阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My First Day
I was still shy in the presence of a crowd.And my first day at the new made me a laughing stock of the classroom. I was sent to the blackboard to write my .I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the ____ of so many pupils on my back made me inside and I was unable to write a single letter.
"Write your name," the teacher called to me. I the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not remember my name, the first letter.
Somebody laughed and I became "Just forget us and write your name," the teacher called and walked to my side, at me to give me confidence.
"What’ s your name?" she asked. "Richard," I ____ . "Then write it."
I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was again. I tried to ___ my senses but I could remember nothing.I realized how totally I was and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud and my muscles froze. I sat and myself.Why did I always appear so dumb I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no I could read better than any of them, and I could talk when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck __, hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.
| 小题1: | | A．school | B．house | C．office | D．lab |
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| 小题2: | | A．address | B．name | C．website | D．hobby |
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| 小题3: | | A．presence | B．pressure | C．eyes | D．smiles |
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| 小题4: | | A．freeze | B．struggle | C．fall | D．think |
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| 小题5: | | A．took | B．picked | C．carried | D．lifted |
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| 小题6: | | A．still | B．ever | C．even | D．also |
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| 小题7: | | A．delighted | B．nervous | C．disappointed | D．angry |
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| 小题8: | | A．pointing | B．looking | C．smiling | D．waving |
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| 小题9: | | A．whispered | B．explained | C．shouted | D．nodded |
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| 小题10: | | A．empty | B．stupid | C．quiet | D．blank |
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| 小题11: | | A．form | B．collect | C．make | D．catch |
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| 小题12: | | A．fighting | B．feeling | C．failing | D．afraid |
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| 小题13: | | A．by | B．before | C．from | D．against |
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| 小题14: | | A．laughter | B．noise | C．cry | D．cheer |
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| 小题15: | | A．calmed | B．hid | C．comforted | D．blamed |
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| 小题17: | | A．need | B．doubt | C．wonder | D．use |
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| 小题18: | | A．correctly | B．anxiously | C．clearly | D．freely |
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| 小题19: | | A．faces | B．teachers | C．places | D．classrooms |
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| 小题20: | | A．shaking | B．suffering | C．burning | D．Hurting |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:C |
试题分析：本文主要讲了我害怕在众人面前说话和做事。这里详细描写了我复杂的心理活动。
小题1:考查名词。 根据And my first day at the new made me a laughing stock of the classroom.可知这里填school。School学校；house房子；office办公室；lab实验室，故选A。
小题2:考查名词。根据I knew my name, and knew how to write it,可知这里意思是让我写自己的名字。Address地址；name名字；website网站；hobby业余爱好，故选B。
小题3:考查名词。根据of so many pupils on my back 可知这里意思是我背后有许多学生的眼睛注视着我。Presence出席；pressure压力；eyes眼睛；smiles微笑，故选C。
小题4:考查动词。根据Then why did strange make me freeze? 可知这里意思是我背后有许多学生的眼睛注视着我，使得我感觉内心结冰。Freeze结冰；struggle奋斗；fall落下；think想，故选A。
小题5:考查动词。根据I the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank可知这里意思是我举起白色的粉笔。Took拿；picked摘；carried携带；lifted举起，故选D。
小题6:考查副词。根据I could not remember my name, the first letter. 可知这里意思是我不记得我的名字，甚至第一个字母。Still仍然；ever曾经；even甚至；also也，故选C。
小题7:考查形容词。根据Somebody laughed and I became "可知这里意思是我变得非常紧张。Delighted高兴的；nervous紧张的；disappointed；angry生气的，故选B。
小题8:考查分词。根据"Just forget us and write your name," the teacher called and walked to my side, at me to give me confidence.可知这里意思是老师笑着，给我信心。Pointing指着；looking看着；smiling微笑；waving挥手，故选C。
小题9:考查动词。根据I was still shy in the presence of a crowd.可知这里意思是我低声说。Whispered低声说；explained解释；shouted大喊；nodded点头，故选A。
小题10:考查形容词。根据I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was again.可知我大脑再次一片空白。Empty空的；stupid愚蠢的；quiet安静的；blank空白的，故选D。
小题11:考查动词。根据I tried to my senses but I could remember nothing.可知这里意思是我想要聚集我的意识。Form形成；collect聚集；make生产；catch接住，故选B。
小题12:考查形容词。根据but I could remember nothing.可知这里意思是我意识到我失败得有多么彻底。Fighting战斗；feeling感觉；failing失败；afraid害怕，故选C。
小题13:考查介词。根据I realized how totally I was and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead the cold blackboard.可知这里意思是我滚烫的额头靠着冰冷的黑板。Against紧靠着，故选D。
小题14:考查短语。根据The room burst into a loud and my muscles froze.可知这里意思是屋子里瞬间哄堂大笑。burst into laughter是固定用法，意思是突然大笑，故选A。
小题15:考查动词。 根据Why did I always appear so dumb I was called upon to perform in a crowd? 可知这里意思是我责备我自己。Calmed平静的；hid隐藏；comforted使舒适；blamed责备，故选D。
小题16:考查连词。根据Why did I always appear so dumb I was called upon to perform in a crowd? 可知这里表示当……时候，故用when，故选C。
小题17:考查句型。根据I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no I could read better than any of them,可知这里意思是毫无疑问我比他们中的任何一个读得都好。There was no doubt是固定句型，意思是毫无疑问，故选B。
