He felt ____ of what has happened to her?
A.relieved
B.released
C.reduced
D.respected
A.relieved
B.released
C.reduced
D.respected
The next day was Saturday. He knew that most of the boys would be down on the playground and choose up sides for the Saturday game. Robert knew he could play well and that just might be enough to prove he was strong, and to make friends with them. He arrived early and did his step exercises. He shot the ball several times and did some other exercises—the most difficult and most wonderful in basketball. Then the boys came. Robert went through what he had done before the game and showed what he could do. No one said a word. The boys just looked at each other and thought about it. In the end, when it was all over, the biggest of the group just smiled and shook his head. Robert knew he had made it.
1. What does “This did not help to make him less lonely” mean?()
A、Robert felt more lonely because the other boys wanted to test him.
B、Robert did not want himself to be less lonely.
C、Robert felt as lonely as before when the other boys tried to find out what kind of a boy he was.
D、The other boys did not want to make Robert feel less lonely.
I had to learn to say “please”, “sorry”, “thank you”, whether I felt it or not. Once, while buying a ticket to Waterloo, I forgot to say “please”. The man at the counter was offended and would not give me the ticket until I had said “please”. When he handed me the ticket, he said “sorry”, and hurried inside to take the only empty seat.
On the way to the office one morning, a man collapsed in my compartment. At Waterloo, everybody left, but I stayed with him until the ambulance arrived and was an hour late getting to the office. I was told that it was not my job to look after strangers.
I found that many did not even look after their own parents who were old and helpless. In India, it is the duty of the children to look after their parent and old relatives. While serving a meal, my mother always gave food to the elderly relatives and children first and ate whatever was left over. The elderly never felt isolated. They lived with their families and contributed to the happiness of the house.
31. How long had the writer stayed in England?
A. Just a year
B. More than a year
C. Almost two years
D. About ten months
32. What does the word “rarely” mean in the first paragraph?
A. seldom
B. always
C. often
D. independent while the wife is dependent
33. What did the writer mean when he said “many had a natural gift for gossip”?
A. Many British people were born speakers
B. Many British people were talkative.
C. Many British people were hot-tempered.
D. Many British people were talented
34. What did the writer mean to say by giving us the examples in the second paragraph?
A. English people are very polite because they always say “thank you” or “sorry”.
B. English people enjoy teaching others lessons of politeness.
C. He had to learn to say “please”, “sorry”, “thank you”.
D. English people say polite words without sincere politeness.
35. What does the last paragraph suggest?
A. Many old people in England were lonely because they were not taken good care of.
B. Old people in India never felt isolated.
C. The writer’s mother always ate whatever was left over.
D. Old people in most countries are respected.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words.They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us.Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and at rest; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights.Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it.Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a decaying leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world.Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something—all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.
1.An artist hopes that the public will ____.
A.understand him and learn from him
B.notice only shapes and colors in his work
C.teach him something
D.believe what he says in his work
2.It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because he/ she ___.
A.uses shapes and colors instead of words
B.uses unusual words and phrases
C.does not express himself /herself well
D.does not say anything clearly
3.The writer points out that contemporary artists might say their choices of subject _____.
A.only provide interesting patterns
B.teach the public important truths
C.have no pattern or form
D.carry a message to the public
4.The writer also points out that contemporary art contains ____.
A.nothing but meaningless patterns
B.uninteresting aspects of the world
C.completely meaningless subjects
D.subjects chosen partly for their meanings
5.What is implied in this passage?()
A.A painting is more easily understood than a symphony.
B.Art is merely the arranging of shape and color.
C.Every artist tries to say something to the public.
D.One must look beyond shape and color to find what the artist is saying.
amuse his friends with some tricks.
One day Ramon went to visit his friend Frank who was sick at home with a bad cold.“How are you feeling? ” asked Ramon.“Worse than yesterday, ” replied Frank.“I have a terrible cough, and there's not a drop of medicine in the house.”
“Cheer up, Frank.I'll send Blackie to the local drugstore for some cough syrup(糖浆).He'll be back in a minute, before you know it.” Ramon put a five-dollar bill in Blackie's mouth and the dog ran down the street.“And keep the change, ” Ramon shouted after him.
“Oh, Ramon, don't be silly.You know that dog won't be back with any medicine.” “Oh yes, he will, ” replied Ramon.Half an hour later, however, Blackie had not returned.Ramon was feeling embarrassed, and felt angry at his friend's little smile.
“Something has happened to him, I'm sure, ” said Ramon.“He obeys me as a rule.” Just then Frank saw Blackie at a distance.He hurried to open the door and let him in.Frank was shocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog's mouth.
“Good boy, ” said Ramon, “but what took you so long? ” Blackie ran over to the window, barking and wagging(摆动)his tail.Ramon glanced out and saw a bone outside.
1、Frank's cold had worsened and he had no medicine at home.
2、Ramon called for a doctor.
3、Ramon felt embarrassed when Blackie was late.
4、Blackie barked at the bone outside the window because he wanted to have it.
5、The story mainly implies dogs are after all dogs, however clever they are.
A.sick holiday
B.sick vacation
C.leave
D.sick leave
A.He enjoyed the snow in winter
B.He had bitten the master’s children in the leg
C.He felt hot in the house
D.He grew too big for the master to keep
A.intense
B.thoughtful
C.original
D.private
A.didn’t feel well
B.felt sick
C.has been sick all the time
D.had frequently felt good
A.in place
B.in the way
C.by the way
D.out of the place
按要求翻译下列句子(短语)。
He read Shakespeare, to help his English, because he felt something in the poet, some mastery of life, that made his mind work quicker, strengthened the grip on life of his own will. (对something 一词用增译法)