In the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks a man named Chunk Noland. Chunk is a businessman who is always busy that he has little time for his friends. One day Chunk is on a across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes. Chunk survives the crash and a deserted island.
On the island, Chunk has to learn to survive all . He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. Perhaps the most difficult challenge is to survive without friends. survive, Chunk develop a friendship with friend----a volleyball he calls Wilson.
Chunk learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. He realizes that he hasn’t been a very good friend he has always been thinking about himself. During his five years on the island, Chunk learns how to be a good friend to Wilson Wilson is just a volleyball. Chunk learns that we need friends to happiness and sorrow, and that it is important to have someone to care about. He also learns that he more about his friends. When he makes friends with Wilson, he understands that friendship is about and that we must give as much as we take.
The lesson we can Chunk and all the others who have unusual friends is that friends are teachers. Friendship helps us understand who we are, why we need each other and we can do for each other.
A．adds B．plays C．shows D． joins
A．such B．too C．so D．well
A．boat B．train C．car D．plane
A．lands on B．hides away C．jumps to D．finds
A．lonely B．alone C．along D．long
A．how B．when C．where D．who
A．So that B．In order to C．In order that D．So
A．an unusual B．a popular C．a lovely D．a usual
A．when B．while C．since D．because
A．if B．even C．but D．though
A．share B．calm C．list D．give
A．has cared B．should care C．should have care D．could have cared
A．reasons B．feelings C．feel D．advice
A．set down B．learn C．learn from D．study
A．how B．which C．that D．what
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he bad 36 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 his father could well 38 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 39 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40 but slightly disappointed, the young man 41 the box and found a lovely book. 42, he raised his voice at his father and said. ” 43 all your money you give me a book?” And rushed out of the house44 the book in the study
He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year 45 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He46 he bad to go back home and see his father.
When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 47the hospital. he saw on the desk the 48new book , just as he had left it one 49 ago. He opened it and began to 50 the pages. Suddenly, a car key 51 from an envelope taped behind the book. It had a lag（标签）with dealer’s name, the52 dealer who had the sports car he had 53 . On the tag was the 54 of his graduation. and the 55 PAID IN FULL.
36.A. expected. B. enjoyed. C. admired. D. owned
37 A. finding B. proving C. deciding D. knowing
38. A. afford. B. offer C. keep D. like
39. A. encouraged. B. comfortable C. proud. D. moved
40. A. Nervous B. Serious C. Careful D. Curious
41. A. packed. B. opened. C. picked up D. put aside
42. A. Angrily B. Eagerly C. Calmly D. Anxiously
43.A. At B. From C. With D. To
44 A. toasting B. putting C. forgetting D. leaving
45 A. until B. as C. before D. unless
46 A. learned . B. realized. C. recognized. D. admitted
47 A. get to B. search for C. turn to D. leave for
48 A. much B. still C. hardly D. quite
49 A. year B. month C. week D. day
50 A. clean B. read. C. turn D. count
51 A. lost B. came C. appeared. D. dropped
52 A. old. B. same C. special D. new
53 A. remembered. B. desired. C. found. D. met
54. A. Picture B. place C. date D. met
55. A. word. B. information C. date D. card
It was Tom’s first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey, on London’s Underground Railway. And against his friends’ 1_____, he was determined to travel 2 _____.
He entered the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a 3_____ time to travel in London, 4_____ crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He 5 _____ to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his 6 _____ came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by t, , he ticket seller. 7____, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the 8 _____, he also found the right platform. It was 9 _____ tight with people. He did not 10_____ to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better 11_____ to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was 12 _____ forward onto the train by the 13______ of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the 14 _____ of the stations where the train 15 _____, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 16 ______ along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling 17 _____ that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never 18 _____. He explained his 19_____ to a man who was standing on the platform. With a 20_____ on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.
