I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”
“ Son, hold on,” he said.
“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”
“ Wait, let me tell you…”
“ Would you like me to throw it away fro you?” I asked.
“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”
When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
【小题1】Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?

A．Because it smelt terrible.

B．Because it had been kept for years.

C．Because it was mixed with something else.

D．Because his father drank too much that night.

【小题2】What the author’s father said __________.

A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child.

B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author.

C．threw the author into deep thought then.

D．was an excuse to drink the wine.

【小题3】In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.

A．do it better

B．save much time

C．graduate from college more quickly

D．miss something useful to us in life

【小题4】Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?

A．Well begun is half done.

B．More haste, less speed.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.

“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”

“ Son, hold on,” he said.

“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”

“ Wait, let me tell you…”

“ Would you like me to throw it away fro you?” I asked.

“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”

When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.

In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.

We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.

1.Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?

A．Because it smelt terrible.

B．Because it had been kept for years.

C．Because it was mixed with something else.

D．Because his father drank too much that night.

2.What the author’s father said __________.

A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child.

B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author.

C．threw the author into deep thought then.

D．was an excuse to drink the wine.

3.In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.

A．do it better

B．save much time

C．graduate from college more quickly

D．miss something useful to us in life

4.Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?

A．Well begun is half done.

B．More haste, less speed.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

 

阅读下列各小题，根据句后的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1.His teacher as well as his parents _________________ his mistake, because they have emphasized this for several times. (annoy)

老师和父母对他的错误感到非常生气，因为他们已经对此强调了许多遍了。

2.The first thing I __________was all the vivid colors surrounding us –purples ,reds , oranges ,yellows and greens .(aware)

我首先意识到的是我周围那些鲜艳的色彩—紫色，红色，橘色，明黄和绿色等。

3.___________________________ , he has recovered from the operation soon. (accompany)

在妻子的陪伴下， 他很快就从手术中痊愈了。

4.She found it was difficult ________________her personal feeling to help her opponent. (set)

她发现很难撇开她的个人情感去帮助她的对手。

5.Each time he gets his marks, he will regret ______________ his lessons. (focus)

每次拿到分数，他都会后悔没有集中心思学习。

6.What do you think of Jack’s suggestion __________this Friday evening ?(hold)

你认为Jack提出的本周五晚我们开个舞会的建议如何？

7.The newly-built hospital is reported __________________________ the latest instruments made in the USA. (equip)

据报道新建的医院配备了美国生产的最新设备。

8.You can’t imagine what trouble I had _____________to stop smoking. (persuade)

你无法想像我花了多大的劲说服他将烟戒掉。

9.Those who cannot remember the past _______________________ to repeat it. (condemn)

忘记过去的人注定会重蹈覆辙。

10.The old temple, ___________________________ Tang Dynasty, has a history of more than one thousand years.（date）

这座古庙可以追溯到唐朝，到现在已有一千多年的历史。

 

阅读下列各小题， 根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号内。

1.So rapidly                                                                                          that no book can ever be fully up to date. (advance)

计算机技术发展如此之快以致于书都不能全面及时更新。

2.Without the flood in the village ten years ago, the group of youths ______________ with their parents during their childhood. (lead)

村子里要是没有十年前的那场洪水，这群年轻人在他们的童年时期本可以和他们的父母一起过着快乐的日子。

3. Hearing the joke, everyone in the room couldn’t help _______________. (burst)

听到这个笑话，屋子里的人都忍不住爆笑起来。

4.Mr. Smith doesn’t know this city very well because it was only two months ago, in

March, _____________ working here. (start)

史密斯先生对这个城市并不太熟，因为他在两个月前，也就是三月份，才开始

这里工作。

5. His younger sister teaches in a secondary school, in front of __________________.

(flow)

他妹妹在一所中学教书，学校门前流淌着一条小河。

6.The old temple ________________ several times, now it looks brand-new. (restore)

这个古庙经历了数次重建，如今看着一派簇新。

7.We’re said _______________________ in the Information Age, a time for new discoveries and great changes. (live)

据说我们正生活在信息时代，一个有着新发现和伟大变革的时代。

8. I ________________________ if you would turn the music down. (appreciate)

如果你把音乐关小一些，我将不胜感激。

9. We all believe that with the help of science and technology, it will not take too long _________________________ the Mars. (settle)

我们都相信在科技的帮助下，不久人类将定居火星。

10.________________ teenagers taste, the song is increasing popular with middle school students. (base)

基于青少年的品味，这首歌在中学生中日趋流行。