He was too excited ().
A、speak
B、to speak
C、not to speak
D、speaking
A、speak
B、to speak
C、not to speak
D、speaking
A.I am too excited to say a word
B.Why is he so happy today
C.How are you
D.Did something bad happen
In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband.She wanted to dress up as a ghost (鬼,鬼魂) and as she had made her costume (化妆舞会上的化装服) the night before,she was impatient to try it on.Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was really splendid.After putting it on,she went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear. ,
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door.She knew it must be the baker (面包师).She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table.Not wanting to frighten the poor man,she quickly hid in the small store-room under the stair.She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall.Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man.Mrs. Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter (水表读数).She tried to explain the situation,saying “It’s only me.” But it was too late,the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.When Mrs. Richards walked towards him,he fled, closing the door heavily behind him.
(1).The reason for Mrs. Richards’ excitement that day was that().
A、 she had sent her children to school
B、 she was to attend an evening party
C、 she wouldn’t do any housework that morning
D、 she had made a special costume the night before
(2). Mrs. Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to().
A、 make sure that the costume fitted her well
B、 frighten the person who was knocking on the door
C、 find out if she had finished the costume
D、 receive the bread and do some cooking
(3).The man who was knocking at the door was ().
A、a baker
B、a thief
C、her husba
D、an electricity man
(4).What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?()
A、He entered just as Mrs. Richards had told him to.
B、He did not do anything as Mrs. Richards had expected him to.
C、He stepped directly towards the store-room.
D、He went straight in so as to find Mrs. Richards
(5).The man _________and that made him cry out and run away.()
A、 thought he must have met a ghost
B、 recognized Mrs. Richards
C、 found out Mrs. Richards was walking towards him
D、 thought that Mrs. Richards must have recognized him
Young Albert was a quiet boy. "Perhaps too quiet", thought Hermann and Pauline Einstein. He spoke hardly at all until age 3- They might have thought him slow, but there was something else evident. When he did speak, he'd say the most unusual things. At age 2, Pauline promised him a surprise. Albert was excited, thinking she was bringing him some new fascinating toy. But when his mother presented him with his new baby sister Maja, all Albert could do was stare with questioning eyes. Finally he responded, "where are the wheels?"
When Albert was 5 years old and sick in bed, Hermann Einstein brought him a device that did stir his intellect. It was the first time he had seen a compass. He lay there shaking and twisting the odd thing, certain he could fool it into pointing off in a new direction. But try as he might, the compass needle would always find its way back to pointing in the direction of north. "A wonder," he thought. The invisible force that guided the compass needle was evidence to Albert that there was more to our world that meets the eye. There was "something behind things, something deeply hidden."
So began Albert Einstein's journey down a road of exploration that he would follow the rest of his life. "I have no special gift," he would say, "I am only passionately curious."
Albert Einstein was more than just curious though. He had the patience and determination that kept him at things longer than most others. Other children would build houses of card up to 4 stories tall before the cards would lose balance and the whole structure would come falling down. Maja watched in wonder as her brother Albert methodically built his card buildings to 14 stories. Later he would say, "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
One advantage Albert Einstein's developing mind enjoyed was the opportunity to communicate with adults in an intellectual way. His uncle, an engineer, would come to the house, and Albert would join in the discussions. His thinking was also stimulated by a medical student who came over once a week for dinner and lively chats.
At age 12, Albert Einstein came upon a set of ideas that impressed him as "holy." It was a little book on Euclidean plane geometry . The concept that one could prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious made an "indescribable impression" on the young student. He adopted mathematics as the tool he would use to pursue his curiosity and prove what he would discover about the behavior of the universe.
He was convinced that beauty lies in the simplistic. Perhaps this insight was the real power of his genius. Albert Einstein looked for the beauty of simplicity in the apparently complex nature and saw truths that escaped others. While the expression of his mathematics might be accessible to only a few sharp minds in the science, Albert could condense the essence of his thoughts so anyone could understand.
For instance, his theories of relativity revolutionized science and unseated the laws of Newton that were believed to be a complete description of nature for hundreds of years. Yet when pressed for an example that people could relate to, he came up with this: "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. THAT's relativity."
Albert Einstein's wealth of new ideas peaked while he was still a young man of 26. In 1905 he wrote 3 fundamental papers on the nature of light, a proof of atoms, the special theory of relativity and the famous equation of atomic power: E=mc2. For the next 20 years, the curiosity that was sparked by wanting to know what controlled the compass needle and his persistence to keep pushing for the simple answers led him to connect space and time and find a new state of matter.
What was his ultimate quest?
"I want to know how God created this world...I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details."
54. A.sold
B.ordered
C.bought
D.borrowed
55. A.handed
B.put
C.paid
D.borrowed
56. A.milk
B.sugar
C.vegetable
D.book
57. A.friendly
B.kind
C.open
D.strange
58. A.worried about
B.fond of
C.interested in
D.proud of
59. A.some money
B.taxes
C.a visit
D.great attention
60. A.difficult
B.good
C.bad
D.simple
61. A.excite
B.worry
C.interest
D.pay
62. A.need
B.future
C.trouble
D.fact
63. A.famous
B.ordinary
C.sick
D.honest
64. A.In fact
B.For example
C.At once
D.Long, long ago
65. A.among people
B.in passengers
C.in a queue
D.between two
66. A.to
B.in
C.on
D.at
67. A.moment
B.duty
C.turn
D.time
68. A.had remembered
B.had forgotten
C.thought of
D.lost
69. A.telephone number
B.name
C.address
D.age
70. A.turned to
B.looked at
C.listened to
D.passed on
71. A.even worse
B.more worried
C.much better
D.more excited
72. A.check-up
B.talk
C.medicine
D.time
73. A.me
B.your wife
C.patient
D.scientist
ussia?
A.He felt he was doing the right thing in line with Russian culture.
B.He felt embarrassed for having broken a Russian custom.
C.Hefelt he was making a mistake.
D.He felt excited about his romantic experience
Shortly after my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn't speak a word of English, I couldn't tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some gestures, but the waiter didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway until I came to Times Square with its movie theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I continued to walk around the city. I wanted to see everything on my first day. I knew it was impossible, but I wanted to try.
When I returned to the hotel, I was tired out, but I couldn't sleep because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens during the night. I lay awake and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings, big cars, and full of noise and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.
1. On the way to his hotel, the writer _____.
A. was silent all the time
B. kept talking to his friend
C. looked out of the window with great interest
D. showed his friend something he brought with him
2. He went to _____ to get something to eat.
A. a tea house
B. a pub
C. a café room
D. a nearby restaurant
3. He did not have what he really wanted, because _____.
A. he only made some gestures
B. he did not order at all
C. he could not make himself understood
D. the waiter was unwilling to serve
4. The waiter _____.
A. knew what he would order
B. finally understood what he said
C. took the order through his gestures
D. served the same thing the man at the next table was having
5. After dinner, he _____.
A. walked back to the hotel right away
B. had a walking tour about the city
C. went to the movies
D. did some shopping on Broadway
He is a(n) ______ and well-behaved child, but his parents worry about him for he talks too little.
A.obedient
B.transient
C.conscious
D.passionate
Even if he himself ______ tomorrow, it ______ too late to do anything.
A.will come... is
B.should come... were
C.comes... will be
D.comes... would be