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Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find something to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea.
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?”
Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, it’s you, Ben! I wasn’t noticing.”
“I’m going swimming. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work. You seem to like it very much.”
“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”
Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
“Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.
“No, no, it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”
“No — is that so? Oh come, let me just try. Only just a little.”
“Ben, I’d like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly ...”
“Oh, I’ll be careful. Now let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple.”
“Well, here — No, Ben, now don’t. I’m afraid ...”
“I’ll give you all of it.”
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures. The fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.
72. Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?
A. Because he was tired and wanted to play with his toys.
B. Because he wanted to exchange his toys with his friends.
C. Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.
D. Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.
73. Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because
______.
A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing himself
B. Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first
C. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing
D. Tom was afraid Ben couldn’t do the whitewashing well.
74. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. Tom was fond of whitewashing the fence
B. Tom had a lot of friends who were ready to help him
C. Tom managed to let other boys do the whitewashing for him
D. Tom was better at whitewashing the fence than others
75. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
A. The Happy Whitewasher B. Tom And His Fellows
C. Whitewashing A Fence D. How To Make Things Difficult To Get
D
It was Sunday morning. All the summer world was bright and fresh, and full of life. There was cheer on every face and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets—nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea.
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: "Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom's mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, "Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?"
Tom turned suddenly and said, "Why, it's you, Ben! I wasn't noticing."
"Say — I'm going swimming. Don't you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work — wouldn't you? Of course you would."
Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said "What do you call work?"
"Why, isn't that work?"
Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered casually,
"Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."
"Oh come, now, you don't mean to say that you like it?"
The brush continued to move.
"Like it? Well, I don't see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?" Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
"Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little."
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind:
"No — no — it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough."
"No — is that so? Oh come, now —let me just try. Only just a little."
"Ben, I'd like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly— "
"Oh, I'll be careful. Now let me try. Say -- I'll give you the core(核心)of my apple."
"Well, here — No, Ben, now don't. I'm afraid —"
"I'll give you all of it."
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat — and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures
And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -- and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn't run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.
68.Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______ .
A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself
B. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing
C. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better
D. Tom didn’t want to let Ben do the whitewashing before he made him give up his apple first
69.The underlined word “casually” is most similar to “______” in meaning.
A. carelessly B. delightedly C. seriously D. angrily
70.We can learn from the passage that ______ .
A. Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.
B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.
C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him
D. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.
听力
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
W:I expected you’d come to my birthday party yesterday.
M:I’m terribly sorry,Susan.I had to see off a friend of mine at the airport last night.
1.Why does the man apologize to the woman?
A.He had to say goodbye to his friend at the airport.
B.He didn’t go to the woman’s party last night.
C.He had to go to another city with his friend.
M:I must apologize for not meeting you at the airport this afternoon.You must have been unhappy.
W:Well,you should have let me know that you weren’t coming.
2.How does the woman feel?
A.Very glad.
B.Very painful.
C.A little angry.
W:I’m sorry to have kept both of you waiting.The car was held up in the traffic.
M:That’s all right.We just got here ourselves.
3.How many people are there in the dialogue?
A.Two.
B.Three.
C.Four.
W:You are going to New York today,aren’t you?
M:Yes.I had thought I would fly,but then I decided that taking a bus would be cheaper than driving or flying.
4.How will the man get to New York?
A.By air.
B.By bus.
C.By car.
W:Daddy,have you decided what to do tomorrow?
M:We’ll go boating if it is fine.
W:Wonderful! I’m sure it will be fine.I’ve listened to the weather report.
5.What are they going to do tomorrow?
A.They are going to listen to the weather report.
B.They will go swimming.
C.They will go boating.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6~8题。
M:Excuse me,I’m trying to do some work.I’m afraid your children are making a lot of noise.Don’t they ever go to sleep?
W:I’m sorry.They are noisy.But you know it’s difficult to keep boys quiet.
M:I couldn’t work and I couldn’t sleep last night.And I was wakened by the noise they made early this morning.
W:I’m terribly sorry.You know they never listen to me.They are only afraid of their father.He’s away on business,but he’ll be back tomorrow.
M:I hope he can do something about it.
6.What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A.They are parent and teacher.
B.They are close friends.
C.They are neighbors.
7.What can you learn from the dialogue?
A.The man is making complaint to the woman.
B.The man is making some suggestion to the woman.
C.The man is satisfied after talking to the woman.
8.What’s not the result of the children’s noise?
A.The man couldn’t work.
B.The man couldn’t sleep.
C.The man couldn’t eat.
听第7段材料,回答第9~11题。
M:Oh,come in.
W:I just dropped in to return these books.Are you getting dinner ready? Something smells good.
M:Oh,I’m just preparing some noodles.
W:I thought your wife did the cooking.
M:She did,but she said she would come home late today.
W:So you’re the cook.What are you having with the noodles?
M:Some cabbages and tomatoes.Why don’t you stay and have dinner with us?
W:Thanks,but not today.I have to hurry off.Maybe some other time.
9.Where does this dialogue take place?
A.At the man’s home.
B.In a restaurant.
C.In a company.
10.Why does the woman come to the man’s home?
A.She wants to have dinner with him.
B.She comes to return some books.
C.She wants to learn how to cook.
11.Who does the cooking now?
A.The man.
B.The woman.
