A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! ___.
A.Thank you, the same to you
B.I hope so
C.I wish so
D.I’m glad to hear you
A.Thank you, the same to you
B.I hope so
C.I wish so
D.I’m glad to hear you
Both Matti Dog and Yellow Dog were strays of unknown history.They both showed signs, curling up at sharp voices and fast movement, of having been beaten in their past homes.We got Matti Dog at the pound (走失家畜认领栏), where she was known as Lady.Yellow Dog appeared while my wife and son were traveling in Utah.
In spite of their backgrounds they are simply wonderful dogs.Both stay at home, without requiring a chain, or fence.We don’t need a leash(皮带)on our walks, they stay close to me, and come immediately when I whistle.If I ask them to sit, they do and they stay until released.Yellow Dog does tend to find and carry dead animals on our walk — but hey he is a dog…
Training Matti Dog and Yellow Dog to behave this well took love and 3-4 weeks of daily half-hour exercises of basic obedience(服从).Not much effort but apparently more than many are willing to give.
On this 3-mile walk, we pass about 8 other houses and 15 other dogs.Folks in my neighborhood like dogs! But what is troubling is that 6 of these dogs appear to be chained all the time.I don’t monitor this, but I have walked by at various times of the day and they were always chained.
These poor dogs are castoffs(被抛弃的狗), perhaps a Christmas present now ignored, or maybe they just behave so “badly” that their humans gave up.What does it say about owners that they can’t spend 2-4 weeks half an hour daily to teach their dog how to behave in a way that permits the dog freedom and that helps that dog be a better companion?
I do know some of these folks.They seem decent enough, but here for all passers to see is the failure of their relationship with man’s best friend.
Your dog is a great billboard.The advertisement is about you.
1.What do we know about the two dogs?()
A.They behave badly at home
B.They were Christmas presents
C.They are dirty and ill
D.They were picked up by the family
2.The writer treats his dogs ____________.
A.cruelly
B.with love
C.with a leash
D.strictly
3.The writer thinks the neighbors’ dogs poor because they __________.
A.don’t have freedom
B.are always hungry
C.like to attack people
D.behave badly
4.The writer believes the owners of those poor dogs _____.
A.are poor people
B.don’t know how to train dogs
C.don’t really love their dogs
D.are too busy to care for dogs
5.“The advertisement is about you” means _________.
A.a lot can be learnt about you from your dog
B.an advertisement is made about you
C.you should know a lot about your dog
D.you make an advertisement for your dog
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on show. "They are __3__ silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to persuade her to buy one. But Edith knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the shapes were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __4__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was certainly to please him.
When she got home, with her small but well-chosen present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __5__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so surprised that she could not say a single word.
1)、A.find
B.only
C.excitement
D.always
E.real
2)、A.find
B.only
C.excitement
D.always
E.real
3)、A.find
B.only
C.excitement
D.always
E.real
4)、A.find
B.only
C.excitement
D.always
E.real
5)、A.find
B.only
C.excitement
D.always
E.real
The Dutch got the ball rolling by celebrating the saint- called Sinter Klaas- in New York in the latc-18" century. Our old friend, Washington Irving, included the legend of Saint Nick in his seminal History of New York as well, but at the turn of the 181 century, Saint Nick was still a rather () figure in America.
On December 23, 1823, though, a man named Clement Clarke Moore published a poem he had written for his daughters called “An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas," better known now as ‘T’ as the night before Christmas." Nobody knows how much of the poem Moore invented, but we do know that it was the spark that () lit the Santa fire. Many of the things we associated with Santa一a sleigh, reindeer, Christmas Eve visits一came from Moore's poem.
1.
A.hops
B.jumps
C.sneaks
D. skips
2.
A.known
B.observed
C. remarked
D.commented
3.
A.persistance
B.inheritance
C.insistence
D.instance
4.
Awell-known
B.popular
C.obscure
D.famous
5.
A. actually
B. generally
C. eventfully
D. eventually
I have learned something about myself since I moved from Long Island to Florida three years ago. Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return to Long Island even as others make their way south. I guess I am a snowbird stuck in reverse. Instead of enjoying Florida’s mild winters, I willingly endure the severe weather on Long Island, the place I called home for 65 years.
I’m like a migratory bird that has lost its sense of timing and direction, my wings flapping against season.
So what makes me fly against the tide of snowbirds? The answer has a lot to do with my reluctance to give up the things that define who I am. Once I hear that the temperature on Long Island has dipped into the range of 40 to 50 degrees, I begin to long for the sight and crackling sound of a wood fire. I also long for the bright display o£ colors — first in the fall trees, and then in the limits around homes and at Rockefeller Center. Floridians decorate too, but can’t create the special feel of a New England winter.
I suppose the biggest reason why I return is to celebrate the holidays with people I haven’t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, or watching neighbors’ children excitedly open gifts on Christmas? Even the first snowfall seems special. I especially enjoy seeing a bright red bird settling on a snow-covered branch (My wife and I spend winters at a retirement community in Ridge, and I’m grateful that I don’t have to shovel.)
While these simple pleasures are not unique to Long Island, they are some of the reasons why I come back. Who says you can’t go home?
(1) What does the underlined word "snowbird" in Paragraph 1 refer to?()
A、A person spending winter in a warmer climate
B、A bird seen chiefly in winter
C、A person permanently living in a foreign country
D、A bird flying to the south in winter
(2)What’s the difference between Florida and Long Island?()
A、Winters in Long Island are milder
B、The snowbirds in Long Island are rarer
C、Weather in Long Island is severer
D、Long Island is nearer to the ocean
(3)What did the author miss most when he was in Florida?()
A、The colorful light display
B、The family gathering
C、The cold temperature
D、The winter landscape
(4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?()
A、The author enjoyed living in Florida
B、The author had a good time in Florida
C、The author owned a home in Florida
D、The author did not like mild weather
(5)What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?()
A、To praise the beauty and warmth of his hometown
B、To describe his dream to be a free bird
C、To explain the reasons for moving from his hometown
D、To express his feeling of missing his hometown