题目
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阅读短文, 并按照题目要求用英语回答问题.
I was a very determined 16yearold. One day I woke up and realized I wasn"t famous. I decided to do
something about it. I would get my name published in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Having made this decision, I needed to think of something I could do well. First, I thought I could tie
my arm around my back and become "the person who swam the furthest with only one arm". But as
soon as I got in the water I sank.
I knew I liked cookies, so I stuffed (塞进) 16 in my mouth and tried to be "the person who put the
most cookies in his mouth". But when cookie 17 went in, I got sick.
I realized that I wasn"t really good at anything. Then it hit me! I ran to the bathroom and filled up the
tub with water. I had decided to be "the person who took the world"s longest bath". It was perfect
because all I had to do was sit there.
I entered the tub at 5 o"clock on a Friday evening. The first three hours went great. I drank soda and
ate potato chips. Being in the water so long wrinkled my hands and feet and made me look like I was
80. But I was determined.
At 8:45 my brother shouted through the bathroom door that the record for the longest bath was more
than a month and that there was also a record for most rattlesnakes with a human in a bathtub.
Feeling rejected,_I got out. Maybe I"ll never be in the Guinness book of World Records. But that"s
OK. I am still special. Besides, I have more important things to do than sit in a bathtub for a month!
1. What is the main idea of the passage? (No more than 5 words)
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2. Why did the author want to get his name published in the Guinness Book of World Records?
(No more than 8 words)
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3. How many attempts did he make to get himself listed in the Guinness Book of World Records?
(1 word)
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4. What made him realize that he could not possibly break the existing records?(No more than 5 words)
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5. What does the underlined word "rejected" in the last paragraph mean?(1 word)
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答案
2. Because he wanted to be famous.
3. Three.
4. His brother"s words.
5. Defeated/Beaten.
核心考点
试题【阅读表达。阅读短文, 并按照题目要求用英语回答问题. I was a very determined 16yearold. One day I woke u】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
In March last year, the car I was driving was_1_in a serious crash with another car on a country road.
I soon_2_myself at the centre of a frenzy of activity, surrounded by paramedics, police, rescuers and
members of the local community. An enormous can opener was used to 3 me out of my wrecked car
and 4 an ambulance.
Over the next eight hours, I was transported to hospital, dragged up, Xrayed and diagnosed (诊断)
with a broken neck. Knowing that I"d 5 death by a fraction of a second sustained me throughout the
long wait in the emergency ward and 6 me to deal with the visible distress of my hospital visitors.
Only after I"d convinced the last friend to 7 could I direct my energies inwards. Flitting in and out
of my line of vision during my hospital 8 was the Red Cross lady, a gentle 9 in white who, from time
to time, popped her head in to 10 cups of tea. After the visitors had gone, she ventured further into my
cubicle to 11 if I was all right.
I found myself 12 her everything: about the shock of the 13 , my feats for my family as a result of my
injuries-about my whole life. While I 14 for an ambulance to transport me to another hospital, she
stood by my trolley and 15 my hand as I offloaded all the emotion I"d stoically withheld (强忍着的)
from my family. She 16 , quiet and nonjudgmental.
Even now, the 17 that I have her contact details provides me with great 18 . I look forward to a
day in the nottoodistant future when my guardian angel and I can meet again, in 19 circumstances.
In times of crisis, faith can sustain us: for me, my faith in human nature, reawakened by the 20 of a
stranger, has helped ease my journey back to recovery.
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| It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about his plan for the future. "I"m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," Deluca recalls saying. "Buck said, "you should open a sandwich shop."" That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn"t cover their startup costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000. But business didn"t go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, "After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn"t know how badly, because we didn"t have any financial controls." All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs. Deluca was managing the store and to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They"d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, "We are so successful; we are opening a second store."" And they did-in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error. But the partners" learnasyougo approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and handdeliver the checks to pay their supplies. "It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn"t necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out," Deluca says. And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal," Deluca adds. Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimilliondollar restaurant chain. 1. Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ________. A. support his family B. pay for his college education C. help his partner expand business D. do some research 2. Which of the following is true of Buck? A. He put money into the sandwich business. B. He was a professor of business administration. C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport. D. He rented a storefront for Deluca. 3. What can we learn about their first shop? A. It stood at an unfavorable place. B. It lowered the prices to poor management. C. It made no profits due to poor management. D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwich. 4. They decided to open a second store because they ________. A. had enough money to do it B. had succeeded in their business C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers D. wanted to make believe(假装)that they were successful 5. What contributes most to their success according to the author? A. Learning by trial and error. B. Making friends with supplies. C. Finding a good partner. D. Opening chain stores. | |||
