It was starting to get dark and Bobby turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes caught the setting sun’s rays reflecting off something along the roadside. He reached down and discovered a shiny dime(一角钱). Never before has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby felt at that moment.
As he held his new found treasure, a warmth spread throughout his entire body and he walked into the first store he saw.
His excitement quickly turned cold when the salesperson told him that he couldn’t buy anything with only a dime.
He saw a flower shop and went inside to wait in line. When the shop owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother’s Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten cents offering. Then he said to him, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.”
The sound of the door closed as the last customer left. All alone in the shop, Bobby began to feel cold and afraid. Suddenly the shop owner came out. There, before Bobby’s eyes, lay twelve long stem, red roses, with leaves of green and tiny white flowers all tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby’s heart sank as the owner picked them up and placed them gently into a long white box. “That will be ten cents, young man.” The shop owner said reaching out his hand for the dime.
Sensing the boy’s reluctance(勉强), the shop owner added, “I just happened to have some roses on sale for ten cents a dozen. Would you like them?”
When the man placed the long box into his hands, he knew it was true. Walking out of the door that the owner was holding, Bobby heard the shopkeeper say, “Merry Christmas, son.”
1.Why did Bobby feel that he was rich?
A. Because he found a purse with many dollars
B. Because he found some money on the way home.
C. Because he was given a bunch of flowers
D. Because he found some hidden treasure.
2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?
A. Christmas gifts were always very expensive
B. The salesperson’s words greatly disappointed Bobby.
C. Bobby was tired of trying one shop after another
D. The salesperson was trying to cheat Bobby.
3.While waiting for the shop owner in the flower ship, Bobby .
A. was full of excitement and joy
B. was very thankful to the shop owner
C. felt he had been cheated by the owner
D. was not sure whether the owner would accept his offering
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 1side is much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 2in good health, or 3about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 4damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 5the title. Therefore, the scissors would 6before they start, 7halfway done when I find out the 8result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 9. You can only take up one of them; the other has to wait or be 10up. But you know the future is unpredictable-the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 11. Thus you are 12in a difficult position and feel sad. How 13that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 14greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 15is like: we are often 16with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 17we get into another. The 18may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 19remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual 20may not be a had one.
1.A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
2.A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
3.A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
4.A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
5.A. on B. for C. without D. off
6.A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
7.A. or B. but C. so D. for
8.A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
9.A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
10.A. given B. held C. made D. picked
11.A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
12.A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck
13.A. dares B. comes C. does D. dare
14.A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
15.A. study B. society C. nature D. life
16.A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
17.A. before B. after C. until D. as
18.A. following B. next C. above D. former
19.A. still B. also C. once D. almost
20.A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
He is said abroad now, but I don’t know in which country he is
A. to study B. to be studying
C. to have studied D. studying
A saying goes practice makes perfect.
A. which B. that C. whether D. what
It has been a long established that the Spring Festival is a time for family reunion in China.
A. tradition B. history C. intelligence D. system
假如你叫李平，你所在学校的英语俱乐部将举行一个英语晚会。你准备邀请你的外国朋友John一同参加。请根据以下内容要点给John写一封邀请信。
注意：
1 词数：120左右；
2 句子结构准确，信息完整、连贯；
3 开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John,
How is everything? I’m writing to let you know about an English Evening Party and invite you to join us__________________________________________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Pin
