Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends.
As she was thinking all about this, she suddenly heard the airline employee asking her to pick up her luggage and put it on the scales (称).
Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy and she just couldn't lift it up. The man behind her got very impatient. He, too, was waiting to check in his luggage.
"What's wrong with this girl?" He said, "Why doesn't she hurry up?" He moved forward and placed his bag on the counter, hoping to check in first.
He was in a hurry to get a good seat.Maria was very angry, but she was very polite. And in her best English she said, "Why are you so upset? There are enough seats for everyone on the plane. If you are in such a hurry, why can't you give me a hand with my luggage?"
The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English. He quickly picked up her luggage and stepped back. Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.
1. Maria's story happened on her way back to Santo Domingo.
A: T B: F
2. You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to check people's luggage at the airport.
A: T B: F
3. "Why are you so upset?" Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that he should not be unhappy and worried.
A: T B: F
4. "Everyone was looking at him with disapproval."This sentence means that the people around felt sorry for Maria's manners.
A: T B: F
5. The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to show that she was young but behaved properly.
A: T B: F
The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds.
“Why are you sad?” asked the ant.
“I'm the prisoner of a giant.”the girl told the ant.“He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley(大麦)and rye(黑麦)out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together.”
“That will take you a month!” the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds.
“I know,”the girl cried, “and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!”
“Don't cry,”the ant said, “my friends and I will help you.”
Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds.
The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go.
Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life.
6.The ant was playing when it ran here and there.()
A.T
B.F
7.The drop of water fell on the ant when it was nearly dying.()
A.T
B.F
8.The young girl was crying because she wanted to have supper.()
A.T
B.F
9.The giant would eat the girl if she failed to do the work.()
A.T
B.F
10.The ant's friends saved the girl's life.()
A.T
B.F
Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and tedious training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his big car. He told the chauffeur to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took t he producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the studio the next day. The test was successful. They gave her elocution lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. Of course, she was given a more dramatic name, which is now world-famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!
1).Why is an assistant stage manager's job difficult?()
A、Because he has to do everything.
B、Because he has to work long hours every day.
C、Because he will not be happy.
D、Because he has to wait for another chance.
2).Usually only students who ()are accepted.
A、have received good education
B、are hard-working
C、are talented and promising
D、are good-mannered
3).The reason why young people should be discouraged from becoming actors is that ().
A、actors are very determined people
B、the course at the drama school lasts two years
C、acting is very hard work
D、there are already too many actors
4)."Then she got angry and said she would call the police". This sentence shows that ().
A、She totally disbelieved the proposal
B、The man acted with an ill purpose
C、The man forced her into his big car
D、She was a nervous woman
5).The phrase "once in a blue moon" refers to().
A、once in a full moon
B、once for a while
C、once for a long time
D、once and for all
_ of her smile. When you're not looking at her, she seems to be smiling; when you look at her, she stops.
A、barrier
B、misfortune
C、prospect
D、mystery
The reason why I plan to go is______if I don't .
A.because she will disappoint
B.because she will have been disappointed
C.that she will be disappointed
D.for she will be disappointed
--- Hi. Uh, I have this cassette player here that I bought about six months ago. It just ruined four of my favorite tapes.
A、What are you looking for?
B、What do you want to buy?
C、What can I do for you?
D、Why do you come here again?
A.Because she is very rich
B.Because she is arranged to marry Cal
C.Because she is from loyal family
D.Because of the “women and children first” policy
A.why
B.whethr
C.that
A.To show she was sorry for what she had done
B.Because she was afraid of being arrested
C.To show she didn’t steal anything
D.Because she didn’t want the things she had picked up