Into the dark apartment ___ ,who was quite surprised when everyone shouted “Happy Birthday”.
A. did David walk B. David walked
C. David did walk D. walked David
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Into the dark apartment ___ ,who was quite surprised when everyone shouted “Happy Birthday”.
A. did David walk B. David walked
C. David did walk D. walked David
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The sun was just coming up when I headed out to work last May at 6 a.m. Not quite dark but dark enough to need my headlights. I turned onto one of the lonely rural country roads.
Maybe it was because I was listening to the radio, maybe it was because I was already thinking about some projects at work, that I didn’t spot the dark object on the road until I was too late. I ran over it and felt the back left tire pull, and then sink. I stopped and got out of the car.
No mystery here---- my back left tyre was cut like a loaf of bread. Back 50 yards was a piece of sharp iron I had run over. I had never changed a tyre. I looked up the road. Not a car in either direction. The nearest service station was miles away. I threw up my hands. Then I remembered---- my cell phone! I powered it up before realizing, I didn’t know who to call.
Wouldn’t you know it, I spotted a car coming from the opposite direction. The driver slowed as he approached. I guessed he could see I was in trouble. He stopped his car, got out and immediately saw the trouble. “Madam, would you like me to change that tyre for you?” he asked. The man couldn’t have been more friendly. I was frightened out there and he put me completely at ease. “There,” he said, after putting on the spare, “you are all set to go.”
“Good thing for me that you were driving this way,” I told him, as I climbed back into my car.
“Funny you should say that,” he said. “Just like you, I was heading to work, but my job is in the opposite direction. I made a wrong turn at some point. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
1.The writer didn’t notice the object on the road because ______.
A. it was rather dark then B. she didn’t use her headlights
C. there was much traffic D. she was careless when driving
2.From Paragraph 4 we learn that______.
A. the writer felt quite anxious
B. no one would like to help the writer
C. the writer was a new driver
D. the cell phone should be powered up
3.What did the man do when he saw the writer?
A. He stopped and laughed at her.
B. He walked over to frighten her.
C. He helped her without hesitation.
D. He drove away in the opposite direction.
4.The end of the story tells us that the man ______.
A. went a wrong way B. felt the writer funny
C. didn’t know what he was doing D. come specially to help the writer
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She was surprised to find the house _____ into when she went back home.
A. broke B. broken C. break D. breaking
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Ensley made me a poet.
When I was one, my parents and I moved into a tiny apartment off 20th Street. I wrote my first poem sitting in the corner of my bedroom, surrounded by toys. I was 7 or 8 and the poem was for my best friend who had moved away. I was angry with him for being willing to leave me, and when I get angry, I get mean. I figured his leaving would be easier to face, if I pushed him away first. But as soon as the moving truck pulled away, I realized how foolish I’d been.
So I wrote him a poem to apologize. The poem was terrible, of course, but with it, a lifelong love affair began --- not with the boy who moved away, but with the written word. As an adult, I’d write poems about playing kickball in the parking lot of those Ensley apartment blocks, and poems about trips to see the candy lady and to the corner store.
When people ask me where in Birmingham I grew up, I sometimes say “Everywhere”. We moved around a lot and the neighborhoods of Birmingham find their way into so much of what I write.
I had to leave Birmingham to learn how to tell true stories in prose (散文). After college in Alabama and graduate school in Berkeley, California, I moved to Kentucky to be a newspaper reporter. My skill at writing personal essays landed me my own column(专栏) and the chance to be included in a collection of essays published by Seal Press.
Then I came home.
In her book Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg writes, “It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole...you must claim where you come from and look deep into it. Come to honor and embrace it, or at the least, accept it.”
Now in Birmingham, I get to share my story in local magazines and on my blog. And I build my story through every friendship formed in this city of steel, sweat, and sweet tea.
1.Ensley is the name of a_____________.
A.toy B.boy
C.place D.store
2.What does Para. 4 tell us about the author?
A.She enjoys traveling very much.
B.She prefers poetry to news reports.
C.She gave up writing poems after college.
D.She made some achievements in writing.
3.Why does the author mention Natalie Goldberg’s words?
A.To prove they had similar interests.
B.To show her love for Natalie Goldberg.
C.To explain why she returned to Birmingham.
D.To introduce Natalie Goldberg’s book to readers.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.Writing changes my life.
B.Home is where your story is.
C.Moving around makes me a poet.
D.Childhood friendship is a source of writing.
