When I left my bag on a train, I lost my most precious possession, a small framed photograph of my great grandparents, Emily and Gordon Baker. The frame was made of silver, with an elegant flower design in one corner. The photograph was taken in March 1939 0n their wedding day. Emily looked very happy, and Gordon looked rather a larmed. A few months later, he was killed in action in North Africa. I received the photograph when my aunt Mabel died.
I'm a student at Edinburgh University and I live in an old Edwardian house. At the end of last term, I packed a large bag and a small bag and set off for London, where I was planning to catch the Eurostar train to Paris. Minutes after getting off the train at Kings Cross Station, I realized that I'd left the small bag in the overhead luggage rack. I ran back to the train, but it had already left the platform. www.com
This all happened several months ago, and I had become resigned to the loss of my most precious possession. then last week, something extraordinary happened. I logged onto the site ~ eBay and looked for a silver photo frame and I found it ! The photo of my great grandparents was on eBay !
I called the person who was advertising it. He was a little suspicious(怀疑 ) at first, and told me that he had bought it from a stall at an antique market. After we talked for a while, he asked if there was any way I could prove it was mine. All I could think of was that the photo was taken in March 1939. He opened the frame and made sure that this date was written by hand on the back of the photograph.
“It ' s definitely yours. " he said. "Come and get it ! "
1.. The author's most precious possession was .
A. A wedding photo in a silver frame taken in North Africa
B. A pretty family portrait in a silver frame taken in 1939
C. A special photo of his great grandparents in a silver frame
D. A common photograph of his grandparents taken by Mabel
2.. Which of the statement about the author is not wrong?
A. He left the photo on a train and never got it back.
B. He put the photo in a small bag and left it on a train.
C. He left the photo on the Eurostar and ran back to get it.
D. He left the photo at his old Edwardian house in Edinburgh
3.. The man advertising the frame proved it was the author's .
A. by calling the seller up immediately
B. according to the price of the silver frame
C. by the author's explanation about the photo
D. by the date written on the back of the photo
4.. It can be inferred that the author felt______when he found the silver photo on eBay.
A. nervous B. excited
C. disappointed D. worried
A. The introduction of Paris
B. The culture of Paris
C. The population growth in Paris
D. The production of Paris
E. The education in Paris
F. The industries in Paris
1.Paris, the capital and the largest city of the country, is in north central France. The Paris metropolitan area contains nearly 20% of the nation’s population and is the economic, cultural, and political center of France. The French governments have historically favored the city as the site for all decision-making, thus powerfully attracting nearly all of the nation’s activities.
2.Paris has grown steadily since it was chosen as the national capital in the late 10th century. With the introduction of the Industrial Revolution, a great number of people moved to the city from the country during the 19th century. The migration was especially stimulated by the construction of railroads, which provided easy access to the capital. After World WarⅡ, more and more immigrants arrived.
3.The city is the centralized control point of most national radio and television broadcasting. It is a place of publication of the most important newspapers and magazines and an international book publishing center. With more than 100 museums, Paris has truly one of the greatest concentrations of art treasures in the world. The Louvre, opened as a museum in 1793, is one of the largest museums in the world.
4.In the late 1980s about 4. 1 million pupils annually attended about 47, 000 elementary schools. In addition, about 5. 4 million students attended some 11, 200 secondary schools. Approximately 1. 2 million students were enrolled annually at universities and colleges in France in the late 1980s. French centers of learning have served as academic models throughout the world.
5.Paris is the leading industrial center of France, with about one quarter of the nation’s manufacturing concentrated in the metropolitan area. Industries of consumers’ goods have always been drawn to Paris by the enormous market of the big population, and modern, high technology industries also have become numerous since World WarⅡ. Chief manufactures are machinery, automobiles, chemicals and electrical equipment.
Z: Hello, are you Mr. Smith from the United States?
M: Yes, Robert Smith. Please call me Robert. 1. .
