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meals. There"s a catch, however. You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week.
There are no books or television or radio for amusement. You can"t leave until the week is up. And a camera
will be recording your every move.
Two people actually took the job. The idea came from Rob Thompson, a video artist. He wanted to make
a film about the way animals are treated. His goal was to raise people"s awareness of the living conditions of
animals that are raised for food. He decided to pay $5,000 out of his own savings to two people who were
willing to live like chickens for a week.
To Rob"s surprise, quite a few people answered his advertisement. He had interviews and selected Eric,
a 24-year-old restaurant worker, and Pam, a 27-year-old chemist. The plan was for them to spend seven days
together in a chicken cage that was six feet long and three feet wide. A camera would record their experience,
which would take place in an art museum.
The week was long and difficult. They slept on a hard wooden floor. They couldn"t stand up without
banging their heads. They ate vegetables and drink water from a garden hose-pipe (橡胶软管). Their only
privacy was a toilet surrounded by a curtain. There were no sinks, mirrors, or toothbrushes in the cage. Their
only inspiration was the two framed checks that hung on the wall outside the cage. Visitors who came here
were warned, "Do not feed the humans."
Finally it was over, and Pam and Eric came out of the cage. They had survived the week, and they each
had a $2,500 check in their hands. When Rob Thompson opened the cage, Eric came out, changed into clean
clothes, and ate a chocolate bar right away. "It"s great for me to be able to stand up." he said. Pam just
changed her clothes and left. After a week of visitors and reporters watching her, she didn"t want to talk to
anyone.
B. He is kind-hearted to animals
C. He dislike people around
D. He likes to help poor people
B. surprising wonder
C. unbelievable condition
D. hidden difficulty
B. That they couldn"t lie down to sleep in the cage.
C. That they had to do almost everything under others" very eyes.
D. That they didn"t have meat to eat.
B. Do Not Feed Humans
C. Living Like a Chicken
D. Getting Along Well Anyway
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and started the engine. Inside were the 1 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green. The mother was holding their baby
daughter, Ally. The girl had some 2 stuck in her throat and could 3 breathe.
The driver, Mr. White, turned on his siren (警报器) and sped towards the 4 hospital, fighting against
the time. The 5 ahead of him pulled out of the way 6 he drove through the busy traffic. From the back
of the 7 the parents were shouting at him to be 8 , since Ally had almost stopped 9 . In front of him
he saw some traffic 10 , with the red "Stop" light shining. Mr. white knew he had no time to 11 , so he
drove straight through the traffic lights.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi with the 12 closed, and the driver was playing his radio,
He did not 13 the ambulance. The lights were green; 14 he drove straight on into the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance, but it was too 15 . It hit the taxi. Everyone was shaken, but no
one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see 16 little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief (宽慰) instead of
17 on the faces of the parents.
"Look!" cried Mrs. Green. "She is breathing again."
"It 18 have been the crash," said her husband, "It 19 the food out of her throat." The baby"s color was
turning 20 , and she was crying in a loud but healthy voice. They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the
accident.
| ( )1. A. worried ( )2. A. honey ( )3. A. never ( )4. A. modern ( )5. A. interviewers ( )6. A. that ( )7. A. street ( )8. A. quick ( )9. A. breathing ( )10. A. signs ( )11. A. stop ( )12. A. engine ( )13. A. hear ( )14. A. however ( )15. A. dangerous ( )16. A. how ( )17. A. pleasure ( )18. A. may ( )19. A. took ( )20. A. common | B. angry B. drinks B. almost B. promising B. drivers B. as B. cars B. convenient B. circulating B. policemen B. spare B. car B. see B. so B. late B. what B. anger B. can B. picked B. normal | C. satisfied C. food C. hardly C. children"s C. cars C. if C. traffic C. anxious C. saying C. lights C. lose C. door C. find C. but C. careless C where C. fear C. should C. knocked C. general | D. surprised D. water D. simply D. nearest D. parents D. as though D. ambulance D. calm D. talking D. marks D. miss D. window D. notice D. on the other hand D. quick D. who D. surprise D. must D. pulled D. ordinary |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Long long ago, there was an old merchant who had three sons. "To which one shall I leave my fortune?" he wondered. "It must be to the cleverest son. But which one is the cleverest?" He called his three sons to him. "Here is some money," he told them, "you must each take one coin to buy something that will fill this room. Anyone who can do this shall have my fortune." "It is a big room," said the eldest son. "One coin will not buy very much," said the second son. But the youngest son said nothing. He stood and thought, and then he smiled, "Come, brothers," he said, "let us go to the market." The eldest son bought straw with his coin. But one coin bought only a bit of straw. Even when he had spread it as much as he could, the straw covered only a corner of the room. The second son bought sand with his coin. But one coin bought only a bit of sand. Even when he had spread it as much as he could, the sand covered only half of the floor. "What did you buy?" the eldest son angrily asked the youngest son. "You don"t have any straw." "Yes, what did you buy?" the second son asked angrily. "You don"t have any sand." "I bought this," said the youngest son. "A candle!" cried his brothers."What good is a candle?" "Watch", said the youngest son. He lit the candle, and all at once the room was filled from wall to wall, from ceiling to floor. It was filled with light! "Although you are the youngest, you are indeed the cleverest of my sons," the old merchant said. And that is how, the old merchant left his fortune to his youngest son, the one who could fill a room with light. | |||
| 1. Who would get father"s fortune according to his requirement? | |||
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| A. The oldest son. B. The richest son. C. The cleverest son. D. The silliest son. | |||
| 2. The merchant left his fortune to the son _____. | |||
