These days' experience, like many other things, are becoming increasingly expensive. One has to get to pay a lot to get, even an ordinary one.
Not long ago, I wanted to invite my friends to a lunch. What we really need was a good and a quiet place for a talk, not a big meal. So I chose one and told my friends to go there.
After I ordered, I was asked whether I would eat a 100 yuan or 200 yuan lunch, I said, "200 yuan." I didn't realize until I was asked to pay after lunch, that "200 yuan" means "200 yuan for person each."
There were five people that day, and all of us were surprises by the 200 yuan meal. The bill came at last: it was 1260, 1000 for the five of us, plus the money for drinks, fruits and air conditioning. I paid the bill without a word.
What could I say? It was not their fault. It was my own fault that made me pay the largest bill in my life.
However, it was not so bad: we had a good lunch and at a quiet place. Besides, the experience will help in my later years.
To support my idea, I have developed my own way of thinking about the price: 200 yuan for the lunch and 1260 for the experience. This paid experience has made me ten times wiser.
1. According to the passage , now one has to pay ________ .| A．more for a lunch in a restaurant | B．more to get an ordinary lunch |
| C．more for some experience | D．increasingly high price |
| A．so as to have a big lunch | B．so that we could have a good meal |
| C．in order to introduce my friends to the restaurant | D．to have a talk in a good place |
| A．me 100 yuan | B．me 200 yuan |
| C．us 200 yuan each | D．me 1260 yuan |
| A．the restaurant cheated the customers | B．I was very rich |
| C．I was unknown to the restaurant | D．I knew little about the market prices |
| A．my thanks to the experience | B．my happiness to be 10 times wiser |
| C．my anger at the experience | D．my pleasure to have a good lunch |
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【推荐1】Life Cycles
About 15 years ago, Andrew McLindon, whose favorite hobby is riding, was on his bike in Austin, Texas, when he thought about a friend’s son. The boy had never known the joy of biking because he suffered from the balance disturbances. When McLindon got home, he bought a three-wheel recumbent (可斜躺的) bike with a seat belt, perfect for a child with balance issues. Then the boy got the chance to seize the freedom coming with simply riding a bike and began interacting with friends. But there was more, as McLindon learned from his friend’s reaction after performing this small act of kindness. “I’ll never forget the smile on his face,” McLindon said.
The smile launched the McLindon Family Foundation. Funded by donations, the foundation finds disabled children who can benefit from owning adaptive bikes, and helps adapt each bike to the particular needs of the children.
When the foundation was just started, people thought a bike was not a pressing need for children with medical conditions. The feedback from the families, however, told the foundation that it was so much more. It strengthens muscles. It builds confidence. It is the joy and pride of owning a bike. And, most importantly, it’s inclusion. To the families and the children, the bike has changed their lives. Once children are fitted for their bikes and are able to ride around with families and friends, the real results come to light. The ability to move allows these children to truly become part of the group — that is priceless at any age.
Since the start of the foundation, they have helped to provide 450 bikes for happy children. These children and their families are not just one-time clients. They are involved. “I am part of the project because every day my family is blessed with the wonderful gift that is the fruit of this project. It is really incredible,” a mother said. “I could go on forever about all the things that this project has given back to me,” said McLindon. “It absolutely brings me the greatest happiness.”
1. What mainly motivated McLindon to set up his foundation?| A．His pursuit of freedom. | B．His favor to bike riding. |
| C．The suffering of his friend’s son. | D．The feedback from his friend. |
| A．are funded to get medical care | B．are allowed to pay less for their bikes |
| C．can move around like normal children | D．can make changes to their special bikes |
| A．Giving is receiving. | B．Nothing is impossible. |
| C．Practice makes perfect. | D．Well begun is half done. |
【推荐2】A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how to deal with the problems. It seemed that one problem was solved and a new one would come up. She was tired of life and wanted to give up.
Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and put each on a fire, and soon the water boiled. She put carrots in the first pot, eggs in the second one and some coffee beans (豆子) in the last one. About twenty minutes later, she turned off the burners. She took the carrots and eggs out and put them in different bowls. Then she poured the coffee into another bowl. And then she asked her granddaughter what she saw.
“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied. Her grandmother asked her to feel the carrots. She did and said that they were soft. The grandmother then asked her to break an egg. After taking off the shell, she found the hard boiled egg. Finally, the grandmother asked her to taste the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted it, and then she asked, “What does it mean, grandmother?”
