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Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days’ holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He had rented(租)a cottage in the country, although he hardly spent much time there. We understood the reason for this after our arrival, the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it. Many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked(漏水), making the whole house wet.
On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle told of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed; but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle’s exciting stories, He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had once had when there was a loud crash(倒塌声)from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.
When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had fallen right on to the pillow(枕头)of my bed.
1.It seemed that the writer’s uncle ________.
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A.was not rich enough to buy a fine house
B.was old and had to return from abroad
C.had lived abroad before the war for a long time
D.had made a lot of money before the war
2.The uncle disliked the rented cottage for the reason that ________.
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A.there were no beds in it
B.the windows were broken and the roof leaked
C.it was too old for him to live in
D.it was very rainy in the area
3.On the first evening, the writer was very sleepy, ________.
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A.but he did his best not to miss any stories
B.so he had to go to bed early
C.because he was tired of his uncle’s stories
D.and he was gradually falling asleep while listening
4.If the writer had not been able to stay up late, ________.
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A.his uncle would have stopped telling stories
B.his uncle world have been very sorry
C.he would have been injured or killed
D.his brother wouldn’t have been, either
科目:高中英语 来源:黄冈重点作业 高一英语(下) 题型:050
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Women in Ghana
Most women in Ghanathe educated and illiterate (文盲), the urban and rural, the young and old
work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved.
Nine out of ten women fifteen years of age and over are married. Women say they would like to have six or more children, and in fact an average of seven children is born to every women. In short, the normal life pattern for most Ghanaian women is to combine an active role in the economy with an active role as wife and mother of a large family.
How do these working mothers cope with their multiple responsibilities in the home and on the job? Some new ideas are being tried. One of these is family planning to help reduce family size. Another helpful solution is the Day-care Center, but this is available mainly in urban areas, and usually the fees are too high for the poor. Ghanaians realize that more day-care centers are needed. Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet the needs of women and their families, so women can continue to play their multiple roles both in the home and in the economy.
1.Which of the following may best summarize paragraph 1?
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A.Ghanaian women are quite unlucky.
B.Women in Ghana are independent.
C.Women in Ghana have double tasks.
D.Most mothers in Ghana are young.
2.“Their reputation is well deserved” in the first paragraph means ________.
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A.they have not been well respected
B.husbands want them to work harder
C.they should work harder
D.there are good reasons why they are respected
3.In fact a Ghanaian woman has on an average ________ children.
4.What new ideas are being tried to help Ghanaian women?
5.The author of this passage probably agrees that ________.
A.women should continue both their roles
B.women should not be so busy
C.women should not work
D.women should stay at home
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MuzakThe next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen.What do you hear? 1 It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same.That's because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy.Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.
Quiet background music used to be called “elevator music” because we often heard it in elevators.But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name “Muzak”.About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” every day.The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between.It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. 2
If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs.Some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen, Why? 3
Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel.It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do.Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. 4 Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.
5 They say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time.But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places.They say it helps them relax and feel calm.One way or another, Muzak affects everyone.Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!
A.Some people don't like Muzak.
B.The music gives them extra energy.
C.Music is playing in the background.
D.Factory workers produce 13 percent more.
E.Muzak tends to help people understand music better.
F.Because they get as much as 4 million dollars a year if their songs are used.
G.Muzak is played in most of the bit supermarkets in the world.
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