I had () my flight over the telephone.
A.booked
B.looked
C.searched
D.called
A.booked
B.looked
C.searched
D.called
A.got up
B.had got up
C.get up
D.am getting up
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A.careless
B.forgetful
C.thoughtful
D.foolish
I was driving along a high road on my way to my daughter’s school. Over my road was another road which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake!I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car .I drove a little more slowly and then I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the car in front of me.
I found myself in the dark.I couldn’t move. The bottom parts of both of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized (记起) what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came.Luckily I could reach the bag of apples,so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road .I called out,“I’m here!” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the side of the road near my car.“How are you doing?” he asked.
“Not too bad,” I said,“But my feet and legs feel as if they’re broken.”“We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can.” They didn’t get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.
1.When the earthquake took place,the writer was_____.
A.on his way to the Post Office
B.stopping off at a shop
C.doing some shopping
D.under a road built like a bridge
2.The writer’s car began to move from side to side because________.
A.there was something wrong with his car
B.he ate apples as he drove
C.an earthquake began to happen
D.he drove too fast
3.Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A.When the earthquake happened,the writer was with his daughter together.
B.The writer’s legs and feet were badly wounded in the earthquake.
C.The writer was saved as soon as the stranger climbed up the road.
D.The writer was so frightened that he forgot everything that happened around him.
4.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the writer?
a—A stranger climbed to the side of road near his car and asked how he was going.
b—The writer finished his work.
c—He felt his car shaking on his way to his daughter’s school.
d—He bought some fresh fruit in a shop.
e—He was saved the next morning.
f—The writer found himself in the dark.
g—He went to the Post Office.
A.b,g,d,c,f,a,e
B.b,d,c,g,f,a,e
C.d,b,c,f,g,a,e
D.c,a,f,g,b,d,e
5.From the passage we’re sure that the writer was________.
A.a teacher of a school
B.a manager of a shop
C.a father of a girl
D.a worker of a Post Office
What I remember now about VE Day was the afternoon and the evening. It was a fine May day. I remember coming home at about five o'clock. My father and mother came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to see the bonfire (篝火), so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very high, and some peo-ple had collected some old clothes to dress the unmistakable figure with the moustache (小胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames rose and soon covered the "guy." Everyone was cheering and shouting, and an old woman came out of her house with two chairs and threw them on the fire to keep the fire going.
I stood beside my father until the fire started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing either. He had fought in the First World War and may have been remem-bering the end of that. At last he said, "Well, that's it, son. Let's hope that this time it really will be the last one. "
Where did the narrator live before the Second World War?
A.In a small city.
B.In London.
C.In Europe.
D.In the countryside.
A.I need a round trip to Frankfurt
B.I’d prefer sit with my family
C.Here you are
D.I want to check in for the next flight
lt wasn 't that I relied on them for _ 27__reasons,or to keep my life in order, or to ease the chaosof the home. These days,1 rely on them for their company.
Ⅰ missed coming home and talking about my day at work,and I missed being able to read their facesand sense how their day was. I missed having unique_ 28_into tiny details that make a life.
While the conversation about young adults staying longer at home is_ 29_by talk of laziness, ofdependence,of an inability for young people to pull themselves together,_ 30 do we talk of theway,in my case at least,my relationship with my parents has_ 31 strengthened the longer we havelived together.
Over the years the power dynamic has changed and is no longer defined by one being the giver andanother,the taker. So,what does this say for our relationships within the family home?
According to psychologist Sabina Read,there are“some very positive possible_ 32_when adultchildren share the family home", noting the"parent-child relationship may indeed strengthen and mature”in the process.
But,she notes, a strong_ 33_doesn 't simply come with time."The many changing factors of therelationship need to be acknowledged,rather than hoping that the mere passage of time will _ 34connect parents to their adult children. It's important to acknowledge that the relationship parametershave changed to avoid falling back into __35_from the teen years.”
A) bond F) legislative K) patterns
B) contemplated G) leverage L) rarely
C) dawned H )logistical M) saturated
D) hierarchy I)magically N) stereotypes
E) insight J)outcomes O) undoubtedly
听力原文: Last summer, I took my first flight from London to New York. I boarded the plane at Crayon Airfield and, from that moment on, my life was arranged for me on the trip. First, I was directed to my seat by the stewardess, and then when the plane was ready to take off, the other passengers and I were told to fasten our seat belts. A few minutes after take-off, magazines and newspapers were passed out. Because my ears hurt, I was given some gum to chew. Next, we were given instructions on what to do in case of an emergency. We were given earphones to listen to music and told that a movie would be shown after dinner. Before dinner, we were asked if we wanted a cocktail. Dinner was served on a tray, and it was attractive and delicious. We were permitted to have a refill on any beverage. After the dinner, we were shown a new Hollywood movie. When I felt cold, I was given a blanket, when I felt airsick the stewardess gave me a paper bag. Everything was done for the comfort of the passengers. When the plane landed, I was almost sorry to get off and have to start doing things for myself again.
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A.In Washington.
B.In London.
C.In New York.
D.In Yorkshire.
In the fall of 1924 Thomas Wolfe, fresh from his courses in play writing at Harvard joined the eight or
ten of us who were teaching English composition in New York University. I had never before seen a man
so tall as he, and so ugly. I pitied him and went out of my way to help him with his work and make him
feel at home.
His students soon let me know that he had no need of my protectiveness. They spoke of his ability to
explain a poem in such a manner as to have them shouting with laughter or struggling to keep back
their tears, of his readiness to quote in detail from any poet they could name.
Indeed, his students made so much of his power of observation that I decided to make a little test and
see for myself. My chance came one morning when the students were slowly gathering for nine o‘clock
classes.
Upon arriving at the university that day, I found Wolfe alone in the large room which served all the
English composition teachers as an office. He did not say anything when I asked him to come
with me out into the hall, and he only smiled when we reached a classroom door and I told him
to enter alone and look around.
He stepped in, remained no more than thirty seconds and then came out. “Tell me what you see.”
I said as I took his place in the room, leaving him in the hall with his back to the door. Without the
least hesitation and without a single error, he gave the number of seats in the room, pointed out
those which were taken by boys and those occupied by girls, named the colors each student was
wearing, pointed out the Latin verb written on the blackboard, spoke of the chalk marks which the
cleaner had failed to wash from the floor, and pictured in detail the view of Washington Square from
the window.
As I rejoined Wolfe, I was speechless with surprise. He, on the contrary, was wholly calm as he
said, “The worst thing about it is that I‘ll remember it all.”
What is the passage mainly discussing?
A. Thomas Wolfe‘s teaching work.
B. Thomas Wolfe‘s course in playwriting.
C. Thomas Wolfe‘s ability of explaining.
D. Thomas Wolfe‘s genius.
The reason for my absence was ______ I had fallen ill.
A.why
B.because
C.for
D.that