At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.
“You may wonder, Sir Percival,” said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released（免除）from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father’s wishes too much.”
His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.
“No, if we are going to withdraw（退出）from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine. ”
“Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?”
“A reason that is very hard to tell you,” she answered. “There is a change in me.”
His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.
“What change?” he asked, trying to appear calm.
“When the promise was made two years ago”, she said, “my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”
“I wish you to understand”, Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”
“I will do both those things,” he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.
“I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage,” she added quietly.
“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you,” he said.
小题1:How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?| A．Angry. | B．Calm. | C．Excited. | D．Nervous. |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that ______. | A．Laura’s father wished to end her marriage | | B．Laura had once promised to marry Percival | | C．Percival had been married to Laura for two years | | D．Percival asked to be released from the marriage |
小题3:What do you think is the ending of the story? | A．Laura was married to Percival. | | B．Laura was married to another man. | | C．Percival was married to another woman. | | D．Both Percival and Laura remained single for the rest of their lives. |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
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本文是一部小说的节选，讲述的是一位女士和一位男士已经在父母的安排下订婚， 但是男士自己感觉心里对婚姻有一些不敢肯定，于是晚上来找女士谈话，最后对婚姻男士说出了自己的心里话，并做出肯定的回答。
小题1:推理判断题。根据第三段His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.可知当时Percival看到Laura的时候非常的紧张nervous。
小题2:推理判断题。根据第二段中的be released from my promise to marry you可推知他们两个曾经有过婚约，B项正确。
小题3:推理判断题。根据文章的结尾很显然他们最后结婚了，A项正确。 |
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试题【At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in ev】；主要考察你对
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One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk．She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods before she realized that she was lost．
Sitting on a rock and __41 what to do, she began crying．After a while, she__42__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes．When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house．She opened the door and __43__ stepped in．Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the __44__．Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __45_．
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home．Laddy __46__ that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger．He jumped through a window, breaking the glass．He looked in the fields．But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere．However, from the ground came a __47__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head．He __48__ the scent and walked across the grassland．Barking loudly into the air, the dog _49__ through the woods until he found the __50_．But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods．Much to his __51__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance．He jumped over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__．
When she opened her eyes and 53 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times．Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of 55 ．That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak
| 小题1: | | A．forgetting | B．wondering | C．remembering | D．regretting |
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| 小题2: | | A．preferred | B．expected | C．failed | D．decided |
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| 小题3: | | A．cautiously | B．carelessly | C．hopelessly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题4: | | A．trees | B．bushes | C．woods | D．grasses |
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| 小题5: | | A．stream | B．rock | C．tree | D．house |
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| 小题6: | | A．found | B．heard | C．sensed | D．smelt |
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| 小题7: | | A．terrible | B．strange | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题8: | | A．missed | B．discovered | C．followed | D．ignored |
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| 小题9: | | A．searched | B．wandered | C．looked | D．travelled |
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| 小题10: | | A．window | B．girl | C．house | D．hero |
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| 小题11: | | A．satisfaction | B．delight | C．disappointment | D．embarrassment |
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| 小题12: | | A．awake | B．abandoned | C．available | D．asleep |
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| 小题13: | | A．spotted | B．watched | C．observed | D．saw |
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| 小题14: | | A．rescued | B．disturbed | C．comforted | D．scared |
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| 小题15: | | A．pain | B．shock | C．relief | D．sorrow |
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Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion．Over 450 people came to the event．There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park．Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days．Ms．Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park．
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms．Yates was about to speak．Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined．
Then Ms．Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here．I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies．I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination．”
Ms．Yates paused and started crying a bit．Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me．Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path．”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work．You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart．”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping．The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊)．Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown．
小题1:What activity was organized for the school reunion?| A．Telling stories about past events． | | B．A picnic on the school playground． | | C．Sightseeing in the park． | | D．Graduates’ reports in the old building． |
小题2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? | A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms．Yates’ speech． | | B．Some people got tired from the reunion activities． | | C．Many graduates disliked Ms．Yates’ ways of teaching． | | D．Most people had little interest in the reunion． |
小题3:We can learn from Ms．Yates’ speech that she _____________．| A．attended her students’ college graduations | | B．gave her students advice on their careers | | C．kept track of her students’ progress | | D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies |
小题4:What was Ms．Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?| A．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed． | | B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced． | | C．Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’achievements． | | D．Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers． |
小题5:Which of the following can best describe Ms．Yates?__________．| A．Reliable and devoted． | | B．Strict but caring． | | C．Proud but patient． | | D．Tough and generous． |
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John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the ___36___and found himself interested in the notes in the margin. The soft handwriting ___37___a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.
In front of the book, he ___38___the previous owner’s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he ___39___her address. He wrote her a letter ___40___himself and inviting her to correspond.
During the next year and one-month the two grew to know each other ___41___the mail. A Romance was budding. John requested a（an） ___42___, but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like. Later they ___43___their first meeting—7：00 pm at Grand Central Station in New York
“You’ll ___44___me, ”she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my lapel. ”So at 7：00 he was in the ___45___looking for the girl with the red rose.
