“ Just sign here, sir,” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a packet.

The package consisted of a long, narrow box   36  wrapped in brown paper.   37  the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside—a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle.   38  he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognized it   39 .

Oscar was 16 when he first saw the   40  umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressed by its   41  Oscar felt a strong desire to find its   42 .

Oscar   43  the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a man matched the seat   44  Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O’Brien.

Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O’Brien   45  on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. “May I   46  you?” she asked.

“I’d like to return it if it’s yours,” Oscar said,   47  the umbrella as if presenting a   48  that had long been wished for.

“ Why, yes ! It’s mine,” replied Mrs. O’Brien with a   49  smile and shining eyes. “It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your   50 ?

“No, ma’ma, ”he said , “My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward.”

“Well, that’s   51  what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?”

Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O’ Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how   52  it was. Why had it arrived here today?

As if   53  , a note fell from the paper. It read：Mrs. O’Brien wanted you to   54  this umbrella as a present for a kind,   55  gesture long ago.

1.                A．strictly         B．carefully        C．roughly   D．casually

 

2.                A．Opening        B．Seizing         C．Observing D．Searching

 

3.                A．After          B．When          C．Since D．Although

 

4.                A．clearly         B．fully           C．immediately   D．suddenly

 

5.                A．average        B．unusual         C．plain D．typical

 

6.                A．beauty         B．shape          C．origin    D．history

 

7.                A．designer        B．seller          C．user D．owner

 

8.                A．convinced      B．forced          C．encouraged   D．advised

 

9.                A．until           B．before         C．which    D．where

 

10.               A．family          B．theatre         C．house D．neighborhood

 

11.               A．invite          B．help           C．bother    D．know

 

12.               A．putting up      B．turning out      C．picking up D．holding out

 

13.               A．chance         B．fact            C．gift   D．result

 

14.               A．wide           B．confident       C．proud D．shy

 

15.               A．patience        B．kindness        C．courage   D．determination

 

16.               A．obviously       B．naturally        C．exactly    D．probably

 

17.               A．old            B．rare           C．precious   D．nice

 

18.               A．in contrast      B．in return        C．in exchange    D．in answer

 

19.               A．possess        B．accept         C．carry D．value

 

20.               A．attractive       B．significant       C．unselfish  D．sympathetic

 

 

阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从1-15各题所给出的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once a young man was in deep love with a girl. This man folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes (纸鹤) as a gift to his girl. Although he was a small branch manager in a company, and his __1__ didn’t seem too bright, they were very __2__ together until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and would never come back. She also told him that she couldn’t see any future for both of them, “so let’s go our own __3__ from now on…” The young man was __4__, but he agreed. When he regained his __5__, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all the __6__ work, this man set up his own __7__.

One rainy day, while this man was __8__, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain, walking to somewhere. He __9__ that they were his ex-girlfriend’s (前女友)parents, so he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to find him in his expensive car and to know that he had his own company, car, etc.

To the man’s surprise, the couple were walking towards a cemetery (墓地). He got out of his car and followed them. And there he saw his ex-girlfriend — a photograph of her __10__ as sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone, and those precious paper cranes in a glass bottle! He walked over and asked the couple why this had happened. They explained that __11__ she did not leave for France at all. She fell ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he would __12__ some day. She didn’t not want her __13__ to be his barrier(障碍). Therefore, she chose to leave him. She asked her __14__ to put his paper cranes beside her, because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him.

The man just cried __15__. He was heartbroken once again.

