The reason _____ he refused to attend the meeting was that they didn't give him an invitation earlier.
A. how B. why C. which D. that
If you stand here, you'll get a better of the river.
A. view B. sight C. scene D. scenery
Mr. Bill Clinton was elected ____ President of the United States in ____ 1990s.
A. the; the B. a; the C. the; 不填 D. 不填; the
---- I wonder if I could borrow your bike for a second time.
---- .You nearly damaged it last time.
A. Why not? B. I don’t think so. C. By no means. D. By all means.
One day, Wilson was walking quietly along the road when someone hit him hard on the back of his neck．He looked behind him, and saw a young man whom he had never seen before．
“How dare you hit me like that?” shouted Wilson．
The young man said he had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his and that he thought Wilson was making a lot of noise about nothing．
This insult (侮辱) made Wilson even angrier, of course, and he at once decided to bring the young man before a judge．
Now, the judge, who heard the case, was a friend of the young man’s father’s, and, although he pretended to be quite fair, he was thinking about what he could do to protect the young man from being punished while at the same time not to be appearing unfair．
Finally he said to Wilson, “I understand your feelings in this matter very well．Would you be satisfied if I let you hit the young man as he hit you?”
Wilson said he would not be．The young man had insulted him and should be properly punished．
“Well, then,” said the judge to the young man, “I order you to pay ten coins to Wilson．”
Ten coins was very little for such a crime, but the young man did not have it with him, so the judge allowed him to go and get it．
Wilson waited for him to return with the money．He waited an hour, and then two hours, while the judge took care of other business．
When it was nearly time for the court to close, Wilson chose a moment when the judge was especially busy, came up quietly and hit him hard on the back of the neck．Then he said to him, “I am sorry, but I can’t wait any longer．When the young man comes back, tell him that I have passed my right to the ten coins on to you．”
1.Why did the young man hit Wilson from behind?
A．Wilson had hit him before．
B．He had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his．
C．Wilson was a stranger there．
D．Wilson made a lot of noise when he was walking．
2.Which of the following explanations has the closest meaning with the underlined word “properly”?
A．completely B. correctly C. immediately D. finally
3.The best title for this passage is ________．
A．I’ve passed my right on to you
B．The judge and Wilson
C．Wilson and the young man
D．The young man was set free
“I've changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my daddy back." Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn't see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I' m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn't wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all Mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven' t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑衅者)，and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It's a serious thought, one to give me pause.
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword (剑), and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I'm sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.
1.According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________.
A. explains the importance of a telescope
B. shows the writer's pity on the kid
C. acts as an introduction to the discussion
D. makes a clear statement of the writer's views
2.In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________.
A. how much he misses his parents now
B. why his parents often appear in his dream
C. when Lucien will get over all his sadness
D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life
3.In the writer's opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.
A. to leave behind a precious memory to the people related
B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society
C. to care what others will remember and treasure
D. to share happiness and sadness with his family
4.What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?
A. Proud. B. Happy. C. Disappointed. D. Worried
