The younger daughter of former New York Mayor Richard White has moved her weddin
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The younger daughter of former New York Mayor Richard White has moved her wedding from New Year’s Eve to this Thursday so her mother, who has been fighting against cancer for 11 years, can take part in the ceremony, a family spokesman said on Wednesday, Oct, 12, 2013. Elizabeth Lally White, who turns 28 on Thursday, will marry Sam Peterson in Spiaggia, a restaurant on North Michigan Avenue. The reception also will be held at the restaurant, which had been previously scheduled to host the couple’s engagement party on Thursday.
Lally White’s mother, Maggie, 68, was reported to have caught breast cancer in 2002. She had an operation in her leg in April and she was hospitalized twice in the weeks following the procedure for treatment of flu-like symptoms that doctors said were not related to the cancer. Maggie, who has used a walker or a wheelchair during most public appearances in recent years, is well beyond the average survival time for someone with breast cancer.
“As the mayor himself has said, she had a pretty difficult summer.” said Jacquelyn Heard, who served Mayor White’s press secretary for years and followed him to the same international law firm that he joined after leaving office in May. “She was not able to get around the way that she normally would do. This year, she has had quite a few setbacks and they’ve been pretty well documented. Lally White decided to reschedule the wedding so that her mom can participate in the festivities (庆祝活动).” Heard said. Lally White is a doctoral candidate at De-Paul University and plans to work with autistic (孤独症) children, and Sam Peterson works in insurance, Heard said.
Richard and Maggie White married in 1972 and had three children in addition to Lally — Nora, Patrick and Kevin. But Kevin was born with a disease and died in 1981 at 33 months.
小题1:When was Elizabeth Lally White born?| A．In 1983. | B．In 1987. | C．In 1985. | D．In 1984. |
小题2:What can we infer from Paragraph 2?| A．Maggie, 68, is recovering now. | | B．Maggie caught breast cancer in 2002. | | C．The cancer caused some flu-like symptoms on Maggie. | | D．Average breast cancer patients lived a life shorter than Maggie. |
小题3:Why did Lally White reschedule her wedding?| A．She was afraid that her mother couldn’t participate her wedding on New Year’s Eve. | | B．She was eager to work with autistic children after wedding. | | C．Her family will move out of New York. | | D．Her mother will accept operation because of her disease. |
小题4:How many children did the former mayor and his wife give birth to?小题5:What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．The political life of former Mayor. | | B．The brave wife of former Mayor. | | C．The wedding of former Mayor’s daughter. | | D．The family life of former Mayor. |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍了纽约前市长的女儿因为母亲的病重而将婚礼改期，然后进一步向读者介绍了前市长的家庭生活。
小题1:细节题：从文章第一段的句子：a family spokesman said on Wednesday, Oct, 12, 2013. Elizabeth Lally White, who turns 28 on Thursday, will marry Sam Peterson in Spiaggia, 可知Elizabeth Lally White2013年的时候是28岁，所以是出生于1985年，选C。
小题2:推理题：从第二段的句子：who has used a walker or a wheelchair during most public appearances in recent years, is well beyond the average survival time for someone with breast cancer.可知一般的乳腺癌的病人都比 Maggie活的时间短，选D.
小题3:细节题：从文章第三段的句子：“She was not able to get around the way that she normally would do. This year, she has had quite a few setbacks and they’ve been pretty well documented. Lally White decided to reschedule the wedding so that her mom can participate in the festivities (庆祝活动).”可知Lally White 将婚礼改期是为了让妈妈能够参加她的婚礼，选A
小题4:细节题：从最后一段的句子：Richard and Maggie White married in 1972 and had three children in addition to Lally — Nora, Patrick and Kevin. 可知前市长和他妻子一共生了4个孩子，选B
小题5:主旨大意题：这篇文章从Lally White 将婚礼改期的事情，然后重点介绍了前市长的家庭生活。选D |
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Cliff House
Top of the world
Near the North Pole
Christmas, 1925
My dear boys,
I am dreadfully busy this year一it makes my hand more shaky than ever when I think of it一and not very rich; in fact awful things have been happening, and some of the presents have got spoilt, and I haven"t got the North Polar Bear to help me, and I have had to move house just before Christmas, so you can imagine what a state everything is in, and you will see why I have a new address, and why I can only write one letter between you both．
|K] It all happened like this: one very windy day last November my hood blew off and went and stuck on the top of the North Pole. I told him not to, but the North Polar Bear climbed up to the thin top to get it down一and he did. The pole broke in the middle and fell on the roof of my house, and the North Polar Bear fell through the hole it made into the dining room with my hood over his nose, and all the snow fell off the roof into the house and melted and put out all the fires and ran down into the cellars where I was collecting this year"s presents, and the North Polar
Bear"s leg got broken.