Z: My pleasure. Welcome to China. My name is Zhang Lin. You can call me Lin. This is my card.
M: Thank you. And 2. .
Z: Oh, good, thanks. How was the journey?
M: 3. , although a little tiring.
Z: Then let’s get your things and go to the hotel now.
M: Oh, thank you. 4. ?
Z: It’s about thirty minutes’ drive. By the way, we are going to have a dinner party for you this evening.
M: It’s very kind of you. 5. ?
Z: Six thirty. I’ll pick you up at six o’clock.
M: OK, see you then.
Z: Bye.
A. It was OK
B. Where is the hotel
C. here is my card
D. Where shall we go
E. Thank you for meeting me
F. How many people are going there
G. What time does it begin
The Cambodian government says more than 378 people died and hundreds more were injured in a stampede(踩踏)during the celebrations of the annual Water Festival late Monday in Phnom Penh.
Less than 24 hours after the tragedy(悲剧), Cambodia’s most serious loss of life in decades(十年), the government founded an organization to investigate(调查)how so many died on what was meant to be one of the nation’s most joyous occasions.
Most of the victims(牺牲品)were young people in their teens and twenties. They were some of the estimated(估计)two million who had flooded to Phnom Penh for the Water Festival, which marks the end of the rainy season.
Most suffocated on the bridge, which thousands of people were using to leave Diamond Island, an entertainment(娱乐)area in the middle of the river. Others drowned(溺水)after jumping from the bridge into the water.
Buot Panha, 19, said shortly after 9: 30 on Monday evening he ended up trapped(围困)with his friends in the middle of the bridge, fighting to breathe while terrified people struggled all around him.
Being tall saved his life, since he could stretch(伸出)his neck to take in oxygen(氧气). Shorter people were unable to do that, he says, which may be why two-thirds of the victims were women.
He tried to help a woman who was trapped with two children near him. She was screaming for people to help. Being tall, Buot Panha grabbed(抓住)one child and pushed him above the crowd to help him breathe.
But then some of the young men were told to jump off the bridge into the river to make room. So he handed back the child, squirmed his way to the edge, and jumped.
Some like Buot Panha were fortunate, jumping into the river below and swimming for the shore. But many simply could not move, and died where they lay.
Buot Panha says his first Water Festival will be his last. He vows(发誓)never to come back.
1.The passage is mainly about .
A. Water Festival celebrations
B. a stampede in Cambodia
C. a teenager, Buot Panha
D. a woman and her children
2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. It is the biggest tragedy in decades in Cambodia.
B. It is the most serious loss of life in decades in Cambodia.
C. The government ordered an investigation.
D. Water Festival is Cambodia’s most joyous occasion.
3.The underlined word “suffocated” (in Paragraph 4)probably means .
A. breathed in
B. felt uncomfortable
C. died from too little oxygen
D. left in a hurry
4.Which of the following is TRUE about Buot Panha according to the passage?
A. His being tall saved him in the river.
B. He struggled through the crowd to save one child.
C. It was his first time to attend the Water Festival alone.
D. He will never come back to Phnom Penh for the Water Festival.
Most tourist destinations around China are witnessing travel peaks during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays that run through Sunday. In Beijing, the Palace Museum, or the Forbidden City, attracted 182, 000 tourists on Tuesday, the biggest number on a single day, as millions of visitors arrived in the national capital. “We saw absolutely nothing but people’s heads. ”said Guo Zhijun, 42, of Henan province. “We wanted our 11-year-old son to learn something from the trip, but we only ended up very tired. ”
Earlier, from Sunday noon to midday Monday, garbage collected at Tian’ anmen Square in the heart of the city amounted to 7. 9 tons, a quarter more than that in the same period of last year.
In the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, its top five major tourist sites attracted more than 200, 000 visitors on Tuesday.
