Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure tour of Cape York Peninsula.
This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people.
The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector (警官) Roger Fleet said, “The travelers had a radio with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us.”
The three travelers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鳄鱼). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn’t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road.
A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the “Be Careful about crocodiles” sign near the river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travelers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the place where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.
小题1:This article is probably taken from ________| A．a newspaper | B．a magazine | C．a storybook | D．a guidebook |
小题2:Which word best describes the search of the three missing people?| A．Helpless | B．Tough | C．Delightful | D．Successful |
小题3:Which of the following things wasn’t found by the police?| A．A touring map. | B．A photo of the travelers. | | C．The travelers’ radio. | D．The travelers’ car |
小题4:All the following questions are unanswered except________.| A．why they left a photo behind | | B．why they came to this area | | C．why their Toyota was parked in the place | | D．why a cross was drawn on the map |
小题5:The article asks people to ________.| A．join the police in searching for the missing people | | B．tell the police about the travelers’ ages and their appearance | | C．learn the lesson and stop taking adventure tours | | D．provide information about the missing people |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D |
试题分析：本文讲述的是三个旅行者迷失的事情和当地警方正在全力营救，同时也有很多的疑点,呼吁见到的人提供一些信息。
小题1:推断题。本文讲述的是三个旅行者迷失的事情和当地警方正在全力营救，同时也有很多的疑点，故选很可能来自报纸上的新闻，故选A
小题2:推断题。从文章The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain.可知现在的调查陷入了困境，故选B
小题3:判断题。从文章A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman ，Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest ，Why had someone drawn a cross on the place where the car is? Is this a sign可知只有The travelers’ radio.没有被发现，故选 C
小题4:判断题。从最后一段可知，只有为什么他们来这个地区能够被知道外，别的还有很多的疑点，故选B
小题5:细节题。从最后一句If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.可知，文章要求人们提供一些线索，故选D
点评：本文文章不长很好理解，对于此类题目。学生在答题中首先要将文章读懂，在问题中理解作者所提出的问题和文章的那部分对应起来，然后在综合作答，总体来说，只要文章理解了，难度都不大。注意判断题用排除法进行解答。 |
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A wise man was visiting a village with his students. He found a group of family members shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his students and asked: “Why do people shout in anger at each other?”
His students thought for a while, and one of them said: “Because when we lose our calm, we shout.”
“But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can just as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner,” said the wise man.
Students gave some other answers but none were any good.
“When two people are angry at each other, their hearts become distanced,” the wise man explained. “To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to hear each other and cover that great distance.”
The wise man then gave an example: “What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly because their hearts are very close. When they love each other even more, what happens? They don’t need to talk. They only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.”
He looked at his students and said: “So when you argue, do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.”
小题1:What did they find when a wise man and his students were visiting a village?| A．A group of people were traveling there. | | B．A group of family members were playing there. | | C．His students were shouting with a group of people. | | D．A group of family members were shouting at each other angrily. |
小题2:One of the students thinks family members shout at each other because .| A．they are not friends | | B．they don’t like each other | | C．they lose their calm | | D．they are far from each other |
小题3:What will happen when two people are angry with each other?| A．They fight with each other. | | B．Their hearts become distanced. | | C．They are far away from each other. | | D．They are too angry to say a word. |
小题4:What will usually happen to two people at first when they fall in love with each other according to the passage?| A．They talk softly. | | B．They shout at each other. | | C．They talk more. | | D．They don’t say anything to each other. |
小题5:What’s the topic of the passage?| A．Shouting is bad. | | B．Don’t shout. | | C．Cover the distance with love. | | D．The distance of love. |
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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California"s Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn"t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I"d just go east.
A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.
“I just can"t leave you here,” she said. “This isn"t the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”
“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.
“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.
“It"s a long way," I insisted.
“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I"m just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn"t accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.
小题1:There was something wrong with the writer"s car ______.| A．late at night | B．early in the morning | | C．an hour before sunset | D．thirty minutes after sunset |
小题2:The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ______.| A．he became impatient and a bit worried | | B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable | | C．he knew the driver would never return | | D．the bus driver had given him wrong information |
小题3:The bus driver drove the writer home later because ______.| A．her brother had told her to do so | | B．she wanted to earn more money | | C．she happened to go in the same direction | | D．she wanted to do something good for others |
小题4:The underlined word "astonished" in the passage probably means .| A．surprised | B．grateful | C．happy | D．angry |
小题5:The bus driver hoped that the writer .| A．would drive someone home | | B．would help someone in need | | C．would keep her in memory | | D．would give the money to others |
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Our English teacher was like a friend to us，and we all liked her．One day she came into the
classroom and shouted．“Who did this?”She held up a piece of broken glass and asked，“Who
__1__ the window?”She seldom became angry, __2__ this time she was．
I broke the window．I had done __3__ by throwing a baseball．I didn’t want to admit(承认)
It __4__ I didn’t have enough money to pay for a big window like that．“My father will be __5__,”I thought．At first I didn’t _6_ my hand，but later something strong in my heart
suddenly made me stand up.“I did it，”I said __7_．How difficult it was for me to say that!
My teacher __8__ a book from one of our book shelves and then began walking __9_ my desk. I was afraid that she was going to punish(惩罚)me．
“I know you like collecting __10__ very much，”she said，looking down at my __11__ face.
