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The 16 operations W.Mitchell received after the motorcycle accident burned more than 65% of his body at age 46 left him unable to pick up a fork,dial a telephone or go to the bathroom without help.But Mitchell never believed he was defeated.“I am in charge of my own spaoeship,” he said.“It’s my up,my down.I could choose to see this situation as a setback or afstarting point.” Mitchell bought himself a home in Colorado,a plane and a bar.Later he teamed upwith two friends and co-founded a wood burning stove company that grew to be the second largest private employer in his state.Six months later he was piloting the plane.Then four years after the motorcycle accident,the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed back onto the runway during takeoff, permanently paralyzing(使…瘫痪)him from the waist down. Still determined,Mitchell worked day and night to regain as much independence as possible.He was elected Mayor of Crested Butte,Colorado, to save the town from mineral mining that would ruin its beauty and environment. Despite his shocking looks and physical challenges, Mitchell began white water rafting(漂流),fell in love and married, earned a master’s degree in public administration and continued flying,environmental activism and public speaking. Mitchell’s unshakable positive mental attitude has earned him appearances on the “Today Show’’and “Good Moming America” as well as feature articles in Parade, Time, The New York Times and other publications. Mitchell has done all these things and more afar two horrible accidents left his face beyond recognition,his hands flngerless and his legs thin:and motionless(不动)in a wheelchair.Then what can"t we healthy guys achieve? 小题1:What can we learn from the first paragraph? A.Mitchell couldn’t face the fact that he was defeated. | B.The operations Mitchell received made him hopeless. | C.Mitchell was optimistic about what happened to him. | D.Mitchell was in his spaceship when the accident occurred. | 小题2:What did Mirehell do after his first accident?A.He learned to pilot a plane. | B.He was employed by a company. | C.He began to drive a spaceship. | D.He made another two new friends. | 小题3:What was the result of Mitchell’s plane crash accident?A.His body under the waistcouldn’t move. | B.He was elected mayor of Crested Butte. | C.He became the hero of many publications. | D.More than half of his body was burned. | 小题4:After the two horrible accidents, Mitchell .A.stopped flying,environmental protection and public speaking. | B.co-founded a wood burning stove company with his friends. | C.stopped to open mineral mining in Crested Butte. | D.earned a master’s degree in public administration. | 小题5:What has earned Mitchell appearances in many famous publications?A.His shocking looks. | B.His strong determination. | C.His physical challenges. | D.His outstanding speaking talent. |
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小题1:C 小题2:A 小题3:A 小题4:D 小题5:B |
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试题分析:本文讲述W.Mitchell经历过一次车祸之后,不相信自己会被打败,还学会开飞机,再次发生事故,使他腰部以下瘫痪,但他仍然坚强的生活,并且结婚,还获得学位,得到很多杂志的青睐,甚至是一个健康的人所不能取得的? 小题1:C 细节理解题。根据第一段提到But Mitchell never believed he was defeated.“I am in charge of my own spaoeship,” he said.“It’s my up,my down.I could choose to see this situation as a setback or afstarting point.他从来不相信自己会被打败,可知他对自己的状况十分的乐观故选C项。 小题2:A 细节理解题。根据第二段提到Mitchell bought himself a home in Colorado,a plane and a bar.Later he teamed upwith two friends and co-founded a wood burning stove company that grew to be the second largest private employer in his state.Six months later he was piloting the plane.他为自己买了房子,飞机与一间酒吧,六个月后,他正在开自己的飞机,所以选A项。 小题3:A 细节推断题。根据第三段提到Then four years after the motorcycle accident,the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed back onto the runway during takeoff, permanently paralyzing(使…瘫痪)him from the waist down.经常摩托车事故之后四年,他的飞机在起飞时发生冲撞,致使他永久的瘫痪,故可得知,他不能行走,故选A项。 小题4:D 细节推断题。根据第四段提到Despite his shocking looks and physical challenges, Mitchell began white water rafting(漂流),fell in love and married, earned a master’s degree in public administration尽管他令人震惊的外貌与身体的挑战,他开始练习漂流,结婚,得到了学位,所以选D项。 小题5:B 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段提到Mitchell’s unshakable positive mental attitude has earned him appearances on the “Today Show’’and “Good Moming America” as well as feature articles in Parade, Time, The New York Times and other publications.他的这种不可动摇的积极的精神态度使他赢得许多出版物的青睐,故选B项。 |
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My brother and I were brought up in a town in Scotland. Our father was a struggling , but I always knew he was . He never criticized us, but used to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I as a child I said something about somebody, and my father said, “ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best people, I would get the best .From then on I’ve always tried to the principle in my life and later in running my company. Dad’s also always been very . At 15, I started a magazine. It was a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a :stay in school or leave to work on my magazine. I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad me to go into law. And I’ve __regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, _ I didn’t pursue my .You know what you want. Go fulfill it.” As turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national for young people in the U.K.My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad me.
