----What are you going to do for the holiday?

----I ________ staying at home for a good rest.

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----What are you going to do for the holiday?

----I ________ staying at home for a good rest.

[　　]

I have a painfully vivid memory of my first homecoming from college, in December 1983. After three whole months away, I was back home with my brand new opinions, attitudes and tastes. How could they watch such terrible television programs? I, the English Literature major with Shakespeare and Milton and James Joyce, could hardly bear to sleep under the roof of a house whose few bookshelves held thrillers and bound editions of the Reader’s Digest. I’m sure my family was glad to see the back of me when, at the end of the holiday, I packed up my books and headed back up to university in the north of England.
But the next year must have been even more painful to my parents: I didn’t show up at all. Now, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with young people spending a little time away from their families and with their friends.  It’s part of growing up, something you need to do if you are to become properly independent. However, if you’re not going to be home for the festival, you should at least have the decency to telephone and say you’re not coming.
In English we have an expression, “wet behind the ears.” A person who is wet behind the ears is so immature, that they don’t know how to dry the back of their head after a bath. Just before the following year’s holiday I fell ill, quite seriously so. I’m sure my own behavior contributed to my getting sick: staying out too late, not eating properly—perhaps you know someone like the person I was then. I lay in bed with a fever, feeling very sorry for myself.
I’m sure you can guess who came to my rescue. My long-suffering parents got in their car and sped up the motorway to rescue their son from the consequences of his own irresponsibility.
I hope I’m a better son now; if not, it’s getting a little late in the day if I want to change. I’ve worked in China for nearly 10 years and so I don’t get to see them as often as I like, but my parents are online all the time so we talk many times each week. And this Spring Festival I will be flying back to England for a visit. 
I’m really looking forward to it.
【小题1】What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The author liked reading thrillers and the Reading Digest.

B．The author couldn’t fall asleep in a house with few books.

C．The author thought his parents were happy to see him back.

D．The author didn’t seem to share the same tastes with his parents.

【小题2】What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A．The next year the author’s parents were very happy to see him.

B．The author went to see his parents during the second year in college.

C．If you aren’t going to spent an important day with your family, inform them in advance.

D．To leave away from family is not a proper way if you want to gain some independency.

【小题3】If you are a person who is wet behind the ears, you are       .

A．old and experienced	B．young and inexperienced
C．young and experienced	D．mature and experienced

【小题4】We can infer from the last two paragraphs that       .

A．the author thinks he has become a good son

B．the author will be with his family the next Spring Festival

C．the author will not change himself to a better one because it is too late

D．the author keeps in touch with his parents through the Internet regularly

【小题5】What would be the best title for the text?

A．Pleasant memories about Christmas

B．Horrible things happened in the past

C．Interesting memories about Christmas

D．Share with you some of my Ghosts of Christmas Past

I have a painfully vivid memory of my first homecoming from college, in December 1983. After three whole months away, I was back home with my brand new opinions, attitudes and tastes. How could they watch such terrible television programs? I, the English Literature major with Shakespeare and Milton and James Joyce, could hardly bear to sleep under the roof of a house whose few bookshelves held thrillers and bound editions of the Reader’s Digest. I’m sure my family was glad to see the back of me when, at the end of the holiday, I packed up my books and headed back up to university in the north of England.

   But the next year must have been even more painful to my parents: I didn’t show up at all. Now, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with young people spending a little time away from their families and with their friends.  It’s part of growing up, something you need to do if you are to become properly independent. However, if you’re not going to be home for the festival, you should at least have the decency to telephone and say you’re not coming.

   In English we have an expression, “wet behind the ears.” A person who is wet behind the ears is so immature, that they don’t know how to dry the back of their head after a bath. Just before the following year’s holiday I fell ill, quite seriously so. I’m sure my own behavior contributed to my getting sick: staying out too late, not eating properly—perhaps you know someone like the person I was then. I lay in bed with a fever, feeling very sorry for myself.

   I’m sure you can guess who came to my rescue. My long-suffering parents got in their car and sped up the motorway to rescue their son from the consequences of his own irresponsibility.

   I hope I’m a better son now; if not, it’s getting a little late in the day if I want to change. I’ve worked in China for nearly 10 years and so I don’t get to see them as often as I like, but my parents are online all the time so we talk many times each week. And this Spring Festival I will be flying back to England for a visit. 

   I’m really looking forward to it.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. The author liked reading thrillers and the Reading Digest.

B. The author couldn’t fall asleep in a house with few books.

C. The author thought his parents were happy to see him back.

D. The author didn’t seem to share the same tastes with his parents.

2.What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. The next year the author’s parents were very happy to see him.

B. The author went to see his parents during the second year in college.

C. If you aren’t going to spent an important day with your family, inform them in advance.

D. To leave away from family is not a proper way if you want to gain some independency.

3. If you are a person who is wet behind the ears, you are       .

A. old and experienced                  B. young and inexperienced 

C. young and experienced                    D. mature and experienced

4.We can infer from the last two paragraphs that       .

A. the author thinks he has become a good son

B. the author will be with his family the next Spring Festival

C. the author will not change himself to a better one because it is too late

D. the author keeps in touch with his parents through the Internet regularly

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Pleasant memories about Christmas

B. Horrible things happened in the past

C. Interesting memories about Christmas

D. Share with you some of my Ghosts of Christmas Past

 

阅读理解

　　Mr and Mrs Brown were going abroad for their holiday. They had a dog called Blackie which they were very fond of, but they could not take him abroad with them, so they looked for a good place to leave him in while they were away, and at last found a place which looked after dogs very well while their owners were away. They took Blackie there just before they left for their holiday, and sadly said good-bye to him.

　　At the end of their holiday, they got back to England very late at night, and as they thought that the place where Blackie was staying might be closed at that hour, they decided to wait until the next morning before going to get him back.

　　So the next morning Mr Brown got into his car and drove off happily to collect Blackie.

　　When he reached home with the dog, he said to his wife. “Do you know, dear, I don't think Blackie can have enjoyed his stay at that place very much. He barked (吠叫) all the way home in the car as if he wanted to tell me something.”

　　Mrs Brown looked at the dog carefully and then answered. “You are quite right, dear. He was certainly trying to tell you something. But he wasn't trying to tell you that he hadn't enjoyed his stay at that place. He was only complaining (抱怨) that you were bringing the wrong dog home. This isn't Blackie!”

1．The Browns decided to leave their dog somewhere while they were away because ________.

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A．they were not fond of him any more

B．they did not want to take him with them

C．the dog refused to go with them

D．they were not allowed to take him abroad

2．They ________ before they left for their holidays.

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A．asked a friend to take care of the dog

B．left it to their house keeper

C．took it to an old man who looked after dogs very well

D．found Blackie a good place where dogs were taken good care of

3．The day they got back to England, they ________.

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A．went to the place right away to get Blackie

B．did not go to the place at all

C．went to collect their dog, but that place was closed

D．waited there for the place to open

4．As the dog ________, he barked all the way.

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A．did not recognize Mr Brown

B．had something to tell his old master

C．had not enjoyed his stay at that place

D．knew he was with their masters again

5．What do you think “You are quite right, dear”means?

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A．She fully agreed with her husband.

B．She was saying that what he did was right.

C．The dog did want to tell him something?－he was bringing home the wrong dog.

D．There was something wrong with their old dog.