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It's 7 am Kyoto (东京), Japan, and the taxi company has just called a second time to say they can't find my house. 1 I tell him directions. even a blind person can 2 , look impatiently at my watch, and wait. Only two hours remain until my 3 leaves
and it's an hour-and-a-half trip to Osaka airport.
The telephone rings 4 .“Terribly sorry,”begins the clerk. Then I 5 what's happened: flooded with 6 , the company is too busy. I've heard this happens when the weather gets 7 . I shout into the 8 that I have a plane to catchI must be in Seoul 9 and I'll meet the 10 a few hundred meters away on a bridge over the Kamo River.
Standing in the heavy 11 , I look up and down. No 12 From the other direction a white car comes up, then stops. A young man opens the door, signing to me to 13 . Shaking with cold and 14 , I climb inside.
In the most 15 Japanese, the man explains to me that he is the person with whom I have spoken 16 this morning. He apologizes again and again, but does not explain why a taxi could 17 except to say they are“very, very busy”this morning.
A few hours later, seated into my seat as the storm-delayed 727 18 , I open the 19 . My eyes wander to the headline (标题) of a short article:“Taxi Strike Begins this Morning in 20 .”
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Miss Wenter was watching TV when the program suddenly stopped. “Sorry to 1 the program. Now we are requested to 2 an important notice from the police station. At about nine this evening, a lady named Mrs Humney was 3 and killed. Anyone who can supply any clue (线索) is requested to report to the 4 . Thank you.” The terrible news made the lonely girl 5 with fear. She couldn’t help looking around, but she didn’t notice that a man was already 6 behind the door to the veranda (阳台).
All of a 7 the man appeared before Miss Wenter. The girl really didn’t know what to do. “Don’t ask for 8 , just put your jewellery on the table; then think over whether I shall be safe to stay up here for the night,” said the robber. That made Miss Wenter even more 9 , but she tried to 10 herself.
Just then came the whistle of a police car, In a little while, someone rang the 11 . The robber said with a gun 12 the girl’s back, “Go to the door and say that you’ve gone to bed. Never let him in.”
In a flash, the girl had an idea. “Oh, who are you?” she said.
“I’m Sergeant Bull, Miss Wenter. Is there something 13 here?”
“No, there isn’t.” Immediately she added loudly, 14 , my elder brother extends his 15 greetings (问候) to you.”
“Thank you. Good night,” Bull replied in the same 16 .
A few minutes later, the sound of the police car going 17 could be heard. “It’s well 18 ,” the robber said with a smile. Then he 19 to the girl. Almost at the same time the glass on the window was broken. The policemen hurried into the room from the veranda. They quickly put handcuffs (手铐) on the robber.
“Miss Wenter, your greetings were so good that it made us take 20 right away,” said Sergeant Bull, because we’ve already known that your elder brother was killed in a robbery half a year ago.”
1. A. stop B. share C. interrupt D. control
2. A. obey B. make C. introduce D. broadcast
3. A. robbed B. hurt C. wounded D. stolen
4. A. public B. police C. hospital D. family
5. A. cry B. shake C. fall D. tremble
6. A. hidden B. sitting C. away D. staying
7. A. while B. time C. period D. sudden
8. A. anything B. trouble C. another D. police
9. A. careful B. anxious C. strange D. terrified
10. A. protect B. help C. calm D. express
11. A. call B. phone C. window D. doorbell
12. A. at B. against C. behind D. beyond
13. A. new B. important C. unusual D. upset
14. A. Instead B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
15. A. hearty B. deeply C. own D. real
16. A. sound B. manner C. speech D. voice
17. A. out B. on C. along D. away
18. A. enough B. now C. done D. said
19. A. referred B. listened C. talked D. rushed
20. A. him B. action C. photos D. something
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In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki When she was a teenager, she 1 of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American 2 was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a 3 in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room,
Mummy 4 cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."
Atsuko 5 to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 6 world. "People were struggling with problems and often seemed 7 ," she said. "I felt very alone."
One of her hardest 8 was physical education. "We played volleyball." she said.
"The other students were 9 it, but I wasn't."
