My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headmaster of a school for boys between thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young, he gave me presents, and seated me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.
At school, when he walked into a room full of noisy boys, there was silence at once. When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, the boy went red in the face, and looked down at his shoes. If a boy brought him poor, careless work that was not the best the boy could do, my grandfather would pick up the boy’s book and throw it across the room, shouting, “Do it all again, and bring it back to me in the morning!” If the boy was late, or if he forgot to bring the work, he had to do it again, and again, and yet again. My grandfather never forgot.
He was a very different man at school from the man I saw day by day in his own home.
36. I knew my grandfather was kind and gentle, because _________
A.he was a teacher.
B.he let me sit on his knee and told me stories.
C.he told me stories about how kind he was
D.he was the headmaster of a school
37. When he looked at a boy in a certain way, the boy ________
A.went red and could not return my grandfather’s look
B.looked back at my grandfather’s red face
C. looked at his shoes to see if they were dirty.
D. went red in the face because his shoes were dirty.
38.When he received poor work, my grandfather _______.
A.would become very angry.
B.threw the work on the floor, and shouted across the room
C.threw the book at the boy.
D.went red in the face
39.He was a different man at home because ________.
A.he didn’t get angry at home as he did at school.
B.he was not as gentle at home
C.he didn’t throw books about at school like he did at home
D.he did not get angry at home.
--Oh, my God! Daring, what’s wrong with your face?
--Forget it! I am allergic to the cream recommended by my colleague, Ms. Fan, a very well preserved woman.
--Oh, no! I have to say ‘’.
A.A burden of one’s choice is not felt. |
B.One man’s meat is another man’s poison. |
C.Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. |
D.Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it. |
Not until ________a third time ________that he had given birth to the reading system for the blind called Braille.
A.Louis Braille tried; he announced |
B.did Louis Braille try; he announced |
C.Louis Braille had tried; did he announce |
D.had Louis Braille tried; had he announced |
________ much media attention is paid to the topic of raising children or caring for elderly parents in their final years, it seems ________ not much is explained on being a parent.
A.While; that | B.As; like |
C.Because; that | D.Since; / |
--I heard your husband had left for Vienna by air. Why didn’t you go there with him?
--I_________. But I________ a fashion design competition two days away.
A.was scheduled to; will have attended |
B.had been scheduled to; will be attending |
C.was scheduled to have; am attending |
D.had scheduled to; am attending |
When ________how a statue from distant Greece, in China, researchers explained that it was no doubt a result of Alexander the Great’s influence.
A.they were asked; should appear |
B.being asked; can have appeared |
C.asked; must have appeared |
D.asked; could have appeared |