摘要:So loudly did he speak that he was heard upstairs. So angry was he that he couldn’t speak. So hard does he study that he is the best in the class. Such was the force of the explosion that all the windows were broken. Such was his strength that he could bend iron bars. 注:such和be连用作表语时.也常用倒装语序. Such was the result. Such were her words. Such was the story he told.

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When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer(酿酒人). He’d  36  his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37  were his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me  38  near a vat (酿酒用的桶)of beer.
  So I did as he asked. I got good  39  , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that  40  me to study law and business at the same time.
  In my second year of grade school, I began to realize that I’d  41  done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out.  42  , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 43 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
  I packed my stuff into a bus and headed to Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to  44  . I finished Harvard and got a highly paid job at the Boston Consulting Group. Still, after working there five years, I  45  . Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50? At that time, Americans paid  46  money of beer in low quality. Why not make good beer for  47  ? I thought.
  I decided to give up my job to become  48 . When I told Dad, he was  49  , but in the end he  50  me. I called my beer Samuel Adams,  51  the brewer and patriot who helped to start the Boston Tea party.  52  I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get 53 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Samuel Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined to be a brewer. My 54 to the young is simple: Life is very  55  , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.

【小题1】
A.costB.spent C.takeD.paid
【小题2】
A.like B.as if C.soD.nor
【小题3】
A.anywhere B.nowhereC.where D.somewhere
【小题4】
A.result B.teachers C.grades D.work
【小题5】
A.promised B.made C.advised D.allowed
【小题6】
A.never B.ever C.always D.hard
【小题7】
A.Fortunately B.Obviously C.Possibly D.Properly
【小题8】
A.expect B.think C.stopD.wait
【小题9】
A.school B.ColoradoC.my home D.my decision
【小题10】
A.realized B.asked C.wondered D.knew
【小题11】
A.less B.little C.goodD.lot
【小题12】
A.Englishmen B.EuropeansC.the worldD.Americans
【小题13】
A.a lawyer B.a brewerC.an instructor D.an engineer
【小题14】
A.surprised B.satisfiedC.interested D.anxious
【小题15】
A.hated B.supported C.raised D.left
【小题16】
A.for B.at C.in D.after
【小题17】
A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Also D.Yet
【小题18】
A.them B.the word C.tea D.the party
【小题19】
A.advice B.lifeC.job D.experience
【小题20】
A.hard B.busy C.short D.long

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The 1900 house

  The bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity.

  The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast food.The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove.Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform.The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn't know about then unusural home life.Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the time, though everything took three times as long.

  So does Joyce think that people's lives were better in the old days?

  “I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,”Joyce said.

  And I don't think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that

  I'm happy I don't have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler.”“We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,”eleven-year-old Hilary said.

  So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?

  Paul, 39:”telephone and a hot shower”

  Joyce, 44:”a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”

  Hilary, 11:”rock CD”

  Joseph, 9:”hamburger and computer games”

(1)

While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house, ________.

[  ]

A.

the mother spent more time on housework

B.

the two children wore the then clothes for school

C.

they prepared their meals together on a stove

D.

they ate simple foods they had never seen

(2)

According to Paragraph 4, what's Jovce's opinion about life in 1900?

[  ]

A.

There were fewer problems for the family

B.

Life was simpler but worse than it is now

C.

There were things she liked and disliked

D.

The family had more time to stay together

(3)

What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?

[  ]

A.

To play computer games

B.

To make phone calls

C.

To listen to music

D.

To chat on the Internet

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  Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature(文学)at evening classes. It was a 1 walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among 2 was uninteresting. I was the youngest in class. So the 3 I knew at school was absent. I put up with(忍受)it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's 4 and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I 5 writing poems at home.

   6 , I won some prizes for literature. One day a woman from a 7 came and told me I had won a national poetry prize. I stared at her in 8 and disbelief. She wanted to make a short film about me, but I 9 . Not that I had any real 10 I was just frightened. At last she 11 me to do it the next day.

  So I did They made a short film of me reading one of my 12 . I wondered what to do next and decided some time 13 that I could not 14 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with the machines. So I told my parents I wanted to 15 to school. They were greatly surprised but did not try to persuade me 16 . They wanted to know if I was 17 , if I knew what it 18 and whether I realized if I 19 my job training, I would have great 20 getting a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further.

1.

[  ]

A.troublesome
B.tiresome
C.lonely
D.lively

2.

[  ]

A.children
B.students
C.teachers
D.grown-ups

3.

[  ]

A.knowledge
B.life
C.friendship
D.class

4.

[  ]

A.days
B.weather
C.time
D.nights

5.

[  ]

A.stopped
B.enjoyed
C.started
D.considered

6.

[  ]

A.By chance
B.By the way
C.By mistake
D.By this means

7.

[  ]

A.newspaper
B.radio station
C.magazine
D.TV station

8.

[  ]

A.excitement
B.surprise
C.silence
D.fear

9.

[  ]

A.agreed
B.decided
C.refused
D.left

10.

[  ]

A.excuse
B.idea
C.cause
D.trouble

11.

[  ]

A.forced
B.got
C.promised
D.persuaded

12.

[  ]

A.books
B.lessons
C.poems
D.articles

13.

[  ]

A.late
B.before
C.past
D.later

14.

[  ]

A.imagine
B.suggest
C.appreciate
D.delay

15.

[  ]

A.give back
B.get back
C.take back
D.look back

16.

[  ]

A.off
B.not off
C.to
D.not to

17.

[  ]

A.happy
B.afraid
C.sorry
D.sure

18.

[  ]

A.happened
B.became
C.meant
D.ended

19.

[  ]

A.gave up
B.gave in
C.gave off
D.gave away

20.

[  ]

A.chance
B.trouble
C.idea
D.way
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