First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, "Look out," I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that "Look out" may mean "don‘t look out."
Second Frenchman: Once I was on a ship and heard the captain shout, "All hands on deck," I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.
Third Frenchman: I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid who came to the door and said, "He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour," When I went again for him, she said, "He‘s not down yet."
"If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?" I asked.
She said, "He’s still in bed. When I say ‘He’s not up ’ I mean ‘he has not yet got up’. When I say ‘He’s not down ’ I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs,’"
1."All hands on deck" means “ _______ ”.
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A．All the sailors gather on deck |
B．Give your hands to me |
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C．Put your right hand and left hand on deck |
D．Shake your hands with me |
2.When the maid said, “He’s not up yet.” She meant that _______ .
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A．he has not grown up yet |
B．he has not yet got up |
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C．he has not woke up yet |
D．he has not yet come upstairs |
3.When the third Frenchman went back, the English friend _______ .
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A．was washing his face |
B．was having his breakfast |
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C．was still in an upstairs room |
D．was reading a newspaper |
4.Which do you think is the best title for this article?
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A．Three Frenchmen and their English Friends |
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B．The English Language |
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C．Three French Stories |
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D．What a Language! |
Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly unless it is a social business or family occasion. The evening meal is usually longer and a time for families to gather together. Rushing through daytime meals is part of the fast pace in America. Another reason for rushing through daytime meals is that many people eat in restaurant that are usually crowded with people waiting for a place so that they can be served and return to work at the proper time. So each one hurried to make room for the next person. As there are busy people everywhere, there is a real difference with meals that are eaten in a hurry and those that can be enjoyed slowly with friends.
1.What is NOT mentioned in the passage?
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A．What time Americans eat dinner. |
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B．Where Americans eat. |
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C．Why Americans eat in a hurry. |
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D．Which do meat Americans eat the most slowly. |
2.Americans hurry at meals because
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A．they want to eat dinner slowly. |
B．they don’t like eating in restaurants. |
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C．they are very busy. |
D．they don’t like to eat. |
3.According to the passage, the least busy time to eat in a restaurant would probably be .
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A．during the busy time |
B．at lunch |
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C．at dinner |
D．at either breakfast or lunch |
About once a month I have to go to Bedford for my work. One day I went into a 21 there to have something to 22 . The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room.
About an hour later I was 23 to go. The waiter 24 me my coat. Something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. I took a 25 look at the 26 . “Oh, you’ve brought 27 coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine, 28 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.”
“Oh, then I 29 someone has taken your coat and left his,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing 30 sometimes.”
I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold 31 in it. The waiter and I 32 to go to the police station.
“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked at the station.
“Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”
He 33 the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.
“Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I 34 you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 35 I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the 36 of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel, so how did my ring 37 in the coat?”
“Did anyone sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.
“Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”
“You may remember this 38 ,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here isn’t the thief.”
The policeman laughed. “No,” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and 39 our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the 40 coat away with him.”
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“Have you seen the film?” he asked me. →He asked me _______.
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A．had I seen the film |
B．have I seen the film |
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C．if I have seen the film |
D．whether I had seen the film |
On the wall hung an overcoat, _______color is blue.
whose B. of which C. which D. its
The young man _________ on his back _________ his eyes half-closed.
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A．lain, ×; |
B．laid, with |
C．lied, with |
D．lay, with |
