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At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply
to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade
School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand
what people were saying.
"Why did they do this?" Kate wondered aloud. "I mean, you can"t learn if you can"t understand the teacher."
Nadia"s voice was a whisper. "I understand English. I will learn." Nadia"s English was perfect.
Kate was perplexed. She couldn"t understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that
moving to a new country probably wasn"t the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and
unusual things to learn-all at the same time.
"There"re a lot of new things to learn, huh?" said Kate. Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she replied.
"Many things people say, I do not understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I
do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the
USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn"t a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me." "Don"t
worry." said Kate. "You"ll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB
port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer." Nadia and Kate were quiet after that.
They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate"s surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered
to answer questions at the blackboard.
Nadia solved every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one
understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia answered
everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.
Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. "Some things," she said in a normal voice, "are
the same all over the world."
B. helpful
C. lively
D. shy
B. angry
C. shocked
D. serious
B. Nadia had lived by the sea before
C. Nadia had never seen a computer before
D. Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness
B. Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.
C. Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.
D. Nadia understood the maths better than other teachers.
B. Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.
C. Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.
D. Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.
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ice mountains, anything-"If it"s there," he used to say, "then I want to climb it." So the news of his marriage
gave me a surprise. I"d never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter was a married man!
I couldn"t get over it. I wondered whether his wife would try to stop some of risky adventures.
She was French perhaps-from that place where he usually spent his holidays. Chamonis, wasn"t it? From
Chamonis he"d climbed Mont Blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and one of the Aifuilles the day after! That
was it, then, she was French from a family, most of whom like climbing. No doubt. No other explanation.
A month later I met them both in town. Anna surprised me because she was English. She was a dancer
in the theater. "Never climbed more than sixty steps in my life," she told me. "Peter has his interests, and I"ve
got mine. No problems." "None at all," Peter said, smiling.
"Where did you spend your honeymoon?" "I flew to New York to see the drake Dancers on Broadway.
A wonderful show!"
Peter said, "I didn"t want to miss the good weather. So I went to Switzerland and climbed the north face
of the Eiger with Allen Dunlop. Great fun, the Eiger. Grand place for a honeymoon! I"ll show you the photos
we took one day."
B. he was angry on mountains
C. he lost his senses on mountains
D. he enjoyed climbing mountains very much
B. dangerous adventures
C. terrible adventures
D. unkind adventures
B. his wife would stop him from mountain climbing
C. he himself would give up his love
D. Peter would continue his love and so he did
B. would not stop his climbing
C. perhaps came from France
D. might live near the mountain
B. happy because each of them respected the other"s love
C. painful because either of them would do their own thing
D. a mistake because either of them wouldn"t care the other"s love
and he was afraid. However, the young nurse 2 by his bed smiled so 3 that the little boy smiled back.
He 4 to be afraid. The young nurse was May Paxton 5 she was deaf (聋的). May Paxton graduated
6 the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909. Three years 7 she went to see Dr. Richardson
about 8 a nurse. Dr. Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City: 9 had
never heard of a deaf nurse. She told May that her 10 would be very low and that the work would be 11 .
However, May said that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson was 12 her, and accepted May as
a student nurse.
Dr. Richardson never 13 her decision. 14 , she was so pleased with May"s work that she later accepted
two other deaf women as student nurses. The 15 was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16 . The second
was Miss Lillie Bessie. These three were 17 "the silent angels (天使) of Mercy Hospital" during the 18 they
worked there.
Dr. Richardson often 19 her faith in the girls" ability to learn nursing. She wrote to May, "For three years,
you have been with us...It is wonderful to me that no man, 20 or child ever, to my knowledge, made a
complaint (投诉) against you..."
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| The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset for him. The next morning he said to the men, "Have you provided me with that sunset?" "No, sir," the men answered. The director was angry. "Why not?" he asked. "Well, sir," one of the men answered, "we"re on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset." "But I want a sunset!" the director shouted. "Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one." But then a young secretary had an idea. "Why don"t you photograph a sunrise," she suggested, "and then play it backwards? Then it"ll look like a sunset." "That"s a very good idea!" the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said, "Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea." The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o"clock they took it to the director. "Here it is, sir," they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased. They all went into the studio. "All right," the director explained, "now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them." The "sunset" began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop. The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach. | |||
| 1. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out _____. | |||
| A. to film a scene on the sea B. to find an actor and an actress C. to watch a beautiful sunset D. to meet the audience | |||
| 2. Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast? | |||
| A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset. B. Because he was angry with his crew. C. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset. D. Because it was his secretary"s suggestion. | |||
| 3. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _____. | |||
| A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening C. it was more moving than a sunrise D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset | |||
| 4. After the "sunset" began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands _____. | |||
| A. because he was moved to tears B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine | |||
| 5. Which of the following is NOT true? | |||
| A. The crew had to follow the secretary"s advice (忠告). B. If you want to see a sunrise, the east coat is the place to go. C. The camera crew wasn"t able to film the scene the first day. D. The director ordered his crew to stop filming the "sunset". | |||
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| I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn"t say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can"t tell anything," he finally said. "I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can"t say "don"t do this and do that", because everything is different and I don"t know what is going to come up. I can"t help much with money either, but I think things will work out." He gave me a new check-book. "If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell." In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers" kids filled in the financial gaps. "You know what you want to be, and they"ll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a job, be sure it"s honest, and work hard." I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you. Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible that he had read so often, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours. I knew he would miss it. I knew, though, that I must take it. He didn"t say, "Read this every morning." He just said, "This can help you if you will let it." Did it help? I got through college without being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since. | |||
| 1. What is the writer"s main purpose (目的) in writing this passage? | |||
| A. To tell the readers his life story. B. To tell people what kind of person his father was. C. To let people know how poor he was. D. To tell the readers what present he got from his father. | |||
| 2. Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that? | |||
| A. Because he felt quite confident of him. B. Because he was born from a poor family. C. Because he was a man of few words. D. Because he didn"t want to be much too strict with him. | |||
| 3. What would you learn from this passage? | |||
| A. How to live by oneself. B. How to stand on one"s own feet. C. What a good father should do. D. What the self-important is like. | |||
| 4. What may be the proper Chinese meaning for the underlined part in the passage? | |||
| A. 闲暇时光 B. 学费 C. 经济不足 D. 精神空虚 | |||
| 5. What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer"s father? | |||
| A. It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others. B. There were many good examples for you to copy in it. C. It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future. D. It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble. | |||
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| Secret Santas On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them. Linda has never met the children, but that"s all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas, she says. "It"s an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的)basis," says Linda. "It brings a whole new meaning to the holidays." Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto, Canada, and Linda did charitable work as a member of the American Women"s Club of Toronto. As the name suggests, members are U.S. citizens living in Toronto, who join together for fellowship and commumty service. To find her "adopted" family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that"s struggling to survive. Last year she helped a single mother with three children. The mother works as a cleaning lady in a nursing home. "The list is always heartbreaking: They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite, asking for basic clothes or simple toys," she says. "We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and gloves." She also buys gifts for the parents. Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list-one that didn"t include the basics. "Every child should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime." She purchased iPods for the two older children and a video game system for the youngest. "I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this," says Linda. "Pay attention to what"s going on in your own backyard-no matter where you live." The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous. | |||
| 根据短文内容，回答问题。 1. What reaction does Linda imagine the children will have? (No more than 5 words) ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did Linda join the American Women"s Club of Toronto? (No more than 10 words) ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did Linda ask for a second wish list? (No more than 15 words) ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What kind of people does "secret Santas" in the passage refer to? (No more than 12 words) ____________________________________________________________________________ |