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Directions:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

  My father was Chief engineer of amere hant ship, which was sunk in Word War II, The book Night of the U-boats told the story.

  Mcmories

  In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father's ship was getting ready to sail.We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sale.

  Then I remember my mother lying lace down, sobbing.She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpcdo(鱼雷).

  I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报), Which in those days always brought had new.My grandmother opened it.It read,” Safe,, Love Ted.”

  My most vivid memory Is being woken and brought douwn to sit o my father's knee, his arm in a bandage.

  He was judged unfit to return to ea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war.For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart Mother said it was caused the tome does.He said it was because of the cigarettes, Whichever, he died suddenly in his ealy 50s.

  Ten years later I read Night of the U-bouts and was able to complete the story.

  Torpedo

  One torpedo struck the ship, Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed.He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoncd.

  By the time he got on deek(甲板)he was alone.Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast.When he tried to cut it free it swung againse the ship, injuring his hand and arm.He had no choice but to jume-still with the photogeaph in his pecket.

  Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow.All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.

  In my room is the book and the photograph.Often, glass in head, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean rind a wait for rescue? Lest(以免)we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.

(1)

We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.

[  ]

A.

to meet a friend

B.

to see the father off

C.

to take a family photo

D.

to engoy the sailing of the ship

(2)

What did the author leam about the father from the telegram?

[  ]

A.

he was still alive.

B.

His knee was broken.

C.

His ship had been sunk.

D.

He had arrived in Glasgow.

(3)

The underlind word” it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father's ________.

[  ]

A.

weak heart

B.

taking a shore job

C.

failure to return to sea

D.

Injury caused by a torpedo

(4)

What can we know about the author's father after his ship was attacked?

[  ]

A.

He lost his arm

B.

He repaired the engines.

C.

He managed to take a lifeboat.

D.

He was the last to lcave the ship.

(5)

What is the nassage mainly about?

[  ]

A.

A group of forgotten heroes

B.

A book describing a terriying battle.

C.

A ship cngineer's wartime experience.

D.

A merchant's memories of a sea rescue.

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  Tony Bennett, the American singer recently touring Britain, can’t remember how many times he has sung his standard hit “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”.He sang it again to his audience at the London Palladium last night.

  “I never get tired of singing it, ” he said, “I like it very much.It’s a great city and it’s a good song.”

  Bennett is to record a TV special with the American singer Lena Horne while he is here.And a new LP recorded by him in London for Philips titled “Listen Easy” will be published in June.

  “I like it here,” he added quietly.“I would like to live here so many months of the year.”

  He already keeps a large flat in Grosvenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna.It has a studio where he likes to paint.Tony plans to have his first exhibition later in the year and he has already sold one picture for $4000.At the end of the year Tony is to star in a musical film which has been specially written for him called “Two Bits”, an informal expression for 50 cents.It’s about an Italian immigrant(移民)who goes to America, but he becomes a failure.

  “In many ways it’s very close to my life the way the story has been written,” said Bennett.“My father, an Italian, was ill and died when I was nine.He always wanted me to sing, but he never lived long enough to be a part of my success.”

The film is to be made by Italy’s top director Vittori-a De Sica.

(1)

The underlined phrase “standard hit” in the first paragraph most probably means “________”.

[  ]

A.

Bennett’s favorite song that’s not very popular

B.

a song that is always popular

C.

a song which is like a heavy blow to his audience

D.

a song which makes him standard

(2)

What does Tony Bennett want to do?

[  ]

A.

Buy a house and live in England.

B.

Stay with his wife and daughter in England.

C.

Live part of the year in England.

D.

Leave America and settle in England.

(3)

What can we learn about Tony Bennett’s father from this text?

[  ]

A.

He hoped his son to be a singer.

B.

He was born in Italy and died in Italy.

C.

He was a part of Bennett’s achievement.

D.

He was glad that his son became famous.

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 ____his great love for the works of J. K. Rowling, he has a broad range of interest in other English writers as well.   

A. In addition      B. As a consequence of       C. Except for         D. Apart from

 

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The student corrected his paper carefully, _______ the professor's suggestions.   

A.follow 

B.following  

C.followed 

D.being followed

 

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  At Harton College-an English boarding school for boys, there are many rules.15-year-old Bob Sanders often breaks them.

  The boys can go into the town in the afternoon after class.But they must retum to the school at six o'clock, One afternoon Bob walked to the town.He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema.After the film, he looked at his watch.It was after eight o'clock.He was a little worried.He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible.

  When he arrived, he ran quickly to the main entrance.It was locked.He went round the school building to another door, which was locked too.He looked up at the window of his dormitory on the third floor.The window was open.But it was quite dark and he could not climb up the wall easily.Then he saw another open windows on the ground floor.It was the window of the headmaster's study.

  He looked into the room-no one was there.Bob quickly climbed on to the window sill(窗台)and jumped into the room.Just then he heard a noise.Then someone turned on a light in the corridor.Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa.One minute later, Mr.Mannering, the headmaster, came in.He turned on the light on his desk, and sat down on the sofa.Then he opened a book and began to read.

  Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible.He couldn't move.The floor was cold and uncomfortable.He looked at the headmaster's shoes and socks for an hour.

  “Why doesn't he get up and go to bed?”Bob thought.

  Mr.Mannering read his book for an hour.Finally, the headmaster closed his book and stood up.He put the book on the shelf and walked towards the door.

  “Thank heavens he didn't find me under the sofa,”thought Bob.

  Then Mr.Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa.“Would you turn off the light when you leave?”he said, and left the study.

(1)

Bob didn't go to his dormitory because ________.

[  ]

A.

its door was locked

B.

the window was shut

C.

it was quite dark

D.

it was too dark to climb up the wall easily

(2)

Who had turned on a light in the corridor?

[  ]

A.

Bob himself.

B.

Another pupil.

C.

An office clerk.

D.

Mr.Mannering.

(3)

When the headmaster came in, Bob ________.

[  ]

A.

was sitting on the sofa

B.

was lying under the sofa

C.

hid himself behind the bookshelf

D.

hid himself under the desk

(4)

It can be inferred that Mr.Mannering ________.

[  ]

A.

knew that Bob was still at the cinema

B.

knew that Bob was in the dormitory

C.

knew exactly where Bob was

D.

didn't know clearly where Bob was

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