Her grandmother explained that each thing had faced the same boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot had been strong and hard. However, after twenty minutes in the boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg had been fragile (易碎的). But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hard. The coffee beans were special, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
“Which are you?” she asked her granddaughter.
1. What was wrong with the young woman?| A．She is poor in cook. | B．She could not solve a problem. |
| C．She found life too difficult for her. | D．She had a fight with her husband. |
| A．help with the housework | B．teach her a lesson |
| C．wash the dishes | D．make some boiling water |
| A．One can decide what kind of person he will be. |
| B．The grandmother asked her granddaughter to take an egg. |
| C．The granddaughter loved the coffee most. |
| D．The granddaughter chose to be someone like the coffee beans. |
| A．Life is hard | B．Change the world |
| C．To be yourself | D．Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee Beans |
【推荐3】Yesterday I was a bit early for a date so I stopped in at McDonald’s for a coffee. I think they make the best coffee. Two very pleasant young girls were working at the counter and the customer ahead was hard to please!
The young girl was sweaty and near tears. I only wanted coffee but I liked lots of milk in it. I really didn’t want to be difficult so I said, “You go ahead and add lots of milk and if it’s not enough, I’ll ask for more.” She smiled. She made a perfect coffee. I left her two pink candies as a tip (小费).
I went to her supervisor and let the leader know how well she dealt with such a difficult customer ahead of me. More of that needs to be done for young people starting out — probably the first job.
I remember how hard it was. I would have run away crying and quit, if it had been me yesterday serving those customers. I’d still be crying too.
Comments posted by molliecat on July 29, 2018
READERS’ COMMENTS
FayBaby wrote: Customer service can be one of the most difficult and thankless jobs at times. Your expression of appreciation (感激) probably made her day.
Mish wrote: How dear you were to lend support there, dear molliecat. Love you!
Kiwicat wrote: My sons both have very unpleasant first job stories of how rude and demanding customers can be. I now always encourage a new cashier or someone to do job training. Thanks for the reminder (提醒物) that we can be more thankful to those who offer front-line customer service.
Mindyjourney wrote: Thank you for helping calm the young worker with your appreciation and thoughtfulness. So many good lessons you have earned are shared. Blessings, dear molliecat.
1. Why did the writer have a coffee at McDonald’s?| A．Because she arrived for the date ahead of time. |
| B．Because her date was delayed. |
| C．Because she wanted some coffee to calm down for the date. |
| D．Because the coffee at McDonald’s was very cheap. |
| A．A person in charge. | B．A person in need. |
| C．An elderly customer. | D．A reader of a website. |
| A．negative | B．optimistic |
| C．helpful | D．moving |
| A．a website | B．a practical guide |
| C．a newspaper | D．a textbook |
As graduation day approached, excitement increased. Being out of high school meant I was finally coming of age. Soon I would be on my own, making my own decisions, doing what I wanted without someone looking over my shoulder and it meant going to school with boys—a welcome change coming from an all-girl high school. There was never any question in my mind that I would go to a college away from home. My mother’s idea, on the other hand, was just the opposite. Trying her best not to force her preferences on me, she would mildly ask whether I had considered particular schools—all of which happened to be located in or near my hometown of Chicago. Once it was established(建立) that, as long as the expenses would not be too heavy a burden on the family budget, I would be going away anyway, my family’s viewpoint changed. Their concern switched from whether I was going away to how far. The schools I was considering on the East Coast suddenly looked much more attractive than those in California. But which college I would attend was just one of what seemed like a never-ending list of unknowns: What would college be like? Would I be unbearably lonely not knowing anyone else who was going to the same school? Would the other students like me? Would I make friends easily? Would I miss my family so much that I wouldn’t be able to stand it? And what about the work—would I be able to keep up? (Being an A student in high school seemed to offer little hope I would be able to survive college.) What if the college I chose turned out to be a terrible mistake? Would I be able to switch to another school?
Then panic set in. My feelings took a 180-degree turn. I really didn’t want to leave high school at all, and it was questionable whether I wanted to grow up after all. It had been nice being respected as a senior by the underclass students for the past year; I didn’t enjoy the idea of being on the bottom rung of the ladder again.