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| A. who would fill the room by using something which is worth one coin B. who would take care of him when he became old C. who wanted to get his fortune D. who got married first | |||
| 3. How do you think of the youngest son? | |||
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| A. He is very clever. B. He is very lazy. C. He is very mean. D. He is very diligent. | |||
| 4. The youngest son used _____ to fill the room. | |||
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| A. straw B. candle C. sand D. water | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Switzerland (瑞士) is famous for its watches. However, this country didn"t invent the watch. It was the British who did it. Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland. Many years ago, an Englishman was travelling to Italy. On his way he stopped in a small town in South Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage (马车) inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the earliest kind of watch. A native shop assistant (售货员) happened to see the watch. He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman about it. "It is a carriage watch." said the man. This machine tells the time but now it isn"t working. At once the shop assistant offered to try to repair it. So the traveller handed him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it was not surprising that he managed to repair it. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had gone on his way, he made a watch exactly the same type. Thus the watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world. | |||
| 1. Switzerland is famous for ______. | |||
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| A. making watches B. selling watches C. inventing watches D. the carriage watch | |||
| 2. It was ______ who brought a watch to Switzerland earliest. | |||
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| A. a Swiss B. an Italian C. an Englishman D. a shop assistant | |||
| 3. The earlist watches were made in ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. Switzerland B. England C. Italy D. a small town | |||
| 4. The first Swiss watch was made by ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. an Italian shop assistant B. an English shop assistant C. a man who came from Switzerland D. a man who was travelling to Italy | |||
| 5. The carriage watch was a machine which ______. | |||
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| A. was put in the carriage B. wasn"t working C. told people time D. had to be repaired | |||
| 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 | |||
| In the late 1980s, during a visit to Bangladesh (孟加拉), I saw a woman with a baby on her back, breaking bricks with a hammer. I asked a Bangladesh escort (随从) why they weren"t using a machine, which would have been a lot easier. He told me a machine would put that lady out of work. And bad as that woman"s job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive. 1______. Serving in the U.S. Army overseas in the past, I saw a lot of people like that woman in Bangladesh. 2______. They are victims (受害者) of crime and social unrest (动荡), who in turn become the drug dealers and the street gang (匪帮) members. I"ve seen it over and over again everywhere I go. People who have jobs can have a home, send their kids to school, develop a sense of pride, contribute to the good of the community, and even help others. 3______. 4______, but I"m still working to help people prepared for disaster. I"m not going to stop. 5______. | |||
| A. Because they can work, they"re free. They"re blessed (幸福的). B. It reminded me of my father"s words: To work is a blessing C. She might get to do a little farming some day, too. D. I believe in my father"s words: To work is a blessing E. Now I"m retired from the Army F. And I have come to believe that people without jobs are not blessed. G. No one can work. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade, or so we thought. We bought the latest rage, Baby Sitter"s Club dolls, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she "really wanted a bike more than anything else." It was just too late, what with all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying last-minute gifts, to take the time to select the "right bike" for our litter girl. So here we were Christmas Eve around 9 p.m., with Rose and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, nestled snug in their beds. Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. "What if I make a little bicycle out of clay (泥) and write a note that she could trade (互相交换) the clay model in for a real bike?" Her dad asked. "This is an expensive item and she is "such a big girl," it would be much better for her to pick it out." So he spent the next four hours painstakingly working with clay to make a tiny bike. On Christmas morning, we were excited for Rose to open the little hear shaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud. "Does this mean that I trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?" Beaming, I said, "Yes." Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me. I"d rather keep this than get a real bike." At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet! | |||
| 1. Choose the right time order of the following events. a. The girl asked for a new bike. b. The girl opened the little heart shaped package. c. The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll. d. The father made the girl a bike with clay. e. The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one. | |||
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| A. a, b, c, e, d B. a, c, d, b, e C. a, c, b, d, e D. a, b, d, c, e | |||
| 2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? | |||
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| A. The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike forever. B. Tears were in the girl"s eyes because she didn"t like the present at all. C. The girl never lost her desire for a bike. D. The parents paid little attention to the daughter"s desire for a bike. | |||
| 3. Why did Dad make the clay bicycle? | |||
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| A. He wanted his daughter to buy a real one. B. He didn"t want to disappoint his daughter. C. He thought his daughter would like it. D. He wanted to give his daughter a surprise. | |||
| 4. What can be inferred from the last sentence? | |||
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| A. The parents were not happy and encouraged. B. The parents didn"t feel comfortable and relaxed. C. The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl. D. The parents felt disappointed and sorry for the girl. |