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第1题

（阅读理解)Having returned from her round trip（往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside

(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

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第2题

I love traveling in the countryside, but I don't like losing my way. I went on a t

rip recently, but my trip took me longer than I expecteD.

"I'm going to Woodford Green," I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, "but I don't know where it is."

"I'll tell you where to get off," answered the conductor.

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stoppeD.Looking around, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.

"You'll have to get off here," the conductor saiD."This is as far as we go."

"Is this Woodford Green？" I askeD.

"Oh, dear," said the conductor suddenly. "I forgot to put you off."

"It doesn't matter," I saiD."I'll get off here."

"We are going back now," said the conductor.

"Well, in that case, I would prefer to stay on the bus," I answereD.

1. The conductor ________.

：A.got angry when he found out the author was still on the bus

B.wanted to make a joke with the author

C.was rude to the author at first

D.forgot to tell the author where to get off the bus

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第3题

Everyone who eats in Carman's Country Kitchen in South Philadelphia knows that if

you need a job,a place to stay or a friendly ear on a blue day,you come to Carman Luntzel.The six-foot,46 year-old powerhouse not only cooks,she also acts as her restaurant's discussion leader and matchmaker.When breakfast regular Stephen Sacavitch wasn't meeting women,she put his picture on a bulletin board,with the words:"Girls.Nice guy.Give him a break."Last September a coffeepot left on a red-hot burner nearly destroyed the restaurant.Luntzel didn't have insurance.But bad news has a way of turning good at Carman's.Bereft at the thought of no more buttermilk pancakes or homemade pear pie-and no more Carman dishing out advice and help-her customers pitched in.They boarded up her windows,removed debris and primed and painted her scorched walls.It wasn't just the regulars.A guy on a motorcycle dropped off some cash.A woman from a nearby restaurant scoured charred dishes and stuck two $50 bills in Luntzel's pocket as she left.Just three weeks after the blaze,Luntzel was serving breakfast again."It was incredible,"she says."There's a sense about Carman that is just can-do,"says regular Kevin Vaughan."It's infectious."

The word "powerhouse"in paragraph one means ()

A、a small powerplant

B、a good restaurant

C、an energetic person

D、an angry woman

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第4题

Passage 2 Questions 1to 5 are based on the following passage:Sometimes a book can help c

Passage 2 Questions 1to 5 are based on the following passage:

Sometimes a book can help change history. One book that certainly did was Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was a book that spoke out against slavery.

As Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her book, there were over3.5 million slaves in the United States. Slaves were usually in the cotton-growing states of the South. The Northern States has ended slavery. Yet most northerners were not strongly against slavery. They did not mind that slavery continued in the South.

Stowe decided to make people understand that slavery was very bad. Each night after putting r six children to bed, she worked on her book. She told the owner. She also told how the slaves tried to run away for freedom. Uncle Tom’s Cabin first came in 1852. Over 300,000 books were sold out in a year.

People had different ideas about the book. In the North, many people finally believed that slavery must be ended after they read the book. In the South, many people were very angry at the people in the North. By 1861 the two parts of the country were at war. The Civil War, which lasted until of cease, was made to happen by many things. Yet Uncle Tom’s Cabin surely played a part. Stowe met President Linclon in 1862. As Linclon took her hand, he said, “So you are the woman who starred the big war.”

1、Before Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, most Northerners ______.

A、were slaves in the South

B、did not know how bad slavery was

C、kept slaves in their homes

D、understood that slavery was wrong

2、While many Northerners agreed with Harriet Beacher Stowe,______.

A、many southerners wanted war

B、many southerners had not read the boo

C、many southerners were angry at her

D、some slaves tried to run away from North

3、From the text, we can infer that _______.

A、Stowe was a very young woman

B、Stowe’s husband was dead when she wrote the story

C、Stowe wrote her book with stories from her six children

D、Stowe could not work on her book at all during the daytime

4、Uncle Tom’s Cabin was _______.

A、a book about Harriet Beecher Stowe

B、a history book

C、a book that helped change history

D、a book about the American Civil war

5、Harriet Beecher Stowe _______.

