Charlie is a teacher and his wife, Maria is an artist. The night before last, just before the longest day of the year, Charlie was sitting in a deckchair enjoying the warm summer air when Maria touched his shoulder and he could tell immediately she was a little worried about something. He asked her what the matter was and she replied that there was a strange thing on the jacket that was hanging in the bedroom. They had both lived in the West Indies (西印度群岛) and had seen a lot of strange creatures in their house before. But now they were living in England and so Charlie just laughed and said he would have a look at the “thing”.
He walked to the bedroom. He saw a jacket hanging in the bedroom and went up to it to have a closer look at the “thing”. The moment he touched it, the thing sprang into life. Now Charlie experiences fear like the rest of us but when this creature opened its wings, he jumped out of his skin and ran screaming from the room like a small child doing about 100 miles an hour.
For a moment the next-door neighbours thought that Charlie was murdering his wife because of the noise they could hear. In fact, it was a bat that frightened Charlie.
Eventually Charlie managed to trap the bat in a box and took it to the garden to let the bat fly. Maria, who had been playing the guitar while Charlie was upstairs, asked Charlie if he had found out what the thing was. “Oh, nothing to worry about”, he said casually hoping that the terror could not be seen in his eyes, “it was just a bat.”
1.Why was Maria a little worried one night?
A. Because she couldn't find her guitar. B. Because she saw something strange.
C. Because it was too hot for her. D. Because she had quarreled with her husband.
2.The underlined part “jumped out of his skin” in the second paragraph probably means ____.
A. stood up B. was very frightened
C. threw off his clothes D. was very excited
3.What happened to the bat?
A. It was killed by Charlie. B. It was badly wounded.
C. It was set free by Charlie. D. It was kept as a pet.
4.It can be inferred that ________.
A. Charlie was afraid that his wife would laugh at him if she knew the truth
B. the neighbours would report to the police about Charlie murdering the bat
C. the bat wouldn't come to Charlie's room again because it was frightened
D. Maria heard her husband screaming downstairs and became frightened
假如你非常喜欢中央电视台的“动物世界(Animal World)”这个节目,请根据以下内容提示,以“My Favourite TV Program”为题,给CCTV-9英语频道的编辑写一篇英语短文。
喜欢这一节目的理由:1.喜欢小动物;2.节目生动有趣;3.增长了不少知识。
注意:①词数100左右;②可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;③开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。
My Favourite TV Program
“Animal World”is a popular TV program by CCTV.It is also my favorite program.
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阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a disease involving her nervous system.The doctors did not hold out much hope of her ever recovering 1. this illness.They predicted she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.2. Angela firmly believed that she was definitely going to be walking again someday.The doctors were charmed by her 3. (defeat)spirit.They taught her about imaging—about seeing herself 4. (walk).Angela would work as hard as possible in physical therapy(理疗),lying there faithfully doing her imaging,visualizing herself moving,moving,moving!
One day,5. she was straining with all her might to imagine her legs moving again,6. seemed as though a miracle happened: the bed moved! She screamed out,“Look what I 7..(do)! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved,I moved!” Of course,8. this very moment everyone 9. in the hospital was screaming,too.It was the San Francisco earthquake.But don’t tell 10. to Angela.She was convinced that she did it.And now only a few years later,she’s back in school.On her own two legs.No walking sticks,no wheelchair.
How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young,Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty___from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Jacob wanted to be a(n)___,and he believed that studying the famous paintings___in that museum would help him.
It was 1930,when many people were out of work,money was tight and people suffered a lot.Still the streets were ___with energy and color.As he walked through Harlem,Jacob looked hard at the people,the churches,and barber shops and so on.He___those images in his mind,along with the images of paintings he saw in the museum.
Jacob came from a poor family.His mother believed there was little chance___her son could grow up to be a successful painter.She wanted him to aim for something more flexible.But Jacob’s teacher,Alston,in an art program saw that he was talented.Alston___him how to use paints to make stage sets.
As time passed,Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio.That was an exciting place for a young black man ___to become an artist.Many creative people gathered there to talk about art,literature and history.From their___,Jacob learned that history books often ignored the accomplishments of African Americans.He decided to paint a series of pictures describing the story of a black hero.He ____Toussaint,who had helped free his people____French ruling.
