题目内容
Enid's wedding(婚礼) dress arrived at five o'clock in the evening, just seventeen 36 before her marriage!
“I must try it on Mother!” she cried, as she ran 37 .Three minutes later Enid's cries brought her 38 up.The dress was much 39 for her. It was like a bag in the front, and the neckline looked all 40 . Enid was in 41 .
“Take it back to the dressmaker's,” Mrs Bale said.“She must 42 it tonight. Hurry now. Take it off and go.” The dressmaker's shop was closed.“Closed for One Week's Holiday,” said a 43 on the door. Fresh tears rose to Enid's eyes. She ran home again to her mother.
“This is unlucky,”Mrs Bale said.” But what are we going to do? 44 I ask Mrs. Peters to help? She was a dressmaker once. I'm sure she could change it for you.” Mrs. Peters was 45 in and began to work. She could see 46 was wrong. She had to 47 it narrower at the front, and that was a big job. Then she changed the neckline. In fact she made it again. At ten o'clock the work was finished, and Enid tried the dress on. It fitted her beautifully.
The three women were having a cup of tea 48 the doorbell rang .Mrs. Bale answered it and 49 into the worried eyes of a 50 woman. The woman was carrying a large flat 51 .“Does Miss Enid Bale 52 here?" she asked breathlessly. “Yes, she's my daughter.” “Oh, I am 53 I've found you! There's been a 54 .Your daughter has my wedding dress, and I've got 55 . And I'm getting married tomorrow!” She held out the box to Mrs. Bale.
1. A．weeks B．minutes C．days D．hours
2. A．upstairs B．outside C．back home D．about
3. A．husband B．daughter C．mother D．neighbour
4. A．smaller B．shorter C．too big D．too long
5. A．wrong B．pleased C．right D．waste
6. A．love B．tears C．surprise D．danger
7. A．measure B．make C．repair D．change
8. A．voice B．sound C．notice D．saying
9. A．Will B．Would C．Shall D．Should
10. A．sent B．brought C．pushed D．taken
11. A．neckline B．all C．nothing D．what
12. A．make B．keep C．change D．take
13. A．then B．until C．when D．while
14. A．came B．got C．saw D．looked
15. A．short pretty B．fat young C．slim old D．little quiet
16. A．cup B．dress C．bag D．box
17. A．live B．work C．stay D．wait
18. A．delightful B．sorry C．angry D．glad
19. A．dress B．change C．mistake D．wish
20. A．yours B．hers C．the other D．others
We were flying to a meeting. I was in the middle 36 .I found that the young woman sitting next to me was very 37 and deep in thought. Then I asked her where she was from, where she was going and 38 she did.
She was a student and had been attending 39 in Poland-----the homeland of her father. Then she told me sadly that her father had 40 . She had chosen to attend college in Poland 41 her father’s wishes and their relationship had been 42 .They hadn’t forgiven each other 43 he died.
She seemed so sad. I looked at her, trying to 44 some words to say. I asked her if she had forgiven 45 for not realizing her father’s dream. She answered that she couldn’t forgive herself and felt so 46 .Slowly, I began to tell her about forgiveness. I encouraged her to 47 that because I believed her father wanted that too. She should forgive herself 48 how awful she thought she had been.
I told her about 49 I had done as a teenager for which I had felt guilty for many years. How I was 50 with the choice of forgiving myself or to 51 feeling guilty for the rest of my life. I had 52 to forgive myself . The light in her eyes went on. She began to understand that she was 53 forgiven and could forgive herself. She could be 54 and happy.
How about you? Is there anything in your 55 for which you feel guilty?
1. A．chair B．room C．seat D．class
2. A．mad B．sad C．angry D．happy
3. A．when B．which C．how D．what
4. A．meeting B．school C．university D．party
5. A．died B．come C．returned D．left
6. A．for B．against C．with D．on
7. A．bad B．good C．worse D．better
8. A．since B．after C．when D．while
9. A．find out B．look up C．go over D．think of
10. A．myself B．yourself C．himself D．herself
11. A．unhappy B．guilty C．lonely D．helpless
12. A．trust B．understand C．realize D．find
13. A．as though B．even though C．if only D．no matter
14. A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
15. A．faced B．forced C．satisfied D．challenged
16. A．try B．continue C．start D．consider
17. A．picked B．elected C．selected D．chosen
18. A．totally B．simply C．already D．hardly
19. A．calm B．quiet C．free D．safe
20. A．house B．life C．family D．work
I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say .Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence(吊唁)calls on the two families on the same afternoon.