A、was a little woman who started the American Civil War together with Abraham Linclon

B、was strongly against the slavery

C、helped some slaves to run away from the South

D、met Abraham Lincoln before the Civil War

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第5题

One of the good things for men in women's liberation is that men no longer have to pay wom

en the old-fashioned courtesies.

In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn't need help getting in and out of cars. She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk.

As far as manners are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women's liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies.

It is usually easier to follow rules of social behaviour than to depend on one's own taste. But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us with the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is expected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms. Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife.

It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in.

"Well, "my wife said, when the hostess had gone, "you did it again."

"Did what？" I asked, utterly confused.

"Took the chair."

Actually, since I'd walked. through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all.

Also, it has always been my custom to get in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of some bad fellow who might be hiding in the back seat.

It can be concluded from the passage that______.

A．men should walk on the inside of a sidewalk

B．women are becoming more capable than before

C．in women's liberation men are also liberated

D．it's safe to break rules of social behaviour

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第6题

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief.Do you know what he did one day？ When he

wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard.The bell made a very loud noise.The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said.He thought and thought.At last he had an idea."Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears.Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell.This time he pulled even harder.The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything.With another hard pull he got the bell out.Just then the neighbor came running out.

"Steal my bell？ I'll teach you a lesson," the angry man shouted.And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell."Why did he come out just then？" he wondered.

31.The thief was trying to get his neighbor's doorbell.()

A.T

B.F

32.The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.()

A.T

B.F

33.The neighbor ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.()

A.T

B.F

34.The neighbor hit the thief to punish him for stealing.()

A.T

B.F

35.The thief thought the neighbor couldn't hear the noise of the bell.()

A.T

B.F

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第7题

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Be fired with be given to better off care for far from feel like mix up nothing but turn down

1.I did not see the other car at the time because it was outside my field of_____.

2.Do you think a beautiful face is an_____or not for a woman？

3.Fever is an ______ of many illnesses.

4.The basketball player had _______ sat down before the reporters started firing questions at him.

5.Their old house had been large and spacious;by ______ the new flat seemed small and dark.

6.Every type of plant, with no ______,contains some kind of salt.

7.Parents should pay more attention to their children during their _____ years.

8.Joey came close to_____ after six months of unemployment.

9.I’m tried of being treated like a slave. I’ll_____ immediately.

10.Many of these problems had their ______ in the upper levels of administration.

11.Jonathan’s great grandfather left Ireland for the United States,which was believed to be a land of ____.

12.It’s interesting that some famous modern Chinese writers used to be students of______.

13.Maggie is no _____ woman.She has supported over a hundred children through school by working two jobs at the same time.

14.They _____ to herd Mr.Simpson’s sheep in the mountains the whole summer.

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第8题

One of the good things for men in women's liberation is that men no longer have to

pay women the old-fashioned courtesies.

In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn't need help getting in and out of cars. u Women get in and out of cars twenty times a day with babies and dogs. Surely they can get out by themselves at night just as easily.n':--

She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk. M Historically, the man walked on the inside so he caught the garbage thrown out of a window. Today a man is supposed to walk on the outside. A man should walk where he wants to. So should a woman. If, out of love and respect, he actually wants to take the blows, he should walk on the inside —' because that's where attackers are all hiding these days.”

As far as manners are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women's liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies.

It is usually easier to follow rules of social behavior. than to depend on one's own taste. But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us. with:the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is expected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms. Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife.

It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in. I had the best view of the boats.

"Well," my wife said, when the hostess had gone, "you did it again."

"Did what？" I asked, utterly confused.

u Took the chair.n

Actually, since I'd walked through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all.

Also, it has always been my custom to get in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car and then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of some bad fellow who might be hidden in the back seat.

49.It can be concluded from the passage that ―.

A.men should walk on the inside of a sidewalk

B.women are becoming more capable than before

C.in women's liberation men are also liberated

D.it's safe to break rules of social behavior

50.The author was “ utterly confused" because he .

