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I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood (情绪) had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her anties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly.
56. Why did the author shout at the telephone?
A. He was mad at the telephone.
B. He was angry with his agent.
C. He was anxious about his wife.
D. He was impatient with the secretary?
听力原文:M: I thought that you were going to the convention in Atlanta last Saturday. You said it many times before.
W: I was planning to, but I haven't been feeling well, so I stayed at home and did nothing else.
Q: Where did the woman go last Saturday?
(16)
A.She went to Atlanta.
B.She went to a convention.
C.She went to a hospital.
D.She stayed at home.
听力原文:M: Did you talk with our new manager? He is looking for you these days. I think he has something important.
W: I have been out of town for 2 days. And until this morning I come back.
Q: What does the woman mean?
(17)
A.She hasn't talked with the new manager yet.
B.The new manager was not in the office.
C.She has been at home.
D.She didn't want to talk with the new manager.
—Would she mind playing against her former teammates?
— She is willing to play against any tough players.
A.I think so
B.I’m not surprised
C.Of course
D.Not likely!
Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?
A.she was tired of Indian tea
B.she had a son working in China.
C.she believed it had a curing effect
D.she was fond of Chinese products,
单项选择1、(2017甘肃白银10)I wonder if these are Dannys glasses.They_be Dannys. He doesnt wear glasses.Acant Bmust Cmustnt Dcan2、Lily is _ active girl and she is fond of playing _ volleyball.Aan; aBa; theCan; /Da; /3、Did Lisa notice you enter the house?I dont think so. She _ to the music with her eyes shut.AlistensBlistenedCwas listeningDis listening4、The doctor looks tired and sleepy _he stayed up late to look after his patients yesterday.AifBbecauseCwhileDso that5、A new TV show called National Treasure has become wildly _with young viewers.AcreativeBfamousCpopularDexciting6、It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon. In fact. It is a small computer that is _ than a usual schoolbag but holds all the things for study, such as a _,an exercise book and so onAmuch smaller, testbookBeven smaller, textbookCfar smaller, comic book7、_ everyone with politeness (礼貌) even those who are very rude to you, not because they are nice, but because you are.ATo treatBTreatingCTreat8、I think _ necessary for you _ breakfast.Athis; have Bthat; to haveCits; to have Dits; have9、An _ is a scientific test that is done to study what happens and to get new knowledge.AexperimentBexperienceCadvantage10、 Why do you prefer lemons to orange? Because they taste _.AsoftBsourCsweetDterrible. 完形填空11、 Reading is the key to unknown worlds. When I open a 1 ,I enter a colorful world.Twenty Thousand League Under the Sea is a great book that I cant put down. It is about a wonderful trip all around the world 2 the surface of the sea. There is also sunlight underwater,so I can 3 rocks and coral(珊瑚)reflecting the sunlight in the water. It is fun to walk in water. It is fun to walk in the undersea forest, 4 the leaves of trees grow well.But there are other worlds to travel to as well. Lets take a broom(扫帚)and 5 to Hogwarts with Harry Porter. Hogwarts is a magic 6 for wizards(巫师). Students there have many interesting things. They fly on brooms and play Quiddiitch,a(n) 7 like soccer but played in the sky.There is still 8 to see. I can go and open the gate to the Secret Garden. In this story, a rich man locks up his garden because his beloved wife died. But Mary, a young girl, comes to 9 the lifeless garden. The grass and trees turn green, the roses bloom again, and a lost friendship comes back to Marys life.Reading breaks time and distance. Our lives are short, but theres 10 an end to reading. I hope I will never stop reading.1AwindowBroomCdoorDbook2AunderBinCoverDon3AhearBlookCfeelDsee4AwhichBthatCwhatDwhere5AwalkBrunCflyDdo、6AofficeBschoolCbankDhome7ApartyBinterviewCtestDgame8AlessBmoreClargerDsmaller9Aclean upBlook atCtake care ofDlook for10AneverBalwaysCoftenDusually. 语法填空12、While 1 (travel) abroad, Mr. Jackson Frank spent almost all the money he took with him. So he wrote to his brother to send him $ 5000 by bank tr、ansfer(汇款) to the Fischer Bank. After a week he 2 (begin) calling at the Fischer Bank. He showed his passport. “Nothing has come for you,” he 3 told. This went on for two weeks, and Mr. Frank got very 4(worry). He sent an email to his brother, but there was no reply.In the fourth week Mr. Frank was
“Do you know that girl with the long hair?” “I don’t think so, although she ____________ me of someone else I know.”
A、remembers
B、recalls
C、reminds
D、suggests
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,
A
Lisa was running late. Lisa,25,had a lot to do at work,plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warn. By the time she got to the platform,Lisa felt weak and tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before,she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.
Several yards away,Frank,43,and his girlfriend,Jennifer,found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.
But when he heard the scream,followed by someone yelling,“Oh,my God,she fell in!” Frank didn’t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “No! Not you! ”his girlfriend screamed after him.
She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa,he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform. so that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness,felt herself being pulled along the ground,and saw someone else holding her purse.
Lisa thought she’d been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn’t,and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.
Police and fire officials soon arrived,and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown—just as he had been seconds after the rescue,which made her think about her reaction at the time. “I saw the train coming and 1 was thinking he was going to die,”she explained.
41. What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness?
A. She had run a long way.
B. She felt hot in the subway.
C. She had done a 1ot of work.
D. She had donated blood the night before.
—Would she mind playing against her former teammates?
— She is willing to play against any tough players.
A.I think so.
B.I’m not surprised.
C.Of course.
D.Not likely!
After shopping, Mother and I went to a restaurant for lunch. I notice Mother looking at a
nearby table occupy by an elderly woman and young couple. They are silently, and it was clearly
that things were not going well. As we left, Mother stopped on their table. “Excuse me,” she said,
put her arm around the unhappy old woman. “You remind me so many of my mother. May I hug ”
(拥抱) you?” The woman smiled happily as she accepted to it. After we left, I said, “That was
very nice of you, Mother. So I didn’t think she looked like Grandma.” “Neither did me.” said
Mother cheerfully.
1. notice 改为noticed
解析:本文的时间都是一般过去时态。
2. occupy改为occupied
解析:此处是分词短语作后置定语,occupy 与table是被动关系,故应用过去分词。
3. young之前加上a
解析:从下文可知是一对夫妇,所以需加冠词。
4.clearly改为clear。
解析:此处是作表语,用形容词形式。
5. on改为by或at。
解析:被桌子挡住了,应用by或at。
6.Put改为putting。
解析:此处是分词短语作伴随状语。此时是主谓关系,故用putting。
7. many改为much。
解析:此处是回忆,不可数名词,所以用many。
8. 去掉to。
解析:accept之后不需要接to。
9. So 改为But。
解析:根据前后关系,应表示转折关系。
10.me改为I。
解析:作主语,应用主格。
Christine was just a girl in one of my class. I never knew much about
Her except for that she was strang . she didn’t talk many .her hair was black
and purple, and she worn black sports shoes and a black sweater ,although in the
summer .she was ,infact, rather attractively, and she never seemed ^care what
the rest if us thought about her .like the rest of my classmate ,I didn’t really
want to get closest to her . it was only when we did their chemistry projiect
together that I begin to uanderstand why christine dressed the way she did .
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