题目内容
The wife told her husband to mind his own business as he was always caring about international ________.
- A.affair
- B.thing
- C.business
- D.events
international events国际大事,affair作单数用是“(小)事”的意思.
The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happens, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother’s brother Bill. She taught me in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey.
During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. I liked to sing; she listened to my voice and pronounced it good. I couldn’t dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre—not just children’s theatre, but adult comedies and dramas—and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed.
My aunt also took down books from her extensive library and shared them with me. I had books at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humour, and I’ll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis’s Archy & Mehitabel through her.
Most important, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a “youth columnist”. My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to cover teenage social activities—and it did—but it also gave me the freedom to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting deadlines, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that carried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs.
Today Aunt Myrtle is still an enthusiastic supporter of her “favourite niece”. Like a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted (多面的) image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.
【小题1】Which of the following did Aunt Myrtle do to the author during her childhood and youth?
| A.She lent her some serious classics. | B.She cultivated her taste for music. |
| C.She discovered her talent for dancing. | D.She introduced her to adult plays. |
| A.A book of great fun. | B.A writer of high fame. |
| C.A serious masterpiece. | D.A heartbreaking play. |
| A.develop her capabilities for writing | B.give her a chance to collect material |
| C.involve her in teenage social activities | D.offer her a series of writing jobs |
| A.trained pupils to be diligent and well-disciplined |
| B.gave pupils confidence in exploiting their potential |
| C.emphasized what was practical or possible for pupils. |
| D.helped pupils overcome difficulties in learning |
One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.
This couple had been quarreling all their 40 years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.
They hang on because of their children, afraid t
hat it might affect their up-bringing. Now
, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.
While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can't carry on anymore, I'm sorry.”
"It's OK, I understand." said the husband.
Little did she know that, over the years, the husband has been trying all ways to please her, little did she know that drumsticks were the husband's favorite.
Little did he know that she never thought he understands her at all, little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.
That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn. After hours, the old man couldn't take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her, he wants her back, he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wants to tell her, "I love you."
He picked up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stops dialing.
On the other side, she was sad, she couldn't understand how come after all these years, he still doesn't understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can't take it any more. Phone's ringing, she refuses to ans
wer knowing that it's him. "I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. "She thought. Phone is still ringing. She has decided to pull out the cord.
Little did she remember, he had heart problems.
The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone. He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get through (接通) her phone line.
【小题1】The old couple wanted to file a divorce because __________.
| A.they had no child. | B.their children didn’t like them. |
| C.they didn’t understand each other actually. | D.the old man didn’t love the old woman. |
| A.Because they were loving each other then. |
| B.Because they had no time to lawyer’s office. |
| C.Because they wanted to make their divorce open. |
| D.Because they didn’t wish to affect their children’s up-bringing. |
| A.the old man still loved his wife really. | B.the wife didn’t love her husband at all. |
| C.their children still lived with old couple. | D.they were in harmony over 40 years. |
| A.wild with joy | B.wild with grief(悲伤) | C.unconcern about it | D.angry at that |