小题1: | A.biologist | B.lawyer | C.manager | D.gardener |
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小题2: | A.strict | B.honest | C.learned | D.special |
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小题3: | A.power | B.courage | C. praise | D.warmth |
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小题4: | A.think | B.remember | C.imagine | D.guess |
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小题5: | A.unkind | B.unnecessary | C.unimportant | D.unusual |
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小题6: | A.Another | B.Any | C.Some | D.Other |
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小题8: | A.in case | B.in return | C.by chance | D.by turns |
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小题9: | A.revise | B.set | C.review | D.follow |
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小题10: | A.serious | B.experienced | C.understanding | D.demanding |
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小题11: | A.keeping up | B.making up | C.picking up | D.taking up |
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小题12: | A.suggestion | B.decision | C.choice | D.notice |
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小题13: | A.and | B.even if | C. as | D.as if |
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小题14: | A.persuaded | B.allowed | C.helped | D.suggested |
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小题15: | A.almost | B.never | C.seldom | D.always |
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小题16: | A.but | B.rather | C.for | D.therefore |
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小题17: | A.promise | B.task | C.dream | D.belief |
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小题19: | A.magazine | B.newspaper | C.program | D.project |
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小题20: | A.controlled | B.raised | C.reminded | D.comforted |
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Mary Brown from East county in Scotland, she had the accident that had scarred(留下创伤) her for life when she was only one and a half years old. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame. Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Mary horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Mary’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Mary’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Mary underwent 12 more operations to repair her body. When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.” Today, aged 17, Mary can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims. She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Mary will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,” she says. Mary loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.” 小题1:What did other children do when Mary first went to school?A.They were friendly to her. | B.They showed sympathy to her. | C.They looked down upon her. | D.They were afraid of her. | 小题2:Which of the following words can’t properly describe Mary? A.Courageous | B.sensitive | C.Confident | D.Outgoing | 小题3:What can be the best title of the passage?A.A seriously burned angel of Hope | B.Ways to Get Rid of Unkind Stares | C.Permanent Scars And Pain For a Girl | D.A Seriously Burned Girl Survives |
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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 . Lenny had always thought of himself as a person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. , on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac 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 kept very and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the river, to the woman, and kept her head the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not . When you are in a very situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin (肾上腺素). adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified (or completely afraid), the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this , the muscles become very hard and you find you go at all. You are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. This is when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. This word comes from the Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are frightened that we become stonelike.
