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"In my opinion," the first man said, "the Egyptian (埃及的) pyramids ( 金字塔) are the world"s greatest
wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people
who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery (机械) that builders and
engineers have today.
"I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful," the second man said, "but I do not think they are the
greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the
moon and brought them back safely. In seconds, they carry out mathematical calculations (计算) that would
take a person a hundred years to do.
Then the second man turned to the third man and asked, "What do you think is the greatest wonder in the
world?
The third man thought for a long time, and then he said. "Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful,
and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world
is this thermos." And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up. The other two men were very surprised.
"A thermos?" they exclaimed (惊叫). "But that"s a simple thing."
"Oh, no, it"s not," the third man said. "In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer
you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it"s winter or summer?"
B. air-conditioner
C. electric fan
D. bottle which can keep liquids hot or cold
B. they all had different criteria (标准)
C. they could not prove that their opinions were right
D. the journey ended too soon
B. they were in Egypt
C. they had been built with every simple tools
D. they could do mathematical calculations
B. it cost less than a computer
C. he thought it knew whether it was winter or summer
D. the other two men were surprised when he told them about it
B. he did not understand how a thermos works
C. he did not think the pyramids were wonderful
D. he did not know anything about computers
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试题【阅读理解。 Three men travelling on a train began a conversation about the world"s 】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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He was going to stay with me. I was still at the office at the time, but I had prepared for his coming. After
explaining where my new house was, I told him where I had left the key. As I was likely to be home rather late,
I asked him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink.
Two hours later my friend telephoned me from the flat. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of
my records after having just had a truly wonderful meal. He had cooked two eggs and had helped himself to
some cold chicken from the refrigerator.
Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him. When I asked him if
he had reached the flat without difficulty he answered that he had not been able to find the key, but luckily the
living-room window just by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in. I listened to all this in
surprise. There is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my neighbour"s!
B. arrive
C. telephone me from the airport
D. meet my neighbour
B. he liked good food
C. I would very probably be home late
D. I disliked being bothered
B. because he had nothing to do
C. because he wasn" t hungry
D. after he had had a wonderful meal
B. drinking a glass of orange juice
C. doing nothing
D. both A and B
B. as he had been told to
C. through the open window
D. by opening the door with the key
the AIDS virus. I was asked to attend because I am on a TV show. I went there because I care.
At the party, they had all kinds of small rooms. I got into a special one. In this room, anyone could paint
a square. They gave everyone paints in bright, beautiful colours and asked the kids to paint something beautiful.
As I looked around at all the squares, I saw the pictures were all bright, except one.
The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was dark, empty, and lifeless. It lacked the bright
colours that other children used.
At first I thought maybe he took the only paint that was left and it just happened to be dark. But when I
asked him about it, he said his heart was that colour because his own heart felt dark. I asked him why and
he told me that he was very sick and his mother was very sick, too. He said that his sickness was not ever
going to get better and neither was his mother"s. He looked straight into my eyes and said, "There is nothing
anyone can do to help."
I told him I was sorry that he was sick and I could certainly understand why he was so sad. I could even
understand why he had made his heart a dark colour. But I told him that it isn"t true that there is nothing
anyone can do to help. Other people may not make him or his mother better but we can do things like giving
him or her hugs. Then I hugged him for a long time. I thought my own heart would burst with the love I felt
for this sweet little boy. After that, I asked him if he felt any better. He said he did, but he was still sick and
nothing would change that. I walked away feeling sad.
As I was getting ready to head home, I felt a tug on my jacket. I turned around and the little boy was
standing there with a smile on his face. He told me, "My heart is changing colours. It is getting brighter.
I think those hugs really work."
On my way home, I felt my own heart had changed to a brighter colour.
B. the name of an organization
C. a child with the AIDS virus
D. the name of a party
B. worked for a TV show
C. cared for the sick children
D. was very careful
B. he took the only paint that was left
C. his mother was dying
D. he as well as his mother was seriously ill
B. the writer felt her heart had changed brighter
C. nothing happened
D. the boy wasn"t sick any more
B. come into
C. be filled
D. feel
and wants to look for something to eat.
It stops in front of a food shop because it sees a big steak (牛排). But there is a man in the shop. The dog
waits out of the shop. About ten minutes later, the man goes out of the shop. The dog takes the steak and runs
away. When it runs along the bank of a river (河岸), it wants to have some water first in the river. When it
looks at itself in the river, it finds there is another dog with a big steak in the river. Soit wants get the other
dog"s steak. At this time it starts to rain. The dog in the river is not there and there is no steak in the river, too.
But its steak drops (掉) into the river.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
D. At night.
B. A dog.
C. A place.
D. Some food.
B. 追随
C. 等候
D. 叫喊
B. Some meat.
C. Some bread.
D. A steak.
B. It wants to have one steak more.
C. It gives the steak to another dog.
D. It doesn"t like eating steaks.
fell and hit his head. The doctors believed that he might 2 get well.
"He seems to have given up hope. So medicines alone won"t 3 . Perhaps he needs something else," said
a doctor. "When I visit him, all he ever says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth."
To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was not 4 . In America, Babe Ruth was as 5 a man as the President
himself, and he was the most famous baseball player.
The next day John"s father managed to tell Babe Ruth about the story of his son on the phone. Twenty-four
hours later, as the boy 6 in his hospital room, in walked 7 . Young John could hardly believe his own
eyes!
The great baseball player sat down at Jobn"s bedside, sang, "Now, listen, kid, you"ve got to get well. I"ve
brought you a new American League baseball, 8 you must start throwing it."
For John this was the beginning of a new life. 9 his doctors" surprise, the boy walked out of the hospital
on his own a few weeks later. How was able to live a healthy life-all because of the 10 of Babe Ruth.
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| During the Second World War. John"s family didn"t have a washing machine. Therefore, 1______ (keep) clothes clean became a problem for them. Before long, a family friend decided 2______ (join) the army and his wife was going with him. John"s family told them that they could take care of their furniture while they were away. To the 3______ (family) surprise, the friend suggested they should use his Bendix washing machine. "It would be better for it to 4______ (use), rather than sitting 5______ (quiet)," he said. Young John helped with the washing,and he developed a deep love of the old, green Bendix. 6______ (late), the war ended and the family"s friend returned. When he came to take the machine away. John became very sad. His mother saw this and said to 7______ (he). "Son, you must remember that machine didn"t belong to us in the 8______ (one) place. It was a gift for us to be able to use it for such a long time. So, instead of 9______ (be) sad about the loss.Let"s be grateful that we 10______ (be) able to use it at that time." We have all experienced loss: loss of people and things. However, if we see the thing we 11______ (lose) as a gift that we were given for a time, maybe the sad 12______ (memory) will change into 13______ (thank) ones. |