We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture(家具)shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack(车顶架). I’ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too. As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake(超车)?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers(警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church(教堂). One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was--er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
1.From the story we know that _________.
A.the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife |
B.the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all |
C.the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife |
D.the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife |
2.What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?
A.He could drive slowly and it was safe. |
B.Other drivers would let him go first. |
C.His wife could use a new bookshelf. |
D.He could save a lot of money and time. |
3.Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?
A.Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf. |
B.Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it. |
C.Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help. |
D.Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car. |
4.When did the officers begin to realize(意识到)they had made a mistake?
A.Before they arrived at the church. |
B.Before they overtook the writer’s car. |
C.After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church. |
D.After the writer’s family left the church. |
The earth moves round the sun ,and the moon goes round the earth .When our part(部分)of the earth turns to the sun ,it is day ,When our part of the earth turns away from the sun ,it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon .But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it's much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright .It gives a very strong light .The moon looks quite bright, too .But it doesn't give any light at all. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars .But actually(事实上), the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon .They look smaller than the moon because they're much farther away from us.
1.Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because______.
A.it is much bigger than the sun |
B.it comes out only at night |
C.it is much nearer to the earth than the sun |
D.it doesn't give a very strong light |
2.The stars ______.
A.look much bigger than the sun |
B.look much brighter than the moon |
C.are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon |
D.are much farther away from us than the moon |
3.When it is day, _______.
A.our part of the earth turns to(转到)the moon |
B.the sun looks much smaller than the stars |
C.we can't see any stars in the sky. |
D.the moon turns away from the sun |
When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn’t 36 me at home on my own, 37 I had to go to the market with her.
38 , I didn’t have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mother told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get 39 .When I got older, I gave my mother a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Then one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn’t have to go to the market 40 because my mother could leave me at home on my own. I 41 my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made 42 them.
One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to 43 some candles with me and see 44 I could sell them. They 45 in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out really quickly, too.
Ten months later, we decided 46 flowers. My mother and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my friends started to help us. I paid them one pound 47 every candle, and we 48 sell them for three or four times. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.
At the age of 22, my uncle 49 me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I’ve 50 looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from the designer, furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.
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Long long ago, there was a swan(天鹅)with golden feathers(金羽毛).She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house 21 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, 22 still,they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough 23 to buy food.
The swan was 24 to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my 25 to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she 26 to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying 27 .From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much 28
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But day after day, the woman became greedy(贪婪).She said to her 29 .“The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all 30 feathers when she comes next time.”
“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will 31 the swan. She helps us a lot !” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the 32 came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers 33 chicken feathers. Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Woman, I came to 34 you,but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will 35 come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.
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