A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted to buy a nice watch. 1._____ But the shop owner asked 500 dollars for it. Just then a young man came in, took the watch out of the owner"s hand and run out with it. 2._____ . When the owner ran out into the street, the young man was already gone. The American went on. At the next corner, 3._____ "Do you want to buy a fine watch,sir?" he said in a low voice," It"s made in Germany. It"s only 100 dollars. "4._____ ", he thought. The American paid at once and went back to his room with the watch. 5._____ . His friend took a look at his watch and started to laugh. He said, you are a fool. This watch isn"t worth even 10 dollars. |
It all happened in a minute. He was happy and told his friend about the fine watch. He saw a watch and he liked it. He saw the young man with that watch in his hand. The young man didn"t know I saw what happened in the shop just now. |
1. He saw a watch and he liked it. 2. It all happened in a minute. 3. He saw the young man with that watch in his hand. 4. The young man didn"t know I saw what happened in the shop just now. 5. He was happy and told his friend about the fine watch. |
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完形填空。 | In May, 1927, at least four different people were planning to fly between New York and Paris. On the morning of. May 20, however, only Lindbergh 1 from New York in his small plane. For the first eleven hours he flew 2 the Atlantic coastline (海岸线). When he turned groud the open ocean, he had flown almost as far and as long as Al cock and Brown had in 1919. It was getting dark and the 3 part of the flight was just beginning. First, there was freezing fog (冻雾). For a time he avoided (避免) this by flying low over the water. But then the fog 4 down to the tops of the waves. Lindbergh. flew 5 but it was so 6 that ice formed on his wings (机翼) In the black darkness he shook the ice off 7 diving and turning sharply. Twenty-four hours had passed now and he was terribly 8 . He was still over the At lantic in darkness. He ate 9 because he thought it would be easier to stay awake on an empty stomach (胃). Then dawn, (黎明) came. A few minutes later, he was over the Irish coast. He flew on over England and crossed France. Ahuge, excited crowd of 1"00,000 people were waiting for him when he 10 . He had flown for thirty-three and a half hours. It is probably one of the most famous flights in history. | ( ) 1. A. went to ( ) 2. A. on ( ) 3. A. shortest ( ) 4. A. dropped ( ) 5. A. better ( ) 6. A. hot ( ) 7. A. by ( ) 8. A. frightened ( ) 9. A. something ( ) 10. A. landed | B. left to B. above B. worst B. carded B. faster B. warm B. in B. excited B. anything B. reached | C. took off C. along C. best C. brought C. higher C. cool C. to C. worded C. everything C. fell | D. got off D. under D. longest D. came D. lower D. cold D. through D. tired D. nothing D. stomped | 阅读理解。 | Around twenty years ago I was-living in Seattle and going through hard times. could not find a satisfying job"and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master"s degree. To my shame I. was driving a school bus "to make ends meet (收支平衡) and living with friends. I had been through five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job. Later that afternoon, while doing my rounds (当班出勤) through a quiet neighborhood I had an internal (inside) wave-like a scream (尖叫) come upfrom deep inside me and I thought "Why has my life become so hard?" Immediately after tbis internal scream I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me an earring saying I should keep it in case somebody looked for it. The earring was stamped with words" BE HAPPY". At first I got angry. Then it hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was thankful to. At first/t was hard, and then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. That night there was a phone call for me, asking if I would do a one-day training for 200hospital workers. I said yes and got the job. My day with the hospital workers went very well. I got a standing welcome and many more days of work. To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude" (态度) to gratitude. By chance, the day after I found the earring the girl asked me if anyone had looked for it. I told her no and she snid"I guess it was meant for you then." I spent the next year doing training, workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived Before. I closed my one man business and bought a plane ticket. One month later I met-my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small heautiful house in Scotland. "THE ONLY ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE" has been my motto (座右铭) for years now and yes, it completely changed