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___ 22___Margaret Young was pleased that the books had been returned. They were in excellent___23__ , except for the one that the borrower admitted had been damaged by a___24___.
“They’re all spy books. We were just surprised and___25 ___that he has returned the books, ___26 ___after so many years,” Mrs. Young said.
The books were__ 27__on June 18, 1985 and would have to be paid almost $5,800 in overdue
__28__. But, because of the sweet letter and $50 note, Mrs. Young said all was__29__.
She said, “We thank him for returning the books and hope his conscience(良心)is __ 30 _. I’d like to think he can come back into the library one day to borrow more material__31__he returns it.”
To whom it may concern,
About 20 years ago I__32 __to return the three books to your library. In fact I__33__them.During that time, one of the books was damaged by my dog. I have enclosed all three books and a sum of money that will go some way toward __34__the damaged book.
My __35__were unforgivable; a thief is a thief. Please __ 36__my apology for stealing the books and for not having the courage to return them__37__.
I want you to know that for the last few years this theft has__38__my conscience and I am sorry I was so selfish to steal them in the first__39__. I hope this goes some small way to__40 __my actions.
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B
解析
小题1:B 考查名词辨析。因为书本推迟了21年才还,当然是道歉的便条。
小题2:D 考查名词辨析。对于还书很高兴的当然是图书管理员。
小题3:A考查名词辨析。be in excellent condition状况非常好
小题4:C考查上下文串联。从下文可知,是被狗破坏的。
小题5:C考查形容词辨析。对于那人能够还回书本,管理员们很感激。
小题6:C考查副词辨析。尤其在这么对年以后,能够还书,我们很惊讶也很感激。
小题7:C考查形容词辨析。due到期的 这三本书大约20年前就到期了。
小题8:A考查名词辨析。fines罚款。应缴纳过期罚款5800美元。
小题9:D考查动词辨析。所有的一切都被原谅了。故选D。
小题10:A考查动词辨析。希望他的良心能得到宽慰。
小题11:B考查短语辨析。我们还是希望他能再回来借书,只要他能归还。
小题12:B考查动词辨析。大约20年前我没有能够还这三本书给你们图书馆。
小题13:C考查动词辨析。根据后面的a thief is a thief.可知,是偷了这三本书。
小题14:A考查动词辨析。我已经把三本书封套并装入了一些钱,这些钱作为补偿这本损坏的书。
小题15:D考查名词辨析。我的行为是不可原谅的。
小题16:D考查动词辨析。请接受我的道歉。故用accept。
小题17:A考查形容词辨析。请接受我为偷了这些书并且没有勇气更早地归还他们而道的谦。
小题18:C考查动词辨析。bother my conscience使我的良心不安
小题19:A考查名词辨析。in the first place首先
小题20:B考查短语辨析。make up for弥补 我希望这多少能弥补我的行为。
核心考点
试题【A man has returned three library books to a Melbourne library—21 years overdue(误】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the tree and sing. There isn’t a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.
I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and that way have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home, I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out on our back porch(门廊), and on the second day of the bird’s captivity my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth . The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened? I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or so I thought.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time and, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred: “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
小题1:The boy caught a mockingbird because___________.
A.he wanted a pet for a companion |
B.he liked its beautiful feather |
C.he wanted it to sing for him |
D.he had just got a cage |
A.it ate some poisonous food the boy gave it by mistake |
B.it ate the poisonous food its mother gave it |
C.it was frightened to death |
D.it refused to eat anything |
A.a religious person |
B.a kind and sympathetic person |
C.a schoolmaster |
D.an expert in birds |
A.birds put in a cage won’t live long |
B.you have to be very careful about the food you give to young birds |
C.when you capture a young mockingbird, you should keep it away from its mother |
D.freedom is valuable to all living creature. |
The two burglars knocked on a side door of the museum at about 1:15 am. They told the two security guards on duty that there was a disturbance in the area. The guards then made the very serious mistake of allowing the two men to go into the building. After they went in, the two burglars tied the guards up with tape.
The two men stole 11 paintings and an ancient Chinese vase. The stolen works included three paintings by Rembrandt. A maintenance(保卫)worker discovered the two guards at about 7 am and called police.
