A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask him the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch, and told him it was half past eight.
In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.”
Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It is a quarter to nine.”
1.Where did the driver sleep?
A.At the window. |
B.In the street road. |
C.In his car |
D.In his room. |
2.How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?
A.40 minutes. |
B.25 minutes. |
C.50 minutes. |
D.70 minutes. |
3.Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?
A.Because he didn’t know the time. |
B.Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him. |
C.Because he needed somebody to wake him up. |
D.Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time. |
4.The third person knocked at the window to ______.
A.ask him the time |
B.ask him not to sleep |
C.see if the driver was sleeping |
D.tell him what time it was |
It is well known that Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of all time, but I think he was also a really great person. I’ve done some research on him and 1. _______ something interesting.
When Einstein started to work in America, someone asked him what he needed. He said he needed a desk, some 2. _______ and a pencil. He also asked for a big wastepaper basket to 3. _______ all of his mistakes. This shows that he knew even the 4. _______ man in the world can only learn by making mistakes.
Einstein was also very modest(谦虚的). Many children wrote letters to ask him for help with their homework. One day, he wrote a letter to a young girl to tell her not to 5. _______ about her maths homework because he thought maths was difficult too.
Einstein regarded time as very valuable. He never wore socks, because he thought 6. _______ socks was a waste of time as people already wore 7. _______. He also thought it was a waste of time remembering things that could be found in a book. That’s 8. _______ he never remembered his own phone number, which was in the phone book. He knew what was worth 9. _______. It is true that if we are going to do 10. _______ things in our lives, we can’t waste time.
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You just can’t imagine what effect these people’s achievements have ____ our lives today.
A.on |
B.in |
C.with |
D.to |
The best times to visit Shangri-la are spring and autumn ____ the temperature is at its mildest.
A.when |
B.where |
C.that |
D.which |
When we got up this morning, we found the sun rose, ____ it always does, in a clear sky.
A.what |
B.which |
C.if |
D.as |
Do you think it is worth ____ your life for adventure?
A.to risk |
B.risked |
C.risking |
D.risk |