Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small house or inns(客栈)instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.
Rooms for the night in private(私人的)homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms; others are much larger. Some inns do not provide telephones or televisions in the rooms, others do.
Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the areas and the interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say that they enjoy the chance to meet local families.
1.Americans take a holiday trip _________.
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A．all the year round |
B．for years |
C．every year |
D．every other year |
2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
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A．Some Americans like to stay at bed-and-breakfast homes instead of at hotels. |
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B．The bed-and-breakfast inns are private homes open to vacationers. |
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C．The bed-and-breakfast inn owners provide a morning meal for their visitors and a room for the night. |
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D．The bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time. |
3.Staying at the bed-and-breakfast inns, _________.
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A．the travelers needn’t pay anything |
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B．the travelers don’t have to pay for the telephone or television |
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C．the travelers can meet and talk with the local people |
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D．the owners will show the travelers around the area |
One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.
The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.
A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.
It was after 2 o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.
The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Cuninghan,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy.”
1.Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because _____.
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A．Dr. Eyck knew the boy was wounded by a shot |
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B．The boy needed the help of a surgeon |
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C．Dr. Eyck was the boy’s father |
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D．Dr. Eyck was Haydon’s friend |
2.The surgeon was late because ________.
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A．he was stopped by the police |
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B．the weather was rather terrible |
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C．Clens Falls was too far from Albany |
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D．his car was taken away |
3.Choose the right order of the following events given in the story.
a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.
b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.
c. The boy shot himself. d. The boy died.
e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital. f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.
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A．c, e, f, a, b, d |
B．a, c, f, d, b, e |
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C．c, a, f, e, d, b |
D．a, c, f, e, d, b |
4.The boy could have been saved if ______.
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A．he had not been sent to the hospital |
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B．his father hadn’t arrived in time |
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C．Dr.Eyck had arrived earlier than the man |
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D．Dr. Eyck had arrived there two hours earlier |
One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__26___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 27___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 28 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 29 and landed in the grass.
My 30 went out to him. So, I ran over to him. 31 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 32 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the 33 __student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 34 to prepare a 35 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 36 .So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 37 !” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 38 those who helped you make it through those 39 years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 40 you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with 41 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 42 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 43 me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 44 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 45 a person’s life. For better or for worse.
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This ________ girl is Linda’s cousin.
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A．pretty little Spanish |
B．Spanish little pretty |
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C．Spanish pretty little |
D．little pretty Spanish |
Not until all the fish died in the river _____ how serious the pollution was.
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A．did the villagers realize |
B．the villagers realized |
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C．the villagers did realize |
D．didn't the villagers realize |
The Smiths have gone to New York for their holiday, with an old servant ____ their house.
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A．looking after |
B．look after |
C．having looked after |
D．looked after |
