The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree．Not
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The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree．Not ______with life, I was down．A young boy out of breath _____me, all tired from play．He stood right before me with his head tilted（倾斜的）down, and____with great excitement, “Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a ____ sight, its petals（花瓣）were all worn－not enough rain, or too little light．____ him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I ____ a small smile and then shifted away．But instead of ___ he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with ___, “It sure smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too．That’s why I ___ it; here, it’s for you．”
The flower before me was dying or dead．But I knew I ____ take it, or he might never leave．So I reached for the flower, and____, “Just what I need．” But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he____it mid－air without reason．It was then that I ____ for the very first time the boy was ___．
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun ____ I thanked him for picking the very best one．He smiled, and then ran off to play,__ __ of the effect he’d had on my day．
I sat there and __ how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree．How did he know of my self-indulged（放纵的）__? Perhaps from his heart, he"d been blessed with true___．
___ the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that"s mine．
| 小题1: | | A．excited | B．inspired | C．content | D．disappointed |
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| 小题2: | | A．approached | B．overlooked | C．understood | D．recognized |
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| 小题3: | | A．telling | B．saying | C．informing | D．talking |
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| 小题4: | | A．unique | B．rough | C．bothering | D．pitiful |
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| 小题5: | | A．Wanting | B．Demanding | C．Persuading | D．Inviting |
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| 小题6: | | A．presented | B．adjusted | C．forced | D．delivered |
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| 小题7: | | A．declining | B．accepting | C．panicking | D．quitting |
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| 小题8: | | A．certainty | B．embarrassment | C．sympathy | D．sorrow |
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| 小题9: | | A．took | B．pulled | C．attained | D．picked |
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| 小题10: | | A．should | B．can | C．may | D．must |
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| 小题11: | | A．announced | B．replied | C．declared | D．whispered |
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| 小题12: | | A．grasped | B．held | C．caught | D．seized |
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| 小题13: | | A．observed | B．confirmed | C．noticed | D．concluded |
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| 小题14: | | A．strange | B．blind | C．deaf | D．unimaginable |
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| 小题15: | | A．once | B．after | C．as | D．since |
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| 小题16: | | A．unaware | B．unbelievable | C．regretful | D．regardless |
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| 小题17: | | A．doubted | B．felt | C．found | D．wondered |
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| 小题18: | | A．embarrassment | B．depression | C．hopelessness | D．effort |
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| 小题19: | | A．sense | B．hearing | C．sight | D．ability |
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| 小题20: | | A．In | B．From | C．Before | D．Through |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：本文讲了作者在感到沮丧时，盲人小男孩送给她一朵花，从而引发了作者对珍惜生命的思考。
小题1:考查形容词。根据I was down．可知我对生活不满意。Excited激动；inspired受鼓舞的；content满意的；disappointed失望的。故选C。
小题2:考查动词。根据He stood right before me with his head tilted（倾斜的）down, and____with great excitement, “Look what I found!”可知这里意思是一个小男孩靠近了我。Approached接近；overlooked忽略；understood理解；recognized认出，故选A。
小题3:考查现在分词。根据and____with great excitement, “Look what I found!”
可知这里意思是兴奋的说着。Telling告诉；saying说；informing通知；talking谈话，故选B。
小题4:考查形容词。根据its petals（花瓣）were all worn－not enough rain, or too little light．可知这里意思是真可怜的景象。Unique独一无二的；rough粗糙的；bothering烦扰；pitiful可怜的，故选D。
小题5:考查动词。根据____ him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I ____ a small smile and then shifted away．可知这里意思是想让他把枯萎的花拿走。故选A。
小题6:考查动词。根据Not ______with life, I was down．可知我强迫自己挤出一个微笑。Presented出席；adjusted调整；forced强迫；delivered递送，故选C。
小题7:考查动词。根据he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with ___,可知这里意思是他没有放弃。Declining倾斜；accepting接受；panicking恐慌；quitting放弃，故选D。
小题8:考查名词。根据“It sure smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too．That’s why I ___ it; here, it’s for you．”可知这里意思是肯定地宣布。Certainty肯定；embarrassment窘迫；sympathy同情；sorrow悲痛，故选A。
小题9:考查动词。根据That’s why I ___ it; here, it’s for you．可知这里意思是那就是我摘下它的原因。Took拿；pulled拉；attained达到；picked摘，故选D。
小题10:考查情态动词。根据But I knew I ____ take it, or he might never leave．可知这里意思是我知道我必须收下它。故选D。
