Enid's wedding(婚礼) dress arrived at five o'clock in the evening, just seventeen  36 before her marriage!

“I must try it on Mother!” she cried, as she ran   37 .Three minutes later Enid's cries brought her   38 up.The dress was much   39   for her. It was like a bag in the front, and the neckline looked all  40  . Enid was in   41 .

“Take it back to the dressmaker's,” Mrs Bale said.“She must   42  it tonight. Hurry now. Take it off and go.” The dressmaker's shop was closed.“Closed for One Week's Holiday,” said a   43 on the door. Fresh tears rose to Enid's eyes. She ran home again to her mother.

“This is unlucky,”Mrs Bale said.” But what are we going to do? 44  I ask Mrs. Peters to help? She was a dressmaker once. I'm sure she could change it for you.” Mrs. Peters was   45 in and began to work. She could see  46 was wrong. She had to   47 it narrower at the front, and that was a big job. Then she changed the neckline. In fact she made it again. At ten o'clock the work was finished, and Enid tried the dress on. It fitted her beautifully.

The three women were having a cup of tea   48  the doorbell rang .Mrs. Bale answered it and   49­­  into the worried eyes of a   50  woman. The woman was carrying a large flat   51 .“Does Miss Enid Bale   52  here?" she asked breathlessly. “Yes, she's my daughter.” “Oh, I am   53  I've found you! There's been a  54  .Your daughter has my wedding dress, and I've got   55  . And I'm getting married tomorrow!” She held out the box to Mrs. Bale.

1.                A．weeks          B．minutes         C．days D．hours

 

2.                A．upstairs        B．outside         C．back home    D．about

 

3.                A．husband        B．daughter        C．mother   D．neighbour

 

4.                A．smaller         B．shorter         C．too big   D．too long

 

5.                A．wrong          B．pleased         C．right D．waste

 

6.                A．love           B．tears           C．surprise  D．danger

 

7.                A．measure        B．make           C．repair    D．change

 

8.                A．voice          B．sound          C．notice    D．saying

 

9.                A．Will           B．Would          C．Shall D．Should

 

10.               A．sent           B．brought        C．pushed    D．taken

 

11.               A．neckline        B．all             C．nothing   D．what

 

12.               A．make          B．keep           C．change    D．take

 

13.               A．then           B．until           C．when D．while

 

14.               A．came          B．got            C．saw  D．looked

 

15.               A．short pretty     B．fat young       C．slim old   D．little quiet

 

16.               A．cup           B．dress          C．bag   D．box

 

17.               A．live            B．work           C．stay  D．wait

 

18.               A．delightful       B．sorry          C．angry D．glad

 

19.               A．dress          B．change         C．mistake   D．wish

 

20.               A．yours          B．hers           C．the other  D．others

 

 

第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1．5 分，满分 30 分）

  阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36----55各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Enid's wedding(婚礼) dress arrived at five o'clock in the evening, just seventeen  36  before her marriage!

“I must try it on Mother!” she cried, as she ran   37  .Three minutes later Enid's cries brought her   38  .The dress was much   39   for her. It was like a bag in the front, and the neckline（领口） looked all   40   . Enid was in   41  .

“Take it back to the dressmaker's,” Mrs Bale said. “She must   42  it tonight. Hurry now. Take it off and go.” The dressmaker's shop was closed. “Closed for One Week's Holiday,” said a   43  on the door. Fresh tears rose to Enid's eyes. She ran home again to her mother.

“This is unlucky,” Mrs Bale said.” But what are we going to do?  44  I ask Mrs. Peters to help? She was a dressmaker once. I'm sure she could change it for you.”

Mrs. Peters was   45  in and began to work. She could see  46  was wrong. She had to   47  it narrower at the front, and that was a big job. Then she changed the neckline. In fact she made it again. At ten o'clock the work was finished, and Enid tried the dress on. It fitted her beautifully.

The three women were having a cup of tea   48   the doorbell rang .Mrs. Bale answered it and   49????   into the worried eyes of a   50  woman. The woman was carrying a large flat   51  .

“Does Miss Enid Bale   52   here?" she asked breathlessly. “Yes, she's my daughter.” “Oh, I am   53   I've found you! There's been a   54   .Your daughter has my wedding dress, and I've got   55   . And I'm getting married tomorrow!” She held out the box to Mrs. Bale.