He is well again now, but I was so cross with him that he says he won"t try to help me again一I expect his temper is hurt, and will be mended by next Christmas.
I send you a picture of the accident and of my new house on the cliffs above the North Pole(with beautiful cellars in the cliffs).
That"s all. Good Bye！
小题1:Why can the writer only write one letter to the two boys?| A．His hand is more shaky than ever. | | B．He is extremely busy. | | C．He has got a new address. | | D．He has to help the North Polar Bear. |
小题2:Which of the following is most likely to be the picture of the accident?
小题3:The underlined "him"，refers to| A．the hood | B．the pole | C．the hale | D．the bear |
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These young men were a different kind of prisoner from those we had seen before. They- were brave, hostile（怀敌意的）and＿1__ they would not take orders, and shouted "Amandla！”at every opportunity. Their instinct was to confront（对抗）rather than cooperate. The authorities② did not know how to handle them, and they turned the island upside down. During the Rivonia Trial, I remarked to a security policeman that if the government did not reform itself, the freedom fighters who would take our place③would some-day make the authorities miss us. That day had indeed come on Robben Island.
In these young men we saw the angry revolutionary spirit of the times. I had had some warning. On a visit with Winnie a few months before, she had managed to tell me through our coded conversation that there was a rising class of discontented youths④ who were violent and Africanist in beliefs. She said they were changing the nature of the struggle and that I should be aware of them.
The new prisoners were shocked by what they considered the inhuman conditions of the island, and said that they could not understand how we could live in such a way. We told them that they should have seen the island in 1964. But they were almost as sceptical of us as they were of the authorities. They chose to ignore our calls for discipline and thought our advice weak and unassertive（不果断）．
It was obvious that they regarded us, the Rivonia Trialists⑤，as moderates⑥（温和派）． After so many years of being branded a radical（激进的）revolutionary, to be seen as a moderate was a novel and not altogether pleasant feeling. I knew that I could react in one of two ways：I could scold them for their disrespect or I could listen to what they were saying. I chose the latter.
"then some of these men, such as Strini Moodley of the South African Students" Organization and Saths Cooper of the Black People"s Convention, came into our section, I __2____
Shortly after their arrival on the island, the commanding officer came and asked me as a favour to address the young men. He wanted me to tell them to behave themselves, to recognize the fact that they were in prison and to accept the discipline of prison life．I told him that I was not prepared to do that. Under the circumstances, they would have regarded me as a follower of the authorities.
(-adapted from "Long walk to freedom: The autobiography of Nelson Mandela")
小题1:Which of the following words fits best in Blank 1？| A．mild | B．aggressive | C．friendly | D．optimistic |
小题2:We may infer from the passage all of the following EXCEPT that＿| A．an angry massive revolution was probably on its way | | B．the author"s activities were strictly monitored | | C．many were concerned about the influence these young men could make | | D．these young men were willing to cooperate in face of difficulties |
小题3:Sentences are missing in Blank 2 regarding the author"s following reactions. Which of the following reactions do you think he would have?| A．"I" asked them to tell us about their movement and beliefs. | | B．"I" reported to the officers about their dissatisfaction. | | C．"I" tried to calm them down and talked them into behaving. | | D．"I" just turned a deaf ear to the young men. |
小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．Conditions of the prison were far more unsatisfactory in 1964. | | B．Officers of the prison turned the island upside down to discipline the young men. | | C．The Rivonia Trialists felt honored to be regarded as moderates. | | D．The young men regarded the author as a follower of the authorities. |
小题5:Several phrases have been underlined and numbered in the passage; which two of them actually refer to the same people? |
My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.
“Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again.
The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”
“How long will it take?”
“Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me.
“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”
“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.
After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”
“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.
“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”
I put my phone away.
My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.
I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”
After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.
“Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”
“Will they respond?” I asked.
“I don’t know—I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”
“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”
He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”
After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”—a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity—just like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.
Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.
小题1:The author was held at the airport because ______.| A．she and her husband returned from Jamaica | | B．her name was similar to a terrorist’s | | C．she had been held in Montreal | | D．she had spoken at a book event |
小题2:She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.| A．her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet | | B．she had been held for only one hour and a half | | C．there were other families in the waiting room | | D．she couldn’t use her own cell phone |
小题3:We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.| A．write to the agency | B．change her name | | C．avoid traveling abroad | D．do nothing |
小题4:Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.| A．hatred | B．discrimination | | C．tolerance | D．diversity |
小题5:The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.| A．impatient | B．bitter | C．worried | D．ironic (具有讽刺意味的) |
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One day, my father drove his employer to another city for a business meeting. On the outskirts（郊区）of town, they for a sandwich lunch. While they ate, several boys playing in the street passed by their . One of the boys limped（跛行）．Looking more closely, my father’s boss that the boy had a clubfoot（畸形足）．He stepped out of the car and the boy, saying that he was able to help get that foot fixed. The young boy was .The businessman wrote down the boy’s name before the boy joined his friends down the street.
