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1、精品学习资源妙语短篇 C1 首字母填词测试题1. James had a terrible toothache. It kept him awake all night. His cheek was swollen and it was difficultfor himto eat or drink.Anythingvery hotor cold made the toothache w. If James ate anything sweet the pain was u.James did not want to take time off from work, so he tried t
2、o bear the pain.He took a pain-killer every hour.However, the tooth hso much when he tried to eat his lunch that he knew he had to go to the de dentist.He asked his bossfor time o. His boss could see that James was ingreat pain, and told him to take the rest of the day off.The dentist agreed to see
3、James immediately.Open your mouth, he said,and let s have a look. James opened his mouth.Which tooth is giving trouble.the dentist asked next. James tthe tooth with his finger.The dentist x-rayed the tooth, then he put the x-ray aa bright light.Oh, yes. He saidI can see the problem. There is a cavit
4、y in the tooth. Im afraid the his too big to fill. I must take the tooth out. That s all rightJames saidJust stop the pain. The dentistgave Jamesan iand quickly pulled out the tooth. He dit into the garbage can.欢迎下载精品学习资源Don t throw it away. James saidLet me have it please. Why do you want your old
5、tooth.the dentist asked.I m goingto takeit home,put it in a bowl of hot honeyandwatchit s.2. The Gordon family was spending a day on the beach.Mr. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines.Mr. Gordonwas too sto rent a chair.Their twelve-yearold daughter, Sandra was playing at
6、 the waters e .Suddenly a huge wave lSandra up and carried her out to sea.Fortunately,a lifeguardwas on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away.He ran along the beach and dinto the sea. He swam quickly to wherethe girl, with her honly just above the water, was shouting for help.She was very frigh
7、tened. When the lifeguard reached her she struggled with him , as dpeople often do.However, he knew what to do and soon took hof her and swam with her back to the beach.By the time he reachedit, Mr. and Mrs. Gordonhad realizedwhat had happened. They had run down to the waters edge.欢迎下载精品学习资源Neither
8、of them could swim. They just stood in the swater, and worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time.Fortunately, he had.“That was quick work, young man,”Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife.“Give the lifeguard a dollar.”“A dollar. ”Sandra cried.“Dad, how can you give him a d
9、ollar.He saved my life. I was half dead.”“Quite right, girl,”Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughters a ofthe value of money.He turned to his wife again and said,”She s right. She was only half dead.Give him fifty c.3. Kathy was a universitystudent.Like most studentsshe had very little money, but s
10、he wanted to buy a car.“If I can buy one really cheap that w ,”she thought,“I will save moneyon bus f . Then I ll have more to speed on food.”She spent a day lat cars in the second-hand car yards. Most of them were mtoo expensive, but at last she found one for $250.The car was rand the paint was bda
11、maged, but it worked.“It s got a good engine, ”the salesman said,“and the gear box is o.k. Forget欢迎下载精品学习资源everything else. ”Kathy bought the car and drove it out of the car yard. Everything was wrong with it expect for the engine and gear box, which worked very well.“Aslongastheywork, ” Kathythough
12、t,“nothingelsem . The salesman was right. ”Unfortunately,a few days later, while she was driving to her university,a police car drove up beside her and made her stop. A young policeman got outof his car and walked a Kathys car. He looked at it d .He made a list of the things wrong with the car. It w
13、as a very long list . Then he looked inside the car.“Does your speedometer work.”he asked. Kathy shook her head.“It is againstthelaw,miss, ”hesaid,“not to knowhowfastyouare travelling. ”Kathy smiled at him s.“Oh, but I do know how fast I am travelling,”she said.“Up to 30 miles an hour, the doors rat
14、tle. Between 31 and 50 miles an hour, the whole car rattles.Over 50 miles an hour, I rattle.”4. When someone who is in good health dies suddenly, there is usually an欢迎下载精品学习资源inquest.An inquest is a kind of court of inquiry. The person in charge of an inquest is called a coroner. His job is to find
15、out exactly how a person died.If there is nothing suspicious about the death ,he will decide that the person died from ncauses or an accident. If however, he is s,he may decide that the persons death was caused by a person or persons unknown.At one inquest.the coroner was trying to find out exactly