小题18:考查副词。根据and I could talk when I was sure of myself.可知这里意思是我可以随意地说。Correctly正确地；anxiously焦急地；clearly明显地；freely随意地。故选D。
小题19:考查名词。根据Then why did strange make me freeze? 可知这里意思是为什么陌生的面孔会使我心里结冰。Faces面容；teachers教师；places放置；classrooms教室，故选A。
小题20:考查分词。根据I sat with my ears and neck __, hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself. 可知这里意思是我的耳朵和脖子都发热。Shaking摇；suffering受苦；burning发热的；Hurting伤害，故选C。 |
核心考点
试题【阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。My First DayI was still shy in t】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school, early and had children. about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor"s office, explaining that I had always be at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a ""D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was but unable to change a （an） . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.
Had I lived up to those grades and myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".
| 小题1: | | A．scolded | B．allowed | C．ordered | D．reminded |
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| 小题2: | | A．bad | B．complex | C．terrible | D．wonderful |
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| 小题3: | | A．approve | B．appointed | C．expected | D．urged |
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| 小题4: | | A．flexible | B．creative | C．disappointing | D．controversial |
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| 小题5: | | A．college-level | B．based | C．difficult | D．easy |
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| 小题6: | | A．married | B．worked | C．succeeded | D．progressed |
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| 小题7: | | A．Sad | B．Confident | C．Anxious | D．Curious |
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| 小题8: | | A．added | B．lived | C．grew | D．went |
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| 小题9: | | A．counted | B．remembered | C．approached | D．discovered |
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| 小题10: | | A．brought | B．turned | C．held | D．kept |
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| 小题11: | | A．nervous | B．excelled | C．poor | D．terrible |
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| 小题12: | | A．impolite | B．impatient | C．inexperienced | D．sympathetic |
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| 小题13: | | A．grade | B．figure | C．paper | D．entry |
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| 小题14: | | A．tear | B．fire | C．cry | D．escape |
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| 小题15: | | A．warned | B．reminded | C．informed | D．convinced |
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| 小题16: | | A．average | B．enthusiastic | C．outstanding | D．occasional |
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| 小题17: | | A．considered | B．defined | C．reflected | D．described |
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| 小题18: | | A．abandoned | B．given | C．believed in | D．doubted |
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| 小题19: | | A．change | B．risk | C．defeat | D．reminded |
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| 小题20: | | A．looked | B．viewed | C．sang | D．criticized |
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How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n） ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings in that museum would help him．
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the ．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more ．But Jacob"s teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man to become an artist．Many creative people there to talk about art, literature and history．From their ,Jacob learned that history books often the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He Toussaint, who had helped free his people French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob"s pictures, but he needed admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a artist．
| 小题1: | | A．steps | B．blocks | C．buildings | D．avenues |
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| 小题2: | | A．artist | B．tutor | C．scholar | D．official |
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| 小题3: | | A．swinging | B．existing | C．hanging | D．twisting |
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| 小题4: | | A．blank | B．loose | C．tough | D．tight |
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| 小题5: | | A．lined | B．decorated | C．associated | D．filled |
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| 小题6: | | A．stored | B．received | C．created | D．remembered |
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| 小题7: | | A．museum | B．studio | C．church | D．street |
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| 小题8: | | A．whether | B．which | C．that | D．when |
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| 小题9: | | A．precious | B．practical | C．standard | D．flexible |
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| 小题10: | | A．recommended | B．reminded | C．provided | D．showed |
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| 小题11: | | A．hesitating | B．struggling | C．marching | D．participating |
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| 小题12: | | A．settled | B．wandered | C．gathered | D．rushed |
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| 小题13: | | A．experiences | B．performances | C．accents | D．conversations |
