One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 21 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly 22 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 23 my moves, because she 24 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 25 she had strict sleeping habits, 26 I thought she ought to be able to 27 some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 28 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 29 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 30 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.”“No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 31 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 32 for another ten minutes, until 33 my daughter burst into tears, and 34 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 35 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 36time with my daughter but had 37 my desire to win to become more 38 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win 39 me well. As a parent, I 40 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
| B. asking B. expected B. repeat B. needed B. learned B. for B. take up B. Go ahead B. luck B. proud B. again B. continued B. immediately B. admitted B. a decision B. different B. recognized B. attractive B. served B. apologized |
C. training C. replied C. hurry C. begged C. guessed C. but C. pick up C. By the way C. fun C. anxious C. fairly  C. counted C. strangely C. wondered C. an attempt C. full C. allowed C. practical C. controlled C. imagined |
D. advising D. accepted D. pass D. hated D. heard D. or D. give up D. Come on D. success D. angry D. regularly D. argued D. suddenly D. discovered D. an effort D. happy D. reduced D. interesting D. taught D. explained |
Robeson was born in a very poor family.At seven,he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home,then he sold26he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents.He had
27 schooling,for being so poor,how could they 28 school fees?
When he was fifteen,he worked 29a servant in a school.Looking at other children studying in the classroom,he felt30 for himself.How he 31 to have the same chance!He decided to study by32.In the daytime,after the sweeping and cleaning was over,he 33
stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said.At night,he tried his best to remember what he 34 during the day.He worked 35hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep.The more he learned,the greater36he showed in his lessons.A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and37 him to sit at the back of the class.In one exam,he was the38 one in the whole school who reached the highest grade.He would have been given the scholarship if he 39a regular student of the school.
Robeson40 rough six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which captured the41 of some university professors.They admired his talent42his diligence.To give him a good chance,they hired him as a librarian and43 him free guidance.Robeson felt 44 ,for he was sure that before him there was a broad road 45success.
26.A.whether B.which C.that D.what
27.A.many B.few C.little D.much
28.A.buy B.afford C.send D.read
29.A.as B.like C.for D.by
30.A.angry B.ashamed C.proud D.sorry
31.A.hated B.decided C.wished D.regretted
32.A.the teacher B.himself C.his parents D.his schoolmates
33.A.could B.ought to C.should D.would
34.A.had learned B.has been taught
C.has heard D.had been written down
35.A.very B.so C.too D.quite
36.A.joy B.interest C.time D.taste
37.A.allowed B.agreed C.let D.refused
38.A.worst B.only C.last D.laziest
39.A.had been B.has been C.is D.was
40.A.learned B.listened C.mastered D.struggled
41.A.notice B.influence C.eyes D.attention
42.A.except for B.according to C.as well as D.in spite of
43.A.taught B.offered C.lent D.sent
44.A.sad B.angry C.happy D.disappointed
45.A.leading to B.coming from C.made of D.covered with
If you visit a big city anywhere in the world,you will probably find a restaurant which serves the food of your native country.Most large 1in the United States offer an international sample of 2.Many people enjoy eating the food 3other nations.This is probably one reason 4there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States.A second is that Americans 5from all the parts of the world.They enjoy tasting the foods of their 6lands.
In the city of Detroit, 7,there are many people from Western Europe,Latin America 8the Far East.There are many restaurants in Detroit 9serve the foods of these areas.There are many
10international restaurants,too.Americans not only like the foods in these restaurants but also enjoy the chance to 11understand the foreign people and their 12of life.
One of 13most common international restaurants to be 14in the US is an Italian restaurant.The restaurant is a small business 15by a single family.The mother of the 16
cooks all the dishes and the 17and children serve the customers who come to eat there.Or it may be a 18restaurant which can 19many customers during one evening.So a restaurant may be owned 20one family,one person,or by several different people who work together in the business.
1.A.cities B.countryside C.nations D.families
2.A.waiters B.restaurants C.foods D.cooks
3.A.about B.of C.on D.with
4.A.as B.when C.which D.why
5.A.arrive B.come C.go D.leave
6.A.garden B.country C.state D.native
7.A.as B.like C.for example D.such as
8.A.and B.with C.of D.then
9.A.where B.which C.when D.why
10.A.other B.others C.another D.other’s
11.A.worse B.better C.hardly D.more
12.A.hope B.wish C.place D.way
13.A.the B.a C.this D.that
14.A.cooked B.enjoyed C.found D.eaten
15.A.built B.run C.driven D.lived
16.A.family B.city C.business D.restaurant
17.A.mother B.guests C.visitors D.father
18.A.small B.large C.tiny D.bad
19.A.deal B.work C.serve D.prepare
20.A.by B.with C.of D.for
There was a little boy 26his grandparents on their farm.He was given a slingshot（弹弓）to play with,out in the woods.He 27in the woods,but he could never hit the target.Getting a little 28,he headed back to dinner.Then,he saw Grandma’s pet duck,so he let fly,hit the duck square in the head,and 29it.He was shocked and upset.In 30,he hid the dead duck in the woodpile, 31to see his sister watching.Sally had seen it all, 32she said nothing.
