One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧場） house in a large valley. 1 seemed to be all right,yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy.The wind had picked up,and angry,dark clouds 2 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming.And it did. 3 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds,nearly 4 Raul.The thunder（雷聲） was so loud that he buried his 5 in his hands and rubbed his eyes.Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄聲）.He 6 .There before him stood a tall, white 7 . An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul.“My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 8 .“Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A 9 feeling came over him.All 10 them the rain was pouring down, 11 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 12 back toward Raul’s home.Raul lost track of time.Then all at once he found 13 at the ranch gate.The old man turned his horse, 14 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 15 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 16 him.“we have been 17 sick about you. Are you okay?Hurry.Let’s get in out of the 18 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I 19 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 20 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”
1. A.Something B.Everything C.Anything D.Nothing
2.A.dropped B.fell C.rolled D.covered
3.A.Suddenly B.Strongly C.Quickly D.Hardly
4.A.beating B.blinding C.burning D.touching
5.A.nose B.hair C.neck D.head
6.A.looked up B.woke up C.lay down D.sat down
7.A.tiger B.horse C.lion D.elephant
8.A.lazily B.angrily C.coldly D.slowly
9.A.natural B.common C.strange D.bad
10.A.around B.beside C.through D.above
11.A.yet B.for C.so D.or
12.A.walking B.leading C.heading D.returning
13.A.them B.themselves C.him D.himself
14.A.shook B.waved C.held D.took
15.A.gone B.left C.followed D.lost
16.A.see B.meet C.beat D.ask
17.A.waited B.thought C.worried D.excited
18.A.yard B.wind C.grass D.rain
19.A.believe B.consider C.doubt D.forget
20.A.defeated B.caught C.damaged D.struck
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【2011·浙江寧波第二次模擬】
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.“lf you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’II realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after’graduating from college in 1932, I had decided to try for a jo’o in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind Iady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person.“Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’Il give you a chance,” she said. I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
While there were no radio-announcingjobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown.“Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt a job. I tried woc Radio in Davenport, Iowa. Ra. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration(挫折) boiled over. I asked aloud,“How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling,“What was you said about sports? Do you know anything about footballtl” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding (往 HU的) autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game! On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words:”If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten thejob at Montgomery ward.
50.The. writer shows his by saying “… if I’d not gotten the job at Montgomery Ward”.
A. regret B. happiness C. gratefulness D. disappointment
51. The underlined phrase“out in the sticks” probably means ?
A. in radio stations B. in the country
C. in big cities D. in Dixon, Illinois
52. Why did the writer mention his mother’s words over and again? Because .
A. it was his mother’s words that encouraged him
B. his mother was a person who talked a lot
C. nothing good has happened to him up to now
D. he got .ime he tried
53. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. There was a small radio station in Dixon, lllinois.
B. Peter MacArthur was a program director in Scotland.
C. WOC Radio in Davenport broadcast imaginary games.
D. Montgomery Ward had a store with a sports department.
54. When did the writer decide to take a radio-announcingjob?
A. When he hitchtuke’dlxo Chicago. B. After he graduated from college.
C. Before he graduated from college. D. As soon as he was turned down.
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