小题11:考查动词。根据So I reached for the flower, and____, “Just what I need．”可知这里意思是我收下花，并且回复说。Announced宣布；replied回答；declared宣布；whispered低声说，故选B。
小题12:考查动词。根据But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he____it mid－air without reason．可知这里意思是他没有理由的拿在半空中。Grasped抓住；held拿；caught赶上；seized抓住，故选B。
小题13:考查动词。根据It was then that I ____ for the very first time the boy was ___．可知这里意思是那个时候，我注意到这个男孩是一个盲人。Observed观察；confirmed确认；noticed注意；concluded总结，故选C。
小题14:考查形容词。根据___ the eyes of a blind child可知这里意思是那个时候，我注意到这个男孩是一个盲人。Strange陌生；blind失明的；deaf聋的；unimaginable难以想象的，故选B。
小题15:考查连词。表示当……时候，故用as，故选C。
小题16:考查副词。根据I sat there and __ how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree．可知这里意思是没有意识到他影响了我。Unaware未察觉到；unbelievable不可相信；regretful后悔的；regardless不管怎样，故选A。
小题17:考查动词。根据how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree．可知这里意思是我坐在那里想知道。Doubted怀疑；felt感觉；found发现；wondered想知道，故选D。
小题18:考查名词。根据The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree．Not ______with life, I was down．可知这里意思是他怎么知道我的沮丧。Embarrassment窘迫；depression沮丧；hopelessness绝望的；effort努力，故选B。
小题19:考查名词。根据Perhaps from his heart, he"d been blessed with true___．sense意识；hearing听力；sight视力；ability能力，故选C。
小题20:考查名词。根___ the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．可知这里意思是通过一个盲童的眼，我最终看到了。Through通过，故选D。 |
举一反三
Just two years before her 100th birthday, Sensei Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt --- the highest rank in the martial art and combat sport judo(柔道). Fukuda is now one of only four living people who’ve earned the tenth-degree (or dan) black belt. Throughout history, only sixteen people have ever achieved this honor.
Fukuda began practicing judo in 1935 and is the only surviving student of its founder, Kano Jiguro. Urged by her teacher, she learned English to help spread judo internationally.
During a time when getting married, building a family, and becoming a housewife was the standard, Fukuda went against tradition, opting out of marriage to pursue the martial art.
“All I did was judo ... this was my marriage,” Fukuda reflected tearfully to the San Francisco Chronicle. “This is when my life destiny was set. I just never imagined how long this road would be.”
She described the Jiguro’s school, known as the Kodokan, as “old-fashioned and sexist(性别歧视的) about belts and ranks”. In fact, an order that prevented women from achieving any higher than a fifth-degree black belt kept Fukuda at that level for thirty years. She was finally promoted to sixth dan in 1972 when a woman’s division was created.
Fukuda said she approached judo and her life with the intention to “be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically”. Fukuda said this kind of beauty is decidedly not external (外部的). “ A kind soul is inner beauty,” she explained to the paper. “I believe this is true beauty … All my life this has been my dream.”
Dream realized, the 98-year-old Sensei Keiko Fukuda continues to teach judo three times a week at a woman’s judo.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that ____________.| A．Fukuda achieved the tenth-degree black belt at 97. | | B．four people earned the tenth-degree black belt in history. | | C．nearly all of Kano Jiguro’s students were dead. | | D．the Kodokan was founded in 1935. |
小题2:The underlined part “opting out of” in the 3rd paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.| A．choosing or welcoming | B．longing for or desiring | | C．keeping out of or avoiding | D．missing or having no chance of |
小题3:Why did Fukuda remain at fifth-degree black belt for so long a time?| A．It was hard for her to improve her level. | | B．She suffered from a foolish rule. | | C．Her family life took up too much of her time. | | D．She didn’t want to improve her level. |
小题4:Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?| A．The only surviving student of Kano Jiguro remains single. | | B．The tenth-degree black belt is the highest rank in judo. | | C．Sensei Keiko Fukuda spreads judo throughout the world. | | D．98-year-old woman becomes the first woman ever to earn judo’s highest-degree black belt. |
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I was fifteen when I walked into Black Stump Bookstore in Liverpool. As I was looking at on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like . I needed to start for college, so I said yes. I worked after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped my first year of college. I had worked in many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid and I make maps for the Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most .
One day a woman asked me for books on women’s diseases. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything we had at that time and found other books we could order. She left the store less . I’ve always remembered the felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a in London, I heard about a black child born his fingers connected. His family could not a corrective operation, and the boy lived in hiding his hand in pocket. I my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the for free. I visited the boy in the room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his hand and say “ Thank you.” I felt a sense of .