Despite months of expectation, nothing could have prepared me for the impact of the actual day. As the familiar melody (旋律) of “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed in the background, I looked around at the other students in white caps and gowns as we seriously lined into the hall. Tears welled up uncontrollably in my eyes, and I was overcome by a rush of sadness. As if in a daze (恍惚), I rose from my seat when I heard my name called and slowly crossed the stage to receive my diploma(毕业文凭). As I reached out my hand, I knew that I was reaching not just for a piece of paper but for a brand-new life. Exciting as the future of a new life seemed, it wasn’t easy saying good-bye to the old one—the familiar faces, the familiar routine. I would even miss that chemistry class I wasn’t particularly fond of and the long travel each day between home and school that I hated. Good or bad, it was what I knew.
That September, I was fortunate to attend a wonderful university in Providence, Rhode Island. I needn’t have worried about liking it. My years there turned out to be some of the best years of my life. And as for friends, some of the friendships I formed there I still treasure today. Years later, financial difficulties forced my high school to close its doors forever. Although going back is impossible, it’s comforting to know I can revisit my special memories any time.
1. In this article the author mainly describes ________.
| A．the great excitement before the graduation ceremony |
| B．her mixed feelings before graduation and on the actual graduation day |
| C．her happiness to be admitted to a wonderful university |
| D．her eagerness to go to a wonderful university far away from home |
| A．did not care very much which college her daughter went to |
| B．was greatly disappointed at her decision to go to a college on the East Coast |
| C．willingly allowed her to go to a college of her own choice |
| D．wished that she would study at a college or university close to home |
| A．Growing homesick might seriously affect her physical health. |
| B．She might make a wrong choice and enter a university she did not like at all. |
| C．Her being a top student at high school did not mean she could be successful at college. |
| D．It might be hard for her to make friends in the new environment. |
| A．she sang a song “Pomp and Circumstance” |
| B．she went through the whole ceremony in a daze |
| C．she came to realize that she was the only one who had a passion for her old school |
| D．reaching out for diploma, she was aware of a new stage in life ahead of her |
| A．negative | B．serious |
| C．emotional | D．cold-blooded |
【推荐2】Jay Hewitt completed the Ironman race in under 14 hours despite having gone through 2 brain surgeries and a year of chemo (化疗). His inspiration? His 7-year-old daughter named Hero. Hewitt, 39, said he first saw an Ironman race on TV in 1989 and recalled thinking to himself “they must be superhuman”. It never crossed his mind that he could do something like that.
After his daughter’s birth in 2015, the memory of seeing that competition popped into his mind. Hewitt decided he would compete in an Ironman when she was around 10 years old to show his daughter she can do anything she sets her mind to. Then in 2018, when Hero was around three years old, Hewitt was diagnosed with terminal (晚期的) brain cancer. So, he had to start training earlier than he had planned.
“My first day of chemo therapy in August 2019 was the first day I started my Ironman training,” Hewitt said. On October 9, Hewitt started in Newport Beach’s Back Bay with a 2-mile swim. During the race, he couldn’t digest (消化) food or water, but pushed through the sickness. The stomach pain was serious. When he came around the corner to the finish line, there were hundreds of people there cheering him on.
Hewitt said seeing his daughter made everything worth it. I didn’t have much energy, but I gave my wife a kiss, handed my wife and daughter flowers and got down on my knees to say to Hero. “If I can do it, you can do it. Dream big and never give up hope.” “I got to tell her that it was really hard for me but I had thought about coming home to her, and that she had given me the strength to finish.”
1. Which of the following was regarded impossible by Hewitt before 1989?| A．He would suffer from cancer. | B．He might one day be a superman. |
| C．He would compete in an Ironman race. | D．He could become the best in an Ironman race. |
| A．Hewitt’s daughter was born. | B．Hewitt decided to train for his competition. |
| C．Hero was diagnosed with deadly brain cancer. | D．Hero learned she could do anything by herself. |
| A．It ended in failure. | B．It worsened Hewitt’s cancer. |
| C．It was hard but Hewitt made it at last. | D．It was easy because of Hewitt’s hard training. |
| A．The desire to see and inspire his daughter. | B．The determination to beat the terrible cancer. |
| C．The support of the people cheering him on. | D．The happiness of reunion with his wife. |
【推荐3】Compassion and love are concepts that are often thought to be felt by humans only. As the most intelligent creatures to ever walk the earth, we tend to assume that we are the only ones who can feel emotions. We forget that the speechless beings who live here with us—animals—also have the same capability.
