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support the Red Cross"s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines (地雷). Within hours of
arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims
injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those
figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg,
and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used every
opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which
refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the
press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon (乱放炮的人)."
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: "This is a distraction we do not need. All I"m
trying to do is help."
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To
make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess"s trip had been approved by
the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the
British government"s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the
government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess"s
views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "working towards" a
worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or
misunderstanding."
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to
show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience
had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
B. to clarify the British government"s stand on landmines
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims
home to me" (Line 5, Paragraph 1)?
B. The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
C. Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
D. Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.
B. they were actually opposed to banning landmines
C. she had not consulted the government before the visit
D. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola
B. She made more appearances on TV.
C. She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
D. She rose to argue with her opponents.
B. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
C. It had greatly promoted her popularity.
D. It had affected her relations with the British government.
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试题【阅读理解。 It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt 1 of, regretted, or incomplete about
and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very 2 process, but there"s always some brave soul in the crowd who will
volunteer (be ready to). The instructor then 3 that we find ways to 4 people, or take some action
to right any wrongdoings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever 5 my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: "Making my 6 , I remembered
an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff none of us kids liked. One
night, my two buddies(老兄) and I decided to play a 7 on him."
"After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on
the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a FOX. The next day, almost the whole town saw our
glorious 8 . Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied.
No one 9 found out."
"Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown"s name 10 on my list. I didn"t even know if he was still 11 .
Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed.
I tried his number. After a few 12 , I heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff Brown?" Paused "Yes". "Well, this
is Jimmy Calkins."
"And I want you to know that I did it." Paused. "I knew it!" he yelled back. We had a good laugh
and a 13 discussion. His closing words were: "Jimmy, I always felt bad for you because your buddies
got it off their chest, but you were carrying it around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me …
( )2. A. private
( )3. A. expected
( )4. A. connect with
( )5. A. improve
( )6. A. notes
( )7. A. part
( )8. A. view
( )9. A. also
( )10. A. appears
( )11. A. angry
( )12. A. words
( )13. A. lively
( )14. A. build up
( )15. A. regret
B. secret
B. suggested
B. depend on
B. continue
B. list
B. game
B. sign
B. even
B. considers
B. happy
B. calls
B. plain
B. make up
B. forgive
C. interesting
C. ordered
C. make an apology to
C. realize
C. plan
C. trick
C. attention
C. still
C. presents
C. doubtful
C. repeats
C. nervous
C. clear up
C. right
D. funny
D. demanded
D. get along with
D. keep
D. stories
D. record
D. remark
D. ever
D. remembers
D. alive
D. rings
D. cold
D. give up
D. punish
the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to
him, so I agreed.
During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular
dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five,
and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me
because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my
dreams.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, "Why me?" He spoke
about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about.
He didn"t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about
his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him
he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He
looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, "You are a champion. You
earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you."
Last summer I received a letter from Matthew"s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away.
They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:
Dick,
My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to
let you know that the doctors tell me that I don"t have long to live any more, but I still smile as
much as I can.
I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I
will never get to do that. However, I know I"m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get
to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you
for loving me.
Your friend,
Matthew
B. he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal
C. he was one of the author"s fans
D. he admired the author very much
B. the boy never complained about not being able to go to school
C. the boy never complained why the author had never come to see him before
D. the boy never complained about not getting a medal
B. Matthew was an optimistic(乐观的)and determined boy
C. The author used to have the same disease as Matthew had
D. Matthew became a champion before he died
B. he was sure that he could win one in the future
C. he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon
D. he would not be pitied by others
B. A special friend.
C. A real champion.
D. A famous athlete.
company. The director did the last 1 .
The director asked, "Who paid for your school fees?" John answered, "My 2 did. When I was
young, my father 3 ." Then he continued, " 4 was your mother?" John answered, "My mother
worked as a 5 cleaner." Hearing this, the director asked John to 6 his hands. John reached out
his hands that were 7 and perfect. The director said, "I have a 8 . When you go home, clean your
mother"s hands and see me tomorrow."
John felt 9 but did it. His tears fell 10 he cleaned his mother"s hands. He noticed for the first time
that her hands were so 11 . Also John 12 that it was this pair of hands that washed clothes every
day to 13 him. After cleaning his mother"s hands, John 14 washed all the remaining clothes for her.
Next day, John went to the director"s office. Tears in eyes, John was asked to 15 his feelings. "Now
I know what is 16 .Without my mother, there wouldn"t be the 17 me today. By helping my mother, I
see how 18 it is to get something done. I have also come to know the value of family relationship."
