She did me such a big favor. _____ I knew her name.A、ifB、onlyC、if onlyD、only just
She did me such a big favor. _____ I knew her name.
A、if
B、only
C、if only
D、only just
She did me such a big favor. _____ I knew her name.
A、if
B、only
C、if only
D、only just
Which of the following sentences indicates a subjunctive mood?
A.Not until nine o"clock yesterday evening did we finish the work.
B.I had been at the bus stop for 20 minutes when the bus finally came.
C.Without your timely arrival, she would have been drowned.
D.If my mother has time, she will take me to the museum.
A.She just couldn't bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.
B.The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
C.Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
D.Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.
I could not decide why she chose my【C9】______although I realized that nobody【C10】______paid her very much attention. Her situation was very difficult【C11】______ she was straight out of drama school and only nineteen, being required to play a leading part in a company of fairly【C12】______and experienced actors. They (79) her much even if she had been good, and as, from all accounts (按照各种说法), she was not good they【C14】______every opportunity to speak evil against her. I think she thought I was the only person【C15】______who was both unconnected with the theatre and tolerably smart. And【C16】______, although I was irritated by her I did not【C17】______her. There was something attractive in her overflowing enthusiasm and she had【C18】______physical charm that with me she could【C19】______anything. She was nice to have around,【C20】______flowers or a bowl of fruit.
【C1】
A.insulted
B.teased
C.irritated
D.flattered
Her love and devotion for my brother and me made our lack of material possessions seem insignificant. Even today, if I were given a choice between having love at home and wealth, I would want it just the way I had it. I grew up poor in material things but rich in love.
Since my father was never around long enough to teach me physical things or to play games with me, I didn't succeed in any competitive sport. My mother did her best as a substitute, throwing a ball with me in the lot(空地) behind our house, but it wasn't the same. She was too protective of me, and I didn't have enough confidence in my own abilities to really try anything physically demanding.
The story suggests that the author is______his mother.
A.proud of
B.worried about
C.pitiful for
D.concerned about
A:Did you hear the news? Sayuri is having a party.
B:()
A:On Wednesday.it's a pool party
B:Cool! That sounds like fun.
A:()
B:But I don't know Sayuri.
A:()
B:well, OK.I'd love to go.()
A:It starts at 3:00.15
B:Sounds good!
A.Do you want to go with me?
B.No problem She said I could bring a friend.
C.Really? When?
D.Why don't we meet at my house at 2:30?
E.What time is the party?
Harry was worried. He remembered【24】the woman a return ticket. After he【25】the Jersey timetable for May 22nd, he knew she was right. However, had he made【26】mistake?【27】what to do, he smiled at the child, "Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?" he said to her. "Yes," she answered shyly. "The seashore was【28】and I can swim【29】!"
"That's fine," said Harry. "My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course, she's only three..."
Harry turned to the mother, "I remember your ticket, madam," he said. "30 you didn't get one for your daughter,【31】you?"
"Well," the woman looked at the child. "I mean she hasn't started【32】yet. She is only four. "
"A four-year-old child【33】have a ticket, madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs $13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel bill, you will【34】. $1.50. The law is the law, but since the mistake was【35】..."
Saying nothing, the woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office.
(41)
A.bought
B.sold
C.got
D.paid
(阅读理解)Having returned from her round trip(往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station.“The railway owes me£12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office.“You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night.So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel.It cost me £12.”
Harry was worried.He remembered selling the woman a return ticket.“Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely.“I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside.She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered.There was no sailing on May 22nd.How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day.Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child.“You look sun burnt,” he said to her.“Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly.“The beach was lovely.And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry.“My little girl can’t swim a bit yet.Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly.“I’ll be four and a half.” Harry turned to the mother.“I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said.“But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Er, well——” the woman looked at the child.“I mean...she hasn’t started school yet.She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam.A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…£13.50.So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe£1.50.The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
1).The woman was angry because ____.
