On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and teleponed the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles”.
Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India. When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.
Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
1.The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article would be.
A．The Kingdom of Bicycles B．A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an
C．Marco Polo and the Silk Road D．An American Achieving His Aims
2.The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because______.
A．he asked to see the manager
B．he entered the hall with a bike
C．the manager had to know about all foreign guests
D．the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
3.What made Friedlander want to come to China?
A．The stories about Marco Polo. B．The famous sights in Xi’an.
C．His interest in Chinese silk. D．His childhood dreams about bicycles.
4.Friedlander can be said to be.
A．clever B．friendly C．hardworking D．strong-minded
A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.
“I don’t understand,” he said. His mum just hugged him and said, “You 36 will.”
Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does my mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,” 37 so much could his dad say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still 38 why women cry. 39 he gave a call to God, and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so 40 ?”
God said, “When I made the woman she had to be 41 . I made her shoulders 42 enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give 43 .”
“I made her 44 childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else 45 , and to take care of her family in spite of sickness and fatigue (劳累) without 46 . I gave her the sensitivity to 47 her children under any and all circumstances, 48 her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her wisdom to carry her husband through his 49 . I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never 50 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him 51 . And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. She can use it whenever it is needed.”
“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the 52 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she 53 her hair. The 54 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love 55 .”
1. A．surely B．never C．probably D．seldom
2. A．only B．even C．almost D．hardly
3. A．hoping B．knowing C．wondering D．expecting
4. A．Actually B．Generally C．Luckily D．Finally
5. A．easily B．rarely C．simply D．excitedly
6. A．clever B．beautiful C．special D．ordinary
7. A．thick B．fat C．wide D．strong
8. A．sympathy B．comfort C．kindness D．mercy
9. A．stand B．load C．accept D．burden
10. A．gives in B．gives away C．gives up D．gives out
11. A．difficulty B．danger C．rest D．complaining
12. A．control B．love C．respect D．satisfy
13. A．even if B．in case C．so that D．as though
14. A．disagreements B．misunderstandings C．faults D．quarrels
15. A．minds B．helps C．refuses D．hurts
16. A．nervously B．tiredly C．determinedly D．unselfishly
17. A．clothes B．smile C．hair D．glasses
18. A．washes B．dyes C．cuts D．combs
19. A．figure B．intelligence C．beauty D．appearance
20. A．hides B．lives C．stores D．comes
When you go to a new country, you must _____ yourself to new manners and customs.
A．adopt B．adapt C．apply D．afford
My mum suggested that I _____ some money each month
for future use.
A．set aside B．set up C．set off D．set out
The people living in that apartment have free to that swimming pool.They don't have to be charged.
A．time B．access C．entrance D．care
I think it was a great honor for me _______ to speak to the public.
A．to invite B．to be invited C．inviting D．having invited
