“Just ate chicken feet for lunch. ”These were the words I wrote on my blog yeste
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“Just ate chicken feet for lunch. ”These were the words I wrote on my blog yesterday. By the next day there were hundreds of comments from my friends. They included “OH MY GOD! That is so disgusting(令人厌恶的)! ”, “What were they like? ” and “Why can’t you eat sandwiches like everyone else? ”
To Chinese people, chicken feet are a normal snack. To my friends in Britain, the thought of eating a chicken’s feet is weird(不可思议的). As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog(牛蛙), scorpion(蝎子), snake, or turtle.
But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are trying new things and food.
I arrived in Beijing five months ago. Since then, I’ve searched for the “weirdest” foods so I can try them, then treat my friends to some “virtual eating”on my blog.
One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog materials.
“I chose a stick with three live, wriggling scorpions on it, ”I wrote. “And it was pretty good. The scorpion was warm and crispy. The legs did have a tendency to get stuck between one’s teeth, however. What’s more, I am sure scorpion stung(蜇伤)me twice with its tail in revenge. ”
Next came snake: “A bit like a cross between fish and chicken, with a slightly rubbery texture(弹性口感)and meaty taste. ”
Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soup—especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guy’s head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speaking to you again, ”wrote one former friend.
Still, I will continue my culinary quest(美食征程).
Next on my list is starfish, though I feel I should have some vegetables too—algae, maybe.
So what am I eating, tonight, you may ask. Pizza. Well, a girl’s gotta have a break sometimes.
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following “weirdest” foods is the one the author hasn’t tried? | A．Chicken feet. | B．Bullfrog. | | C．Scorpion. | D．Chicken head. |
小题2: What does the author like most in life? | A．Trying new things and food. | | B．Traveling. | | C．Walking. | | D．Shopping. |
小题3:Where did the author get her blog material? | A．From her friends. | | B．From Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. | | C．From shopping. | | D．From the Internet. |
小题4: What is the author’s friends’ attitude towards her trying “weird” foods? | A．They are satisfied. | | B．They are happy. | | C．They are surprised and even angry. | | D．They are sorry. |
小题5: What can we learn from the passage about the author? | A．The author likes eating. | | B．The author enjoys traveling. | | C．The author is fond of shopping. | | D．The author is interested in Chinese food. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D |
解析
这是一篇记叙文。文章记述了作者在中国体验的古怪的食物, 并对此很感兴趣, 还写在自己的博客里, 从而引起了朋友的不理解。
小题1:选D。细节理解题。从文章第二段的. . . eating a chicken’s feet is weird. As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog, scorpion, snake, or turtle. 可以看出, 作者吃过鸡爪、牛蛙和蝎子, 没有吃过鸡头。故选D项。
小题2:选A。细节理解题。从文章第三段的But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are trying new things and food. 可以看出, 作者最喜爱尝试新事物和食品, 故A项是正确的。
小题3:选B。细节理解题。从文章第五段的One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog materials. 看出作者是从王府井小吃街得到博客的有关材料, 故答案是B项。
小题4:选C。推理判断题。从文章第八段的Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soup—especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guy’s head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speaking to you again, ”wrote one former friend. 可以看出, 作者的朋友对她吃古怪的东西的态度。
小题5:选D。推理判断题。从全文的内容和倒数第三段Still, I will continue my culinary quest. 可以推出, 作者对中国的饮食很感兴趣。 |
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A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they got together to their old university professor. Shortly they arrived, their conversation turned into complaints about in work and life. In order to his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups made of porcelain(陶瓷的), plastic, glass or crystal. Some of
are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
If you noticed, all the nice looking cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress.
all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s .
Now consider this: is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . . the coffee instead.
| 小题1: | | A．call at | B．call on | C．call for | D．call up |
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| 小题2: | | A．after | B．before | C．when | D．as |
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| 小题3: | | A．happiness | B．joy | | C．satisfaction | D．stress |
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| 小题4: | | A．offer | B．provide | C．make | D．supply |
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| 小题7: | | A．students | B．professor | | C．son | D．wife |
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| 小题8: | | A．all | B．so me of | | C．none of | D．both |
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| 小题9: | | A．cheap | B．ordinary | | C．glass | D．expensive |
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| 小题10: | | A．leaving | B．remaining | | C．keeping | D．staying |
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| 小题11: | | A．Because | B．Since | | C．While | D．If |
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| 小题12: | | A．source | B．resource | | C．end | D．solution |
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| 小题13: | | A．That | B．What | | C．Anything | D．Something |
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| 小题15: | | A．cups | B．coffee | C．eyes | D．faces |
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| 小题16: | | A．Work | B．Life | C．Career | D．Study |
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| 小题17: | | A．more than | B．rather than | | C．just | D．not only |
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| 小题18: | | A．quantity | B．quality | | C．pace | D．style |
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| 小题19: | | A．manage | B．try | | C．attempt | D．fail |
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| 小题20: | | A．enjoy | B．drink | C．have | D．share |
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Oprah Winfrey，born in 1954，is all American talk show host，best known for her multiawardwinning talk show. She is also，according to some assessments，the most influential woman in theworld. It"s no surprise that her endorsement(认可)can bringovernight sales fortune that defeats most，if not all，marketingcampaigns .The star features about 20 products each year On her“Favorite Things” show.There"s even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.
Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 year old，she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people"s stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world.She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first TIME magazine wrote，“People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey"s swift rise to host of The most popular talk show on TV .In a field ruled by white males，she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go，she is no match for，say，what she lacks in journalistic toughness.She makes up for in plainspoken curiosity，rich humor and，above all understanding Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah"s eye .They，in turn，often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone，much less a national TV audience.”
“I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year，pushing，pushing，pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn"t matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to fall if you"re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you"re constantly pushing yourself higher，higher the law of averages，you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this，remember this：there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction”as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30,2013.
小题1:The Oprah Effect refers to ________.| A．the effect On a business | | B．the power of Oprah"s opinions | | C．the impact On talk shows | | D．the assessment of Oprah"s talk show |
小题2:What can be inferred about Oprah"s television career?| A．She once gave up on her choice. | | B．Her swift success has been expected. | | C．It lives up to her parents" expectation. | | D．She must have been challenged by white males. |
小题3:．The message from Oprah to graduates at Harvard is that ________.| A．success comes after failure | | B．failure is nothing to fear | | C．there is no need to set goals too high | | D．pushing physical limits makes no sense |
小题4:Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?| A．Dull and pushy. | | B．Honest but tough. | | C．Caring and determined. | | D．Curious but weak. |
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Last November, Nick heard a disorder at a party. A group of people had ____ outside, pointing at something floating in the Bay. As he ran to ____， he soon saw what was wrong: Two kids in a boat were caught in the ____ and being pulled out to sea.
Tim and Jack had climbed into a boat anchored nearby and had rowed out to ____ a football. Reaching beyond the calm waters, the ____ fitted to the boat caught the wind and pulled it into open water. They tried to row back. But they were no ____ for the wind and turned around in circles. Nick dashed to the farthest of land. The boat was already just a ____ on the sea. He knew that the ____ boat would soon be overtaken by the huge waves, and that it was 2 degrees. Nick jumped into the ____ cold water. Every 90 yards, he raised his head to assess his ____. At one point, he considered turning back before managing to yell to them, “Take down the umbrella！”
Tim battled with the ropes holding the umbrella. Finally he loosened the ropes and ____ the umbrella. Then Nick caught up, but soon waves crashed over the boat, which began to sink. Nick ____ it would be faster to pull them toward the nearest bank. They ____ wore life jackets , which Nick held in one hand, swimming ____.“Are we there？” they asked repeatedly. “Yes，” Nick ____ them each time. It was 30 minutes before they got to the bank and stayed as close as possible for ____. Worn out, Nick had hardly arrived when he ____.It was an hour later when he found himself in a hospital that he came to. Asked what it took him to make the ____ move, he replied:
It is ____ to step out of the comfort zone. Being an onlooker is a cautious existence, but ____ we should never be stuck in. Stand by or stand up.
| 小题1: | | A．played | B．gathered | | C．laughed | D．cried |
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| 小题2: | | A．investigate | B．find | | C．ask | D．join |
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| 小题3: | | A．sands | B．rain | | C．waves | D．sun |
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| 小题4: | | A．kick | B．borrow | | C．buy | D．recover |
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| 小题5: | | A．life jacket | B．umbrella | | C．rope | D．anchor |
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| 小题6: | | A．match | B．strength | | C．power | D．force |
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| 小题8: | | A．lost | B．delicate | | C．old | D．damaged |
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| 小题9: | | A．bitterly | B．absolutely | | C．fairly | D．helplessly |
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| 小题10: | | A．progress | B．weather | | C．strength | D．energy |
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| 小题11: | | A．threw | B．opened | | C．closed | D．freed |
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| 小题12: | | A．decided | B．said | | C．declared | D．recognized |
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| 小题13: | | A．awkwardly | B．carefully | | C．slowly | D．easily |
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| 小题14: | | A．hopefully | B．cautiously | | C．continuously | D．desperately |
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| 小题15: | | A．told | B．comforted | | C．discouraged | D．supported |
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| 小题16: | | A．food | B．pleasure | | C．warmth | D．help |
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| 小题17: | | A．passed out | B．passed away | | C．passed off | D．passed by |
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| 小题18: | | A．warm | B．generous | | C．proud | D．brave |
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| 小题19: | | A．easy | B．tough | | C．interesting | D．dull |
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The Great Barn Adventure
One morning when I was 11, I explored the town"s abandoned round grain barn(谷仓). I found a chained sliding door that was wide enough for me to pass through.
