(A)
Martin Henfield talks about some of his experiences (經(jīng)歷) as a twin: When we were small my mother dressed us ____1___ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didn’t like it. But when we went on our first camping (野營(yíng)) trip with the scouts (童子軍), it was even ____2____. We were only ten years old, and while ___3___ went into their sleeping bags for the night, we were not happy to snuggle (緊偎) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.
At school our classmates ____4____ us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people couldn’t even see our difference according to (根據(jù)) our initials (姓名的開(kāi)頭字母) because _____5__ of us were M. O. It was only when I went to college and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity (身份).
Before I went to college (大學(xué)), during my last secondary school ____6____, I got a job on a building site (地點(diǎn)). My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didn’t work. He was resting. One day I said to the foreman (工頭), “Can I have a week off?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you won’t have the job when you ____7____ back.” I didn’t want to ___8___ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went down in my jeans (牛仔褲), jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. ____9____ of them knew the difference.
Now I am growing old and I feel very different ___10__ my twin brother. And he’ll tell you the same. We have really worked towards that for forty years.
1. a. in b. for c. on d. with
2. a. bad b. worse c. good d. best
3. a. all boys b. another boy c. all the other boys d. all the boys
4. a. called b. asked c. to d. knew
5. a. every b. each c. both d. all
6. a. holidays b. holiday c. week d. weekend
7. a. get b. will get c. got d. are getting
8. a. loose b. lost c. missing d. lose
9. a. All b. None c. Each d. Both
10. a. in b. from c. with d. as
(B)
When the Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (愛(ài)爾蘭人) was watching them on the television in the bar of a hotel. There was an Englishman in the bar, too, and he ___11____ the Irishman, “The ____12___ are very clever, aren’t they? They are going ___13____ some men to the moon. It is a long ____14___ from the world.”
“Oh, that’s ____15___,” the Irishman answered quickly. “The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few months. That’s ____16___ away from the moon, you know.”
“Yes, it is.” The English man said, “___17___ it is too ___18__ for the people to go to.”
The Irishman laughed and said, “Well, the Irish aren’t stupid, you know, we ____19___ go to the sun during the day, of course, we will go there ___20____.”
11. a. said to b. told c. talk to d. spoke to
12. a. Englishmen b. Americans c. Irish d. Frenchmen
13. a. to reach b. to send c. to give d. to rest
14. a. time b. street c. road d. way
15. a. Good b. Nice c. true d. nothing
16. a. long b. far c. farther d. much farther
17. a. and b. but c. or d. because
18. a. hot b. warm c. cold d. cool
19. a. don’t b. can’t c. won’t d. mustn’t
20. a. in the morning b. in the afternoon c. in the evening d. during the night
答案：
1.a 2.b 3.c 4.a 5.c 6.b 7.a 8.d 9.b 10.b
11.a 12.b 13.b 14.d 15.d 16.d 17.b 18.a 19.c 20.d
Martin Henfield talks about some of his experiences (經(jīng)歷) as a twin: When we were small my mother dressed us ____1___ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didn’t like it. But when we went on our first camping (野營(yíng)) trip with the scouts (童子軍), it was even ____2____. We were only ten years old, and while ___3___ went into their sleeping bags for the night, we were not happy to snuggle (緊偎) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.
At school our classmates ____4____ us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people couldn’t even see our difference according to (根據(jù)) our initials (姓名的開(kāi)頭字母) because _____5__ of us were M. O. It was only when I went to college and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity (身份).
Before I went to college (大學(xué)), during my last secondary school ____6____, I got a job on a building site (地點(diǎn)). My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didn’t work. He was resting. One day I said to the foreman (工頭), “Can I have a week off?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you won’t have the job when you ____7____ back.” I didn’t want to ___8___ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went down in my jeans (牛仔褲), jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. ____9____ of them knew the difference.
Now I am growing old and I feel very different ___10__ my twin brother. And he’ll tell you the same. We have really worked towards that for forty years.
1. a. in b. for c. on d. with
2. a. bad b. worse c. good d. best
3. a. all boys b. another boy c. all the other boys d. all the boys
4. a. called b. asked c. to d. knew
5. a. every b. each c. both d. all
6. a. holidays b. holiday c. week d. weekend
7. a. get b. will get c. got d. are getting
8. a. loose b. lost c. missing d. lose
9. a. All b. None c. Each d. Both
10. a. in b. from c. with d. as
(B)
When the Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (愛(ài)爾蘭人) was watching them on the television in the bar of a hotel. There was an Englishman in the bar, too, and he ___11____ the Irishman, “The ____12___ are very clever, aren’t they? They are going ___13____ some men to the moon. It is a long ____14___ from the world.”
“Oh, that’s ____15___,” the Irishman answered quickly. “The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few months. That’s ____16___ away from the moon, you know.”
“Yes, it is.” The English man said, “___17___ it is too ___18__ for the people to go to.”
The Irishman laughed and said, “Well, the Irish aren’t stupid, you know, we ____19___ go to the sun during the day, of course, we will go there ___20____.”
11. a. said to b. told c. talk to d. spoke to
12. a. Englishmen b. Americans c. Irish d. Frenchmen
13. a. to reach b. to send c. to give d. to rest
14. a. time b. street c. road d. way
15. a. Good b. Nice c. true d. nothing
16. a. long b. far c. farther d. much farther
17. a. and b. but c. or d. because
18. a. hot b. warm c. cold d. cool
19. a. don’t b. can’t c. won’t d. mustn’t
20. a. in the morning b. in the afternoon c. in the evening d. during the night
答案：
1.a 2.b 3.c 4.a 5.c 6.b 7.a 8.d 9.b 10.b
11.a 12.b 13.b 14.d 15.d 16.d 17.b 18.a 19.c 20.d