A young woman in a green suit was coming toward him, her ___46___long and slim and her eyes were blue as flowers. Almost ___47___he made one step closer to her, and just at this moment he saw Hollis Maynell—a woman well past 40. The girl was walking quickly away. He felt as though he split in two, so keen was his ___48___to follow her, and yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose ___49___had truly companioned him and upheld his own.
He did not ___50___. He squared his shoulders and said, “I’m John, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me；may I take you to ___51___?”
The woman smiled. “I don’t know what this is about, son, ”she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit ___52___me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I ___53___tell you that she is waiting for you in the ___54___across the street. She said it was some kind of ___55___!”
It’s not difficult to admire Miss Maynell’s wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in it’s response to the unattractive.
| 小题1: | | A．exhibition | B．shelf | C．figure | D．diagram |
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| 小题2: | | A．represented | B．refreshed | C．replaced | D．rejected |
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| 小题3: | | A．transformed | B．conveyed | C．observed | D．discovered |
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| 小题4: | | A．located | B．expressed | C．settled | D．evaluated |
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| 小题5: | | A．explaining | B．introducing | C．appointing | D．predicting |
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| 小题6: | | A．by | B．on | C．beyond | D．through |
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| 小题7: | | A．photograph | B．E-mail | C．measurement | D．document |
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| 小题8: | | A．separate | B．scheduled | C．strengthen | D．possessed |
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| 小题9: | | A．recognize | B．witness | C．advocate | D．tolerate |
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| 小题10: | | A．library | B．station | C．downtown | D．square |
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| 小题11: | | A．shadow | B．shoulder | C．appearance | D．figure |
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| 小题12: | | A．randomly | B．mentally | C．uncontrollably | D．ridiculously |
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| 小题13: | | A．desire | B．dream | C．attempt | D．determination |
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| 小题14: | | A．carefulness | B．wealth | C．expectation | D．spirit |
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| 小题15: | | A．hesitate | B．guarantee | C．submit | D．hurry |
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| 小题16: | | A．theatre | B．dinner | C．shopping | D．service |
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| 小题17: | | A．advised | B．applied | C．begged | D．required |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．would | C．may | D．must |
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| 小题19: | | A．balcony | B．restaurant | C．corner | D．department |
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| 小题20: | | A．patience | B．experiment | C．test | D．decision |
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When I was eight, I saw a movie about an island that had an erupting volcano and jungles filled with wild animals. The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire Goddess of the Volcano. It was a low budget movie, but to me, it represented the perfect life. But through the years, Tondalaya was forgotten.
The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I’d owned was sold to pay debts that I didn’t even know existed. In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce in the family. I’d lost everything except my four teenage children. I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were right.
I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange lava（火山岩）pouring out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my imagination!
The next day, I quit my job, bought some art supplies and began doing what I loved. I hadn"t painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if I could still paint. My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas（画布）in front of me. And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $ 1500.
The past six years have been filled with adventures. My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim（火山口边缘）of the volcano. We wake up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us. The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality. I’m living freely and happily ever after.
小题1:Why did the writer go to Hawaii?| A．To free herself from trouble. | | B．To make a living. | | C．To spend her holiday. | | D．To realize her childhood dream. |
小题2:Which of the following is the writer’s dream? | A．Become a successful painter. | | B．Live in nature with animals. | | C．Get close to wildlife. | | D．Live a free and happy life. |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that __________. | A．the writer wasn’t sure whether she could survive in Hawaii at first | | B．the writer’s parents encouraged her to divorce | | C．the writer’s husband took away most of her money | | D．the writer had never done painting before |
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John Fisher, a builder, and his wife Elizabeth wanted more living space, so they left their small flat for an old 40-meter-high castle tower. They have spent five years turning it into a beautiful home with six floors, winning three architectural prizes.
“I love the space, and being private,” Elizabeth says. “You feel separated from the world. If I am in the kitchen, which is 25 meters above the ground floor, and the doorbell rings, I don’t have to answer it because visitors can’t see I am in!”
There are 142 steps to the top so if I go up and down five or six times a day, it’s very good exercise! But having to carry heavy things to the top is terrible, so I never buy more than two bags of shopping from the supermarket at a time. Except for that, it’s a brilliant place to live.
“When we first saw the place, I asked my father’s advice about buying it, because we couldn’t decide. After paying for it, we were a bit worried because it looked awful. But we really loved it, and knew how we wanted it to look.”
“Living here can be difficult—yesterday I climbed a four-meter ladder to clean the windows. But when you stand on the roof you can see all the way out to the sea on a clear day, and that’s a wonderful experience. I am really glad we moved. ”
小题1:What is the writer trying to do in the text?| A．describe how to turn an old tower into a house | | B．recommend(推荐) a particular builder | | C．describe what it is like to live in a tower | | D．explain how to win prizes for building work |
小题2:Which of the following best describes Elizabeth’s feelings about the tower?| A．She wanted it as soon as she saw it. | | B．She likes most things about it. | | C．She has been worried since they paid for it. | | D．She finds it unsuitable to live in. |
小题3:What problem does Elizabeth have with living in such a tall building?| A．Her visitors find it hard to see if she is at home. | | B．She feels separated from others. | | C．She cannot bring home lots of shopping at once. | | D．It is impossible to clean any of the windows. |
小题4:How will John and Elizabeth advertise their tower if they sell it? |
