This story began about 10 years age. I was coming out of a very bad marriage. For seven lo

第1题

Mrs. Andrews had a young cat and it was the cats frst winter One evening the cat was outide when it began to snow heavilyMsAndrews loked everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find i so she telephoned the police and said, "Thave lost a smallblack cat. Has anybody found one?"

"No, Madam," said the policeman at the other end, "But the cats are really very strong animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when somebody finds them, they are quite all right."

Mrs.Andrews felt happier when she heard this, "And," she said, "our cat is very clever. She almost talks."

The policeman was getting tired. "Well then," he said, "why don't you put your telephone down? Perhapssheis trying to telephone you now."

21、MisAndter hdacata wa es hanyerod

A. True

0 B. False

22、The cat was at home when it began to snow heavly

A. True

B. False

23、The story happened on a spring morning.

O A. Trwy

B. False

24、The underlined word "she" in the last sentence refers to thecat.

A. False

B. True

25、The policeman was getting rather tired becauseMrs Andrews had talked too much to him on the phone.

A. False

B. True

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第2题

A wealthy Persian Prince loved good stories. The older he grew, the fonder he became of th

em. But he always regretted they had to have an end. So he decided to give half his wealth and his beautiful daughter to the man who could tell him a story without an end. Anybody who failed would be sent to prison for life. The risk was so great that nobody came to the palace to tell the Prince a story for a whole year. Then one day, a tall, handsome young man came and said he wanted to tell a story that would go on forever. The Prince agreed but warned him what would happen if he failed. "The risk is worth your fair daughter, " the young man replied poetically (得体地). He then began this well-known story:

" Once upon a time there was a certain King who feared famine. So he ordered his men to build an enormous storehouse, which he filled with corn. Then, when it was up, made water-proof and fire-proof, the King felt happy. But one day he noticed a small hole in the roof and as he looked at it, a locust came out with a grain of corn. A minute later, another locust came out with another grain of corn. Then a third locust with another grain of corn. Then a fourth locust, flying at great speed, pushed through the hole and came out with two grains of corn. Then a fifth locust came and. . . "

"Stop, " shouted the Prince. "I can't, " answered the young man. "I must go on until I tell you what happened to each grain of the corn. " "But that will go on forever. " The Prince protested. "Exactly, " the young man replied, and he smiled as he turned towards the Prince's beautiful young daughter.

The Prince always felt regretted about story because______.

A．he had too much wealth

B．there was a terrible famine

C．all stories have ends

D．there was no story-teller

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第3题

Elvis Aron Presley,was often called “the king of rock music”,died on August 16th,1977,at the age of forty-two.He left a great influence on popular music,and millions of fans.During his lifetime,Elvis sold more than four hundred million records.After Presley died,many of his records rose quickly.When Presley died,many mourners journeyed to Memphis,Tennessee,Presley’s home,to pay their last respects.While most of these fans knew a lot about the songs of Elvis,few of them knew the story of how Elvis had his first record which was for his mother.He paid four dollars to a small Memphis recording shop,and recorded two songs.The songs were “My Happiness” and “That’s Where Your Heartaches Begin”.Sam Philips,who owned the shop where Elvis made the record,liked Presley’s songs.He said he would call him some day.About a year later,Philips did call and ask him to cut a record.This first record had “Blue Moon of Kentucky”on one side,and “That’s All Right,Mama”on the other.1.The passage is mainly about how Elvis Presley began his career.A、T B、F 2.Mourners are usually record-producers.A、T B、F 3.Without the record for his mother,Elvis might not have become a star.A、T B、F 4.When Presley died,people went to Memphis for his mother’s story of life.A、T B、F 5.The passage shows that many people loved Elvis.A、T B、F

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第4题

根据以下材料，回答题。A Success StoryAt 19， Ben Way is already a millionaire， and one of a

根据以下材料，回答题。

A Success Story

At 19， Ben Way is already a millionaire， and one of a growing number of teenagers who have（51 ） their fortune through the Internet.（52） makes Ben"s story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic， and was（53） by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write（54）."I wanted to prove them（55）"，says Ben， creator and director of Waysearch， a net search engine which can be used

（56） find goods in online shopping malls.

When he was eight， his local authorities provided him with a PC to help with school work.Although he was（57） to read the ，manuals， he had a natural ability with the computer，and（58） by his father， he soon began（59） people ~ 10 an hour for hisknowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he（60） up his own computer consultancy， Quad Computer， which he ran from his bedroom， and two years later he left school to（61） all his time to business.

"By this time the company had grown and ! needed to take on a（62） of employees to help me"， says Ben. "That enabled me to start doing business with（63） companies. " It was his ability to consistently.（64） difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed Waysearch， and he has recently signed a deal（65） 25 million with a private investment company， which will finance his search engine.

请在第__（51）__处填上正确答案。查看材料

A.taken

B.made

C.put

D.done

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第5题

Let me tell you a story about Berb and Mild Carbridge, who used to be very【21】For example,

Mild would forget to【22】dinner, or Berb would【23】up for work on Sunday【24】it was Monday. One summer they【25】to take a long plane trip. What do you guess happened？ Well, they got to the airport with only ten minutes to【26】. So time was short. In that【27】anyone would【28】the plane right away. But not Mr. and Mrs. Carbridge. They just had to buy some flight insurance(保险)【29】. All in all, who knows what will happen on a plane flight？ They quickly put some【30】into a machine and【31】came their insurance policy. "Who【32】get the money if we【33】, I wonder？" asked Mild. "My mother, of course," her husband【34】. "We'll mail the【35】to her. Now quick give me a stamp,【36】you？" he said. "The plane's going to【37】in another minute." Berb put the stamp on the envelope,【38】it in the mailbox, and【39】began to cry. What happened, do you guess？ He had mailed their【40】to his mother!

