科目:高中英語 來源:2012屆廣東省真光中學(xué)等“六校協(xié)作體” 高三第二次聯(lián)考英語試卷 題型:閱讀理解
When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note----“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”----and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside. I took it home and planted it on the back porch (門廊). Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
【小題1】Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer____.
A.to show his magical power |
B.to pay for the delivery |
C.to satisfy his curiosity |
D.to please his mother |
A.The milkman’s magic power |
B.The milkman’s kindness to me |
C.The note to change an order |
D.The home delivery service |
A.He wanted to have tea there. |
B.He was a respectable person. |
C.He was treated as a family member. |
D.He was fully trusted by the family. |
A.Nobody wants to be a milkman now. |
B.It has been driven out of the market. |
C.Its service is getting poor. |
D.It is forbidden by law. |
A.He missed the good old days. |
B.He wanted to tell interesting stories. |
C.He missed it for his milk bottles. |
D.He planted flowers in it. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011吉林延吉汪清六中高一下學(xué)期期中英語試卷 題型:閱讀理解
When Mr. David retired(退休),he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.
But to his great surprise, many tourists(游客)came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心), came in and look round. Price(價格): twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide(導(dǎo)游).” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
【小題1】.
、Mr. David’s house was that many tourists came to see it.
A.so small | B.so quiet | C.so interesting | D.such interesting |
A.to drive the visitors away |
B.to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity |
C.to let visitors come in and look round |
D.to get some money out of the visitors |
A.more interested in his house |
B.lost interest in his house |
C.a(chǎn)ngry at the unfair price |
D.feel happy about the price |
A.the visitors didn’t come any longer |
B.fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house |
C.more and more tourists came for a visit |
D.no tourist would pay the money for a visit |
A.he did not like it at all |
B.he could not work as a guide |
C.he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house |
D.he could not live a quiet life in it |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011浙江金華一中高三模擬考試英語試卷 題型:閱讀理解
I would like to tell you a story about my uncle Theo. He is my oldest uncle, a tall, thin, grey-haired man whose thoughts are always on learning and nothing else. He is quiet, gentle and absent-minded and with about as much sense as a child where money is concerned. Well, he applied a post in Camford University. It was a very good post and there were hundreds of candidates who applied for it, and about fifteen, including Theo, were asked to be interviewed.
Camford is a very small town; there is only one hotel in it, and it was so full that they had to put many of the candidates two in a room. Theo was one of these, and the man who shared the room with him was a self-confident fellow called Adams, about twenty years younger than Theo, with a loud voice, and a laugh that you could hear all over the hotel. But he was a clever fellow all the same and had a good post in Iscaiot College, Narkover. Well, the Dean, who was the head of the department of the University, and the committee interviewed all the candidates; and as a result of this interview, the number of the candidates was reduced to two, Uncle Theo and Adams. The committee couldn’t decide which of the two to take, so they decided to make their final choice after each of the candidates had given a public lecture in the college lecture-hall. The subject they had to speak on was “The Civilization of the Ancient Summerians”; and the lecture had to be given in three days’ time.
Well, for these three days Uncle Theo never left his room. He worked day and night at that lecture, writing it out and memorizing it, almost without eating or sleeping. Adams didn’t seem to do any preparation at all. You could hear his voice and his laughter where he had a crowd of people around him. He came to his room late at night, asked Uncle Theo how he was getting on with his lecture, and then told him how he had spent the evening playing bridge, or at the music hall. He ate like a horse and slept like a log; and Uncle Theo sat up working at his lecture.
The day of the lecture arrived. They all went into the lecture hall and Theo and Adams took their seats on the platform. And then, Theo discovered, to his horror, that typewritten copy of his speech had disappeared! The Dean said they would call on the candidates on the alphabetical order, Adams first; and the despair in his heart, Theo watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of pocket and read it to the professors who were gathered to hear it. And how well he read it! Even Uncle Theo had to admit he couldn’t have read it nearly so eloquently himself, and when Adams finished there was a great burst of applause. Adams bowed and smiled, and sat down.
Now, it was Theo’s turn. But what could he do? He had put everything he knew into the lecture. His mind was too much upset to put the same thoughts in another way. With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low, dull voice, the lecture that Adams had spoken so eloquently. There was hardly any applause when he sat down.
