(2010·江苏省如东高级中学高三国庆假期自主练习二) 23. Mary looks unwell. You _______ her the sad news.
A. should have told B. shouldn’t have told
C. mustn’t have told D. ought to have told
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
41.Why did the boy start his job young?
A.He wanted to be famous in the future
B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had high hopes for him.
D.The competition for the job was fierce.
42.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A.excited B.interested C.ashamed D.disappointed
43.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
A.She forced him to continue. B.She punished him.
C.She gave him some money. D.She changed her plan.
44.The phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph refers to .
A.the war between the boy’s parents
B.the arguing between the boy and his mother
C.the quarrel between the boy and his customers
D.the fight between the boy and his father
45.What is the text mainly about?
A.The early life of a journalist.
B.The early success of a journalist.
C.The happy childhood of the writer.
D.The important role of the writer in his family.
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第二节:完形填空(共15小题:每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the night of the play, Jack was at the theatre early and he was already dressed in a policeman’s clothes long before the end of the first scene. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he 37 himself in the mirror. He even thought of going out into the street to see 38 he could pass as a policeman out there. Just for fun, of course.
Then he suddenly felt nervous. After all, it was his first time to 39 a part in a play. How could he face all those people 40 the play? He put his head in his hand and tried to 41 his lines, but nothing came to his mind.
A knock on the door made him look 42 . He was to go on stage in the second scene. “Have I 43 my part and ruined the play for everybody?” he
thought to himself, but it was only the manager. She 44 how nervous he was and suggested he should stand near the stage 45 he could watch and follow the play. It was a good 46 of getting rid of his nervousness, she said. She was right--- it seemed to 47 . In fact, the more he watched the play, the 48 he felt himself part of it.
At last the 49 came for him to appear on the stage, but suddenly the manager came to him again, looking worried as she placed a hand on his arm to 50 him back. “Has anything gone wrong?” Jack asked. “I’m afraid you’re going to be 51 ,” she said. “They have jumped three pages of the play and have missed your part out completely.”
37. A. looked B. showed C. admired D. enjoyed
38. A. how B. whether C. why D. as if
39. A. make B. join C. have D. give
40. A. following B. hearing C. watching D. noting
41. A. read B. remember C. understand D. learn
42. A. away B. up C. out D. down
43. A. passed B. left C. missed D. failed
44. A. wondered B. imagined C. noticed D. examined
45. A. where B. when C. that D. there
46. A. idea B. way C. path D. plan
47. A. do B. win C. work D. act
48. A. less B. harder C. better D. more
49. A. hour B. minute C. moment D. period
50. A. hold B. take C. catch D. push
51. A. frightened B. excited C. disappointed D. pleased
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--You can take ________ half. They’re exactly the same.
A. this B. any C. each D. either
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A. would leave B. will have left C. has left D. had left
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—Grapes and peaches, ______.
A. I know B. I think C. I see D. I feel
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-- Is it necessary that he ____ to London but to New York?
-- I think so, but the problem is ____ he has refused to.
A. will not be sent; that B. not be sent; that
C. should not be sent; what D. should not sent; what
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