The Jewish(犹太人）family-had-just finished supper and the woman had placed the dishes in the sink.The kitchen was quite damp and even gloomier than in the main room.It was their third apartment since the start of the war,they had abandoned the other two in a hurry.The woman came back into the room and sat down again at the table.The 3-year-old boy sat with his back straight,his eyes fixed on his father,but it was obvious that he was so sleepy that he could barely sit up.
The man was smoking a cigarette.His eyes were blood-shot and he kept blinking in a funny way.This blinking had begun soon after they fled the second apartment.
It was late,past ten o'clock and they could have gone to sleep,but first they had to play the game that they had been playing every day for two weeks.Even though the man tried his best and he moved very quickly,the fault was his and not the child's.The boy was.marvelous.Seeing his father put out his cigarette,he opened his blue eyes even wider.The woman,who didn't actually take part in the game, stroked the boy's hair.
“We'll play the key game just one more time only today.Isn't that right?"she asked her husband.
He didn't answer because he was not sure.They were still two or three minutes off. He arose and walked towards the bathroom door.Then the woman called out softly,“Ding-dong."At the sound of the bell ringing so musically from his mother's lips,the boy jumped up from his chair and ran to the front door,which was separated from the main room by a narrow corridor.
“Who's there?"he asked.
The woman,remaining in her chair,shut her eyes tight as if feeling a sudden, sharp pain.
“I'l1 open up in a minute,I'm just looking for the keys,"the child called out. Then he ran back to the main room,making a lot of noise with his feet.He ran in circles around the table,pulled out one of the sideboard drawers,and slammed it shut.
“Just a minute,I can't find them,I don't know where Mama put them,"he yelled,then dragged the chair across the room,climbed onto it,and reached up to the top of the shelf.
“I found them!”he shouted triumphantly.Then he got down from the chair, pushed it back to the table,and calmly walked to the door and opened it.
“Shut the door,darling,"the woman said softly."You were perfect.”
The child didn't hear what she said.He stood in the middle of the room,staring at the closed bathroom door.
“Shut the door, the woman repeated in a tired flat voice.Every evening she repeated the same words,and every evening he stared at the closed bathroom door.
At last it opened.The man was pale and his clothes were streaked with lime and dust.He stood there,eyes blinking in that funny way.
“Well?How did it go?"asked the woman.
“I still need more time.He has to look for them longer.I slip in sideways all right,but then...It's so tight in there that when I turn...And he's got to make more noise-he should stamp his feet louder."
The child didn't take his eyes off him.
“Say something to him,"the woman whispered.
＂You did a good job,little one,"he said mechanically.
“That's right,”the woman said,“you're really doing a wonderful job,darling. You act just like a grown-up.And you do know that if someone should really ring the doorbell when Mama is at work,everything will depend on you?And what will you say when they ask you about your parents?”
“Mama's at work.”
“And Papa?"He was silent.
“And Papa?"the man screamed in terror.The child turned pale.
“And Papa?”the man repeated more calmly.
“He's dead,”＂the child answered and threw himself at his father,who was standing right beside him,but already long dead to the people who would really ring the bell.
1.What does the underlined sentence in Para.5 mean?
A.The family needed to practise the game for another 2 or 3 minutes.
B.There was still 2 or 3 minutes left before someone knocked at the door.
C.They would become too sleepy to play the game 2 or 3 minutes later.
D.The father needed 2 or 3 more minutes before the kid opened the door.
2.Why did the boy make a lot of noise when he was looking for the key?
A.Because he needed to drown out the noise caused by his father.
B.Because he was too little and just couldn't control his footsteps.
C.Because he was too anxious to find the key to open the door with.
D.Because he met many barriers on his way to where the key was.
3.In Para.12,why did the mother repeat“shut the door”in a tired,flat voice, instead of the previous soft one?
A.She was angry because her son didn't close the door as he had been told to.
B.She felt anxious because she knew her husband would be annoyed at the boy again.
C.She was disappointed because the boy's movement betrayed again where her husband was.
D.She was impatient because she was asked to repeat these words again and again every evening.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.A Scary Night B.The Key Game
C.My Father Is Dead D.An Innocent Boy
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The Jewish(犹太人）family-had-just finished supper and the woman had placed the dishes in the sink.The kitchen was quite damp and even gloomier than in the main room.It was their third apartment since the start of the war,they had abandoned the other two in a hurry.The woman came back into the room and sat down again at the table.The 3-year-old boy sat with his back straight,his eyes fixed on his father,but it was obvious that he was so sleepy that he could barely sit up.
The man was smoking a cigarette.His eyes were blood-shot and he kept blinking in a funny way.This blinking had begun soon after they fled the second apartment.
