题目内容
It ________ him 3 days to finish ________ that article.
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A. took; writing B. takes; to write
C. spent; in writing D. cost; written
There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penage. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.
I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back..
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.
I looked forward to the return journey.
【小题1】The author expected the train trip to be_________.
| A.adventurous | B.dull | C.exciting | D.pleasant |
| A.The mountains along the way. |
| B.The friendly country people. |
| C.The crowds of people in the streets. |
| D.The simple lunch served on the train. |
| A.choose | B.enjoy | C.prepare for | D.carry on |
| A.Butterworth. | B.The Causeway. | C.Johore Baru. | D.Singapore. |
| A.Comfort in traveling by train. |
| B.Pleasure of living in the country. |
| C.Reading gives people delight. |
| D.Smiles brighten people up. |
Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house.
There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.
1.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____.
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A.they were found out |
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B.they were frightened by what they had heard in the house |
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C.they didn’t work together well with each other |
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D.mice stopped them from doing so |
2.From the last paragraph, we know that _____.
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A.the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes |
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B.the woman recognized the two thieves |
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C.the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them |
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D.the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all |
3.When the woman said, “How they look like the two of last night,” _____.
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A.she referred to the two thieves |
B.she meant nothing |
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C.she said it on purpose |
D.she referred to the mice |
4.The best title for the passage may be ____.
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A.Two Clever Thieves |
B.Terrible Mice |
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C.Hit the Mark by a Fluke |
D.A Clever Couple |