There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the house saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into
the house in the moonlight. "Look! In comes one," she said to the man in the house. The thief was
so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, "She
found me when I was just in." But the thief outside didn"t believe him, so he said, "Let us try to
crawl into the house together." At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too.
The woman saw the mice and shouted, "In come two, catch them!" The two thieves were
terribly frightened. The man in the house said, "You saw them come in but where are they?
I will catch them tonight." The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night
before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house.
The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came
home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She
picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn"t wait for her any longer
in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet
potatoes to the man and said, "How they look like the two of last night." The man said, "I
asked you to fetch a rope, why don"t you hurry for it?" The two thieves ran away very quickly
without their sweet potatoes.
B. they were frightened by what they had heard in the house
C. they didn"t work together well with each other
D. mice stopped them from doing so
B. the woman recognized the two thieves
C. the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them
D. the two thieves didn"t know that they were not found at all
C. she said it on purposeD. she referred to the mice
C. Hit the Mark by a Fluke(侥幸) D. A Clever Coupe
B. Whenever they found mice, the people in the house would try to catch them.
C. The two thieves ran away at once, because they thought the woman had seen them.
D. The man let the woman go home for a rope, which would be used for catching the thieves.
him.After the party, he invited her for coffee.She was surprised.In order not to_2 rude, she went along.
3 they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too 4 to say anything.Suddenly, he asked the waiter,
"Could you please 5 me some salt?I"d like to put it in my coffee."
The girl stared at him.He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. 6 ,
she asked, "Why salt with coffee?" he 7 , "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea.I liked playing
on the sea...I could 8 its taste salty, like salty coffee.Now every time I drink it, I think of my 9 and
my hometown.I miss it and my parents, who are still there."
She was deeply 10 . A man who can 11 that he"s homesick must love his home and 12 about
his family.He must be 13 .
She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood and her 14 .That was the start to their
love story.
They continued to date each other.She found that he met all her 15 .He was kind, warm, and
careful. 16 to think she would have missed the 17 if not for the salty coffee.
So they married and lived happily together.Every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt,
the 18 he liked it.
After 40 years, he 19 away and left her a letter which said, "My dearest, please forgive my lifelong
lie.Remember the first time we dated?I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of sugar.If I could live a
second time, I hope we can be together again, 20 it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest
of my life."
( )1. A. money ( )2. A. show ( )3. A. As ( )4. A. eager ( )5. A. lift ( )6. A. Mysterious ( )7. A. explained ( )8. A. taste ( )9. A. boat ( )10. A. touched ( )11. A. afford ( )12. A. mind ( )13. A. smart ( )14. A. family ( )15. A. friends ( )16. A. And ( )17. A. sight ( )18. A. method ( )19. A. moved ( )20. A. as if | B. attention B. look B. Because B. proud B. take B. Moved B. argued B. feel B. friend B. hurt B. realize B. care B. intelligent B. school B. requirements B. When B. train B. style B. passed B. now that | C. visit C. seem C. Since C. nervous C. carry C. Curious C. stated C. smell C. playmate C. pressed C. recognize C. know C. responsible C. relatives C. needs C. Or C. catch C. manner C. died C. even if | D. respect D. appear D. Though D. anxious D. bring D. Excited D. claimed D. sense D. childhood D. interested D. admit D. attend D. flexible D. house D. standards D. But D. home D. way D. walked D. so that |
完形填空。 | |||
Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time | |||
( )1.A.received ( )2.A.go ( )3.A.card ( )4.A.call ( )5.A.Otherwis ( )6.A.going ( )7.A.forgot ( )8.A.arrived ( )9.A.kind ( )10.A.lunch ( )11.A.I ( )12.A.said ( )13.A.wonder ( )14.A.life ( )15.A.useful | B.accepted B.run B.letter B.pick B.Besides B.leaving B.remembered B.recognized B.happy B.quarrel B.he B.did B.hope B.day B.necessary | C.won C.are C.gift C.put C.However C.standing C.saw C.left C.angry C.appointment C.they C.thought C.requirement C.way C.different | D.achieved D.attach D.thing D.bring D.Therefore D.hanging D.visited D.found D.doubtful D.fun D.we D.forgot D.reminder D.thought D.important |
阅读理解。 | |||
A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves | |||
1. Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?_____ | |||
A. To visit their family and friends B. To escape from the cold winter C. To escape from their busy work D. To attend a friend"s funeral | |||
2. What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?_____ | |||
A. He checked into a wrong hotel B. He forget to bring the laptop C. He misspelled her wife"s address D. He forgot to mail his letter | |||
3. The expression "called home to glory" probably suggests that the man had ._____ | |||
A. gone back to his hometow B. called his family to say hello C. been awarded a prize D. died and gone to heaven | |||
4. How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?_____ | |||
A. Pleased B. Amazed C. Frightened D. Moved | |||
5. Which of the following is true according to the text?_____ | |||
A. The woman"s husband died of a heart attack B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago. D. His wife wouldn"t go to Florida for his error. | |||
Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I’m always happy to leave my dog with her when I go on holiday. Donna also helps to train hunting dogs, but recently, her boyfriend told me, she returned home from a farm in tears after being told to hit some dogs.“She wasn’t being asked to hit them because they didn’t behave well,” he said. "She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is boss." Donna refused. Good for Donna. In my view, you hurt an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson, such as not to run into the road; or because you like hurting animals. Last summer, I attended a horse race. I don"t know much about horses, but I was alarmed when I saw a horse with a huge ulcer(溃疡) on its leg. "Surely this horse won"t race?" I asked. I was very surprised that nobody in the crowd seemed concerned. The horse began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The next thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one seemed to care, except those who"d bet on it. I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses? I doubt it. Oh, but it"s tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn"t the world be a boring place if we didn"t occasionally hit, shoot and chase animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients, or to watch public execution(执行死刑). Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role: they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect. | |||
1. Donna was asked to hit the young dogs because __________. | |||
A. they misbehaved B. their owner disliked them C. people on the farm enjoy hurting them D. it was a way to train them to obey people | |||
2. What does the underlined word "punch" probably mean? | |||
A. strike B. stroke C. punish D. pump | |||
3. What"s the writer"s purpose in telling the readers the story about the horse? | |||
A. To explain the traditional horse race to readers. B. To prove that the weak horse can"t win in the race. C. To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans. D. To say that people care more for horses than horse racing. | |||
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true? | |||
A. People no longer watch killing criminals in public. B. The writer cannot accept anyone who hits the animals. C. It was a traditional practice to kill servants for their dead master. D. The writer thinks it possible to change the traditions made by men. | |||
5. What"s the best title of the passage? | |||
A. No one cares for animals nowadays. B. Let"s protect the endangered animals. C. Show animals the respect they deserve. D. The stories between animals and people. | |||
完形填空. | |||
When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn"t the first time I had been__1__. Like most English children I learned French__2__ school and I had often been to France, so I__3__speaking a foreign language to people who didn"t understand__4___. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to__5__a nice easy holiday without any__6__problems. __7__ wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__8__telephone to give my American friend Danny a__9__and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked__10__he could help me. "Yes," I said. "I want to give my friend a ring." "Well, that"s__11__ ," he exclaimed. "Are you getting__12__? But aren"t you a bit__13__?" "Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I__14__ want to give my friend a ring to tell her I"ve arrived. Can you tell me___15__there"s a phone box?" "Oh!" he said, "There"s a phone downstairs." When at last we__16__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. "Don"t worry," she said to me. "I had so many__17__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__18__differently in meaning from us British. You"ll soon get used to__19__ funny things they say. Most of the__20__British and American people understand each other!" | |||
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