36. A. weeks         B. minutes               C. days           D. hours

37. A. upstairs          B. outside              C. back home      D. about

38. A. husband         B. daughter             C. mother         D. neighbour

39. A. smaller          B. shorter              C. too big         D. too long

40. A. wrong         B. pleased              C. right           D. waste

41. A. love            B. tears                C. surprise         D. danger

42. A. measure         B. make                C. repair          D. change

43. A. voice           B. sound               C. notice          D. saying

44. A. Will            B. Would               C. Shall           D. Should

45. A. sent            B. brought             C. pushed        D. taken

46. A. neckline         B. all                  C. nothing         D. what

47. A. make                 B. keep                C. change         D. take

48. A. then            B. until                C. when         D. while

49. A. came          B. got                 C. saw          D. looked

50. A. short pretty        B. fat young            C. slim old         D. little quiet

51. A. cup           B. dress                C. bag          D. box

52. A. live             B. work               C. stay            D. wait

53. A. thankful         B. sorry               C. angry          D. glad

54. A. dress            B. change              C. mistake         D. wish

55. A. yours           B. hers                C. the other        D. others

    I am beginning to wonder whether my grandmother isn’t right when she complains, as she frequently does, that children nowadays aren’t as well-behaved as they used to be. Whenever she gets the opportunity, she recounts in detail how she used to be told to respect the elders and betters. She was taught to speak only when she was spoken to, and when she went out on her own, she was reminded to say 'please' and 'thank you'. Children in her day, she continues, were expected to be seen and not heard, but these days you are lucky if you ever hear parents telling their children to mind their p’s and q’s.

       If you give her the chance, she then takes out of her drawer the old photograph album which she keeps there, and which she never tires of displaying. Of course when you look at pictures of her parents, you feel sure that, with a father as stern-looking as that, you too would have been "seen and not heard". He had a lot of neatly cut hair, long side-whiskers and a big moustache. In the photographs, he is always clutching (抓住) his coat with one hand, while in the other he holds a thin walking stick. Beside him sits his wife, with their children around her: Granny and her elder brothers. It always occurs to me that perhaps those long, stiff, black clothes were so clumsy to a little girl, that she hadn’t enough breath left to be talkative, let alone mischievous (淘气的). It must have been a dull and lonely life too, for she stayed mainly at home during her childhood, while her brothers were sent away to school from an early age. Despite their long black shorts and their serious expressions in the photographs, I always suspect that their lives were considerably more enjoyable than hers. One can imagine them telling each other to shut up or mind their own business, as soon as their parents were out of sight.

       Going to see Granny on Sundays used to be a terrible experience. We would always be warned in advance to be on our best behavior, since my mother made a great effort to show how well brought up we were, in spite of our old, comfortable clothes, our incomprehensible (to Granny) slang, and our noisy games in the garden. We had to change into what Granny described as our "Sundays best" for lunch, when we would sit uncomfortably, kicking each other under the table. We were continually being ordered to sit up straight, to take our elbows off the table, to wait till everybody had been served, not to wolf down our food, nor to talk with our mouths full. At length we would be told to ask to be excused from the table and ordered to find quiet occupations for the rest of the day. We were always very bad-tempered by the evening, and would complain angrily all the way home.

       Yet though we hated the Sunday visit, we never questioned the rules of good manners themselves. I remember being greatly shocked as a child to hear one of my friends telling her father to shut up. I knew I could never have spoken like that to my father and it would never have occurred to me to do so.

       However, my childhood was much freer than Granny’s. I went to school with my brother and I played football with him and his friends. We all spoke a common language, and we got up to the same mischief. I would have died if I had had to stay indoors, wear a tight dress, and sew.

       But I do sometimes look wistfully (惆怅地) at an old sampler which hangs in the hall, which was embroidered (刺绣) by an even more distant relative—my great-great-aunt, of whom, regrettably, no photograph remains. It was done as an example of her progress in learning. The alphabet is carefully sewn in large colored childish letters from A to Z, and below it a small verse reads:

                     Mary Saunders is my name,

                     And with my needle I worked the same,

                     That by it you may plainly see

                     What care my parents have for me.

       It must have taken that little five-year-old months and months of laborious sewing, but, in a circle in a bottom corner of the sampler, there is a line: "Be Ever Happy".

50. The writer’s grandmother will complain that ______.

  A. children used to be mischievous

  B. children behave worse than they did in the past

  C. children are often reminded of what to do

  D. children are very badly behaved

51.Visiting Granny on Sundays was a terrible experience because ______.

  A. the writer was not so well raised as she was required to pretend

  B. Granny continually warned the writer to be on her best behavior

  C. Granny was always describing the writer’s "Sunday best"

  D. the writer was always blamed for not behaving well

52. From Paragraph 4, we can infer that the writer ______.

  A. seldom spoke to her father in the way her friend did

  B. was never questioned about the rules of good manners

  C. never doubted the value of the strict rules at that time

  D. was worried that her friend’s father would be shocked

53. The writer looked wistfully at the sampler, because______.

  A. it was embroidered by a relative.

  B. she wished she could sew herself.

  C. it called to mind the values of good old days.

  D. she had no photographs of Mary Saunders.

54. By sewing "Be Ever Happy" in the sampler, Mary Saunders ______. 

  A. suggested she was unhappy then

  B. indicated happiness was hard to gain

  C. expected we would find happiness in sewing

  D. hoped happiness would be everlasting

Uncle Tom gave little Vicki Black a birthday gift one week before her birthday. He told her not to open it until her birthday. She knew her mother wouldn’t tolerate any disrespect to the kind man who helped them out after Vicki’s father passed away; besides, Vicki didn’t want Uncle Tom to get angry. But little Vicky didn’t want to just hold it and guess what was in it. After all, she looked forward to his coming to show her interesting things, like how to turn an old sock into a doll.

