题目
题型：吉林省期末题难度：来源：
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!
B. She is cheerful and humorous.
C. She would like to live much longer.
D. She feels she is going to die very soon.
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
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.
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
children can sing a simple nursery rhyme. Wolfgang"s older sister Maria Anna (who the family called Nannerl)
was learning the clavier, an early keyboard instrument, when her three-year-old brother took an interest in
playing. As Nannerl later recalled, Wolfgang"often spent much time at the clavier picking out thirds (三度音),
which he was always striking, and his pleasure showed that it sounded good." Their father Leopold, an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg Court, recognized his children"s unique gifts and soon devoted himself to their
musical education.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, Wolfgang had composed his first original work by age
five. Leopold planned to take Nannerl and Wolfgang on tour to play before the European courts. Their first
venture was to nearby Munich where the children played for Maximillian III Joseph, elector of Bavaria.
Leopold soon set his sights on the capital of the Hapsburg Empire, Vienna. On their way to Vienna, the family
stopped in Linz, where Wolfgang gave his first public concert. By this time, Wolfgang was not only a skilled
harpsichord player, but he had also mastered the violin. The audience at Linz was amazed by the six-year-old,
and word of his genius soon traveled to Vienna. In a much attended concert, the Mozart children appeared at
the Schonbrunn Palace on October 13, 1762. They completely attracted the emperor and empress.
Following this success, Leopold received a lot of invitations for the children to play, for a fee. Leopold
seized the opportunity and booked as many concerts as possible at courts throughout Europe. A concert could
last three hours, and the children played at least two per day. Today, Leopold might be considered the worst
kind of stage parent, but at the time, it was not uncommon for talented people to make extensive concert tours. Even so, it was an exhausting schedule for a child who was just past the age of needing an afternoon nap.
B. Stage Parents: A Historical Point of View.
C. Mozart: The Early Life of a Musical Genius.
D. Mozart: The Short Career of a Musical Genius.
B. Word of Wolfgang"s genius spread to the capital.
C. Leopold set his sights on Vienna.
D. Invitations for the miracle children to play poured in.
except ________.
B. Maria Anna was also talented in music
C. Wolfgang"s childhood was devoted to his musical career
D. Wolfgang preferred the violin to other instruments
Five-time world overall short-track speed skating champion Yang Yang( A) won China" s first-ever Winter
Olympic gold medal with a runaway victory in the 500m final on Saturday.
Yang Yang, putting behind her a dismal fourth place finish in the 1,500 meters three days ago, got off to a
sparking lead and never looked back to cross the line in 44. 187 seconds. World-record holder and four-time
European champion Evgenia Radanova followed her 0.065 seconds behind.
Another Chinese, Wang Chunju, the world champion in the shortest distance came in third, two-hundredths
of second further behind.
Yang,25,whose name is tagged with the letter A to distinguish her from her younger teammate and
namesake, Yang Yang ( S),is the overall World Cup winner in this season, with the top points in the 1,000m
and 1,500m.
In the 1,500m, the younger Yang,24, who won two silver medals in Nagano four years ago, crashed out
while chasing hard after two South Korean teenagers, Ko Gi-Hyun and Choi Eun-Kyung, who eventually
finished first and second. Yang Yang( A) ended up fourth.
Yang Yang( S) did not compete in the 500 meters.
B. Friday.
C. Thursday.
D. Wednesday.
B. 44. 187 seconds.
C. 44.122 seconds.
D. None of the above.
B. She was wounded.
C. She was not qualified.
D. It was not mentioned.
did, I wanted to beat her," he says. While he says he was a" pool rat" as a child, he didn"t aggressively pursue
swimming until his freshman year in high school. Golf was his favourite sport then-he played for his high
school team until his junior year.
Dolan grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and his early development as a swimmer was under the guidance of
Rick Curl. At the University of Michigan, he trained under head coach Jon Urabancheck, who helped mold
Dolan into an Olympic champion. During breaks from school, Dolan would reunite with Curl, and in the
lead-up to Sydney, he returned home full time. In April 2000, Dolan told the Detroit Free Press," My whole
career I had gone back and forth, but now I"m spending the whole year with Rick. But where I go and swim,
I"ll always be linked to Michigan and to Jon, just as I will to Rick."
Dolan was 18 when he entered the 1994 World Championships. He remembers being near all the big stars
and noticing they were staring at him. He won the 400 IM title in world record time. He successfully defended
his world title four years later in Perth, Australia. Dealing with asthma (哮喘) and poor air quality, Tom Dolan
could hardly breathe at the 1996 Atlanta Games. But as the top world champion and world record holder in the
400-metre individual medley(混合泳),he was determined to win Olympic gold." My legs were burning pretty
bad, and I couldn"t get any oxygen. I knew it was between me and Eric, and I just gave it everything I had
coming into the wall," says Dolan. He touched first, just ahead of fellow American Eric, who got the silver.
B. Golf became his favourite sport only after he entered high school.
C. He began to be very fond of swimming when he became a new student in high school.
D. Competing with his sister in swimming made him known as a " pool rat".
B. paint
C. learn
D. tell
B. his sister
C. Jon and Rick
D. his high school
B. the 400 IM title in 1994
C. help from his fellow teammate
D. his determination
to the cause (事业)of global health, during the course of his lifetime. With an estimated (估计) worth of more
than $40 billion, according to Forbes, the project will be no small feat (功绩) for Gates. Having already
provided the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $24 billion to address global health issues, Cates said that
eventually (最终地) his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except" a few percent left for the kids".
So what has made the richest man in the world to channel his resources so heavily into one interest? Gates
believes that" the equality of opportunity" n which Americans take such pride needs to extend to other nations
around the world. Improving the health of the populations, he says, has proven to be an essential (基本的)
method in helping poor countries to be financially successful." National borders allow inequalities," said
Gates." We all need to take a more global view, rather than just saying my country is doing well. We have to
step up these health issues, knowing how few resources are going into them."
Gates said that both his parents set up an example for him as a child. His father, William H. Gates, was the
head of the local Planned Parenthood, and his mother, Mary, volunteered for the Untied Way. As he gathered
his fortune, Gates knew he would eventually want to give back as well, but he didn" t expect to devote himself
whole-heartedly to one project until he was about 60. However,Gates,47,began to question his ability to wait
that long. "It seemed there was a real time urgency," Gates said."I started to think-How many lives could I
save before then?"
B. improve the health of population all over the world
C. avoid leaving his children too much money
D. spare the American government the burden of health care
B. to aid them with natural resources
C. to put more effort into the health issues in them
D. to help them take a more global view
B. Americans should treat fellow citizens well
C. Americans should devote themselves to certain projects
D. Americans can be world-famous by giving away vast fortune
B. his parents" suggestions
C. his great success in business
D. his concerns for suffering people
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson"s imagination 1 ,
recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 2 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 3 . With
him were his American wife Fanny and his son 4 .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 5 over the hills. They had been 6 this for
several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt
the days 7 . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some 8 .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 9 that the boy had
drawn a large cross in the middle of 10 "What"s that?" he asked "That"s the 11 treasure." said the boy.
Robert suddenly 12 something of an adventure story in the boy"s 13 . While the rain was pouring Robert
sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 14 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who
would he the pirate (海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 15 of a wooden leg. Robert had
always wanted to 16 such a man in a story. 17 Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was 18 .
So, thanks to a 19 September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-
year-old boy we have one of the greatest 20 stories in the English language.