On 23rd December, 2013, Michael Schumacher — the famous Formula-One race car dri
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On 23rd December, 2013, Michael Schumacher — the famous Formula-One race car driver — received serious brain injuries after hitting his head on a rock while downhill skiing with his son. The accident happened during a family holiday in the French Alps. Although he was wearing a helmet, which broke apart on impact, the F1 celebrity was moving at speeds of up to 62 mph and skiing outside the off-piste safety demarcations (滑雪场地外的安全区). Doctors reported that he would have died on impact if he hadn’t been wearing a helmet. He has been in a coma (昏迷) since arriving at a nearby hospital where he was airlifted to from the site of the accident.
Michael Schumacher grew up in frugal (简朴的) conditions and started what would become his remarkable professional career when his working class father — a bricklayer — built him a go-kart from where he started participating in competitions. He started his adult career racing for Formula Ford in 1988 and later raced for Formula One Ford, Ferrari, and Mercedes AMG. He holds numerous F1 world records including most race victories, fastest laps, and most races won in a single season. According to the Formula One website, he is “statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen”. Also notable are his contributions to charity, during the peak of his career he has given away more than 50 million Euros to a variety of charity organizations, most to help children around the world.
Millions of Europeans and other fans around the world are holding their breath and waiting for information about his hopeful recovery. We wish him and his family the best.
小题1:Michael Schumacher is in a coma after ________.| A．crashing in an airlift accident | | B．a Formula One Ford car crash | | C．a skiing accident during his holiday | | D．a bump onto a rock in a skiing race |
小题2:What is a go-kart most likely to be?| A．A medical instrument. | | B．A small car-racing field. | | C．A racing-car driver’s safety helmet. | | D．A small motor vehicle used for racing. |
小题3:From the passage we can learn that Michael Schumacher ________.| A．is recovering quickly at the Alpine Hospital in France | | B．gave all his money to charity during the height of his career | | C．raced for Ferrari and Mercedes before becoming a celebrity | | D．came from humble origins to become the greatest F1 driver ever |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:D |
解析
试题分析:迈克尔·舒马赫是著名德国一级方程式赛车车手，被称为“F1之王”。舒马赫在去年圣诞节后滑雪时不慎受伤的，医生在两次手术之后将舒马赫置于人工昏迷状态。不久前医生对车王实施了唤醒程序，但是没有成功。人们期待着好消息的传来。
小题1:C细节理解题。根据文章第一段内容Michael Schumacher …..received serious brain injuries after hitting his head on a rock while downhill skiing with his son.可知Michael在滑雪中受伤昏迷，选C。
小题2:D词义猜测题。Michael Schumacher是the famous Formula-One race car driver，由文章第二段内容 when his working class father — a bricklayer — built him a go-kart from where he started participating in competitions.可知他开始他参加比赛是在他父亲给他制作了一个go-kart之后，由此判断这是一个用于比赛的小型装置，选D。
小题3:D细节理解题。根据文章第一段Michael Schumacher — the famous Formula-One race car driver 和第二段Michael Schumacher grew up in frugal (简朴的) conditions可知Michael Schumacher出身贫寒，靠自己的努力成为饿了著名的F1赛车手，选D。 |
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One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and what to do, she began crying. After a while, she to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy that his mistress(女主人) was in danger. He jumped a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields, but he couldn"t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a scent(气味)as he lowered his head. He the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking into the air, the dog
through the woods until he found the . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his , he saw his mistress" blue shirt in the distance. He over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was .
When she opened her eyes and her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “You me, Laddy.” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of .That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak.
| 小题1: | | A．before | B．since | C．while | D．as |
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| 小题2: | | A．wondering | B．forgetting | C．remembering | D．regretting |
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| 小题3: | | A．preferred | B．expected | C．failed | D．decided |
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| 小题4: | | A．When | B．Until | C．If | D．Because |
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| 小题5: | | A．carelessly | B．cautiously | C．hopelessly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题6: | | A．trees | B．bushes | C．woods | D．grasses |
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| 小题7: | | A．stream | B．rock | C．tree | D．house |
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| 小题8: | | A．found | B．sensed | C．heard | D．smelt |
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| 小题10: | | A．terrible | B．strange | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题11: | | A．missed | B．discovered | C．followed | D．ignored |
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| 小题12: | | A．calmly | B．loudly | C．merrily | D．gently |
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| 小题13: | | A．searched | B．wandered | C．looked | D．travelled |
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| 小题14: | | A．window | B．girl | C．house | D．hero |
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| 小题15: | | A．satisfaction | B．disappointment | C．embarrassment | D．delight |
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| 小题16: | | A．jumped | B．climbed | C．walked | D．flew |
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| 小题17: | | A．awake | B．abandoned | C．available | D．asleep |
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| 小题18: | | A．spotted | B．watched | C．observed | D．saw |
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| 小题19: | | A．disturbed | B．comforted | C．rescued | D．scared |
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| 小题20: | | A．pain | B．shock | C．sorrow | D．relief |
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One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a stupid person if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, thieves everywhere, “I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitch-hiker(免费搭车的人). Leaving him standing in the desert did not bother me so much. What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator(加速器).
Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois’s family line: “I have always depended on the kindness of the strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of the strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying only on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, and carry him down the road?
The idea interested me.
So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I’d have to conquer during the trip.
I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: “America”.
For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming; in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice as in Iowa. Yet I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed against their own best interests.
