We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. Sometimes a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this causes your troubles to begin. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, destroying your half-prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this is not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives home, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can also go wrong on the road. During rush hour one evening two cars collided and the drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She got into a panic and stopped her car. This forced the driver following her to stop suddenly. This driver’s wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake, and as she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. A truck driver seeing a cake flying through the air slammed on the brakes. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck onto the road, causing a terrible traffic jam. It took the police an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves, for they were happily having what was left of the cake.
1.If you want to answer the phone without any trouble, you’d better ___________ .
|
A．pull out the telephone line when you are with your baby |
|
B．put your baby on the bed and keep an eye on him / her |
|
C．not hurry to answer the phone |
|
D．make sure your baby is not near the table |
2.Who is responsible for the accidents that happened on the road?
|
A．The two drivers who were arguing. |
|
B．It wasn’t mentioned in the passage. |
|
C．The woman driver. |
|
D．The truck driver. |
3.From this story we learn that ________.
|
A．there are many road accidents every day |
|
B．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very strange |
|
C．no one knows why this kind of accident happens |
|
D．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very common |
4.The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ___________.
|
A．remind us not to answer the phone when we are busy |
|
B．tell us driving is dangerous every day |
|
C．remind us not to be nervous when we meet an accident |
|
D．remind us not to carry a cake when we are sitting in a car |
5.The main idea of this passage is that ________.
|
A．troubles always come in groups |
|
B．accidents may happen anywhere at anytime |
|
C．a telephone call may cause great trouble |
|
D．anyone may have trouble on their way home |
Some people say that the best way to reduce the size of your waist is to do stomach exercise. Many people believe that when specific muscles are exercised, the fatty tissues (组织) in the immediate area are burned up. The truth is that exercise burns fat from all over the body and not from one specific area. Of course, if you reduce the fat throughout your body, you will certainly see results around your waist too.
Some people believe that you need to exercise twice a week in order to keep a sufficient level of physical fitness. However, studies directed by American scientists show that unexercised muscles lose their strength very quickly. Within 48 to 72 hours, you must use the muscles again to reestablish (重建) the good physical effects. And what does that mean to you? American scientists concluded that while daily exercise is most helpful, exercising every other day or three days a week will keep a sufficient level of physical fitness.
Is it true that you burn more calories running one mile than walking the same distance? The answer is no. The truth is that you use the same amount of energy whether you walk or run the mile, since in both cases you are moving the same weight the same distance. The speed does not matter. Of course, if you run rather than walk for 30 minutes, you will cover more distance, and therefore burn more calories.
If your breathing doesn’t return to normal within 5 minutes after you finish exercising, you have exercised too much. Five minutes or so after exercising, your breathing should be normal, your heart shouldn’t be beating loudly, and you shouldn’t be tired.
1.If you want to reduce the fat around your waist, you should ____.
|
A．do stomach exercise |
B．exercise the waist |
|
C．exercise all the muscles of your body |
D．run fast for 30 minutes |
2.From the second paragraph, we learn that ____.
|
A．we only need to exercise twice a week |
|
B．we should exercise three times a week |
|
C．muscles lose their strength after 48 hours |
|
D．we should exercise every other day, or three days a week |
3.It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _________ .
|
A．you will lose more weight running one hour than walking one hour |
|
B．whether you run one mile or walk the same distance, you use the same amount of energy |
|
C．you will lose more weight running one mile than walking the same distance |
|
D．both A and B |
4.If you have exercised too much, _______.
|
A．your breathing will take longer than 5 minutes to return to normal after you finish exercising |
|
B．your breathing will return to normal within 5 minutes after finishing exercising |
|
C．your heart will not be beating loudly |
|
D．you will be too tired to move |
5.This passage tells us that _________.
|
A．it is better to do more running than walking |
|
B．the more exercise you do, the healthier you will be |
|
C．the unexercised muscles must be used again within 48 to 72 hours |
|
D．in order to lose weight, you have to run fast |
When I came to my new school three years ago, I was surprised at how lonely I felt. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner 36 . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly 37 .
Not really knowing how 38 the bus ride should be, I 39 when I saw the landmarks 40 on my friend’s hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the 41 , I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was 42 on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no 43 when the next bus would come, 44 when a bus did come by, I 45 got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the 46 bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he 47 to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but 48 did not help much.
He finally 49 me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was 50 that he could not help me more. After a few minutes of walking, I noticed a bus pull up beside me. It was the 51 bus driver. He explained that he didn’t want to leave me there 52 . He sent out a call and someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party 53 I was over an hour late.
I am forever thankful for the 54 that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a 55 on my heart.
|
1. |
|
|
2. |
|
|
3. |
|
|
4. |
|
|
5. |
|
|
6. |
|
|
7. |
|
|
8. |
|
|
9. |
|
|
10. |
|
|
11. |
|
|
12. |
|
|
13. |
|
|
14. |
|
|
15. |
|
|
16. |
|
|
17. |
|
|
18. |
|
|
19. |
|
|
20. |
|
Tom was very angry about ________ to Mary’s birthday party.
|
A．not inviting |
B．being not invited |
C．not being invited |
D．not to be invited |
Energy drinks are not allowed _______ in Australia but are brought in from New Zealand.
|
A．to make |
B．to be made |
C．to have been made |
D．to be making |
The disaster is so serious that the people in that area really have a lot of difficulty ______ with their lives.
|
A．with going |
B．to go on |
C．going on |
D．in going |