At the first home, the son of the deceased woman said to me, ”If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died. ”At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today .That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate ,was more than she could take．It’s my fault that she’s dead.”
You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course------keeping mother at home, putting off the operation----would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.
The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.
A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needｓ,and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him，and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we don not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.
1.The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because_______.
A．he was minister of the local church
B．he wanted to comfort the two families
C．he was an official of the community
D．he had great pity for the deceased
2.People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because________.
A．they can’t find a better way of express their sorrow
B．they have neglected the natural course of events
C．they believe that they were the reason
D．the don’t know things often turn in the opposite direction
3.According to the main passage, the underlined part in Paragraph 4 probably means that________.
A．everything in the world is predetermined
B．there’s an explanation for everything in the world
C．the world can be interpreted in different ways
D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world
4.What’s the main idea of the message?
A .Life and death is an unsolved mystery.
B. Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.
C Every story should have a happy ending.
D. In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away.
A well-known manufacturer of weighing machines produced a new model.
The machine had a computer inside it, and this computer could do wonderful things: it could weigh people very accurately; it could tell them their weight in their own language; and it could tell them what they should eat to reduce their weight.
The manufacturer decided to try out his machine before he sold it to the shops.
He looked around for a good place to put it and finally decided on an airport. There were always people at an airport from many different countries.
The first person to use the machine was an Italian woman. She stood on the machine, put a coin in and waited to hear her weight.
The machine took only a second or two to weigh her, decide on her nationality and the language she spoke, and figure out what kind of food she should eat.
“Good morning, madam,” it said in perfect Italian. “Your weight is 72 kilos, three more than it should be for a woman of your height, age and nationality. This is because you have been eating too much spaghetti. I suggest you eat more fruit and vegetables. Please have a nice day”.
The second person to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine, put a coin in and waited to hear her weight.
“Good morning, Miss," the machine said in perfect Chinese. "Your weight is 38 kilos, exactly the correct weight for your height, age and nationality. Continue to eat what you are eating. Please have a nice day.”
The third person to use the machine was a huge Australian woman. She walked up to the machine and looked at it for a long time. At last she found the courage to stand on the machine and put a coin in. The machine spoke immediately. “Good morning. Will one of you ladies please get off?”
1.What could the computer do?
A．Weigh and talk to people. B．Translate information.
C．Give them diet pills. D．Make them lose weight.
2.What did the machine say to the Italian woman?
A．She was a little too light. B．She was a little too heavy.
C．She disliked spaghetti. D．She couldn’t speak Italian.
3.What did the machine say to the Chinese woman?
A．She should eat more. B．She could speak Chinese.
C．She would have a nice day. D．She was fine.
4.What did the machine suggest about the Australian woman?
A．She was unwell. B．She was courageous.
C．She was too heavy. D．She had dieted well.
I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was 36 the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final 37 . During the test，the girl 38 next to me whispered something，but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me 39 I had an extra pen. She showed me that 40 was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one，so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk．
Later, after the test papers had been 41 the teacher asked me to 42 in the room when all the other students 43 . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about 44 it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand 45 your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __46 _and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest，they really 47 themselves．She made me promise that I would think 48 about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could 49 . I walked out of the room wondering 40 she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．
Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked 51 I was copying answers 52 the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t 53 anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. 54 I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor 55 letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．
1. A．from B．on C．in D．at
2. A．lesson B．test C．class D．papers
3. A．seat B．seating C．sitting D．sit
4. A．whether B．why C．where D．that
5. A．one B．that C．it D．hers
6. A．handed B．turned in C．given out D．marked
7. A．work B．read C．stay D．study
8. A．gone out B．were studying C．were there D．were dismissed
9. A．how B．why C．what D．which
10. A．by B．on C．to D．with
11. A．honesty B．faith C．confidence D．reliability
12. A．improve B．punish C．cheat D．help
13. A．well B．highly C．honestly D．seriously
14. A．leave B．go on C．sit down D．refuse
15. A．if B．whether C．why D．how
16. A．like B．as though C．as D．that
17. A．for B．by C．from D．at
18. A．mentioned B．asked C．answered D．realized
19. A．Long before B．As long as C．Just as D．Even though
20. A．with B．by C．in D．through