The director smiled, "This is what I am 19 . I want a person who can appreciate the help of others, a
person who knows the sufferings of others and a person who 20 put money as his only goal in life.
You are hired."
( )2. A. tutors
( )3. A. died away
( )4. A. What
( )5. A. carpet
( )6. A. turn
( )7. A. clumsy
( )8. A. request
( )9. A. embarrassed
( )10. A. before
( )11. A. slim
( )12. A. realized
( )13. A. sacrifice
( )14. A. modestly
( )15. A. improve
( )16. A. appreciation
( )17. A. wealthy
( )18. A. firm
( )19. A. looking through
( )20. A. shan"t
B. father
B. passed away
B. How
B. floor
B. show
B. dirty
B. question
B. frightened
B. as
B. warm
B. believed
B. serve
B. secretly
B. describe
B. cooperation
B. famous
B. exciting
B. looking for
B. needn"t
C. parents
C. died out
C. Who
C. clothes
C. wave
C. strong
C. wish
C. confused
C. since
C. soft
C. insisted
C. satisfy
C. quietly
C. awaken
C. qualification
C. successful
C. crazy
C. looking at
C. won"t
D. mother
D. passed by
D. Where
D. window
D. shake
D. smooth
D. choice
D. inspired
D. until
D. rough
D. wondered
D. support
D. gently
D. hide
D. communication
D. humorous
D. tough
D. looking into
D. can"t
three to five minutes. Usually doctors can"t fix the hurt 2 such a short time.
Dr Robert White thinks he knows a 3 of help. He thinks doctors should make the hurt brain 4 to
live for 30 minutes without blood. This gives the doctor 5 time to do something for the brain. Dr White
experimented his 6 on fifteen monkeys. 7 he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on
them. He made the monkeys" blood go 8 a machine. When the brains" 9 was 10℃, he stopped the
blood to the brain. After 30 minutes, he turned the blood back on. He 10 the blood again. After their
operations, the monkeys were almost 11 before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do
the job the doctor 12 them.
Dr White"s idea works well on monkeys. He thinks it will work on 13 . He think it will help with heart problems. A person 14 die when his heart stops; doctors can 15 it again. The problem comes: when
the brain is without blood for about 5 minutes, it 16 . If doctors start the heart again after 5 minutes, the
person has 17 body but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will 18 Dr White"s idea. When
the person"s heart stops the doctor will 19 cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart
again. Maybe there will be no 20 the brain.
( )2. A. for
( )3. A. way
( )4. A. too cool
( )5. A. a longer
( )6. A. medicine
( )7. A. Besides
( )8. A. to
( )9. A. heat
( )10. A. cooled
( )11. A. the same as
( )12. A. was taught
( )13. A. other people
( )14. A. doesn"t have to
( )15. A. start
( )16. A. loses
( )17. A. no
( )18. A. get
( )19. A. soon
B. after
B. brain
B. enough cool
B. enough
B. manners
B. Instead
B. across
B. temperature
B. operated
B. different from
B. was teaching
B. human beings
B. needn"t
B. take
B. goes
B. a dead
B. accept
B. quickly
C. in
C. doctor
C. cool enough
C. a shorter
C. idea
C. However
C. through
C. coolness
C. warmed
C. used to
C. was to teach
C. other things
C. will be able to
C. make
C. kills
C. a living
C. keep
C. slowly
D. since
D. man
D. that cool
D. another
D. brain
D. First
D. onto
D. feeling
D. stopped
D. cleverer than
D. had taught
D. more people
D. is afraid to
D. begin
D. dies
D. a lively
D. try
D. rapid
training I received, though excellent, didn"t tell me how it was to work with a real student, however.
When I began to discover what other people"s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the
true importance of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three children. In the first lesson, I found
out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn"t know which bus
to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she
couldn"t read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn"t
always remember what she needed. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had
a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie"s self-confidence. She began to make rapid
progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported
how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy
first grader, with his reading. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding
than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have
learned more from the experience than Marie did.
B. She helped someone to learn to read.
C. She helped some single mothers.
D. She was trained by a literacy volunteer.
B. Because she didn"t have a bus schedule.
C. Because she couldn"t afford the bus ticket.
D. Because she couldn"t find the right bus.
B. She asked others to take her to the right place.
C. She managed to find the goods by their looks.
D. She remembered the names of the goods.
B. She was able to read stories with the help of her son.
C. She decided to continue her studies in school.
D. She helped to build up my self-confidence.
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