During a cold night in Ontario, Canada, a passer-by spotted something on the side of the road that made her stop-a shaking dog curled up in the snow.
When she approached the pet, she discovered that she wasn't alone—she was cuddling five orphaned black kittens to keep them warm.
The dog surely could have found a safer place to stay for the night, but she chose instead to help not just herself but other stray animals as well.
The Good Samaritan called Pet and Wildlife Rescue and an animal control officer picked them up. When they got to the shelter, it was apparent that a close bond had already been formed between the dog and the orphaned kittens. The staff decided to name the kind dog Serenity in honor of her selfless act.
“It's truly heartwarming!” a shelter spokesperson told The Dodo. "It had been a very cold night so these kittens would have had a very hard time surviving.”
Aside from requiring treatment for worm and flea infections, the orphaned kittens are now safe. Just like a proud and doting mother, Serenity insisted on checking on her babies regularly to oversee their progress.
The good news is that the kittens are now living with a foster family who will care for them until they are old enough to be adopted. Serenity, on the other hand, is still looking for a family.
According to the shelter, she loves zooming around in the yard and is big on playing. She is also quite jumpy, so she would do best in a home without small children.
1. What did the passer-by see on the road?| A．A dog curled up in the snow. |
| B．Five kittens were in the snow alone. |
| C．A dog found a safe place to stay for the |
| D．A dog was warming five kittens in the snow. night. |
| A．The passer-by. | B．The spokesperson. |
| C．The kitten. | D．The dog. |
| A．Being adopted by a family. | B．Living in the shelter. |
| C．Staying with the kittens. | D．Playing with some children. |
| A．Animals have the same capability with humans. |
| B．A sad end can be turned into a positive one. |
| C．Animals and humans should live in harmony. |
| D．Animals can feel compassion and love like humans. |
【推荐1】Scientists are using robots to study the health of waters in and around Venice, Italy. The robots are designed to act like fish, other underwater creatures and plants. The scientists are working with several universities and research centers as part of a group called subCULTron. The European Union gives money to the project as part of its Horizon 2020 program whose aim is to take great ideas from the lab to the market and support science and innovation (创新) in Europe. The scientists want to use the artificial intelligence of the robots to help humans understand what is happening under the water of the Venice lagoon (潟湖).
SubCULTron, a collective artificial intelligence project, plans to create the biggest shoal (鱼群) of robot fish in the world. The project’s aim is to improve knowledge of the seabed and try to turn human abilities into hi-tech items.
Alexandre Campo, a computer scientist, says the scientists have looked at the way animals learn to work in groups to understand how robots can learn to work together. The subCULTron project wants its robots to learn to work together so they can watch out for changes and new problems in the water.
One problem the researchers had in the beginning was how the robots would communicate with each other. Wi-Fi and GPS equipment don’t work underwater. Instead，the robots can use sonar (声呐) and an electric field.
Another problem was charging batteries. The robots come up to the water’s surface and stay near a boat or a power station to charge without any electrical cables. Besides, how to be water- proof, especially for some key pads of the robots, was really tough. Fortunately, a special mixture has been created to be pinned on the robot, which successfully stands the test of water.
The health state of the lagoon is pretty good. There are no industrial polluters, and the city now has a modem sewer (污水管) system. It’s not like before when all the waste flushed directly into the water. The robots in Venice will continue their work until 2019. The subCULTron project hopes they develop into “an artificial society underneath the water surface” that serves “a human society above the water”.
1. What can we learn about the project in Paragraph 1?| A．Its researchers are all from universities. |
| B．The European Union has financially supported it. |
| C．It uses robots to clean the waters in and around Venice. |
| D．It is aimed to support science and innovation worldwide. |
| A．Scientists have got an idea for robots from the animals. |
| B．The robots are working separately to perform their tasks. |
| C．SubCULTron is to turn human abilities into hi-tech items. |
| D．The health state of the lagoon has greatly improved recently. |
| A．scientists | B．animals |
| C．robots | D．humans |
| A．Robots are coining into our cities soon. |
| B．Animals can tell us how to clean the water. |
| C．Waters in Venice have been greatly cleaned. |
| D．Robot fish watch out for the waters in Venice. |
【推荐2】In between all the measures to battle the severe air pollution in Delhi,India,there’s one more option-a bar that has”pure air”.
