I'll be a photographer. I'm going to bring bits of Australia back home with me. I told myself this before, yet I feel so doubtful on this plane that's flying me thousands of miles away. I was so confident yesterday .But today I don't belong to this plane where men sit with briefcases reading newspapers. They're all adults.
I've never been out of the US. And now ,I'm traveling into Australia alone, a world I know nothing about. A part of me recognizes it as home.
I remember little about my mother, but I remember she had an Australian accent and golden hair. She wan fun and she would often take us to New Jersey beaches, where we would spend the whole day taking walks along the shore. My mom told me that in Australia, Christmas was always spent on the beach with friends and family, and everyone wore Santa hat with their bathing suits. It never got cold and bitter there. My mom was different and I was proud of her.
I don't know how she met my father. but after they met several years, they got married and moved into an apartment in New Jersey. Then I was born and we were a perfect family of three who went out to dinner and watched movies in the dark and loved each other.
I know things have been hard on my father since my Mom died years ago. It's hard for me, too, and I have to experience the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place.
This is an adventure.
1.How did the author feel when he was on the plane?
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A．Confident |
B．Foolish |
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C．Doubtful |
D．Childish |
2.The author traveled to Australia alone mainly because he wanted to__.
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A．search his fortune there |
B．find more about his mother |
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C．look for his grandparents there |
D．find more about this wonderful place |
3.The third paragraph is mainly concerned with__.
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A．the author's first impression of Australia |
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B．the author's brief impression of his mother |
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C．the reason why the author loved his mother |
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D．the difference between his mother and father |
4.What can we learn from the passage?
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A．The author writes this passage to honor his mother. |
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B．The author decides to learn taking photos in Australia. |
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C．The author had a good time when his mother was still alive. |
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D．The author didn't like to live with his father after his mother died. |
5.Where did the author most probably write this passage?
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A．In America. |
B．In Australia. |
C．At home |
D．On the Plane |
Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Na Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles form home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I'd just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take form there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its wind-shield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
"I just can't leave you here, "she said. "This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home."
“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(迷惑的).
“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.
“It’s a long way,” I protested(抗议).
“Come on,”she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along.”she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That would not make it a favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”
1.The writer thought that he would have a long night because
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A．it world be long before he could take another bus |
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B．no driver would give him a ride |
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C．he didn’t know the routes |
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D．he perhaps would have to take a taxi |
2.Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was .
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A．very quiet and peaceful |
B．dark without street lights |
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C．neither clean nor beautiful |
D．a little unsafe |
3.The writer wanted to take a taxi home at the end of the route because .
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A．no bus would come |
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B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable |
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C．he became impatient and a bit worried |
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D．he knew the driver would never return |
4.The bus driver drove the writer home later because .
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A．she happened to go in the same direction |
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B．she wanted to do something good for other people |
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C．her brother told her to do so |
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D．she wanted to earn more money |
5.The bus driver hoped that the writer .
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A．world do as she did |
B．would keep her in memory |
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C．would give the money to others |
D．would do her a favor |
I wonder ____ made your English teacher so angry in her class this morning.
A what was it that B how was it that C what it was that D how it was that
—— Bob looks very blue. What has happened to him?
—— Perhaps his failure in the exam _____ his low spirits.
A accounts for B looks for C makes for D takes for
Don’t be angry . In this country ruled by law, he won’t _____ what he has done.
A get away from B get away with C put up with D come up with
Don’t lose heart . Keep on working hard and you will succeed________.
A on time B at no time C at one time D in time
