After she came out of hospital, Mrs. Keller wasn't ______ as before.A.strongB.ableC.clever
After she came out of hospital, Mrs. Keller wasn't ______ as before.
A.strong
B.able
C.clever
D.sad
After she came out of hospital, Mrs. Keller wasn't ______ as before.
A.strong
B.able
C.clever
D.sad
This speech was made ______.
A.when the speaker came back after shopping
B.before the speaker went out shopping
C.while she was shutting her front door
Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because ______.
A.she worked at a club on Thursday
B.she had visitors on Thursday
C.she visited a club on Thursday
D.a special visitor came on Thursday
听力原文: Mr and Mrs Jones very seldom go out in the evening, but last Sunday, Mrs Jones said to her husband, "There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Can we go and see it?"
Mr Jones was quite happy about it, so they went, and both of them enjoyed the film.
They came out of the cinema at 11 o'clock, got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Then Mrs Jones said, "Look, Bill. A woman's running along the road very fast, and a man's running after her. Can you see them?"
Mr Jones said, "Yes, I can." He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, "Can we help you?"
"No, thank you," the woman said, but she did not stop running. "My husband and I always run home after the cinema, and the last one washes the dishes at home !"
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A.They went out for a walk.
B.They went to a dark road.
C.They stayed at home.
D.They went to a movie.
At six o’clock she cane home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.
Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door-"a master key"perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time,dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.
It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang.Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.
1.Mrs. Clarke looded forward to Thursday because_______.
A.she worked at a club on the day
B.she said visitors on Thursdays
C.she visited a club on Thursday
D.a special visitor came on Thursday
2.If someone had made a forced entery,_______.
A.Mrs.Clarke would have found a broken door or window
B.he or she was still in the house
C.things would have been thown about
D.he or she would have needed a master key
3.On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out_______.
A.because she didn’t want to miss the club again
B.to see if the thief was hnging about outside
C.to the club but then changed her mind
D.in an attempt to trick the thief
4.The lock on the front door was one which_______.
A.needed a piece of wire to open it
B.could he opened from inside without a key
C.could’t be opened without a key
D.used a knob instead of a key
5.The wire feel to the floor_______.
A.because Mrs.Clarke refused to open the door
B.when the man’s glove dropped off
C.because it was too hot to hold
D.because the man justwanted to get away
Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. The blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that I could not be . When she came out on the doorstep my heart . I ran to the hall, seized my books and her. I kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, I my pace and passed her. This happened morning after morning. I had never to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
My expression must have changed. "Are those children making too much noise?" Mrs. Sennett demanded, a sort of wave going over her that might mark the beginning of her getting up out of her chair. I shook lily head no, and gave her a little push on the shoulder to keep her seated. Mrs. Sennett was almost stone-deaf and had been for a long time, but she could read lips. You could talk to her without making any sound yourself, if you wanted to, and she more than kept up her side of the conversation in a loud, rusty voice that dropped weirdly every now and then into a whisper. She adored talking.
To look at Mrs. Sennett made me think of eighteenth-century England and its literary figures. Her hair must have been sadly thin, because she always wore, indoors and out, either a hat or a sort of turban, and sometimes she wore both. The rims of her eyes were dark; she looked very ill. Mrs. Sennett and I continued talking. She said she really didn't think she'd stay with the children another winter, Their father wanted her to, but it was too much for her. She wanted to stay right here in the cottage.
The afternoon was getting along, and I finally left because I knew that at four o'clock Mrs. Sennett's "sit down" was over and she started to get supper. At six o'clock, from my nearby cottage, I saw Theresa coming through the rain with a shawl over her head. She was bringing me a six-inch-square piece of spicecake, still hot from the oven and kept warm between two soup plates.
A few days later I learned from the twins, who brought over gifts of firewood and blackberries, that their father was coming the next morning, bringing their aunt and her husband and their cousin. Mrs. Sennett had promised to take them all on a picnic at the pond some pleasant day.
On the fourth day of their visit, Xavier arrived with a note. It was from Mrs. Sennett, written in blue ink, in a large, serene, ornamented hand, on linen-finish paper:
Tomorrow is the last day Mr Curley has and the Children all wanted the Picnic so much. The men can walk to the Pond but it is too far./'or the Children. I see your Friend has a car and I hate to ask this but could you possibly drive us to the Pond tomorrow morning?...
Very sincerely your,
Carmen Sennett
After the picnic, Mrs. Sennett's presents to me 60 were numberless. It was almost time for the children to go back to school in South Boston. Mrs. Sennett insisted that she was not going; their father was coming down again to get them and she was just going to stay. He would have to get another housekeeper. She said this over and over to me, loudly, and her turbans and kerchiefs grew more and more distrait.
