My dad, over ninety years old now, sat weakly on the bench. He didn’t move and just sat with his head down staring at (盯着看)his hands. I sat down beside him. He didn’t realize it and the longer I sat, the more I wondered if he was okay. Finally, not really wanting to disturb him but wanting to check on him, I asked him if he was okay. He raised his head and looked at me and smiled. “Yes, I’m fine. Thank you for asking,” he said in a clear strong voice. I said, didn’t mean to disturb (打扰)you, Dad, but you were just sitting there staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were alright.” “Have you ever looked at your hands?” he asked. “I mean really looked at your hands?” I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over again and again.
Dad smiled and said, “Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have. How have they served (服务)you well throughout your years? Though these hands are thin and weak, they have been the tools I have used all my life.”
“That’s right! They caught my fall when as a baby I crashed upon the floor. They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. When I was a little girl, my mother taught me to fold them to pray. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots. They dried the tears of my children. They wiped my tears when my son went off(离开) to war,” I said.
After that day, I never looked at my hands the same again.
1. How old is most likely the writer ’ s father?
A. 72. B. 82. C. 92. D. 102.
2.Why did the writer ask her father if he was okay?
A. Because she wanted to disturb him.
B. Because she wanted to know if he was fine.
C. Because she missed him very much.
D. Because she wanted to chat with him.
3.What did NOT the writer’s hands do according to the third paragraph?
A. They pulled on her boots.
B. They tied her shoes.
C. They put food in her children’ s mouth.
D. They dried the tears of her children.
4.What CANNOT we know from the passage?
A. The writer was a mother.
B. The writer cherished (珍爱)her hands after that day.
C. The writer’s father was too weak to speak loudly.
D. The writer loved her father very much.
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Money. B. Love. C. Dads. D. Hands.
Every day,it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us.Look at your own bags and clothes,and at the bags and clothes of your classmates.How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?
Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them.This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol called a logo(标识语)is sometimes used.Logos appear on many different products(产品).They are popular because when you see a logo,it is hard to forget that product or company.
It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio.Most advertisements are very short.Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember. Nike,for example,has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world:“Just do it.”Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it.
All advertisements are designed(设计)to make people buy a product.An advertisement for a soft drink,for example,might show a group of young people who are having fun.The young people are all drinking the soft drink.Advertisers are saying to you,“Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.”
You might think that advertisements are not after you,but next time you buy a soft drink,ask yourself this question:Why am I buying this particular(特别的)product?
1.From the passage,we know that_______.
A.all the advertisements around us are written in English
B.many bags have the name of the company that made them
C.having soft drinks makes a person young and modern
D.advertisements are only after young people
2.A good logo is_______.
A.easy to remember
B.a useful product
C.difficult to understand
D.easy to buy
3.People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is_______.
A.in English B.long C.funny D.famous
4.All advertisements are designed to_______.
A.sell you something you don’t want
B.make you young and modern
C.make you buy the product
D.show you what you need to buy
5.The best title of this passage may be_______.
A.Advertisements for Bags and Clothes
B.Advertisements on TV and Radio
C.Advertisements About Sports
D.Advertisements Around Us
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-10 各小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。Mark Twain was a famous American writer. One day he went to a city by train. He was a busy man. He usually_______ something. When he was in the train, the conductor asked him for his_______ . Mark Twain looked for it here and there, but he could not find it. The conductor knew Mark Twain. She said, “If you can’t find it, it doesn’t matter.” “Oh, but it does,” said Mark Twain. “I must find it. If I can’t find it, how can I _______ where I’m going?” Another day, he went to Dijon by train. He was very_______ and wanted to sleep. He asked the conductor to wake him up before the train _______ Dijon. But first he explained that he was a heavy sleeper. “I would probably protest (抗议)_______ when you try to wake me up. But do not _______ . Just put me off the train anyway.” Then Mark Twain went to sleep. By the time he woke up, the train had already been in Paris. He_______ that the conductor had forgotten his words. He was very _______ . He ran up to the conductor and began _______ him, “I never was so angry in all my life.” The conductor looked hard at him and said “I just put a man off the train at Dijon. You were not half as angry as him!”
1.A. accepted B. forgot C. expressed
2.A. ticket B. money C. books
3.A. know B. record C. believe
4.A. interested B. pleased C. tired
5.A. reached B. got C. arrived
6.A. slowly B. loudly C. quietly
7.A. agree B. compare C. mind
8.A. explored B. realized C. wondered
9.A. sleepy B. angry C. happy
10.A. agreeing with B. playing against C. shouting at
Simon is a good guy _________ his bad temper.
A. except for B. besides including
— I want to ______ 6,600 dollars. May I do that on the ATM machine?
— Of course, you may.
A. die out B. find out C. take out
— I find it difficult to learn Physics well.
— That’s true. Nobody can learn it well _______ he works hard at it.
A. if B. because C. unless