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Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a __40__ collector．Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay’s, or too often, on the McKays __41__．
“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our __42__,” said Laurene．She added that it wasn’t so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant __43__ bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks．“We’d be __44__ there happily reading our newspapers, when __45__ so much water would come from above that we’d be as wet as if we’d __46__ with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the __47__ of fish!”
And on Saturday evening it was just too __48__．“It was James’s birthday,” explained Laurene, “and I’d made him a birthday cake．The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn’t get to blow them out．” __49__, Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet __50__．Rarely had Laurene seen McKay move so fast．“I couldn’t __51__ him．He was up there in a flash．It was the fastest I’d seen him move since 1964．”
Smith is not going to take things further with the police．He has also promised to change his__52__ from now on．And what of James McKay? __53__ he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”．“__54__ the most exciting birthday __55__!” said the cheerful old man．“The best since my adolescence I’d say!”
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小题1:八十岁的James McKay 在监狱中度过了星期六的夜晚，由此可知他“打”了三十岁的Keith Smith 的头。 答案：A
小题1:这位老人“用”拐棍打了对方的头。此处表示的是用某种工具，所以用with。 答案：B
小题1:James McKay 平常是一个非常“安静的”人，做出这种举动实属忍无可忍。 答案：D
小题1:他经常被弄湿，再也无法忍受，才有了上述暴力行为。此处drive 意为“驱使”。 答案：B
小题1:根据第三段中的内容可知Keith Smith 不仅是一个痴迷的 园艺家，还喜欢养“鱼”。 答案：A
小题1:每天Keith Smith 家阳台上的水都会流到 James McKay家的阳台上，而且经常流到夫妇两个人的身上。此处的反身代词themselves 指的是James McKay 夫妇两人。 答案：A
小题1:联系上下文可知James McKay 夫妇几乎不敢去“阳台”。 下一句中的balcony 也是线索提示。 答案：B
小题1:她补充说特别困扰他们的不是对方因给植物浇水而把水流到了他们的阳台上。本句是强调句型，被强调部分是主语“the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant。” 答案：C
小题1:他们正高兴地“坐”着读报纸时，突然被从上面阳台上流下的水淋湿了。 答案：A
小题1:他们当时正高兴地看报，完全没有想到会有大量的水流下来，所以是“突然”发生的事情。 答案：B
小题1:他们全身都湿透了，仿佛是穿着衣服洗了一次“淋浴”。 答案：C
小题1:根据本段中间部分的内容可知从上面流下的是 Keith Smith 清洗鱼缸的水，所以他们无法去掉鱼的“气味”。 答案：B
小题1:星期六晚上简直太“过分”了。此处的much 表示的是程度。 答案：D
小题1:James McKay 没有把那些蜡烛吹灭，“相反”，发生了另外一件意想不到的事情。 答案：C
小题1:Keith Smith 在上面清洗其中一只比较大的鱼缸，所以夫妇两人和蛋糕都湿透了。wet through 表示“湿透”。 答案：C
小题1:根据后面两句中的内容可知 Laurene无法阻止自己的丈夫。 答案：A
小题1:Keith Smith 不想让事态进一步扩大，他也承诺从今以后改变自己的“行为方式”。 答案：D
小题1:当他离开警察局的时候，一大群支持者为他唱生日快乐歌。 此处as 表示“当……时候”。while 虽然也可以表示“当……时候”，但是需要与延续性动词连用。 答案：D
小题1:根据下一句中的内容可知老人当时无比高兴，认为“肯定”是有生以来最令人兴奋的生日。 答案：D
小题1:此处 ever 表示“曾经”，表示这是他曾经度过的最美好的生日。 答案：C
核心考点
试题【Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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We left the camp the next day at 7 o’clock in the morning．We went north．However, around 10:00 a．m．our car got stuck in the sand! We spent about three hours trying to pull out the car without any progress．Finally, we decided to walk．As it was hard for an old man or a young boy to walk more than 40km in the desert, I decided to get help myself．I took a bottle of water with me and started to walk south alone．I knew the way well, but it was a long way in the sand．I walked more than four hours without stopping．When I felt so tired and thirsty, I stopped to rest．I drank all the water and slept for around two hours．
When I got up, it was dark．I continued to walk south．I was worried about my uncle and cousin．Suddenly, I met a Bedouin man who was riding his camel．He took me to his house．When I had had enough rest, I asked him to take me to the road where I found a car．It took me to the city to get help．I had one day to get back to my uncle and cousin．When I got back to them, they were so happy because I had gotten help and they were able to see me again．
小题1:Which word can best describe the first evening of their hunting trip?
| A．Adventurous． | B．Enjoyable． |
| C．Stressful． | D．Exhausting． |
| A．He was picked up by a car． |
| B．A camel took him to the road． |
| C．A passer-by Bedouin helped him． |
| D．His uncle and cousin found and rescued him． |
| A．It’s an easy job to walk 40km in the desert． |
| B．The author loved to go hunting with his family． |
| C．The hunting trip is much longer than expected． |
| D．To hunt in the desert one must train a falcon well． |
On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts __22__ that one of the most recognizable __23__ of William Shakespeare is a fake (赝品).
