One day an out of work mimic(滑稽演员) is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw the crowd,a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mimic that the zoo"s most popular attraction,a gorilla(大猩猩),has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mimic a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mimic accepts. So the next morning the mimic puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it"s a great job. He can sleep all he wants,play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mimic. However,eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires of just swinging on wires. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience,he climbs to the top of his cage,crawls across a partition(隔离物),and dangles from the top to the lion"s cage. Of course,this makes the lion very angry,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the mimic a raise for being such a good attraction. Well,this goes on for some time-the mimic keeps taunting the lion,the crowds grow larger,and his salary keeps going up. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the angry lion he slips and falls. The mimic is terrified. The lion gathers itself and prepares to attack. The mimic is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. Finally,the mimic starts screaming and yelling,“Help me,help me!”But the lion is quick and attacks. The mimic soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says,“Shut up,you idiot!Do you want to get us both fired?” 小题1:The mimic visits the zoo to________.A.take care of the dying gorilla | B.beg some money from the zoo keeper | C.ask for a job there | D.perform and earn some money there | 小题2:The zoo keeper offers the mimic a job to act as the gorilla because________.A.it is more expensive to hire a real gorilla | B.the real gorilla died but the keeper does not want to lose its visitors | C.he likes the mimic"s performance | D.he wants to help the mimic who is out of work | 小题3:What does the mimic feel about the new job at first?A.He likes it because he has enough freedom in the job. | B.He likes it but he prefers to working as a mimic. | C.He doesn"t like it for people do not respect him. | D.He doesn"t like it because he gets little pay. | 小题4:The mimic climbs to the lion"s cage because________.A.he finds it more interesting to climb the cage | B.he wants to play with the lion | C.he wants to attract the attention of his audience | D.he has never seen a lion before | 小题5:What does the passage mainly tell us?A.The mimic and his job | B.The mimic and his success | C.The actor and the mimic | D.The mimic and his animals |
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小题1:D 小题2:B 小题3:A 小题4:C 小题5:A |
试题分析:本文叙述了一位滑稽演员因为失去了工作,就去动物园想通过表演来挣钱,这时他被动物园的管理员看中,给他提供一份扮演大猩猩的工作,他被锁进笼子里自己感觉这个工作很适合自己,他也得到了一些奖励。 小题1:细节理解题。根据One day an out of work mimic(滑稽演员) is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer.他想去动物园那里表演挣一些钱,故选D。 小题2:细节理解题。根据a gorilla(大猩猩),has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off.因为大猩猩死了他们不想失去观众,故选B。 小题3:细节理解题。根据He can sleep all he wants,play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mimic.他感觉这个工作有自由,故选A。 小题4:细节理解题。根据Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience,he climbs to the top of his cage,crawls across a partition(隔离物),and dangles from the top to the lion"s cage.他想吸引观众的注意,所以他爬到了笼子的顶部,故选C。 小题5:主旨大意题。根据全文的内容可知主要叙述了滑稽演员与他的工作,故选A。 点评:主旨大意题主要是测试考生对一篇文章或一段文字的深层理解程度及在速读中准确把握文章大意的能力,一般针对某一语段或某一语篇主题标题或目的设题。做这类题,关键在于抓住文章要旨。 |
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Son’s Help Mr. Smith worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup, he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Smith didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his six-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen. “I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.” 小题1:Mr. Smith was paid much because _______. A.his wife helped him a lot | B.he worked in a factory | C.he was busy and had a lot of work to do | D.he had worked there for a long time | 小题2:Mrs. Smith did all housework because _______. A.she couldn’t find any work | B.she thought her husband was tired | C.her husband spent all time in gambling | D.she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling | 小题3:_____, so he was put into lockup. A.Mr. Smith often gambled | B.Mr. Smith was late for work | C.Mr. Smith didn’t help his wife at home | D.Mr. Smith wasn’t polite to the police | 小题4:The woman had to leave Mr. Smith because _______. A.he didn’t love her any longer | B.he wouldn’t stop gambling | C.he had been put into lockup | D.he was hardly sent away by the factory | 小题5:What is the meaning of the underlined word in the first paragraph?A.clinic | B.office | C.prison | D.restaurant |
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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “ 1 station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a 2 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救护车),too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n) 3 voice of a young woman. “OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman. Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 4 off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was 5 . No collision, no wounded man. “What a dirty 6 !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (恶作剧) 7 and…” They had not been able to say anything about a 8 when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came 9 towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly 10 to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away. When Randolph Bruce, the driver , was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had foretold (预言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was 11 at last. Later the police did whatever they could to 12 the woman who had 13 them, but failed. It is really 14 that a prophecy(预言) should agree with the fact so 15 .