A.she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip
B.she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned
C.she spent more money than she had expected
D.Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing
2).Harry was worried because ____.
A.the woman was angry with him
B.he had not done his work properly
C.the Jersey timetable was wrong
D.the little girl didn’t have a return ticket
3).Harry started talking to the little girl ____.
A.because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do
B.because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
C.because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice
D.when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl
4).When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…,"he meant that ___.
A.they must follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his.
B.he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to
C.the woman had to pay him£1.50 and the railway would pay for the hotel
D.she should pay£1.50, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
5).The woman left the office without saying anything because ____.
A.she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket
B.she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man
C.she was moved by Harry’s kindness
D.she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted
Harry was worrieD. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “ Come into the office, madam,” he said, “ I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd .”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovereD. There was no sailing on May 22nD. How ever had he made such a big mistake? Wondering what to do, he smiled at the chilD. “You look healthy,” he said to her. “ Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“ Yes,” she answereD. “ The beach was beautiful. And I can swim too!”
“ That’s fine,” said Harry. “ My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three-----”
“ I’m four,” the child said proudly. “ I’ll soon be four and a half.”
Harry turned to the mother. “ I remember your ticket, madam,” he saiD. “ But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“ Er, well-----” The woman looked at the chilD. “ I mean-----she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“ A four year old child must have a ticket, madam. A child’s return to Jersey costs----let me see----£13.50.So if the railway pays your hotel bill, you will owe £1.50.The law is the law, but since we have made a mistake-----”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
9.The angry woman went to the station __________.
A. to buy a ticket for her daughter
B. to ask the railway to pay her hotel bill
C. to have a friendly talk with the booking clerk
D. to buy the Jersey timetable
9.Harry had a talk with the girl in order to _________.
A. please the girl and her mother
B. find out how old the girl was and whether the girl had been to Jersey
C. get some information about Jersey
D. find out how many days they spent in Jersey
9.The hotel bill is __________.
A. more than the cost of a child’s ticket
B. exactly the same as the cost of a child’s ticket
C. less than the cost a child’s ticket
D. more than the cost of a woman’s ticket
9.The child is ___________ years old.
A. two
B. four
C. three
D. five
9.A girl of _________ should buy a ticket according to the law of the railway.
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Cars–curse or craze?
Johnny Watson, 30
It is easy to criticize cars – they cause pollution and accidents, and so on. But what are alternatives? Nobody wants to travel in a slow, smelly old bus when you can relax in the comfort of your own car. In most countries, the public transport system is inadequate, expensive and inefficient – and anyway, cities today are designed to meet drivers’ needs, with fast roads and car parks everywhere. The car industry also provides thousands of jobs. Roads are getting safer and more efficient every year, and cars are causing less pollution because of lead-free petrol and other technological improvement. What’s the problem?
Amanda Rees, 33
I am much happier now that I don’t have my car. I used to spend an hour stuck in a traffic jam each morning and that made me angry and irritable for the rest of the day. I was so stressed! The worst thing about cars, though, is the number of accidents. Did you know that somebody dies in a road accident in Britain every two and a half hours? Another thing I hate is the way that road building is destroying the countryside. Finally, I would love to live without that constant traffic noise coming through the window. In fact, I think it’s the noise that bothers me most.
1、What does Johnny think of cars? ()
A、They cause pollution and accidents
B、They are slow and smelly
C、They are comfortable
2、Which is not the reason why Johnny supports cars?()
A、The public transport system in most countries is not good enough
B、Road building is destroying the countryside
C、Roads are much safer and more efficient now
3、Did Amanda use to have a car?()
A、Yes, she did
B、No, she didn’t
C、It doesn’t mention
4、What bothers Amanda most?()
A、What bothers Amanda most
B、The destroying of the countryside
C、The constant traffic noise
5、How serious is the road accident in Britain?()
A、Someone dies every 2 hours
B、Someone dies every 2.5 hours
C、Someone dies every 0.5 hours
When I first met Nina, I disliked her at once. She was wearing skintight pedal pushers, a flashy, floppy top, and sneakers with no socks - bizarrely inappropriate even at our very informal company. Soon, Nina was doggedly pumping me for information about the new department I was
running, where she hoped to get a permanent job. Not a chance, I thought. Not if I have anything
to say about it However, I didn’t Within a few days she was‘trying out’,for me. I gave her a moderately difficult, uninteresting, and unimportant project that I didn’t need for months. It took that long for her successor to put in order the mess she had made out of ft Although I couldn’t have prediction exactly what Nina would do,in three minutes I had assessed her as someone who could not be relied on to get a job done.
