Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know yo
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Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know you think you are a person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question you are tested in real life. Some people they are brave but when they come face to face with real , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like heroes.
Lenny had always thought of himself as a nervous person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. But December 15th, 2013, a plane crashed into a river in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He behaved very and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the river and to the woman, and kept her head above the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not .
When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically(自动地) produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(肾上腺素). With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are ready to fight.
小题1:A. neither B. whether C. either
小题2:A. brave B. real C. hard
小题3:A. when B. until C. after
小题4:A. realize B. find C. think
小题5:A. question B. mouse C. danger
小题6:A. on B. in C. for
小题7:A. fresh B. warm C. ice-cold
小题8:A. nervously B. calmly C. fearfully
小题9:A. went B. spoke C. swam
小题10:A. an accident B. seventy-eight C. seventy- nine |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C |
解析
试题分析：本文以一个问题开始：当人们问你是人还是老鼠时，他们是想知道，你是一个勇敢的人还是一个懦夫.。接下来短文对什么样的人是勇敢的，什么样的人是懦夫，进行了一个对比与论证。最后得出一个结论，外表并不等于实际的表现。
小题1:考查介词及语境的理解。A. neither两者都不；B. whether 两者中的哪一个；C. either两者中的任何一个。分析句意：当人们问你是人还是老鼠时，他们是想知道，你是一个勇敢的人还是一个懦夫。考查宾语从句，从句中有两个选择一个是勇敢另一个是懦夫。表示两者中的一个为whether.故选B。
小题2:考查形容词及语境的理解。A. brave勇敢的；B. real真的；C. hard困难的。结合上文：当人们问你是人还是老鼠时，他们想知道，你是一个勇敢的人还是一个懦夫。分析：考查与懦夫相对应的词为勇敢。故选A。
小题3:考查连词及语境的理解。A. when当时；B. until直到；C. after在之后。分析句意：直到你在生活中真正的感受了，你才能真正地回答这个问题。通过对两个句子的分析，考查固定句型：not……until(直到……才)得知用until引导。故选B。
小题4:考查动词及语境的理解。A. realize意识到； B. find发现；C. think认为。分析句意：一些人认为他们是勇敢的，但是当他们与危险面对面的时候，他们的表现像一个懦夫。联系下文:others think of themselves as cowards.(其他人认为自己是懦夫。)得知选择：think认为。故选C。
小题5:考查名词及语境的理解。A. question问题；B. mouse老鼠；C. danger危险。分析下文： 一些人认为他们是勇敢的但是当他们与危险面对面的时候，他们的表现像一个懦夫。结合下文：when they meet danger,句意：当他们面对危险时。推断出此处填写名词，danger危险。故选C。
小题6:考查介词及语境的理解。A. on最小的时间为具体某一天；B. in最小时间为月份；C. for接段时间。分析：本段是描述一个真实的事件，时间为2013年12月15日，在具体的某一天用介词on, 故选A。
小题7:考查形容词及语境的理解。A. fresh新鲜的；B. warm温暖的；C. ice-cold冰冷的。分析句意：他看见一位妇女在冰冷的河水中。结合现实情况分析，在十二月份的时候，河水一定是冰冷的。故选C。
小题8:考查副词及语境的理解。A. nervously焦急地；B. calmly冷静地；C. fearfully可怕地。分析句意：Lenny 并没有害怕。他的行为很冷静，并且在做着非常危险的事情。联系上下文得知：冷静地符合语意。故选B。
小题9:考查动词及语境的理解。A. went去；B. spoke说话；C. swam游泳。联系句意：他跳进河里，游向这位妇女，保持她的头在河水之上。结合前文，他看见河里面有人，因此去河水中救人，一定是游着过去救人。故选C。
小题10:考查词意及语境的理解。A. an accident 一个事故；B. seventy-eight七十八； C. seventy- nine七十九。联系句意：那一天有78人死亡。由于Lenny的帮助，它没有成为第79个。分析前面是78，这个则为79.故选 C。 |
举一反三
Have you ever done something foolish and it made you feel so embarrassed（尴尬的）?