The Dean and the committee went out to decide who the successful candidate was, but everyone was sure what their decision would be. Adams leaned across to Theo and patted him on the back and said, smilingly, “Hard luck, old fellow, but after all, only one of us could win”
Then the Dean and the committee came back, “Gentlemen”, the Dean said, “the candidate we have chosen is Mr. Hobdell.” Uncle Theo had won! The audience were completely taken by surprise, and the Dean continued, “ I think I ought to tell you how we arrived at the decision. We were all filled with admiration at the learning and eloquence of Mr. Adams. I was greatly impressed. But, you will remember, Mr. Adams read his lecture to us. When Mr. Hobdell’s turn came, he repeated that speech, word by word from memory, though, of course, he couldn’t have seen a line of it before. Now a fine memory is absolutely necessary for this post; and what a memory Mr. Hobdell must have! This is why we decided that Mr. Hobdell was exactly the man we wanted! ”
As they walked out of the room, the Dean came up to Uncle Theo, who was so confused but so happy that he hardly knew whether he was standing on his head or heels; and as he shook Theo’s hand he said, “Congratulations, Mr. Hobdell! But, my fellow, when you are on our staff, you must be more careful and not leave valuable papers lying about!”
【小題1】. Which of the followings best describes Uncle Theo?
A.Good-mannered | B.Modest | C.Childish | D.Bookish |
A.The applicants had to sit for an examination. |
B.There was much competition for the post. |
C.The post requires a lot of teaching experience. |
D.The post offered quite high salary. |
A.he was quite familiar with the subject. |
B.he knew the committee members well. |
C.he had a well-thought-out plan. |
D.he had full confidence in himself. |
A.he felt so angry that he couldn’t see a word. |
B.he felt so upset that he could not remember anything. |
C.he had to put the same thoughts in another way. |
D.he had to repeat the speech, word by word from memory. |
A.could not help feeling worried. |
B.could hardly wait to show his joy. |
C.felt sorry for Theo and tried to cheer him up. |
D.felt ashamed and tried to chat with Theo. |
A.he had a better memory than Adams. | |
B.he was more experienced than Adams. | C.the committee knew he was exactly the man they wanted. |
D.the committee knew Adams had copied Theo’s speech. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆福建漳州薌城中學(xué)高二上期期末考試英語卷(解析版) 題型:完型填空
The house next door had been empty for so long that we had quite forgotten what it was to have neighbors. One day, __36__, a great furniture lorry drew up near our front gate and a short time, all kinds of furniture were __37__ on the pavement. A small car arrived, out of which came seven people , a man a woman and five children of __38__ ages. The children rushed out and began laughing__39__ as the whole family moved into the house. Windows were __40__ open; furniture was put into__41__; and little faces looked curiously at us over the fence and disappeared. It was our first__42__ to the Robinsons.
Though we became firm__43__ with our neighbors, we often had causes to be made angry by them. Our garden became an unsafe place: little boys __44__up as cowboys or Indians would jump up from somewhere, __45__wooden guns at us and __46__ us to put up our hands. Sometimes our lives were __47__; at others, we were killed with a __48__ “Bang, Bang!”. Even more dangerous were the arrows that occasionally came sailing __49__ the garden fence.
But we did not __50__ go in fear for our lives. The Robinsons were friendly and helpful and when we left for our holidays, we knew we had nothing to fear __51__our neighbors were around. We understood what it was like to have __52__ in the long, dull winter evening __53__ Mr Robinson would __54__ in for a cup of tea and chat; or when Mr. Robinson would __55__ over the fence and talk endlessly with father about gardening problems.
1.A. so B. but C. however D. therefore
2.A. unloaded B. loaded C. moved D. bought
3.A. the same B. various C. same D. young
4.A. delightedly B. angrily C. sadly D. friendly
5.A. forced B. broken C. kicked D. pushed
6.A. place B. order C. room D, building
7.A. interview B. introduction C. arrangement D. management
8.A. strangers B. enemies C. friends D. relatives
9.A. pretending B. looking C. dressing D. making
10.A. put B. take C. throw D. point
11.A. leadB. order C. ask D. make
12.A. wasted B. saved C. devoted D. spared
13.A. fast B. soft C. sharp D. slow
14.A. in B. on C. over D. under
15.A. always B. often C. even D. then
16.A. though B. unless C. so long as D. even if
17.A. cheers B. fun C. discussion D. company
18.A. as B. when C. while D. since
19.A. drop B. jump C. slip D. break
20.A. fall B. swim C. lean D. lie
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