小题1:Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?| A．Because he failed to notice this man. | | B．Because he was driving too fast. | | C．Because he was afraid of being cheated. | | D．Because he thought the young man didn’t need help. |
小题2:What was it that made the author upset?| A．Making the decision of not offering help so easily. | | B．Leaving the young man alone in the desert. | | C．Being considered a fool. | | D．Keeping thinking about the young man. |
小题3:What is the structure of the text?| A．①—②③④—⑤—⑥⑦ | | B．①②—③④—⑤⑥⑦ | | C．①②—③④⑤⑥—⑦ | | D．①②③—④—⑤⑥⑦ |
小题4:The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ___________.| A．find out how long he could survive without help | | B．figure out how strangers thought of his plan | | C．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment | | D．find out whether strangers would offer help to him |
小题5:The following part might probably___________.| A．describe how the author fooled the strangers | | B．describe how strangers went out their way to help the author | | C．explain why people refused to help strangers | | D．explain how the author overcame his difficulties on the way |
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When I was two years old, something happened which I have never forgotten. It was early spring, and there was a light mist over the trees and fields. The other young fellows and I were feeding at the lower end of the field when we heard the distant cry of dogs.
The oldest among us lifted his head to listen. “There are the hounds(猎犬)”, he said, and immediately raced off. The rest of us followed him to the top of the field where we could see several fields beyond.
Soon the dogs were all racing down the field next to ours, making a loud “yoyoyoyo” sound. After then came men on horses, some in green coats. Suddenly, the dogs became silent and ran around with their noses to the ground.
“They’ve lost the smell of the hare.” said the old horse. “Perhaps it will escape.” But the dogs began their “yoyoyoyo” again and came at full speed towards our field. Just then a hare, wild with fear, ran towards the trees. The dogs jumped over the stream and ran across the field, followed by the huntsmen. Six or eight jumped their horses over the stream, close behind the dogs. Before the hare could get away, the dogs were upon her with wild cries. We heard a terrible scream, and that was the end of the hare. One of the men picked her up and held her by the leg. She was covered in blood, but all the huntsmen seemed pleased.
I was so greatly surprised that at first I did not see what was happening by the stream but when I did look, I saw a sad sight. Two fine horses were down, one in the stream struggling to stand up and the other on the grass with one of his legs broken. One rider, who seemed unhurt, was climbing out of the water, but the other lay quite still. “His neck is broken,” said my mother. “I can’t understand why men are so fond of this sport. They often hurt themselves and ruin good horses, all for one hare that they could get more easily in other ways. But we are only horses, and don’t know why men do these things.”
They carried the dead rider to our master’s house, and then came back to the black horse on the grass. The animal was in great pain and one of his legs was broken. Someone ran to our master’s house and came back to the horse with a gun. Soon after there was a loud bang and a terrible cry, and the black horse did not move any more.
小题1:What does “I” in the passage refer to?| A．A scared hare. | B．Ayounghorse. | | C．Afierce dog. | D．A bravehunter. |
小题2:Which word can be used to describe my true feeling at the scene of the hunting?| A．Sad. | B．Pleased. | C．Angry. | D．Delighted. |
小题3:The men hunted the hare at the cost of the lives of____________.| A．oneriderandonehorse | | B．tworidersandtwohorses | | C．sixoreighthuntsmenandadog | | D．theoldesthorseandahuntsman |
小题4:The best title for the passage would be____________.| A．WhataPoorHare | | B．MyTerrible ChildhoodMemory | | C．A Black Horse | | D．SceneryintheField |
小题5:The writer probably holds the view that ____________.| A．hunting is a nice outdoor activity | | B．it is dangerous to hunt wild animals | | C．hunting dogs are good helpers to huntsmen | | D．human beings should treat animals well |
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When Frida Kahlo’s paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as “ a ribbon （丝带）around a bomb”. Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.
Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City , Kahlo suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）at the age of seven. Her spine（脊柱）become bent as she grew older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but noting was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Kahlo taught herself to paint.
In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexican artist. Rivera’s strong influences on Kahlo’s style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.
Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and1940s, even in her home country. Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953.For more than a decade after her death in 1954, Kahlo’s works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.
小题1:What does the phrase “a much bigger name” in paragraph 1 most nearly mean?| A．a far better artist | | B．a for more gifted artist | | C．a much stronger person | | D．a much more famous person |
小题2:The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by .| A．polio | B．her bent spine | | C．back injuries | D．the operations she had |
小题3:Kahlo’s style had become increasingly independent since the .| A．1930s | B．1940s | C．1950s | D．1970s |
小题4:What is author’s attitude toward Kahlo?| A．Devotion | B．Sympathy | C．Worry | D．Encouragement |
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Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making this epic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised £70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White"s second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.
White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle（车座）and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.
The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he had. The worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For 1,000 kilometres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.
小题1:When Phil White returned from his trip, he________.| A．broke the world record | B．collected money for Oxfam | | C．destroyed several bikes | D．travelled about 1,300 hours |
小题2:What does the word "epic" in Paragraph l most probably mean _____.| A．Very slow but exciting. | B．Very long and difficult. | | C．Very smooth but tiring. | D．Very lonely and depressing. |
小题3:During his journey around the world, Phil White _______.| A．fought heroically against robbers in Iran | | B．experienced the extremes of heat and cold | | C．managed to ride against the wind in Australia | | D．had a team of people who travelled with him |
小题4:Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?| A．Imaginative. | B．Patriotic. | C．Modest. | D．Determined. |
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