Pulled from the rubble （碎砖）of the big earthquake after eight days of unimaginable suffering, 8- year-old Kiki Joachin caught the world’s attention. Today he and his 21 struggle to rebuild their home, their lives and their hopes.
When the terrible earthquake broke out, Kiki’s mother 22 from the porch （门廊）of their apartment building 23 her five –year-old-son, David, who was outside fetching water. 24 injured by falling concrete （水泥），she tried to dig through it and 25 toward her five other kids who were 26 in the ruins of their home. 27 , she could make little progress.
For eight days Kiki and his 28 were buried beneath. They curled (蜷缩) their bodies in a (n) 29 space, with no food or water, hardly able to move; nearby lay the 30 of their three other siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Kiki 31 as his sister covered them with her T-shirt.
On the eighth day, a neighbour 32 her possessions heard Kiki’s 33 cries for water. Two 34 spent the next four hours 35 drilling through the rubble and finally 36 Kiki and his sister. As Kiki was 37 by the firefighters from the hole, he made a victory gesture.
Now Kiki hopes to be an engineer when he grows up, so he can help 38 his country. His father wants to start a 39 for his family, maybe selling rice and beans, to be able to put another room on the house so his kids can sleep better. Meanwhile, his father and mother are 40 for what they have and the survival of the three children.
| 小题1: | | A．friends | B．classmates | C．family | D．team |
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| 小题2: | | A．walked | B．ran | C．jumped | D．wandered |
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| 小题3: | | A．in search of | B．in honour of | C．in face of | D．in charge of |
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| 小题4: | | A．Because | B．If | C．Unless | D．Though |
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| 小题6: | | A．buried | B．killed | C．controlled | D．hidden |
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| 小题7: | | A．Otherwise | B．Therefore | C．However | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题8: | | A．brother | B．sister | C．father | D．mother |
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| 小题9: | | A．wide | B．tiny | C．open | D．public |
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| 小题10: | | A．bodies | B．clothes | C．shadows | D．toys |
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| 小题11: | | A．nodded | B．smiled | C．wept | D．slept |
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| 小题12: | | A．sorting out | B．showing off | C．looking for | D．giving away |
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| 小题13: | | A．weak | B．good | C．long | D．clear |
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| 小题14: | | A．neighbours | B．relatives | C．passers-by | D．firefighters |
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| 小题15: | | A．skillfully | B．carefully | C．impatiently | D．rapidly |
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| 小题16: | | A．fastened | B．adopted | C．cured | D．reached |
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| 小题17: | | A．raised | B．fixed | C．grabbed | D．touched |
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| 小题18: | | A．rebuild | B．protect | C．lead | D．visit |
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| 小题19: | | A．company | B．business | C．movement | D．club |
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| 小题20: | | A．suitable | B．ready | C．excited | D．grateful |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:D |
文章讲述的是地震后kiki和他的姐姐被困在废墟中，由于他的邻居听到了他的哭声，所以获救的故事。
小题1:上下文。根据下文可知，是他和他的家人在重建他们的家园。
小题2:语境，地震发生的时候人们都会很惊慌，所以他的母亲肯定是从门廊那里跑过来寻找5岁的david
小题3:同上 in search of 寻找in honor of 为了纪念 in face of 面对 in charge of 管理，负责
小题4:句意理解，尽管因为掉落的水泥而受伤了，但是母亲还是努力去挖
小题5:上下文，根据上文可知母亲是为了寻找他五岁的儿子，因此她朝着她儿子的方向挖去
小题6:语境，地震过后，五岁的大卫肯定是被埋在了废墟底下
小题7:上下文，根据she could make little progress可知，此处表转折，尽管她很努力，但是她进展不大
小题8:上下文，根据后面的 his sister covered them with her T-shirt可知，kiki和他的姐姐被困在一起
小题9:上下文。根据They curled (蜷缩) their bodies 可知，他们被困的空间非常小，即tiny
小题10:上下文，根据后文可知他的其他兄弟姐妹都死掉了，所以此处指的是他其他兄弟姐妹的尸体
小题11:语境，他的其他兄弟姐妹都去世了，他和他的姐姐又被困在了里面，所以此处他哭了。
小题12:句意理解，因为地震过后到处一片废墟，所以他的邻居在寻找她的所有物，财产
小题13:语境，他们被困在废墟里八天了，所以他们的哭声肯定是微弱的
小题14:上下文，根据后面的by the firefighters from the hole可知，是消防员救了他们出来
小题15:句意理解，因为地震后的废墟很难清理，所以消防员肯定是小心地救他们出来
小题16:句意理解，他们把废墟清理掉以后，到达了被困的兄妹那里
小题17:句意理解，当他被消防员抬起来的时候，他做了一个成功的手势。因为他很虚弱，所以只能是消防员抬起他、
小题18:上下文，因为他的家乡被地震摧毁了，所以他想做一个工程师，来重建他的家乡
小题19:上下文，根据后面的maybe selling rice and beans可知，他的父亲想做生意
小题20:句意理解，他们的父母对他们所拥有的和他们的幸存很感激。 |
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Last Sunday, I waked into the house in the afternoon to find my brother rushing around in a hurry. As soon as I took my coat off, my little brother placed a bunch of papers in my hands and asked me to fold them up so they could fit into an envelope as quickly as possible. He said it needed to get done quickly before it turned dark.
