Question

When Mr. Holland was a young man, he played a lot of football, and he had always been thin and very strong. Then he worked in   1   for many years, and he   2   to work in a car. By the time he was 40, he was fat and soft.

One day one of his friends said to him, “Would you like to be   3  ?”

“Of course I would, ” Mr. Holland answered.

“Well,” his friend said, “  4   going to your office by car and get a bicycle. ”

Mr. Holland had not ridden a bicycle for many years. “It’s very   5   to learn to ride a bicycle again at your   6  , ” his wife said.

However, it was not too hard for Mr. Holland to do. He   7   read the newspaper in the evening. Now he bought a bicycle and    8   riding that every evening   8  . He hoped that it would   9   him to get thinner, and he got a lot of   10   from it.

He found some little roads which were not really very narrow. Still, they were too narrow for   11, and there he got away from the   12   of the city. They were becoming   13   for him. They were not really very loud, but they were too loud   14   Mr. Holland.

Then he began to go to his office on   16. Sometimes all the cars stopped at a   17. He went past them to the   18, because his bicycle was   19.

Yesterday he stopped to a red light, a man came up behind him on   20. He stopped too and said to Mr. Holland, “Have the police taken your driving license away too?”

1. A. his home　　　　　　   B. an office　　　　    C. the fields　　　　   D. the workshop

2. A. drove　　　　　　　　   B. walked　　　　　　  C. came　　　　　　    D. arrived

3. A. softer　　　　　　　　   B. thinner　　　　　　　　　　 C. fatter　　　　　　    D. younger

4. A. consider　　　　　　   B. finish　　　　　　    C. begin　　　　　　    D. stop

5. A. easy　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. enjoyable　　　　   C. possible　　　　　　 D. hard

6. A. all　　　　　　　　　　    B. first　　　　　　　　  C. age　　　　　　　　   D. time

7. A. usually　　　　　　　　  B. seldom　　　　　　  C. never　　　　　　    D. even

8. A. enjoyed　　　　　　　　 B. experiment　　　　 C. practiced　　　　   D. pretended

9. A. instead　　　　　　　　  B. either　　　　　　    C. thus　　　　　　　　  D. only

10. A. help　　　　　　　　    B. have　　　　       C. lead　　　　　　　　  D. put

11. A. money　　　　　　    B. pleasure　　　　　　 C. knowledge　　　　 D. courage

12. A. animals　　　　　　   B. people　　　　　　   C. bicycles　　　　    D. cars

13. A. people　　　　　　　　 B. noises　　　　　　   C. voices　　　　　　   D. sounds

14. A. much too　　　　    B. too much　　　　   C. much harmful    D. too many

15. A. for　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. from　　　　　　　　 C. on　　　　　　　　    D. with

16. A. his bicycle　　　　   B. the bus　　　　　　  C. the car　　　　　　　　　　 D. his way

17. A. street　　　　　　　　  B. corner　　　　　　   C. red light　　　　    D. crossing

18. A. front　　　　　　　　   B. end　　　　　　　　   C. last　　　　　　　　   D. office

19. A. big　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. narrow　　　　　　　　　　 C. new　　　　　　　　  D. useful

20. A. a car　　　　　　　　   B. a bus　　　　　　　　 C. another bicycle  D. the same bicycle

 

Answer 1

答案：B;A;B;D;D;C;A;C;A;A;B;D;B;B;A;A;C;A;B;C
提示：

1 在一家办公室工作。 2 in a car可知本题选A 3 联系上文可知本题选B 4 stop doing停止干某事。 5 对于你这种年龄来说学骑车很难 6 同5 7 通常晚上读报。 8 练习骑车。 9 现在换成了每天骑车。 10 help sb to do sth 11 从中得到了不少乐趣 12 对于汽车来说太窄了 13 远离城市的喧闹。 14 对他来说他们变得太多了 15 对于Mr. Holland来说太大了 16 开始骑自行车了 17 红灯停 18 超过他们走到前面。 19 联系上文和题意，本题选B 20 从问句可知这个人也骑自行车。