In the old days, the children ____________ by the mother because she did not work outs
A、took care of
B、were taking care of
C、taken care of
D、were taken care of
A、took care of
B、were taking care of
C、taken care of
D、were taken care of
第1题
A was
B are
C were
D had been
第2题
A died
B would die
C had died
D has died
第3题
Who is the writer of this short story from which the passage is taken?
第4题
(1).A、meaning
B、including
C、means
(2).A、made
B、discovered
C、invented
(3).A、in
B、at
C、under
(4).A、pilot
B、story-teller
C、captain
(5).A、are
B、to be
C、as if
(6).A、that
B、who
C、what
(7).A、easy
B、difficult
C、comfortable
(8).A、roads
B、paths
C、ways
(9).A、except
B、as well
C、as well as
(10).A、Always
B、Sometimes
C、Some times
第5题
21_______for career reasons; she moved far away. For this reason ,a 36-year- old 22_______father has custody of his two children , eleven and eight years old. He works long hours as a 23_______, including weekends. On his days off from work , he goes to a local 24_______college. He' s studying to 25 his job skills so he can make more money for his family. At night he does his homework at the same table as the 26_______. But who takes care of the kids in the evenings when their father is working or 27_______to school? His "extended family"- his mother , other 28_______, and his new girlfriend 29_______out as much as they can. He thinks his girlfriend , who is from Mexico , his home country , is good for his family. He doesn’t want to date "Anglos"or"Anglicized" women because he thinks they value their 30_______over motherhood. He wants a wife with traditional , religious values like his mother.
第6题
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a means for schools to communicate with parents?
A.Social media.
B.Parent meetings.
C.Letters.
D.Email.
第7题
Richard Gray was a famous explorer (探险家 ) . He was also a millionaire. He had visited every country in the world. He had crossed Antarctica, flown across the Atlantic by balloon, and climbed Mount Everest. Last year he decided to walk across Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth. He walked for days over the hot desert sand. One night he found the camp where he had been the night before. Gray had walked in a circle. He was lost.
Two days later he had drunk all his water. He couldn't walk. He crawled to the top of a sand dune (沙丘) ,and there he saw a man. The man was wearing smart, clean trousers, a white shirt and a tie. Gray crawled over to him.
“Water⋯ water ⋯” he said.
“I'm terribly sorry, old boy,” replied the man, “but I haven't got any water with me.”
“Help me!” shouted Gray, “I'm a rich man…a millionaire… I'II give you anything. ”
“That's very nice of you, old boy,” said the man. “Look, I can't give you any water, but would you like to buy my tie?”
“A tie? Of course not! ” screamed Gray, and crawled away. He crawled slowly up the next sand dune. His mouth was full of sand. His lips were cracked (破裂) and dry. He I couldn't breathe.
He reached the top of the dune and there he saw a huge good hotel.
Girls were swimming in the large swimming pool. Beautiful fountains were all around the hotel.
“Is it a mirage (幻景)? ” he thought. “Am I dying?”
He stood up and staggered (蹒跚) down the dune.
A waiter in shining white uniform. came out of the door.
“Water ⋯water ⋯ a bath! Food! ” screamed Gray.
“I'm sorry, you can't come into this hotel,” said the waiter.
“Why not? I've got plenty of money. . . I'm a millionaire. ”
“Ah,” replied the waiter,“ but you aren't wearing a tie! ”
(1)The famous explorer _________.
A、had crossed Antarctica and the Atlantic by balloon
B、had traveled all over the world
C、had walked across Death Valley
D、had ever been a millionaire
(2)The man offered to sell his tie to Gray because _________.
A、he wished to get some money from Gray
B、Gray was a rich man
C、he didn't have any water with him
D、he thought a millionaire needed to wear a tie
(3)Gray saw _________ from the top of the next dune.
A、a large good hotel
B、many swimming boys
C、a lot of drinking water
D、a beautiful mirage
(4)At last Richard Gray_________
A、got some water to drink
B、was not permitted to enter the hotel
C、was very sorry for the waiter
D、was dying
(5)If Gray __________, he would have got some water to drink in the hotel.
A、had got a lot of money with him
B、had put on his tie at once
C、had said he was a famous millionaire
D、had bought the tie from the man
第8题
The funeral was over, -the tread of many feet, bearing the heavy burden of two broken lives, had been to the lonely graveyard, and had come again, -each footstep lighter and more unconstrained as each one went his way from the great old tragedy of Death to the common cheerful life.
The solemn black clock stood swaying with its eternal "tick-tock, tick-cock," in the kitchen of the brown house on Orr's Island. There was there that sense of a stillness that can be left, -such as settles down on a dwelling when any of its inmates have passed though its doors for the last time, to go whence they shall not return. The best room was shut up and darkened, with only so much light as could fall through a little heart-shaped hole in the window-shutter, -for except on solemn visits, or prayer-meeting or weddings, or funerals, that room formed no part of the daily family scenery.
