One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to 36 a great climbing plant that had grown 37 a roof beam(房梁),so that we could repair the roof and 38 the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a 39 of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then 40 something 41 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 42 ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet(手镯). He ran into the house to 43 me.
“You won’t believe that the 44 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we 45 to feed on,” he said,“but they also want their children to 46 in a cradle(摇摆)of gold!”
When my daughter came over on the eve of the 47 ,we told her about this 48 occurrence.
“Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud 49 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 50 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”
As the bracelet no longer 51 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized(受洗礼).Among the 52 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like 53 . I hope that if my grandson 54 loses it, one of the 55 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
36.A.remove B.cover C.grow D.water
37.A.beyond B.over C.across D.through
38.A.build B.paint C.rescue D.print
39.A.nest B.baby C.body D.egg
40.A.moved B.got C.picked D.noticed
41.A.nice B.colorful C.shiny D.special
42.A.horror B.surprise C.delight D.disappointment
43.A.ask B.tell C.show D.give
44.A.working B.cheating C.dreaming D.thieving
45.A.buy B.plant C.store D.collect
46.A.lie B.sing C.listen D.wait
47.A.party B.Christmas C.birthday D.wedding
48.A.important B.strange C.terrible D.funny
49.A.cry B.sigh C.laugh D.sound
50.A.hid B.threw C.lost D.broke
51.A.fitted B.satisfied C.matched D.interested
52.A.jewels B.toys C.clothes D.presents
53.A.attractive B.new C.modern D.golden
54.A.almost B.just C.even D.ever
55.A.blackbirds B.grandchildren C.neighbors D.mice
36---55 ACBAD CBCDB ADBCC ADBDA
36、 根据第一段第一句可知答案。
37、 through纵穿,从……的内部穿过,根据常识可排除;再根据前面的climbing plant 可排除A、B两项。此处across意思为横过,缠绕。
38、 前文提到是对房子进行维修,可排除A项 ;另外,本文没有提到房子是危房,故可排除C项;print 印刷,与句子意思不符。paint the walls粉刷墙壁。
39、 根据后文的 that mass of earth and straw of the nest 可知答案。
40、 根据后一句话可知作者的丈夫这时注意到了有一个发光的东西。
41、 后文提到这个手镯是金子做成的,是金子就会发光。
42、 作者的丈夫本来对房子进行维修,没料到会发现这个手镯。
43、 丈夫发现并且取出这个手镯,就兴高采烈地把它拿给作者看。
44、 根据后面的steal 可知答案。
45、 根据常识可知,小鸟只能偷吃放在外面或长在树上的果子。
46、 作者的丈夫是在鸟巢里发现的镯子,鸟巢就是小鸟躺着休息的地方。
47、 前文提到作者一家对旧房子进行维修的目的就是为了迎接女儿的婚礼。
48、 小鸟“偷”手镯,的确稀奇。
49、 女儿就要结婚,手镯无意之中被找到,又听父母说了这么一件令人惊讶的事情,她怎能不笑。
50、 作者的丈夫发现的手镯就是女儿丢失的那一个。
51、 女儿已经长大,她那个小时候所戴的手镯已不再适合她。
52、 女儿的孩子接受洗礼,作为外公外婆当然得送礼物表示祝贺;另外,从下文作者又把这个手镯当礼物送给外孙也可得知答案。
53、 金手镯经过清洗妥善保管,又崭新如初。
54、 ever此处用于条件句,在任何时候。
55、 上文提到作者女儿丢失的手镯被画眉偷走,所以作者以幽默的语气结尾。“如果外孙再把这个手镯丢失,我希望再有一只画眉在附近。
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【小题1】Which word can best describe the first evening of their hunting trip?
A.Adventurous. | B.Enjoyable. |
C.Stressful. | D.Exhausting. |
A.He was picked up by a car. |
B.A camel took him to the road. |
C.A passer-by Bedouin helped him. |
D.His uncle and cousin found and rescued him. |
A.It’s an easy job to walk 40km in the desert. |
B.The author loved to go hunting with his family. |
C.The hunting trip is much longer than expected. |
D.To hunt in the desert one must train a falcon well. |
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此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词:在错的词下画一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意:原行没有错的不要改。
One day in the restaurant where I worked,I am serving a
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the man closest to me pointing to one plate and asked me
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continued to ask me the name of the fish on another one
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增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在该词下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One day in the restaurant where I worked, I am serving a table of four and each person had ordered the different kind of fish. Three plate were already on the table when the man closest to me pointing to one plate and asked me the name of the fish on it. Before I could answer him, he continued ask me the name of the fish on another one plate. I was about to answer him while I noticed that the last plate on my tray (托盘) began to fall. They fell noisily to the floor seconds late, spreading its contents on the carpet. Everyone stared me and I stood there with a red face.
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There was a woman in Detroit, 36 had two sons. She was worried 37 them, especially 38 younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class 39 jokes on him because he seemed so 40 . The mother 41 that she would herself get her sons to do 42 in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 43 a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s 44, the teacher held up a rock(岩石)and asked if anyone 45 it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 46. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his 47 whispered (低声耳语) and wondered. “He 48 said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”
Well, Ben not only 49 the rock, but also said a lot about it. He 50 other rocks in its groups and even knew 51 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 52 .Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 53.
Ben later went on to the 54 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 55 became one of the best doctors in the United States.
36. A. which B. who C. that D. whom
37. A. on B. with C. about D. in
38. A. the B. an C. a D. /
39. A. played B. spoke C. got D. showed
40. A. clever B. hard C. slow D. quick
41. A. seemed B. decided C. answered D. told
42. A. well B. bad C. right D. good
43. A. see B. find C. read D. buy
44. A. class B. room C. office D. lab
45. A. told B. knew C. wrote D. said
46. A. think B. leave C. ask D. answer
47. A. classmates B. students C. teacher D. mother
48. A. always B. ever C. sometimes D. never
49. A. found B. played C. knew D. heard
50. A. said B. told C. called D. named
51. A. whether B. what C. where D. why
52. A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy
53. A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports
54. A. top B. end C. back D. front
55. A. at first B. at the end C. at last D. now
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