One of the greatest losses was Rembrandt’s works, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.” It was a very popular attraction at the museum and was one of the most valuable works stolen.
Museum officials said that the value of the stolen art is at least 200 million dollars, and may in fact be much more. The true value of the paintings is unknown, because they have not been on the market for nearly a century. This is considered to be the biggest theft ever in the United States. Officials are waiting to see whether the burglars will demand a ransom for the paintings or try to sell them to a private collector.
Museum officials and police are not sure why the burglars chose certain works and not others. There are other paintings in the museum that are even more valuable than the ones that were stolen.
Special investigators are looking into the theft and the museum’s security system. They believe that this is a “professional job,” because the people involved were well prepared and knew what they wanted.
小题1:How did the two burglars get into the museum?
A.They broke into the museum. |
B.They had the key to the museum. |
C.They tied the guards up with tape. |
D.The security guards opened the door for them. |
A.it was the most valuable work at the museum |
B.it was Rembrandt’s works |
C.it was very attractive to visitors |
D.it was one of the greatest losses |
A.Ask for money to give the paintings back. |
B.Send the paintings to some foreign country. |
C.Hide the paintings in a secret place. |
D.Change them into more valuable things |
A.were dressed as police officers |
B.didn’t steal the most valuable works |
C.liked Rembrandt’s work and made careful plans about the theft |
D.made careful plans about the theft |
I failed to pass botany that year, and had to wait a year and try again, or I couldn’t graduate. The next term the same professor was eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes. “Well,”he said to me, happily, “we’re going to see cells this time, aren’t we?” “Yes,sir,” I said. Students to the right of me and to the left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; what’s more, they were . Of course, I didn’t see anything.
So the professor and I tried with every adjustment of the microscope known to man. With only once did I see anything but blackness or the familiar milk, and that time I saw, to my pleasure and amazement, something like stars. These I hurriedly drew. The professor, noting my activity, came to me, a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing. “What’s that?”he asked.“That’s what I saw,”I said.“You didn’t, you didn’t, you didn’t!”he screamed, losing control of himself immediately, and he bent over and looked into the microscope. He raised his head suddenly. “That’s your eye!”he shouted.“You’ve adjusted the microscope so that it reflects!You’re drawn your eye!”
小题1:Why couldn’t the writer see the flower cells through the microscope? .
A.Because he had poor eyesight |
B.Because the microscope didn’t work properly |
C.Because he was not able to adjust the microscope properly |
D.Because he was just playing jokes on his professor by pretending not to have seen it |
A.His professor expected him to have seen the cells and drawn the picture of them |
B.His professor hoped he could perform his task with attention |
C.His professor wished him to learn how to draw pictures |
D.His professor looked forward to seeing all his students finish their drawings |
A.Real stars | B.His own eye |
C.Something unknown | D.Milk |
A.Realistic | B.Romantic | C.Serious | D.Humorous |
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍). Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room,but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.
小题1:When his wife left home. Brad expected to .
A.go out for a walk in the park |
B.watch TV talk show with his children |
C.enjoy his first day off work |
D.read the newspaper to his children |
A.Drawing on the wall | B.Eating apple jam |
C.Feeding the fish. | D.Reading in a room |
A.Because he wanted to clean up his house. |
B.Because he suddenly had to go to his office |
C.Because he found it hard to manage his boys home. |
D.Because he had to take his wife back |
A.by space | B.by comparison | C.by process | D.by time |
This was a huge task, so Murray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,” 50 miles from Oxford.
Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next 17 years, he became one of the staff’s most valued contributors.
But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum(精神病院) for the Criminally Insane.
Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.
In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend.
Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volunteers defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient.
小题1:According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary ____.
A.came out before Minor died |
B.was edited by an American volunteer |
C.included the English words invented by Murray |
D.was intended to be the most ambitious English dictionary |
A.He helped Murray to find hundreds of volunteers. |
B.He sent newspapers, magazines and books to Murray. |
C.He provided a great number of words and quotations. |
D.He went to England to work with Murray. |
A.Brave and determined. | B.Cautious and friendly. |
C.Considerate and optimistic. | D.Unusual and scholarly. |
A.The history of the English language. |
B.The friendship between Murray and Minor. |
C.Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary. |
D.Broadmoor Asylum and its patients. |
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