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 telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball 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. An American Achieving His Aims B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an
C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. The Kingdom of Bicycles
2. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because _______
A. he asked to see the manager
B. the manager had to know about all foreign guests
C. he entered the hall with a bike
D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
3. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order____ .
A. China, India, and Pakistan B. India, China, and Pakistan
C. Pakistan, China, and India D. China, Pakistan, and India
4.What made Friedlander want to come to China?
A. His childhood dreams about bicycles .
B. The famous sights in Xi’an .
C. His interest in Chinese silk.
D. The stories about Marco Polo
5.Friedlander can be said to be ____ .
A. strong—minded B. friendly C. hardworking D. clever
In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying,“Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a dream.
“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm !”
Peter got out of bed and started , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 44that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait morning, can't you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“ you will find me dead the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters he heard his wife calling him again.
“I'm again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”
“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very news for you. My wife ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly her. So you need not come. Go back to now, and sleep well!”
1.A. driver B. nurse C. doctor D. child
2.A. terrible B. interesting C. Surprising D. wonderful
3.A. bed B. sleep C. dream D. hospital
4.A. walking B. dying C. aching D. sleeping
5.A. dressing B. wearing C. raising D. working
6.A. very B. so C. too D. quite
7.A. good B. bad C. wrong D. poor
8.A. down B. off C. on D. up
9.A. surprised B. afraid C. certain D. worried
10.A. before B. for C. to D. until
11.A. And B. But C. So D. Or
12.A. after B. in C. before D. until
13.A. after B. when C. before D. while
14.A. good B. wrong C. all right D. right
15.A. fast B. slowly C. hurriedly D. happily
16.A. everyone B. someone C. no one D. doctors
17.A. good B. bad C. necessary D. ill
18.A. fell B. stayed C. grew D. failed
19.A. gone B. missed C. disappeared D. left
20.A. your home B. your bedroom C. your dream D. bed
We won’t go to the park if it ______ tomorrow.
A. is snowing B. will snow C. snows D. snowed
Jack is the most intelligent man____ I’ve ever met.
A. that B. what C. which D. where
While______ in Scotland, he made friends with the native there.
A. working B. worked C. he works D. he is working
--- Have you really been to visit the Bird’s Nest in Beijing?
---- I ______ it last summer vacation.
A. do visited B. do visit C.did visited D. did visit
