was angry at being disturbed by the writer. |
| C.He was probably fast asleep. |
| D.He was probably murdered. |