This __24__ that we no longer have a good __25__ of what Shakespeare looked like. “It’s very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare are unreliable because many of them are __26__ of this one,” said an expert from Britain’s National Portrait Gallery.
The _27_ comes after four months of testing. Experts from the gallery say the image — commonly known as the “Flower portrait” — was actually __28__ in the 1800s, two centuries __29_ Shakespeare’s death.
The art experts who work at the gallery say they used modern chemistry technology to __30__ the paint on the picture. These checks found traces (痕迹) of paint deep in the picture __31__ about 1814.
Shakespeare __32__ in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.
“We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was __33__ there was a new interest in Shakespeare’s__ 34__ ,” Tanya Cooper, the gallery’s 16th century curator (馆长) said.
The __35__ picture has often been used as a cover for __36__ of his plays. It is called the “Flower portrait” because one of its __37__, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“There have always been __38__ about the authenticity (真实性) of the painting,” said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture (画像技法),” he said.
Two other images of Shakespeare are also being studied as part of the investigation and the results will __39__later in May. But for now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a __40__.
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41 I knew from the expressions on my father’s face that he could not 42 us be hungry for long. He left the house, and about two hours later he 43 and woke us up. He had two small potato pies in his hands. I didn’t know where he got the money for the food but somehow he 44 to find a way. It was clear that he wanted to get his children 45 .
My father did not eat and had 46 all day but he sat there and felt 47 at seeing us eat. This has always stuck in my 48 . At that moment, I felt 49 knowing that he tried his best not to let us 50 , and he wanted us to know he was always there with us.
In 51 times, I think, it is important not to 52 weakness but strength. 53 the mother is the cement(黏合剂)that 54 a family together, then the father is the steel that strengthens that cement.
It is his values and 55 that have carried me forward and helped me deal with my own problems in life.
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Ms Watson sailed into Sydney port on Saturday, seven months after leaving on a hard voyage. Family, friends and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd have gathered to greet her. Thousands of well-wishers waited at the port and watched from boats as Ms Watson sailed her pink, 10m boat over the finishing line. Many more Australians watched the event broadcast live on television. Watson said she was just an “ordinary girl who believed in her dream”.
Ms Watson left Sydney on 18 October, despite that some people disagreed her plan. Watson traveled northeast through the South Pacific and across the equator (赤道), south to Cape Horn at the tip of South America, across the Atlantic Ocean to South Africa, through the Indian Ocean and around southern Australia. The route took her through some of the world’s most changeful waters, and she battled through huge storms and suffered seven accidents of her boat.
People around the world have followed Ms Watson’s adventures on her blog, which she has daily updated (更新). On her blog, she wrote down beautiful sunrise over seas, the excitement of meeting a blue whale and the bright, terrible sight of a shooting star flying across the night sky above her boat. Ms Watson has reportedly sold her story to a news company for $700,000. She is planning to write a book on her experience.
小题1: Which of the following oceans didn’t Ms Watson cross through in her voyage?
| A．The Pacific Ocean | B．The Atlantic Ocean |
| C．The Indian Ocean | D．The Arctic Ocean. |
| A．no one can prove that her route was dangerous enough |
| B．she hasn’t applied for the record |
| C．girls are not allowed to take part in the dangerous sports |
| D．teenagers re not encouraged to take such a dangerous adventure |
| A．would make another voyage for money |
| B．made the world round voyage for money |
| C．had no way to communicate with others during the voyage. |
| D．is so confident and brave that she could overcome troubles on her own |
| A．her book about her voyage is a best seller |
| B．people in Australia had much interest in her voyage |
| C．she spent more than 200 days alone at sea |
| D．people have different attitudes towards her voyage |
36 was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 37 in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 38 him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 39 throw one in.
That 40 me of that night, 41 he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 42 nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 43 easily have been half a race. The box wasn’t a good one. It was just a 44 old piece that somebody 45. Still it was something he wanted, probably 46 there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 47 him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门厅). It sounded 48 two or three people were trying to tear the house 49 . We came downstairs and turned on the 50 light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 51somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 52 dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 53 place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 54, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 55 of his skill.
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