I was a little surprised that something could be so urgent on a Sunday. It wasn’t until I was halfway through that I actually looked at what I was folding. After I read it, it put the biggest smile on my face. It was a lovely letter to all the residents （居民）in my neighborhood. My brother was asking everyone to let him know if anyone needed help. He left his contact information and said that anyone that needed help should get in touch with him and he would figure something out. He also asked people to get in touch if they were able to help out.
London received an unusual amount of snow last week, and the city was completely under- prepared for it. So it was quite difficult to get anywhere. Only the major roads had been cleared, and smaller roads and pavements could be quite treacherous. There are a good number of old people in our little community. So my brother thought that the snow may have posed （造成）some difficulty for some of them, particularly because we live on a hill.
A few elderly people got in touch with him asking for help for things they needed. One of them was especially grateful because his caregiver couldn’t make it. To our surprise, he got more responses from people offering to help. Then he received help from people who wanted to help. Everyone was really touched and wrote to my brother wonderful email. One of our neighbors wrote email saying that although she wasn’t able to help, she was “very proud of having a neighbor like him who puts other people’s interests first.”
小题1:The author’s brother wrote the letter to _______.| A．ask for help from his neighbors | | B．give a hand to those in need of help | | C．require his neighbors to clear the snow | | D．raise money for the old people in his community |
小题2:What can we learn from the text?| A．Few people were willing to help out. | | B．The snow was unexpectedly heavy. | | C．Most residents in the community are elderly people. | | D．The community was completely cut off from the outside world. |
小题3:The underlined word “treacherous” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_______”.| A．dirty | B．dangerous | C．safe | D．crowded |
小题4: One of their neighbors sent email to the author’s brother to ________.| A．express thanks | B．lend a hand | | C．show appreciation | D．ask for help |
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Not many foreigners can say that they have lived in China for as long as I have. Perhaps some can hack(应对) it for about two or three years and then they want to either go back home or move on to another country. As for me, I cannot get 36 of this place. I love it here so much and I honestly believe that I am very comfortable here. It feels just like 37. And, here 38 the story.
It was August 2001 and I had just said 39 to my family and friends as I 40 to Los Angeles International Airport to catch my 41 to Incheon, South Korea which would then 42 me to Beijing. When I arrived in LA I was very excited and a little 43 because I didn"t know what to 44 when I arrived in China. It 45 like receiving a wrapped gift and you had no idea what was in it 46 you opened it. As I 47 the Korean Airlines 48 desk I gave the attendant(空乘人员) my ticket. He looked at me and said, "I"m sorry, sir. This flight was yesterday." I was in 49 and lost for words. The attendant told me I had to wait several hours until they could 50 whether I could get onto another flight.
