英语试卷四

英语试题四

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Last week the manager of an old jeweler’s shop received a letter marked “personal”, so of course his secretary gave it to him unopened. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. Then he opened it and a￡10 note fell out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said:

Dear sir,

In 1935 I got engaged. But unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was six months without a job and then I got work again. But of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring. The assistant brought some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girl-frie nd’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring.

My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience (良心) all these years. At the time the ring cost ￡2 so I reckon (估计) that is about ￡10 at today’s price. And I am sending you that amount.

Yours truly,

A customer

“Well, well, well,” said the manager, “life is full of surprises!”

1．The best headline for this article would be _______.

A. A Customer Pays His Bill

B. An Old Jeweler’s Shop

C. The Manager and the Letter

D. A Letter with ￡10

2．Why didn’t the secretary open the letter? Because _______.

A. he was very busy

B. it was a personal letter

C. there was a ￡10 note in it

D. the letter was unimportant

3．What happened to the writer of the letter in 1935?

A. He was engaged to a girl.

B. He was out of work for six months.

C. He lost a ring.

D. Both A and B.

4．What was true about the assistant?

A. She lost her job.

B. She was short of money.

C. She was called away while serving the customer.

D. She put one of the rings in her pocket.

B

QINGDAO—Water and power supplies have been restored in the East Chinese city of Qingdao, the site of an oil pipeline explosion on Friday, the local government said on Monday.

Crude oil began leaking(泄漏)from the pipeline at 3：00 a．m. Friday in Qingdao in Shandong province. The valves(阀门)of the Huangdao oil warehouse were shut about 15 minutes later.The oil spill(泄漏的石油)then flowed into the city's rainwater pipe network, which empties into Jiaozhou Bay. Explosions occurred at two locations around 10：30 a．m. Friday when workers were clearing the spill.

According to the local government, about 85 percent of public heating and 90 percent of the gas supply were also brought back to normal as of Monday.

Residents who have been taken to the temporary settlements are receiving bottled water and bread.

Many schools and kindergartens have reopened classes after Friday's oil pipeline explosion. No injuries and deaths of students or teachers have been reported following the explosions at an underground pipeline operated by Sinopec. The school buildings of one middle school in the district were seriously damaged during the explosions. Education authorities have arranged psychological help for students and teaching staff. All other 18 schools and kindergartens in the district reopened classes on Monday.

As of Monday noon, the death toll from the explosion had risen to 55, with 9 people still missing and 136 hospitalized. According to local police, 49 bodies have been identified so far, and 42 of them were male victims. As of Monday morning, the blood supply in Qingdao was enough for the injured after more than 950 people in the city donated more than 340,000 ml of blood in the wake of the incident.

5．The underlined word “restored” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．

A．cut B．recovered C．destroyed D．repaired

6．We can learn that by Monday noon the deaths in the explosion reached at least ________.

A．64 B．49 C．42 D．55

7．We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．everything was brought back to normal right after the explosion

B．no measures were taken to help the suffering people out of trouble

C．all the 19 schools in the district were affected by the explosion

D．no more dead body was found after Monday noon

C

Donald was shaken by thunder on the bed before he could count “one thousand one”. Then he heard the smoke alarm go off. He went downstairs quickly to investigate. When he opened the door to the basement (地下室), flames exploded out.

Donald fled (逃) back upstairs to call 911 but the phone didn’t work. When he tried to go downstairs, he was stopped by a wall of flames. He had to use a towel to cover his mouth. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by trees that Donald knew calling for help would be useless. Actually, he didn’t even try to do that.

About one mile away lived Donald’s closest neighbor, Jeremie. When he heard some sounds, Jeremie jumped out of bed, holding a phone and a flashlight, and went towards the noise. He dialed 911 the instant he saw the flames. When he came close to the house, Jeremie knew he’d better wait until rescuers came. But he didn’t want Donald to die in the fire.

Without hesitation (犹豫), he rushed into the house. He shouted, “Donald, where are you?” Then he had to run outside to catch his breath. After one more attempt (尝试), he gave up and circled around back. He saw Donald on the second-floor balcony, but there was no way to get to him. Suddenly, he noticed a ladder. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Donald down just when the second floor fell down.

Within the year, Donald built a new two-story wood house at the site of the fire. Jeremie and Donald don’t run into each other regularly, but Donald knows that if he ever needs help, Jeremie will be there.

8．What was Donald doing when he heard thunder?

A. He was going to sleep on the bed.

B. He was ready to count numbers.

C. He was going downstairs.

D. He was in the basement.

9．Donald didn’t call for help mainly because.

A. his mobile didn’t work.

B. he could put out the fire himself.

C. his house was far from the main road.

D. the flames made him too weak to shout.

10．From the text, we can infer that.

A. it was the firemen who saved Donald that night

B. Jeremie helped Donald build a new wood house

C. Donald had fallen off the second floor before Jeremie found him

D. whatever difficulties Donald meets, Jeremie will help him

D

Now I’d like to talk to you a bout your final exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of the exam week. Remember to bring two or three pens in case you run out of ink. And unlike the midterm exam, this test will not include multiple --- choice questions; it will consist entirely of essays(文章). You’ll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive (全面的), which means you’ll be responsible for all of the subject matters we covered in class this term, I would suggest you review your midterm exam as well as textbooks and your class notes. The final exam will count as 50 percent of your grade of the course. The research project (项目) will count as 20 percent and the midterm exam 30 percent. I’ll be in my office almost all day next Tuesday. If yo u run into any problems, please drop in. Good luck to you and I’ll see you on Tuesday.