A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves up during one particularly icy cold winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. They both had jobs, so it was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address and sent the e-mail without noticing his error.
In the same time: In Houston, a woman had just returned from her husband’s funeral(葬礼). He was a minister of many years who had been “called home to glory” following a heart attack. The woman checked her e-mail, expecting message from family and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted(昏厥)and fell to the floor. Her son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife
From: Your Departed Husband
Subject: I’ve arrived!
I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful(平静)as mine was.
P.S. Sure is hot down here.
1.Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?
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A．To visit their family and friends |
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B．To escape from the cold winter |
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C．To escape from their busy work |
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D．To attend a friend’s funeral |
2.What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?
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A．He checked into a wrong hotel |
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B．He forget to bring the laptop |
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C．He misspelled her wife’s address |
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D．He forgot to mail his letter |
3.The expression “called home to glory” probably suggests that the man had .
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A．gone back to his hometown |
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B．called his family to say hello |
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C．been awarded a prize |
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D．died and gone to heaven |
4.How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?
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A．Pleased |
B．Amazed |
C．Frightened |
D．Moved |
5.Which of the following is true according to the text?
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A．The woman’s husband died of a heart attack |
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B．The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail |
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C．The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago. |
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D．His wife wouldn’t go to Florida for his error. |
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.
1.Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
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A．She couldn’t get admitted to medical school |
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B．She decided to further her education in Paris |
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C．A serious eye problem stopped her |
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D．It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States |
2.What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor?
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A．She was a woman. |
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B．She wrote too many letters. |
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C．She couldn’t graduate from medical school. |
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D．She couldn’t set up her hospital. |
3.How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
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A．Eight years |
B．Ten years |
C．Nineteen years |
D．Thirty-six years |
4.According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell except that she ______.
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A．became the first woman physician |
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B．was the first woman doctor |
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C．and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children |
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D．set up the first medical school for women |
5.Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.
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A．England |
B．Paris |
C．the United States |
D．New York City |
Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I 16 a watch from my father, which organized my life and made me more responsible. It’s round in the center with two silver bands(带) that 17 around my wrist and all of it is made of silver.
I received this 18 on a gray – sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 am to 19 up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. 20 , I was late because I was 21 out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 am, I 22 my uncle, but I was very late for him. He had 23 the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 pm that day and felt ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my 24 father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Peter, did you have 25 with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes, father, and 26 apologized for not meeting my Uncle Ali.” He said, “What you 27 was not very nice and you should be sorry for your action.” I was ashamed and said, “Father, I’ll never do it again . I promise.” He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a 28 for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my 29 .
I learned a very important lesson from my father: to respect time and never to be late to get someone. This watch is 30 to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
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Mark often attempts to escape _______ whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
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A．having been fined |
B．being fined |
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C．to have been fined |
D．to be fined |
Read the ______ carefully before you do the test.
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A．directions |
B．explanations |
C．situations |
D．occupations |
In the last few years thousands of films __________ all over the world.
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A．have produced |
B．have been produced |
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C．are producing |
D．are being produced |