(8) One evening, Mary came to call on me and we sat on an old table in the back yard to watch the sunset.
(9) "Papa came today," she said, "and we've got to go back the day after tomorrow.
(10) "Is Mrs. Sennett going to stay here?"
(11) "She said at supper she was. She said this time she really was, because she'd said that last year and came back, but now she means it."
(12) I said, "Oh dear," scarcely knowing which side I was on.
(13) "It was awful at supper. I cried and cried."
(14) "Did Theresa cry?"
(15) "Oh, we all cried. Papa cried, too. We always do."
(16) "But don't you think Mrs. Sennett needs a rest?"<
A.is often outside
B.wants to look like a literary figure
C.has thin hair
D.has unique taste in clothing
Several minutes later, the ambulance came and George was sent to a hospital. He is now home, and should have a complete recovery over the next few months.
When did the accident happen?
A.On February 24.
B.On February 25.
C.On January 24.
听力原文: Carolyn grew up on a farm in a small village in the Peak District. When she was older, she started to see that there was a big world out there and she wanted an exciting life. She wanted more glamour and adventure. Life on the farm seemed so boring and she couldn't wait to get away, she studied in London and traveled around the world. In the 1990s she was a stylist working on magazines in New York and other parts of America. She lived in Boston and had a hectic social life. It was a million miles from her village. It was exciting but it was also exhausting. After having two children she started to change. Her mind kept going back to those fields and hills in the English countryside. In her dreams she walked down all the roads and across the rivers that she knew. She thought of the smells and sounds of that peaceful life. Carolyn had everything in Boston, but it wasn't home. When her Dad rang to say an old farmhouse in the village was up for sale she jumped at the chance to buy it. She persuaded her husband and kids to leave behind the American lifestyle. They made a difficult decision, it was more frightening than anything they had ever done. When they got there they saw that their decision was not unusual. Carolyn met old school friends who still lived and worked in the countryside, but she met more and more new faces. They were people who came from cities all over Britain. They had given up expensive houses and good jobs to move their families to a smaller house. They did the work they could find and they said they were happier. Carolyn and her family were happier also.
(33)
A.In Boston.
B.In America.
C.In the Peak District.
D.In a big world.
The guard said, "You've just missed one. A train goes every hour. The next one is at ten o'clock."
"That's all right," they said, "We'll go and have a drink." So off they went to a bar (酒吧间). A minute or two after ten o'clock they came running and asked the guard, "Has the train gone?"
"Yes," the guard said. "It went at ten, as I told you. The next one is at eleven o' clock."
"That's all right," they said again. "We'll go and have another drink." So they went back to the bar.
They missed the eleven o' clock train in the same way. Then the guard said, "Now, the next train is the last one. If you miss that train, you won't get to London tonight."
Twelve o'clock came, and the last train was just starting out when the three of them came out of the bar running as fast as they could. Two of them got in the train just as it was leaving, but the third one didn't run fast enough, and the train went out leaving him behind. He stood there looking at the train and laughing, as if (好像) to miss a train was the best joke in the world. The guard went up to him and said, "I told you that this was the last train. Why didn't you come earlier?"
The man kept laughing until tears came into his eyes. Then he caught hold of the guard and said, "Did you see the two men get into the train and leave me here?"
"Yes, I did."
"Well, I was the only one to leave for London. They were here only to see me off!"
The guard told the three people that there ______.
A.was a train in the evening
B.were trains all night
C.was a train every sixty minutes
D.were no train in the evening
The guard said, "You've just missed one. A train goes every hour. The next one is at ten o'clock."
"That's all right," they said. "We'll go and have a drink." So off they went to a bar. A minute or two after ten o'clock they came running and asked the guard. "Has the train gone?" "Yes," the guard said. "It went at ten, and I told you. The next one is at eleven o'clock."
"That's all right," they said again. "We'll go and have another drink." So they went back to the bar.
They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way. Then the guard said, "No, the next train is the last one. If you miss that train, you won't get to London tonight."
(41) Twelve o'clock came, and the last train was just starting out when the three of them came out of the bar running as fast as they could. Two of them got on the train just as it was leaving but the third one didn't run fast enough, and the train went out leaving him behind. He stood there looking at the train and laughing, as if to miss a train was the best joke in the world. The guard went up to him and said, "I told you that this was the last train. Why didn't you come earlier?"
The man kept laughing until tears came into his eyes. Then he caught hold of the guard and said, "Did you see the two men get into the train and leave me here?"
"Yes, I did."
"Well, I was the only one to leave for London. They were here only to see me off!"
The story happened______.
A.in London
B.at the London Railway Station
C.in a bar
D.in Dover
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