The man and said to my father, “Woody, the boy’s name is Jimmy. Find out where he and do your best to get his parents to let him have his foot operated on. I’ll pay all the costs.” They finished their sandwiches and went on their .
It didn’t take long for my father to Jimmy’s house, a small one that needed paint and repair. For almost an hour, my father explained the plan to Jimmy’s parents. , they looked at each other. When my father they still weren’t quite sure about the generous offer from an unknown benefactor (捐助者).
Later, my father’s employer got in touch with the local government with a to send someone to Jimmy’s home to the family that this was a lawful offer. Soon, with permission papers signed, my father took Jimmy to an excellent in another state. After five operations, his limp disappeared.
His parents watched in as the returned boy stepped lightly toward them. They still could not that a man they had never seen would pay a large sum of money to have a foot corrected for their son.
The benefactor was Mr. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He always said it’s more fun to do something for people they don’t know who did it.
| 小题1: | | A．waited | B．paid | C．prepared | D．stopped |
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| 小题2: | | A．car | B．town | C．office | D．restaurant |
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| 小题3: | | A．thought | B．observed | C．doubted | D．worried |
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| 小题4: | | A．took care of | B．got hold of | C．hung out with | D．caught up with |
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| 小题5: | | A．delighted | B．satisfied | C．interested | D．relaxed |
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| 小题6: | | A．laughed | B．apologized | C．returned | D．nodded |
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| 小题7: | | A．plays | B．studies | C．lives | D．stays |
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| 小题8: | | A．determination | B．permission | C．help | D．plan |
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| 小题9: | | A．chat | B．ride | C．meeting | D．holiday |
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| 小题10: | | A．build | B．decorate | C．paint | D．find |
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| 小题11: | | A．patiently | B．briefly | C．proudly | D．calmly |
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| 小题12: | | A．Confused | B．Excited | C．Ashamed | D．Tired |
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| 小题13: | | A．visited | B．finished | C．refused | D．left |
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| 小题14: | | A．purpose | B．decision | C．request | D．promise |
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| 小题15: | | A．warn | B．remind | C．argue | D．convince |
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| 小题16: | | A．hotel | B．hospital | C．school | D．store |
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| 小题17: | | A．anger | B．fear | C．amazement | D．disappointment |
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| 小题18: | | A．agree | B．admit | C．prove | D．believe |
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| 小题19: | | A．secret | B．polite | C．humorous | D．cautious |
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| 小题20: | | A．until | B．when | C．unless | D．Whom |
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I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Hotel, a peaceful place hidden back among pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July, and I’m the desperate (绝望的) sounds of a life-and-death going on a few feet away.
There’s a small burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a (an) to fly through the glasses of the window. , it’s not working. The great effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically (讽刺地), the struggle is part of the trap. It is for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in through the glass. This fly is doomed (注定失败). It will there on the windowsill.
Across the room, ten steps , the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it . With only a small effort now being , it could be free of this self-set . The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so .
Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea this particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success?
No doubt this way makes to the fly. Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.
Trying hard isn’t necessarily the solution achieving your goal. It may not offer any real for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it is a big part of the problem.
If you your hopes like the fly for a break-through, you may your chances for success.
| 小题1: | | A．seeing | B．crying out | C．watching | D．listening to |
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| 小题2: | | A．struggle | B．cry | C．yell | D．test |
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| 小题3: | | A．bird | B．fly | C．insect | D．worm |
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| 小题4: | | A．experience | B．direction | C．force | D．attempt |
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| 小题5: | | A．Thus | B．So | C．Although | D．However |
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| 小题6: | | A．usual | B．likely | C．impossible | D．uncommon |
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| 小题7: | | A．digging | B．breaking | C．pushing | D．jumping |
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| 小题9: | | A．away | B．far | C．near | D．distant |
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| 小题10: | | A．dreams to | B．thinks of | C．looks after | D．longs for |
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| 小题11: | | A．done | B．owned | C．wasted | D．planned |
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| 小题12: | | A．tunnel | B．trap | C．cave | D．goal |
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| 小题13: | | A．easy | B．necessary | C．hard | D．obvious |
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| 小题14: | | A．attempt | B．anything | C．struggle | D．something |
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| 小题15: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．where |
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| 小题16: | | A．sense | B．trouble | C．room | D．effort |
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| 小题18: | | A．advice | B．support | C．hope | D．power |
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| 小题20: | | A．fail | B．kill | C．overlook | D．fulfill |
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