A. took the chair out of habit

B. was trying to be polite

C. was slow in understanding

D. had forgotten what he did

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第9题

Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to

a young person thinking of going on the stage is "Don't!" But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, although the chances of his becoming famous are small. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a repertory company, usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre: painting scenery, looking after the furniture, publicity, taking care of the costumes, and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed, the hours are long and the salary is tiny. But young actors with the stage in their blood are happy, waiting for the chance of work with a better company, or perhaps in films or television.Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and tedious training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his big car. He told the chauffeur to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took t he producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the studio the next day. The test was successful. They gave her elocution lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. Of course, she was given a more dramatic name, which is now world-famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!

1.The reason why young people should be discouraged from becoming actors is that ____.

A、actors are very determined people

B、the course at the drama school lasts two years

C、acting is very hard work

D、there are already too many actors

2.Why is an assistant stage manager's job difficult？____

A、Because he has to do everything.

B、Because he has to work long hours every day.

C、Because he will not be happy.

D、Because he has to wait for another chance.

3.Usually only students who ____are accepted.

A、have received good education

B、are hard-working

C、are talented and promising

D、are good-mannered

4."Then she got angry and said she would call the police". This sentence shows that ____.

A、She totally disbelieved the proposal

B、The man acted with an ill purpose

C、The man forced her into his big car

D、She was a nervous woman

5.The phrase "once in a blue moon" refers to ____.

A、once in a full moon

B、once for a while

C、once for a long time

D、once and for all

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第10题

Mrs. Wilson, a Cree Indian in her sixties, was looking for a home to rent. She heard

that one was available in an ideal location, close to the Calgary core.

Mrs. Wilson and her daughters went to look at the house. Sure enough, there was a For Rent sign in the window. A woman next door told them that the owner was Antonio Pompei, who owned a bakery farther up the street.

Mrs. Wilson has great difficulty walking for she is almost blind, so she waited in the car while her daughters went along to the bakery. The daughters met Mr. Pompei, who agreed to rent the house. However, the daughters wanted to see the inside of the house before they agreed to rent it. One of the bakery employees went with them to the house, where he met Mrs. Wilson.

All three women liked the house and returned to the bakery to tell Mr. Pompei that they would rent it.

When Mr. Pompei saw Mrs. Wilson, he quickly walked out of the bakery. He had not realized Mrs. Wilson was Indian. Her daughters look more like their father, who is of a different ethnic(种族) origin. The next day, Mrs. Wilson and her daughters returned to the bakery in an attempt to rent the house. Because of her blindness, Mr. Wilson was helped out of the car and guided into the bakery by one of her daughters. Mr. Pompei told the women that the house was already rented.

The Wilsons suspected discrimination. As soon as they got home, Mrs. Wilson phoned Mr. Pompei, without identifying herself, Mr. Pompei lost his temper.

Mrs. Wilson complained to the Human Rights Commission. Their examination discovered that the tenants who did rent the house had not even seen it at the time when Mrs. Wilson visited it. They applied to rent it a full week after Mrs. Wilson had applied.

(1)According to the passage, Mrs. Wilson was _____________.

A、to rent the house for her daughters

B、to rent the house for someone else

C、to rent the house for her family

D、to sublet (转租) the house

(2)According to the passage, we are certain that Mr. Wilson was _____________.

A、an Indian

B、not an Indian

C、an Asian

D、from India

(3)Mrs. Wilson found Mr. Pompei’s discrimination by _____________.

A、complaining to the Human Rights Commission

B、making the bakery owner angry

C、making an unidentifiable phone call

D、pretending to be a woman of wealth

(4)In the end Mrs. Wilson couldn’t rent the house simply because _____________.

A、she was of Indian origin

B、she needed assistance while walking

C、the owner of the house asked for more money

D、she was almost blind

(5)Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE？

A、Mr. Wilson had at least two daughters.

B、The house had been rented to someone else a week before.

C、Mrs. Wilson was almost blind.

D、Mr. Pompei was practicing racial discrimination.

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