Well, that’s exactly how I felt. On a Saturday morning last autumn．I went to town to do some shopping and as I was on my way home from the shop，it suddenly began to rain. I at once ran into a nearby phone box because I didn’t have an umbrella．It was raining so heavily that I had to stay in the phone box until it stopped．
A few moments later，I saw a young man walk up to the phone box，wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a box. I didn’t want to go out into the rain，so I picked up the phone and pretended（假装） I was talking to someone. I thought the man would go away，but he didn’t. He just waited in the pouring rain，and I acted as if I was deep in conversation.
Luckily，the rain stopped after about ten minutes．“Okay，Mum，” I said loudly into the phone，“I’ll see you later. Bye!” I put the phone down, picked up my shopping bag and walked out of the phone box. “I’m sorry I took so long.” I said to the man．
“Oh, I don’t want to use the phone,” he answered, smiling．“I’ve just come to repair it. There is something wrong with it, you see .” I felt myself go red in the face and I hurried away with my head down，feeling a complete fool. That was certainly one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!
小题1:Why did the writer go to the phone box and stay there?| A．Because she wanted to keep warm. | | B．Because she wanted to wait for her friend there. | | C．Because she wanted to phone her mother. | | D．Because it rained heavily and she had no umbrella with her. |
小题2:The writer thought that the young man wanted .| A．to repair the phone. | B．to use the phone. | | C．to stay in the phone box. | D．to clean the phone box. |
小题3:How long did the man wait for?| A．About five minutes． | B．About fifteen minutes. | | C．About ten minutes. | D．About thirty minutes. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．The story happened on a cold Saturday morning last summer． | | B．The writer telephoned her mother． | | C．The writer was on her way home after doing some shopping，suddenly it began to rain. | | D．The writer knew why the man came here． |
小题5:Why was the writer embarrassed?
A. Because she did something foolish.
B. Because she got all wet.
C. Because she made the young man wait so long.
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How can a small stamp be worth ＄16,800?
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on a two-penny stamp has made it worth a million and a half times its face value.
Do you think it impossible? Well, it is true. And this is how it happened.
The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the former British colony (前英国殖民地) of M auritius (毛里求斯岛), a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to London. Mauritius was about to become the fourth country in the world to put out stamps.
Before the order was filled and the stamps arrived from England, a big dance was planned by the commander-in-chief (总司令) of all the armed forces on the island. The dance would be held in his house and letters of invitation would be sent to all the important people in Mauritius. Stamps were badly needed to post the letters. Therefore, an islander, who was a good printer, was told to copy the pattern of the stamps. He carelessly put the words “Post Office” instead of “Post Paid”, two words seen on stamps at that time, on the several hundred that he printed.
Today, there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left--- fourteen One-penny Reds and twelve Two-penny Blues. Because there are so few Two-Penny Blues and because of their age, collectors have paid as much as ＄16,800 for one of them.
小题1:When a mistake is made in the printing of the stamp, the stamp___________.| A．will be thrown away | | B．increases in value | | C．is not worth buying | | D．is worth no more than its face value |
小题2:Why did Mauritius print some stamps too? Because__________.| A．London stamps were not well printed | | B．London would not print them | | C．invitations to a big dance had to be posted quickly | | D．Mauritius had a very good printer |
小题3:“Post Paid” means___________.| A．the same as “Post Office” | | B．the Post Office is the place to buy stamps | | C．money has been paid for the stamp | | D．the letter must be posted |
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Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr. Baker. He gave his to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his . Billy worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were with him.
Mr. Baker loved planting . The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the himself and watered them every day. Several days , he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, “Take good care of these trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.” “Don’t about them, sir.” answered Billy, “I"ll try my best to watch them.” Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked, “ anyone ever come to steal the trees?” “No, sir.” said Billy. “To stop someone from stealing the trees, I them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week!”
| 小题1: | | A．bought | B．found | C．carried | D．wanted |
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| 小题2: | | A．wallet | B．pity | C．thanks | D．excuses |
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| 小题3: | | A．office | B．city | C．town | D．home |
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| 小题4: | | A．pleased | B．angry | C．bored | D．sad |
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| 小题5: | | A．grass | B．flowers | C．vegetables | D．trees |
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| 小题6: | | A．garden | B．office | C．city | D．room |
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| 小题7: | | A．ago | B．later | C．before | D．after |
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| 小题8: | | A．think | B．talk | C．learn | D．worry |
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| 小题10: | | A．sent | B．pulled | C．put | D．pick |
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Mr. White is a member of his office. He’s and can easily deal with all kinds of matters. So he’s always more than his workmates. Of course he’s often and has no time to do the housework. His wife him well and does all at home.