Founded by Aryavir Kumar,Oxy Pure,Delhi’s first-ever oxygen bar,offers 15 minutes of 80-90 percent pure oxygen,costing Rs 299($4.2).Customers are given a lightweight tube for oxygen intake.The device(装置)is placed near the customer’s nostrils(鼻孔)through which they are advised to breathe in the oxygen.
The bar also offers its customers several aromas(气味)to go with oxygen,including lemongrass,cherry and more.According to the aroma people choose,each session promises to improve sleep patterns and digestion,cure headaches,and even claims to work as a treatment for depression.
Bonny Irengbam,a senior sales assistant at the bar,said,”Some people,who try it for the first time,will feel relaxed and fresh.But only people who do this regularly will get real benefits.By regularly,I mean once or twice a month.We don’t encourage back-to-back sessions,as increased levels of oxygen in the body can make a person dizzy.”
Dr.Rajesh Chawla,a senior doctor at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital,said,”Even if you breathe in the so-called pure oxygen for two hours in a day,you will go back to breathing the polluted air for the rest of the 22 hours.The concept is purely money-driven.”
Recalling the first few months of the bar,Irengbam admitted that people were sceptical. “Many people criticised,saying we were selling air.Others were simply scared to breathe through the tube.”
Irengbam said the bar saw a significant rise in the number of customers two to three days after Diwali,an Indian festival mainly celebrated by fireworks and lights,as the pollution levels were high.
1. What do we know about the oxygen intake?| A．It surely has a promising future. |
| B．It will always cause side effects. |
| C．It was not well received at first. |
| D．It can cure people of depression. |
| A．Once-a-month. |
| B．Once-in-a-while. |
| C．Once-and-for-all. |
| D．One-after-another. |
| A．Doubtful. |
| B．Positive. |
| C．Unconcerned. |
| D．Ambiguous. |
| A．To explain how to breathe in the oxygen. |
| B．To introduce the first oxygen bar in India. |
| C．To show people’s responses to the device. |
| D．To advertise for Aryavir Kumar’s business. |
【推荐3】Buying folk art paintings has been a passion of mine. I found some pieces recently. The problem was that I could only afford one and I was having trouble in deciding which one to buy.
The first painting was a work of Bill Dodge. He created it in 1962 and named it First Trolley to Van Nuys. The painting shows the center of a town, with a lot of people in the windows and on the street.
Thomas Chambers is one of America’s most famous folk artists. The painting of him shows a fishing scene with villagers and boats. It may have great value in the future. But it doesn’t suit my taste.
Alligator Fisher is a folk art painting created in 1940.The blue of the bayou(海湾) is very calming and the trees give it a very Southern feel. There is a house in the painting and I like this one very much. It reminds me of Louisiana, where I was born.
A Letter from My Mother is one that I found during a journey. The look on the girl’s face is so serious and sad. The painting itself is great; it just makes me feel sad. I had no idea where this folk art painting should hang.
At last, I decided to buy the one that can give me a good mood every day. What is more important than a good mood?
1. What do we know about the folk art painting by Bill Dodge?| A．It is a portrait of the painter. |
| B．Not many houses can be seen in it. |
| C．It tells something about people’s life in a town. |
| D．It was created in the 19th century. |
| A．know where it was created |
| B．have a preference for it |
| C．think it would be valuable |
| D．know what its meaning was |
| A．It costs too much. |
| B．It is too large to hang |
| C．It reminds him think of his birthplace. |
| D．It doesn’t give him a good mood . |
【推荐1】“I will think of it.”It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We cannot see our thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them; and yet what strong power they have!
Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening, when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid ( 盖子) of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think,and he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses.
James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd (羊倌) boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he was filled with wonder.“Why should I not make a watch?”he thought. But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring (钟表等的主发条)? He soon found how to get them: he made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen, and portraits (肖像) with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned money enough to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lectures. His motto was, “I will think of it.” and he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
When you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged or ask someone to help you before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose
1. Which word can best describe the three scientists mentioned in this text?| A．Crazy. | B．Impatient. | C．Curious. | D．Easy-going. |
| A．He was born in a rich family. |
| B．His wooden clock seldom worked well. |
| C．He was a painter from England. |
| D．His mind greatly influenced the world. |
| A．Thoughts are not important since we can not see or touch them. |
| B．It is important to try a challenge on our own. |
| C．Ask for help right away when things get hard. |
| D．Great people have great teachers. |
| A．I Will Think of It |
| B．Why Should Not I Have a Try? |
| C．Nothing Is Impossible to a Willing Heart |
| D．Great Scientists Make a Great World |
【推荐2】Kincaid looked at his watch: eight-seventeen. The truck started on the second try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun. Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11, running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the highway as it swung east a little before meeting U.S Route 20.
Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He liked this country and felt impressed，stopping now and then to make notes about interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called “memory snapshots.” The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he turned north at Spokane, picking up U.S Route 2, which would take him halfway across the northern United States to Duluth, Minnesota.
He wished for the thousandth time in his life that he had a dog, a golden retriever, maybe, for travels like this and to keep him company at home. But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal. Still, he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting too old for the hard fieldwork. “I must get a dog then.” He said to himself.
Drives like this always put him into a sentimental mood. The dog was part of it. Robert Kincaid was alone as it’s possible to be – an only child, parents both dead, distant relatives who had lost track of him and he of them, no close friends.
He thought about Marian. She had left him nine years ago after five years of marriage. He was fifty–two now, that would make her just under forty. Marian had dreams of becoming a musician, a folksinger. She knew all of the Weavers’ songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Seattle. When he was home in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she sang.
His long absences – two or three months sometimes – were hard on the marriage. He knew that. She was aware of what he did when they decided to get married, and both of them had a vague (not clear) sense that it could all be handled somehow. It couldn’t when he came from photographing a story in Iceland and, she was gone. The note read, “Robert, it didn’t work out, I left you the Harmony guitar. Stay in touch.”
He didn’t stay in touch. Neither did she. He signed the divorce papers when they arrived a year later and caught a plane for Australia the next day. She had asked for nothing except her freedom.
1. Which statement is true according to the passage?| A．Kincaid’s parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant relatives. |
| B．Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn’t been away from home too much. |
| C．Kincaid used to have a golden retriever. |
| D．Kincaid needed a dog in doing his hard fieldwork. |
| A．To write “memory snapshots”. |
| B．To remind himself of places he might want to visit again. |
| C．To avoid forgetting the way back. |
| D．To shoot beautiful scenery along the road. |
| A．She died after five years of marriage. |
| B．She was older than Kincaid. |
| C．She could sing very well and earned big money. |
| D．She was not a professional pop singer. |
| A．Marian knew what would happen before she married Kincaid. |
| B．Kincaid thought his absence would be a problem when he married Marian. |
| C．It turned out that Marian could not stand Kincaid’s absence and left him. |
| D．After Marian left him, they still kept in touch with each other. |
【推荐3】Minnie May, aged three, was really very sick. She lay on the kitchen sofa, feverish and restless, while her hoarse (嘶哑的) breathing could be heard all over the house. Young Mary Joe, whom Mrs Barry had asked to stay with the children during her absence, was helpless and nervous, quite unable to think what to do, or do it if she thought of it.
Anne went to work with skill and rapidity.
“Minnie May has croup (哮吼); she' s pretty bad, but I've seen worse. First, we must have lots of hot water. There isn’t more than a cup in the kettle! There, I've filled it up, and Mary Joe, you may put some wood in the stove. I don't want to hurt your feelings, but it seems to me you might have thought of this before if you'd any imagination. Now, I' ll undress Minnie May and put her to bed, and you try to find some soft and warm clothes. Diana. I' m going to give her some ipecac first of all."
Minnie May did not take kindly to, but Anne had not brought up three pairs of twins for nothing. Down it went, not only once, but many times during the long, worrying night when the two little girls worked patiently over the suffering Minnie May, and Young Mary Joe, honestly did all she could, kept a fire burning and heated more water than would have been needed for a hospital of croupy babies.
It was three o' clock when Matthew came with the doctor, for he had been required to go all the way to Spencervale for one. But the pressing need for assistance was past. Minnie May was much better and was sleeping soundly.
1. Which of the following can best describe Anne?| A．Knowledgeable and decisive. | B．Unreliable and changeable. |
| C．Curious and brave. | D．Helpless and nervous. |
| A．food | B．clothing |
| C．medicine | D．water |
| A．She read a book describing how to treat illnesses in children. |
| B．She once had croup and remembered how she was treated. |
| C．She got experience in helping raise six children. |
| D．She got the right instructions from the doctor. |
| A．Minnie May was seldom ill. |
| B．With the doctor’s help, Minnie May recovered . |
| C．Mrs Barry was at home. |
| D．The doctor came from Spencervale. |
