We've got into trouble and don't know what to do next. Hopefully -someone will come to our
A．mind B．knowledge C．attention D．assistance
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We've got into trouble and don't know what to do next. Hopefully -someone will come to our
A．mind B．knowledge C．attention D．assistance
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They don’t quite know how to cope with all the dam trouble they’ve got down in Hampden, Maine. And according to town manager Leslie Stanley, it doesn’t look as if things will improve any in the immediate future. “We’ve got a real annoying problem on our hands,” he says.
The annoyance began in late May. About three miles outside of town a group of beavers (河狸) built a dam near the mouth of a culvert (涵洞) that carries a stream under Canaan Road. Some 50 feet of roadway and several hundred feet of land on each side of the culvert were flooded. Stanley sent a road crew out to level the dam. The beavers rebuilt it. The crew tore it apart again. In fact, they tore it apart for ten mornings－and for ten straight nights the beavers rebuilt it.
On the eleventh day, the foreman tossed (扔) the problem back to the town manager. He, in turn, tossed it on to the local game warden (狩猎监督官). The warden, absorbed in beaver knowledge, moved quietly and carefully out one night and placed a petrol-soaked bag over the dam. (Any beaver expert will tell you the creatures just can’t tolerate petrol smell.)
In the morning the bag was found artistically woven (编织) into the dam.
The warden set out three steel traps that night. In the morning one was empty. The other two had been stolen by the beavers and used to strengthen the dam. The warden, cursing the state law against hunting beavers with firearms, got his traps back and set them out again and again. And every night the beavers stole them.
Town manager Stanley enlisted additional troops. He telephoned his police chief. Those beavers were breaking a state law against blocking up a natural watercourse. “Why aren’t you out there to uphold the law?” Stanley asked. “You’re the police chief. So remove them. Arrest them. Do something.”
Three mornings later, the police chief proudly announced the end of the dam. At 2:00 A.M., he said, he and a licensed dynamiter (炸药使用者) had blown it to small pieces. Stanley said he’d believe it when he saw it.
They drove out to the culvert and found a new dam already half-built. They also found the highway choked with mud and remains thrown up by the dynamite.
Stanley said maybe they should call in the Army Corps of Engineers. But the police chief’s faith in explosives was unshaken. He launched an all-out campaign，but the beavers always managed to have the holes plugged by the time the fire department appeared on the scene for its morning mop-up.
In time, the beavers tired of this nonsense and moved their dam “inside” the culvert－where it couldn’t be blown up without destroying the road too.
Stanley and his general staff held a council of war and agreed that fresh strategy was called for. Then they came up with an inspired idea. If we remove every branch of the dam by hand, we’ll force the beavers to go in search of new building material to replace what we’ve taken. Then we can place box traps along their runways and seized them.
The plan was completely approved. Moreover it worked. On July 30, town manager Stanley was able to announce that the beaver group had been trapped and removed to a remote wilderness area. And there was great joy in Hampden－until the middle of October, that is, when a group of young beavers was spotted swimming in the same waters from which its elders had recently been taken away.
But to make a long story short, the strategy that worked with the older beavers worked with the young ones too.
1.What was the annoying problem for the authorities in Hampden, Maine?
A. They failed to destroy the dam repeatedly built by the beavers.
B. They didn’t know who to send to deal with the dam trouble.
C. The beavers were building dams in every corner of the town.
D. The political situation in the town was becoming much worse.
2.What did the local game warden do?
A. He made steel traps to strengthen the dam.
B. He set out to hunt the beavers with firearms.
C. He learned a lot about the construction of the dam.
D. He used petrol-soaked bags to drive the beavers away.
3.Which is the correct order of the following events?
① The land on both sides of the culvert was flooded.
② The local leaders worked out a strategy.
③ The game warden set out steel traps.
④ The beavers rebuilt their dam inside the culvert.
⑤ The police chief used explosives to destroy the dam.
A. ①③②⑤④ B. ①③⑤④② C. ②①④③⑤ D. ②①⑤③④
4. The underline word “uphold” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.
A. revise B. resist C. violate D. maintain
5. What can we learn about beavers from the passage?
A. The beavers seem to be stubborn about building dams.
B. The beavers are allowed to be killed when causing trouble.
C. The beavers can’t adapt themselves to living in wilderness.
D. The beavers finally returned to the culvert with their young.
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Remembering My Father’s Vest
People get into trouble because they don’t know enough to keep cool. As a child, I had a lot of __ that had been held back and not released. Worse still, I was not good at __ constructively.
