Long long ago, there was a man whose name was Frank. He loved his 46 very much. A special day was coming. It was his wife’s birthday. Frank decided 47 something for her.
The next day he 48 home and said to his wife, “I bought something 49 you.” “Thank you!” said his wife 50 . “What have you bought for me?” “I’ve bought a gold ring. Here it is.” He took it out for his wife to see. Carelessly, he dropped it onto the ground. He began to look for it on the ground, 51 it was dark in the house and he could not see 52 . Then he went out and began to look for it in the street.
He looked and looked. After a while, a friend came along. “What’s the matter with you?” asked his friend. “I am 53 for my ring. It was for my wife. But I lost it just now.” said the poor man. “ 54 did you lose it?” “I lost it in my house.” “You lost your ring in your house, but you are looking for it in the street. How foolish you are!” “Ah,” said the man, “but it is dark in my house. I will never find it there. Anyhow, here in the street, it is much 55 . I can see everything more clearly.” My dear friend, do you think Frank could find his gold ring in the street? A. wife B. daughter C. son
A. to show B. to buy C. to cook
A. go B. goes C. went
A. for B. with C. to
A. angrily B. sadly C. happily
A. but B. so C. because
A. something B. anything C. nothing
A. asking B. calling C. looking
A. Where B. When C. Why
A. darker B. brighter C. harder
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Bert Manson, 82, slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt ____. The time was nothing to him. He had nothing to do all day. He lay on the bed, ________ to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.
After a while, Bert ______ got out of bed and asked himself the same questions as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he _______? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would ______?”he spoke quietly.
After Bert’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit once a week. But the last time was months ago. On the phone, they always had a(n) ________: too busy at work; the children are _______; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have any time…except for Bert. He ________ his granddaughters. He loved it when Mandy and Ruth came to visit. They brought him candy and _______.
He walked to a chair near the bedroom door ________. He rested for a moment before continuing in small steps to the bathroom.A. pleased B. sad C. surprised
A. listening B. pointing C. shouting
A. happily B. quickly C. carefully
A. hide B. wait C. follow
A. care B. decide C. forget
A. chance B. accident C. reason
A. excited B. perfect C. sick
A. introduced B. missed C. refused
A. hope B. trouble C. fear
A. in time B. in pain C. in person
Mr Read enjoyed climbing mountains, so one year he went to Switzerland his holidays.After he had climbed some easy mountains, he decided one day to climb a more one, but he didn’t want to go up it , so he found a good Swiss guide(向导).
At first it was not a difficult climb, but they came to a which was not so easy.The guide , turned round and warned(警告) Mr Read.“Be careful here,” he said.“This is a place.You can easily fall, and you do, you will fall straight down a very long way.” But he went on.“If you do fall here, don’t to look to the right while you are going .There is a quite beautiful view(景色) there.It’s much more beautiful than the one you can from here.”
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A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake.So they stopped there to for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very .Could you please me some water from the lake?”
The follower walked to the lake the wise man requested.Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts (手推车) started crossing the lake. , the water became very muddy.Then he went back and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not to drink.After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink.As requested, the follower went to the lake.This time he found that all the mud had to the bottom.The water was very and looked fit to drink.So he his water bottle and took it to the wise man.
The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower.“See what you did the water clean?” he said.“You let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own, you could get some clear drinking water.Your mind can also be like that lake when it is by something.If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will most likely settle down on its own putting in any effort at all to it.”
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Mr Black was once a policeman.He was a kind person.He liked to have a walk in a park after breakfast.
It was very cold a winter morning.Mr Black was walking along the street when he heard a _ for help.He turned around but could ____ nobody.He stopped and looked here and there.At the moment, a boy ran to him.The boy was in such a hurry he couldn't say a word except _ _ towards the river in the park.Mr.Black ran to the direction as fast as possible._ of them ran along the river and saw a girl in the water.She was a piece of wood.It was carrying her away.It was too .
Without a word, Mr Black took off his clothes as quick as he could, jumped into the river and saved the girl onto the bank.
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Sandy: Do you know what type the film is tonight?
Kitty: I hear it’s action film.What do you _____ of the fights in action films?
Sandy: I don’t like them because they seem to make us feel ____ easily.They have a bad ____ on people, __ _ teenagers.
Kitty: I see._____ what is your favourite kind of film?
Sandy: I’d rather watch romantic films ____ action ones because they usually have happy endings.
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