My father often works very hard. And he has 1 to see a film. Here I’ll tell you 2 about
One afternoon, when he finished his work and 3 go home, he found a film ticket under the 4 on his desk. He thought he 5 to have not much work to do that day and 6 was quite wonderful to pass the 7 at the cinemA. So he came back home and 8 finished his supper. Then he said 9 to us and left.
But to our 10 , he came back about half an hour later, I 11 him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about 12 funny thing that had happened at the cinema.
When my father was sitting in his seat, a 13 came to my father’s and said that the seat was 14 . My father was surpriseD. He took out the ticket 15 looked at it carefully. It was Row17, 16 . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her 17 her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.
18 ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The 19 of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh, 20 , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.
1. A. little money B. much money C. little time D. much time
2. A. a funny story B. a good story C. an old story D. a strange story
3. A. was to B. was about to C. had to D. ought
4. A. box B. book C. glass D. paper
5. A. happened B. liked C. pretended D. wanted
6. A. it B. this C. that D. which
7. A. morning B. afternoon C. day D. evening
8. A. early B. quietly C. quickly D. suddenly
9. A. hello B. good-bye C. good evening D. good night
10. A. disappointment B. joy C. sorrow D. surprise
11. A. asked B. explained C. told D. wanted
12. A. a B. one C. some D. the
13. A. man B. woman C. doctor D. nurse
14. A. hers B. his C. taken D. wrong
15. A. and B. but C. or D. so
16. A. Seat1 B. Seat2 C. Seat3 D. Seat4
17. A. it bring B. to get C. to see D. to show
18. A. Why B. How C. When D. where
19. A. designs B. colors C. prices D. owners
20. A. I’m sad B. I’m sorry C. I’m wrong D. I’m worried
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years went by, the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister,a young English athlete, began to believe he might __11__ this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a __12__ chance.Bannister had been __13__ hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real __14__ to him.Describing the __15__ later, Bannister said, “On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I __16__ up for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved __17__ now.This was the moment when I made my decision.”
“The gun fired.My legs seemed to meet no resistance,as if I was __18__ forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful __19__ gave me greater strength.I felt the __20__ of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a __21__ of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy but it went on running just the same.This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they never could have done in previous years.When I leapt at (冲向) the __22__ tape, I fell, almost __23__.”
“I knew I had done it, even before I __24__ the time.The announcement came, ‘Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...’ the rest was __25__ in the noise of excitement.”
A.defeat B.move C.take D.break
A.real B.lucky C.serious D.false
A.competing B.training C.fighting D.attending
A.root B.pleasure C.relief D.worry
A.accident B.event C.issue D.topic
A.did B.made C.put D.lined
A.safely B.heavily C.thinly D.gently
A.dragged B.drawn C.pulled D.pushed
A.mass B.residents C.crowd D.team
A.moment B.period C.while D.date
A.concentration B.collection C.combination D.satisfaction
A.starting B.lasting C.finishing D.running
A.unconcerned B.unconscious C.unknown D.unnoticed
A.offered B.told C.announced D.heard
A.stuck B.involved C.lost D.spread
One day, Nancy came home from school crying. Taking her in her arms, Mummy tried to 36 her. After a while, she stopped crying and asked, “Mummy, am I37 ?” “No, you are not,” said Mummy, “but let us discuss this after you38 , OK?”
Several minutes later, Nancy began to have supper with Mummy.
“Who 39 that you are bad?” asked Mummy.
“Phillips, my friend. He asked me for help with his maths but I 40 because I wanted to read the new book Daddy gave me. He got 41 and said I was a bad girl,” said Nancy.
“You are 42 ,” said Mummy. “Phillips has often helped you with your English. You should have helped him. Why don’t you phone him and say 43 to him?”
“But he called me bad and 44 with me. I don’t want to go,” Nancy cried.
“Though you have done 45 bad, it does not make you a bad person. You are46 a good person.”
Nancy showed a47 look on her face. “How can that be, Mummy?” she asked.
“Our 48 is always good. So never believe that you are bad,” Mummy replied with a smile.
49 flooded on Nancy’s face. “Am I50 good, Mummy?” she asked.
“Yes, you are good, and always will be so. But that does not mean that you should not51 the wrong that you do. You will have to call and 52 to Phillips. Do you understand me?”
“Yes, Mummy,” said Nancy slowly. “Thank you for telling me this. I feel much better now,” said Nancy 53 . “I am going to 54 Phillips right away, and I am never going to 55 that I am always good.”
A.calm B.protect C.trick D.praise
A.shy B.foolish C.bad D.strong
A.get up B.grow up C.wash up D.turn up
A.said B.saw C.heard D.doubted
A.cried B.refused C.admitted D.allowed
A.excited B.comfortable C.nervous D.angry
A.wrong B.brave C.wise D.careful
A.goodbye B.sorry C.thank you D.hello
A.competed B.lived C.worked D.argued
A.everything B.anything C.something D.nothing
A.always B.sometimes C.ever D.never
A.worried B.puzzled C.confident D.satisfied
A.chance B.choice C.condition D.nature
A.Fear B.Patience C.Shock D.Joy
A.really B.hardly C.already D.gradually
A.account for B.pay for C.look forward to D.rely on
A.devote B.apologize C.introduce D.turn
A.coldly B.sadly C.gratefully D.pitifully
A.consult B.change C.teach D.call
A.agree B.explain C.forget D.confirm
Many of us learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was 36 to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have 37 her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.
