Mr. Green heard that a certain government department (政府部门) wanted a clerk (职员), 1 he wrote and 2 the position (职位). But while he was waiting for 3 , a friend of his introduced him to the head of the department. And the head at once gave him 4 . Several months 5 , 6 Mr. Green was working in the department, he got a letter from his old address. This letter said: "Dear Sir, We are 7 to have to tell you that we cannot offer you the work in this department because we do not think that you would 8 do the job successfully." Mr. Green laughed, but when he looked at the letter more 9 he was 10 to see that he signed it himself! |
( )1. A. but ( )2. A. got ready for ( )3. A. an answer ( )4. A. the pay ( )5. A. later ( )6. A. so ( )7. A. happy ( )8. A. have to ( )9. A. quietly ( )10. A. worried | B. so B. looked for B. his friend B. the address B. ago B. then B. sorry B. love to B. politely B. lucky | C. or C. took C. the position C. the work C. before C. while C. sure C. be glad to C. carefully C. sad | D. and D asked for D. the head D. a letter D. since D. after D. pleased D. be able to D. quickly D. surprised | 选词填空。用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,使短文完整、正确、通顺。(每个词限用一次)。 | worry about, so, either, sit down, arrive home, by air, like, him, bring, a little | 阅读理解。 | This story about an old man and a clever monkey is a very old one. Aesop, a Greek writer, first told the story many years ago. This monkey belonged to an old man. The old man was very fond of the garden, so when birds came to the garden, he chased them away. He also helped the old man in many other ways. The old man often fell asleep during the day in his chair. Then the monkey sat at the old man"s side and chased the flies away from the old men"s face. One hot afternoon in the summer, the old man was asleep in his chair. A fly came and sat on the end of the old man"s nose. The monkey chased it away. Soon the fly came back and sat on the old man"s nose again. The monkey chased it away. This continued for five or six times. The monkey at last became very angry. He jumped up, ran to the garden, and picked up a large stone. The next time when the fly sat on the old man"s nose, the monkey hit it hard with the stone. He killed the fly, but unfortunately he broke the old man"s nose. | 1. This story was first told by a Greek _____. | [ ] | A. famous poet B. great philosopher C. fable writer D. well-known physicist | 2. When birds came to the garden, the monkey chased them away. The verb "chase" means _____. | [ ] | A. drive out B. get hold of C. catch up with D. keep up with | 3. The monkey picked up a large stone, because he wanted _____. | [ ] | A. to fight to death B. to put the fly to death C. to hit the fly on the head D. to strike the old man on the nose | 4. The monkey at last became angry, because _____. | [ ] | A. the old man didn"t give him anything to eat B. the old man made the monkey do nothing C. the old man often fell asleep during the day in his armchair D. He couldn"t drive the fly away | 5. Which of the following statements is true according to this passage? | [ ] | A. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of harmful will may be good. B. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of good will may be good. C. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of harmful will may be harmful. D. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of good will may be harmful. | 完形填空。 | The Pope (教皇) arrived at Heathrow Airport and got straight into a car. "I"m rather (非常) 1 for a very important meeting, my good man," he told the driver. "Please go as fast as possible." The driver agreed, 2 he couldn"t do more than 100 kilometres an hour on that road. The Pope kept asking the driver to go faster, but he failed. It made him 3 . Then the Pope said, "Look, I really 4 get to this meeting. It"s very important. You sit 5 and I"ll drive." Being a good Catholic lad (天主教), the driver felt he should do 6 the Pope told him. So they changed their 7 and went on. The Pope really put his 8 down and they were doing well over 160 kilometres an hour. But a few kilometers down the road they got pulled over by the police. A policeman came over to the car, looked in and then walked away to call his chief (长官)."Chief, Chief," he said into his radio, "I might have just stopped 9 really, really important." "Is it the Prime Minister (首相)?" asked the chief. "No," said the policeman, "More important than him." "Well, is it the Queen?" asked the chief. "No, sir," answered the policeman, "More important than her." "Well, who is it then?" asked the chief. "I don"t know, sir," said the policeman, "But he has got the Pope 10 him around." | ( )1. A. waiting ( )2. A. and ( )3. A. pleased ( )4. A. can ( )5. A. in the back ( )6. A. when ( )7. A. cars ( )8. A. hand ( )9. A. someone ( )10. A. looking | B. busy B. so B. afraid B. have to B. in the front B. like B. clothes B. foot B. anybody B. walking | C. tired C. but C. alone C. mustn’t C. on the floor C. how C. places C. bag C. two persons C. driving | D. late D. or D. worried D. may D. in the car D. as D. minds D. key D. some people D. turning | 判断正误,正确(T),错误(F)。 | Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent him ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without going back to the factory. Bob hadn"t seen Jim for a year. And at that time he knew from another friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening. When he got to Jim"s room, he saw his shoes near the door, "Well, he must be in." he thought, and knocked at the door. There were no answers. He knocked again and said, "I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here." "I"ve gone out in my boots (靴子)", answered Jim. | ( )1. Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. ( )2. One day Bob borrowed ten dollars from Jim. ( )3. Jim didn"t give back the money to Bob and went to work in another town. ( )4. It was a long time before Bob learned that Jim was in another town. ( )5. Jim was not in the room. |
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