Last night he wanted to give up the job, but this morning he ________ .
A.made up his mind
B.changed his mind
C.made progress
D.grew up
A.made up his mind
B.changed his mind
C.made progress
D.grew up
A.until 12 o'clock in the evening
B.until early next morning
C.all day and all night
D.until after 12 o'clock in the evening
One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended to be ill. He lay on his bunk(铺) and groaned as if he were very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to look after. He told the man to rest for a few days and made the other sailors do his work. Three days later another sailor pretended that he had something wrong with his chest. Once more the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man to have a rest.
The other sailors were very angry because they had more work to do. The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not looking. At last the mate (船长副手) decided to cure the "sick" men. He mixed up some soap, soot(烟灰) , glue(胶水) and other unpleasant things. Then he obtained permission from the captain to give his medicine to the "sick" men. When they tasted the medicine, they really did feel ill. It was so horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk, ran up on deck and climbed the highest place on the ship. He did not want any more medicine.
The mate told both of the men that they must take the medicine every half an hour, night and day. This soon cured them. They both said they felt better and wanted to start work again. The captain realized that the men tried to deceive him so he made them work very hard for the rest of the voyage.
The first sailor pretended to be ill because he wanted to______.
A.test the captain's knowledge of medicine
B.be free from work
C.have the best food on the ship
D.play a joke on his friends
He had a wonderful time last night, ______?
A.did he
B.hadn't he
C.had he
D.didn't he
From the passage we know ______.
A.Roger liked his hairstyle. cut by the young man last time
B.the young man could cut hair in different styles
C.the young man was good at cutting hair
D.Roger wanted the young man to know how badly he did last time
When Williams wanted to put on his boots, he would murmur" boots" and within seconds the dog would drop them at his feet. At nine every morning, Prince ran off to the general store in the village, returning shortly not only with Williams ' daily paper but with a half-ounce packet of Williams' favorite tobacco, John Rainey's Mixed. A gun dog by breed, Prince possessed a large soft mouth specially evolved for the safe carrying of hunted creatures, so the paper and the tobacco came to no harm, never even showing a tooth mark.
Williams was a railway man, an engine driver, and he wore a blue uniform. which smelled of oil and oil fuel. He had to work at odd times—"days" , "late days" or" nights". Over the years Prince got to know these periods of work and rest, knew when his master would leave the house and return, and the dog did not waste this knowledge. If Williams overslept, as he often did, Prince barked at the bedroom door until he woke, much to the annoyance of the family. On his return, Williams'slippers were brought to him, the paper and tobacco too if previously under livered.
A curious thing happened to Williams during the snow and ice of last winter. One evening he slipped and fell on the icy pavement somewhere between the village and his home. He was so badly shaken that he stayed in bed for three days; and not until he got up and dressed again did he discover that he had lost his wallet containing over fifty pounds. The house Was turned upside down in the search, but the wallet was not found. However, two days later — that was five days after the fall — Prince dropped the wallet into William's hand. Very muddy, stained and wet through, the little case still contained fifty three pounds, Williams' driving license and a few other papers. Where the dog had found it no one could tell, but found it he had and recognized it probably by the faint oily smell on the worn leather.
How did the dog perform. his duties?
A.He was delighted to show them off.
B.He did his test but was not often successful.
C.He did them quickly to get them over.
D.He had few opportunities to do them.
So we decided to put a lot of pots and pans like that under the window. Then if a thief came in, the pots and pans would fall down and we would wake up. That's what we did. Anyway, we were asleep.
All of the sudden in the middle of the night, sure enough, I hear the pans crash.I sat up in bed. My heart was beating like anything. I could see that there was a man in a white robe standing up next to the bed. I tried to scream and I had laryngitis which means my voice wasn't working. And I was screaming in the local language for help. It was like "help help", but I couldn't scream.