16、what had causedthe death of a local businessman, Henry Wang.The man s widow was giving her e . She was very upset and had to stop from time to time.The coroner did not want to upset her more than necessary, but he had to find out the truth. There were questions he had to ask her.“Mrs.Wang, I know th
17、is is p for you.”he said. “but I want you to thinkvery carefullyand then answer my questions.You and your husbandwere having dinner at home. Is that correct.”“Yes. ”“Suddenly he f to the floor.” “Yes. ”“You stood up and h to him. You knelt beside him. He was in great pain.”“Yes. ”“Did he say anythin
18、g.”欢迎下载精品学习资源The widow lher head.“Please,Mrs. Wang,you must answerthe question.What were his last w.”The widow took a deep breath and then spoke.“He said, ”she w ,“Im not surprised you were c only 50 cents for that seafood we had for dinner. ”5. It was a dark and windy night. The wind howled and the
19、 rain bdown.Harry and his wife were in bed. Although Harry slept the storm, his wife woke up. She lay in bed, uto sleep, listening to the noise of the storm.Suddenly she heard a different noise. It sounded like someone ton the window.She was very frightened. She woke her husband up.“Harry, ”she whis
20、pered, ”there s someone outside, Listen.”“It s nothing, ”he said, ”justa b of a treetappingagainstthe window in the wind. Go back to sleep.”He turned over and went back to sleep.The tapping continued. It got louder and louder, then the window began to rattle.欢迎下载精品学习资源Harry swife woke him up again.“
21、Harry, it isn tj the wind. There s somebody there. I know there is.Get up and look. ”Harry got out of bed and walked across the room to the window. He p the curtain a little and looked out. He saw a man standing on a loutside the window.He smiled at the man and then went back to bed.“Well. ”his wife
22、 asked,“Was there anyone there.” “Yes, ”Harry said.“There s a b trying to get in .” “Then do something.”his wife cried.“Phone the police. ”“Not yet, ”Harry said.“Wait until he opens the window. Ive been trying to get it open since we had the house plast year.”6.Sarah Williamswent to a boardingschool
23、 .Hereis one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.Wentworth Girl s SchoolBeachside July 25thDearest Mom and Dad,Im afraid I have some very bad news for you .I have been very n and欢迎下载精品学习资源the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and
24、take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is against the r, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.As I was smoking, I heard fcoming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me s
25、moking, so I threw the cigarette away.Unfortunately,the cigarettefintothewaste-paperbasket,whichcfire.There was a curtain near the waste-paperbasket which caughtfire, too.Soon the whole room was b.The principal phoned the fire department. The school was a long way from the town and by the time the f
26、ire department arrived, the whole school was in f. Many of the girls are in the hospital.The principal says that the fire was all my fand you must pay for d. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.Im very sorry about this.Much love.SarahPS. Nof the above is true, but I have my exams. I
27、 just want you to know how bad things could have been.欢迎下载精品学习资源7. Ellen Parkerwas worriedabout her health.She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of b.“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought. She went to the doctor and told him h
28、er problem.“ I m not at all surprised.”“Ithessoaid.what your problem is. ”He eher and then gave her some advice.“Ifyou don t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said,“then you will have a heart a. It could kill you.”Ellen was very worried as she left the d.She knew that she had to take his advice but th
29、at it would not be easy and that it would take time.The next day she went shopping.The first shopshe went into was a bshop.“Id like ten pounds of steak, please,” she said.“Certainly,madam, ”the butcherreplie d and wentinto the cold s room and found a large piece of steak.He brought the huge piece of
30、 meat back into the shop and placed it on the s.欢迎下载精品学习资源“That s just under ten pounds,” he said.“That s big enough,” MrsP. arker said.The butcher worked out the price.“At $4.99 a pound that will be $45.50 please. Shall I cut it up into smaller pieces for you.”“Oh, I don t want to buy the meat, Mrs