33lunch that day grandma said,“Sally,let’s wash the dishes.”
But Sally said,“Grandma,Johnny told me he wanted to 34in the kitchen today,didn’t you Johnny?”And then she 35to him,“Remember,the duck?”So Johnny did the dishes.
Later Grandpa asked if 36wanted to go fishing,and Grandma said,“I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.”
But Sally 37and said,“Well,that’s 38because Johnny told me he wanted to help.”
39the duck,Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.
After several days of Johnny doing both his 40and Sally’s,he finally couldn’t 41
it any longer.He came to Grandma and told her that he killed the duck.She 42down,gave him a hug（拥抱）,and said,“Sweetheart,I know.You see,I was standing at the window and I 43the whole thing.But because I love you,I 44you.But I was just 45how long would you let Sally make a slave of you.”
26.A.helping B.visiting C.tending D.seeking
27.A.practised B.played C.worked D.hunted
28.A.anxious B.tired C.pleased D.discouraged
29.A.caught B.injured C.killed D.seized
30.A.surprise B.disappointment C.anger D.horror
31.A.only B.so as C.in order D.expecting
32.A.so B.and C.instead D.but
33.A.At B.After C.Before D.Cooking
34.A.work B.stay C.help D.get
35.A.called B.whispered C.nodded D.signed
36.A.the children B.Sally C.Johnny D.Grandma
37.A.sighed B.agreed C.objected D.smiled
38.A.easy B.all right C.fine D.impossible
39.A.Searching B.Hiding C.Remembering D.Regretting
40.A.homework B.housework C.farm work D.cooking
41.A.stand B.change C.like D.cover
42.A.sat B.went C.lay D.knelt
43.A.know B.heard C.saw D.understand
44.A.missed B.forgave C.congratulated D.punished
45.A.wondering B.saying C.imaging D.considering
Why don’t birds get lost on their long migratory (迁移的) flights? Scientists tried their best to find the 1to this question for many years. The reasons have been discovered only lately.
2ago experiments showed that birds depend on the sun to guide them 3. But what about birds that fly mainly by night? 4with man-made stars have 5that certain night-flying birds are able to follow the 6in their long distance flights.
One such 7, a warbler (鸣禽), had spent its lifetime in a 8and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet is showed its 9by birth to use the stars for guidance. The bird's cage was put under a man-made star-filled sky at migration 10. The bird tried to fly 11the same direction as 12taken by other birds in the building. Any 13 in the position of the make-believe (虚构的) stars 14a change in the direction of its flight.
Scientists think that warblers, 15flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But stars are clearly their important 16of navigation(导航). What do they do when the stars are 17behind the clouds? Clearly, they find their way by such land 18as mountains, coastlines and river courses. But when it's too 19to see these, the warblers circle 201, unable to find out where they were.
1. A. reply B. answer C. discovery D. replies
2. A. Not long B. Long C. Centuries D. Years
3. A. during the night B. during daylight hours
C. in winter D. in the dark
4. A. Examinations B. Labs C. Tests D. In the dark
5. A. been proved B. found C. been found D. proved
6. A. stars B. moon C. route D. sun
7. A. star B. scientist C. bird D. flight
8. A. forest B. cage C. nest D. cave
9. A. strength B. ability C. experience D. practice
10. A. time B. place C. way D. season
11. A. to B. towards C. in D. under
12. A. that B. which C. one D. it
13. A. one B. change C. way D. bird
14. A. caused B. gave C. resulted D. meant
15. A. for B. when C. after D. they are
16. A. ways B. means C. objects D. homes
17. A. shown B. covered C. moved D. hidden
18. A. areas B. surface C. marks D. signs
19. A. far B. high C. dark D. bright
20. A. helplessly B. quickly C. easily D. freely
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When I woke next morning, I was dying of _1__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _2__. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _3_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __4_ there than in any other hotel; and that was _5__ I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __6__ carefully for what I must __7__. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __8__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right __9_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me _10__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 11 way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was 12 that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter 13his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter — enough to feed a small army — and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 14. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 15, but you can never __16_. What a waiter’s face really shows! In another minute he brought _17__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 18have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room — at least five pound 19. I never believed until then that any meal could 20me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).
1. A. hunger B. cold C. anger D. illness
2. A. stone B. head C. breast D. stomach
3. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. So D. However
4. A. received B. fed C. cared D. eating
5. A. just B. what C. that D. why
6. A. English B. meal C. questions D. myself
7. A. speak B. answer C. say D. explain
8. A. that B. about C. of D. to
9. A. pronunciation B. meaning C. form D. spelling
10. A. whether B. something C. when D. what
11. A. surprised B. friendly C. puzzled D. touched
12. A. unbelievable B. true C. thought D. a pity
13. A waved B. shook C. bowed D. patted
14. A. much B.a little C. nothing D. empty
15. A. pleasure B. surprise C. pride D. satisfaction
16. A. tell B. guess C. design D. express
17. A. other B. another C. more D. me
18. A. should B. might C. would D. must
19. A. lighter B. heavier C. weightier D. more
20. A. hurt B. fat C. defeat D. please