英语专项练习2

英语专项练习2

Long ago in a small town, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.

When he arrived, he bounced(跳) happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1,000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1,000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the house, he thought to himself, “ This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit often.”

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1,000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1,000 little dogs growling back at him. As he lef t, he thought to himself, “This is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again.”All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see on the faces of the people you meet?

65. Why did the first dog like the house?

A. Because there were 1,000 mirrors in the house.

B. Because he thought he could keep himself warm in the house.

C. Because he liked everything presented to him.

D. Because he felt he was welcome here.

66. The underlined word “ growl” probably means ______.

A. make an unfriendly noise

B. smile

C. say hello

D. stare

67. The passage tells us ________.

A. we must look at ourselves in a mirror as often as possible

B. we must look at ourselves in a mirror like the first little dog

C. We can see ourselves in the faces of the people we meet

D. we are treated in the same way as other people

68. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

A. A Small happy Little Dog

B. The House of 1,000 Mirrors

C. The Wonderful Place and the Horrible Place.

D. Two Little Dogs

C

“Keep your eyes on the ball.” That is good advice when you are on the playing field, and good advice for everyday life. “Keep your mind on what’s important,” is the way I’d put it. But people are funny. They think too much about the details.

I had a secretary once. She was very hardworking. I ran a school and people used to call up to enroll for courses. Berry used to get angry at the phone. “If they keep on ringing, I’ll never get my t yping done!” she’d shout.

People just don’t see the big picture. One evening, after leaving work, I was sitting next to a man on the train. I was feeling tired. My eyes fell on the paper he had spread out in front of him. You know how you feel to read over someone’s shoulder?

I read the page and leaned back. I guessed I was waiting for him to turn it. After a while, I realized—he wasn’t turning the page. He just kept on reading.

Now if you knew the page he was reading, you’d know that there weren’t many wor ds on the page to read anyway. The layout was mostly pictures. So I turned to the man and said,” You know,