All the day, Vicki couldn’t stop thinking about the gift while her teacher was giving a lecture. Vicki sat still in her seat, drawing paper dolls inside the box. When school was done, she raced home. Walking into the room, again, she shook the present, but she heard nothing. Holding her breath, she opened the box and looked inside. Seconds later, she cried. When Mrs. Black saw the box, she said angrily, “Didn’t I tell you to leave it alone?” Vicki sobbed and said, “Mommy, you don’t understand.”

“Don’t cry to me. You have missed everything now, just because you couldn’t wait,” Mrs. Black accused. “What will Uncle Tom think now?”

“Uncle Tom gave me nothing,” Vicki cried and handed the empty box to her mother. “He played a trick on me.”

Mrs. Black said doubtfully, “Uncle Tom is not like that. You must have dropped it.”

Vicki kept crying. Only a rapid knock on the door made the house quiet. It was Uncle Tom. He looked at the empty box. “You have already done it? I told you to wait for your birthday.”

“You didn’t give me a gift.” Fresh tears filled her eyes.

“I try to give you something. I know your birthday is a special day. I tell myself to give you something valuable to last your whole life. I think hard and get the idea to give you an important lesson. If you open it on birthday, I see you learn. Then I will make a big party to celebrate. Maybe next year you listen and then you will understand the gift better.

Vicki’s cheeks flushed（脸红）.

1. We can learn from the text that Vicki___________.

A．often received gifts from her father	B．expected Uncle Tom to give her a doll
C．was sad because of her father’s death	D．liked and respected Uncle Tom

2. Vicki’s mother became angry because ___________.

A．Uncle Tom helped them out after Vicki’s father died

B．Vicki opened the box before her birthday

C．there was nothing in the gift box

D．Vicki dropped the gift because of her carelessness

3. What kind of person is Uncle Tom?

A．Thoughtful

B．Humorous

C．Mysterious

D．Funny

4.What did Uncle Tom want to teach Vicki?

A．How to respect others	B．The meaning of gifts
C．How to deal with gifts	D．The value of a promise

 

Uncle Tom gave little Vicki Black a birthday gift one week before her birthday. He told her not to open it until her birthday. She knew her mother wouldn’t tolerate any disrespect to the kind man who helped them out after Vicki’s father passed away. Besides, Vicki didn’t want Uncle Tom to get angry. But little Vicky didn’t want to just hold it and guess what was in it. After all, she looked forward to his coming to show her interesting things, like how to turn an old sock into a doll.

All the day, Vicki couldn’t stop thinking about the gift. While her teacher was giving a lecture¸ Vicki sat still in her seat, drawing paper dolls inside the box. When school was done, she raced home. Walking into the room, again, she shook the present, but she heard nothing. Holding her breath, she opened the box and looked inside. Seconds later, she cried. When Mrs. Black saw the box, she said angrily, “Didn’t I tell you to leave it alone?” Vicki sobbed and said, “Mommy, you don’t understand.”

“Don’t cry to me. You have missed everything now, just because you couldn’t wait,” Mrs. Black accused. “What will Uncle Tom think now?”

“Uncle Tom gave me nothing,” Vicki cried and handed the empty box to her mother. “He played a trick on me.”

Mrs. Black said doubtfully, “Uncle Tom is not like that. You must have dropped it.”

Vicki kept crying. Only a rapid knock on the door made the house quiet. It was Uncle Tom. He looked at the empty box. “You have already done it? I told you to wait for your birthday.”

“You didn’t give me a gift.” Fresh tears filled her eyes.

“I try to give you something. I know your birthday is a special day. I tell myself to give you something valuable to last your whole life. I think hard and get the idea to give you an important lesson. If you open it on birthday, I see you learn. Then I will make a big party to celebrate. Maybe next year you listen and then you will understand the gift better.

Vicki’s cheeks flushed.

1.We can learn from the text that Vicki_______.

A．often received gifts from her father

B．expected Uncle Tom to give her a doll

C．was sad because of her father’s death

D．liked and respected Uncle Tom

2.What do the underlined words “done it” refer to?

A．Guessed the result

B．Opened the box

C．Realized Uncle Tom’s purpose

D．Known what her birthday gift was

3.What kind of person is Uncle Tom?

A．Thoughtful

B．Humorous

C．Mysterious

D．Funny

4.What did Uncle Tom want to teach Vicki?

A．How to respect others	B．The meaning of gifts
C．How to deal with gifts	D．The value of a promise