第一节 单项填空
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Great men never give up______difficulty.
A. in a face of
B. in face of the
C. in the face of
D. in the face of the
听力原文:M: I'd like to withdraw 600 pounds from my deposit account.
W: Certainly. Would you please sign this form?
M: Oh, yes. Here you are.
W: How would you like the money?
M: In hundreds, please.
W: Fine. Here you are.
M: Thanks. Goodbye.
Where is the man?
At a bank.
B. At home.
C. At a shop.
They all rushed outside when they heard the alarm. They did not even wait to put on their clothes. Dressed in blankets and overcoats, they were standing watching the flames when another guest joined them. "Why did you people get so excited?" he asked, "Now look at me. When I heard the alarm, I got out of bed, lit a cigarette and quietly dressed myself. In fact I was putting on my tie when I thought it was not the best tie to wear with a shirt I had on. I took it off and put on another. I did not lose my head at all. I never get excited in a difficult or dangerous situation." "That's good," said one of his friends, "but why didn't you put on your trousers?"
The person who came out of the house a little later______.
A. was not nervous at all
B. was as nervous as the others
C. was slow to put on his clothes
听力原文:M: Well, Sally. Why do you look unhappy?
W: Oh, Hill, I have just had a quarrel with Mr. Smith.
M: What on earth was it about?
W: Well, I have made three bad mistakes so far this week, so he got very angry with me.
M: But I don't understand. You are usually very careful and never make mistakes.
W: I'm just so tired. I don't know what I'm doing.
M: Why? Have you been going to bed late these days?
W: No, I'm usually in bed at about eleven. But I've been woken up at about half past four every morning. And then I cannot go back to sleep again,
M: Why?
W: It's my new neighbor, the milkman next door. He gets up at half past four and he always turns the radio on loudly. And it's difficult to ask him to mm it down. I don't know him yet.
M: If you don't want to see him, write him a letter. I'U help you write the letter.
W: OK. Let's try.
Why was Sally unhappy?
A. She could not sleep at night.
B. She could not talk to the milkman.
C. She had quarrelled with Mr. Smith.