my life. | 1. What does the underlined word it mean? | A. To make a list of things he was thankful to B. The words "BE HAPPY" C. To forget that his life became so hard D. The special earring the girl gave to the writer | 2. The underlined word gratitude means being _____. | A. thankful B. open C. careful D. kind | 3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? | A. The writer made a list of 75 things he was Thankful to B. The writer"s wife has been his best friend for 15 years. C. The writer has lived in Seattle since 20 years ago. D. The writer did the training for 200 hospital workers. | 4. What would be the best title for the passage? | A. Attitude and Behavior. B. The Girl and I. C. Be Happy. D. The Earring. | 根据首字母填出台适的单词。 | Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It came suddenly in the mid afternoon and lasted more than 3 hours. At first, the Sky g_____ dark all of a sudden. Within minutes, forks of lightening f_____ a way into the sky. Ten it was f_____ by the boom of thunder. A very strong wind blew into my room. My valuable notes, l______ on the desk in the room, flew high into the air. I jumped uped up to catch them but unluckily a few sheets sailed out of the open window. As I ran out to get the notes, big d_______ of rain began to fall. As soon as I ran back into the house, the rain began to p_______ in waves. If ______ to close the windows. I did it but was wet all over. I d_____ myself with a towel. Then I heard a sudden loud sound from the back of the house. I ran out of the room to find out what it was. A tree was broken. Part of its big branches lay a ________ the floor. The table was broken into pieces. It would take a lot of work to r ________ it. Hoover we were thankful that no one was hurt. | 阅读理解。 | A train stopped at a small station. A man looked out of the window and saw a woman. She was selling cakes. People from the train were buying them. The man wanted to buy a cake, but the woman was standing far from the window. It was raining, and the man didn"t want to go out in the rain. Suddenly he saw a boy. He was walking on the platform (站台) not far from him."Come here, boy!" the man said."Do you know how much those cakes cost?" "Five cents for each," the boy answered. The man gave the boy ten cents and asked him to buy two cakes."One for me, and one for you," he told the boy. A few minutes later, the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the man five cents and said, "There was only one cake." | 1. The woman was selling cakes _________. | A. on the train B. by the window C. at the station D. far from the station | 2. The man wanted to _________. | A. get off the train B. buy a cake C. talk to the woman D. take a walk | 3. The boy was _________. | A. clever B. far from the train C. selling cakes D. playing there | 4. At last the man _________. | A. didn"t get anything B. got one cake to eat C. was pleased with the boy D. got half of the money back | 5. When the boy gave back five cents to the man, the boy was _________. | A. eating two cakes B. very sorry C. eating one cake D. very unhappy | 完形填空。 | One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had a worried look on her face. He knew she was thinking of the 1 ."It"s bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea," Jamie said. "Yes. I"m thinking of those fishing boats at sea," she said. At that moment, the 2 went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark. "The coastline (海岸) will be in the dark," Jamie"s mother said. She got more worried." 3 always come in threes. I 4 my best glasses this morning, and my sister has a cold." "Now, don"t worry, mum. They"re 5 to come through this all right." But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 6 the cove (海湾) in the dark. Jamie took flares (火焰信号弹) and rushed into the wind. He started to climb the hills near the coastline. He 7 himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top. He 8 three times. On the fourth try he fired off one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing boats showed they 9 the entrance to the cove but then changed their way and were now sailing into the cove. They were almost home. Jamie helped 10 the fishermen of the village. | ( )1. A. wind ( )2. A. doors ( )3. A. Messages ( )4. A. got ( )5. A. sure ( )6. A. lose ( )7. A. pushed ( )8. A. tried ( )9. A. found ( )10. A. answer | B. clouds B. two people B. Accidents B. broke B. lucky B. miss B. pulled B. made B. left B. save | C. rain C. fire C. Troubles C. had C. safe C. leave C. carried C. took C. passed C. find out | D. weather D. lights D. Questions D. picked up D. ready D. forget D. climbed D. finished D. were going into D. look for |
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