单选题Yesterday afternoon, they had a pleasant chat ______.
单选题When we left on Monday, she hoped never ______ to set eyes on either of us.
单选题"Which coat did your husband buy?"
"The black one, but I ______ the green one. "
单选题 There were a number of carved stone figures placed
at intervals along the parapets of the old Cathedral; some of them represented
angels, others kings and bishops, and nearly all were in attitudes of pious
exaltation and composure. But one figure, low down on the cold north side of the
building, had neither crown, mitre, nor nimbus, and its face was hard and bitter
and downcast; it must be a demon, declared the fat blue pigeons that roosted and
sunned themselves all day on the ledges of the parapet; but the old belfry
jackdaw, who was an authority on ecclesiastical architecture, said it was a lost
soul. And there the matter rested. One autumn day there
fluttered on to the Cathedral roof a slender, sweet-voiced bird that had
wandered away from the bare fields and thinning hedgerows in search of a winter
roosting-place. It tried to rest its tired feet under the shade of a great
angel-wing or to nestle in the sculptured folds of a kingly robe, but the fat
pigeons hustled it away from wherever it settled, and the noisy sparrow-folk
drove it off the ledges. No respectable bird sang with so much feeling they
cheeped one to another, and the wanderer had to move on. Only
the effigy of the Lost Soul offered a place of refuge. The pigeons did not
consider it safe to perch on a projection that leaned so much out of the
perpendicular, and was, besides, too much in the shadow. The figure did not
cross its hands in the pious attitude of the other graven dignitaries, but its
arms were folded as in defiance and their angle made a snug resting-place for
the little bird. Every evening it crept trustfully into its corner against the
stone breast of the image, and the darkling eyes seemed to keep watch over its
slumbers. The lonely bird grew to love its lonely protector, and during the day
it would sit from time to time on some rainshoot or other abutment and trill
forth its sweetest music in grateful thanks for its nightly shelter. And, it may
have been the work of wind and weather, or some other influence, but the wild
drawn face seemed gradually to lose some of its hardness and unhappiness. Every
day, through the long monotonous hours, the song of his little guest would come
up in snatches to the lonely watcher, and at evening, when the vesper-bell was
ringing and the great grey bats slid out of their hiding-places in the belfry
roof, the brighteyed bird would return, twitter a few sleepy notes, and nestle
into the arms that were waiting for him. Those were happy days for the Dark
Image. Only the great bell of the Cathedral rang out daily its mocking message,
"After joy... sorrow." The folk in the verger's lodge noticed a
little brown bird flitting about the Cathedral precincts, and admired its
beautiful singing. They were poor, but they understood the principles of
political economy. So they caught the bird and put it in a little wicker cage
outside the lodge door. That night the little songster was missing from its
accustomed haunt, and the Dark Image knew more than ever the bitterness of
loneliness. When morning came there floated up to him, through the noise and
bustle of the Cathedral world, a faint heart-aching message from the prisoner in
the wicker cage far below. And every day, at high noon, the song of the little
bird came up to the parapets—a song of hunger and longing and hopelessness, a
cry that could never be answered. The pigeons remarked, between mealtimes, that
the figure leaned forward more than ever out of the perpendicular.
One day no song came up from the little wicker cage. There was a
crackling sound in the night on the Cathedral roof and a noise as of falling
masonry. The belfry jackdaw said the frost was affecting the fabric, and as he
had experienced many frosts it must have been so. In the morning it was seen
that the Figure of the Lost Soul had toppled from its cornice and lay now in a
broken mass on the dustheap outside the verger's lodge.
单选题______ from Mary for a long time, Tom wrote to her again.
单选题Instead of becoming angry, he sat quietly at his desk, as ______ as a judge.
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单选题Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
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单选题What does community service mean?
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单选题A flashing red light ______ motorists to trouble ahead.
A. reminded
B. alerted
C. warned
D. cautioned
单选题______ I'd like to, I can't come.
A. In spite of
B. Though much
C. Much as
D. As much
单选题Margie's bedroom was in a ______ , with books and papers covering every possible surface.[A] litter[B] disorder[C] rubbish[D] mess
单选题He is the most brilliant pianist ______ I have ever met.[A] which[B] that[C] who[D] whom
单选题Their confidence in him was greatly ______ by his prolonged hesitation before taking any action.
单选题The couple had no sooner got to the station ______ the coach left.A. whenB. asC. untilD. than
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单选题Which of the following is true to Flamel?