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1、阅读理解35 Forest Avenue1.This passage is a letter of an informal invitation.2.When Charles writes, “Im sorry about the lack of warning”, he means that he is sorry that _. he is not able to write this letter to Bob earlier3.Charles and his wife decided to hold the house-warming party, mainly because _.
2、they still had a little money left to afford the party4.From the letter we know that the new house that Charles moved in is _. in a new housing estate5.In the sentence “Barbara and I hope that you can make it ”， the phrase “make it” is used to say that Bob can _. manage to attend their partyA charac
3、teristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man 1. From paragraph I, we know that in America _ . people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because she takes pride in what
4、 she can do herself3. The expression wait on table in the second paragraph means _ serve customers in a restaurant4. The authors attitude towards manual (体力的) labor is _. positive 5. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? American Attitude toward Manual Labor.A foreigners
5、 first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rushoften under pressure. 1. Which of the following statements is wrong? _ Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.2. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means _. a first concern3. Americans evaluate a business co
6、lleague _. by learning about their past performance4. This passage mainly talks about _. how Americans treasure their time5. We can infer from the passage that the authors tone in writing is _. appreciativeA guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. 1. What is a guide dog? A dog
7、 trained to help the blind.2. At what age does a guide dog begin its training course? At the age of fourteen months. 3. Which of the following is NOT included in the training course? Learning to save its owner when he/she falls into danger.4. What is the most important part of the training course? T
8、o teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner.5. Why are guide dogs not popular? Many blind people find it hard to work with dogs.A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. 1. What are the man and the woman talking about?
9、The womans son. 2. How does the woman feel about her son? He will grow up to be a wise young man. 3. Where does the conversation take place? On a train. 4. Which of the following probably best describes the mans feeling at the end of the conversation? Amused. 5. What cant you learn from the conversa
10、tion? The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the mans questions mean.A man was telling one of his friends why he was content with his married life. 1. The man was content with his married life because _. he and his wife were responsible for different things2. His f
11、riend _. was curious about which decisions the man made and which ones his wife made3. The man can decide _. none of above4. We can tell from the story that _. the mans wife has the final say in the family5. Your choice of the title would be _. A Happy Married LifeA public house which was recently b
12、ought by Mr. 1. Mr. James was _. the owner of the public house2. Which of the following is correct? The chairs had been moved.3. Mr. James _ the house. bought4. Mr. James found _. that the lights were on5. The writer of the passage _ Mr. James story. doesnt believeA young boy was playing with a ball
13、 in the street. 1. One day a boy played with a ball _. on the road2. Why did the lady shout at the boy according to the passage? Because the boy broke her window glass.3. What did the boy do when the lady shouted at him? He ran away without his ball.4. The lady gave the ball back to the boy because
14、_. she thought the boys father came to repair the window5. Which of the following is true according to the passage? The repairman thought that the lady was the boys mother.Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the s
15、tage is “Dont!”16. From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession_.sought after by too many 17. For someone who feels he must act, it is very likely that _.he will end up without any success18. The film producer found Connie Pratt one morning when she was _.waiting for a bus19. A few weeks after the test, Connie Pratt found herself _
