题目
题型：期中题难度：来源：
Once Reason met Fortune on a bridge. "Let me 1 .", said Fortune. Reason said, "Why? You are not better
than me." "Can you see that boy who is 2 in the field? Get inside him and if he is better with you than with
me, I will let you pass any time and anywhere we meet." said Fortune.
Reason 3 .
When the boy named Vanek felt reason in his head, he began to 4 : Why should I plough field all my life?
I could be 5 somewhere else too. He went away and began to 6 from a royal gardener. He learnt very
quickly and the 7 was nicer. The king was very 8 and walked in the garden very often with the queen and
their only daughter. The daughter was very 9 but she stopped speaking when she was twelve. The king
announced that who would teach her to speak would become her 10 .
Vanek 11 tell a story to the princess (公主) and made her 12 . But one of the king"s counselors (顾问) said,
"You cannot 13 her, you are not of a noble origin." Vanek said, "The king"s 14 is law and if the king wants
people to 15 according to the law, he must behave in that way, too."
"He said that the king must do something. His 16 should be cut," shouted the counselor.
Fortune said to Reason, "You see, he is not 17 with you and his head will be cut. Let me 18 you."
When Fortune got inside Vanek, the headsman"s sword (剑) broke. Before he brought another sword, the
royal bugler came and after him the royal coach. The king"s daughter said to her father that Vanek was 19 and
the king"s word should not be cancelled (取消) and that the king could make duke of Vanek.
When there was the wedding reception, Reason came there but seeing he would meet Fortune, he 20 away.
Since that time, Fortune can pass when Reason meets Fortune.
| ( )1. A. pass ( )2. A. hunting ( )3. A. accepted ( )4. A. regret ( )5. A. happy ( )6. A. hear ( )7. A. countryside ( )8. A. disappointed ( )9. A. beautiful ( )10. A. friend ( )11. A. tried to ( )12. A. laugh ( )13. A. marry ( )14. A. order ( )15. A. obey ( )16. A. hair ( )17. A. well ( )18. A. punish ( )19. A. foolish ( )20. A. sent | B. leave B. working B. promised B. realize B. adventurous B. learn B. palace B. puzzled B. shy B. husband B. wanted to B. walk B. see B. word B. perform B. ear B. glad B. replace B. wise B. took | C. see C. playing C. agreed C. remember C. famous C. come C. garden C. surprised C. cruel C. servant C. managed to C. sing C. serve C. permission C. behave C. nose C. close C. help C. right C. gave | D. go D. sowing D. refused D. think D. rich D. origin D. field D. pleased D. weak D. guard D. succeeded to D. speak D. visit D. opinion D. compete D. head D. strict D. support D. handsome D. ran | ||||||
| 1-5 ABCDA 6-10 BCDAB 11-15 CDABC 16-20 DABCD | |||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||
| Kenyon Scudder once told me a story about his friend, Michael. Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a prisoner returning home from a faraway prison. His behavior had brought shame on his family, and they had neither visited him nor written. He hoped, however, that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too busy to write. When he was set free, he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven him, they were to put up a white ribbon in the big apple tree near the railway. If they didn"t want him to be back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go far away. As the train got near his hometown, his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put his hand on the young convict"s shoulder. "There it is," he said, his eyes filled with sudden tears. "It"s all right. The whole tree is white with ribbons." | |||||||||
| 1. According to the passage, the white ribbon on the big apple tree means _____. | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. pleasure B. forgiveness C. happiness D. education | |||||||||
| 2. The word "suspense" underlined in the last paragraph can be replaced by _____. | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. pain B. interest C. worry D. happiness | |||||||||
| 3. Why was Michael asked to watch for the apple tree? | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. The young man was afraid that he was refused by his family. B. The young man"s seat was far from the window. C. The young man was afraid of seeing the white ribbons in the tree. D. The young man was sure that his family would accept him. | |||||||||
| 4. Why were Michael"s eyes filled with tears? | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. The young man couldn"t live with his family. B. He was moved by what he saw. C. He was touched by the young man. D. The young man was very sad. | |||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||
| While I was in 9th grade, I built a circuit for the traffic system of our city. After getting the first prize, I got this valuable advice from my father, "Do whatever interests you, and don"t let the work challenge you, make sure you are challenging that work." I have always preferred the projects which are challenging and related to real life problems. I clearly remember building a shipping program several years ago. I divided the whole project into several small sections. When I understood it clearly, used my brainstorming skill on it, and gave some basic ideas. Then I asked my professor for help before jumping into coding. At first, I did not know how to ask questions correctly and always asked the question "How do I do it?" As I kept working and discussed with my professor, I became more comfortable and those"How" questions soon turned into "What if I do this and that" types o f questions. It took me four days to write the code. The desire to solve the problem kept me sleepless all nights brainstorming in even greater details. Every time I saw my program running smoothly, I exploded with joy. I still remember the last day of my work. I was getting some problem and didn"t know what to do. At that moment, a man came in to clean. He has headphones, and he was dancing while cleaning the room. Seeing this, I burst out laughing. That moment calmed me. I regained energy and interest and started to work again, and soon I fixed the problem. My success in the project proved that breaking up a large problem into small parts could help find a possible solution. Discussing the problem with others was also very beneficial. Now I have gained the confidence to attempt any kind of project. | |||||||||
| 1. According to the passage, the writer was interested in _____. | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. developing traffic systems B. doing challenging projects C. winning great prizes D. writing different codes | |||||||||
| 2. The writer asked the question "How do I do it" at first because _____. | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. he had no clear idea about his program B. he was too shy to express himself C. he wanted to he understood easily D. he preferred this kind of question | |||||||||
| 3. We learn from the passage that the writer"s shipping program _____. | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. would benefit people a lot B. was done together with others C. was difficult and needed patience D. cost much money and energy | |||||||||
| 4. What would be the best title of the passage? | |||||||||
| [ ] | |||||||||
| A. Do It Yourself B. No Pains, No Gains C. Learning with interest D. Practice Makes Perfect | |||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||
| About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his expensive new car, 1 was only two months old. He was 2 for kids rushing out from between parked cars and 3 down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child rushed out, 4 a brick (砖) sailed out and-WHUMP!-it smashed (砸向) into the Jaguar XKE"s (美洲豹车) shiny black side door! SCREECH...!!!! Josh became very 5 . He drove back to the place from where the brick had been thrown. Josh 6 out of the car, caught hold of the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what 7 are you doing?!" Still angry, he went on. "That"s my new car and that brick you threw is going to 8 you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?" "Please, mister, please... I"m sorry! I didn"t know what else to do!" begged the boy. "I threw the brick 9 no one else would stop!" Tears were running down as he pointed around the parked cars. "It"s my brother, mister," he said. "He fell out of his wheelchair and I can"t 10 him up." Crying, the boy asked the manager, "Would you please help me get him back into his 11 ? He"s hurt and he"s too 12 for me." Deeply 13 by his words, the young manager tried hard to hide his feelings. With great effort (努力), he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief (手帕) and wiped the scrapes and cuts (伤口), 14 to see that everything was going to be 15 . He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their 16 . It was a long walk back to his expensive Jaguar XKE-a long and 17 walk. Josh never did 18 the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (痕迹) to 19 himself not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his 20 ... | |||||||||
|