So the man came over and he shoved me down on the bed. Then he says in English "be quiet." Then I realized it was my husband, huh… And when I was able to speak, I asked, "What are you doing"
He said, "well, I had a headache and I wanted to get up and get some aspirins."
1. Why did they want to sleep with the windows open Because ().
A. the windows didn’t have any screens
B. it was very hot there
C. they stayed on the first floor
D. there were no neighbors around
2. Why were they worried about leaving the windows open Because ().
A. they were worried about their kids
B. nobody opened the windows in the hotel
C. it was very windy in the late night
D. they were afraid of being stolen while they were asleep
3. How did they construct an alarm system ().
A. They called the police for help
B. They set the alarm clock in the bedroom
C. They put a lot of pans and pots under the window
D. They closed the window after a second thought
4. Who was the intruder who crashed into the pots and pans ().
A. It was the husband
B. It was a thief
C. It was their kids
D. It was the wife
5. What was the person doing in the darkness The person ().
A. was having a nightmare
B. wanted to take some medicine
C. was going to the toilet
D. wanted to have some water
"That【23】a thief !" he thought, and he took his gun and shot【24】him. Then he went back to bed,【25】he was too frightened【26】of the house in the dark.
The next morning John went out and saw one【27】his white shirts hanging【28】the clothes line in the garden. His wife【29】washed it the day before and【30】it out to dry. Now it had a bullet hole right through the middle of it.
"My God," said John, "I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me!"
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A.at
B.in
C.above
D.of
Walt liked one little mouse better than any of the others. This little animal gave him some new ideas for his drawing. He began to draw it. But in the picture, it did not look like a mouse, but more like a funny man. He showed it to his wife and she liked it very much, too.
Walt named this little mouse "Mickey Mouse". He hoped his Mickey Mouse would be different from the other pictures of his. He wanted to make Mickey talk. He put his fingers on his nose and made a strange sound. Then he recorded the voice this way. Later he sold his sound pictures to a cinema. When the film was shown, many people went to see it. Mickey Mouse in the film sang and danced and did all kinds of fun ny things. People couldn't help laughing when they saw it. It's a great success. Ever since then, Walt's Mickey Mouse has been one of the most famous film stars in the world.
Walt was ______ when be heard the strange sound.
A.reading
B.singing
C.drawing
D.playing
A.as
B.while
C.if
D.since
B
A British schoolboy has been excluded from lessons after he organised a mass protest over a lack of homework.
Aaron Parfitt, 14, led 100 of his fellow pupils on a walkout at Bispham High School in Blackpool on 12 March over concerns about teaching standards.
Despite his eagerness to learn, Aaron was told he wasbanned from lessons for the next two days, and now claims to have been excluded again ahead of a meeting between teachers and his mother on 17 March.
Aaron originally contacted Blackpool Council and Ofsted to raise concerns over the quality of teaching before losing patience and organising the 100-strong walkout last Wednesday.
Teachers took a dim view of his actions and excluded him for two days on Thursday and Friday last week - much to the anger of his mother Janet, 52.
'I'm absolutely fuming they've excluded him because he's doing the best he can to get a good education,' she said
'He was only trying to stick up for himself and his mates and then he gets told to stay away from the school for two days,' she added.
Aaron said: 'We've had loads of different teachers and we weren't getting enough homework.I failed my maths exam in school and I was really worried because I just wanted to make sure I was able to do the work properly.'
55.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Aaron could not get enough homework
B.Aaron's teachers were not adequate to their jobs at all
C.Teachers were accused of assigning little homework
D.All students did not agree with Aaron's proposal
The next morning Mrs. Brown telephoned to say, "Doctor, it's very nice of you. I had the first【36】night's sleep last night in two months.【37】in those pills?"
The doctor said," It's an old formula(方子) I【38】for years, Just【39】taking them for a week. "Turning to his nurse, he said, "It's【40】what a little soda(苏打片)can do."
(56)
A.parent
B.doctor
C.friend
D.teacher