Once as I was getting ready for school, my mother __ me my father’s vest instead of mine. This was around the time when I was going to be larger in __ than my father, so as I put on the vest, I felt like I was being choked in it! I __ that it was a small oversight( 疏忽 ) on my mother’s part, but __ the feeling of being choked drowned me and I got very angry. I took my anger out on my mother __ thinking much. I was so upset when she had handed me the wrong vest, and I __ by violently tearing it apart from my chest!
Later, my mother shared her own __ with my father: “ See what your son has done.” Instead of scolding or abusing me, my father __ responded by asking my mother to __ the vest. He then wore it to work the next day.
When my mother told me about my father’s response much later, when I had __ from my fit, I immediately felt a great sense of __ for my violent behavior, just __ that he was spending the entire day wearing a(n) __ vest. At the same time, I was filled with great __ for my father, whose gentle kindness taught me a life lesson I would treasure forever.
On that day, I made a __ never to let anger get the better of me. I learn to __ others when I think that they behave in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way, __ forgiveness is a tool to turn anger off. And whenever I have difficulty __ my strong emotion, I try to remember my father’s vest.
1.A. pressure B. anger C. stories D. tears
2.A. listening B. debating C. communicating D. working
3.A. handed B. sent C. delivered D. carried
4.A. size B. weight C. height D. mind
5.A. expected B. discovered C. suspected D. realized
6.A. anyway B. somehow C. somewhat D. however
7.A. without B. beyond C. besides D. despite
8.A. performed B. agreed C. reacted D. declined
9.A. excitement B. frustration C. enthusiasm D. failure
10.A. calmly B. politely C. attentively D. anxiously
11.A. save up B. give away C. hold back D. sew up
12.A. recovered B. changed C. developed D. benefited
13.A. disappointment B. sympathy C. panic D. shame
14.A. hoping B. joking C. imaging D. supposing
15.A. old B. broken C. torn D. shabby
16.A. curiosity B. pride C. envy D. admiration
17.A. choice B. decision C. requirement D. compromise
18.A. respect B. assist C. appreciate D. forgive
19.A. and B. but C. for D. do
20.A. controlling B. expressing C. treasuring D. monitoring
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Mary: I really don't know what to do this summer. I can't afford to just sit around, and there don't seem to be any jobs 1. . （avail）
Lucy: Why don't you try house-sitting? Last summer my friend Margaret house-sat for the Dodds when they went away 2. vacation. Mr. Dodd 3. (hire) Margaret to stay in their house because he didn't want 4. left empty.
Mary: You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?
Lucy: It wasn't that 5. (ease). She had to mow the lawn and water the house plants. And 6. Eric house-sat for Dr. Cohen, he had to take care of her pats.
Mary: House-sitting sounds like a good job. I guess it's little like baby-sitting, except you're taking care of the house instead of 7. (child).
Lucy: The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs 8. (post).
Mary: Do you have to fill out 9. application?
Lucy: Margaret and Eric had to interview with the homeowners and provide three references each.
Mary: That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.
Lucy: Well, the homeowners want some guarantee that they 10. trust the house-sitter.
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Don’t be too ______ with your children. They know for sure what they will do and how to do it.
A. particular B. tolerate C. tough D. sympathetic
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—What would you do if it ________ tomorrow?
—We have to carry it on, since we’ve got everything ready.
A. rain B. rains C. will rain D. is raining
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—We have to carry it on , since we’ve got everything ready .
A．rain B．rains C．will rain D．is raining
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-What would you do if it________tomorrow ?
-We have to carry it on , since we've got everything ready .
A．rain B．rains C．will rain D．is raining
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—What would you do if it ________ tomorrow ? —We have to carry it on , since we’ve got everything ready .
A. rain B. rains C. will rain D. is raining
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We’ve just moved into a bigger house and there’s a lot to do．Let’s it．
A．keep up with B．do away with
C．get down to D．look forward to
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