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"I"ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!" Richard used to boast.
"And you"ll be sorry you knew me," George would reply "because I"ll be the best lawyer in town!"
George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened
bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which
made the competition between them worse.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his
narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival (竞争对手).
Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries, He"d recently found a collector in Australia who was
selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was
delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book
had been wrapped in. He was astonished-the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable!
Trembling, George started reading.
"Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire
Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia."
B. good friends
C. competitors
D. booksellers
B. He thought of Richard from time to time.
C. He felt lucky with no rival in town.
D. He was guilty of Richard"s death.
B. the latter"s rivals Dylans
C. a rare first edition of a dictionary
D. the wrapping paper of a book
B. Both of them realized their original ambitions.
C. George established a successful business white Richard was missing.
D. Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success.
答案
核心考点
试题【Reading comprehension. Even at school there had been an unhealthy competitio】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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I"d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. 2 ,
one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was 3 explained to me that they were letting me go.
I just sat there 4 they talked on and all I could think was, "I"ve 5 ." I"d been so well respected; 6 I was
of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very 7 place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could 8
things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的)
in everything 9 me.
Then in late June, my youngest son"s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he"d been very
sad when I 10 the same final, so he was 11 when I told him I"d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his
face as he saw me 12 him on was unbelievable. From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their
passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son"s ban-I 13 went to another
city to watch him play. These moments were so 14 . My life had been so much devoted to 15 for so long and
I felt 16 that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.
17 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose-I was someone"s mum! I felt a sense of being 18
again. Now I feel more positive about my professional 19 and I"m getting on better with my family than I ever
have. Losing my job made me realize just how 20 it is to achieve real balance in life.
( )1. A. Promised ( )2. A. Therefore ( )3. A. quickly ( )4. A. until ( )5. A. failed ( )6. A. suddenly ( )7. A. secret ( )8. A. see ( )9. A. defended ( )10. A. watched ( )11. A. disappointed ( )12. A. cheering ( )13. A. just ( )14. A. hopeful ( )15. A. work ( )16. A. successful ( )17. A. Naturally ( )18. A. employed ( )19. A. education ( )20. A important | B. afforded B. Anyhow B. gently B. after B. finished B. finally B. quiet B. get B. directed B. missed B. worried B. taking B. even B. meaningful B. family B. thoughtful B. Doubtfully B. comforted B. experience B. interesting | C. showed C. Otherwise C. partly C. as C. tried C. immediately C. lonely C. suggest C. deserted C. lost C. honoured C. leading C. still C. difficult C. matches C. thankful C. Disagreeably C. valued C. relationship C. simple | D. left D. However D. easily D. so D. changed D. shortly D. dark D. understand D. disturbed D. won D. delighted D. passing D. almost D. strange D. performances D. peaceful D. Unexpectedly D. encouraged D. future D. surprising | ||||||||||||||||
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July 21st 2007 was a typical English summer"s day-it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm. However, the road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door. a wave of waters greeted me. Thank God the kids weren"t wish me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the wall"s ceilings pulled down. At first we tried to push on through. We didn"t want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we move to a wooden house in a park. The house was small. but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community (社区). We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I"d never thought how much I, I"d miss that. Although our situation was very bad, it"s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what"s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought. "We didn"t have a straw hut (茅草房) that was for Christmas. But I can"t wait-I"m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won"t need any gifts-living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, there"s really no rush-we have our home back and that"s the main thing. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. What does the underlined word "amiss" in the first paragraph mean? | |||||||||||||||||||
A. Wrong. B. Missing. C. Right. D. Found | |||||||||||||||||||
2. It can be inferred from the text that the author _____. | |||||||||||||||||||
A. was sick of staying upstairs B. cared much about her children C. could not stand living in a wooden house D. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood | |||||||||||||||||||
3. Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph? | |||||||||||||||||||
A. Because her situation was not serious. B. Because many other paces were flooded. C. Because she had been to Northern India. D. Because some others suffered even more. | |||||||||||||||||||
4. What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story? | |||||||||||||||||||
A. She valued human feelings more than before. B. She realized she almost didn"t need possession. C. She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed. D. She thought her own home was the most important. | |||||||||||||||||||
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The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He 1 me with a puzzle-all because he waved to me like someone does 2 seeing a close friend. A big, 3 smile accompanied his wave. For the next few days I tried to 4 his face to see if I knew him. I didn"t. Perhaps he had 5 me for someone else. By the time I contented myself with the 6 that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends. Then one day the 7 was solved. As I 8 the school he was standing in the middle of the road 9 his stop sign. I was in live behind four cars. 10 the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk, he lowered his sign and let the cars 11 . To the first he waved and 12 in just the same way he had done to me over the last few days. The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply. The second car got the same 13 from the crossing guard, and the driver, a stiff-looking (表情刻板的) businessman, gave a brief, almost 14 wave back. Each following car of kids on their way to school 15 more heartily. Every morning I continued to watch the man with 16 . So far I haven"t seen anyone 17 to wave back. I find it interesting that one person can make such a(n) 18 to so many people"s lives by doing one simple thing like waving and smiling warmly. His 19 armed the start of my day. With a friendly wave and smiling face he had changed the 20 of the whole neighbourhood. | |||||||||||||||||||
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