第1题:
If he my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job.
A. followed
B. should follow
C. had followed
D. would follow
第2题:
Wolfgang's father told him he couldn't play the piano yet because______.
A. his sister was taking lessons
B. he had to help his mother
C. he was too small
D. he had to wait for his sister to finish practising
第3题:
A certain lawyer lived in a city in the north of India.One day he had his photograph taken.In the photograph he appeared wearing English clothes, coat, waistcoat, trousers.boots collar and tie.And over them was his lawyer's gown.And his two hands were in his trouser pockets.
He was pleased with the photograph, and used to show it to his friends.All of them praised it, and said it was very good and very life-like.
One day he was showing the photograph to some of his friends in his office.As they were looking at it, a Pathan (帕坦人), who had just appeared in a case, came in.
He also looked at the photograph, and they asked him how he liked it.
“Not at all,” replied the Pathan.“It is not at all life-like.”
“Why? What is the matter?” they all cried.“We think it a very good likeness.What fault do you find with it?”
“Well, just look at it,” he replied.“Where are the man's hands?”
“They are in his pockets,” said they.
“In whose pockets?” asked the Pathan.
“In his own, of course,” replied they.
“Well, that is just where the picture is wrong.I know it to my cost.His hands should be in someone else's pockets.”
1.From the passage we may infer that().
A.the lawyer was good-looking but he didn't come out well in that photo
B.the lawyer was a good-natured gentleman who knew how to take a joke
C.the lawyer's greed led him to charge his client far too much
D.the lawyer was found to have stolen from people's pockets
C
2.The Pathan().
A.played a joke on the lawyer
B.found out what the lawyer was realy like
C.tried to turn the lawyer's friends against him
D.was always finding fault with lawyers
B
3.The Pathan learned where the picture was wrong from().
A.the lawyer's friends
B.his own experience
C.the lawyer's clients
D.the lawyer himself
B
4.The word "life-like" in the second paragraph means().
A.alike
B.living
C.like a good-looking person
D.very much like the person presented
第4题:
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
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possessed
professed
recounted
refined
第10题:
was not here now
should now be here
had been away
hasn’t left
第11题:
Because he had taken the watch from the Frenchman.
Because he had picked up the watch on his way from work.
Because he was afraid of the Frenchman.
第12题:
about
alone
behind
off
第13题:
Mr. Green, was worried because ______.
A. he was driving along a lonely road
B. he had taken a stranger in his car
C. he saw a police-car
D. he was afraid that the man might rob him
此题为细节信息归纳推理题。其中关键词是Mr.Green...worried because。第 1段第2句交代了Mr.Green had £100.00..并且他得知搭车者曾因抢劫入狱(见第1段倒数第2句)。因此不难推断出D为正确答案。
第14题:
A、news
B、idea
C、thought
D、report
第15题:
Tom's parents died when he was young, so he was ______ by his uncle.
A、brought up
B、brought out
C、grown up
D、taken out
第16题:
The patient died ______.
A. because of the doctor
B. because Of the nurse
C. because his illness was too bad
D. because of the wrong medicine he had taken
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Not until most of the people had left the airport()his sister was there.
第21题:
Because he made little money out of a lawyer.
Because he wanted to make toys for the children.
Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.
Because he was going to work in the museum instead.
第22题:
gathered
flocked
crowded
swarmed
第23题:
He had served in the army
He was the head of the family
He tried to maintain his authority
He was an expert on blood