—The trip shouldn’t take more than an hour.
— ______It is at least two hours.
A．I guess so B．That’s it C．You must be joking D．It all depends
Two men, Alan and Henry, both seriously ill, shared a hospital room. Alan was allowed to sit up in his bed and his bed was next to the room’s only window. Henry had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours, of their wives, families, their homes and their jobs. And every afternoon when Alan, in the bed next to the window, could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm among flowers. Trees and skyline could be seen in the distance. As he described all this, Henry, on the other side of the room, would close his eyes and imagine the scene.
One warm afternoon Alan described a parade (游行) passing by. Although Henry could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind. Unexpectedly, an alien thought entered his head: why should he have all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never got to see anything? It doesn’t seem fair. Henry felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sight, his envy grew and soon let him down. He began to find himself unable to sleep. He should be by that window—and that thought now controlled his life.
Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling. Alan began to cough. He was choking. Henry watched in the dim room as the struggling man tried hard to reach for the button to call for help. Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence—deathly silence.
As soon as it seemed appropriate, Henry asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he struggled to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He looked out, but faced a black wall.
1.Judging from the passage, the meaning of the underlined word “alien” is ______.
A．disappointing B．sudden C．new D．strange
2.What finally happened to Alan?
A．He was moved to another room. B．He died.
C．He switched his bed with Henry. D．He was very sick.
3.Henry, who had his bed switched, had expected _____.
A．to see the black wall B．to feel the joy of seeing the outside world
C．to feel the joy of breathing fresh air D．to see more than Alan
4.Which of the following words could be used to describe Alan?
A．Kind-hearted and imaginative B．Well-informed and humorous
C．Talkative and funny D．Cold-hearted and indifferent
Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after 31 thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head 32 his walking stick．McKay's wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a 33 person, he had been 34 to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often．
Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a 35 collector. Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay's, or too often, on the McKays 36 .
“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our37 ,” said Laurence．She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant 38 bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks．“We'd be 39 there happily reading our newspapers, when 40 so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd 41 with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the 42 of fish!”
And on Saturday evening it was just too 43. “It was James's birthday,” explained Laurence, “and I'd made him a birthday cake．The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out.” 44 , Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet 45．Rarely had Laurence seen McKay move so fast．“I couldn't 46 him．He was up there in a flash．It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”
Smith is not going to take things further with the police．He has also promised to change his 47 from now on．And what of James McKay? 48 he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”．“49 the most exciting birthday 50 !” said the cheerful old man．“The best since my adolescence I'd say!”
1. A．hitting B．tapping C．pushing D．touching
2. A．by B．with C．through D．via
3. A．quiet B．sensitive C．peaceful D．stubborn
4. A．accustomed B．taken C．driven D．attracted
5. A．seed B．fish C．plant D．newspaper
6. A．himself B．itself C．herself D．themselves
7. A．bathroom B．balcony C．bedroom D．kitchen
8. A．which B．what C．that D．whether
9. A．sitting B．exercising C．sleeping D．eating
10. A．regularly B．unconsciously C．precisely D．suddenly
11. A．swum B．watered C．showered D．drowned
12. A．taste B．sense C．feeling D．smell
13. A．little B．soon C．late D．much
14. A．Instead B．Besides C．Otherwise D．Consequently
15. A．over B．across C．through D．down
16. A．stop B．blame C．ignore D．stand
17. A．views B．attitude C．mind D．ways
18. A．While B．Since C．Until D．As
19. A．Sincerely B．Impossibly C．Previously D．Definitely
20. A．before B．already C．ever D．since
Currently, some overseas universities are simply selling diplomas to Chinese students ________ their academic performance, so China should check on a regular basis.
A．on account of B．in addition to C．regardless of D．in relation to
As for Latin America generally, there’s no reason why, ______resources available, it can’t become a highly industrialized area.
A．in terms of B．in favor of C．in honor of D．in charge of
A Korean survey shows that shopping cart handles are the most bacteria-carrying items among some ________used objects.
A．relatively B．ordinarily C．frequently D．sincerely
