My Garden-----by Nelson Mandela In early 1977, the authorities (当局) announced th
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My Garden
-----by Nelson Mandela
In early 1977, the authorities (当局) announced the physical labour and arranged some kind of work for us to do in the courtyard. The free time also allowed me to hunt what became two of my favorite hobbies in Robben Island---gardening and tennis.
To survive in prison, one must develop ways to take satisfaction in one"s daily life. One can feel fulfilled (充实) by washing one"s clothes so that they are particularly clean. Just as one takes pride in important tasks outside of prison, one can find the same pride in doing small things inside prison. Almost from the beginning of my sentence on Robben Island, I asked the authorities for permission to start a garden in the courtyard. For years, they refused without offering a reason. But finally they gave in, and we were able to cut out a small garden in the prison.
The soil in the courtyard was dry and rocky. In order to start my garden, I had to remove a great many rocks to allow the plant room to grow.
The authorities supplied me with seeds. At first, I planned tomatoes and onions, because these plants did not require rich earth or constant care. The early harvests were poor, but they soon improved.
I began to order books on gardening. I studied different gardening techniques and types of fertilizers (肥料). For a time, I tried to grow peanuts, and used different soils and fertilizers, but finally I gave up. It was one of my few failures.
A garden was one of the few things in prison that one could control. The processes of planting a seed, watching it grow, taking care of it and then harvesting it offered a simple but long-lasting satisfaction. The sense of being the owner of the small patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom.
小题1:Mandela"s hobbies on Robben Island were ____.| A．hunting and physical labour | | B．gardening and tennis | | C．washing his clothes | | D．gardening techniques and types of fertilizers |
小题2:When did Mandela ask the prison authorities for the permission to start a small garden?| A．Soon after 1997. | | B．Some time in early 1977. | | C．Almost as soon as he went to prison there. | | D．Long after he went to prison there. |
小题3:Why did Mandela wash his clothes especially clean although he was in prison?| A．To show he could do it as well as others. | | B．To get some sense of pride and satisfaction from it. | | C．To show others that he preferred to be clean. | | D．To gain the authorities" permission to start a garden. |
小题4:Hard as he tried, he failed ____ at last. | A．to get a sense of satisfaction and freedom | | B．to grow tomatoes and onions | | C．to grow peanuts | | D．to get the same pride inside prison. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C |
解析
试题分析: 本文讲述的曼德拉被被囚禁于罗本岛，对他来说，他可以有时间去读书，写信，与囚友们讨论问题，准备文件为自己打官司申诉，他养成两个爱好园艺和网球，介绍他对园艺的研究来它的一种寄托，感受许多人生道理。
小题1:B 细节理解题。根据第一段提到The free time also allowed me to hunt what became two of my favorite hobbies in Robben Island---gardening and tennis.时间上的自由还得以让我继续从事在罗本岛上培养起来的两大爱好，园艺和网球，所以选B项。
小题2:C 细节理解题。根据第二段提到For years, they refused without offering a reason. But finally they gave in, and we were able to cut out a small garden in the prison.数年来，他们没有给出任何原因却一起拒绝的我的请求，但最终他们让步了，让我们能够在远处墙根下一块狭长的地面上划出小面积的地方做菜地，所以选C项。
小题3:B 细节理解题。根据第二段提到One can feel fulfilled (充实) by washing one"s clothes so that they are particularly clean. Just as one takes pride in important tasks outside of prison, one can find the same pride in doing small things inside prison你可以能过把衣服洗得特别干净，把门前打扫得很干净，或把自己牢房整理出尽可能 大的空间这些方法使自己感到充实，所以选B项。
小题4:C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段提到For a time, I tried to grow peanuts, and used different soils and fertilizers, but finally I gave up，我曾用不同的土壤和化肥来试着种花生，但最终都失败了，所以选C项。
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Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to from her shock.
One day when she was to at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the of her missing son again. She was mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were her cheeks she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had to do their best to help her find her son. With that she down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as . It was a very scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s love, a that is common to all human race.
