题目内容
The old box Brownie picked up for a few pounds in a charity shop was a splendid find. But the undeveloped 36 still inside turned out to be even more 37 a treasure.
New owner Don Roccoforte had it 38 and was fascinated by the result.
Only one frame had been exposed, a 39 of an attractive woman in her thirties with two young boys in the foreground. He 40 determined to try to find out who they were.
Weeks of detective work across the Atlantic followed 41 the California-based camera collector 42 the news that left him shocked and surprised. The woman was his wife Jacqueline’s aunt in a picture 43 50 years ago, and one of the boys, her 44 .
The couple have now 45 to understand the astonishing coincidence(巧合), which leads back to Mrs Roccoforte’s native Lancashire, 46 many of her family still live. The camera was
47 from a Salvation Army shop in Preston by a friend of Mr Roccoforte also living in Lanca-shire, who knew of his 48 in photographic memorabilia(值得收藏的东西)and thought it would be an ideal 49
Back in
50 the water in the background of the 51 as
Lancashire, he sent a 52 to the local paper in Preston to see if any readers could help.
53 relative recognized the group as Winnie Bamber, still living in the area in her 54 ,her son Tony, Mrs Roccoforte’s cousin, and Tony’s childhood friend, Mick Murphy.
Yesterday Mrs Bamber was still surprise, saying,“The whole thing is 55 ”
36.A.film | B.box | C.camera | D.shop |
37.A.on | B.for | C.in | D.of |
38.A.printed | B.washed | C.developed | D.pressed |
39.A.book | B.portrait | C.story | D.diary |
40.A.soon | B.quickly | C.immediately | D.later |
41.A.after | B.before | C.because | D.while |
42.A.received | B.found | C.told | D.discovered |
43.A.carried | B.brought | C.taken | D.caught |
44.A.niece | B.daughter | C.nephew | D.cousin |
45.A.come | B.gone | C.run | D.walked |
46.A.where | B.when | C.though | D.as |
47.A.stolen | B.bought | C.produced | D.presented |
48.A.decision | B.research | C.skill | D.interest |
49.A.business | B.record | C.gift | D.tool |
50.A.Considering | B.Realizing | C.Remembering | D.Recognizing |
51.A.photo | B.well | C.river | D.house |
52.A.film | B.picture | C.copy | D.letter |
53.A.Other | B.The other | C.Another | D.Some |
54.A.nineties | B.eighties | C.seventies | D.sixties |
55.A.unexpected | B.natural | C.terrible | D.uncomfortable |
Barack Obama became US President in January, 2009. Since then, the world has been watching him closely to see whether he keeps his promises about the economy(经济), foreign policy and health care.
But at home, he has also been under pressure from his two daughters to keep his promise: to give them a new dog as a gift for helping him with his election campaign(竞选活动).
On Tuesday the nation’s first dog, named Bo, came out. It is a six-month-old water dog which is black with a white chest and white paws(爪).
“Bo’s got star quality,” said President Obama as he and his family took a walk with the dog on the White House lawn(草坪) in front of reporters.
He then joked, “ I finally got a friend. It took some time,” mentioning a famous saying, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”
【小题1】Barack Obama is ______ President now.
| A.French | B.British | C.Russian | D.American |
| A.The dog is called Bo. | B.The dog is six month old. |
| C.The dog is black and white. | D.The dog is all white. |
| A.the reporters | B.his wife | C.his daughters | D.his sons |
| A.It’s not easy to find a dog in Washington. |
| B.It’s not easy to find a friend in Washington. |
| C.Dogs aren’t friendly to man. |
| D.Man isn’t friendly to dogs. |