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A. worried B. interested C. frightened D. hurt
4. The money in the purse _______. A. was only 150 pounds B. was less than 200 pounds
C. was much more than the medical fee D. was not enough for the medical fee
5. How do you think the doctor would feel in the end? A. Sorry and worried C. Excited and proud
B. Regret and proud D. Sorry and regret
【答案与解析】一位医生救活了一位女士的儿子,女士为了表示感激,亲手缝制了一个钱包,医生却嫌礼轻而拒绝了,殊不知里面装的是4张面值为五十英镑的钞票。
1. B。细节题。根据第1段 his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again 可知答案为 B。
2. D。细节 题。根据a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done 可知答案为 D。
3. D。细节题。根据 The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment 可知此题答案为 D。
4. C。细节题。根据原文可知医生要的医疗费是50英镑,而女士送的钱包里装的却是4张面值为五十英镑的钞票,由此可判断出此题答案为 C。
5. D。推断题。医生会因为误会了这位女士而感到 sorry(抱歉)也会因为没有得到其他3张钞票感到 regret(遗憾),所以此题答案为 D。
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Once Napoleon stayed in a small inn. The next morning, he went to thank the innkeeper. ―You have served me well, innkeeper,‖ said Napoleon. ―I wish to reward you. Tell me what you want.‖
―Sir, we want nothing,‖ said the innkeeper. ―But will you tell us something?‖ ―What is it?‖ Napoleon asked.
―We have heard a story,‖ said the innkeeper, ―that once during the war, a small village was taken by the Russians. You happened to be in the village. You hid while they looked for you. Will
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you tell us how you felt when they were looking for you?‖ Napoleon looked very angry. He called in two of his soldiers. Then he pointed to the door. The soldiers took the innkeeper and his wife out into the yard.
At the end of the yard was a wall. The innkeeper and his wife were led to the wall. The soldiers tied the hands of the innkeeper and his wife. Napoleon watched, saying nothing. ―Please, sir.‖ begged the innkeeper, ―Don’t kill us! we meant nothing!‖ The soldiers moved back. The innkeeper saw them raising their guns. Then Napoleon called: ―Ready! Aim!‖ The wife screamed. ―Stop!‖ said Napoleon. He went to the innkeeper, ―Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, don’t you?‖
1. Why did the innkeeper ask Napoleon to tell him how Napoleon felt when he was being looked for?
A. He wanted to know the difference between a general and an ordinary people. B. He looked down upon Napoleon, for he thought a great man shouldn’t be defeated. C. He showed his sympathy(同情) to Napoleon in time of danger. D. He was interested in other’s failure, especially Napoleon’s. 2. Why did Napoleon ordered his men to tie the couple?
A because he wanted to teach the innkeeper a good lesson for bothering him. B. because he wanted to kill the couple to get rid of his anger.
C. because he wanted to show that he was so admiring a general that nobody could upset him.
D. because he wanted to made the innkeeper know that a general like him had the same feeling as the ordinary people in face of danger.
3. Which is the best title of the text? A. Napoleon’s Trick C. Napoleon’s Anger
B. Napoleon and an Innkeeper D. Napoleon’s ride
【答案解析】本文讲述了拿破仑用一种特殊的方式让店主懂得伟人和常人一样也有恐惧心。
1. A。推断题。根据 Will you tell us how you felt when they were looking for you? 可知这位店主想知道这位伟人那时的感觉是否和常人一样,据此 A 为正确答案。
2. D。细节题。根据 Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, don’t
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you? 得知拿破仑用行动告诉了店主自己作为将军和常人感觉是一样的,故选 D。
3. B。主旨题。阅读全文后得知本文讲述的是发生在拿破仑将军和店主之间的故事,故选 B。
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The moving truck with furniture was parked in front of our Southern California home. My husband and I were sweeping out the open garage when a woman from a house across the street came up to us with an apple pie.
―Welcome to the neighbourhood,‖ she said. ―I made it myself and I want you to have it.‖ ―Really, we can’t, ‖ my husband replied.
―Of course you can,‖ she ran on. ―When I moved in two years ago no one welcomed me, and I want you to feel at home.‖ She thrust(塞) the pie into my husband’s hands.
―Uh, well, you see,‖ he said, with a disappointed laugh, ―we have been here four years and we’re moving.‖
The woman stared at him, dumbfounded(目瞪口呆), with her mouth open.
―Well,‖ she said, shrugging(耸肩) her shoulders with an air of resignation(顺从), ―Enjoy it anyway!‖
My husband and I laughed heartily, determining in the future to be better neighbours ourselves.
1. The woman came up to us because _______. A. she wanted to see us off
B. she wanted to see our furniture
C. she wanted to sell her pie to us D. she thought we had just arrived here 2. The sentence ―Really, we can’t‖ exactly means _______. A. neither the writer nor her husband could accept the apple pie B. we didn’t like eating the apple pie
C. we were so busy that we had no time to eat it D. we are full. We needn’t eat it
3. The phrase ―feel at home‖ in the passage probably means _______. A. live at home
B. feel comfortable D. be brave
C. help oneself to it
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4. From the passage, we know personal relationship in Western countries is _______. A. important B. valuable
C. necessary D. hardly thinkable
【答案与解析】本文通过讲述一个发生在我们搬家离开时的小故事反映了西方国家日益淡薄的人际关系。
1. D。细节题。根据 Welcome to the neighbourhood 可推知这邻居还因为我们是新来的,故此题答案为D。
2. A。推断题。根据上下文的意思可以推断出来作者夫妇都不会接受the apple pie。 3. B。词义猜测题。―feel at home‖本意是“感觉像在家里一样”,引申为“宾至如归,无拘无束,感觉舒服”等意思。故答案为B。
4. D。推断题。作者在这里住了四年,现在要搬走了,而邻居却以为他们是新搬来的,可见西方国家的人际关系非常淡薄,难以置信。
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Teacher John Wise and his wife Doreen who emigrated to Tasmania 12 years ago, decided to revisit England and see the world on the way by motor cycle.
After driving 10, 000 miles overland without even a puncture(停顿), they arrived in England in June.
They left Tasmania in January and now plan to stay for two months at Taunton, Somerset, where Mr. Wise’s mother lives on Hamilton Road.
Mr. Wise, 46, once a science teacher at Askwith Middle School in Taunton and his wife, who has three daughters, went to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1961.
For their return world trip Mr. Wise took a year’s unpaid leave. ―We didn’t have any spares with us, ‖ said Mr. Wise, ―We just put our trust in ourselves and the machines.‖
So far the journey on a B. M. W. R50 has gone through Australia, New Zealand, Asia and India, another 14, 000 miles. They expect their final bill to be about£ 1, 000.
1. The underlined phrase ―emigrated to Tasmania‖ most likely means _______. A. visited Tasmania B. left Tasmania
C. left their own country in order to go and live in Tasmania D. spent their holiday in Tasmania
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