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A Gift of God
One fine summer morning-it was the beginning of harvest, I remember-Mr. Earnshaw came
down stairs, dressed for a journey; after he had told Joseph what was to be done during the day,
he turned to Hindley and Cathy, and me-for I sat eating my porridge with them-and speaking to
his son, he said:
"Now, I'm going to Liverpool today. What shall I bring you? You may choose what you like;
only small things, for I shall walk there and back; sixty miles each way, that is a long time!"
Hindley named a fiddle (a kind of violin), and then he asked Miss Cathy. She was hardly six
years old, but she could ride any horse in the stable. She chose a whip(鞭子).He did not forget
me; for he had a kind heart, though he was rather serious sometimes. He promised to bring me
a pocketful of apples and pears. Then he kissed his children good-bye and set off.
The three days of his absence seemed a long while to us all. Mrs. Earnshaw expected him by
supper-time on the third evening. She put off the meal hour after hour. There were no signs of his
coming, however. About eleven o'clock the door opened and in stepped the master. He threw
himself into a chair, laughing and groaning, and told them all to stand off, for he was nearly killed.
He would never again have another such walk for whatever reasons.
Opening his great coat, which he held bundled up in his arms, he said: "See here, wife. I was
never so beaten with anything in my life. But you must take it as a gift of God though it's as dark
almost as if it came from the devil."
We crowded round him. And over Miss Cathy's head, I had a look at a dirty, ragged, black-haired
child-big enough both to walk and talk-yet, when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and
repeated over and over again some strange words that nobody could understand. I was frightened,
and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to throw it out of doors. She did get angry, asking why he should have
brought that gipsy child into the house when they had their own kids to feed and look after? What he
meant to do with it?
The master tried to explain the matter though he was really half dead with tiredness. All that I could
make out, among her scolding, was a story of his seeing it starving, and homeless, and almost dumb
(哑的) in the streets of Liverpool where he picked it up and inquired for its owner. But not a person
knew to whom it belonged. He said that as both his money and time was limited, he thought it better
to take it home with him at once than run into vain expenses there. Anyway he was determined he
would not leave it as he found it.
Well, finally Mrs. Earnshaw calmed down, and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, give it clean things,
and let it sleep with the children.
Hindley and Cathy then began searching their father's pockets for the presents he had promised
them. But when Hindley drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed (压坏) to pieces in the great coat,
he cried loudly. And Cathy, when she learned her father had lost her whip in attending on the stranger,
showed her feeling by spitting at the gipsy child, earning herself a sound blow from Mr. Earnshaw to
teach her cleaner manners.
(Adapted from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)
One year our family decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day, as a token of appreciations for all the sacrifices that Mother had made for us. After breakfast we had arranged, as a surprise, to hire a car and take her for a beautiful drive in the country. Mother was rarely able to have a treat like that, because she was busy in the house nearly all the time.
But on the very morning of the day, we changed the plan a little, because it occurred to Father that it would be even better to take Mother fishing. As the car was hired and paid for, we might as well use it to drive up into the hills where the streams are. As Father said, if you just go driving without object, you have a sense of aimlessness, but if you are going to fish there is a definite purpose that heightens the enjoyment.
So we all felt it would be nicer for Mother to have a definite purpose . Father had just got a fishing rod the day before, which he said mother could use if she wanted to. Only Mother said she would much rather watch him fish than try to fish herself.
So we got her to make up a sandwich lunch in case we got hungry, though we were to come home again to a big festive dinner.
Well, when the car came to the door, it turned out that there was not as much space in it as we had supposed. It was plain that we couldn’t all get in.
Father said that he could just stay home and put in the time working in the garden. He said that there was a lot of rough dirty work that he could do, like digging a trench for the garbage, which would save hiring a man, and so he said that he’d stay home; he said that we were not to let the fact that he had not had a real holiday for three years stand in our way. He wanted us to go right ahead and not to mind him.