The kitchen was clean and ample, with a great open fireplace and wide stone hearth, and oven on one side, and rows of old-fashioned splint-bottomed chairs against the wall. A table scoured no snowy whiteness, and a little work-stand whereon lay the Bible, the Missionary Herald, and the Weekly Christian Mirror, before named, formed the principal furniture. One feature, however, must not be forgotten, -a great sea-chest, which had been the companion of Zephaniah through all the countries of the earth. Old, and battered, and unsightly it looked, yet report said that there was good store within of that which men for the most part respect more than anything else; and, indeed, it proved often when a deed of grace was to be done -when a woman was suddenly made a widow in a coast gale, or a fishing -smack was run down in the fogs off the banks, leaving in some neighboring cottage a family of orphans, -in all such cases, the opening of this sea-chest was an event of good omen to the bereaved; for Zephaniah had a large heart and a large hand, and was apt to take it out full of silver dollars when once it went in. So the ark of the covenant could not have been looked on with more reverence than the neighbors usually showed to Captain Pennel's sea-chest.
第9题
You’re lucky, Ron, he said. For every boy with a job these days, there's a dozen without. So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.
For a year he spent his days filing shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he was looking back on his school-days as a time of great variety(多样性) and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success.
One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lorry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart ad a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a caf é run by an elderly man and his wife.
Before he had finished the sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the restof the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. The ease and speed of it rather took Ron’s breath away. At quite times Ron had to check the old man’s arithmetic in the records of the business.
At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of 17 to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for 3 weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books.
(1)Ron Jackie left school at sixteen because _______.
A、his father made him leave
B、he didn't want to stay in school
C、he was worried about the future
D、he could earn a lot of money in the supermarket
(2)What did Ron’s father think about his leaving school?
A、He thought his son was doing the right thing.
B、He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.
C、He was against it.
D、He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one.
(3)After a year, Ron to realize that ________.
A、he was interested in the job
B、his work at the supermarket was dull
C、being at work was much better than going to school
D、the store manager wanted to get rid of him
(4)Ron left the supermarket because ______.
A、he knew he would find work in Bournemouth
B、he took a job as lorry driver
C、he gave up the job because he felt unwell
D、he wanted to work at the seaside
(5)Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because ________.
A、he got on well with the manager there
B、he knew how to keep the accounts of the business
C、he had had experience of selling books
D、he was young and strong
第10题
A.had attended...three days before
B.attended...three days ago
C.would attend...since three days
D.was attending...for three days
第11题
In England, Christmas Day and Good Friday have been holidays for religious reasons since the establishment of Christianity in the country. Christmas is celebrated on December 25, not Christmas Eve as in several other European countries. The other public holidays (or "Bank Holidays") are Easter Monday, May Day (May 1st), the Spring Bank Holiday (the last Monday in May), the Summer Bank Holiday (the last Monday in August), December 26th (Boxing Day), and New Year's Day. The term "Bank Holiday" goes back to the Bank Holidays Act of 1871, which owes its name to the fact that banks are closed on the days specified.
Boxing Day takes its name from the old custom of giving employees or tradesmen (such as milkman) an annual present or "Christmas box" on that day
Easter Monday is generally regarded as an unofficial consecration (祭祀) of Spring. It used to be the day on which the ladies would parade in the parks, wearing new dresses and hats. Although this custom is dying out, the tradition still provides the ladies with a pretext for buying spring clothes.
The August Bank Holiday is probably the most popular one of the year, partly because it comes at a time when children are not at school In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) is also a Bank Holiday. St Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland. It is curious that St. George's Day (April 23rd) not a public holiday in England though St. George is the Patron Saint of England. However, the flag of St George (a red cross on a white background) or the Union Jack is flown on that day, particularly by churches of the Church of England.
31. Public holidays have been called Bank Holidays in England since _____.
A. last century
B. ancient times
C. the foundation of England
D. the start of banking business
32. Boxing Day is a day _____.
A. which has something to do with sports such as "boxing"
B. when employees are paid
C. for giving an annual gift
D. for holding a party
33 一 What did the ladies use to do on Easter Monday?
— _____.
A. They wore new clothes and hats.
B. They went to the seaside for their holidays.
C. They used to go to church.
D. They gave presents to each other.
34. The August Bank Holiday is probably the most popular one of the year, partly because _____.
A. the weather often agrees with people
B. the weather rarely changes
C. the weather is suitable for people to travel
D. it comes at a time when the pupils are not at school
35. Holidays in Ireland ________ in England
A. are just the same as those
B. are entirely different from those
C. are partly different from those
D. are not celebrated