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| "Grandma, Grandma, tell us a story!" Four darling children sat by my feet, looking up at me expectantly. Suddenly, we were interrupted clapping. "Terrific," the director said, stepping up the stage from the aisle(过道). "Except, could you kids face the audience a bit more?" The kids shifted to face the empty seats, which would be filled in a few days for the church play. "Perfect," the director said. "Now, Grandma, read to your grandchildren." A pang of sadness hit me. If only I could read to my real grandchild! I had a granddaughter, but I"d never met her. Sixteen years earlier my son was involved in a relationship that ended badly. But out of it came a blessing: a baby girl named Lena. I hoped to be a grandmother to her-but shortly after the birth, the mother moved without any address left. Over the years, I asked around town to try and find my son"s exwife(前妻), but it seemed that she didn"t want to be found. I"d just joined this new church a week earlier, and was at once offered the part of Grandma in the play. At least now I could pretend to be a grandma. The rehearsals went well, and finally the day of the show arrived. The performance was great. "You all looked so natural up there," one of my friends said. Afterward, we went to the church basement for refreshments(茶点). I walked over to one of the girls in the play, Rehearsals had been such a whirlwind(一片忙乱) that we never really got to talk. "How"s my granddaughter?" I joked. "Fine!" she answered. Just then, someone else walked up and asked the girl her name. I wasn"t sure I heard the girl"s answer correctly. But it made me ask her another question. "What"s your mother"s name?" She told me, I was still in shock. "And what"s your father"s name?" I asked. She told me. It was my son. She"d only started going to that church a week before I did. Since that day of the play, we"ve stayed close. Not long ago, she even made me a great grandma. 1. What was the author doing at the beginning of the story? A. Telling a story. B. Playing a game. C. Preparing for a play. D. Acting in a movie. 2. Why did the author feel "A pang of sadness" at the words of the director? A. The director"s words reminded her of her lost granddaughter. B. The director"s words hurt her so badly. C. She wished that she had a real grandchild. D. The director wasn"t content with her performance. 3.What happened in the church basement after the play? A. The author played a joke on Lena. B. Lena treated the author as a friend. C. The author got to know who Lena was. D. Lena mistook the author for her grandmother. 4. This passage is mainly organized in the pattern of ________. A. time and events B. contrast and conclusion C. cause and effect D. questions and answers 5. We can infer that when writing the story, the author felt ________. A. lighthearted B. heartbroken C. confused D. anxious | |||
| 阅读表达。 阅读短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题. This is a story from the Ming Dynasty period of China"s history. There was a miner official called Wan Hu, whose dream was to "fly to the moon". One day he tied himself to a chair with 47 "rockets" and disappeared into the sky and was never seen again. Hundreds of years later in 1969, when US astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped down from Apollo 11 and set his foot on the moon"s surface, the dream of Wan, as well as the rest of humankind was realized. To honor Wan, a crater (环形山) on the far side of the moon is named after him. Mankind has been able to change the world for the better because there are people like Wan who never stopped pursuing their dreams. "I have a dream!" American civil rights leader Martin Luther King once said. It was that dream that helped black Americans to get equal legal rights. To realize his dream of feeding everyone in China, Yuan Longping worked in fields day and night and invented hybrid rice that now feeds almost one quarter of the world"s population. Dreams are important because they give us vision (远景). We grew great with them. They provide direction for our life. With dreams we set goals and make plans, so we can change our present situation for the better. And our dreams appeal to the likeminded. As individuals we are better off with dreams-and so are our families, communities and society. Life would be dull without a dream. When we have a burning desire and we decided to go after it we are full of enthusiasm. As American novelist Louisa May Alcott, who wrote Little Women said: "Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations". I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow where they lead. 1. How many people who had dreams are mentioned in the passage? (1 word) ________________________________________________________________________ 2. According to the passage, what was it that changed the world for the better? (No more than 20 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 3. How do people remember Wan Hu? (No more than 20 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What can we learn from the fifth paragraph? (No more than 10 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 5. What"s the meaning of the underlined word "aspirations" in the last paragraph? (1 word) ________________________________________________________________________ | |||
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| One famous artist Sheikh went back to his hometown. He hadn"t seen one of his friends for many years, who was a _1_and needy man. When Sheikh asked about him, he was told by people that the man he was 2 was a rich man and no longer poor. Sheikh 3 to pay a visit to his friend. 4 talking with his friend, Sheikh asked him the 5 for the change in his situation. The man replied that he had been so poor that he was forced to 6 some properties(财产)that belonged to him, like furniture(家具). By selling these things, he had 7 some money enough to start a 8 with. As he was on his way back to his house with the 9 , he saw a poor lady 10 by the road. The man asked the lady the reason, and she 11 that her husband died and her children were 12 . Hearing this, the man felt 13 for her, and on seeing that she 14 the money more than himself, he gave all the money to her. He 15 home and spent the night, sad and 16 for his family. The next morning, 17 he was summoned(召唤) to the house of a rich man. He was told by the rich man that he had six thousand bags of 18 which he wanted to sell quickly and the man could buy it at a 19 price on loan(借用) from him. The poor man did so and sold the rice 20 . He took some more bags several days later and in this way he was able to make much more money. Soon he became rich. | |||