His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke（补充） out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog (沼泽地). He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired（陷于泥坑）to his waist in black muck（淤泥） was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse(稀疏的) surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."
"No, " the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel（茅舍）.
"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."
And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia(肺炎).
What saved him? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.
His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
1.Whose life did the Scottish farmer save?
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A．Lord Randolph Churchill's. |
B．Sir Winston Churchill's. |
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C．Sir Alexander Fleming's |
D．Penicillin's. |
2.Why did the nobleman take the farmer's son and give him a good education?
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A．The nobleman wanted to bring him up to be a man like his father. |
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B．The farmer was too poor to afford his son's education. |
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C．The nobleman wanted to pay back the farmer for saving his son. |
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D．The farmer wanted to make his son become a proud man. |
3.What kind of person could the farmer Fleming probably be?
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A．Kind, brave and generous. |
B．Kind, shy and merciful. |
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C．Kind, innocent and passive. |
D．Kind, brave and honest. |
4.Which of the following might be NOT TRUE according to the text?
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A．The farmer saved the nobleman's son twice. |
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B．The nobleman's son later became a great person. |
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C．The farmer's son later became a great person. |
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D．Penicillin is a powerful kind of medicine. |
We took the bus from the suburb every early morning that summer 3 years ago. One of the passengers was a small 36 man who took the bus to the centre for senior citizens every morning. He walked with a stoop (佝偻) and a sad look on his face when he, with some difficulty, 37 the bus and sat down alone behind the driver. No one ever paid very much attention to him.
Then one 38 morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled before he sat down. The driver 39 guardedly. The rest of us were silent. The next day, the old man boarded the bus energetically, 40 and said in a loud voice: “And a very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “Good morning,” 41 . The following weeks we were more alert (留意的). Our friend was now dressed in a nice old suit and a wide out-of-date 42 . The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we 43 began to nod and talk to each other.
One morning he had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver 44 smilingly and asked:“Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?”and he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers 45 and clapped at him. Charlie bowed and waved the 46 before he sat down on his seat. Every morning after that Charlie always brought a flower. Some of the 47 passengers began bringing him flowers for his bouquet(花束).
The summer went by, and 48 was closing in, when one morning Charlie wasn't waiting at his usual 49 . When he wasn't there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or — 50 — on holiday somewhere.
One day, we learned from the staff working in the centre for senior citizens that the elderly 51 was fine, but he hadn't been coming to the 52 that week. One of his very close friends had died at the weekend. They 53 him back on Monday. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.
The next 54 Charlie was waiting at the stop, stooping a bit more, a little bit more grey, and without a tie. He seemed to have shrinked（缩小）again. Inside the bus was a 55 . All of us sat with our eyes filled with tears and a bunch of wild flowers in our hands.
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The sun was shining brightly, _____ everything there _____ more beautiful.
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A．making; look |
B．to make; looked |
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C．and made; looking |
D．and making; be looked |
It’s high time that he settled down in the city and ____ a new life.
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A．start |
B．started |
C．to start |
D．starting |
The course books are _____ by four tapes, which are beneficial to beginners.
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A．adapted |
B．designed |
C．accompanied |
D．managed |
— I’m afraid what I did cannot satisfy your requirements.
— _____. At least you tried.
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A．I don’t believe it. |
B．Don’t say so. |
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C．Never mind. |
D．It was not your fault. |