Inside, there was a heavy smell of dead mice in the dark. After my eyes adjusted, I noticed a shaft (升降机井) that rose all the way to the top of the barn. On one side was a oneman elevator with a long rope and roller.
I stepped onto the platform and gave the rope a drag and the elevator began sliding up the shaft, but stopped halfway. After a brief panic attack, I noticed holes in the wall at regular intervals, forming a ladder. For reasons known only to an 11yearold, I decided it would be better to go up than down. So, with shaking hands, I began climbing the wall.
After what seemed like forever, I reached the top of the shaft. I stood up, dusted myself off and found…absolutely nothing of interest. It was just an empty room with a ladder leading up to the roof. I climbed all the way up here for this? Then I noticed a fire extinguisher(灭火器)，which I"d always wanted to shoot off. So this was the chance of a lifetime. I tried it, and, much to my surprise, the thing worked! It shot out a thick cloud of powder that instantly filled the room. I couldn"t breathe. I was going to choke to death, and they"d probably never even find my body.
Luckily, I remembered the ladder to the roof. I climbed up, popped the straw roof and saw a bright blue sky.
I suddenly realized the dust and powder pouring out of the top could draw attention. So when the dust had settled, I climbed down and slipped out of the chained door. I"m not sure if I was more excited about being alive or about not being caught, but I ran all the way back home.
小题1:When the author got inside the barn, he ________.| A．noticed a man on the elevator | | B．opened the chained sliding door | | C．saw many dead mice in the dark | | D．found a shaft leading to the top |
小题2:Which of the following is the right order of the author"s adventure?
a. The elevator stopped halfway.
b. He entered the round grain barn.
c. He climbed to the top of the shaft.
d. He found a fire extinguisher and shot it off.| A．b－a－c－d | B．a－c－b－d | | C．c－a－d－b | D．b－c－a－d |
小题3:After getting out of the chained door, the author might feel ________.| A．inspired | B．relieved | | C．surprised | D．disappointed |
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While the presence of rats in homes may cause anxiety and annoyance, they rarely result in driving out the residents. But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the 10squaremile Hawadax Island off the coast of Alaska, almost 230 years ago. Now thanks to a fiveyear effort by scientists, the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful owners ——birds!
Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands. The rats that arrived there in 1780, when a Japanese ship carrying them broke down nearby, completely destroyed the native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from these predators. There isn"t any tree on the Island, which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low in the ground, giving the rodents(啮齿动物) easy access to both eggs and baby chicks. As years passed, the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years became endangered and eventually, disappeared completely.
In 2007, the U．S. FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serious plan to rid the island of the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home. Given that there were an estimated 10,000 rodents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they reproduce rapidly, it was not an easy task. But by 2009, the Island was officially declared rat free!
Then slowly but surely, the birds began to return. Unfortunately, some of the pioneers were unintentionally killed from the leavings of the raticide, a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents. But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the Island is starting to increasingly look like its former self. Before the transformation, “Hawadax”， also known as “Rat Island”， was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones, snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便)．
Today, birds" singing and flying in and out is a common sight. Tufted puffins and song sparrows, which had long disappeared, are gradually making their way back. Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shorebirds. Though the Island is still not back to its full glory, the signs are encouraging and things can only get better, as time passes.
小题1:The underlined word “that”in Para.1 probably refers to ________.| A．the presence of rats | | B．birds" being driven out | | C．birds" returning to the island | | D．residents" worrying about rats |
小题2:Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because ________.| A．this island was treeless | | B．they nested randomly | | C．they reproduced too rapidly | | D．their chicks were extremely weak |
小题3:From the passage, we can know the plan of US FWS ______.| A．has helped the island fully recovered | | B．cost little but benefited greatly | | C．involved poisoning the rats on a large scale | | D．accomplished its goal after exactly 24 months |
小题4:Which would be the best title for the passage?| A．FWS Help Get Rare Birds Back to Alaska Island | | B．Japanese Changed a Bird Paradise into Rat Island | | C．FWS Plan to Drive Rats Out Of Rat Island | | D．Alaska"s Rat Island Returns to a Bird Paradise |
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