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Andrew Carneigie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States, and, in the process, became one of the wealthiest men in America. His success resulted partly from his ability to sell the product and partly from his policy of expanding during periods of economic decline, when most of his competitors were reducing their investments. Carnegie believed that individuals should progress through hard work, but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society. He opposed charity, preferring instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to help themselves. “He who dies rich, dies disgraced”, he often said. Among his more noteworthy contributions to society are those that bear his name, including the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which has a library, a museum of fine arts, and a museum of national history. He also founded a school of technology that is now part of Carnegie-Mellon University. Other philanthropic(慈善的) gifts are the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to promote understanding between nations, the Carnegie Institute of Washington to fund scientific research, and Carnegie Hall to provide a center for the arts. Few Americans have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegies generosity. His contributions of more than five million dollars established 2,500 libraries in small communities throughout the country and formed the nucleus of the public library system that we all enjoy today.
小题1:The author quoted(引述) “he who dies rich, dies disgraced” in the passage to show______.
A.He felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society.
B.He opposed charity.
C.The wealthy die from their fortunes
D.The wealthy die from not contributing to society.
小题2:Carnegie’s success includes following aspects EXCEPT_____.
A.his policy of expanding.
B.his ability to sell the product
C.his ability to produce the product
D.his hard work
小题3:Which of the following may NOT be philanthropic gifts to society according to the passage?____
A.the Carnegie Institute of Washington.
B.the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh.
C.the steel industry.
D.the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
小题4:What is the meaning of “Few Americans have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegie’s generosity.” in the passage?________
A.Few Americans have touched Andrew Carnegie’s generosity.
B.Many Americans have touched Andrew Carnegie’s generosity.
C.we all enjoy Andrew Carnegie’s generosity today.
D.Many Americans were given Andrew Carnegie’s generosity.

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小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:B
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It was a week before Christmas, but things were far from cheery. Our task was to deliver as many boxes of food as possible to those in need in Camden, New Jersey. There were no Christmas carolers (唱颂歌的人) walking these streets that were lined with boarded-up (用木板封住的) houses and broken windows. Mothers kept their children close as they hurried down the streets.  It was mid-afternoon, but even the bright sun couldn"t warm this place.
Red tickets in the windows marked which houses we were to visit. Our white truck stopped in front of one townhouse and our group knocked on the door. In our arms were boxes filled with ham, bread and other essentials to make the perfect Christmas dinner. Four small faces glanced through the curtains and one exhausted mom answered the door. She seemed embarrassed to be caught in her nightgown with undone hair. She was in her mid-20s, but her rough skin and tired eyes added years.
"Sacred Heart food delivery service," I smiled. "Where can we put this for you?"
She pointed and as we entered the house, I noticed the conditions they lived in. The children climbed around, wearing only diapers (尿布). There were no carpets, only cold concrete beneath our feet. There was no Christmas tree or decorations. My heart sank. It was so cold, and I found it hard to believe that this was reality for this family. We set the boxes down and the mother grabbed my hand.
"You don"t know how much of a blessing this is to me and my family," she said, crying. "We are just getting by." I opened my arms and gave her a hug.
"Happy holidays!" I replied before I headed out the door. I realized how warm I felt inside.
This was unlike anything I had ever experienced. We cannot help what family we are born into, but we can help each other.
小题1:From Paragraph 1, we can infer that Camden may be a place where ________.
A.the living conditions were terribleB.people had no belief
C.there was no sign of lifeD.little sunshine was received
小题2:What impression did the woman leave on the author?
A.She was shy and cold to visitors.B.She was confident and energetic.
C.She wasn"t good at dressing herself up.D.She looked much older than her age.
小题3:By saying "We are just getting by", the woman meant __________.
A.they were waiting for helpB.they were looking for food and clothing
C.they were going to move awayD.they were living a very poor life
小题4:The passage mainly tells us that _______________.
A.the poor can also help othersB.assisting the poor needs actions
C.people should help each otherD.having more children causes poverty

