We did hold a meeting yesterday, but you （ ）, so we did not inform you.
A.did not need B.needn’t attend C.did not need attending D.needn’t have attended
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Fred Cooke of Salford turned 90 two days ago and the world has been beating a path to his door. If you haven’t noticed, the backstreet boy educated at Blackpool grammar styles himself more grandly as Alastair Cooke, broadcaster extraordinaire. An honorable KBE, he would be Sir Alastair if he had not taken American citizenship more than half a century ago.If it sounds snobbish to draw attention to his humble origins, it should be reflected that the real snob is Cooke himself, who has spent a lifetime disguising them. But the fact that he opted to renounce his British passport in 1941 — just when his country needed all the wartime help it could get-is hardly a matter for congratulation.Cooke has made a fortune out of his love affair with America, entrancing listeners with a weekly monologue that has won Radio 4 many devoted adherents. Part of the pull is the developed drawl. This is the man who gave the world “midatlantic”，the language of the disc jockey and public relations man.He sounds American to us and English to them, while in reality he has for decades belonged to neither. Cooke’s world is an America that exists largely in the imagination. He took ages to acknowledge the disaster that was Vietnam and even longer to wake up to Watergate. His politics have drifted to the right with age, and most of his opinions have been acquired on the golf course with fellow celebrities.He chased after stars on arrival in America. Fixing up an interview with Charlie Chaplin and briefly becoming his friend. He told Cooke he could turn him into a fine light comedian; instead he is an impressionist’s dream.Cooke liked the sound of his first wife’s name almost as much as he admired her good looks. But he found bringing up baby difficult and left her for the wife of his landlord. Women listeners were unimpressed when, in 1996, he declared on air that the fact that 4% of women in the American armed forces were raped showed remarkable self-restraint on the part of Uncle Sam’s soldiers. His arrogance in not allowing BBC editors to see his script in advance worked, not for the first time, to his detriment. His defenders said he could not help living with the 1930s values he had acquired and somewhat dubiously went on to cite “gallantry” as chief among them. Cooke’s raconteur style encouraged a whole generation of BBC men to think of themselves as more important than the story. His treacly tones were the model for the regular World Service reports From Our Own Correspondent, known as FOOCs in the business. They may yet be his epitaph.1.At the beginning of the passage the writer sounds critical of （ ）.2.The following adjectives can be suitably applied to Cooke EXCEPT （ ）.3.From the passage, Cooke had experienced the following items except that （ ）.4.The writer comments on Cooke’s life and career in a slightly（ ） tone.
A.Cooke’s obscure origins B.Cooke’s broadcasting style C.Cooke’s American citizenship D.Cooke’s fondness of America
问题2：
A.old-fashioned B.sincere C.arrogant D.popular
问题3：
A.he got educated at Blackpool grammar styles by himself B.he managed to hide the real fact about his origin C.he could hardly learn and change his own view even since his childhood D.he had married at least twice as he arrived at US
问题4：
A.ironic B.detached C.scathing D.indifferent
It’s a typical snoopy card: cheerful message, bright colors, though a little yellow and faded now. Though I’ve received fancier, more expensive cards over the years, this is the only one I’ve saved. One summer, it spoke volumes to me.I received it during the first June I faced as a widow to raise two teenage daughters alone. In all the emotional confusion of this sudden single parenthood. I was overwhelmed with, of all things, the simplest I leaky taps, oil changes, even barbeques. Those had always been my husband’s jobs. I was embarrassed every time I hit my thumb with a hammer or couldn’t get the lawnmower started. My uncertain attempts only fueled the fear inside me: How could I be both a father and mother to my girls? Clearly, I lacked the tools and skills.On this particular morning, my girls pushed me into the living room to see something （I prayed it wasn’t another repair job）. The “something” turned out to be an envelope and several wrapped bundles on the carpet. My puzzlement must have been plain as I gazed from the colorful package to my daughters’ bright faces.“Co ahead! Open them!” they urged. As I unwrapped the packages, I discovered a small barbecue grill （烧烤架）and all the necessary objects including a green kitchen glove wit a frog pattern on it.“But why?” I asked“Happy Father’s Day!” they shouted together.“Moms don’t get presents on Father’s Day.” I protested.“You forgot to open the card,” Jane reminded. I pulled it from the envelope. There sat Snoopy, on top of his dog house, merrily whishing me a Happy Father’s Day. “Because.” The girls said, “you have been a father and mother to us. Why shouldn’t you be remembered on Father’s Day?”As If ought back tears, I realized they were right. I wanted to be a “professional” dad, who had the latest tools and knew all the tricks of the trade. The girls only wanted a parent they could count an to be there, day after day, performing repeatedly the maintenance tasks of basic care and love.The girls are grown now, and they still send me Father’s Day cards, but none of those cards means as much to me as the first one. Its simplest told me being a good parent didn’t require any special tools at all—just a willing worker.1.By “it spoke volumes to me” (Para. I), the mother in the story means the card（ ）.2.After her husband’s death, the mother found it was the hardest to （ ）.3.What puzzled the mother when her daughters asked her to see something one morning?4.The girls gave their mother a barbecue set probably because （ ）.5.Which of the following statements is true about the first Father’s Day card?
A.made her feel important B.aroused great sorrow in her C.brought her pleasant fallings D.conveyed significant meanings
问题2：
A.handle the emotional shock B.face the terrible loneliness C.keep harmony of the family D.fulfill a male role in the house
问题3：
A.It was not another repair job this time B.Both of her daughters looked excited C.She got gifts at that time of the year D.The bundles on the floor were wrapped
问题4：
A.it was what their mother wanted B.it was a proper Father’s Day gift C.barbecue was their favorite food D.they wanted their mother to barbecue
问题5：
A.It showed the girls’ appreciation for their mother’s love B.It praised the mother as a professional dad. C.Its fancy design impressed the mother most D.It made the mother eager to get the latest tools
It’s time （ ）about the traffic problem downtown.
A.anything will be done B.everything is done C.nothing to be done D.something was done
The moon has a mass that is nearly one hundred times less than that of the earth; （ ）, the force of gravity at the moon's surface is only one-sixth of that at the earth's surface.
A.in consequence B.in nature C.in essence D.in practice
It’s no good （ ）until I’m reasonably sure when I’ll be able to go for my holiday.
A.deciding B.to decide C.to have decided D.being decided