31、. p”arker said.“ If you don t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily,“ why did you a me to get it for you.”“My doctor told me that I am o and must lose 10 pounds. I wanted to see what 10 pounds of flooked like.”8. “We should do something nice for the old people of our town,” the teacher said t
32、o her class one day .“ What could we do.”“Can we give them a picnic.” one of the children asked.“We can send outiand bring cakes and sausages and all kinds of good things to eat.” “ That s a very good idea,” the teache“rWseaid.ll ask all the oldpeople to apby the river.”The children worked hard grea
33、dy for the picnic. Their parents made cakes and pies or gave money, and the children wrote invitation cards to the old people. Then they took the cards to the old phomes.欢迎下载精品学习资源On the morning of the picnic the sky was blue and the sun was s. The children were all looking fto giving the old people
34、 a happy day.Then one of the children said.“Oh. We forgot to inviteMrs. Waller. ”They did not like Mrs. Waller. She looked like a w.“We must invite her now then,” the teacher said. “She will be h and angry if we don t ask her.”She looked around the class and then pointed at one of the boys.“Tom, tak
35、e an invitation card to her house. Afor being late. Don t tell her we forgot her.”Tom did not want to go to Mrs.Waller s house, but he was a brave boy, and said,“All right, Miss Lee. ”He went to the old woman s hsoeuand knocked on the door, Mrs. Walleropened it. She looked very angry.“Well,” she sai
36、d“w, hat is it . What do you want.”Tom gave her the invitation card and said,“ I m sorry we did not ask you before, but plea se come to our picnic. It s a beautiful day.”Mrs. Waller knew that the children thought she was a witch. She guessed that they had forgotten her.“You re too late,” the woman“s
37、Itaid.s a beautiful day now, but I ve already afor rain this afterno on. ”欢迎下载精品学习资源9. Three men travelingon a train began a conversationabout the world s greatest wonders “In my opinion,”the first man said,“the E pyramids are the worlds greatestwonder. Althoughthey were builtthousandsof years ago,t
38、hey are stills. Andremember:the peoplewhobuiltthemhadonlysimplet. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and e have today. ”“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,”the second man said, “but I do not think they are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderfult
39、hanthepyramids.Theyhavetakenpeopleto the moonandbroughtthembacks.Inseconds,theycarryoutmathematical calculations in sthat would take a person a hundred years to do”He t to the third man and asked,“What do you think is the greatestwonder in the world. ”The third man thought for a long time, and then
40、he said,“Well, I agree that thepyramidsarewonderful,andI agreethatcomputersarewonderful, tooHowever,in my opinion,the most wonderfulthing in the world is this t”And he took a thermos out of his bag and hit upThe other two men were very surprised.“A thermos. ”they exclaimed,“But that s a simple thing
41、 ”欢迎下载精品学习资源“Oh, no, it s not, ”the third man said.“In the winter you put in a hot drink and it shot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. Howdoes the thermos know whether it is winter or summer.”10. Wally worked in a shop that sold clocks. One day his next door n, Harry, came in
42、to his shop. Harry was very stingy. His smade Wally very angry. Wally said to him,“When are you going to buy a clock.”“Never, ”Harry said, “I don t need a clock. ”“Everyone needs a clock,”Wally said, “How do you know when it is time to get up. ”The man who lives on the other side of me turns on his
43、radio at seven oclock for the news.”Harry said. “I hear the a say, The time is seven oclock. Here is the news.”“OK. But how do you know when to go to work.”Wally wanted to know.“By the time I get out of bed, wash and s , its half past seven, ”Harry said. “By the time I ve eaten my breakfast of toast
44、, jam and coffee, its eight o clock, time to l for the office. By the time I get to the bus stop, its tenpast eight. The busain a few minutes and by the time it gets to mystop, the time is half past eight. Thats the time I start work. ”“OK. But how do you know when its time to go home.”Wally said, g
45、 欢迎下载精品学习资源angry.“The factory siren r , ”Harry told him.“How do you know when its time to go to bed. ” “The Television programs come to an e .”By now Wally was really angry.“OK. ”He shouted. “Now tell me what wouldhappen if you wup in the middle of night and wanted to know the time.” “That s easy, ”Harry said. “Ive got a hammer. ”“A hammer. What good is a hammer when you want to know the time.”“Id use it to knock onyour wall.You d shout at me, What areyou doing knockin