One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei"s Sherwood Hotel; life
seemed 1 . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 2 for granted, just as he 3
himself. Now, however, he felt 4 -and he couldn"t even show his disappointment in his 5 .
Seeking more personally satisfying 6 , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it
seemed that fate (命运) played a cruel 7 on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 8
to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to 9 the fact that there is
no such a thing as fate, only 10 . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated (带插图的)
books.
According to Jimmy, you are 11 you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier
person. Jimmy realized that, while the world 12 seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be 13 in Jimmy"s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 14 making
their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy"s drawings, however, is 15 .
Though the world may make us feel small, we must be 16 . Everything will be all right for us-as it is for the
"small people" in Jimmy"s books-if we make choices that are 17 for us.
In spite of his new 18 and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 19 at home with his wife and daughter. He
spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame
could 20 . |
( )1.A. unhappy
( )2.A. health
( )3.A. ought to
( )4.A. ashamed
( )5.A. crying
( )6.A. home
( )7.A. game
( )8.A. unable
( )9.A. understand
( )10.A. failures
( )11.A. that
( )12.A. always
( )13.A. found
( )14.A. after
( )15.A. powerful
( )16.A. great
( )17.A. scientific
( )18.A. product
( )19.A. rapidly
( )20.A. offer | B. unusual
B. wealth
B. had to
B. disappointed
B. painting
B. condition
B. trick
B. impossible
B. face
B. efforts
B. what
B. seldom
B. drawn
B. about
B. hopeful
B. strong
B. basic
B. fame
B. separately
B. gain | C. unfair
C. happiness
C. needed to
C. helpless
C. imagination
C. situation
C. role
C. unfit
C. refuse
C. choices
C. which
C. sometimes
C. written
C. with
C. useful
C. brave
C. right
C. name
C. slowly
C. gather | D. uneasy
D. illnesses
D. used to
D. endless
D. consideration
D. work
D. part
D. difficult
D. recognize
D. interests
D. whoever
D. usually
D. accepted
D. before
D. successful
D. equal
D. simple
D. job
D. quietly
D. earn |
| 1-5 C A D C B 6-10 D B A A C 11-15 B C A D B 16-20 C C B D A |
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| 阅读理解。 | Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of
120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986
at the age of 120 years and 237 days.
Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people"s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and
her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describe
s her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also
remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.
So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three
important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she
used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two
glasses of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke(now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have
got very good genes (基因) from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86.
A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money
every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at
least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying:
Sorry, I"m still alive! | | 1. How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age? | A. She is miserable and unhappy.
B. She is cheerful and humorous.
C. She would like to live much longer.
D. She feels she is going to die very soon. | | 2. Jeanne Calment owes her good health and long life to ______. | A. smoking only a little every day
B. her giving up smoking and drinking
C. drinking two glasses of strong red wine every day
D. the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises | | 3. Which of the following could best replace the word "move" in the fourth paragraph? | A. deal
B. trick
C. march
D. sport | | 4. Why does Jeanne Calment say" Sorry, I"m still alive" to the local lawyer every year on her birthday? | A. Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage.
B. Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed.
C. Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house.
D. Because the house she sold to the lawyer isn"t worth the money he has already paid. | 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第1至第5小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。
注意：每空不超过3个单词。 | Yang Zhenning ( 1922—)
& Li Zhengdao (1926—)
Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao both
studied at a university in Kunming. Later,
they both went to Chicago in America and
worked with a famous Italian-American
scientist.
In 1957, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao
won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their
studies on the forces between particles (分子).
They were the first Chinese Nobel
Prize winners. | Ding Zhaozhong (1936—)
In 1976. Ding Zhaozhong received the Nobel
Prize for Physics for his discovery of a whole
new type of particle. He gave his speech at
the award (授奖) ceremony in Chinese.
Nobody had ever done that before.
Ding Zhaozhong Qnly started his formal (正规
的) education when he was 12! When he was
20, he decided to study in America. He
worked very hard and after university, he
became a well-known scientist.
| Li Yuanzhe (1936—)
Li Yuanzhe won the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry for his work in 1986. At school.
Li was an excellent student who also took
part in sports and music. He also liked
reading. He read a book on Marie Curie,
which made him decide to be a scientist.
| Cui Qi (1939—)
Cui Qi received the Nobel Prize for Physics in
1998. At school, Cui Qi"s heroes were Yang
Zhenning and Li Zhengdao. When he finished
middle school, he went to study physics at
the University of Chicago just as they did,
and became a professor at Princeton University
in 1982. | | 阅读理解。 | About the year 1900, a poor boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances
of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing
and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn"t get work and therefore wandered
about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.
But twenty years later, this same Chaplin became the greatest, best-known, and best-loved comedian (喜剧
演员) in the world. Any regular visitor to the cinema, must have seen some of Chaplin"s films. People
everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who don"t understand
English can enjoy his films, because they are mostly silent. It isn"t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy
doesn"t depend upon (依靠) words or language. It depends upon funny actions which mean the thing to people
all over the world. Acting out without words, of common human situations plays an important part in the dances
and plays in many countries. It"s a kind of the world language.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day in 1977, at the age of
eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death. | | 1. Chaplin was born _____. | A. in 1990
B. in Switzerland
C. in 1889
D. in America | | 2. Why was Chaplin often seen waiting outside London theatres? | A. Because he needed a job in show business.
B. Because he needed food to eat.
C. Because he hoped to sing and dance.
D. Because he hoped to have a home. | | 3. Twenty years later, Chaplin became the best _____. | A. singer
B. dancer
C. actor
D. comedian | | 4. What does Chaplin"s comedy depend on? | A. Words and language.
B. Music and dance.
C. Story and background.
D. Action, a kind of the world language. | | 5. Which is true? | A. Chaplin was an American.
B. Chaplin"s comedy was boring.
C. Chaplin was a dumb (哑巴).
D. People in the world were very sad at the news of Chaplin"s death. | | 阅读理解。 |  | Winston Churchill once described Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery (谜)
inside a puzzle". Observers of Russia in the 21st century could surely say the same
of the country"s president, Vladimir Putin.
Born in Leningrad, six months before the death of Stalin, the young Putin
experienced a poverty-stricken childhood but received a good education. He developed
lifelong interests in judo and spy novels, and first applied to the KGB (苏联国家安全委
员会) at the age of 17. When they told him to go away and come back with a degree, | | 阅读理解。 | When he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the
first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quiney Adams followed John Adams in the early
19th century.
Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush
and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally
served as a congressman (国会议员), and vice president and president of the United States.
At the age of two, Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut to Odessa, Texas, where his father took
up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the
family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.
In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Houston, Texas. In 1961 Bush left Texas and
went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, a boarding school (寄宿学校) that his father had
also attended.
At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader.
In 1964 he enrolled at Yale University in Connecticut; his father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At
Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.
Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelor"s degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National
Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973. After earning his MBA from Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to
Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a"landsman (新手)". However, Bush"s oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in
1994 he himself was elected governor of Texas.
In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20, 2001, George
W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath(宣誓)of office to become the 43rd president of the US. | | 1. What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph? | A. George W. Bush is the first son in American history to follow his father into the White House.
B. George W. Bush is the first son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush.
C. John Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.
D. George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his father into White House. | | 2. We may learn from the text that young Bush __________. | A. got on very well at the universities
B. was very good at basketball, baseball and football
C. did everything as his father had done
D. was a very successful politician like his father | | 3. Which of the following is NOT true about George W. Bush? | A. Young Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.
B. He once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.
C. He once ruled over an American state before he entered the White House.
D. He once served at the Air National Guard for about five years. |
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