In the past I was at Black Stump Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today, it’s the same. BBC News pays my , but I feel as if I work for the viewers, helping them understand the world.
| 小题1: | | A．maps | B．titles | C．articles | D．reports |
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| 小题2: | | A．a book | B．any help | C．any suggestions | D．a job |
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| 小题3: | | A．planning | B．leaving | C．preparing | D．studying |
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| 小题4: | | A．pay for | B．fit for | C．run for | D．enter for |
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| 小题6: | | A．boring | B．exciting | C．satisfying | D．disappointing |
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| 小题7: | | A．in need | B．in all | C．in order | D．in store |
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| 小题8: | | A．worried | B．surprised | C．doubted | D．puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．pride | B．failure | C．regret | D．wonder |
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| 小题10: | | A．doctor | B．store owner | C．bookseller | D．TV reporter |
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| 小题12: | | A．pay | B．offer | C．afford | D．spend |
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| 小题13: | | A．peace | B．honor | C．horror | D．danger |
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| 小题14: | | A．chose | B．forced | C．persuaded | D．permitted |
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| 小题15: | | A．action | B．program | C．treatment | D．operation |
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| 小题16: | | A．waiting | B．recovery | C．reading | D．guest |
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| 小题17: | | A．repaired | B．connected | C．injured | D．improved |
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| 小题18: | | A．pleasure | B．sadness | C．humor | D．responsibility |
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| 小题19: | | A．if | B．though | C．until | D．while |
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| 小题20: | | A．prize | B．salary | C．cost | D．bill |
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I am a mom of two young children whom we home-school. This that they are with me almost constantly. Whenever possible I will random acts of kindness; things like paying for the order behind me in the drive-thru lane, holding doors, etc. So, they are very with the concept and are, of course, to also do "nice" things for others.
Just a few days ago we stopped our local grocery store to pick up a few things which quickly turned into an entire cart load of stuff. We got into one of the two open checkout lanes and waited our . While waiting a young man came up behind us with only a few in his basket. I told him to go ahead of us as we were in no .
He seemed very pleasantly surprised and graciously . As he began putting his items on the belt the clerk began to her till tape so we had a fairly long wait in line. My kids were very behaved but they were still children; they asked questions, they talked , they moved around and they were generally very entertaining. (To me, anyway.)
I could see the young man watching and listening with a smile on his face.
We were putting our groceries on the when the clerk finished with order. What I didn"t know was that he had heard my kids bubble gum. I had agreed they could have some. , he picked up a pack of bubble-gum and asked the clerk to ring it through twice before putting it back. He then told my kids that he bought their gum their mom was enough to let him go ahead in the queue.
The experience really drove home the that good begets(产生，引起) good for my lovely little kiddos（亲呢的称呼：小伙子）.
| 小题1: | | A．tells | B．leaves | C．means | D．ensures |
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| 小题2: | | A．entertain | B．serve | C．function | D．perform |
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| 小题3: | | A．important | B．impressive | C．suitable | D．simple |
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| 小题4: | | A．satisfied | B．occupied | C．familiar | D．pleased |
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| 小题5: | | A．supported | B．taught | C．encouraged | D．supposed |
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| 小题6: | | A．near | B．by | C．with | D．against |
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| 小题7: | | A．opportunity | B．return | C．turn | D．time |
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| 小题8: | | A．fruit | B．vegetables | C．items | D．sales |
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| 小题9: | | A．time | B．hurry | C．case | D．sense |
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| 小题10: | | A．accepted | B．collected | C．carried | D．agreed |
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| 小题11: | | A．change | B．remove | C．continue | D．stop |
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| 小题12: | | A．badly | B．poorly | C．well | D．ill |
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| 小题13: | | A．constantly | B．immediately | C．usually | D．rudely |
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| 小题14: | | A．belt | B．bench | C．basket | D．cart |
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| 小题16: | | A．complain about | B．allow for | C．ask for | D．concern about |
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| 小题18: | | A．when | B．unless | C．because | D．until |
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| 小题19: | | A．happy | B．helpful | C．serious | D．nice |
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| 小题20: | | A．idea | B．reward | C．chance | D．instruction |
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I firmly believe in the power of forgiveness and I have got a lot of pleasure from it.
Last year, I was at the traffic lights on my way to work when my car was hit from behind. After , a flustered (惊慌失措的) young man admitted it was his and apologized to me again and again. After that, he why he had not been “in the moment” while driving. He told me that his had just run out and promised to pay for the damage to my car later. I could his real stress, and as he gave me his details and promised to find a way to pay, I tried to him and told him not to worry too much.
When I got to work, my urged me to contact my insurance（保险） company and chase the young man for compensatory（赔款） payment immediately，as I wasn’t with him and knew nothing about his work or family. The same thing happened when I told my sister what had happened and she firmly told me not to let him get away it. She knew that I only had a small amount of money in the bank and was that I would not chase the young man for payment.