Many people admired Jacob’s pictures,but he needed____admiration.To help his family,he often had to work at jobs that____him away from painting.Then something encouraging happened.An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job.For eighteen months,Jacob was given a____to paint pictures.For the first time,he felt like a____artist.
1.A. steps B. blocks C. buildings D. avenues
2.A. artist B. tutor C. scholar D. official
3.A. swinging B. existing C. hanging D. twisting
4.A. lined B. decorated C. associated D. filled
5.A. stored B. received C. created D. remembered
6.A. whether B. which C. that D. when
7.A. recommended B. reminded C. provided D. showed
8.A. hesitating B. struggling C. marching D. participating
9.A. experiences B. performances C. accents D. conversations
10.A. chose B. accepted C. counted D. employed
11.A. against B. from C. for D. with
12.A. more than B. rather than C. other than D. less than
13.A. broke B. gave C. permitted D. took
14.A. award B. title C. salary D. prize
15.A. permanent B. popular C. positive D. professional
Everyone talks about the “five” senses of man.And it is true that we get our information about the outside from our sense of sight,hearing,smell,touch and taste.Researchers tell us that the sense of sight—our visual sense—gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies; while the other senses,the auditory (hearing),the olfactory (smell),the tactile (touch),and the gustatory (taste) bring into our brains information about the other 20% of what is happening.But there are two other senses that we cannot get along without,though they are little noticed.These are the senses of balance (平衡),without which we would act like a drunk after a heavy drink,and the kinesthetic sense(动觉),which gives us our ideas about our own motion (运动).
1.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The Five Senses of Man
B. The Senses of Man
C. Senses and Information
D. Important Senses
2.The sense of sight supplies us with .
A. about half of our information about the world
B. about 20% of our information about the world
C. 80% of our information about the world
D. all the needed our information about the world
3.The senses of hearing,smell,touch and taste supply us with .
A. about half of our information about the world
B. about 20% of our information about the world
C. about 80% of our information about the world
D. all the needed our information about the world
4.According to the passage,one misses most about the world when one .
A. is blind
B. is deaf
C. has no sense of taste and touch
D. has no sense of balance and motion
Jane Clarke,
My daughter is coming up to her finals.She eats reasonably well but less so in term time,as getting out to buy fresh fruit and vegetables is time-consuming.She has recently often had flu.Can you offer guidance on what to eat and drink when under pressure?
Mary King,
She should mainly take in the B vitamins,the group largely responsible for the smooth running of the nervous system,and vitamin C,which experts believe we need in much greater quantities when we are stressed than the usual.
B vitamins are found in many foods but especially pork,bacon,nuts,dairy products,lean meat,fish,eggs and whole grains-so even if your daughter can’t shop regularly,other foods can work in her favor.Tinned oily fish are good,which can help to block production of the enzyme(酶)that makes us feel tense when under pressure.
Fresh produce usually has the highest and best all-round levels of nutrients such as vitamin C,but if your daughter has a freezer she could buy frozen vegetables,which contain good levels.Fresh juice is another good source of vitamin C.
She should avoid caffeine,as it increases the adrenaline(肾上腺素)generated at times of stress; water would be better.Frequent small meals can help concentration.
High-sugar foods such as biscuits and sweets could make people feel excited,and patients often feel the same; better avoid eating them.Pasta,rice or a jacket potato,will help to calm us down.And drinking plenty of water can also help concentration.
1.If lacking vitamin C,one had better eat .
A. dairy products and oily fish
B. fresh vegetables and fruits
C. caffeine and biscuits
D. lean meat and fresh vegetable
2.We can learn that the daughter of Mary King .
A. doesn’t have enough time to go shopping
B. is fond of buying frozen vegetables
C. is getting on well with her classmates
D. is too stressed to prepare for the finals
3.According to the passage,why should high-sugar foods be avoided?
A. Because it increases the adrenaline.
B. Because it can make students more stressed.
C. Because it can excite people.
D. Because it can make people fat.
4.We can infer from the passage that 
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A. the more water one drinks,the better
B. Jane Clarke knows Mary King very well
C. eating is closely related to people’s mental health
D. the daughter of Mary King takes in too much caffeine
