第1题
It was Christmas Eve when I arrived, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, shining against the green of a pine.
"Where did it come from?" I asked.
"I asked the gate boy to cut it," my mother said, "I wouldn't have one just for myself, but when called—oh, such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon." Krysal Star was in its place. A few green branches reached about a little disorderly at the side, 1 thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.
"It's not like the one you used to find," my mother went on, "Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the gate boy didn't know where to look. But I couldn't be critical."
"Don't worry," I told him, "It's perfect."
It wasn't of course, but at the moment I realized for the first time: all Christmas tree are perfect.
From the passage we can infer that ______.
A.the writer spent his first Christmas during the war
B.all the soldiers did not go home for Christmas during the war
C.all the soldiers had three-day passes
D.the writer did not want to go home for Christmas at first
第2题
第二节 完型填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Peter joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught【16】be a good soldier. He did quite well【17】everything except【18】. One day he and his friends were practising their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well【19】Peter. After he had shot【20】the target (靶子) nine times and had nut lilt it once, the officer who was trying【21】the young soldiers to shoot said, "You're quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet (子弹). Go behind that wall and shoot yourself【22】it."
Peter felt ashamed. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds【23】the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.
"Heavens!" the officer said. "Has that silly man really shot【24】?"
He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all-right. "I'm sorry, sir," he said, "but I【25】again."
(16)
A.who to
B.how to
C.what to
第3题
D
When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day passes posted.l was one of the lucky soldiers. It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see be- yond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, and ornaments(装饰物) shining against the green of a pine. "Where did it come from?" I asked.
"I asked the Gates boy to cut it," my mother said. "I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but when called-oh, such a rush ! He just brought it in this afternoon... " The pine reached to the
proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Krystal Star was in its place. A few green
branches reached about a little awkwardly(不够美观地) at the side, I thought,and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas. "It's not like the ones you used to find," my mother went on. "Yours were always in good shape,l suppose the Gates boy didn't know where to look. But I couldn't be fussy(挑剔的) . "
"Don't worry," I told her. "It's perfect. " It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I realized
something for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect.
69. From the passage, we can infer that_________
[A] the writer spent his first Christmas during the war
[B] soldiers did not all go home for Christmas during the war
[C] all the soldiers had three-day passes
[D] the writer could not go home for Christmas
第5题
Pakistani authorities closes the NATO supply lines because______.
A.24 Pakistani soldiers were killed by the Taliban
B.24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an airstrike
C.24 American soldiers killed Pakistani soldiers
D.24 American soldiers were killed in an airstrike
第6题
The Cherokee Nation
Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.
After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible -there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.
In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?
The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had been died. It was indeed a march of death.
The Cherokee Nation used to live ______.
A.on the American continent
B.in the southeastern part of the US
C.beyond the Mississippi River
D.in the western territory
第8题
The Cherokee Nation
Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees(切罗基族人) lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.
After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible — there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet(字母表) proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.
In 1830, the U. S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?
The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint(枪口) into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted (筋疲力尽的)by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.
The Cherokee Nation used to live
A.on the American continent.
B.in the southeastern part of the US.
C.beyond the Mississippi River.
D.in the western territory.
第9题
A.resembled
B.charged
C.abolished
D.occupied
第10题
When soldiers were attacking the presidential offices, ______ was in process.
A.a coup attempt
B.a military meeting
C.a heavy fire
D.a cabinet meeting