With everyone pressuring me to ask for payment, I was unsure about what to do. I finally decided to a small second-hand car. After about four months, it was coming up to Christmas and I started to think about how this young man might be feeling, waiting for me to “sting ” him, so I finally made a and sent him this note:
“ Hi Joe,
A few months ago you the back of my car. I have managed to pick another car, so I have been able to get around. I want to let you know that I am not going to _ any payment from you. If in future you could help else out, that would be great.”
After sending it, I felt that a great weight had finally been lifted from my shoulders. It wasn’t until then that I _ _the act of _ could make one feel happier.
| 小题1: | | A．playing | B．waiting | C．hearing | D．watching |
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| 小题2: | | A．coming over | B．pulling over | C．going over | D．taking over |
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| 小题3: | | A．fault | B．mistake | C．shortcoming | D．error |
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| 小题4: | | A．determined | B．repeated | C．admitted | D．explained |
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| 小题5: | | A．strength | B．resource | C．oil | D．money |
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| 小题6: | | A．sense | B．touch | C．feel | D．smell |
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| 小题7: | | A．believe | B．comfort | C．criticize | D．guide |
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| 小题8: | | A．neighbors | B．families | C．colleagues | D．schoolmates |
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| 小题9: | | A．content | B．disappointed | C．concerned | D．familiar |
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| 小题11: | | A．worried | B．interested | C．thrilled | D．embarrassed |
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| 小题12: | | A．place | B．buy | C．repair | D．book |
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| 小题13: | | A．quiet | B．puzzling | C．nervous | D．frightened |
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| 小题14: | | A．contract | B．promise | C．document | D．decision |
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| 小题15: | | A．destroyed | B．touched | C．beat | D．hit |
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| 小题17: | | A．find | B．seek | C．receive | D．keep |
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| 小题18: | | A．somebody | B．nobody | C．anybody | D．everybody |
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| 小题19: | | A．recognized | B．realized | C．learned | D．hoped |
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| 小题20: | | A．giving | B．warning | C．forgiving | D．appreciating |
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A huge shire horse in Australia has been declared the biggest horse in the world by its owner , beating the current Guinness World Record（吉尼斯记录） by several inches .
The huge five-year-old , from Pakenham , S. E Australia , measures an amazing 20.1 hands , or 2.057m tall . He weighs over 1.3 tons ( 1,300kg) — about the same as a small car — and is still growing . His owner , horse trainer Jane Greenman , 47 , says the only time the horse runs is when there is food on offer . “ He eats an unbelievable amount . I would hate to run a team of eight horses his size—it would send you broke . ” she says .
The massive horse , whose name is Noddy , was born in Australia with its parents imported from England . Noddy’s grandfather , Ladbrooke Edward (UK) was the world’s tallest horse during the 1980’s .But Jane had no idea that the horse she raised from the age of six months would grow this big . Noddy immediately began to rocket and soon overtook both his parents in size .
Although she says that she is not interested in the Guiness Book of World Records , nevertheless Jane has carried out her own research and is sure that Noddy comes top . “ The nearest is a horse in Texas , at 20 hands ,” says Jane . “ Noddy is already an inch taller than that . The frightening thing is he still hasn’t finished—shire horses aren’t fully grown until they’re about six or seven .”
Jane has said that Noddy could be sold overseas , possibly even fetching a record price to match his height . She is unwilling to sell , but to fund the high cost of keeping him she needs to put him to work . “ He needs a job . It’s very hard to find jobs for such a big horse in Australia . I wish he could stay here but I’ve tried everywhere , ” she says regretfully . “ I just want people to enjoy this beautiful animal as much as I do .”
小题1:How old is the horse now ?| A．Six months old . | B． Five years old . | | C．Two years old . | D．Six years old . |
小题2:The underlined word “ rocket ” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.| A．run fast | B．eat a lot | C．grow fast | D．get strong |
小题3:Which of the following is a big problem for the horse’s owner ?| A．She doesn’t know how to apply for the Guinness World Record . | | B．She has to feed eight big horses at the same time . | | C．Another horse in Texas is growing even faster than hers . | | D．There is not enough money to cover（支付） the cost of raising the horse . |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that .| A．Noddy won’t grow any taller | | B．Noddy’s growth can be genetically（基因） explained | | C．many people are willing to buy Noddy | | D．no job will be available for Noddy at all |
小题5:What would be the best title for this passage ?| A．Jane Greenman becomes famous for her horse | | B．New world record for the biggest horse | | C．Large size means no job for a big horse | | D．Jane Greenman , an excellent horse trainer |
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