C.The man’s wife.
听第8段材料,回答第12~14题。
M:Don’t you just love this store? Every time I go through all the things here,I always find something interesting.
W:I know what you mean.Look at this box of clothes over here.Each piece costs only one dollar.
M:Look at what I got here!
W:What? So now you’re interested in wool coats all of a sudden.The weather is too warm for it,I think.
M:No,not that.I’m talking about this jacket from the 1950s.Isn’t it nice?
W:Yes,it is.It only costs five dollars,too.
M:I think if I clean it up a little and get the button fixed,it’ll look like it’s worth a million dollars!
W:I think I’m going to buy this little skirt and then I’ll be ready to go.How about you?
M:I’m ready anytime you are.
12.What are the speakers doing?
A.Trying on clothes.
B.Buying new clothes.
C.Buying old clothes.
13.What is the man interested in?
A.A coat.
B.A shirt.
C.A jacket.
14.What can we learn about the piece of clothes the man is interested in?
A.Some buttons are missing.
B.It’s worth millions of dollars.
C.It was made in 1950.
听第9段材料,回答第15~17题。
M:Hi,Jane.It’s nice to see you again.I heard you went to the US during your vacation.
W:Yes.I went to New York to attend a summer course in English.
M:Wow.You were lucky.How long did you stay there?
W:About 50 days.I went there on July 5th and came back on August 25th.
M:How about the course?
W:The course was very good.The teachers were nice.They taught us to listen,speak,read and write in English,but it was mostly speaking.One interesting thing I found was that the American classes are different from our classes here because they are very free.You can sit anywhere you like in the classroom.You can ask the teacher questions at any time during the class,and you are welcome to share your ideas with the class.I really liked this kind of class.
M:How interesting! Maybe our teacher should try that.
15.What was the woman’s main purpose in going to New York during the vacation?
A.To learn English.
B.To visit an American family.
C.To do business.
16.When did the woman come back from America?
A.On July 5th.
B.On July 6th.
C.On August 25th.
17.What in particular did the woman like about the American classes?
A.The teachers were kind.
B.The students were quite free.
C.There were too many activities in class.
听第10段材料,回答第18~20题。
Mr.Grey was the manager of a small office in London.He lived in the country,and came to work by train.He liked walking from the train station to his office unless it was raining,because it gave him some exercise.
One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him,“You may not remember me,sir,but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets.I stopped you in the street and asked you to lend me some money,and you lent me five pounds,because you said that you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the road to success.”
Mr.Grey thought for a few minutes and then said,“Yes,I remember you.Go on with your story.”
“Well,” answered the stranger,“are you still willing to take a chance?”
18.Why did he walk from the station to his office?
A.To save money.
B.To buy something necessary.
C.To have more exercise.
19.Which of the following statements may be true?
A.The stranger once asked Mr.Grey for money.
B.The stranger and Mr.Grey knew each other very well.
C.The stranger was going to give Mr.Grey his money back.
20.What did the last sentence mean?
A.He wanted to give Mr.Grey a chance to help others.
B.He wanted to ask Mr.Grey for some more money.
C.He hoped Mr.Grey could help him to be successful in his work.
In 1986, when Monty Reed was a member of the Army Rangers (黑鹰突击 队), he had an accident. "It was a night jump, and we were jumping low," he recalls. "We were training. Somebody got too close to my parachute (降落伞)."The parachute below blocked Reed’s air and his parachute failed to open. Reed crashed a hundred feet to the ground, breaking his back in five places.
The next morning, Reed could not move. "Doctors said it was likely that I would never walk again." Reed stared out of his hospital window, wondering what the future would be like. It was the saddest moment of his life. "The experts are telling me my body doesn’t work! What am I supposed to do?" he thought.
To distract (转移注意力) himself, he picked up a book: Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers. The science-fiction describes a set of man-made muscles that would allow people to carry 2,000 pounds. He thought that if he could build something like that, it might be able to lift him out of his wheelchair. So he began his project and finally succeeded in building a set of robot legs. Several years later, he made an amazing recovery and was able to get up and walk away from his wheelchair. He even jumped out of an airplane again to celebrate.
Reed wanted to do something for others with the second chance that life had given him. He has now perfected the robot legs that can get the injured, the elderly and the paralyzed (瘫痪的) out of their wheelchairs. Now he has started his own company to make the legs. "I’ve seen them compete in marathons and go swimming and mountain climbing," he said. "So never give up!"【小题1】
Monty had an accident in 1986 because_______.
A.his feet hit the ground too hard |
B.his parachute was under another person’s |
C.another person’s parachute stopped his from opening |
D.he was training to jump at night |
【小题2】
Monty started to read Starship Troopers to ______.A.create a new kind of wheelchair for himself |
B.discover how to make man-made muscles |
C.learn how to jump out of an airplane |
D.stop himself from thinking about his pain |
【小题3】
Which of the following is TRUE about Monty?A.He didn’t lose heart in the face of difficulty. |
B.He is fond of reading science fiction. |
C.He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. |
D.He didn’t believe what the doctors said. |
【小题4】
We can learn from the passage that Monty’s goal is to ______. A.become a famous writer like Robert Heinlein |
B.return to the Army Rangers and continue with his jumps |
C.compete in games and marathons and go swimming |
D.help more patients in wheelchairs to recover |
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