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Several years ago, we moved into the apartment where we live now. When my friends helped me move in, the downstairs neighbors began to36 about the noise. I could do37 about it. After all, noises are unavoidable(不可避免的).How can anyone move in38 .
Still39 ,the complaints continued on a daily basis—well after the first day. We walked “too loudly”down the stairs, we laughed too often, we opened and closed the door too many times…They had many40 to complain.
Nobody can stand the endless complaints and quarrels. I soon learned that they had41the last few families who lived above them by the same way. So I had the information I needed and I tried to42 every situation carefully.
I tried to walk in43 to avoid any possible noises. Whenever they called44 came to the door with a complaint, no matter how unreasonable, I simply listened. From their confused expressions, I could imagine that they had never expected to get a 45 attitude from me.
Of course, it was hard to keep calm but my sister and I46 . I told my sister that we were going to be pleasant and47 them to change their attitude to neighbors. I explained to her that they probably felt48 in their lives because they are common people. 49 , they were always looking for a 50 to show their power so that nobody could look down upon them. I continued smiling and greeting them as I saw them, much to their51 .On more than one occasion(不止一次), I ended up52 them. They thanked me before they left.
Unexpectedly, the next time I saw them, they all smiled and53 friendly. We had a short but pleasant54 . Ever since then, they’ve been very pleasant neighbors, and we’ve become good55 .
1.A. worryB. talk C. care D. complain
2.A.everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
3.A.quietly B. quickly C. suddenly D. slowly
4.A.angrier B. less C. better D. worse
5.A.purposes B. times C. reasons D. persons
6.A.come across B. driven off C. knocked into D. taken in
7.A.treat B. allow C. keep D. accept
8.A.fashion B. trouble C. doubt D. peace
9.A.but B. so C. or D. as
10.A.funny B. positive C. gentle D. satisfying
11.A.continued B. decided C. began D. stopped
12.A.order B. ask C. forbid D. encourage
13.A.stupid B. powerless C. unfortunate D. dangerous
14.A.Besides B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. However
15.A.task B. chance C. challenge D. job
16.A.surprise B. worry C. taste D. expect
17.A.frustrating B. annoying C. helping D. joining
18.A.sounded B. felt C. phoned D. looked
19.A.discussion B. quarrel C. conversation D. journey
20.A.friends B. workmates C. partners D. classmates
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It was quite dark, but I could see a man _____ on the floor ______up.
A．lies ; tied B．lying ; tied C．lying ; ties D．lie ; tied
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To our surprise, the man, who was looked down upon by others in the past, is now ________ the whole project.
A．beyond control B．in control of
C．out of control D．losing control of
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When the boys reached home, it was seven o’clock. It was dark outside 1. ____there was a light inside their home and the door was open. They could see a man inside.
“Who can it be?” said Peter, “Mother and Father 2. __________(go) out to do some shopping. They won’t be home 3.______eight o’clock.”
When the man saw Peter, he looked 4. _________ (fright). Then he smiled and said. “Come in! You don’t know me, but I’m 5. __ friend of your father’s.” The man didn’t see John.
Peter went inside and began talking to the man but John didn’t. He quickly but quietly ran off.
He soon found a policeman and brought him back to their home. The man was still there， but 6. _____he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman caught him 7. ___ the arm. Just then the boys’ parents returned.
“Is the man your friend?” The policeman asked Mr. Turner.
“No, I don’t know 8.____at all.”
Then the man 9.________(take) away by the policeman. Mr. Turner praised his sons for their courage and 10.______ (clever).
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Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.
A.who B.which C.why D.when
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When I was in junior high school, darkness began filling my mind. I don’t know the reason why it began. All I know is that I started f 1. hopeless and worthless. I hid in my room, staring out of the window, thinking about all my2.(失败). I even questioned whether being3. (活着) was worthwhile. My dark mood wasn’t constant. It would fade at t 4., but it always returned.
It was my parents and my friends that helped me ge5. the dark mood. At the beginning when I was depressed, I was6.(尴尬) to tell anyone. I didn’t want to seem weak or needy. But later I found that when I told my friends my feelings, they never laughed at me. On the7., they supported and encouraged me. So remember: no one can face depression a 8.. If you’re depressed, find someone — a friend, parent or teacher — and tell them your feelings. Consider9. a doctor or psychologist, if it is getting worse.
In fact, t 10. depression affects many people all over the world, treatments are available and can bring hope and joy back into their life.
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