What does ‘foot the bill’ mean？

Fair flower, that does so comely grow,

Hid in this silent, dull retreat,

Untouched thy honied bolssoms blow,

Unseen thy little branches greet;

No roving foot shall crush thee here,

No busy hand provoke a tear.

Questions:

1. What is the title of this poem from which the selection is selected？

2. The meter of this poem is_______.

A. iambic pentameter

B .tetrameter

C. anapestic rhythm

D. sonnet

3. Who is the writer of the poem？

4. To what does the writer compare the flower's charms？

5. What does the writer express in this poem？

188. Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning？ Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school？ Yes？ Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a special bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it works: The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music or other pleasant sounds. A few minutes later, a second recording plays. The second recording can be loud music or unpleasant sounds. If you don’t get up after the second recording, you’ll be sorry. A mechanical “foot” is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly, the top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally, the bed is vertical. You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are awake and out of bed. Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to win a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years, Honda has a contest—the “All Honda Idea Contest”. In 1996 Hiroyuki won a prize for his bed. [共5题]

(1) The purpose of the passage is ________.

(A) to praise Hiroyuki

(B) to tell a story

(C) to introduce a special bed

(D) to wake somebody up

(2) What does the special bed do first in the morning？

(A) Its tape recorder plays soft music.

(B) Its tape recorder plays loud music.

(C) It kicks you in the head.

(D) Its alarm clock rings.

(3) If you don’t wake up after the clock rings, what will happen？

(A) The bed becomes vertical and you slide off the bed.

(B) The tape recorder plays pleasant sounds.

(C) You will be late for work.

(D) The mechanical “foot” kicks you in the head.

(4) Hiroyuki made such a special bed because ________.

(A) he wanted to win the contest held by his company.

(B) he was good at inventing new things.

(C) he wanted to make money.

(D) he sometimes overslept.

(5) Who is Hiroyuki？

(A) A scientist. (B) A company worker. (C) An inventor. (D) A carpenter.

A.a village lie

B.does a village lie

C.lying a village

D.lies a village

Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter,

more curious, less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and 27 , more

confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and 28 than he will ever be again in

his schooling – or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life.

Already, by paying close attention to and 29 the world and people around him, and

without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult,

complicated and 30 than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his

teachers has done for years. He has solved the 31 of language. He has discovered it

– babies don’t even know that language exists – and he has found out how it works and

learned to use it 32 . He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing

his own model of the grammar of language, by 33 and seeing whether it works, by

gradually changing it and 34 it until it does work. And while he has been doing this,

he has been learning other things as well, including many of the “ 35 ” that the

schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones

they do try to teach him.

A.oes your mom go to work on foot

B.How does your mom go to work

C.When does your mom go to work

D.Why does your mom go to work

A.He sympathizes with him after seeing his defeat in boxing

B.He keeps the secret of Big Foot

C.He thanks Big Foot for his protection from the American soldier

D.He saves Big Foot from the attack of a dog

Why does an elephant raise and lower a single foot before another herd arrives？

A．To detect the direction of the sound.

B．To detect the direction of the vibrations.

C．To hear more clearly.

D．To better sense the vibration.

A.从手到脚 from hand to foot

B.从肩到手 from shoulder to hand

C.从脚到手 from foot to hand

D.从脚到腰 from foot to waist

After graduation I went to SomaliA．When I first set foot on _____ strange land,I didn’t know what the future had in _____store for m

E．[ ] A．不填; a

B．the; the

C．the; 不填

D．the; a