(36)

A．careless

B．forgetful

C．thoughtful

D．foolish

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第6题

On a Saturday night, Mr. Jones went to Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he

did not come back till midday on Sunday. His four men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out hunting, without bothering (麻烦) to feed the animals.

When Mr. Jones got back, he immediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the News of the World over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed. At last, they could stand no longer. One of the cows broke into the door of the store-house with her horns (角) and all the animals began to help themselves to the grains.

It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. And the men came back. The next moment he and his four men were in the store-house with whips in their hands, whipping (鞭打) in all directions. This was more than the hungry animals would bear. Together, they jumped upon their masters. Mr. Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being struck with their horns and kicked from all sides. The situation was quite out of their control. A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with the animals running after them joyfully.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the story？

A．Willington was the name of a hotel.

B．Red Lion was the name of a restaurant.

C．News of the World was a TV programme.

D．Mr. Johns went back home at night.

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第7题

In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck.

Yet, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich and as successful as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself: he began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. Young Momand was very proud of his riches. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. But just moving there was not enough. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. Momand and his wife could not do that.

The race ended for them when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They left their wealthy neighborhood and moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “keeping up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

6. The writer of the selection believes（）.

A. many people in the United States think anyone can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck

B. anyone in the United Sates can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck

C. he can become rich in the future

D. anyone in the United States can become rich

7. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because（）.

A. they want to be as rich as their neighbors

B. they want others to know or to think that they are rich

C. they don’t want others to know they are rich

D. they want to be happy

8. It can be inferred from the story that rich people（）.

A. like to live in apartments

B. like to live in New York City

C. like to live outside New York City

D. like to have many neighbors

9. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because Jones is（）.

A,. an important name

B. a popular name in the United States

C. his neighbor’s name

D. not a good name

10. According to the writer, it is（）.

A. correct to keep up with the Joneses

B. impossible to keep up with the Joneses

C. interesting to keep up with the Joneses

D. good to keep up with the Joneses

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第8题

After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced

to move to a new neighborhood. He surprised his landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate.

It all began a year ago when Albert Hall returned home one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his pocket, he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up its paws (爪子) and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his new friend “Bingo”. He never found out the dog's real name, nor who his owner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and it was quite clear that he liked chocolate more than bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albert couldn't give it, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingo's mercy and had to “buy him” to get into his own house! He spent such a large part of his week's wage to keep Bingo supplied with chocolate that in the end he had to move somewhere else.

1)、Albert had been living in the same district for all his life.

A.T

B.F

2)、Albert decided to move because he was afraid of animals, especially dogs.

A.T

B.F

3)、Bingo waited for Albert every afternoon at the gate because he liked Albert.

A.T

B.F

4)、We can tell from the story that Albert could afford to buy a large bar of chocolate for Bingo every day.

A.T

B.F

5)、Albert had to “buy him” means Albert had to give him chocolate.

A.T

B.F

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第9题

Big Ben is the great clock high up in the tower of the Parliament building.Big Ben'

Big Ben is the great clock high up in the tower of the Parliament building.Big Ben's story started in 1834.In that year the old parliament building burned down.Its clock tower crashed to the ground.There had to be a new building and a new clock.

Plans were made.They called for a "King of Clocks, the biggest and best in the world？ So the clock had to be big.And it had to keep very good time.The big clock was made in two years.But it couldn't be put in the tower.The tower wasn't even built! Five more years went by before the clock tower was finished.Then the giant hour bell was put in place.It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859.

The great bell had to have a name.A meeting of Parliament was called to pick one.The clock is the King of Clocks？one man said."Why not call the Queen of Bells？"

"Then why not Victoria？"said another.(Victoria was the British queen at that time.)

The talk about names went on and on.Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak.He was a big man whom the others liked.By this time they were all tired.Someone shouted."Why not call it Big Ben？"

Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up.But Big Ben it was from then on.Not just the bell, but the whole clock.

(1) The new clock began striking years after the old clock had crashed down.

A.2

B.5

C.15

D.25

(2) The plans said that the new clock had to.

A.be named at a parliament meeting

B.be called Big Ben

C.be made in two years

D.be big and keep good time

(3) The clock tower was built five years after.

A.the clock was made

B.the hour bell was made

C.the old Parliament building burned down

D.the new Parliament building was completed

(4) Originally, the British Parliament called the meeting in order to name.

A.the clock

B.the bell

C.the clock tower

D.the whole building

(5) Big Ben was named after.

A.the king of England

B.the British queen

C.a man in Parliament

D.the clock maker

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第10题

Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people,

1+Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between a writer and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours at a typewriter. “You have got to want to write,” I said to them, “not want to be a writer.”

The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found for me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.

After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for many years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who died wondering. What if？ I would keep putting my dream to test (even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure). This is the shadow-land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

21、The passage is meant to _______ .

A.warn young people of the hardship that a successful writer has to experience

B.advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer

C.show young people it is unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth

D.encourage young people to pursue a writing career

24、In “…people who died wondering”, “who” refers to those _______ .

A.who think too much of the dark side of life

B.who regret giving up their career halfway

C.who think a lot without making a decision

D.who are full of imagination even upon death

25、“Shadow-land” in the last sentence refers to _______ .

A.the wonderland one often dreams about

B.the bright future that one is looking forward to

C.the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached

D.a world that exists only in one’s imagination

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