阅读下面的四篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
The Reason I Won’t Be Coming Writer: Elliot PerlmanList Price: $24.95 Pages: 288Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover ISBN: 573223212 The nine smart, thoughtful stories in this collection tell hopes, fears, and desires. |
Bag the Elephant: How to Win and Keep Big Customers Writer: Steve Kaplan List Price: $19.95 Pages: 208Publisher: Bard Press ISBN: 1885167628 Bag the Elephant is more than a strategy book. Throughout the book you’ll find stories that show you how to put the strategy to work. |
A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Solider Writer: Ishmael Beah List Price: $22.00 Pages: 240Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374105235 Ishmael Beah is one of many African children forced into local conflicts as boy soldiers. A Long Way Gone is his true life story. |
Christmas Letters Writer: Debbie MacomberList Price: $9.97 Pages: 272Publisher: Mira ISBN: 0778323498 It is a new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling writer Debbie Macomber. Katherine writes Christmas letters for other people. But for Dr. Wynn Jeffries, Christmas means lies and deception. They disagree about everything. But finally, they both discover that love means accepting each other’s differences. |
1. You can read nine smart, thoughtful stories from the book ______.
A. Bag the Elephant
B. A Long Way Gone
C. Christmas Letters
D. The Reason I Won’t Be Coming
2.How much will you pay for the book written by Steve Kaplan?
A. $24.95.B. $22.00.C. $19.95.D. $9.97.
3. Who is the writer of Christmas Letters?
A. Elliot Perlman.
B. Steve Kaplan.
C. Ishmael Beah.
D. Debbie Macomber.
4. A Long Way Gone tells ______.
A. a new romantic love story
B. memories of a boy solider
C. hopes, fears, and desires
D. some ways to win customers
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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen in almost a month. The crops were dying. If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything.
I was in the kitchen that day when I saw my son, Billy, walking toward the . Trying to be as still as possible, he was obviously walking with great . Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that way toward the woods. I couldn’t take it any longer and I him.
He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, being very not to spill (溢出) the water he carried.
As I came closer, I saw the most surprising sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. But the deer did not hurt him nor move as Billy knelt down. And then I saw a baby deer lying on the ground, obviously thirsty, lift its head to lap up the water in my boy’s hands. When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a spigot (水龙头). Billy opened it and let the drip slowly up his “cup”.
When he stood up and began to turn back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes were filled with tears. “I’m not ,” was all he said. The week before, he had made the same trouble with our horses, which caused him a lecture from his father about the importance of not wasting water.
This time, I him, with a small pot of water from the kitchen. I let him take care of the baby deer alone for it was his job. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops… more drops… and more. I looked up at the sky. All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like the actions of one little boy saved another.
1. A. windB. snow C. rain D. cloud
2. A. woodsB. school C. house D. rivers
3. A. surpriseB. effort C. doubtD. notice
4. A. naturalB. obviousC. popularD. unusual xk.Com]
5.A. stoppedB. followedC. acceptedD. controlled
6. A. carefulB. noisyC. comfortableD. polite
7. A. everB. yetC. even D. never
8.A. setB. fill C. put D. place
9. A. interruptingB. joking C. complainingD. wasting
10.A. receivedB. believedC. joined D. pushed
— Sam, do you know ______ for the holiday next month?
— To Australia, I suppose.
A. where did we go B. where will we go
C. where we will go D. where we went
Today Beijing Opera ______ by many people even from other countries.
A. is enjoyed B. Enjoys
C. will enjoy D. was enjoyed
I’m so hungry now. I ______ since breakfast.
A. won’t eat B. haven’t eaten
C. didn’t eat D. don’t eat
Mum always tells the little girl not ______ to bed too late.
A. goB. to goC. wentD. going
