He asked about my health condition ()he met me.
A.whatever
B.however
C.no matter
D.whenever
A.whatever
B.however
C.no matter
D.whenever
I【69】about it with my friends Frank and Lesley.【70】of them【71】suggest anything, but they promised that they would ask their friends. A few days later【72】I was still in bed,【73】telephoned. "Is that Miss Jenkins?" a man' s voice asked. "I【74】your hobby is photography and I've got a job that might interest you in my clothes factory. My name is Mr. Thomson. " He seemed pleasant on the phone【75】I went to see him. I was so excited that I almost forgot【76】goodbye. "Good luck!" my mother said to me.
I arrived【77】early and when Mr. Thomson came he asked me if I【78】waiting a long time. "No, not long. " I replied. After talking to me for about twenty minutes he【79】me a job —not as a photographer,【80】a model!
(61)
A.early
B.presently
C.soon
D.quickly
He asked who I voted for and I said it was my own ().
A.thing
B.matter
C.duty
D.business
How did the writer finally get out of the desert?()
A、He was picked up by a car.
B、A camel took him to the road.
C、A passer-by Bedouin helped him.
D、His uncle and cousin found and rescued him.
Passage Three
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something.
His purpose is settled and decided. He knows what he wants and he just finds it and buys it, but cares little about the price. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it, the salesman quickly takes it out, and the business of trying it on follows at once. If all is well, the deal(买卖) can be and is often completed in less than five minutes, with hard any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.
For a man, small problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman tries to sell the customer something else—he offers the nearest he can to the thing asked for. He would say, "I know this jacket is not the style. you want, Sir, but would you like to try it on for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned." Few men have patience (耐心 ) with this treatment, and the usual answer is, "This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on."
Now how docs a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect (方面) she does so quite differently. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind about what she wants, and she is only "having a look around". She is always open to what the salesman tells her, even to what her friends tell her. She will try on any number of things. What is most important in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Besides, most women have an excellent sense of value when they boy clothes. The), are always ready for the unexpected bargain (便宜货). Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one counter to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It takes time, but surely it is enjoyable to women shoppers. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
44. When a man is buying clothes, ______.
A. he buys cheap things and does not care about the quality
B. he chooses things that others recommend
C. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things
D. he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too expensive
One salesman in late middle age once expressed his insecurity (不安全感) by scolding me of trying to steal one of his customers (雇客). Nothing could have been further from the truth, but he demanded that I go to the stockroom (货仓) with him to settle the matter. He was very small and thin, but to my surprise he started dancing about among the carpets and closets working his arms wildly and calling on me to "put them up". I couldn't put anything up--I was too busy rolling on a four-foot six-inch spring mattress (弹簧垫子), helpless with laughter. Finally he saw the joke too, and we went off to the members' store for a conciliatory(和解) cup of tea. Several days later, I finally left the store. Thank God!
The furniture department was run by ______.
A.the author's parents
B.the author's relatives
C.some member of a big family
D.the local government
The next day the man reached the doctor's office. “Well,” said the doctor, “how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”
The man still looked tired. “Yes,” he said, “I tried counting one, two, three...up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand, but then I still couldn't fall asleep.”
6.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because he had worked too hard and became ill.
A.T
B.F
7.The doctor asked the young man to count numbers while he was lying in bed.
A.T
B.F
8.The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because he wanted to thank the doctor.
A.T
B.F
9.The young man counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea.
A.T
B.F
10.The young man in fact was not able to count numbers.
A.T
B.F
“In my opinion,” the first man said, “the Egyptian pyramids(埃及金字塔)are the world’s greatest wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today.”
“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,” the second man said, “but I do not think they are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds, they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do.”
He turned to the third man and asked, “What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world?”
The third man thought for a long time, and then he said, “Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos.”
And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.
The other two men were very surprised. “A thermos?” they exclaimed. “But that’s a simple thing.”
“Oh, no, it’s not,” the third man said. “In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it’s winter or summer?”
1. The underlined word “thermos” in Chinese means “_______”.
A. 电冰箱
B. 洗衣机
C. 电风扇
D. 保温瓶
2. That the three men could not agree on what the world’s greatest wonder was because _______.
A. they could not think of anything very wonderful
B. they all had different ideas
C. they could not prove that their opinions were right
D. the journey ended too soon
3. The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because ____.
A. they were very beautiful
B. they were Egyptian
C. they had been built with very simple tools
D. they could do mathematical calculations
4. The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because _____.
A. it lasted longer than the pyramids
B. it cost less than a computer
C. he thought it knew whether it was winter or summer
D. the other two men were surprised when he told them about it
5. The third man was not very clever because ______.
A. he could not think of anything to say
B. he did not understand how a thermos works
C. he did not think the pyramids were wonderful
D. he did not know anything about computers
A.the author was the best in class
B.the author didn’t have confidence in himself
C.the author wasn’t good at expressing himself
D.the author needed to be motivated
54. A.sold
B.ordered
C.bought
D.borrowed
55. A.handed
B.put
C.paid
D.borrowed
56. A.milk
B.sugar
C.vegetable
D.book
57. A.friendly
B.kind
C.open
D.strange
58. A.worried about
B.fond of
C.interested in
D.proud of
59. A.some money
B.taxes
C.a visit
D.great attention
60. A.difficult
B.good
C.bad
D.simple
61. A.excite
B.worry
C.interest
D.pay
62. A.need
B.future
C.trouble
D.fact
63. A.famous
B.ordinary
C.sick
D.honest
64. A.In fact
B.For example
C.At once
D.Long, long ago
65. A.among people
B.in passengers
C.in a queue
D.between two
66. A.to
B.in
C.on
D.at
67. A.moment
B.duty
C.turn
D.time
68. A.had remembered
B.had forgotten
C.thought of
D.lost
69. A.telephone number
B.name
C.address
D.age
70. A.turned to
B.looked at
C.listened to
D.passed on
71. A.even worse
B.more worried
C.much better
D.more excited
72. A.check-up
B.talk
C.medicine
D.time
73. A.me
B.your wife
C.patient
D.scientist