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| 小题14: | | A．acknowledged | B．accused | C．ignored | D．witnessed |
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| 小题15: | | A．chose | B．accepted | C．counted | D．employed |
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| 小题16: | | A．against | B．from | C．for | D．with |
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| 小题17: | | A．more than | B．rather than | C．other than | D．less than |
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| 小题18: | | A．broke | B．gave | C．permitted | D．took |
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| 小题19: | | A．award | B．title | C．salary | D．prize |
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| 小题20: | | A．permanent | B．popular | C．positive | D．professional |
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Henry Ford grew up on an un-electrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edison"s career as the inventor became a national role model．Ford took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company working his way up to chief engineer．
In 1896 Ford was thirty-three and, though still working for Edison Co．,he had created his first experimental automobile the Ford Quadricycle2 during his off-time． At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor． Edison was impressed． Edison is said to have slammed his fist downand shouted ¨Young man, that"s the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries its own power plant．" Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one．
The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T．6．The two men became f"ast friends and would go on camping trips together．When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race．At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored Edison．When Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford:“ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings．I can only say that he is my friend．" Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by after he passed away in 1931．
Once, Ford asked Thomas Edison"s son Charles to sit by the dying inventor"s bedside and hold a test tube next to his father"s mouth to catch his final breath． Ford was a man with many strange behaviors（ as was Edison）including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism（夏活通灵术）and some say that he was attempting to catch Edison"s soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life．
The test tube itself didn"t turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Ford"s passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History" in the Henry Ford Museum．It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison"s Last Breath"．
There is a further mystery of this “last breath" test tube． It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison"s last breath．
Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning．Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards ．their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration．
小题1:The passage can be sorted as a ．| A．science research | B．short story | C．news report | D．self-introduction |
小题2:From the underlined sentence in Paragraph2 we can learn that ．| A．Edison envied what Ford had achieved | | B．Edison was annoyed that Ford did better him | | C．Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea | | D．Edison was extremely amazed at Ford"s new idea |
小题3:In Paragraph 3,the writer mentions Ford bought an extra wheelchair ．| A．to remind Edison was Ford"s role model | | B．to suggest Ford was a man of strange behavior | | C．to tell us the importance of a creative idea then | | D．to show the close friendship between Henry Ford and Edison |
小题4:¨The 61ast breath" test tube" can probably be regarded as ．| A．a symbol of a friendship and memory | | B．a witness to a scientific breakthrough | | C．a failure to bring Edison back to life | | D．a sign of the two inventors" poor behavior |
小题5:It can be learned from the last paragraph that“ ” ．| A．Great minds think alike | | B．Nobody is perfect | | C．Two heads are better than one | | D．A friend in need is a friend indeed |
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When I stopped by to get a newspaper, a tall, sincere man came over to me asking for help with directions. With a printout of Google maps, he was looking for a on the main street, but just couldn"t find it. After checking out his written directions, I mapped it on my phone and showed him where he needed to go.
He, in , mentioned that he had tried going there, but there was no such street number and he just couldn"t locate his hotel. I it again for him. He thanked me with a big smile, shook my hand, and . I got into my car and he got into his, and we ways. As I drove to the next grocery store and went in, I sensed wrong about the directions－so I Googled the address again and _ that he was looking for the right address but in a city half an hour away!
it had been several minutes, and in the peak rush hour time, the chances of finding him a mile away－where he was surely still looking around－were . But I thought I"d give it a（an） and set off in that direction. I"d noticed what his car looked like, and was just about to give up. I parked my car as I considered what else I could do－ , like magic, he drove right by and pulled over into a nearby parking spot, still about where the hotel was.