I was so afraid at this time that I called my mother and frantically(狂乱地) told her," I missed my flight! I don"t think I can go to 51! I"m better off going back to Washington, DC!" That"s when she 52 I call my leader in China and ask whether I could still go there. Looking 53 all of the papers I found a phone number and called the Beijing office. 54, my leader was there and assured me I could still join the group. Also, KAL had a seat for me on the next flight. So, after 24 hours and a 55 in Korea, I arrived in Beijing. I don"t know what my feeling was, but I wasn"t tired because I had finally arrived and I just wanted to look around the city. As I traveled to the hotel in the car I saw all the wonderful buildings, friendly people and interesting sites. I was so happy to be here.
| 小题1: | | A．many | B．much | C．enough | D．little |
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| 小题2: | | A．home | B．family | C．house | D．country |
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| 小题3: | | A．says | B．goes | C．tells | D．talks |
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| 小题4: | | A．hello | B．sorry | C．good | D．goodbye |
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| 小题5: | | A．headed | B．walked | C．settled | D．jogged |
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| 小题6: | | A．train | B．flight | C．bus | D．ship |
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| 小题7: | | A．adjust | B．lead | C．conduct | D．adapt |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprised | B．annoyed | C．adsurd | D．nervous |
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| 小题9: | | A．happen | B．see | C．expect | D．know |
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| 小题10: | | A．felt | B．looked | C．seemed | D．sounded |
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| 小题11: | | A．after | B．when | C．while | D．until |
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| 小题12: | | A．got | B．arrived | C．approached | D．sat |
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| 小题13: | | A．check-in | B．office | C．check-out | D．examine |
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| 小题14: | | A．shock | B．trouble | C．danger | D．difficulty |
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| 小题15: | | A．sure | B．confirm | C．construct | D．ask |
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| 小题16: | | A．Korea | B．Washington | C．Los Angeles | D．China |
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| 小题17: | | A．explained | B．suggested | C．ordered | D．requested |
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| 小题18: | | A．around | B．back | C．through | D．for |
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| 小题19: | | A．Luckily | B．Seriously | C．Honestly | D．Sadly |
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| 小题20: | | A．visit | B．living | C．stopover | D．stay |
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My daughter recently asked me what a Travel Agency does. There is one located on our street and it has just been completely rebuilt. I told her that they helped people book their trips and vacations. “Why haven’t we ever been in there?” she wanted to know. “Because we do everything ourselves online these days” I explained. “But why do it yourself if other people want to do it for you?” she wondered out loud.
The answer is that the travel agency makes a little bit of money on each ticket you book through them. If you book your ticket yourself, online, you save that money. Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving $30 on a $300 trip. All those $30 discounts add up of course so I guess we should be happy with that.
Still, how bad is it really to pay someone $30 and trust them to buy you something decent? Wouldn’t you say your free evenings are worth more than $10 a piece?
Consider books for a moment. Buying your book at Amazon saves you maybe 30% to 40% on each book. Add to that the convenience of shopping from home and getting the package delivered to your home address. So far so good.
Unfortunately that does mean you spend way too much time browsing Amazon. com while you could do something fun instead. Like maybe reading an actual book?
Then the package arrives and you aren’t home and end up having to pick it up at the local post- office. All in all I wonder how much time I end up investing in the whole process.
Time sounds free, but to most of us, it is more valuable than money.
The Internet Economy promised to get rid of the middle-men and we loved it. Somehow, I’m starting to get the feeling that we ourselves ended up doing the work of that middle-men we were so eager to get rid of.
In any project you can always pick two of these: fast, cheap or good. We seem to have focused a lot on ‘cheap’ and ‘good’ but the extra time we need to invest to keep it ‘fast’ comes out of our own pockets.
You can always make more money but you can never make more time.
小题1:What is the purpose of the first paragraph?| A．It mainly shows the curiosity of the author’s daughter. | | B．It indicates that the Internet has influenced our daily life. | | C．It tells us the importance of a travel agency. | | D．It shows why people need a travel agency. |
小题2:What’s the author’s attitude towards the Internet Economy?| A．The author thinks online shopping saves time and is a convenient way to buy products. | | B．The author worries about sending personal information over the internet. | | C．The author doesn’t think online shopping is satisfactory in every way. | | D．The author likes the convenience but is concerned about the e-commerce environment. |
小题3:What’s the best title for the passage?| A．The convenience of the Internet Economy. | | B．How to save money in the Internet Economy. | | C．The hidden cost of the Internet Economy. | | D．How to save time in the Internet Economy. |
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most loved children’s books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a magical world called Wonderland. She has many experiences which seem to change the rules of reasoning or common sense. The popularity of the book comes from its imagination, interesting story, and art work.