A．thought B．advice C．relation D．favor
A．alone B．abroad C．along D．away
A．short B．certain C．possible D．bad
A．for B．and C．so D．but
A．planned B．had C．happened D．hoped
A．luck B．time C．chance D．turn
A．Thus B．Instead C．Therefore D．However
A．question B．way C．place D．condition
A．packed B．caught C．covered D．seized
A．manage B．try C．agree D．expect
A．situation B．state C．position D．seat
A．fought B．swept C．drawn D．brought
A．speed B．support C．strike D．push
A．signs B．points C．names D．numbers
A．left B．topped C．started D．moved
A．part B．pause C．stop D．arrived
A．glad B．sick C．sorry D．tired
A．heard of B．talked about C．thought of D．arrived at
A．result B．mistake C．difficulty D．ticket
A．joke B．smile C．surprise D．pity
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 1_____ that he didn’t know what to do with 2 ______. The person who had gone in 3 _____ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident(自信的) when she went in, 4 _____James. He felt 5 _____ that she had already got the 6 _____. The problem was that he wanted this job 7____ . It meant 8____ to him. He had 9_____ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 10_____ brilliantly(出色地) at the interview and 11_____ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 12 _____. He couldn’t 13_____ all those things he had 14 _____ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 15 _____. But no---he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 16_____ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 17_____ with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地) at James. At the moment, James 18_____ her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly 19____ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 20_____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
A．healthy B．nervous C．careless D．confident
A．the interviewer B．the woman C．himself D．the situation
A．by B．with C．before D．after
A．Not like B．So did C．Do as D．Do like
A．doubtful B．sure C．angry D．astonished
A．reward B．first C．prize D．job
A．hopelessly B．naturally C．easily D．so much
A．everything B．happiness C．difficulty D．nothing
A．dreamed of B．learned of C．thought about D．talked about
A．explaining B．performing C．answering D．writing
A．offered B．asked for C．being offered D．being asked for
A．mad B．excited C．certain D．terrible
A．depend on B．afford C．believe in D．remember
A．kept B．been taught C．planned D．been supplied
A．leave B．go in C．prepare D．practise
A．take back B．put off C．give up D．put down
A．ugly B．pleased C．sad D．pretty
A．noticed B．loved C．missed D．hated
A．thought B．hoped C．wished D．regretted
A．shaking B．bending C．walking D．stopped
I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.
1_____ was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 2_____ in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 3_____ him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 4 _____ throw one in.
That 5 ____ me of that night, 6_____ he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 7_____ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 8_____ easily have been half a race. The box wasn’t a god one. It was just a 9______ old piece that somebody 10______. Still it was something he wanted, probably 11_____ there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 12 _____ him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门厅). It sounded 13_____ two or three people were trying to tear the house 14 _____. We came downstairs and turned on the 15_____ light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 16_____somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 17_____ dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 18____ place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 19____, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 20_____ of his skill.
1.
A．Fighting B．Swimming C．Barking D．Running
A．fun B．trouble C．danger D．difficulty
A．stop B．make C．get D．have
A．will B．do C．did D．would
A．reminds B．warns C．tells D．suggests
A．which B．while C．as D．when
A．Far B．long C．old D．heavy
A．could B．can C．should D．would
A．priceless B．worthless C．valuable D．important
A．kept B．forgot C．deserted（遗弃） D．remained
A．because B．only if C．even if D．in case
A．saw B．heard C．watched D．caught
A．like B．that C．as if D．at least
A．up B．in C．away D．down
A．hall B．kitchen C．bedroom D．porch
A．rolled B．stopped C．caught D．broken
A．at B．before C．till D．during
A．distant B．nearby C．silent D．busy
A．In all B．As a result C．At last D．After all
A．proud B．tired C．ashamed D．doubtful
Bob and Annie had not known each other long before they became eager to get married:Bob because he wanted Annie and she because she could at least lead a life away from her1_____. When Mrs.Thompson 2_____ that they marry and live with her until they could get a 3 _____ of their own, Annie hesitated. Her idea of 4_____ had been something which 5 _____her a husband and an orderly, well-furnished home all at once. 6_____ she soon saw the 7_____ of this arrangement. She would, first of all, 8_____ from her present life into a house which was quiet and well run, not 9_____ her own; and she would be able to go on walking so that she and Bob could 10____ up all the more quickly for their own house. She would also get Bob, a good enough husband for any working-class 11_____:good-natured and 12_____ to be bent her way whenever it was 13 _____for her ends.
Things went well until her mother-in-law’s 14_____, when Annie had to give up her 15_____ and was at home all day. Her father-in-law became just a 16_____ figure in the house and 17____Bob became used to him, Annie began to find the old man’s constant 18_____in the house a source of growing annoyance(烦恼).
“He gets on my nerves, Bob,” she said. “And he hardly says a word all day.”
“Well, I suppose he has a 19_____ to do as he likes,” Bob said mildly. “It’s his house not ours.” But to Annie, now looking after the house 20_____ it were her own, it was beginning to seem the other way about.
1.
A．city B．family C．room D．company
A．learned B．thought C．heard D．suggested
A．stay B．child C．house D．world
A．marriage B．life C．future D．expectation
A．give B．found C．brought D．searched
A．But B．So C．Instead D．Besides
A．difficulty B．advantage C．trouble D．result
A．leave B．make C．change D．escape
A．of B．on C．like D．for
A．earn B．save C．build D．set
A．home B．character C．custom D．girl
A．easy B．ready C．kind D．lovely
A．necessary B．right C．important D．helpful
A．illness B．arrival C．death D．appearance
A．job B．idea C．decision D．dream
A．active B．funny C．strange D．silent
A．until B．although C．before D．when
A．rest B．work C．presence D．cough
A．right B．way C．wish D．freedom
A．because B．if C．even though D．as if