It was late,past ten o'clock and they could have gone to sleep,but first they had to play the game that they had been playing every day for two weeks.Even though the man tried his best and he moved very quickly,the fault was his and not the child's.The boy was.marvelous.Seeing his father put out his cigarette,he opened his blue eyes even wider.The woman,who didn't actually take part in the game, stroked the boy's hair.
“We'll play the key game just one more time only today.Isn't that right?"she asked her husband.
He didn't answer because he was not sure.They were still two or three minutes off. He arose and walked towards the bathroom door.Then the woman called out softly,“Ding-dong."At the sound of the bell ringing so musically from his mother's lips,the boy jumped up from his chair and ran to the front door,which was separated from the main room by a narrow corridor.
“Who's there?"he asked.
The woman,remaining in her chair,shut her eyes tight as if feeling a sudden, sharp pain.
“I'l1 open up in a minute,I'm just looking for the keys,"the child called out. Then he ran back to the main room,making a lot of noise with his feet.He ran in circles around the table,pulled out one of the sideboard drawers,and slammed it shut.
“Just a minute,I can't find them,I don't know where Mama put them,"he yelled,then dragged the chair across the room,climbed onto it,and reached up to the top of the shelf.
“I found them!”he shouted triumphantly.Then he got down from the chair, pushed it back to the table,and calmly walked to the door and opened it.
“Shut the door,darling,"the woman said softly."You were perfect.”
The child didn't hear what she said.He stood in the middle of the room,staring at the closed bathroom door.
“Shut the door, the woman repeated in a tired flat voice.Every evening she repeated the same words,and every evening he stared at the closed bathroom door.
At last it opened.The man was pale and his clothes were streaked with lime and dust.He stood there,eyes blinking in that funny way.
“Well?How did it go?"asked the woman.
“I still need more time.He has to look for them longer.I slip in sideways all right,but then...It's so tight in there that when I turn...And he's got to make more noise-he should stamp his feet louder."
The child didn't take his eyes off him.
“Say something to him,"the woman whispered.
＂You did a good job,little one,"he said mechanically.
“That's right,”the woman said,“you're really doing a wonderful job,darling. You act just like a grown-up.And you do know that if someone should really ring the doorbell when Mama is at work,everything will depend on you?And what will you say when they ask you about your parents?”
“Mama's at work.”
“And Papa?"He was silent.
“And Papa?"the man screamed in terror.The child turned pale.
“And Papa?”the man repeated more calmly.
“He's dead,”＂the child answered and threw himself at his father,who was standing right beside him,but already long dead to the people who would really ring the bell.
1.What does the underlined sentence in Para.5 mean?
A.The family needed to practise the game for another 2 or 3 minutes.
B.There was still 2 or 3 minutes left before someone knocked at the door.
C.They would become too sleepy to play the game 2 or 3 minutes later.
D.The father needed 2 or 3 more minutes before the kid opened the door.
2.Why did the boy make a lot of noise when he was looking for the key?
A.Because he needed to drown out the noise caused by his father.
B.Because he was too little and just couldn't control his footsteps.
C.Because he was too anxious to find the key to open the door with.
D.Because he met many barriers on his way to where the key was.
3.In Para.12,why did the mother repeat“shut the door”in a tired,flat voice, instead of the previous soft one?
A.She was angry because her son didn't close the door as he had been told to.
B.She felt anxious because she knew her husband would be annoyed at the boy again.
C.She was disappointed because the boy's movement betrayed again where her husband was.
D.She was impatient because she was asked to repeat these words again and again every evening.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.A Scary Night B.The Key Game
C.My Father Is Dead D.An Innocent Boy
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What does the woman mean?
A. She will help the man.
B. She won’t finish the paper.
C. The man should depend on himself.
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What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Ask the librarian for help. B. Finish her paper tomorrow. C. Stop using the computer.
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What will the woman do first?
A.Go skating. B.Clean the dormitory. C.Finish her math homework.
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What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Change his topic.
B. Finish his topic.
C. Learn more about the topic.
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Why does the woman make the call?
A.To accept a job offer. B.To express thanks. C.To finish a survey.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What does the woman have to do?
A. Finish the research project in three days.
B. Work during the holiday.
C. Travel in Asia.
2.What do we know about the man?
A. He is good at Asian culture.
B. He went to China a long time ago.
C. He can't provide useful information for the woman.
3.What will the man do for the woman?
A. Write the research project.
B. Search the information online.
C. Have a talk with the professor.
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My grandma’s after-supper ______ includes: walking the dog in the neighborhood and dancing in the park with many other aged women..
A．regulation B．program C. training D. routine
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My grandma’s after-supper ______ includes: walking the dog in the neighborhood and dancing in the park with many other aged women.
A．regulation B．training C．routine D．program
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The boy _______to his mother that he had _______ the table for supper and then ____ down to have a rest.
A．lied ; laid ; lay B．lied ; lied ; lay C．lay ; laid ; laid D．lay ; laid ; lied
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