小题1: | A.how | B.neither | C.whether | D.either |
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小题2: | A.brave | B.real | C.hard | D.certain |
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小题3: | A.when | B.until | C.after | D.once |
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小题4: | A.realize | B.find | C.think | D.agree |
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小题5: | A.life | B.question | C.mouse | D.danger |
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小题6: | A.soldiers | B.mice | C.heroes | D.cowards |
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小题7: | A.useful | B.brave | C.nervous | D.bored |
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小题8: | A.So | B.Therefore | C.Then | D.Actually |
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小题9: | A.fresh | B.poisonous | C.warm | D.ice-cold |
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小题10: | A.nervous | B.calm | C.frightened | D.excited |
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小题11: | A.went | B.helped | C.spoke | D.swam |
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小题13: | A.an accident | B.a mistake | C.seventy-eight | D.seventy-nine |
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小题14: | A.dangerous | B.comfortable | C.different | D.interesting |
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小题15: | A.With | B.Without | C.For | D.Like |
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小题16: | A.afraid | B.unable | C.ready | D.anxious |
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小题17: | A.gets | B.disappears | C.happens | D.goes |
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小题18: | A.needn’t | B.can’t | C.mustn’t | D.shouldn’t |
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小题19: | A.where | B.how | C.because | D.why |
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He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised, so as not to appear rude, she went along. As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, “Could you please give me some salt? I"d like to put it in my coffee." They stared at him. He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. Curious, she asked, "Why salt with coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea.I could feel it salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are still there." She was deeply moved. A man who can admit that he"s homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be responsible. She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the start to their love story. They continued to date. She found that he met all her requirements. He was tolerant, kind, warm and careful. And to think she would have missed the catch if not for the salty coffee! So they married and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it. After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said: My dearest, please forgive my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked for salt instead of sugar. It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that we would hit it off. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would ruin everything. Sweetheart, I don"t exactly like salty coffee. But as it mattered so much to you, I"ve learnt to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life. 小题1:Why the man asked for some salt? A.Because he missed his hometown and his family. | B.Because he want to catch the attention of the lady. | C.Because he was nervous. | D.Because he liked the taste of salty coffee. | 小题2:What can be inferred from the passage?A.The man liked to drink a cup of salty coffee. | B.The man was good at making a lie. | C.The man missed his family very much. | D.The man loved the lady very much. | 小题3:The best title for the passage might be _____.A.a life-long lie | B.salty coffee | C.a mistake for love | D.a homesick man |
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Bob was a life insurance salesman. Try he might, he was still unable to get a couple to sign up for a policy. “I certainly don’t want to frighten you into a ” he announced, standing up to . How he be successful in his post? People can be by many different means. Fear is the common one. many people find that other kinds of motivation are usually effective in getting more out of those with whom we live and work. A twelve-year-old girl took her younger brother, who from a mental disability, Christmas shopping. As they went into a department store, the accidentally hit a display, knocking shoes in every . at that an angry clerk grabbed the boy by the arm and , “Pick them up.” “No,” the boy screamed in defiance(反抗). “Pick them up,” the clerk . “No,” the boy shouted back. His older sister began picking up the . Then the boy started to . Before long, the boy, his sister and the clerk were together to put the shoes in order. When they finished, the girl taught the clerk a(n) lesson with these words: “You have to encourage my brother to do it in action.” If you live or work with other people, you may benefit from the older sister’s advice. If you want people to respond to you, try encouraging them in action. People prefer . When you fill people with what they want, you’re to get what you want out of them.
小题1: | A.however | B.since | C.as | D.in spite of |
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小题2: | A.trouble | B.sale | C.bargain | D.decision |
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小题3: | A.defend | B.fight | C.leave | D.argue |
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小题4: | A.could | B.will | C.shall | D.may |
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小题5: | A.motivated | B.moved | C.disappointed | D.troubled |
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小题6: | A.Thus | B.But | C.Plus | D.Since |
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小题7: | A.less | B.more | C.half | D.just |
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小题8: | A.arose | B.contributed | C.benefited | D.suffered |
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小题9: | A.boy | B.girl | C.clerk | D.salesman |
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小题10: | A.section | B.direction | C.shelf | D.course |
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小题11: | A.occasion | B.stage | C.situation | D.point |
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小题12: | A.demanded | B.conflicted | C.reminded | D.arranged |
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小题13: | A.expected | B.commented | C.shouted | D.acquired |
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小题14: | A.shoes | B.books | C.toys | D.bottles |
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小题15: | A.cry | B.help | C.complain | D.worry |
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小题16: | A.walking | B.organizing | C.working | D.assisting |
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小题18: | A.thoughtful | B.instant | C.cautious | D.complex |
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小题19: | A.gift | B.stick | C.honey | D.tears |
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小题20: | A.positive | B.likely | C.confident | D.probable |
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