We all make quick judgments about strangers. Within seconds after we meet someone, We take in a host of details and draw rather large conclusions from them. We may decide in a minute whether it is someone’s nature to be warm or cold, friendly or hostile, anxious or calm, happy or troubled. Unconsciously, we often ask and quickly answer certain questions: Will I enjoy talking to him at this party? Will she make an interesting friend? Will he/she make a good boss / sales manager / secretary for me? If we get to know the person better, we may change our minds. But
we may not have the chance.
From Nina’s inappropriate dress and aggressive behavior. toward me, I’d decided she was pushy. stupid and had poor judgment. I also had a lot of vague impressions I couldn’t explain. It was as if a warning bell went off in my head. Its message: this person was not to be trusted; her behavior. would be unpredictable; she was motivated by a peculiar agenda of her own that I would never understand.
I was using a combination of observation, inference and intuition.
59.Why did the author dislike Nina?
A)Because of her badly looking sneakers.
B)Because of her inappropriate dress and aggressive behavior.
C)Because of her special uniform.
D)Because of her dirty words to the author.
60.Why did the author give Nina an“unimportant project”that he“didn’t need for months”?
A)Because the author wanted to play trick on her.
B)Because he had no other job for her to do at the moment.
C)Because the author believed she was the right person for the job.
D)Because the author thought she couldn’t be relied on to get a job done.
61.According to the passage, which of the following is not true?
A)People tend to make quick judgment about strangers.
B)The author’s first judgment about Nina was totally wrong.
C)Nina behaved rather pushy when she first met the author.
D)The author actually disliked Nina at the first sight.
62.The author’s judgment about Nina was based on ().
A)a combination of observation, inference and intuition
B)a combination of imagination and observation
C)a combination of observation, intuition and imagination
D)a combination of inference, analysis and imagination
Brooke Walker keeps eating junk food(垃圾食品)and already weighs more than Britain's fattest teenager did at the same age .she's been warned by the doctor that they can do no more for her .Next month ,she will begin a healthy eating and exercise plan to save her life.
Brook, who’s too large for girls’ clothes and has to wear boys’ clothes, has been laughed at all her life. She stays indoors much of the time. ”when ”I look in the mirror I feel sad,” she said.
“Doctors have told me that unless I lose weight and exercise I will be very, very sick when I grow up. I have tired really hard to do as the doctors say. But every time I play outside, people stop and look at me and call me “fatso”. I end up crying in my room. ”
Brooke’s weight increased quickly when she developed a love of takeaways and fatty junk food. She often ordered food from shops or restaurant and ate at home. Her daily meal used to be potato chips, chocolates, pizza, and sweet drinks. Brooks’ mum Stacey, a busy single mum, admits Brooke suffered from being dished up with fast food in her early year.
In the first seven days she won’t be able to phone home, but she’s determined to succeed. “I can’t wait to go,” she says. “I am not afraid of going away. My one wish is to lose weight and look like other girls. I am tired of being called fatty and want it to end.”
32、what does the underlined word “diet” most probably mean in the text?()
A.To limit(限制) food
B.To do exercise
C.To see a doctor
D.To go outdoors
33、How does Brooke feel about being fat?()
A.calm
B.sad
C.angry
D.nervous
34、What has caused Brooke’s health problem?()
A.Poor family background
B.bad eating habit
C.lack of exercise equipment
D.little food at home