He lived quietly with a woman who was neither young nor old，neither （） nor pretty.

He thought it nice to ____the situation.A. take advantage ofB. set asideC. catch up wit
He thought it nice to ____the situation.
A. take advantage of
B. set aside
C. catch up with
D. look after

Instead of becoming angry, he sat quietly at his desk, as_____as a judge.A．calmB．soberC．pe
Instead of becoming angry, he sat quietly at his desk, as_____as a judge.
A．calm
B．sober
C．peaceful
D．quiet

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The neighbors don't consider him quite_____as most of evenings he awakes them wit'h his drunken singing.

Signs of deafness bad given him great anxiety as early as 1778. For a long time he successfully concealed it from all but his mast intimate friends. The touching document addressed to his brothers in 1802, and known as his "Will" should be read in its entirety. He reproached men for their injustice in thinking and calling him pugnacious, stubborn, and misanthropical when they did not know that for six years he had suffered from an incurable condition aggravated by incompetent doctors. He dwelled upon his delight in human society from which he had had so early to isolate himself, but the thought of which now filled him with dread as it made 14ira realize his loss, not in music — but in all finer interchange of ideas. He requested that after his death his present doctor shall be asked to describe his illness and to append it to his document in order that at least then the world might be as far as possible reconciled with him. He left his brothers property, such as it was, if more conventional than the rest of the document.
During the last twelve years of his life, his nephew was the cause of most of his anxiety and distress. His brother, Kaspar Karl died in 1815, leaving a widow and a son The boy turned out utterly unworthy of his uncle's persistent devotion and gave him every cause for anxiety. He failed in all his examinations, including an attempt to learn some trade in the polytechnic school, whereupon he fell into the hands of the police for attempting suicide, and after being expelled from Vienna, joined the army. Beethoven's utterly simple nature could neither educate nor understand a human being who was not possessed by the wish to do his best. His nature was passionately affectionate, and he has suffered all his life from the want of a natural outlet for it. He had often been deeply in love and made no secret of it; there was no one that was not honorable and respected by society as showing the truthfulness and self-control of a great man. Beethoven's orthodoxy in such matters has provoked the smiles of Philistines, especially when it showed itself in his objections to Mozart, Don Giovanni and the grounds for selecting the subject of Fidelio for his own opera. The last thing that Philistines will never understand is that genius is far too independent of convention to abuse it; and Beethoven's life, with all its mistakes, its grotesqueness, and its pathos, is as far beyond the shafts of Philistine wit as his art.
The sentence "genius is far too independent of convention to abuse it" implies that ______.
A．an artist does not understand conventional morality
B．Philistines expect geniuses to be morally conventional
C．Beethoven lived within a conventional moral code
D．Don Giovanni abuses conventional standards

He ____ borrowed money for five years before his death.A: lived byB: lived onC: lived
He ____ borrowed money for five years before his death.
A: lived by
B: lived on
C: lived with
D: lived through

The （long) ________ Charles has lived in this city, the more he likes it.
The (long) ________ Charles has lived in this city, the more he likes it.


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Although he has lived there for years he has not yet ________ to the hot climate since he is from the northern part of the country.

A visit to the places where he had lived and worked during his youth _______ many fond memories.

passage 3, test1（）

High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd （牧羊人)boy who l
High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd (牧羊人)boy who longed for a friend to share his evenings.(很多年以前，在瑞士阿尔卑斯山上住着一个牧羊人，他期望能找到一个朋友在夜晚与他为伴。) One night he saw three old men, each holding a glass.
The first old man said：―Drink this liquid and you shall be victorious in battle. ‖
The second old man said：―Drink this liquid and you shall have countless riches. ‖
The last old man said：―I offer you the happiness of music-----the horn(号角).‖
The boy chose the third glass, The next day, he came upon a great horn, ten feet in length, When he put his lips to it, a beautiful melody(旋律) floated across the valley. He had found a friend.
So goes the legend(传说) of the horn. First known in the ninth century, the horn was used by herdsmen to call cattle, for its deep tones echoed across the mountainsides. Even today, on a quiet summer evening, its music can be heard floating among the peaks.
6.The passage tells us his lonely job about the shepherd boy.
A.T
B.F
7.The boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man because the boy was thirsty.
A.T
B.F
8.After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was like a new-found friend.
A.T
B.F
9.Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps when it rains.
A.T
B.F
10.The Legend of the Horn would be the best title for the passage.
A.T
B.F

Mr. White lived in a small village（怀特先生住在一个小乡村里). His parents hadn't
Mr. White lived in a small village(怀特先生住在一个小乡村里). His parents hadn't enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didn't like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.
One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, "Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir？"
"Certainly," said Mr. Turner. "One day I met a rhinoceros(犀牛) by a river…"
"Please wait a minute, sir," said the man. "There aren't any rhinoceros in Africa at all!"
"It's rare just because there aren't any!"
(1)、Mr. White was born in a farmer's family.
A：T
B：F
(2)、Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.
A：T
B：F
(3)、The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town.
A：T
B：F
(4)、All people believed Mr. White except the children.
A：T
B：F
(5)、Mr. White wouldn't like to admit that he was wrong.
A：T
B：F