小题1: | A.Weather | B.Railway | C.Fire | D.Police |
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小题2: | A.bus | B.truck | C.taxi | D.train |
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小题3: | A.sweet | B.anxious | C.beautiful | D.low |
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小题4: | A.turned | B.took | C.started | D.walked |
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小题5: | A.bad | B.satisfied | C.pleasant | D.fine |
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小题7: | A.policeman | B.boy | C.woman | D.driver |
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小题8: | A.reward | B.praise | C.thanks | D.punishment |
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小题9: | A.turning | B.running | C.starting | D.passing |
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小题10: | A.continued | B.refused | C.began | D.stopped |
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小题11: | A.saved | B.dead | C.awake | D.alive |
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小题12: | A.find | B.meet | C.punish | D.thank |
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小题13: | A.laughed | B.telephoned | C.repeated | D.visited |
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小题14: | A.exciting | B.surprising | C.pleasing | D.interesting |
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小题15: | A.equally | B.truly | C.exactly | D.carefully |
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On the first day of class, Mr. Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that. When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else"s in our class. What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn"t wait to get the answer. Very simple, Mr. Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers? Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this? We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat"s), hadn"t he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct. 小题1:We failed in the test because we didn"t ______. A.take notes while listening | B.show interest in what Mr. Whiteson said | C.listen to the teacher carefully | D.think carefully | 小题2:We got angry because ______.A.Mr. Whiteson didn"t tell us the truth about cattytiger | B.we failed in the test | C.we didn"t know why he played the joke on us | D.there was no cattytiger | 小题3:We didn"t find out it was a lie for ______.A.we simply believed our teacher very much | B.we took notes carelessly | C.we hadn"t watched the skull carefully enough | D.Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast | 小题4:Mr. Whiteson meant that ______.A.teachers couldn"t make any mistakes | B.textbooks might be wrong sometimes | C.we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong | D.we shouldn"t believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies |
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People always say that if God closed a door in front of you, there must be a window opened for you. Yes, people always say that, but 31 is the window for me? I’m not disappointed, just a little worried 32 as my roommate said, “Why are you angry with yourself once you 33 to do anything?” I had no idea. I just can’t 34 myself if I can understand some easy things. Now, I just feel 35 with myself because I couldn’t finish the assignment(任务) on the lab, and what was 36 worse was that actually I didn’t understand what the 37 was! Fiona asked me why I didn’t 38 for help. The problem is that if I have to ask some silly questions, I will feel 39 . Before I came here, I was confident. But I have totally 40 it. Sometimes I can’t even find the right words: sometimes I am too shy to 41 others. I have to admit that I am 42 . The wisest people are always 43 who can take advantage of others’ wisdom. But I was so stupid as to close myself and 44 a lot of time soaking inside the workbook, 45 made me more confused. Why can’t I follow the sentence? I am 46 to get help the next time I have any questions. I can 47 I am not smart, But I shouldn’t hide it. I must 48 it as soon as possible. 49 I will have to waste much more time on it ---just like tonight. Difficulties always go with me. Go 50 ! I can make it.
小题1: | A.which | B.what | C.where | D.why |
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小题3: | A.want | B.decide | C.fail | D.like |
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小题4: | A.believe | B.like | C.delight | D.forgive |
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小题5: | A.unsatisfied | B.satisfied | C.happy | D.worry |
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小题6: | A.very | B.even | C.quite | D.fairly |
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小题7: | A.lab | B.assignment | C.problem | D.question |
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小题8: | A.look | B.thank | C.search | D.ask |
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小题9: | A.shamed | B.upset | C.comfortable | D.sorry |
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小题10: | A.forgot | B.made | C.lost | D.took |
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小题11: | A.disturb | B.help | C.greet | D.communicate |
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小题12: | A.smart | B.clever | C.wrong | D.stupid |
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小题13: | A.these | B.those | C.ones | D.the ones |
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小题14: | A.spend | B.cost | C.kill | D.waste |
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小题16: | A.determined | B.willing | C.content | D.ready |
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小题17: | A.say | B.announce | C.explain | D.admit |
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小题18: | A.answer | B.solve | C.work out | D.finish |
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小题19: | A.However | B.Thus | C.Otherwise | D.Hopefully |
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Not too long ago, a story that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest 46 out of our Polynesian Village resort(度假胜地) at Walt Disney was asked how she 47 her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a(n) 48 vacation, but was heartbroken about 49 several rolls of Kodak color film(胶卷) she had not yet 50 . At that moment she was particularly 51 over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau, 52 this was a memory she especially treasured. Now, please understand that we have no written service rules 53 lost photos in the park. 54 , the clerk at the front desk 55 Disney’s idea of caring for our 56 . She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of 57 film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau. Two weeks later the guest received a 58 at her home. In it were photos of all the actors of our show, 59 signed by each performer. There were also 60 of the public procession(游行队伍) and fireworks in the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own 61 after work. I happened to know this 62 because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that 63 in her life had she received such good service from any business. Excellent 64 does not come from policy(政策性的) handbooks. It comes from people who 65 —and from a culture that encourages and shapes that attitude.
小题1: | A.working | B.checking | C.trying | D.staying |
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小题2: | A.expected | B.realized | C.paid | D.enjoyed |
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小题3: | A.disappointing | B.wonderful | C.uncomfortable | D.important |
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小题4: | A.taking | B.dropping | C.losing | D.breaking |
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小题5: | A.developed | B.taken | C.washed | D.loaded |
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小题6: | A.silly | B.nervous | C.calm | D.sad |
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小题7: | A.when | B.where | C.as | D.which |
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小题8: | A.covering | B.finding | C.making | D.keeping |
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小题9: | A.Excitedly | B.Fortunately | C.Therefore | D.Quietly |
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小题10: | A.understood | B.reminded | C.created | D.discovered |
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小题11: | A.workers | B.guests | C.managers | D.clerks |
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小题12: | A.printed | B.shot | C.unused | D.recorded |
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小题13: | A.film | B.card | C.camera | D.packet |
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小题14: | A.frequently | B.personally | C.alone | D.actually |
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小题15: | A.rules | B.pictures | C.handbooks | D.performances |
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小题16: | A.case | B.work | C.time | D.position |
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小题17: | A.story | B.place | C.photo | D.show |
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小题18: | A.only | B.almost | C.never | D.nearly |
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小题19: | A.advice | B.experience | C.quality | D.service |
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小题20: | A.care | B.explain | C.like | D.know |
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