The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light,I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff(东西) they call “books”。
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer,In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “ Oh,dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures(生物) in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate(绝望的)now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed,“Oh,God,please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards,Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later,with my head on the desk,I fell asleep.
1.The underlined word “wretched”in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .
A.very happy. B.disappointed.
C.very unhappy. D.hopeful.
2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because .
A.it was too late at night.
B.he was very tired.
C.his eye lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open.
D.he hadn’t studied hard before the examination.
3.What do you suppose happened to the author?
A.He went to a church to pray again.
B.He passed the exam by sheer luck.
C.He failed in the exam.
D.He was punished by his teacher.
4.The best title for the passage would be __________ .
A.The Night Before the Examination.
B.Working Far into the Night.
C.A Slow Student.
D.Going Over My Lessons.
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 __ the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 ___.
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 12 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled(组装)a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 15 or follow him, and 16 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 17 into the plane, started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 19 flapped(拍打)their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
1. A.managed B.attempted C.happened D.supposed
2. A.realized B.expected C.imagined D.admitted
3. A.helped B.decided C.afforded D.meant
4. A.placed B.protected C.treated D.examined
5. A.ago B.out C.later D.long
6. A.family B.lake C.home D.world
7. A.But B.Also C.Thus D.Still
8. A.increased B.improved C.rose D.grew
9. A.ask B.lead C.want D.allow
10. A.fly B.race C.swim D.sing
11. A.asleep B.away C.around D.awake
12. A.idea B.opinion C.explanation D.excuse
13. A.sky B.heaven C.flight D.plane
14. A.his B.her C.their D.its
15. A.respect B.remember C.recognize D.receive
16. A.so B.instead C.hardly D.too
17. A.climbed B.looked C.reached D.fell
18. A.house B.floor C.water D.ground
19. A.secretly B.disappointedly C.patiently D.eagerly
20. A.looked away B.set out C.went by D.turned back
---Is Sarah coming ?
--- No. She should have let us know earlier , but _______ she has been very busy recently.
A.to be sure B.to be honest C.to be fair D.to be exact
We passed through some beautiful _______ on our journey through the Lake District.
A.view B.scenery C.sight D.scene
It was _______ you had done _______ made it possible for you to improve your English.
A.that ; that B.that;what C.what; what D.what;that
Your friends were all worried about _______ you were sick.
A.that B.which C.what D.the fact that