1. A. appearance	B. future	C. salary	D. apartment
2. A. happy	B. pleasant	C. worried	D. sensitive
3. A. futures	B. goals	C. ways	D. courses
4. A. excited	B. mad	C. heartbroken	D. puzzling
5. A. position	B. confidence	C. independence	D. freedom
6. A. main	B. beautiful	C. hard	D. heavy
7. A. office	B. family	C. studio	D. company
8. A. running	B. driving	C. walking	D. wandering
9. A. recognized	B. noticed	C. understood	D. memorized
10. A. glaring	B. talking	C. smiling	D. crying
11. A. fortunately	B. recently	C. difficultly	D. actually
12. A. come	B. make	C. suffer	D. succeed
13. A. illness	B. heart	C. cranes	D. sadness
14. A. husband	B. parents	C. friends	D. son
15. A. heatedly	B. hardly	C. sadly	D. excitedly

 

 

I was walking home from school while suddenly it rained heavy. What should I do? I didn’t have an umbrella and a raincoat with me. I looked around and   see some students walking happily under their umbrellas. They must listened to the weather forecast. I began to run and caught in the rain. I kept running until I got to a bookstore which I could wait until the rain stopped and in the same time I could read my favorite books. After about half a hour, the rain stopped and I go home. 

 

You can’t always predict a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belvacv doesn’t think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That’s why he created lampbrella, a lamp post with its own rain sensing umbrella.

The designer says he come up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be appropriate to have a canopy(伞蓬)built into a street lamp.” he said.

The lampbrella is a standard-looking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built-in electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand. Sensors(传感器)then ensure that the umbrella offers pedestrians shelter whenever it starts raining.

In addition to the rain sensor, there’s also a 360°motion sensor on the biberglass street lamp which detects whether anyone’s using the lampbrella. After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.

According to the designer, the lampbrella would move at a relatively low speed, so as not to cause harm to the pedestrians. Besides, it would be grounded to protect from possible lighting strike. Each lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being installed at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians.

While there are no plans to take lampbrella into production, Belyacv says he recently introduced his creation one Moscow Department, and insists this creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.

1.For what purpose did Belyacv create the lampbrella?

A．To predict a heavy rain                   B．To check the weather forecast

C．To protect people from the rain             D．To remind people to take an umbrella

2.What do we know from Belyacv’s words in Paragraph2?

A．His creation was inspired by an experience

B．it rains a lot in the city of Saint Petersburg

C．Street lamps are protected by canopies

D．He enjoyed taking walks in the rain

3.Which of the following show how the lampbrella works?

A．motor→canopy→sensors                 B．Sensors→motor→canopy

C．motor→sensors→canopy                 D．canopy→motor→sensors

4.What does paragraph 5 mainly tell us about the lampbrella?

A．Its moving speed                        B．Its appearance

C．Its installation                          D．Its safety

5.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The designer will open a company to promote his product

B．The lampbrella could be put into immediate production

C．The designer is confident that his creation is practical

D．The lampbrella would be put on show in Moscow

 

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper.

“Last week, ” he said,  “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As

it was a present,  I spent twice its worth in advertising,  but didn’t get it back. ”

“How did you write your advertisement? ” asked one of the listeners,  a merchant.

　　“Here it is, ” said the man,  taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read,  “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening,  a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street. ”

“Now, ” said the merchant,  “I often advertise,  and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again,  and if it fails,  I’ll buy you a new one. ”

　　The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote:  “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble,  he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known. ”

　　This appeared in the newspaper,  and on the following morning,  the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors,  and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake,  and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

1.The result of the first advertisement was that＿＿＿＿ .

A．the man got his umbrella back

B．the man wasted some money advertising

C．nobody found the missing umbrella

D．the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

2.The merchant suggested that the man should＿＿＿ .

A．buy a new umbrella

B．go on looking for his umbrella

C．write another and better advertisement

D．report the police

3.“. . . if it fails,  I’ll buy you a new one” suggested that the merchant＿＿＿＿ .

A．was quite sure of success

B．wanted to buy him a new umbrella

C．didn’t know what to do

D．was rich enough to buy one

4.The story is mainly about ＿＿＿＿＿.

A．a useless advertisement

B．how to make an effective advertisement

C．how the man lost and found his umbrella

D．what the merchant did for the umbrella owner