If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it for certain. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch kept perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to wind it up(上发条). Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to be set by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said, “The regulator(调节器)is to be pushed up as your watch is four minutes slow.”
I tried to stop him and tried to make him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed to regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain. It gained faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watch maker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately but he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to slow down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments(约会)and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to the third watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he could finish this work in three or four days. I had nothing to do but agree. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept taking my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable(相当长的)period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not tell time by my watch. The thing was getting serious. My watch had cost two hundred dollars originally(原先)but I paid for repair over two thousand. At last I decided to buy another watch, which I did.
(1) His watch gained faster and faster because ______.
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A.the watchmaker pushed up the regulator
B.the watch wasn't set up by the exact time
C.his watch never kept the perfect time
D.the author didn't follow the watchmaker's advice
(2) How many watchmakers did the author go to altogether?
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(3) How much did it cost to repair the watch?
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A.Two hundred dollars.
B.Not mentioned.
C.Over ten times as much as its original value.
D.Less than two thousand.
(4) What do you think the author felt after he had his watch repaired?
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
2 to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk.. No 3 tire.
At this time, a car 4 . Paul and Diane told Clay to 5 them to a service station near their 6 .They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to 7 with her car. “Follow us home,” said Paul.
The couple called around to find a tire. No 8 . They decided to let her use their own car. “Here,” Paul said, handing Clay a 9 of keys. “Take our car. We 10 be using it over the holiday.”
Clay was 11 . “But I’m going all they way to South Carolina, and I’ll be gone for two weeks,” she 12 them.
“We know,” Paul said. “We’ll be 13 when you get back. Here’s our number if you need to 14 us.”
Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched as the 15 put her luggage into their car and then 16 her off. Two weeks later she 17 to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tires and the radio 18 .
“Thank you so much,” she said. “How much do I 19 you?” “Oh, no,” Paul said, “we don’t want any money. It’s our 20 .” Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to pass on their “do unto others” spirit.
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D. started |
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B. push |
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D. follow |
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B. house |
C. shop |
D. hotel |
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7.A .agree |
B. match |
C. go |
D. deal |
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8.A. way |
B. massage |
C. success |
D. luck |
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9.A. set |
B. number |
C. pair |
D. chain |
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10.A. can't |
B. shouldn't |
C. mustn't |
D. won't |
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B. shook |
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B. happened |
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D. came |
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B. fixed |
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Dear Wang Lin, |
It is nearly a year since we meet last year. H (1) _____ |
I miss you! I wonder that if you have made some (2) _____ |
plan for the coming summer vacation (假期). If so, I want (3) _____ |
you to come and stay with me a few days. (4) _____ |
Every of my family will be very much (5) _____ |
pleased to accept you as a guest. You know (6) _____ |
we have not beautiful house. But if you (7) _____ |
are content to share a room with me (8) _____ |
or do not mind plain food, you can be sure of (9) _____ |
a hearty welcome and we shall do my best to make you happy (10) _____
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Hoping you will be able to come. |
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in hurry for an appointment(约会) at9:30.
The nurse had him take a 1 in the waiting area, 2 him it would be at least 40 minutes 3 someone would be able to see him. I saw him 4 his watch and decided, since I was 5 busy?my patient didn’t 6 at the appointed hour. I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me hat he 7 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his 8 . He told me that she had been 9 for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be 10 if he was a bit late. H replied that she 11 knew who he was, that she had not been able to 12 him for five years now. I was 13 , and asked him, “And you 14 go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back 15 as he left.
Now I 16 that in marriages, true love is 17 if all that is. The happiest people don’t 18 have the best of everything; they just 19 the best of everything they have. 20 isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
1. A. breath B. test(测试) C. seat D. break
2. A. persuading B. promising C. understanding D. telling
3. A. if B. before C. since D. after
4. A. taking off B. fixing C. looking at D. winding
5. A. very B. also C. seldom D. not
6. A. turn up B. show off C. come on D. go away
7. A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened
8. A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister
9. A. late B. well C. around D. there
10.A. lonely B. worried C. doubtful D. hungry
11.A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already
12.A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect
13.A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied
14.A. only(仅仅) B. then C. thus D. still
15.A. curiosity B. tears C. words D. judgment
16.A. realize B. suggest C. hope D. prove
17.A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. exhibition
18.A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently
19.A. learn B. make C. favor D. try
20.A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life
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"Just sign here, sir," the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.
The package consisted of a long, narrow box ???__36___ wrapped in brown paper. ???__37___ the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside — a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. ???__38___ he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognized it ???__39___ .
Oscar was 16 when he first saw the ???__40___ umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, h noticed an umbrella on an empty seat, impressed by its ???__41___, Oscar felt a strong desire to find its ???__42___ .
Oscar ???__43___the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name matched the seat ???__44___ Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O'Brien.
Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O'Brien's ???__45___ on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. "May I__________ ???__46___ you?" she asked.
"I'd like to return it if it's yours," Oscar said, ???__47___ the umbrella as if presenting a ???__48__ that had long been wished for.
"Why, yes! It's mine," replied Mrs. O'Brien with a ???__49___ smile and shining eyes. "It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your ??__50_ ?"
"No, ma'am," he said, "My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward. "
"Well, that's ???__51___ what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?"
Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O'Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how ???__52___ it was. Why had it arrived here today?
As if ???__53___ , a note fell from the paper. It reads: Mrs. O'Brien wanted to ???__54___ this umbrella as a present for a kind, ???__55___ gesture long ago.
36. A. carefully B. strictly C. roughly D. casually
37. A. Observing B. Seizing C. Opening D. Searching
38. A. After B. When C. Since D. Although
39. A. clearly B. fully C. suddenly D. immediately
40. A. average B. unusual C. plain D. typical
41. A. origin B. shape C. beauty D. history
42. A. designer B. owner C. user D. seller
43. A. convinced B. forced C. encouraged D. advised
44. A. until B. where C. which D. before
45. A. family B. theater C. house D. neighborhood
46. A. invite B. help C. bother D. know
47. A. holding out B. turning out C. picking up D. putting up
48. A. chance B. gift C. fact D. result
49. A. wide B. confident C. proud D. shy
50. A. patience B. kindness C. courage D. determination
51 A. obviously B. naturally C. exactly D. probably
52. A. nice B. rare C. precious D. old
53. A. in contrast B. in answer C. in exchange D. in return
54. A. possess B. value C. carry D. accept
55. A. unselfish B. significant C. attractive D. sympathetic
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