My father is()than my mother.A、three years olderB、older three yearsC、three years old
My father is()than my mother.
A、three years older
B、older three years
C、three years old
My father is()than my mother.
A、three years older
B、older three years
C、three years old
My mother was quieter and talked less than my father did. She was also a much more patient person than my father. My father was more experienced in life. He was () to doing everything quickly. My mother, on the other hand, worked and spoke more slowly.
They were fond of nature and sports, such as walking, gardening and swimming. They were both () in reading and music, but my father preferred history books, while my mother liked to read romantic novels. In music, their types were similar, and they were never proud of listening to it. Most of the time they were in agreement on bringing () their children.They both believed in giving them love and neither one believed in punishing them physically. At times, their personalities were very much alike, but at other times, they seemed very (). Perhaps that is why none of their children knows which parent he looks or behaves like.
1.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
2.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
3.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
4.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
5.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
W: Mr. Smith, I’m sorry I didn’t finish my homework on time.
M:________.I know you’ve been taking care of your father these days.
A.That all depends
B.Help yourself
C.You are welcome
D.Come on
A.used to
B.unwilling to
C.able to
D.glad to
Raju and His Father's Shop
My mother told me a story every evening while we waited for father to close the shop and come home. The shop remained open till midnight. Bullock-carts in long caravans arrived late in the evening from distant villages, loaded with coconut, rice, and other commodities for the market. The animals were unyoked under the big tamarind tree for the night, and the cartmen drifted in twos and threes to the shop, for a chat or to ask for things to eat or smoke. How my father loved to discuss with them the price of grain, rainfall, harvest, and the state of irrigation channels. Or they talked about old litigations. One heard repeated references to magistrates, affidavits, witnesses in the case, and appeals, punctuated with roars of laughter—possibly the memory of some absurd legality or loophole tickled them.
My father ignored food and sleep when he had company. My mother sent me out several times to see if he could be. made to turn in. He was a man of uncertain temper and one could not really guess how he would react to interruptions, and so my mother coached me to go up, watch his mood, and gently remind him of food and home. I stood under the shop-awning, coughing and clearing my throat, hoping to catch his eye. But the talk was all-absorbing and he would not glance in my direction, and I got absorbed in their talk, although I did not understand a word of it.
After a while my mother's voice came gently on the night air, calling, "Raju, Raju," and my father interrupted his activities to look at me and say, "Tell your mother not to wait for me. Tell her to place a handful of rice and buttermilk in a bowl, with just, one piece of lime pickle, and keep it in the oven for me. I'll come in later." It was almost a formula with him five days in a week. He always added, "Not that I'm really hungry tonight." And then I believe he went on to discuss health problems with his cronies.
But I didn't stop to hear further. I made a quick dash back home. There was a dark patch between the light from the shop and the dim lantern shedding its light on our threshold, a matter of about the yards, I suppose, but the passage through it gave me a cold sweat. I expected wild animals and supernatural creatures to emerge and grab mc. My mother waited on the doorstep to receive me and said, "Not hungry, I suppose! That'll give him an excuse to talk to the village folk all night, and then come in for an hour's sleep and get up with the crowing of that foolish cock somewhere. He will spoil his health."
I followed her into the kitchen. She placed my plate and hers side by side on the floor, drew the rice-pot within reach, and served me and herself simultaneously, and we finished our dinner by the sooty tin lamp, stuck on a nail in the wall. She unrolled a mat for me in the front room, and I lay down to sleep. She sat at my side, awaiting father's return. Her presence gave me a feeling of inexplicable coziness. I felt I ought to put her proximity to good use, and complained, "Something is bothering my hair," and she ran her fingers through my hair, and scratched the nape of my neck. And then I commanded, "A story."
Immediately she began, "Once upon a time there was a man called Devaka..." I heard his name mentioned almost every night. He was a hero, saint, or something of the kind. I never learned fully what he did or why, sleep overcoming me before my mother was through even the preamble.
Which of the following was NOT what we can infer from the conversation between Father and the cartmen?
A.Sometimes during lawsuits, one side or the other tricked the law, probably by finding faults in the legal code which were favorable to themselves.
B.There were times when the courts came to foolish decisions.
C.Matters related to fanning were of great interest to them.
D.The magistrates were ludicrous.
The words Following in my father's footsteps most probably mean ______.
A.listening to my father's advice
B.taking my father as an example
C.walking after my father
D.looking for my father's footsteps
My mother will not allow me to go, ______.
A.my father will either
B.either my father will
C.neither will my father
D.nor my father will
根据以下材料回答第 21~30 题:
I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, (21) that was over twenty years ago . During the war ,I was at school in the north of England . As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to (22) me as a pupil . I used to go with him but he had such a (23) time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near where we lived ,but the more (24) my father argued ,the more it became. In the end ,we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for (25) an hour. While we were waiting , I (26) around at the school building ,which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finally (27) us into his office. Mr. Andrews spoke to me first ,“Why do you want to come here ?” he asked. I had been thinking of saying something about studying but couldn’t (28) remembering the boys outside .“I don’t know anyone in London, ” I said . “I like to play with the other boys. I like to read a lot of books too,” I (29) . “All right ,”Mr. Andrews said . “We have one place (30) ,in face.”
My two years at that school were among the happiest of my life.
第 21 题 填入(21)处的最佳答案是()。
A.if
B.despite
C.although
D.since
My father seemed to be in no_________ to look at my school report that day.
A. feeling
B. attitude
C. emotion
D. mood
My father was asked to ______ the New York office.
A.take part in
B.take place
C.take over
D.take in