题目
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now I’m used to it.
I don’t know his name. I know he’s average in appearance, wears a gray suit, and has a common
face. One hot morning, when I was sitting on a tree-shaded bench in Palermo Park, reading the paper,
suddenly I felt something touch my head. It was the very same man who now, as I’m writing, keeps
striking me with an umbrella.
On that occasion I turned around filled with anger. He just kept on hitting me. I asked him if he was
crazy. He didn’t even seem to hear me. Then I threatened to call a policeman. Calmly, cool as a
cucumber, he stuck with his task. After a few moments of hesitation, and seeing that he was not about to
change his attitude, I stood up and hit him on the nose. The man fell down. But he immediately got back
on his feet, obviously with great effort, and without a word again began hitting me on the head with the
umbrella. His nose was bleeding and, at that moment, I felt sorry for him. I felt regret for having hit him
so hard. After all, the man wasn’t exactly hitting me; he was merely tapping me lightly with his umbrella,
not causing any pain at all. Of course, those taps were extremely bothersome. As we all know, when a
fly lands on your forehead, you don’t feel any pain; what you feel is annoyance. Well then, that umbrella
was one huge fly that kept landing on my head time after time.
Convinced that I was dealing with a madman, I tried to escape. But the man followed me, wordlessly
continuing to hit me. So I began to run（I should point out that not many people run as fast as I do）.
He took off after me, trying to land a blow. The man was out of breath so that I thought, if I continued to
force him to run at that speed, he would drop dead right then and there.
B. called the police
C. turned around and escaped
D. turned around and fought back
B. blind
C. dead
D. mad
B. he hit the man so hard that his nose bled
C. the man couldn’t catch up with him
D. there was a fly on the man’s head
B. wanted to tell the author something
C. ran after the author breathlessly
D. acted as if he were a fly
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 There’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella.】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以
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For several weeks she had been 1 me to play chess (棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she
eagerly 2 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 3 my
moves, because she 4 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 5 she had strict
sleeping habits, 6 I thought she ought to be able to 7 some of this strictness. I said to her, " 8 ,
you can stay up late for once. We’re having 9 ." We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which
time she looked 10 . Finally she said, "Please, Daddy, do it quickly." "No," I replied. " If you’re going
to play it 11 , you’re going to play it slowly." And so we 12 for another ten minutes, until 13 my
daughter burst into tears, and 14 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 15 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 16 time with my daughter but
had 17 my desire to win to become more 18 than my relationship with my daughter. When I
was a child, my desire to win 19 me well. As a parent, I 20 that it got in my way. So I had to
change.
| ( )1. A. guiding ( )2. A. allowed ( )3. A. change ( )4. A. agreed ( )5. A. knew ( )6. A. so ( )7. A. put up ( )8. A. As usual ( )9. A. patience ( )10. A. excited ( )11. A. well ( )12. A. discussed ( )13. A. nervously ( )14. A. promised ( )15. A. a mistake ( )16. A. free ( )17. A. managed ( )18. A. important ( )19. A. offered ( )20. A. realized | B. asking B. expected B. repeat B. needed B. learned B. for B. take up B. Go ahead B. luck B. proud B. again B. continued B. immediately B. admitted B. a decision B. different B. recognized B. attractive B. served B. apologized | C. training | D. advising D. accepted D. pass D. hated D. heard D. or D. give up D. Come on D. success D. angry D. regularly D. argued D. suddenly D. discovered D. an effort D. happy D. reduced D. interesting D. taught D. explained | |||||||||||||
| A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man"s big family-his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar. Three months later the woman went back to her parents" home, having quarrelled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house. It went to the woman"s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband"s home. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. The writer wrote the story in order to _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. show that elephants are very clever B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal C. show that women care more for animals than men do D. tell how an animal reunited a husband and wife | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. The woman left her new home _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa B. to see if the elephant would follow her C. because she was angry with her husband D. because she was tired of the large family | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. After the young woman left her husband"s home, the elephant _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. returned to the forest B. was sad because it missed her C. went to look for a new home D. was sick because nobody fed it | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. The young wife went back to her husband because _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. she knew he had sent the animal to her B. the elephant had come to look for her C. her parents persuaded her to D. she missed her new home | ||||||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped (绊倒)and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered (散落的)articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy"s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bill"s home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from the junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill reminded(提醒) him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see. I had stored away some of my mother"s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my life." | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Mark helped Bill _______ on his way home. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. read all his books B. play baseball in a game C. buy two sweaters and a glove D. pick up the scattered articles | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. They watched TV, and drank Coke _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. at Bill"s home B. at Mark"s home C. at school D. at the college | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Bill wanted to kill himself by _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. carrying many things home B. taking sleeping pills C. cleaning his locker D. talking and laughing | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. We learn from the passage that _______. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. Mark saved Bill"s life B. Bill"s mother asked him to die C. Bill"s girlfriend carried books for him D. Mark wanted to commit suicide, too | ||||||||||||||||
| I was wandering through the streets when I caught sight of a tailor"s shop.I wanted very much to get a new suit and throw off my old 1 . But … I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note. I went in 2 asked if they had a cheap 3 .The fellow I spoke to 4 no answer at first,looked me up and down,noticed that I was almost in rags, 5 said, "just a minute." I waited till he 6 his work.Then he took me into a dark back room.He looked through the suits and 7 the cheapest one for me.I put it on.It didn"t fit, 8 it was new and I was anxious to have it, so I said: "Could you wait a few days for the money?I haven"t any small change on me." The fellow looked at me 9 and said, "Oh, you haven"t? Well,of couse, I know that gentlement like you carry only 10 notes." I was 11 and said, "My friend,you shouldn"t judge a stranger always by the clothes he wears. I"m quite 12 to pay for this suit. But I"m afraid you can"t change the note." "Why do you think we can"t change your note? 13 the contrary,we can!" I handed the note to him and said: "Oh,very well,I apologize." He 14 it with a smile,and then as he looked at the note,his smile froze. 15 the note in his hand,he stood there,unable to talk or move. | ||||||||||||||||
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