“Here is the hook about collecting stamps that you are looking for．Now，the book is__12__ and I shall not punish you．Remember，it’s because you _13_ the truth．”
I couldn’t believe it ! My teacher wasn’t punishing me．I didn’t _14_ to pay for the broken window. And I got my favorite book!
As time goes, the book is _15_，so is my wonderful teacher．But I will never forget the lesson the teacher gave me that day．
| 小题1: | | A．cleaned | B．climbed | C．broke | D．mended |
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| 小题4: | | A．because | B．if | C．when | D．though |
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| 小题5: | | A．pleased | B．excited | C．frightened | D．angry |
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| 小题6: | | A．put on | B．put up | C．put out | D．put away |
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| 小题7: | | A．terribly | B．honestly | C．easily | D．hardly |
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| 小题8: | | A．read | B．wrote | C．took | D．bought |
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小题9:A. towards B. opposite C, against D. behind
| 小题10: | | A．books | B．desks | C．stamps | D．windows |
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| 小题11: | | A．nervous | B．pretty | C．happy | D．square |
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| 小题12: | | A．you | B．your | C．yours | D．yourself |
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| 小题13: | | A．talked | B．spoke | C．said | D．told |
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| 小题15: | | A．opened | B．gone | C．left | D．closed |
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Anne Spencer Morrow was born in 1906 in Englewood, New Jersey. She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a __1_. She won two major prizes from the __2_for her writing.
Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she __3__Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The 25-year- old man was tall and good-looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of ___4__ people in the world. He had just become the first person___5__ a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years __6_, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their___7__ were on the front pages of newspapers.
After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, Anne became a pilot too. She began _8__many long airplane flights with her husband. The Lindberghs explored new ways to fly around the world. They seemed to enjoy the greatest _9__ that any young people could not have.
Then in 1932, something__10__happened.They were in great sorrow (痛苦).The Lindberghs’ _11_baby,twenty-month-old Charles, was kidnapped from their home in New Jersey. The body of the baby was discovered more than ten weeks later.
There were a huge number of reports about the case. Newspapers __12__it "the Crime of the Century”. After the trial（审判）, the Lindberghs found it __13__ to live in the United States. There were threats(威胁) on the life of their second child. And there were too __14__ newspaper stories about them. So Anne and Charles Lindbergh moved to Europe in 1935. Four years later they moved __15___ to the United States.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Yet, she and her husband had five more children. She continued flying. In 1934, she became the first woman to win the National Geographic Society"s Hubbard Gold Medal. She was honored for her exploration, research and discovery.
| 小题1: | | A．singer | B．writer | C．actor | D．driver |
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| 小题2: | | A．party | B．charity | C．college | D．country |
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| 小题4: | | A．the best | B．the most famous | C．the most careful | D．the most attractive |
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| 小题5: | | A．to take | B．to fly | C．to ride | D．to walk |
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| 小题6: | | A．after | B．ago | C．before | D．later |
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| 小题7: | | A．friendship | B．work | C．marriage | D．life |
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| 小题8: | | A．making | B．getting | C．giving | D．catching |
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| 小题9: | | A．unluck | B．luck | C．sadnesss | D．excitement |
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| 小题10: | | A．happy | B．exciting | C．interesting | D．terrible |
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| 小题11: | | A．second | B．third | C．fourth | D．first |
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| 小题13: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．simple | D．hardly |
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| 小题14: | | A．much | B．few | C．many | D．little |
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| 小题15: | | A．out | B．away | C．back | D．out of |
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Charlie，a master carpenter(木匠)，was very well respected in his community．Everyone knew that if they wanted the best，they would call on him．Of course that meant that Charlie would never be rich．Other carpenters always told him that if he used inferior(劣质的)materials and cheap labor then he could make a lot of money．Charlie would not take their advice．
One day，John，the richest man in town came to Charlie．He said that he had just bought the best piece of land in town. He was going to Europe for 4 months and wanted Charlie to build him the best house in town．“Spare no expense and give me the best．”
Charlie thought about this and decided finally he would make some money．He did not get his usual great carpenters and fine materials from his normal suppliers．He built the house and covered up the flaws(瑕疵)．After 4 months he had spent about 50％of what he usually spends on a house．
John came back from Europe and immediately called Charlie and asked him to meet him at the house．When they met，John asked him if he had used the finest materials and spared no expense．Charlie said absolutely(绝对地)．John said that he was glad．He paid Charlie，then told him that he wanted to reward Charlie for all of his years of service to the community by giving Charlie this house．
There are many times in our lives where we let down a little bit. When you do，you never know what is going to happen．
小题1:What is the main idea of the first paragraph?| A．Charlie was an honest and respected master carpenter． | | B．Charlie was a very foolish master carpenter． | | C．Charlie was a good but stubborn master carpenter． | | D．Charlie was a carpenter who would never be rich． |
小题2:What does the underlined phrase “spare no expense” in the second paragraph mean?| A．to spend no money | | B．to spend all the money necessary | | C．to give not enough money | | D．to waste no money |
小题3:From Paragraph 3 we can learn ___________________ .| A．Charlie did as the rich man told him | | B．the house was well built | | C．Charlie kept some of the money to himself | | D．the house was only half finished after 4 months |
小题4:When Charlie heard that he would be given the house, he must have felt _______ .| A．happy | B．sorry | C．1ucky | D．satisfied |
小题5:What can we learn from the passage?| A．A good carpenter shouldn’t earn money from his labor． | | B．A carpenter shouldn’t earn a rich man’s money． | | C．The richest man often punished carpenters． | | D．One should always be honest． |
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