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I’ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my  31 was nothing more than a kid’s imagination.
There was a  32  near our house. In winter it was the greatest  33 place in the world. One  34 all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks  35  the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: “Never ice-skate alone.” But I couldn’t  36 any longer that afternoon. So I  37 my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey.I was not really  38 
The hockey game had attracted   39 audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering  40  . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water  41  my body, and I sank like a rock.  My feet  42   the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn’t last another 43 , I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Don’t worry,” someone said. I swung my 44 around. I couldn’t see anybody. But I heard the voice again,“Push your feet into the bottom and you’ll shoot straight up to the surface.” I did as I was told and  45 . I crawled to the shore and lay down,  46 .The next thing I knew was people were   47   around me, covering me with coats.   
When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me,   48  my hand. “I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my  49 .” I said. Mom smiled, “I just thank God you’re safe.”
For a long time I thought I would  50 a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did.
小题1:
A.attentionB.behaviorC.explanationD.reason
小题2:
A.riverB.pondC.lakeD.dam
小题3:
A.skatingB.fishing C.swimmingD.skiing
小题4:
A.afternoon B.morning C.eveningD.night
小题5:
A.afterB.untilC.asD.if
小题6:
A.goB.runC.sitD.wait
小题7:
A.foundB.threwC.tookD.hid
小题8:
A.lonelyB.single C.aloneD.afraid
小题9:
A.noisyB.happyC.smallD.young
小题10:
A.changedB.disappearedC.increasedD.stopped
小题11:
A.filledB.controlledC.coveredD.loaded
小题12:
A.hitB.dragged C.setD.tapped
小题13:
A.dayB.hourC.minuteD.second
小题14:
A.headB.handC.armD.leg
小题15:
A.leftB.succeededC.triedD.survived
小题16:
A.worriedB.surprisedC.excitedD.exhausted
小题17:
A.lyingB.standingC.laughingD.crawling
小题18:
A.raisingB.shakingC.holdingD.washing
小题19:
A.placeB.mindC.defenseD.rescue
小题20:
A.take up B.make up with C.bring up D.come up with

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He’s out there somewhere, an instant icon in the records of American conflict, the final big-game hunter. But a puzzle, too, his identity would be kept a secret for now, and maybe forever.
He is the unknown shooter. The nameless, faceless triggerman who put a bullet in the head of the world’s most notorious(臭名昭著的)terrorist, Bin Laden.
He’s likely between the ages of 26 and 33, says Marcinko, founder of the “SEALs Team 6” that many believe led the attack on Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He’ll be old enough to have had time to hurdle the extra training tests required to join the counter-terrorism unit, yet young enough to stand the body-punishing harshness of the job. The shooter’s a man, it’s safe to say, because there are no women in the SEALs. And there’s a good chance he’s white, though the SEALs have stepped up efforts to increase the number of minorities in their ranks, Marcinko and Smith say.
He was probably a high school or college athlete, Smith says, a physical specimen who combines strength, speed and wisdom. “They call themselves ‘tactical athletes,’” says Smith, who works with many future SEALs in his Heroes of Tomorrow training program in Severna Park. “It’s getting very scientific.”
Marcinko puts it in more conventional terms: “He’ll be ripped,” says the author of the best-selling autobiography “Rogue Warrior.”“He’s got a lot of upper-body strength. Long arms. Thin waist. Flat stomach.”
On this point, Greitens departs a bit. “You can’t make a lot of physical assumptions,” says the author of “The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL.” There are SEALs who are 5 feet 4 and SEALs who are 6 feet 5, Greitens says. In his training group, he adds, there were college football boys who couldn’t hack it; those who survived were most often men in good shape, but they also had a willingness to show their concerns in favor of the mission.
The shooter’s probably not the crew-cut(平头), neatly shaven ideal we’ve come to expect from American fighting forces. “He’s bearded, rough-looking, like a street naughty boy,” Marcinko supposes. “You don’t want to stick out.” Marcinko calls it “modified grooming standards.”
His hands will be calloused(长老茧), Smith says, or just rough enough,” as Marcinko puts it. And “he’s got frag in him somewhere,” Marcinko says, using the battlefield shorthand for “fragments” of bullets or explosive devices. This will not have been the shooter’s first adventure. Marcinko estimates that he might have made a dozen or more deployments(部署), tours when he was likely to have dealt with quite a number of dangerous situations, getting ready any time for explosive devices or bullets.
小题1:Which of the following is most likely to be the title of the passage?
A.Who shot Bin Laden?B.What do the SEALS do?
C.How can boys be SEALS?D.What SEALS are like?
小题2: From the passage we can know that the writer ___________.
A.knows clearly what the shooter is likeB.doubts whether Bin Laden is dead
C.is certain that the shooter is a manD.is not sure of the shooter’s gender
小题3:We can say for sure according to the passage that___________.
A.the shooter will eventually be revealed in the Press
B.the writer is a person who is curious about the shooter
C.the writer is a detective who tries to arrest the shooter
D.the shooter is a strong man with a pair of rough hands
小题4:Which of the following are the names of writers mentioned in the passage?
①. Marcinko ②. Greitens ③. Smith ④. Abbottabad
A.①④B.③④C.②③D.①②

