A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the 16 soon.
Twenty minutes 17 , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she 18 to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he 19 it.
In the following hours on the flight, 20 time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile 21 he needed help or not. But the passenger never 22 her words.
When he was going to get off the 23 , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very 24 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her 25 the job. 26 with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 27 the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times 28 . How can I refuse 29 twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger
30 and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!
1. A. milk B. juice C. coffee D. water
2.A. late B. later C. ago D. after
3. A. remembered B. forgot C. wanted D. learned
4.A. accepted B. took C. refused D. received
5.A. some B. either C. another D. each
6. A. why B. when C. whether D. how
7. A. paid attention to B. thought of C. heard of D. worried about
8.A. coach B. bus C. train D. plane
9.A. happy B. cheerful C. sad D. excited
10. A. lose B. loses C. losing D. lost
11.A. And B. So C. Then D. But
12. A. opened B. closed C. destroyed D. hid
13. A. at all B. in all C. of all D. all over
14.A. her B. your C. their D. our
15. A. peacefully B. comfortably C. deeply D. slowly
1.What worries Christ most?
A. His grandchildren B. His death C. His diary notebooks D. His case
2.What does Christ probably hope to happen to his diary?
A. They can come out as an interesting book
B. They can be made into a TV play or a film.
C. His children will put them together with him after his death.
D. His grandchildren will continue to write following his habit.
3.What does Action think of Christ’s diary?
A. They supply good memories for others especially his grandchildren.
B. They will educate the young to remember the hard life
C. They can make his grandchildren make more money.
D. They may help others learn more about the war.
4. What do the comments about an ordinary soldier’s war diary want to tell us?
A. To remind Christ to write more about war.
B. To show others will get help from Christ’s notebooks
C. To encourage Christ to write diaries like the brave soldier
D. To tell Christ social historians are interested in the soldier’s diaries.
5.Which of the following is mentioned in the page?
A. Barrel doesn’t stop writing diaries.
B. Action wants to remain the diaries as a record.
C. Christ’s children don’t get along well with him.
D. Christ’s grandchildren may show interests in his diaries.
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ___________ (41) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ___________ (42) not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to ___________ (43) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the ___________ (44) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last ___________ (45).” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the ___________ (46). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ___________ (47) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test ___________ (48) any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ___________(49) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is ___________ (50) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ___________ (51) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ___________ (52) from events in their lives, and have become ___________ (53) people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you ___________(54) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is ___________ (55) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.
1. A. luckily B. terribly C. quietly D. hard
2. A. dislike B. help C. prefer D. start
3. A. thank B. praise C. fight D. criticize
4. A. following B. relaxing C. worrying D. remaining
5. A. chance B. trouble C. test D. idea
6. A. results B. presents C. papers D. essays
7. A. given B. sent C. discovered D. received
8. A. where B. that C. what D. when
9. A. confident B. necessary C. mysterious D. convenient
10. A. unusual B. impossible C. true D. special
11. A. broken off B. dreamed of C. learned from D. cared about
12.A. and B. or C. but D. so
13.A. ruder B. cuter C. worse D. better
14.A. decide B. forget C. realize D. imagine
15. A. something B.anything C. everything D. nothing
---Excuse me. Can I take a seat here?
---__________. The woman who sat here will be back soon.
A. We’d better not. B. No, thank you.
C. Yes, please. D. I’m afraid you can’t.
---Can you tell me ______________?
---His home is quite far away from the office, I think.
A. when he got up B. where he works
C. why he bought the car D. how he likes his job,
I’ve become good friends with several of the students in my school __________ I met in the English speech contest last year.
A. who B. where C. when D. which