The writer of the book is Lewis Carroll. In fact, Lewis Carroll was not the writer’s real name. His real name was Charles Dodgson. One day, he took a boat ride down the Thames River to have a picnic with three little girls who were friends of the family. To keep them entertained on the ride, he told them a story in which Alice, the middle child, was the main character. They enjoyed the story very much.
Charles later wrote the story down under the name Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and gave it to Alice as a Christmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George MacDonald. George read it to his children and they loved it. George suggested to Charles that he make a book from his story. Charles then wrote more parts to the story until it was around 35,000 words. It was first printed in 1866, with art work by John Tenniel, under the name Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book was an immediate success. One of its first fans was Queen Victoria. She immediately requested a collection of all of Lewis Carroll’s works. She was surprised to find that they included many works on math. In fact, Charles Dodgson was a highly respected mathematician. This can be seen in many puzzles and plays on reasoning that appear in his books and poems.
Since the story was first printed, it has kept selling up to the present day. It has been translated into over fifty languages and has had several movies based on it.
小题1:The passage is mainly about _________.| A．Charles’ family life | | B．the birth of a book and its lasting influences | | C．a magical world called Wonderland | | D．a girl’s adventurous experiences |
小题2:Who first had the idea of making a book from the story “Alice Adventures Under Ground”?| A．Alice | B．Charles | C．George | D．John |
小题3:Which of the following is the right order of the passage?
a. Charles gave his story to Alice as a Christmas present.
b. Charles had a picnic with three little girls on the Thames.
c. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first printed in 1866.
d. More parts were added to the story by Charles.
e. The book won a large number of fans.| A．c-b-a-d-e | B．c-a-b-e-d | C．b-a-d-c-e | D．b-a-c-e-d |
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My mother really knows how to get others to do what she suggests. Besides my father, her neighbors and even a stranger in a grocery store, has fallen under her 36 .
One day we were shopping in a supermarket. When we were passing by the baby aisle(过道), she 37 a young mother browsing through different brands of powdered milk. Her baby was playing with a toy. My mother 38 babies so she went up to the woman and chatted with her.
My mother is an easy person to like. She has the kindest eyes in the world, so it isn’t 39
to trust her. She 40 with the baby a little bit and told the woman about how I used to be cute at that age, too. They laughed together.
The woman was about to put Brand X Milk Powder in her cart when my mother suggested Brand Y 41 because it obviously had better vitamins. Would you believe the woman actually
42 brands just like that?
She really does know how to influence people. But what about her getting other people to
43 whatever she tells them?
My father and I actually had a long conversation about her 44 on how to influence people. According to my father, my mother is just a really likeable person, and she has 45 been
like that, even when he first met her. Chatting people up is natural for her.
During our conversation, I realized that what my mother has is the 46 to build rapport(亲善) with other people. With rapport comes 47 . People are more likely to be influenced by those who they think understand their viewpoints or share their opinions.
| 小题1: | | A．leadership | B．control | C．instruction | D．influence |
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| 小题2: | | A．noticed | B．kept | C．watched | D．felt |
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| 小题3: | | A．admires | B．adores | C．adopts | D．praises |
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| 小题4: | | A．obvious | B．difficult | C．necessary | D．natural |
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| 小题5: | | A．sang | B．dealt | C．spoke | D．played |
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| 小题6: | | A．instead | B．finally | C．yet | D．anyhow |
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| 小题7: | | A．bought | B．considered | C．compared | D．switched |
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| 小题8: | | A．hear | B．accept | C．need | D．understand |
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| 小题9: | | A．plan | B．advice | C．secret | D．speech |
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| 小题10: | | A．always | B．frequently | C．seldom | D．occasionally |
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| 小题11: | | A．desire | B．motivation | C．purpose | D．ability |
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| 小题12: | | A．relationship | B．respect | C．trust | D．kindness |
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