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I had an auto repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 3 have scored more than 80. 4 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him and he always 5 it.
Well, then, suppose my auto repair man 6 questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself a 7 . In a word where I have to work with my 8 , I'd do poorly.
Consider my auto repairman 9 . He had a habit of telling 10 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf and dumb (聋哑) man 11 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 12 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 13 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 14 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the 15 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀 ). 16 do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his 17 and asked for them. I've been 18 that on all my customers today, but I knew 19 I'd catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very 20 .” And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
1. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose
2. A. an average B. a total C. an exam D. a number
3. A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently
4. A. Then B. Thus C. Therefore D. Yet
5. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed
6. A. answered B. practiced C. designed D. tried
7. A. teacher B. doctor C. winner D. fool
8. A. brains B. effort C. hands D. attention
9. A. again B. as usual C. too &nbs Ep; D. as well
10. A. lies B. jokes C. news D. tales
11. A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed
12. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving D. circling
13. A. nodded B. raised C. shook D. turned
14. A. brought B. packed C. sent D. sold
15. A. clever B. other C. right D. next
16. A. What B. How C. Who D. Which
17. A. imagination B. hand C. voice D. information
18. A. trying B. proving C. practicing D. examining
19. A. for sure B. at once C. in fact D. right now
20. A. clear B. silly C. slow D. smart
Back in the late 1950’s, I grew up in a small village in the Cotswolds. There was 16 else
to do but read and write. As a teenager, I wanted to hear from people who lived in 17 countries and see how they lived and what their 18 was like. I got, from a magazine, the 19 of one teenager called Glenys, like me who wanted to have a pen-pal. She 20 in North Island, New Zealand.
Glenys and I wrote to each other via blue airmail letters 21 there were no computers then! Sometimes it was so 22 because a proper letter would arrive with photographs and newspaper 23 ,showing each other how different our lives were－but strangely enough－very 24 in some aspects(方面). We married, had children at about the same time. Over the years we 25 lots of heartbreak , tears and laughter. My 26 died－so did Glenys’. We cheered each other up during these times and both 27 . She is leading a happy life with her second husband Brian. I am enjoying my new marriage life to the full.
28 with the use of the e-mail, keeping in touch became much 29 , and we decided time was moving on and it became necessary to 30 each other. So in 2006 I 31 the longest flight of my life and went to NZ. We looked at each other at Auckland 32 and burst into tears. Newspapers there 33 the story. What a wonderful time I had there!
This September 2011Glenys came to the UK to see me. It was such an emotional 34 . She flew back last night and I was feeling very 35 . My dearest wish is that Glenys and I will meet again, sometimes. Friendship is boundless.
16．A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
17．A. developed B. different C.developing D. the same 18．A.country B. culture C.school D. life
19．A. name B. picture C. address D. reply 20．A. worked B. traveled C. taught D. lived
21．A. because B. when C. although D. while
22．A. disappointing B. boring C. exciting D. surprising
23．A.listings B. cuttings C. collections D. advertisements
24．A. sad B. similar C. important D. special
25．A.asked B. remembered C. faced D. shared
26．A.parents B. daughter C. husband D. neighbour
27．A.reintroduced B. remarried C. recalled D. reeducated
28．A. Later B. Next C. First D. Finally
29．A. easier B. cheaper C. faster D. safer
30．A. survive B. meet C.learn D. follow
31．A. got B. carried C. took D. chose
32．A.airport B. station C. park D. square
33．A. heard B. wrote C. printed D. reported
34．A. revisit B. holiday C. reunion D. trip
35．A. worried B. tearful C. tired D. helpful
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been ?????? 21 by a well-known magazine to write an article ?????? 22 the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article?????? 23 , the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article ??? 24: 'Hundreds of steps ?????? 25 the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sent the journalist ????? 26 instructing him to find out ?????? 27 the exact number of steps and the ?????? 28 of the wall. ?????
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these ?????? 29 facts, ?????? 30 he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting?????? 31 , for the magazine would ?????? 32 go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but ?????? 33 no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that?????? 34 he did not reply soon he would be fired.?????? 35 the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had ?????? 36 been written. A week later, the editor ?????? 37 received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been ?????? 38 , but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been ?????? 39 to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested ?????? 40 counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
21. A. ordered B. hoped C. instructed D. suggested
22. A. for B. on C. of D. to
23. A. arrived B. received C. reached D. got
24. A. read B. said C. went D. began
25. A. link to B. point to C. lead to D. connect to
26. A. a letter B. an E-mail C. a message D. a fax
27. A. by all means B. by no means C. by any means D. by means of
28. A. position B. surroundings C. height D. condition
29. A. important B. unimportant C. interesting D. unknown
30. A. so B. but C. otherwise D. moreover
31.. A. impatient B. sorry C. disappointed D. sad
32. A. never B. quickly C. soon D. immediately
33. A. A. received B. accepted C. heard from D. made
34. A. although B. unless C. because D. if
35. A. But B. So C. When D. If
36. A. originally B. badly C. roughly D. firstly
37. A. only B. accidently C. at last D. happily
38. A. arrested B. fired C. refused D. beaten
39. A. managed B. succeeded C. tried D. allowed
40. A. while B. for C. because D. because of
John climbed easily over the garden wall. He had made no 1 . He looked around .After a moment he 2 to the window of Mr White’s house.
John had been a 3 once. But that was 4 he had come to live in the small town of Brampton. Now he was a shopkeeper. He had 5 the shop in Brampton for ten years. And 6 knew that he had once been a thief .Tonight was the first time 7 ten years.
John didn’t want to steal from Mr White. He needed 8 because a man he once met in the prison came to this town. He __9___that John had been a thief. He said that he would 10 the people in Brampton about it. John was afraid, 11 e gave him money. Then the man wanted more money. John didn’t have enough to 12 him. So he became a thief again.
13 was easy to get into the house. He 14 room where all the 15 things were kept. John 16 his pockets with all these things. Soon he had more than enough.
He was leaving 17 he heard a sound behind him. He 18 quickly. The door was 19 and Mr White was 20 in front of him.
1. A. plan B. noise C. decision D. difference
2. A. came up B. looked out C. jumped D. ran away
3. A. prisoner B. shopkeeper C. policeman D. thief
4. A. since B. until C. before D. after
5. A. bought B. lived C. had D. built
6. A. someone B. no one C. everyone D. anyone
7. A. since B. for C. in D. from
8. A. help B. care C. money D. support
9. A. decided B. wondered C. guessed D. knew
10. A. ask B. talk C. write D. tell
11. A .so B. but C. because D. still
12. A. give B. pay C. agree D. feel
13. A. It B. This C. He . D. That
14. A .broke B. left C. went D. found
15. A.valuable B. useful C. beautiful D. secret
16. A.opened B. put C. prepared D. filled
17. A. while B. when C. as D. till
18. A. turned B. jumped C. ran D. looked
19. A. closed B. locked C. opened D. broken
20. A. laughing B. standing C. dancing D. sleeping
| My Teacher in the School of Life I have been learning from Dr. Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he has been teaching at DeMatha. He not only taught me to think, he __5__me, as much by example as __6__, that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve __7__. Neither of us could know how our __8__would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, then department chair. After several years, I was __9__ department chair, and our relationship changed __10__. I thought that it might be __11__ chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr. Offutt __12__ me throughout. He knew when to give me __13__ about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course. In 1997, I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. __14__, he encouraged me to seize the new __15__. 1．A. mostly B. exactly C. only D. simply 7．A. the others B. everyone C. others D. anyone 10．A. already B. yet C. still D. again 14．A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. Instead 17．A. live B. look C. depend D. take |
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