I was in lodgings (寄宿处) now, on my own, but the other lodgers had constant visitors up and down the stairs past my door. None of this disturbed me except one girl who sang softly to herself an old Russian folk song as she ran up to the room above. It was a sound of sweetness, musical, soft, unselfconscious and happy. I began to listen out for it, jumped up from my table, and threw open the door to catch a glimpse(一瞥) of her as she passed, but I was always too late. I asked the people upstairs who she was, and described the beautiful sounds she made. They became rather reserved(拘谨) and exchanged glances and hurriedly admitted it might be Sally. I thought she was someone special, not to be discussed in the ordinary way, and became a little curious to meet her. But the last thing I wanted at that stage was to get caught up with anybody. I’d just come to the end of a rather painful friendship, and now I had work to do.

One day, I came face to face with a girl on the landing. It was certainly her; whoever made that noise would look as she did. We stood and stared at each other too long for comfort. I broke the moment and, excusing myself, moved past her because it was too like the movies. I thought for some time of that long, silent stare, and laughed. She was tall and looked proud, with a slight , round-shouldered look that made me breathless and I didn’t know why.

1.At his lodgings, the author __________.

A．seldom had visitors

B．wished he had more visitors

C．was always disturbed by other people’s visitors

D．had too many visitors.

2.Whenever the author heard the sound of the girl’s voice__________.

A．he sat listening to it	B．he saw her moving upstairs
C．he threw down his books	D．he tried to see who it was

3.People who were asked about the girl__________.

A．told him all about her	B．didn’t want to tell him much
C．didn’t tell him anything	D．were angry when he mentioned her

4.From this passage we can see that the author was____________.

A．was not interested in Sally	B．curiously attracted by Sally
C．angry at being disturbed by Sally	D．afraid to get to know Sally

 

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. Sometimes a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this causes your troubles to begin. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, destroying your half-prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this is not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives home, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can also go wrong on the road. During rush hour one evening two cars collided and the drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She got into a panic and stopped her car. This forced the driver following her to stop suddenly. This driver’s wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake, and as she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. A truck driver seeing a cake flying through the air slammed on the brakes. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck onto the road, causing a terrible traffic jam. It took the police an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves, for they were happily having what was left of the cake.

1.If you want to answer the phone without any trouble, you’d better ___________ .

A．pull out the telephone line when you are with your baby

B．put your baby on the bed and keep an eye on him / her

C．not hurry to answer the phone

D．make sure your baby is not near the table

2.Who is responsible for the accidents that happened on the road?  

A．The two drivers who were arguing.

B．It wasn’t mentioned in the passage.

C．The woman driver.

D．The truck driver.

3.From this story we learn that ________.  

A．there are many road accidents every day

B．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very strange

C．no one knows why this kind of accident happens

D．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very common

4.The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ___________.  

A．remind us not to answer the phone when we are busy

B．tell us driving is dangerous every day

C．remind us not to be nervous when we meet an accident

D．remind us not to carry a cake when we are sitting in a car

5.The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A．troubles always come in groups

B．accidents may happen anywhere at anytime

C．a telephone call may cause great trouble

D．anyone may have trouble on their way home

 

I was in lodgings (寄宿处) now, on my own, but the other lodgers had constant visitors up and down the stairs past my door. None of this disturbed me except one girl who sang softly to herself an old Russian folk song as she ran up to the room above. It was a sound of sweetness, musical, soft, unselfconscious and happy. I began to listen out for it, jumped up from my table, and threw open the door to catch a glimpse(一瞥) of her as she passed, but I was always too late. I asked the people upstairs who she was, and described the beautiful sounds she made. They became rather reserved(拘谨) and exchanged glances and hurriedly admitted it might be Sally. I thought she was someone special, not to be discussed in the ordinary way, and became a little curious to meet her. But the last thing I wanted at that stage was to get caught up with anybody. I’d just come to the end of a rather painful friendship, and now I had work to do.
One day, I came face to face with a girl on the landing. It was certainly her; whoever made that noise would look as she did. We stood and stared at each other too long for comfort. I broke the moment and, excusing myself, moved past her because it was too like the movies. I thought for some time of that long, silent stare, and laughed. She was tall and looked proud, with a slight , round-shouldered look that made me breathless and I didn’t know why.
【小题1】At his lodgings, the author __________.

A．seldom had visitors

B．wished he had more visitors

C．was always disturbed by other people’s visitors

D．had too many visitors.

【小题2】Whenever the author heard the sound of the girl’s voice__________.

A．he sat listening to it	B．he saw her moving upstairs
C．he threw down his books	D．he tried to see who it was

【小题3】People who were asked about the girl__________.

A．told him all about her	B．didn’t want to tell him much
C．didn’t tell him anything	D．were angry when he mentioned her

【小题4】From this passage we can see that the author was____________.

A．was not interested in Sally	B．curiously attracted by Sally
C．angry at being disturbed by Sally	D．afraid to get to know Sally

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. Sometimes a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this causes your troubles to begin. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, destroying your half-prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this is not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives home, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can also go wrong on the road. During rush hour one evening two cars collided and the drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She got into a panic and stopped her car. This forced the driver following her to stop suddenly. This driver’s wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake, and as she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. A truck driver seeing a cake flying through the air slammed on the brakes. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck onto the road, causing a terrible traffic jam. It took the police an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves, for they were happily having what was left of the cake.
【小题1】If you want to answer the phone without any trouble, you’d better ___________ .

A．pull out the telephone line when you are with your baby

B．put your baby on the bed and keep an eye on him / her

C．not hurry to answer the phone

D．make sure your baby is not near the table

【小题2】Who is responsible for the accidents that happened on the road?  

A．The two drivers who were arguing.

B．It wasn’t mentioned in the passage.

C．The woman driver.

D．The truck driver.

【小题3】From this story we learn that ________.  

A．there are many road accidents every day

B．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very strange

C．no one knows why this kind of accident happens

D．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very common

【小题4】The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ___________.  

A．remind us not to answer the phone when we are busy

B．tell us driving is dangerous every day

C．remind us not to be nervous when we meet an accident

D．remind us not to carry a cake when we are sitting in a car

【小题5】The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A．troubles always come in groups

B．accidents may happen anywhere at anytime

C．a telephone call may cause great trouble

D．anyone may have trouble on their way home

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. Sometimes a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this causes your troubles to begin. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, destroying your half-prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this is not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives home, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can also go wrong on the road. During rush hour one evening two cars collided and the drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She got into a panic and stopped her car. This forced the driver following her to stop suddenly. This driver’s wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake, and as she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. A truck driver seeing a cake flying through the air slammed on the brakes. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck onto the road, causing a terrible traffic jam. It took the police an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves, for they were happily having what was left of the cake.

1.If you want to answer the phone without any trouble, you’d better ___________ .

A．pull out the telephone line when you are with your baby

B．put your baby on the bed and keep an eye on him / her

C．not hurry to answer the phone

D．make sure your baby is not near the table

2.Who is responsible for the accidents that happened on the road?  

A．The two drivers who were arguing.

B．It wasn’t mentioned in the passage.

C．The woman driver.

D．The truck driver.

3.From this story we learn that ________.  

A．there are many road accidents every day

B．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very strange

C．no one knows why this kind of accident happens

D．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very common

4.The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ___________.  

A．remind us not to answer the phone when we are busy

B．tell us driving is dangerous every day

C．remind us not to be nervous when we meet an accident

D．remind us not to carry a cake when we are sitting in a car

5.The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A．troubles always come in groups

B．accidents may happen anywhere at anytime

C．a telephone call may cause great trouble

D．anyone may have trouble on their way home