Homesick is a compound(复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each   46    means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning    47    they are used together? The definition(定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

    Now think for a minute   48  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   49  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50  . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are     51    ,the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,    52    you want to be is at sea.

   Have you ever   53    a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are    54   deep inside as if their hearts are broken.

   And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and    55   . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know some thing like this in your English study.

1.A.word            B. phrase      C. sentence          D. passage

2.A. how            B. why              C. when             D. where

3.A. for            B. from             C. about            D. like

4.A. get            B. fit              C. read             D. have

5.A. right          B. wrong            C. same             D. different

6.A. homesick       B. heartsick        C. seasick          D. earsick

7.A. the first place  B the last place C. the only place    D. the safe place                                                                                                     

8.A. thought over  B. thought out          C. heard from       D. heard of

9.A. hurt           B. hit              C. loved            D. moved

10.A. hobby         B. height           C. heaven           D. handbag

 

Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to others.
One day the father decided to _46___some friends to dinner in his house. He __47____ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got _48____his father wanted, he turned back and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t __49___enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But __ 50 of them would give way to the other. They___51___ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn’t____52___ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what the ___53____ with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to look for his son.
“You may first take the ___54_____ home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____55____.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

【小题1】

A．speak B．answer C．say D．ask

【小题2】

A．hoped B．told C．let D．wished

【小题3】

A．why B．where C．what D．which

【小题4】

A．long B．wide C．high D．narrow

【小题5】

A．either B．all C．both D．neither

【小题6】

A．stood B．went C．lay D．walked

【小题7】

A．gone B．bought C．returned D．been

【小题8】

A．wrong B．accident C．thing D．matter

【小题9】

A．meat B．dinner C．bread D．money

【小题10】

A．politely B．instead C．safely D．kindly

Jay Chou is a popular singer around the world now. He looks very cool    46    his songs sound beautiful. He is     47     with teenagers.

Jay Chou was born     48     January the 18th, 1979 in Taiwan. As a little boy, he showed great interest in music. His mother asked a teacher     49     him to play    50     piano when he was 3 years old. He also learned to play other musical     51     like the guitar and cello (大提琴). When he was 13 years old, his parents got divorced (离婚). Jay felt sad. He often     52     his time listening to music. During this time, he wrote his first song.

Jay’s first job was a waiter in a restaurant. Then he began to write songs for  53      singers. Many of the songs became popular, but nobody knew Jay wrote     54     at that time. In 2000, Jay’s first album (唱片集) came out. To everyone’s surprise, it was a great     55    . With his second album, Jay was among one of the stars.

1.A. if             B. when             C. and              D. or

2.A. exciting           B. creative         C. interesting      D. popular

3.A. in             B. on               C. at               D. from

4.A. teach          B. taught           C. teaches          D. to teach

5.A. the                B. an               C. a                    D. /

6.A. programs       B. information      C. instruments      D. science

7.A. enjoyed        B. spent            C. took             D. found

8.A. other      B. the other        C. others           D. the others

9.A. it             B. them             C. him              D. us

10.A. success           B. problem      C. future           D. competition

 

At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never   46   the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures,  47  Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 48 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.

The day came when he was to have another   49 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he  50 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but   51  the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.

  52 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the  53 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of   54  was extremely good, almost as great as that  55 view. The mountain below was surrounded (包围) by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the  56  . Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses,  57  Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!

Bobby __58  that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing   59  when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his   60   was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

1.	A．left B．reached C．jumped D．ran

 

2.	A．encouraged B．ordered C．allowed D．warned

 

3.	A．real B．safe C．special D．expensive

 

4.	A．try B．start C．test D．training

 

5.	A．remembered B．expressed C．shouted D．regretted

 

6.	A．under B．with C．for D．about

 

7.	A．Happily B．Hopefully C．Unfortunately D．Luckily

 

8.	A．friend B．top C．climber D．village

 

9.	A．success B．decision C．freedom D．friendship

 

10.	A．strong B．popular C．bad D．wonderful

 

11.	A．way B．words C．book D．secret

 

12.	A．and B．or C．if D．though

 

13.	A．suggested B．realized C．expected D．hoped

 

14.	A．love B．help C．face D．heart

 

15.	A．place B．lesson C．aim D．story

 

Many people have to work 46 . Some people do not mind. Other people think it's terrible.
One man thinks that working at the weekends can be 47 . He is George Smith. Mr Smith works in an office, in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. After he 48  the lift, it stopped between floors. Mr Smith could not get out of the lift. He began to shout, but 49  heard him. Then Mr Smith remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work 50 Tuesday.
There was 51    for Mr Smith to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to 52  , Mr Smith was very hungry and had to sleep most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, one of his workmates came into work and found the lift 53  . When the lift was opened, Mr Smith came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the lift for 54  hours!
Now Mr Smith says, "I only use lifts if they have 55  in them. "

【小题1】

A．from Monday to Friday B．at the weekends C．on weekdays D．from morning till night

【小题2】

A．dangerous B．happy C．angry D．free

【小题3】

A．got off B．got into C．got out of D．got to

【小题4】

A．someone B．everyone C．no one D．either

【小题5】

A．on B．to C．from D．until

【小题6】

A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything

【小题7】

A．read or write B．eat or drink C．cook D．know the time

【小题8】

A．was not there B．was not closed C．was not working D．was working

【小题9】

A．nearly 24 B．about 40 C．more than 60 D．over 94

【小题10】

A．pans B．beds C．exits D．telephones