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Roy wasn"t the only one to receive his call-up(入伍)papers.Stephen Napier"s call-up came at the beginning of February and he was pleased to find that he would be going into the Royal Air Force (RAF).
His father was not so pleased and made his feelings known as he and Stephen were on their daily walk. It was the first step in his plans for Stephen to take over the estate(地产)when the time came, and although Stephen was well aware of this, he could think of no reason not to accompany him.
"Thought you"d forgotten that nonsense. Still, I dare say I could pull a few strings to get you to the Army..."
"No, Father! I have told you I want to learn to fly. What chance would I have to do that in the Army? I"d be better off in the Navy——at least they"ve got the Fleet Air Arm. But I have been put in the RAF and that"s where I want to be, so let"s leave it at that." His face went red. Sent to his father"s school and then to Cambridge, much to his satisfaction, he had never had to defend his own desires and his father was a hard man to oppose.
The father glared at Stephen, "No, I won"t leave it at that. I want to know what other ridiculous ideas are in your head. For a start, what"s all this about America?"
"America?"
"Yes. All those books I saw in your room the other day. Brochures about emigration(移民)."
The big, silvered head lowered, like that of a bull about to charge."Don"t trouble to deny it."
"I won"t, Father. Some men at Cambridge have been talking about it. They want people like us here, mathematicians and scientists, for all kinds of research——the sort of research I could do.It would be a worthwhile life for me."
The father responded exactly as his son had known he would."You"ve got a worthwhile life here!You"ve got an estate to run!"
"No, Father. You"ve got an estate to run. I never asked for it. Why not ask Baden to do this stuff? He perhaps can make a good job of it, but I..."
"If he were here, I might think about this silly idea of yours——only think about it, mind you but..."
小题1:If Father wanted Stephen to take over the estate, the first thing he did would__________.
A.take a walk with Stephen as usual B.wait till his son graduated from Cambridge
C.persuade Stephen not to go into RAF D.send Stephen to the Army instead of RAF
小题2:Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Stephen preferred to go into the Navy rather than the Army.
B.Stephen also received his call-up papers as Roy.
C.The father didn"t like Stephen"s idea of going to America.
D.Stephen was eventually forced to stay to run the estate.
小题3:After reading this passage, we can infer that__________.
A.Stephen had never had to defend his desires before
B.Baden might be one of Stephen"s family members
C.Stephen wanted to fly in RAF and become a pilot in America
D.if somebody took over the estate, Stephen could realize his dream
小题4:What do we learn from the underlined sentence?
A.It looked as if the father was angry when mentioning the brochures.
B.The father was very angry and wanted to beat his son Stephen.
C.Stephen was annoyed when his father referred to the brochures.
D.A big red bull was about to charge at Stephen.
小题5:Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.RAF——a better choice than the Army B.A talk between Father and Son
C.The dreams of a Cambridge student D.Conflict between Father and Son

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Paula Radcliffe, chasing a third London marathon title, says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: "Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism"
"In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me."
She didn"t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
"Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn"t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I"m sure she would have contacted me."
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
"In New York I wasn"t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race."
Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday"s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
"I don"t think that ——although I can"t put a number on it," said. Radcliffe. "That changes from person to person."
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
小题1:Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her___________.
A.develop respect for LizB.love people around her more
C.rest for five monthsD.face criticism calmly
小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.
B.Radcliffe didn’t fully recover before the New York City marathon.
C.Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon.
D.Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.
小题3: By saying “I can’t put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure ___________.
A.if she has the ability to set a new world record
B.if she can win another race though she has won many times
C.how many times a marathon runner can set the world record
D.if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times
小题4: According to the text, Radcliffe has won ___________ London marathon title(s).
A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four
小题5:What can we learn from Radcliffe’s story?
A.Practice makes perfect.B.Well begun is half done.
C.Where there is a will, there is a way.D.A friend in need is a fried indeed.

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