He looked upon her as a good wife and an __________ companion.
A.ideal
B.idealistic
C.idea
D.idol
A.ideal
B.idealistic
C.idea
D.idol
Her mother was () and looked down upon for that.
A.coughed
B.laughed at
C.weighed
some reason said: “I wish all of the white students to stand for a moment.” I rose with the others.The teacher looked at me and, calling my name, said: “You sit down for the present, and rise with the others.” I did not quite understand her.She repeated: “You sit down now, and rise with the others.” I sat down puzzled.I saw and heard nothing.When the other were asked to rise, I did not know it.When school was dismissed, I went out unconsciously.A few of the white boys laughed at me, saying: “Oh, you’re a nigger, too.”
I hurried on as fast as I could to where my looking-glass hung on the wall in my own little room.For an instant I was afraid to look, but when I did, I looked long and earnestly.I was accustomed t o hearing remarks about my beauty, but now, for the first time, I became conscious of it and recognized it.I noticed the ivory(象牙)whiteness of my skin, the beauty of my mouth, the size and the liquid darkness of my eyes.I ran downstairs and rushed to wh ere my mother was sitting.I buried my head in her lap and cried out: “Mother, tell me, am I a nigger?” I could not see her face, but I felt her hands on my head.I looked up into her face.There were tears in her eyes and I could see that she was sufferin g for me.And then it was that.
I looked at her critically for the first time.I had thought of her in a childish way only as the most beautiful woman in the world; now I looked at her searching for defects(缺点).I could see that her skin was almost brown,and that she did differ in some way from the other ladies who came to the house; yet, even so I could see that she was more beautiful than any of them.She must have felt that I was examining her, for she hid her face in my hair and said with difficulty:“No, my darling, you are not a nigger.” She went on: “If anyone calls you a nigger, don’t notice them.”
But the more she talked, the less was I reassured, and I stopped her by asking:“Well, mother, am I white? Are you white?” She answered tremblingly(颤抖的): “No, I am not white, but your father is one of the greatest men in the country.The best blood of the South is in you.” This suddenly opened up in my heart a fresh fear, and I almost fiercely demanded: “Who is my father? Where is he?” She stroked my hair and said: “I’ll tell you about him some day.” I sobbed(抽泣): “I want to know now.” She answered: “No, not now.”
1.We can infer from the passage that “a nigger ”means().
A.a white person
B.a black person
C.anyone that is not white
D.anyone that i s not black
2.When the teacher asked him to sit down and rise with the others ,the author was confused because().
A.he never considered himself a non-white person
B.he thought the teacher didn’t recognize him
C.he thought he should be considered
D.he thought it rude for the teacher to call his name
3.It was on that day that he began to realize that().
A.he was a nigger
B.he was different from others because of his beauty
C.his color was like that of his mother
D.he differed from oth er white people even with his beauty
4.From the passage we can learn that().
A.the boy’s father left them for some reasons
B.the boy’s mother didn’t want to mention his father at all
C.the boy never met his father before
D.the boy’s mother hated his father
5.This passage generally tells us a story of ().
A.a boy who suddenly realized that he was a colored person
B.a boy who had been looked down upon because he had no father
C.the miserable life of colored people
D.the life of a one-parent family
In the early hours of the night it had rained and
the iron gate that led to the gatekeepers' houses had
rattled loose in the wind, and it disturbed Mrs. O'
Brien's spaniel where he lay on a mat in the dark,
drafty hallway. Time again he gave a muffled 【M1】 ______
growl, padded about the hall, and scratched at the
door. His uneasiness and the noise of the wind had
awakened Mrs. O'Brien in the room above him. 【M2】 ______
Beside her husband was asleep, snoring loudly, 【M3】 ______
unaware of her wakefulness or of the windows shaking
in their heavy frames. The rain rattled like
hailstones against the panes. How in earth anybody 【M4】 ______
could sleep through that, she wondered—it was
enough to waken the dead and there he was deep
asleep as if it were a calm summer night. You'd
thought he'd be worrying about his journey to the 【M5】______
Rock in the morning and his long six weeks away
from her.
The dog growled again, and throwing back the
bedclothes she got up and groped on the table for the
matchbox. She struck one match but it was a dead
one, and she clicked her tongue in approval. She 【M6】 ______
was never done telling Tom not to put his spent
matches back into the box but he never heeded her.
She struck three before coming upon a good one, and
in the spurt of flame she glanced at the alarm clock
and saw that it was two hours after midnight. She
slipped downstair, lit the lamp and let the dog into 【M7】 ______
the kitchen.
On the floor, Tom's hampers lay ready for the
morning, when the boatmen would have come to 【M8】 ______
row him out to the lighthouse to relieve young Frank
Coady. She looked at the hampers with sharp
calculation, wondering if she had packed everything he 【M9】 ______
needed. She was always sure to forget everything
and he was always sure to bring it up with her as
soon as he stepped ashore for his twoweek leave.
But this time she was sure that she had forgotten
nothing, for she had made a list and ticked each
item off as she packed it into the cases. No, he
couldn't be able to launch any of his ill humour on 【M10】 ______
her this time!
【M1】
Upon learning that he Would leave her, she was()
A.very happy.
B.extremely joyful.
C.quite relieved.
D.in great pain.
Upon learning that he would leave her, she was______.
A.very happy.
B.extremely joyful.
C.in great pain.
D.quite relieved.
Upon learning that he would leave her, she was
A.very happy.
B.extremely joyful.
C.in great pain.
D.quite relieved.
45 Upon learning that he would leave her, she was
A.very happy.
B.extremely joyful.
C.quite relieved.
D.in great pain.
Upon learning that he would leave her, she was
A.very happy.
B.extremely joyful.
C.quite relieved.
D.in great pain.