Yesterday, thousands of cars jammed two 20-kilometer mountain roads winding to and out of the Lushan Mountain scenic area in the eastern province of Jiangxi. The area, with about 3, 000 car parking spaces, was unable to contain at least 8, 000 inbound cars, said head of the Lushan Mountain public security bureau.
The Lushan Mountain tourism administration temporarily stopped selling entrance tickets to prevent the traffic from growing on Tuesday afternoon. Similar measures could be taken during the rest of the holidays, a police officer said.
Emergency measures have been taken at other scenic sites. Crowded visitors overwhelmed the capacity(承载量)of the cable cars at Huashan Mountain, in Shaanxi province, leaving tens of thousands of stuck at the peak late into Tuesday night. According to China Central Television, restless visitors demanded refunds from the tourism committee, and a lot of visitors had to give up and walk down the mountain.
Chen Li, deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department, said on his micro blog that more than 300 policemen and government officials climbed up the mountain to help trapped visitors. Fearing that tourist sites might become too crowded, many people are staying at home, going shopping or making short suburban trips. A resident Mr. Wang in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi, canceled long-distance travel plans after learning of heavy traffic on many highways during the first two days of the holidays. Instead, Mr. Wang, his wife and son went fishing in the suburbs before having a picnic.
1. What happened in the Forbidden City that Tuesday?
A. There were far more visitors coming than expected.
B. A large number of zones were opened to the visitors.
C. Over 7. 9 tons of garbage was collected.
D. More than 200, 000 visitors gathered there.
2.What does the underlined word “overwhelmed” mean in Paragraph 6?
A. Showed up. B. Added to.
C. Reached beyond. D. Filled in.
3. The writer wrote this article to .
A. advise traveling to different places to learn something
B. warn people not to climb those mountains on holiday
C. encourage people to change the travel plans according to the traffic
D. suggest we stay at home or go shopping during those holidays
4. Which of the following might be the best title?
A. Experiences from Different Travel Plans
B. Travel Peaks in China’s Tourist Sites
C. Floods of People to the Forbidden City
D. Problems with Traveling on Holiday
Many years ago, when I was in high school and working on weekends, I lost my wallet. After adding gas to my old car, I paid, and my wallet at the gas station. I hadn’t even had time to I had lost it when my phone rang. A man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I my purse and to my , I had. He asked me to him what was in it. I did so. He then told me where to my wallet.
When I reached his , I noticed his wheelchair and a slope(坡道)going up to the house. I thought that it might have been for him to lower his body and pick up my wallet. I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I him for finding my wallet. While I didn’t want to insult(侮辱)him by offering , I really felt like something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his , and he said, “Just pass it on. ”I said I would be to do that. I was raised to be honest in any case and I would have done so, promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to his kindness, so I promised I would.
Ten years later I found a lying on the ground. It me several days to find the owner. He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet. When he me back, we to meet, so I could return his wallet. He was actually all his money was still in the wallet and he tried to hand me a $20 bill. I told him, “Thanks, but just pass it on. . . ”
1.A. forgot B. left C. found D. saw
2. A. realizeB. regretC. considerD. recognize
3. A. lookedB. checked
C. foundD. searched for
4.A. angerB. delightC. horrorD. excitement
5. A. tellB. giveC. buyD. offer
6. A. turn upB. bring up
C. look upD. pick up
7.A. houseB. schoolC. companyD. station
8. A. easyB. practical
C. difficultD. useful
9.A. presentedB. thankedC. blamedD. paid
10. A. helpB. thanksC. moneyD. wallet
11. A. leavingB. sayingC. offeringD. owning
12. A. laborB. patienceC. kindnessD. support
13.A. ableB. hardC. certainD. possible
14. A. withoutB. withC. onD. by
15.A. repayB. thankC. showD. reply
16.A. packageB. cellphone
C. cardD. wallet
17. A. spentB. costC. wastedD. took
18. A. calledB. paidC. broughtD. went
19. A. startedB. preferredC. agreedD. failed
20. A. satisfiedB. worried
C. puzzledD. surprised
