Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and ______

Shortly after the accident, _____ policemen were sent to the spot to keep order.

A．score of

B．two scores

C．score

D．scores of

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Children were upstairs unpacking , and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby ,and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him .He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.
Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise. Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out of the window. Any yet… I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink ---- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.
Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.
He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.
Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. “You’ve got the winter depression again and you get them every year.” I told myself.
It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith. Once I saw him give his coat to a homeless man.
Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. And there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.
小题1:According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _________.

A．the writer was unpacking when her father was making the surprise

B．the writer knew what the surprise was because she knew her father

C．it was not the first time that the writer’s father had made a surprise

D．it kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was

小题2:Which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?

A．Spring.

B．Summer.

C．Autumn.

D．Winter.

小题3:Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

A．The writer’s father planted the crocus to lift her low spirit.

B．The crocuses bloomed each spring before the writer’s father died.

C．The writer often thought about her father since her father died.

D．The writer’s father died some years after he planted the crocus.

小题4:The writer’s father should be best described as_________.

A．a full-time gardener with skillful hands

B．a part-time jobber who loved flowers

C．a kind-hearted man who lived with faith

D．an ordinary man with doubts in his life

小题5:Crocus was viewed as the symbol of _________ by the writer.

A．faith

B．family

C．love

D．friendship

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It was shortly before midnight, and Dr Patricia was getting ready for bed. The phone rang on the end of the line was a woman about to break a promise.
The woman was her mother’s neighbor. Flora Harris had made the neighbor swear she wouldn’t tell her daughter she’d had a heart attack and was in the hospital, for fear her daughter would worry. The neighbor wisely decided to disobey orders.
Harris desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately, but she couldn’t. She lives in Washington, D. C, and her mother lives in California.
For the past year a half, Harris has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother. Flora Harris takes care of her husband, James, who’s 91 and has Alzheimer’s disease. They live in their own home, and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.
Harris is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar. She’s often worried, not to mention exrtemely busy with a demanding job, two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.
In some ways, Harris is lucky. She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles. Plus, Harris is a doctor who treats the elderly.
“But it’s still tough,” she says. “I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like, and it’s not a pretty picture. My father’s going to need diapers (尿布). There will come a time when he won’t recognize me and he’s easily excited. I worry he’s going to be violent and hurt my mother.”
So what do you do when you live a continent away from your aging, sick parents? There are no magic answers. You can hire someone to help, but you can’t oursource it completely.
小题1:Why was the woman thought to have broken a promise?

A．She failed to take care of Flora.

B．She was not supposed to call Harris at midnight.

C．She couldn’t go to hospital on time.

D．She told Harris about her mother’s illness.

小题2:What can we learn about Patricia Harris from the passage?

A．She thinks it harder to look after her parents the next few years.

B．Her parents cannot take of themselves at all.

C．She cannot do a demanding job.

D．She cannot afford to go to California often.

小题3:What does the underlined word “outsource” in the last paragragh mean?

A．Arrange somebody outside to do a job.

B．Work something out by oneself.

C．Speak something out for help.

D．Understand something.

小题4:What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Aging people in the USA are increasing.

B．The rate of heart disease is high in America.

C．It is difficult to tend aging parents from afar.

D．Harris advises on tending aging parents from afar.

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby, and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.
Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out of the window. Any yet… I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink --- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.
Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.
He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.
Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. “You’ve got the winter depression again and you get them every year.” I told myself.
It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith. Once I saw him give his coat to a homeless man.
Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. And there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.
小题1:According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _________.

A．the writer was unpacking when her father was making the surprise

B．the writer knew what the surprise was because she knew her father

C．it was not the first time that the writer’s father had made a surprise

D．it kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was

小题2:Which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?

A．Spring.

B．Summer.

C．Autumn.

D．Winter.

小题3:The writer’s father should be best described as_________.

A．a full-time gardener with skillful hands

B．a part-time jobber who loved flowers

C．a kind-hearted man who lived with faith

D．an ordinary man with doubts in his life

小题4:At the end of the passage, crocus was viewed as the symbol of _________ by the writer.

A．faith

B．family

C．love

D．friendship

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking，and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.’’ I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more ，and caught up in the business of our new life ，I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window，I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn 一 blue, yellow and my favorite pink ，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed (开花）each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses ，so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.
On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow ，bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn’t bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.
小题1:According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ______.

A． it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was

B． the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise

C． it was not the first time that the author’s father had made a surprise

D． the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father

小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A． The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.

B． The author’s father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.

C． The author often thought about her father after he died.

D． The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.

小题3:The author’s father should be best described as ______.

A． a part-time worker who loved flowers

B． a kind-hearted man who lived with faith

C． a full-time gardener with skillful hands

D． an ordinary man with doubts in his life

小题4:What can be the best title for the passage?

A． Crocuses — My Source of Faith	B．Crocuses— Father’s Surprise
C． A Pink Crocus — My Memory	D．Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite

Shortly after the accident two ____ policemen were sent to the spot to keep order.

A．score of

B．scores

C．score

D．scores of

A Narrow Escape
Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days’ holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He had rented （租） a cottage in the country, although he hardly spent much time there. We understood the reason for this after our arrival: the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it. Many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked （漏水）, Cwet.
On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle told of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed; but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle’s exciting stories, He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had once had when there was a loud crash（倒塌声） from the bedroo m above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.
When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had fallen right on to the pillow（枕头）of my bed.
66. The uncle disliked the rented cottage for the reason that _____.
A. there were no beds in it
B. the windows were broken and the roof leaked
C. it was too old for him to live in
D. it was very rainy in the area
67. On the first evening, the writer was very sleepy, _____.
A. but he did his best not to miss any stories
B. so he had to go to bed early
C. because he was tired of his uncle’s stories
D. and he was gradually falling asleep while listening
68. A narrow escape means ___.
A. A person runs away from a danger through a narrow door.
B. A person escapes a danger by luck.
C. A person escapes a danger easily.
D. A person runs away from a danger easily.

—Did your father phone you shortly after the accident?
—No, it was a fortnight ________ he gave me a phone call.

A．since

B．when

C．while

D．before

Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and to ruins, the city took on a new look.

A．reducing

B．reduced

C．being reduced

D．having reduced