Later Mark returned to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, , broke down again and was sobbing for a second time.
| 小题1: | | A．outstanding | B．busy | C．calm | D．considerate |
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| 小题2: | | A．seem | B．talk | C．do | D．pretend |
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| 小题3: | | A．construction | B．control | C．discussion | D．pressure |
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| 小题4: | | A．respond | B．relieve | C．reduce | D．recover |
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| 小题5: | | A．arrive | B．eat | C．speak | D．read |
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| 小题6: | | A．subject | B．object | C．theme | D．message |
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| 小题7: | | A．hardly | B．totally | C．partly | D．mostly |
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| 小题8: | | A．putting down | B．taking off | C．getting off | D．rolling down |
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| 小题9: | | A．because | B．though | C．if | D．as |
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| 小题10: | | A．permitted | B．admitted | C．promised | D．managed |
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| 小题11: | | A．fell | B．went | C．broke | D．brought |
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| 小题12: | | A．agreed | B．planned | C．announced | D．explained |
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| 小题13: | | A．moving | B．shocking | C．interesting | D．serious |
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| 小题14: | | A．quality | B．action | C．position | D．character |
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| 小题15: | | A．lively | B．likely | C．lovely | D．motherly |
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| 小题16: | | A．habit | B．hobby | C．feeling | D．thought |
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| 小题17: | | A．hungry and tired | B．safe and funny | C．safe and sound | D．tired and sleepy |
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| 小题18: | | A．as if | B．even if | C．so that | D．if only |
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| 小题19: | | A．therefore | B．however | C．besides | D．thus |
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| 小题20: | | A．made | B．heard | C．felt | D．seen |
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Suzie goes to her art class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do things all afternoon. What Suzie likes best is the good feeling she gets when she has finished working on a piece of . And then when she takes it home to her parents, she feels so proud of what she has made.
On Wednesday afternoons Suzie writes articles for the newspaper. When she first moved to her new school, she wrote an article about how it feels to be a student in a new school. Her second article in the newspaper was about a(n) from her school who had just finished writing a book. Suzie the teacher what it feels like to be a published author. And then she what she found out with the rest of the school.
Another time she wrote an article about why she thought the school should have two short a day instead of a long one. Lots of her friends thought that this would be a good idea too. Many teachers also with Suzie’s suggestion.
Would you believe the principal (校长) of the school asked everyone to have a about Suzie’s suggestion? The principal always thinks that students should help decide how the school should be .
During the vote, each person in the school voted. At last, the school that two short breaks would be better than one long break. And all of that happened because of Suzie’s suggestion in the school newspaper.
On the day the newspaper out each month, the first thing Suzie does is to where her article is in the newspaper. And each time at the beginning of her article are the words: By Suzie Jefferson.
| 小题1: | | A．sensitive | B．creative | C．positive | D．instructive |
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| 小题2: | | A．cloth | B．art | C．article | D．picture |
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| 小题3: | | A．show | B．explain | C．introduce | D．reward |
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| 小题4: | | A．national | B．local | C．school | D．educational |
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| 小题5: | | A．accustomed | B．fresh | C．strange | D．regular |
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| 小题6: | | A．author | B．artist | C．student | D．teacher |
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| 小题7: | | A．told | B．asked | C．examined | D．obeyed |
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| 小题8: | | A．described | B．recorded | C．shared | D．forgot |
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| 小题9: | | A．classes | B．breaks | C．activities | D．sports |
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| 小题10: | | A．discussed | B．argued | C．disagreed | D．agreed |
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| 小题11: | | A．vote | B．choice | C．question | D．decision |
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| 小题12: | | A．performed | B．run | C．achieved | D．established |
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| 小题13: | | A．imagined | B．expected | C．decided | D．requested |
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| 小题14: | | A．puts | B．takes | C．gives | D．comes |
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| 小题15: | | A．consider | B．check | C．read | D．place |
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Louis Pasteur, the famous French chemist and bacteriologist(微生物学家), invented “pasteurization”. In 1854 Pasteur was made head of the department of science at the University of Lille, and it was there that he made one of his most famous discoveries. Lille was a major center for wine and beer-making, and some of the local wine-makers asked Pasteur if he could help solve the problem of keeping wine fresh. At that time, it was believed that food and drinks go “bad” due to a purely chemical process. But during a series of experiments Pasteur proved that tiny living organisms(微生物)caused food and drinks to go bad. In the case of wine and beer the organisms are already present in the form of the various yeasts (酵母) that caused the fermentation(发酵) process. Pasteur discovered that heating the wine gently for a few minutes after it had fermented would kill off the yeast that was left in the wine, with the result that the wine would remain fresh for much longer. He also proved that food and drinks could be turned bad by other organisms that were present in the air, and that they too would keep fresh much longer if they were kept in airtight containers.