But of course we all felt that it would never do to let Father stay home, especially as we knew he would make trouble if he did. The two girls, Anne and Mary, would have stayed and helped the maid get dinner, only it seemed such a pity,for the two girls were eager to show their new hats on a lovely day like this. But they said that Mother had only to say the word and they’d gladly stay home and work. Will and I would have dropped out, but unfortunately we wouldn’t have been any use in preparing the dinner.
1.The author’s family decided to celebrate Mother’s Day specially to _______.
A. show love for their mother
B. show gratitude to their mother
C. show respect for their mother
D. to make up for a previous appointment
2.According to Paragraph 2, we know that the plan was changed because________.
A. Father proposed to go fishing out
B. we thought that driving out is boring
C. we failed to hire a car to go out
D. the car was not big enough
3.What problem did we find when the car arrived?
A. The car was too old to drive on mountain roads.
B. The car was larger than we expected.
C. The car was too small to accommodate us all.
D. The car was too plain looking.
4.Why didn’t the author drop out of the activity?
A. Because his sisters didn’t join in.
B. Because he needed to have dinner.
C. Because he couldn’t cook the dinner.
D. Because he hadn’t had a real holiday for three years.
5.Which of the following proverbs describes the text best?
A. Everything comes to him who waits.
B. Changes always go beyond plans.
C. Better late than never.
D. Once on shore, one prays no more.
The job was done，and it was time for a last cigarette．Eddie began tapping the pockets of his overalls，looking for the new packet of Marlboro he had bought that morning．It was not there．
It was as he swung around to look in his toolbox for the cigarettes that Eddie saw the lump（肿块）．Right in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet，there was a lump．A lump，the size of packet of cigarettes．
“I've done it again!” said Eddie angrily．“I've left the cigarettes under the carpet!”
He had done this once before，and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him two hours．Eddie was determined that he was not going to spend another two hours in this house．He decided to get rid of the lump another way．It would mean wasting a good packet of cigarettes，nearly full，but anything was better than taking up the whole carpet and fitting it again．He turned to his toolbox for a large hammer．
Eddie didn't want to damage the carpet itself，so he took a block of wood and placed it on top of the lump．Then he began to beat the block of wood as hard as he could．He kept beating，hoping Mrs. Vanbrugh wouldn't hear the noise and come to see what he was doing．It would be difficult to explain why he was hammering the middle of her beautiful new carpet．The lump was beginning to flatten out．
After three or four minutes，the job was finally finished．Eddie picked up his tools，and began to walk out to his car．Mrs. Vanbrugh accompanied him．She seemed a little worried about something．
“Young man，while you were working today，you didn't by any chance see any sign of Armand，did you? Armand is my bird．I let him out of his cage，you see，this morning，and he's disappeared．He likes to walk around the house，and he usually just comes back to his cage after an hour or so and gets right in．Only today he didn't come back．He's never done such a thing．．．”
“No，madam．I haven't seen him anywhere．” said Eddie，as he reached to start the car．
And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel，where he had left it at lunchtime…
And he remembered the lump in the carpet…
1．What did Eddie want to do when he had finished fitting the carpet?
A．To have a cigarette． B．To hammer the carpet flat．
C．To put back his tools． D．To start work in the dining room．
2．Why didn't Eddie take out the thing under the carpet?
A．It was impossible for him to take up the carpet once it was fitted．
B．He didn't need the cigarettes because he had some more in the car．
C．It would take too long to take up the carpet and refit it．
D．He intended to come hack and remove the lump the next day．
3．What did Eddie do with the hammer?
A．He drove nails into the lump． B．He fixed his toolbox
C．He refitted the carpet． D．He flattened the lump．
4．Mrs. Vanbrugh worried that _________．
A．her pet was nowhere to be found B．fitting the carpet would be expensive
C．Eddie would smoke in the house D．Eddie hadn't done a proper job
5．What was really under the carpet?
A．The packet of cigarettes． B．Eddie's hammer．
C．A lump of wood． D．The missing pet．
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