When I next to him, he couldn"t believe it: " did you find me?!" he asked. "I"m not sure, but I that you are in the wrong city!" I showed him the right directions, and after more and a handshake, we . " Likely that we"ll never meet again, and that makes it much more _ .
| 小题1: | | A．museum | B．parking spot | C．hotel | D．grocery store |
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| 小题2: | | A．constantly | B．exactly | C．absolutely | D．completely |
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| 小题3: | | A．relief | B．panic | C．delight | D．puzzlement |
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| 小题4: | | A．confirmed | B．evaluated | C．analyzed | D．adjusted |
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| 小题5: | | A．took off | B．took up | C．took down | D．took over |
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| 小题6: | | A．lost | B．parted | C．fought | D．pushed |
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| 小题7: | | A．nothing | B．anything | C．something | D．everything |
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| 小题8: | | A．realized | B．considered | C．determined | D．acknowledged |
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| 小题9: | | A．Hopefully | B．Unbelievably | C．Consequently | D．Unfortunately |
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| 小题10: | | A．big | B．vital | C．slim | D．Obvious |
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| 小题11: | | A．beginning | B．end | C．change | D．try |
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| 小题12: | | A．hardly | B．merely | C．regularly | D．occasionally |
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| 小题13: | | A．while | B．before | C．when | D．since |
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| 小题14: | | A．at a loss | B．at a risk | C．at ease | D．at peace |
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| 小题15: | | A．put out | B．put up | C．pulled down | D．pulled in |
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| 小题17: | | A．tried out | B．figured out | C．burst out | D．carried out |
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| 小题18: | | A．luck | B．smiles | C．greetings | D．praise |
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| 小题19: | | A．left together | B．returned home | C．waved goodbye | D．rushed away |
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| 小题20: | | A．useful | B．sweet | C．common | D．wrong |
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Sherlock Holmes was the greatest detective in history. His astonishing power of observation and analysis meant that he was able to solve cases which left the real police completely perplexed. As a problem solver in the law forced business, he was a knowledgeable person equal to Superman, the comic book hero.
Like Superman, of course, Holmes did not exist. He was the creation of a Scottish doctor and novelist Arthur Conan Doyle, and remains one of the most famous literary fiction characters of all time.
Holmes’ general rule when trying to solve a case was as follows: completely get rid of the impossible. Then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
It’s said that Holmes’ powers of deduction (推断) were superhuman, particularly his ability to process information from what he observed. In a story called The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Holmes examines the area near a lake where a murder has been committed. The local police have already searched the area and found no clues. Holmes spends ten minutes in the area, and announces that the murderer “is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears thick-soled shooting boots and a gray coat, smokes Indian cigars, uses a cigar holder, and carries a penknife in his pocket. There are several other indications, but these may be enough to aid us in our search.” Needless to say, he has found evidence to support all of these statements.
The fictional Holmes lived in an apartment at 221 Baker Street, a real street in Central London. When Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes, there was no 221 Baker Street, but after the street was extended northwards, there was. There is currently a bank at that address.
The fact that Holmes didn’t actually exist doesn’t stop thousands of people writing to him for help every year.The bank kindly responds to every letter they receive with the following message: “Mr. Holmes thanks you for your letter. At the moment he is retired in Sussex, keeping bees, and does not undertake detective work nowadays.”
小题1:In the first paragraph the underlined word “perplexed” suggests that the police were _______| A．confident | B．worried | C．confused | D．sure |
小题2:How does the writer describe Holmes and Superman?| A．Neither Superman nor Holmes was a real character. | | B．Both Superman and Holmes used super intellect to solve problems. | | C．Superman was a comic book figure, while Holmes was a real detective. | | D．Superman and Holmes were equally intelligent and brave. |
小题3:How did Holmes use his powers of deduction in the fourth paragraph?| A．He spent a long time thinking about possible solutions. | | B．He found clues to help him create a full description of a suspect. | | C．He observed the crime area and guessed what happened. | | D．He searched the area with the police and discussed with them, |
小题4:When letters are written to Holmes, _______| A．he answers letters when he receives them | | B．his secretary answers them for him. | | C．the bank at 221 Baker Street where he used to live sends the letters back | | D．the bank at his address replies that Holmes is no longer working as a detective |
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