The heating process was so successful that it made Pasteur famous. It was named “pasteurization” in his honour, and by about 1900 it had been widely used for processing and bottling cows’ milk. The result was a huge drop in the number of bottle-fed babies dying from infant diarrhea(婴儿腹泻)and from that time on it has been a standard treatment for milk and many other food products. This simple process has saved thousands, possibly millions, of lives worldwide.
小题1:Pasteur became ___________ in 1854. | A．the chairperson of the science department at the University of Lille | | B．the director of a chemical laboratory at the University of Lille | | C．the general manager of a large beer-making company | | D．the president of the University of Lille |
小题2:According to the passage, Lille was a major center for ___________ in the mid-19th century. | A．growing grain crops | B．making beer and wine | | C．doing chemical research | D．producing various kinds of yeasts |
小题3:In the last sentence of Paragraph 1, the underlined word “they” refers to ___________. | A．wine and beer | B．food and drinks | C．the various yeasts | D．other organisms |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that Pasteur’s discovery __________. | A．is no longer widely used for treating milk and other food products | | B．did not bring much profit to the wine makers in Lille | | C．has done a lot of good to children in the world | | D．has greatly reduced the number of wars in the world |
小题5:According to the passage, we know it is that causes food and drinks to go bad.| A．a purely chemical process. | B．tiny living organisms(微生物) | | C．keeping them in airtight containers. | D．the heating process |
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The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh，dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的） now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed， “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards，Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
小题1:When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________ .| A．asleep | B．outside | C．working in bed | D．quietly laughing at him |
小题2:He underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .| A．very happy | B．disappointed | C．very unhappy | D．hopeful |
小题3:Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because .| A．it was too late at night | | B．he was very tired | | C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open | | D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination |
小题4:What do you suppose happened to the author later？| A．He went to a church to pray again | | B．He passed the exam by sheer luck | | C．He failed in the exam | | D．He was punished by his teacher |
小题5:The best title for the passage would be __________ .| A．The Night Before the Examination | | B．Working Far into the Night | | C．A Slow Student | | D．Going Over My Lessons |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Most of us lose life’s tough battles by starting an unexpected attack—when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. the case of a young friend of mine, who was in a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving a warning about being late for the job. there was a good reason for Sam’s being late—serious illness at home—he that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t any longer. His boss was probably already pacing preparing a speech to fire him.
Yes, the boss was. Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as as a locker room; was hard at work. Sam’s boss came up to him angrily. Suddenly, Sam and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a , which, I understand, became just 35 minutes ago. Does the bird get the worm?”
The room exploded in laughter. The boss a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had his job—with the only that could win-–a laugh. is a most effective, yet frequently neglected ,means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for making up differences, apologizing, criticizing and the other fellow to do what you want his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so that serious dialogue may start a quarrel. , many believe that comedians(喜剧演员) on television are doing more today for racial and religious problems than people in any other field.
| 小题1: | | A．Think | B．Imagine | C．Suppose | D．Consider |
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| 小题2: | | A．dug | B．trapped | C．erupted | D．aimed |
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| 小题3: | | A．If | B．Because | C．Unless | D．Although |
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| 小题4: | | A．decided | B．said | C．talked | D．urged |
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| 小题6: | | A．here and there | B．in and out | C．up and down | D．now and then |
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| 小题7: | | A．silent | B．clean | C．noisy | D．quiet |
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| 小题8: | | A．somebody | B．everybody | C．nobody | D．anybody |
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| 小题9: | | A．cried | B．shouted | C．stared | D．smiled |
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| 小题10: | | A．prize | B．patent | C．punishment | D．job |
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| 小题11: | | A．available | B．fragrant | C．possible | D．reasonable |
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| 小题12: | | A．lazy | B．late | C．diligent | D．early |
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| 小题14: | | A．protected | B．saved | C．hold | D．took |
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| 小题15: | | A．tool | B．technique | C．measure | D．instrument |
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| 小题16: | | A．Understanding | B．Apology | C．Humor | D．Communication |
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| 小题17: | | A．making | B．having | C．letting | D．getting |
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| 小题19: | | A．constant | B．easy | C．sensitive | D．heated |
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| 小题20: | | A．After all | B．For example | C．At length | D．Even so |
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