! Their daughter was hurt in a traffic accident last month and had to be . Now Mrs. White has to look after her there she can’t go home. Mr. White often eats something in the restaurant. As he did some cleaning, the rooms were all disorderly(凌乱不堪的).
Yesterday morning, before Mr. White got up, the telephone . He sat up to answer it. His friend told him to an important telephone number down. But he could find a piece of paper. He found there was much dust(灰尘) on the table and wrote the number on it. But soon he it and went to work. Two hours later came back and looked for a sweater for her daughter. Her husband came in while she was the table. He couldn’t the number on the table and called out angrily, “Who let you clean the table?”
| 小题1: | | A．important | B．strong | C．good | D．able |
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| 小题2: | | A．helped | B．thought | C．paid | D．asked |
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| 小题3: | | A．busy | B．quiet | C．lazy | D．happy |
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| 小题4: | | A．sees | B．knows | C．misses | D．takes care of |
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| 小题5: | | A．Well | B．Once | C．What’s more | D．Bad luck |
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| 小题6: | | A．in hospital | B．outside | C．in bed | D．in time |
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| 小题8: | | A．not | B．never | C．almost | D．often |
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| 小题9: | | A．shouted | B．spoke | C．rang | D．called |
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| 小题10: | | A．write | B．remember | C．understand | D．use |
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| 小题11: | | A．either a pen or | B．neither a pen nor | C．both a pen and | D．not only a pen but |
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| 小题12: | | A．forgot | B．read | C．took | D．threw |
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| 小题13: | | A．he | B．his friend | C．his wife | D．his daughter |
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| 小题14: | | A．brushing | B．walking in | C．leaving | D．cleaning |
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| 小题15: | | A．find | B．listen to | C．look at | D．write |
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What’s the meaning of “dark horse”? It’s someone who wins when no one expects it.
Han Xiaopeng took China’s first gold on snow. He became an Olympic “dark horse” last Thursday by winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧) at Turin in Italy. He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score. Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone(更不用说) in the Olympics!
“I never thought this would happen,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel like I’m in a dream.” It’s China’s second gold medal at the Turin Olympics. But more important, Han’s gold was the country’s first ever in a snow sport. In 2002, China’s Yang Yang won the gold for speed skating at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US.
Just because Han’s win was unexpected doesn’t mean that he didn’t work hard.
Han grew up in Jiangsu Province. Before he started his training on snow, he used to be an acrobat(杂技演员) at a circus. In 1995, a coach found his talent(才能). The coach, Yang Er’qi, said Han had the agility(灵活性) and courage to be a ski jumper. When Yang first took the 12-year-old to northern China, the boy couldn’t swim, skate or ski. But he wasn’t afraid of the high platform(跳台) and kept on training.
Han almost left the sport after hurting his knee months before the Salt Lake Games. In that Olympics he only got 24th. “I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood firmly(坚强地) behind me, helping me through,” he recalled.
Han Xiaopeng worked so hard that he won the gold medal in the Olympics at last. Because of his success, more and more people in China are becoming interested in skiing. We are proud of him and we hope he will have another big success in the next winter Olympics.
小题1:What does ‘dark horse’ mean? It means _____________.| A．a horse which is dark | | B．someone who is expected to win | | C．a horse which likes living in the dark | | D．someone whose win is unexpected |
小题2:Where did Han Xiaopeng take China’s first gold on snow?| A．In China . | B．In Italy. | C．In America. | D．In Australia. |
小题3:What made the coach, Yang Er’qi, choose Han Xiaopeng to be a ski jumper?| A．He had the agility and wasn’t afraid of the high platform. | | B．He was good at skiing though he was only 12 years old. | | C．He was born in the north of China and liked sports on snow. | | D．He had the talent and he had won a world gold medal before. |
小题4:Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the passage?| A．He was 23 when he won the gold medal at the winter Olympics. | | B．He made two almost perfect jumps and got the highest score. | | C．No one had won the gold before Han Xiaopeng at the winter Olympics. | | D．He never gave up even though he had faced many difficulties. |
小题5:What is the best title for this passage?| A．A Dark Horse at the Winter Olympics | | B．A Wonderful Match | | C．A Hopeless Snow Game | | D．An Exciting Horse Race |
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