a clap of thunder_1_ he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly _2_ his two-story
wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to 3 ; he opened the door to the basement (地下室), and
flames 4 out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. "I felt 5 because the room had
a separate outdoor stairway," he explains.
But the phone didn"t work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was 6 by a wall of
flames. Sibson realized he was trapped (困住).
Sibson"s house was three kilometers 7 the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew
calling for help would be 8 .
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson"s neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke
alarm 9 his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his 10 and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the 11 . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to 12 the house. But Huggons said, "There is
no way I am going to listen to Sibson 13 and die in that fire."
"Anyone there?" Huggons called out. Then he heard "Help! I"m trapped!" coming from the second floor
balcony (阳台). He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his 14 .
After one more 15 inside the house, Huggons gave up and 16 around back.
The wind parted the smoke just 17 for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to
him. He 18 the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and 19
Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
Sibson is still 20 when he tells the story. " I was alone that night," he says. "Then I heard the most
beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons."
( )1. A. before ( )2. A. on ( )3. A. hide ( )4. A. moved ( )5. A. safe ( )6. A. burned ( )7. A. beside ( )8. A. limited ( )9. A. struck ( )10. A. coat ( )11. A. noise ( )12. A. search ( )13. A. call ( )14. A. breath ( )15. A. stay ( )16. A. climbed ( )17. A. clear ( )18. A. led ( )19. A. persuaded ( )20. A. nervous | B. while B. in B. wait B. gave B. worried B. stopped B. off B. false B. missed B. key B. road B. enter B. roll B. attention B. chance B. circled B. open B. put B. kicked B. surprised | C. since C. through C. check C. went C. glad C. shocked C. across C. fruitless C. touched C. basin C. smoke C. leave C. scream C. ladder C. thought C. looked C. enough C. drove C. pulled C. proud | D. until D. over D. escape D. exploded D. tired D. covered D. along D. regretful D. passed D. phone D. danger D. damage D. sigh D. flashlight D. attempt D. jumped D. fit D. shone D. forced D. thankful | |
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阅读理解。 | ||||
On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house. Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are. There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, build earth houses and climb trees. Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple(枫树)makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees. The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that. The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars"(杨树)putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake. | ||||
1. What can be learned from Paragraph 2? | ||||
A. The scenes are colorful and changeable. B. There are many windows in the wooden house. C. The views remind us that we are in a wooden house. D. The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color. | ||||
2. By mentioning the names of the trees, the author aims to show that ______ . | ||||
A. the kids like playing in trees B. the kids are very familiar with trees C. the kids have learned much knowledge D. the kids find trees useful learning tools | ||||
3. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? | ||||
A. The change of seasons is easily felt. B. The seasons make the scenes change. C. The weather often changes in the forest. D. The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons. | ||||
4. What is the main purpose of the author writing the text? | ||||
A. To describe the beauty of the scene around the house. B. To introduce her children"s happy life in the forest. C. To show that living in the forest is healthful. D. To share the joy of living in the nature. | ||||
阅读理解。 | ||||
I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn"t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull. I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words. It takes confidence to make a new start - there"s a dark period in-between where you"re neither one thing nor the other. You"re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you"re too ashamed to say, "Well, I"m writing a navel, but I"m not quite sure if I"m going to get there." My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside. Then I met an agent(代理商)who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel. The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal - that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for. It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck - of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there"s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract(合 同)of the publisher - to be a published writer - is unbelievably rewarding(有回报的). | ||||
1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean? | ||||
A. I was waiting for good fortune. B. I was trying to find an admirable job. C. I was being aimless about a suitable job. D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. | ||||
2. The author decided to write a novel ______ . | ||||
A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dream C. to satisfy readers" wish D. to earn more money | ||||
3. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel? | ||||
A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident. D. Uncertain. | ||||
4. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph? | ||||
A. It pays to stick to one"s goal. B. Hard work can lead to success. C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something. | ||||
阅读理解。 | ||||
I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldn"t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me wandering through the traffic; motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work. One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. "I"m awfully sorry," I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn"t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived. Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help. But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop. | ||||
1. The girl refused to ask for help because she thought_________. | ||||
A. she might be recognized B. asking for help looked silly C. she was normal and independent D. being found blind was embarrassing | ||||
2. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________. | ||||
A. began to run B. hit a person as usual C. hit a lamppost by accident D. was caught by something | ||||
3. At the request stop that evening, the girl___________. | ||||
A. stopped a big lorry | ||||
4. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus? | ||||
A. Other vehicles also stopped there. B. It was unreliable for making judgments. C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl. D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus | ||||
5. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping__________. | ||||
A. to find people there B. to find more buses there C. to find the bus by herself there D. to find people more helpful there | ||||
完形填空。 | ||||
Once there was a very brilliant, creative and educated man. He gained much __1__while traveling | ||||
( )1. A. wealth | B. faith B. embarrassed B. suffering B. regular B. e-mails B. strength B. caution B. doubted B. churches B. letters B. reach B. reasonable B. Filled B. daily B. worst B. learning B. reply B. patiently B. better B. pieces | C. experience C. ashamed C. weeping C. comfortable C. letters C. shape C. difficulty C. assumed C. prisons C. freedom C. defend C. prohibited C. Satisfied C. one-way C. degree C. gaining C. help C. carefully C. extra C. the ground | D. confidence D. thrilled D. wandering D. meaninful D. prizes D. function D. confidence D. wondered D. charities D. conscience D. know D. considered D. Impressed D. round-way D. limit D. enriching D. progress D. actually D. lost D. the bottom | |
完形填空。 | ||||
A photographer is a person who takes photos as a business or as art. It is often 1 that his work is not only full of pleasure 2 it is very safe,and no one can imagine how 3 his work sometimes I Two photographers were traveling 4 a thick forest in Alaska,aiming at taking photos of the wildlife. As there was nothing interesting to take pictures of,they were feeling disappointed 5 they caught sight of a brown bear which had caught a large fish by a quiet lake. The wild bear found 6 too,and stood on its hind legs to get a better 7 of the man. While doing this,the bear made a wonderful pose(姿态) for the two 8 photographers. Suddenly the bear began to run at them while the two men kept right 9 taking pictures of the angry animal.As the beast was drawing very fast towards them,one of the men 10 right away and rushed to a tall tree nearby. He climbed to the top of it as quickly as he could. 11 who could not climb a tree,immediately lay down on the ground, 12 to be dead. When the bear bent down over him and 13 him all over,the man shut his eyes tightly, 14 and tried not to make any movement. While all this was going on,the man 15 was busy taking pictures of the exciting 16 . After a while the bear went away 17 because bears never touch a 18 man. When all was safe,the photographer in the tree came down and said to the friend,"The same story 19 was told in Aesop"s Fable has just happened to us,and I 20 no chance to take photos of the wonderful scenes. | ||||
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