A man in a very splendid restaurant started to take off his jacket. Seeing this, the head waiter dashed to his table and said, “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, for it is not good manners to do it in such a smart restaurant.”
“Now listen”, said the man, “I’ll let you know that the Queen of England gave me permission to remove my jacket here.”
“The Queen of England?” said the waiter in great surprise.
“Sure,” replied the man, “When I was in England last month, a friend of mine who had a very important position in high society took me to see the Queen. It was rather hot, so I started taking my coat off. The Queen looked over and said, “You may do that in the United States, but you may not do it here.” So I got the Queen’s permission, right?”
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5. From the story, you can see the man was _______.
A. humorous and careless
B. such a man as used to make trouble
C. always ready to do what the Queen told him to
D. one who didn’t have good understanding
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Mr. Gray traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of various kinds to farmers, which he thought not really a very 1 job , but Mr. Gray had always been interested in 2 , and he was quite satisfied with his life.
He had a big 3 , and usually enjoyed driving it long distances , but he was also quite 4 to go by train sometimes too especially when the weather was 5 . He was a little frightened of driving in the rain or snow , and it was 6 tiring to sit comfortably in a train and look out of the windows without being worried about how one was going to get to the next place.
One of Mr. Gray's 7 was often where to stay when he reached some small 8 in the country. He did not expect 9 and wonderful food, but he found it annoying (恼火的) when he was given a cool room , and when there was no hot water 10 good food after a long and tiring day.
Late one winter evening , Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The journey by train that 11 had not been at all interesting , and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and 12 . He was looking forward to a 13 but satisfying meal by a brightly burning 14 , and then a hot bath and a comfortable bed.
While he was walking to the taxi stand , he said to a local man who was also 15 there,“As this is my 16 visit to this part of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to find out about hotels before I 17 home, I would very much like to know how many you have here.”
The local man answered,“We have two.”
“And which of the two would you 18 me to go to?” Mr. Gray asked then.
The local man scratched(搔) his 19 for a few moments and then answered, “Well, it's like this, 20 one you go to, you'll be sorry you didn't go to the other.”
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It was a freezing day, when I picked up a wallet in the street. There was nothing 1 but a letter that was 2 Hellen. On the torn 3 I found the return address, so I called information. The operator asked me to 4 on , and she came back on the 5 soon , she told me that Hellen's family had 6 their house years ago. Hellen had to 7 her mother in a nursing home.
I called and found out that Hellen's mother had 8 . The woman who answered 9 that Hellen herself was 10 living here.
The director waited for me at the 11 of the nursing home. I went up to the third floor. Hellen was an old woman with a warm smile and 12 eyes. I told her about finding the wallet and showed her the letter. She took a deep 13 “Young man ,” she said , “this was the 14 letter I had written to Mike
60 years ago. I loved him very much. I guess no one ever 15 up to him. I still think of him….”
I thanked Hellen and came back to the director. His secretary looked at the wallet 16 and said, “Hey, that's Mr. Goldstein's. He's always losing it. He's 17 here on the 8th floor. That's his wallet, for 18 .”
We hurried to him and asked 19 he had lost his wallet. Mike felt his back pocket and then said “Goodness, it's missing.”
When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, he grew 20 “When the letter came ,” he said , “my life ended. I never married.”
We took him to Hellen's room. They stood , looked at each other for a minute and embraced (拥抱).
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We know the kiss as a form of expressing affection. But long before it became 1 , it was customary in many countries to use it as a( n) 2 of respect. Some native Africans 3 the ground over which a chief has walked. Kissing the hand and foot has been a mark of respect from the 4 times.
The early Romans kissed the mouth or eyes 5 a form of dignified greeting. One Ro man emperor allowed his important nobles to kiss his lips, but the 6 important ones had to kiss his hands, and the 7 important ones were 8 allowed to kiss his feet!
Most likely the kiss as a form of affection can be traced back to primitive times when a mother 9 fondle her child, just as a mother 10 today. It only remained for society to 11 this as a custom for expressing affection between adults.
We have evidence that this was already the 12 by the time of the sixth century, but we can only assume (to think that something is true) it was 13 long before that. The first 14 where the kiss became accepted in courtship (求婚)was in France. The kiss spread rapidly all over Europe. Russia, which loved to 15 the customs of France, soon adopted it. A kiss from the Tsar became 16 of the highest forms of recognition from the 17 .
In time, the kiss became a part of courtship. 18 marriage customs developed, the kiss became a part of the wedding ceremony. Today, we regard it as an expression of love and tenderness. 19 there are still 20 of formal ceremonies and is intended to convey respect.
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科目:高中英语 来源:启东中学作业本 高一英语(下) 题型:054
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No man can change the weather. Nobody can control the weather. But if we 1 correctly the signs around us we can 2 what the more changes in the weather will be. This way of telling what the weather will be like the following day or two is called weather forecasting. For many centuries and in all countries people have 3 the weather and tried to 4 weather forecasting.
Sometimes 5 objects such as hills and tall trees seem to be very clear and near. This is a 6 of much water vapor in the 7 and therefore rain will probably come.
Rings round the sun are a sign of coming rain. Many people feel in their 8 the coming of wet weather. Their joints (关节) ache. Some birds fly 9 as fine weather is coming but they fly near the ground if 10 or stormy weather is 11 the way. It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting 12 they fly 13 .
If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. Such 14 always come in the evening. If the stars 15 clearly at night, then fair weather will 16 . If a fog appears in the morning just about sunrise, then the day will be warm. Instead, if a fog appears in the evening the next day will bring wet 17 .
If the sunset is mostly red in 18 , then the following day will be fine. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come. Most of the 19 sayings have been made by people who have used their 20 and brains to make weather forecasting.
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科目:高中英语 来源:学习·探究·诊断 高二英语(下) 题型:054
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Everyone will laugh at you if you don't know about Pele, the most famous football player in Brazil. Because of his great devotion to the 1 of football, he is always 2 as the “King” by football fans worldwide.
Pele 3 his genius for football in his 4 . When he was thirteen, 5 perfect skills he 6 Santos, a very important football 7 in Brazil.
In 1958, Pele was 8 to play for Brazil in the Sixth World Cup Competition. 9 he was sixteen, he was the best player 10 the field. 11 to Pele, Brazil 12 the world championship for the first 13 .
Pele played for Brazil in the World Cup Competitions from 1958 to 1970.
In one famous match, the fans were 14 the exciting 15 when Pele would score his thousandth goal when the refree(裁判) gave Santons a penalty(点球) 16 . Pele walked up to 17 it. The opposing goalkeeper had no 18 with the hard and accurate 19 . Pele had scored his thousandth goal! The crowds cheered, “Pele, Pele…” That is a record which is as valuable in sports as a thousand goals.
Pele was always 20 to the spirit of the sport as a professional player. He always played a fair game and behaved modestly with a cheerful smile.
He is held in high respect, and now he is the Minister of Physical Education in Brazil.
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