We left the small town, ______ clearly_____ no need to stay.
A.there; being B.it; was C.it; being; D.there;was
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We left the small town, ______ clearly_____ no need to stay.
A. there; being B. it; was
C. it; being; D. there;was
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We left the small town, ______ clearly_____ no need to stay.
A.there; being B.it; was C.it; being; D.there;was
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We left the small town, _________clearly _________no need to stay.
A.it; was B.it; being C.there; was D.there; being
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When I left home for college, I sought to escape the limited world of farmers, small towns, and country life. I long for the excitement of the city, for the fast pace that rural life lacked, for adventure beyond the horizon. I dreamed of exploring the city, living within a new culture and landscape, and becoming part of the pulse of an urban jungle.
Yet some of my best times were driving home, leaving the city behind and slipping back into the valley. As city life disappeared and traffic thinned, I could see the faces of the other drivers relax. Then, around a bend in the highway, the grassland of the valley would come into being, offering a view of gentle rolling hills. The land seemed permanent. I felt as if I had stepped back in time.
I took comfort in the stability of the valley. Driving through small farm communities, I imagined the founding families still rooted in their grand homes, generations working the same lands, neighbors remaining neighbors for generations. I allowed familiar farmhouse landmarks to guide me.
Close to home, I often turned off the main highway and took a different, getting familiar farms again and testing my memory. Friends lived in those houses. I had eaten meals and spent time there; I had worked on some of these farms, lending a hand during a peak harvest, helping a family friend for a day or two. The houses and lands looked the same, and I could picture the gentle faces and hear familiar voices as if little had been changed. As I eased into our driveway I’d returned to old ways, becoming a son once again, a child on the family farm. My feelings were honest and real. How I longed for a land where life stood still and my memories could be relived. When I left the farm for college, I could only return as visitor to the valley, a traveler looking for home.
Now the farm is once again my true home. I live in that farmhouse and work the permanent lands. My world may seem unchanged to casual observers, but they are wrong. I know this: if there’s a constant on these farms, it’s the constant of change.
The good observer will recognize the differences. A farmer replants an orchard (果园) with a new variety of peaches. Irrigation is added to block of old grapes, so I imagine the vineyard has a new owner. Occasionally the changes are clearly evident, like a FOR SALE sign. But I need to read the small print in order to make sure that a bank has taken possession of the farm. Most of the changes contain two stories. One is the physical change of the farm, the other involves the people on that land, the human story behind the change.
I’ve been back on the farm for a decade and still haven’t heard all the stories behind the changes around me. But once I add my stories to the landscape, I can call this place my home, a home that continues to evolve and changes as I add more and more of my stories.
A poet returns to the valley and says, “Little has changed in the valley, and how closed–minded you all are!” He comments about the lack of interest in sports, social and environmental issues in the poverty and inequality of our life. He was born and raised here, so he might have the right to criticize and lecture us. Yet he speaks for many who think they know the valley. How differently would others think of us if they knew the stories of a grape harvest in a wet year or a peach without a home?
1.The most important reason why the writer wanted to move to the city is that_________.
A. he did not want to work on the farm
B. he wanted to make new friends
C. he was eager for a different life there
D. there were more things to do there
2.What made the writer relax as he drove from the city to the country?
A. He could see for miles and miles.
B. The traffic moved more slowly.
C. The people he passed seemed to be calmer.
D. The land seemed familiar to him.
3.When driving through the valley the writer was guided home by________ .
A. familiar farmhouses which left him a good memory
B. houses that had sheltered generations of the same family
C. land that had been worked by a family for generations
D. large farms which stretched out right before him.
4.When he was in college, why was the writer sad when he returned to his family home?
A. He remembered how hard he used to work.
B. He realized that he was only a visitor.
C. He recognized the old housed and land.
D. He remembered his next door neighbors.
5.Which of the following most likely indicates that there is a sad human story behind a physical change on the farm?
A. A new variety of peach is being planted.
B. Irrigation is being added to a grape operation.
C. A piece of land is being sold by a bank.
D. A farm is being sold to a large corporation.
6.The fact that most upsets the writer with the poet is that________.
A. the poet prefers to live in the urban area
B. the poet thinks that the folk people are backward
C. the poet says that little has changed in the valley
D. the poet’s criticism and comments are not objective
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The manager, ____ it clear to us that we should stick to the plan, left the meeting room.
A. who has made B. having made
C. made D. making
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It isn’t clear_____ is to blame.We need to find a solution to the problem first.
A.who is it that | B.who it is that | C.it is who that | D.that who it is |
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We were standing at the top of a tower. My father had______ me to this spot in a small town not far from our home.1 wondered______.
“Look down, Elsa," Father said. I gathered all my_____and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross of twisting, turning streets leading to the ____.
“See, my dear." Father said gently." There is more than one way to a square .Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go ____ 0ne road, try another."
Now I understood why l was there. Earlier that day I had ______my mother to do something about the awful school lunches. But she ______because she could not believe the lunches were as ____as I said.
When I turned to Father, he would not help. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a_____—the value of the open, searching mind. By the time, we reached home. I had a_____.
At school the next day,1______poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I talked the cook into serving it to Mother at dinner. Everything went on smoothly. She swallowed one ______and spat it out.Quickly I t01d her what I had done,and Mother stated__that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!
In the years that followed I often remembered what Father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago.1 was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. But just 13 days before presentation the sewing girls all stopped working.1 was as______as my models.” Well never make it.” one of them cried.
Accept the failure? __use wisdom to find another mad to my goa17 Then a great idea flashed through my mind———why not _______ the clothes unfinished?
And-exactly 13 days later, our showing turned out to be so______that it was a great success. Our different showing caught the_____ of the public, and orders for the clothes ____ in. Father's wise words had______me once again,” There is always more than one way to thesquare.
1.A. sent B. brought C. directed D. welcomed
2.A. who B. how C. what D. why
3.A. thoughts B. strength C. courage D. spirits
4.A. square B. tower C. town D. village
5.A. in B. on C. by D. across
6.A. persuaded B. begged C. encouraged D. ordered
7.A. failed B. agreed C. promised D. refused
8.A. bad B. expensive C. delicious D. hot
9.A. 1esson B. chance C. shock D. ride
10.A. goal B. result C. plan D. choice
11.A. skillfuUy B. actively C. carelessly D. secretly
12.A. cupful B. spoonful C. handful D. bagful
13.A. thoughtfully B. simply C. firmly D. repeatedly
14.A. positive B. cheerful C. calm D. hopeless
15.A. Or B. And C. But D. So
16.A. show B. buy C. change D. sell
17.A. famous B. poor C. unusual D. ordinary
18.A. notice B. attention C. desire D. impression
19.A. turned B. handed C. stepped D. poured
20.A. suggested B. guided C. corrected D. defeated
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There is no night-flight to the small town. The service was ________ at the end of the summer.
A.turned over | B.turned off | C.taken out | D.taken off |
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No sooner ______ the room than we realized we to take our books.
A.had we left ; forget B.we had left ; forget
C. we had left ; forgot D. had we left;forgot
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When we got to the cinema, there were no tickets left. We should have booked .
A. in the end B. in advance
C. before long D. long before
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