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mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever
since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little.
"If there were an accident." He says, "they"d know soon enough. Bad news travels fast."
But Linda has promised that she would ring. "However,"she says, "it doesn"t cost much when you just think
that it"s the other side of the world .It"s only six pence per second (每秒六便士)".
If you"re on that telephone for less than one minute, I"ll eat my hat, David says, "And one minute"s nearly four
pounds (英磅)."
"That"s no more than you"d pay for a new hat," Linda answers.
She has asked the man at the hotel (旅馆) desk to get her the number. The telephone rings. Linda picks it up.
"Hello, Mum. It that you?" She says.
"Six pence per second," David reminds (提醒) her.
"Hello, love." It is Mrs. Lee, Linda"s mother, speaking from London. "I can hear you very clearly just like you
are in the next room. It"s a better line than when you called me from your office. Do you remember? I shouted
at that time, and still you couldn"t hear me sometimes."
"Yes, Mum." Linda puts in. "I Just wanted to ring to…"
"I remember how you rang when you went to Betty"s house to eat, when you were a little girl. And then
when you…" Mrs . Lee is a great talker.
"Nearly four pounds." says David.
"Yes, all right," says Mrs. Lee, "But you will write, won"t you, as you did when you were at work…"
Once again, Mrs. Lee talks about the pass, and there is no stopping her.
Four pounds fifty, says David.
At last , Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off.
"There ! That wasn"t long, was it?"
"Four pounds, ninety pence." David answers. "And you didn"t even say that we"ve arrived."
B. say that she and David have arrived safely
C. report an accident to her mother
B. it is even more expensive to buy a new hat
C. she will speak from one side of the world to the other
B. he wants to buy himself a new hat
C. Linda has not told her mother they have arrived
B. she likes talking
C. Linda had not told her that she has arrived
B. writing a letter as she has promised to do
C. promising to write, and ringing off
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试题【阅读短文,从各小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Linda and David have traveled by air from Londo】;主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may 3 me only a pound for that, sir." said the boy. 4 the
young man refused again.
Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for 5 . The young man agreed to this, and soon one
of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put 6 shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he
7 two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away. But one looked 8
dirty that he couldn"t walk away. He had to 9 and gave the boy 10 . In a very short time his shoes shone
brightly.
( ) 1. A. passed ( ) 2. A. will you ( ) 3. A. spend ( ) 4. A. And ( ) 5. A. Anything ( ) 6. A. another ( ) 7. A. paid ( ) 8. A. such ( ) 9. A. return back ( ) 10. A. only one pound | B. passing B. do you B. cost B. Then B. Something B. otheres B. pays B. so B. go away B. half a pound | C. pass C. don’t you C. take C. But C. Everything C. the others C. was paid C. very C. come back C. two pounds | D. passes D. can you D. pay D. Or D. Nothing D. the other D. pay D. quite D. leave D. one and a half pounds |
阅读短文,选择正确答案。 | |||
Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. The next day, the Minister fell to the ground from the horse and really died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once. When Effendi was brought to him, the king shouted angrily, "Effendi, since (既然) you knew when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you"ll die today." Effendi looked at the king for a while. Then he answered, "But how can I know? I"ll die two days earlier than you." The king was afraid that if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as possible, so he let Effendi go. | |||
1. This story tells us ________. | |||
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A. how Effendi fooled the king B. when the king would die C. why the Minister died D. Effendi knew the dates of everyone"s death | |||
2. The prime Minister died because ________. | |||
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A. Effendi killed him B. Effendi said he would die C. he was badly ill D. he fell off the horse | |||
3. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of Effendi"s own death? | |||
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A. Because the king wanted to know when he himself would die. B. Because he wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi. C. Because he himself had known the date of Effendi"s death. D. Because he wanted to know when Effendi would die. | |||
4. The king let Effendi go because _______. | |||
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A. he hoped to live a long life B. he was afraid of Effendi C. he didn"t believe Effendi"s words D. he knew he would die two days later | |||
5. Which of the following is NOT true? | |||
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A. Effendi played a joke on the Minister. B. The king was afraid of death. C. Effendi didn"t know when the king would die. D. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later. | |||
阅读短文,从每题所给出的(A、B、C、D)四个选项中选出最佳选项。 | |||
Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible. One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England. On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped (困住了)! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours! Now Mr. Coates says, "I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them." | |||
1. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______. | |||
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A. it was broken B. it was a weekend C. it was a holiday D. it stopped on a wrong floor | |||
2. How long did he stay in the elevator? | |||
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A. Twenty-four hours. B. From Saturday to Monday. C. More than sixty hours. D. From Tuesday to Saturday. | |||
3. What did he do in the elevator most of the time? | |||
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A. Shouted and screamed. B. Slept and waited. C. Telephoned his boss. D. Ate and drank. | |||
4. How did he make his way out in the end? | |||
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A. The vice-president found him. B. Some one opened the elevator. C. The elevator began to work on Tuesday. D. He found a door in the elevator. | |||
5. What is the best title for this story? | |||
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A. An Interesting Elevator B. A Busy Weekend C. Elevator Safety D. Trapped in an Elevator | |||
根据短文内容,完成下列句子,每空一词。 | |||
When Abe Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father Tom to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn"t much fun for him. Abe Lincoln wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. Abe was sad most of the time. Mrs Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abe happy. One morning she got up early and said to Tom Lincoln, "I"m going to town. "Tom was surprised. "That"s a long way. And the snow is heavy. What are you going to do in the town?" "I"ll let you know when I come back," She said and then went out of the house. It took Mrs Lincoln a long time to get to town. She bought something there and started back. And it was late in the evening when she got home. The next morning Mrs Lincoln said to Abe, "Today is your birthday. We are going to have a party!" She put some food on the table,then brought out a present. "A book!" Abe cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came to his face. He looked up at Mrs Lincoln and said, "Thank you!" 1. When he was a child, Abe Lincoln wanted to be a school _____, but there weren"t any schools nearby. So he ______ go to school. 2. Mrs Lincoln loved her ______ and tried her best to make him happy. One morning, she wanted to go out to do some ______. 3. It took Mrs Lincoln a lot of ______ to ______ town. 4. Mrs Lincoln ______ Abe a present. The present for Abe was a ______. 5. Abe was very ______ to have the present. He ______ it very much. | |||
阅读短文,选择正确答案。 | |||
A small man with a fat stomach got on the train at the last station before the frontier (边境). He carried a paper bag. And four feet of ducks (鸭子) could be seen under the cover. The man found an empty seat, put the bag in the middle of the floor, took out a newspaper and began to read. Then a policeman came in. Of course he saw the bag with the ducks" feet at once and said, "Whose is that bag?" Nobody answered. The policeman repeated the question, and said, "I shall have to take it away from the owner. Food mustn"t be taken out of country." "Well, then," said the small man with a fat stomach. "Hurry up and take it away. We want to go home." The policeman took the bag and went on to the next carriage (车厢). At the next station, when they were safely across the frontier, the small man got up, smiled at other passengers and said, "I hope that they"ll enjoy the ducks" feet. The rest of the bag had nothing but rubbish in it." Then he opened his coat and pointed to another bag he was carrying under it. It was tied over the stomach, which was not really fat. "I have the rest of the two ducks here," he said. With these words, he got off the train. But while he was happily walking to the exit with the bag in his hand, a policeman came up to him, saying, "Hey, man! Foreign food mustn"t be brought in." | |||
1. The small man put the bag in the middle of the floor _______. | |||
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A. because the other passengers didn"t like it B. so that the policeman could find it easily C. so that he could make more room for himself D. because there was not an empty seat in the carriage | |||
2. Why did the first policeman take the paper bag away? Because _____. | |||
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A. he wanted to find the owner of the bag B. he enjoyed the ducks" feet in the bag C. the bag was put in a wrong place in the carriage D. food can"t be taken abroad | |||
3. The bag the policeman took away had nothing in it except _______. | |||
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A. two ducks B. rubbish C. the ducks" feet and rubbish D. the ducks" feet | |||
4. How many ducks are there in the passage? | |||
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A. 2. B. 4. C. 6. D. We don"t know. | |||
5. What happened in the end? The small man _______. | |||
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A. failed to take his food home B. crossed the frontier with two paper bags C. took the ducks safely home D. hid his ducks under his coat again |