I was working the 3-11 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42-year-old woman who had 38 a heart attack. She was expected to stay in 39 for about two weeks before being sent home. She was 40 that she could not see her three young children. We did not 41 children into a hospital in those days.
Every evening, we would 42 our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not 43 not seeing her every day. The patient was getting 44 and we both knew it wouldn’t be long before she would be home 45 her little ones again.
About a week later, she 46 me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was 47 and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her 48 so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the 49 of my work. I told her I had to hand in my 50 and that I would come back to her room.
Then I 51 with my friends. It wasn’t until I had got home that I realized I had forgotten to keep my promise. “That’s OK,” I thought, “I will spend 52 time with her tomorrow.”
The next day I was told that she had 53 at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world quietly. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her 54 right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have 55 every patient’s request since that night.
A.fortunate B.afraid C.smart D.brave
A.replaced B.spread C.asked D.forgotten
A.treated B.suffered C.checked D.damaged
A.town B.school C.room D.hospital
A.delighted B.calm C.upset D.hopeful
A.need B.allow C.pull D.force
A.talk about B.look after C.play with D.deal with
A.imagine B.avoid C.enjoy D.practice
A.fatter B.better C.warmer D.older
A.between B.against C.with D.on
A.asked B.paid C.permitted D.ordered
A.relaxed B.scared C.confident D.honest
A.attitude B.method C.progress D.idea
A.development B.period C.change D.end
A.homework B.report C.design D.drawing
A.argued B.arrived C.boarded D.left
A.extra B.useful C.valuable D.little
A.died B.disappeared C.escaped D.agreed
A.kids B.patients C.nurses D.doctors
A.learned from B.looked for C.cared about D.made up
Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York.Inside the car 36 a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire(百万富翁).
Each morning the millionaire 37 a poorly-dressed man 38 on a park bench(长凳).The man always sat 39 staring at the hotel in which the rich man lived.One day the millionaire was so 40 in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he 41 to the bench.He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, 42 I just have to know why you sit staring at my hotel every morning.” “Sir, ”said the poor man, “I’m a failure.I have no job, no family and no 43 .I sleep on this bench and every night I dream that 44 day I will sleep in this hotel.” The rich man had 45 .He said to the poor man, “Tonight your dream will come 46 . I’ll 47 for the best room in that hotel for you for 48 .” The millionaire smiled and felt 49 of himself.
A few days 50 , the millionaire went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he 51 himself.To his great 52 , he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench.When the millionaire asked why, the man said, “You see, when I’m 53 here sleeping on the bench.I always dream I’m up there in the hotel.It’s a wonderful dream.But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed I was 54 here on this cold bench.It was 55 dream and I could not get any sleep at all.”
A.stayed B.stood C.sat D.seated
A.had B.noticed C.laughed D.heard
A.thinking B.lying C.sitting D.resting
A.down B.up C.there D.here
A.interested B.surprise C.strange D.nervous
A.rushed B.swam C.raced D.walked
A.but B.so C.and D.because
A.food B.bed C.home D.shoes
A.each B.one C.that D.every
A.a talk B.an advice C.a friend D.an idea
A.easy B.here C.true D.real
A.pay B.look C.work D.prepare
A.the first time B.two days C.two times D.a whole month
A.pleased B.proud C.glad D.sorry
A.past B.ago C.later D.before
A.liked B.enjoyed C.treated D.satisfied
A.joy B.surprise C.anger D.sorrow
A.down B.below C.up D.under
A.much B.still C.even D.besides
A.a terrible B.a surprised C.a moving D.an exciting
A young student was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly __36_ the students’ friend. As they went 37, they saw lying in the path a pair of old 38_, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was working in a 39 . The student turned to the professor, saying: “Let us play the man 40: we will hide his shoes, and41ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his42 when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never43 ourselvesat the44of the poor. But you are45, and may give yourself a much greater46 by means of the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and47 how the discovery affects him.” The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes. The poor man soon finished his work and came 48the field to the path49 he had left his coat and shoes. While50his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 51, he bent down to feel 52 it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe; but his53was doubled on finding the other coin. He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and said aloud a fervent(热烈的) thanksgiving, in which he 54 his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. The student stood there deeply55, and his eyes filled with tears.
A.held B.kept C.named D.called
A.along B.on C.over D.back
A.socks B.gloves C.shoes D.trousers
A.field B.factory C.company D.shop
A.a game B.a trick C.a joke D.a word
A.hide B.have C.let D.make
A.pleasure B.sorrow C.disappointment D.anxiety
A.make B.treat C.amuse D.laugh
A.price B.expense C.value D.pay
A.poor B.kind C.honest D.rich
A.pleasure B.money C.thought D.good
A.notice B.watch C.realize D.find
A.about B.across C.into D.by
A.where B.that C.there D.which
A.wearing B.dressing C.putting on D.pulling
A.soft B.terrible C.strange D.hard
A.what B.how C.whether D.why
A.confidence B.embarrassment C.surprise D.joy
A.mentioned B.remembered C.recommended D.reminded
A.amazed B.defeated C.puzzled D.affected