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 10 the ball to her teammates so they could knock it 11 the net—No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face 12 she failed.
A young man on her team 13 what she was going through. "He walked up to me and 14 , 'Come on. You can do that'"
"You will never understand how those words of 15 made me feel.. Four words: You can do that I felt like crying with happiness."
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 16 .
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. "I have 17 forgotten the words." she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 18 to her. "He probably doesn't even remember it," she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will 19 . She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 20 words: You can do that.
1. A. learned B. spoke C. dreamed D. heard
2. A. way B. life C. education D. spirit
3. A. photo B. painting C. picture D. drawing
4. A. baking B. frying C. steaming D. boiling
5. A. hoped B. arranged C. liked D. attempted
6. A. described B. imagined C. created D. discovered
7. A. tense B. cheerful C. relaxed D. deserted
8. A. times B. question C. classes D. projects.
9. A. curious about B. good at C. slow at D. nervous about
10. A. kick B. pass C. carry D. hit
11. A. through B. into C. over D. past
12. A. after B. if C. because D. until
13. A. believed B. considered C. wondered D. sensed
14. A. warned B. sighed C. ordered D. whispered
15. A. excitement B. encouragement C. persuasion D. suggestion
16. A. interested B. doubtful C. puzzled D. sure
17. A. never B. already C. seldom D. almost
18. A. happened B. applied C. seemed D. meant
19. A. continue B. stay C. exist D. live
20. A. merciful B. bitter C. simple D. easy
查看习题详情和答案>>Miss Wenter was watching TV when the program suddenly stopped. “Sorry to 1 the program. Now we are requested to 2 an important notice from the police station. At about nine this evening, a lady named Mrs Humney was 3 and killed. Anyone who can supply any clue (线索) is requested to report to the 4 . Thank you.” The terrible news made the lonely girl 5 with fear. She couldn’t help looking around, but she didn’t notice that a man was already 6 behind the door to the veranda (阳台).
All of a 7 the man appeared before Miss Wenter. The girl really didn’t know what to do. “Don’t ask for 8 , just put your jewellery on the table; then think over whether I shall be safe to stay up here for the night,” said the robber. That made Miss Wenter even more 9 , but she tried to 10 herself.
Just then came the whistle of a police car, In a little while, someone rang the 11 . The robber said with a gun 12 the girl’s back, “Go to the door and say that you’ve gone to bed. Never let him in.”
In a flash, the girl had an idea. “Oh, who are you?” she said.
“I’m Sergeant Bull, Miss Wenter. Is there something 13 here?”
“No, there isn’t.” Immediately she added loudly, 14 , my elder brother extends his 15 greetings (问候) to you.”
“Thank you. Good night,” Bull replied in the same 16 .
A few minutes later, the sound of the police car going 17 could be heard. “It’s well 18 ,” the robber said with a smile. Then he 19 to the girl. Almost at the same time the glass on the window was broken. The policemen hurried into the room from the veranda. They quickly put handcuffs (手铐) on the robber.
“Miss Wenter, your greetings were so good that it made us take 20 right away,” said Sergeant Bull, because we’ve already known that your elder brother was killed in a robbery half a year ago.”
1. A. stop B. share C. interrupt D. control
2. A. obey B. make C. introduce D. broadcast
3. A. robbed B. hurt C. wounded D. stolen
4. A. public B. police C. hospital D. family
5. A. cry B. shake C. fall D. tremble
6. A. hidden B. sitting C. away D. staying
7. A. while B. time C. period D. sudden
8. A. anything B. trouble C. another D. police
9. A. careful B. anxious C. strange D. terrified
10. A. protect B. help C. calm D. express
11. A. call B. phone C. window D. doorbell
12. A. at B. against C. behind D. beyond
13. A. new B. important C. unusual D. upset
14. A. Instead B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
15. A. hearty B. deeply C. own D. real
16. A. sound B. manner C. speech D. voice
17. A. out B. on C. along D. away
18. A. enough B. now C. done D. said
19. A. referred B. listened C. talked D. rushed
20. A. him B. action C. photos D. something
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