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and saw black smoke rising into the sky. It seemed to be coming from my studio, a small, cabin-like study
built up against the ancient Roman wall. I"d arrived there three weeks before with my most important thing:
the first draft (手稿) of my new novel.
The smoke? I thought of the electric coil (电热棒) I"d been using to heat water for the endless cups of tea
I need to fuel my writing. What if I had started heating water and forgotten about it? I supposed the coil had
turned over from the cup and started a fire that would not only destroy the studio but also the pages of work
I had spent years on and I could never rewrite.
I hurried back, but soon saw that the smoke came from the old leaves and branches in the neighbor"s
garden. I felt relieved (轻松的). But since I was now so close, I went into my study to have a look anyway.
The electric coil was red, and the water I"d meant to use for tea before I left had all boiled out of the cup
that had already turned over and the red-hot coil had toppled (倾斜) onto the desk and was burning the wood.
My pages that might have burnt in a second were only inches away.
Drawn by the smoke, I"d come back just in time. "Thank God" I said. Of course, thank my luck.
B. his cabin-like study
C. the ancient Roman wall
D. the city of Rome
B. stayed there for months
C. often forgot what he had done
D. wrote a number of books
B. neighbor"s garden
C. author"s apartment
D. author"s kitchen
B. his valuable things would be burnt
C. the fire would burn down the neighbor"s house
D. his first draft would be burnt.
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enough. He told his wife that he wanted to let the barber shave him every day. He put on his hat and coat
and went to the barber shop.
The barber"s wife Grace was working that day, so she performed the task. Grace shaved him and said,
"That will be $20." The man was surprised, but he paid the bill and went to work.
The next morning, the man looked in the mirror and his face was as smooth as it had been when he left
the barber shop the day before. "Not bad," he thought. "At least I don"t need to get a shave every day."
The next morning, the man"s face was still smooth! Two weeks later, the man was still unable to find
any trace of whiskers on his face. It was more than he could take and he was frightened, so he returned
to the barber shop.
"I thought $20 was too high for a shave, but now I think $20 is too little," he told the barber"s wife.
"You must have done a good job. It"s been two weeks and my whiskers still haven"t started growing back."
The expression on her face didn"t even change, and she said, "You were shaved by Grace. Once shaved,
always shaved."
B. the man liked shaving himself
C. the man finally got bored of shaving himself
D. the man decided not to shave again
B. too much
C. proper
D. impossible
B. Nobody wants to be shaved by Grace in the town.
C. The man"s whiskers grew back at last.
D. The man was scared by the resulted two weeks later.
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meeting over the course of two terms, so she phoned the school. The teacher told her the school had been
meeting with parents every month.
Faced with her mother"s discovery, the daughter, Ping Ping, a 13-year-old Grade-One middle school
student, admitted (承认) that she had hired the aunt of a classmate to play the role of her mother. She paid
the woman 50 yuan per meeting.
Wang was very angry and slapped her daughter in the face.
However, the girl appeared not to feel guilty (内疚) and stood her ground.
"It is not my fault. Your bad behavior and dress style made me lose face," she said.
Ping Ping complained that as far back as primary school, her mother had attended the parents" meeting
in the same black and white suit and acted as what the daughter described.
When teachers invited parents to say a few words at the meeting, Wang often spoke with a very strong
local dialect (方言) while the other parents spoke fluent Mandarin and made brief speeches.
Fearing that her mother would become a laughing stock (笑柄), Ping Ping decided to prevent her from
coming to parents" meeting.
She hired her classmate"s aunt to attend the parents" meeting in her mother"s place.
Mrs. Zhang, a psychologist, said it was common for young people to feel that other people"s parents
were more attractive and educated than their own. The incident helps make people realize misunderstanding
can occur between parents and young children when they do not talk to one another.
"Teachers should help students understand the hardships parents face and organize more group activities
for parents and children," Zhang said.
"Parents also need to communicate with their children regularly and try to behave themselves to become
role models.
working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn"t (2) ______, they would
have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who (3) ______, but Jane didn"t want to be
one of them. She had worked hard all year, (4) ______ just before the exams she was working so hard that
her sister Barbara was (5) ______ about her. She went to bed too (6) ______. The night before the first
exam, Barbara (7) ______ that she have an early night and take a (8)_____ pill. She promised to wake
(9) ______ up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her (10) ______ kept jumping from
subject to subject. At last, with the help of (11) ______, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting
in the examination hall, looking at the examination (12) ______, but she couldn"t answer any of the questions.
(13) ______ around her was writing pages and gages. (14) ______ she thought hard, she couldn"t find
anything to write (15) ______. She kept looking at her (16) ______. Time was running out. There was only
an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, (17) ______ and tried another one. With only
half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started
(18) ______. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she (19) ______ up. She was still in bed and it
had all been a (20) ______ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
| ( )1. A. teachers ( )2. A. prepare ( )3. A. succeeded ( )4. A. but ( )5. A. excited ( )6. A. early ( )7. A. insisted ( )8. A. sleeping ( )9. A. him ( )10. A. hand ( )11. A. her sister ( )12. A. result ( )13. A. The teacher ( )14. A. If ( )15. A. with ( )16. A. watch ( )17. A. gave up ( )18. A. examining ( )19. A. raised ( )20. A. nice | B. students B. miss B. failed B. so B. frightened B. late B. hoped B. resting B. her B. eye B. her parents B. marks B. The students B. Though B. about B. textbook B. put off B. leaving B. woke B. wonderful | C. classmates | D. schools D. pass D. called D. because D. pleased D. eagerly D. wished D. breathing D. herself D. body D. the medicine D. paper D. Everyone D. How D. to D. subject D. think over D. crying D. cheered D. special |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| It was Monday. Mrs. Smith"s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it "Give my dog half a pound of meat." Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, "Take this to the butcher (屠夫), and he"s going to give you your lunch today." Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher"s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady"s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once. At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more. The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (顾客). But, the dog came again at four o"clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher"s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o"clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?" Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it! | |||
| 1. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog ______. | |||
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| A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith on Monday B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith | |||
| 2. From the story, we can know that the dog was very ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. kind B. clever C. honest D. foolish | |||
| 3. At the end of the story, you"ll find that ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper B. the dog dared not go to the butcher"s any more C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog D. the butcher found himself cheated (欺骗) by the dog | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn"t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn"t have to. Jack decided to live a simple life like everyone else. He gave some of his money to a charity (慈善机构) to help poor children live a better life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy. Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each $ 200 a mouth. The money was used for the children"s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children"s progress (进步). They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English. When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. "It was nothing special," he said. "Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn"t know anything about their life." Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. "When I met her. I felt very, very happy." He said. "And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children." | |||
| 1. Jack has sent them each $200 a month to help some poor children ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. around the world B. Only in England C. Only in Africa D. Only in Washington | |||
| 2. Jack learned about the children"s progress by ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. visiting them each year B. getting a report every year C. staying with them D. talking to them in English | |||
| 3. The underlined (划线的) words "for a good cause" means "______" in Chinese. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. 施舍 B. 怜悯 C. 行善 D. 赏赐 | |||
| 4. All the details in this passage support the main idea that ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. it"s the most important to help the children in Africa B. it"s necessary to write letters to poor children C. live a simple life, and you can give others help D. help others, and you will feel happy |