A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messa

A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messa

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A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online “Bucket List” of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “ I"ve been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn"t look like I"m going to win this one,” she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film “The Bucket List”, in which two terminally ill (患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www. alicepyne. blogspot. com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!” she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. “Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me.”
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.
小题1: What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her“Bucket List”?
A.The media called on people to help her.
B.People sent gifts to her from all over the world.
C.A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her.
D.People around the world sent messages to support her.
小题2:Alice Pyne wrote her “Bucket List” to     .
A.express her last few wishes
B.say goodbye to a few friends
C.give comfort to two terminally ill men
D.catch people"s attention
小题3:It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Alice Pyne       .
A.is unaware of her own conditions
B.is calm to know that death is approaching
C.is very sad to know that she will die
D.is still quite confident in fighting against cancer
小题4:Which of the following is NOT on Alice Pyne"s “Bucket List”?
A.To meet a boy.
B.To get a cool computer.
C.To swim with sharks.
D.To ask people to donate bone marrow.
小题5:Take That will arrange to       .
A.invite Pyne to join the band
B.help Pyne in any possible way
C.donate money to Pyne
D.meet Pyne in person

答案

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
解析
文章讲的是一个身患癌症的女孩,从容面对死亡的到来。她受到一部电影的启发,写下了几件最想完成的梦想,并放在了博客上。受到了人们的关注,有很多人给他发来信息鼓励她,也有很多人采用多种形式来帮助她实现她的愿望。
小题1:事实细节题。根据第一段可知。
小题2:事实细节题。根据第三,第四段可知,她受电影的影响也写下了自己希望实现的愿望。
小题3:推理判断题。根据女孩的话可以看出,她并不害怕死亡。
小题4:事实细节题。根据第四段可知
小题5:事实细节题。根据最后一段第二行可知。
举一反三

The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. “How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy(笨拙的) in my old age.”
Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank, who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, “Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.”
Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. “I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.”
He looked at us and said, “I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.”
Frank’s voice dropped a bit. “When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink (畏缩) down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch (喷出) a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!”
He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, “Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss.” My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out of the windshield(挡风玻璃). “You’re right,” he said. “ You are a big boy....a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.”
Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. “It wasn’t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet (船队) stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats.”
I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. “Guys, you don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…to feel his rough old face… to smell the ocean on him… to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.”
小题1:When his father drove him to the school, Frank would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear because ________.
A.he was ashamed of his father’s old truck
B.he didn’t want his schoolmates to see his father
C.he thought he was old enough to go to school alone
D.he hated the way his schoolmates stared at his father
小题2:According to the story we can conclude that Frank’s father ________.
A.was quite confident in his skills in fishing
B.loved his children but hardly expressed it
C.seldom gave up faced with challenges
D.was full of devotion to his family
小题3:By saying the sentence “I wish I had been a man then…”, Frank meant ________.
A.he was tired of his father kissing him goodbye
B.he deeply regretted what he had done to his father
C.he was then too young to refuse a goodbye kiss
D.he hoped that his father would forgive him
小题4:Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A.The Smell of the OceanB.We All Need Love
C.A Goodbye KissD.Father’s Embarrassment

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James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so    36  that he didn’t know what to do with himself. The person who had gone in   37  him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in, not like James. He felt    38  that she had already got the job. The problem was that he wanted his job so much. It meant everything to him. He had   39  it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself   40  brilliantly(出色地)at the interview and being offered the job immediately. But now here he was feeling    41 . He couldn’t remember all those things he   42  to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and leave. But no – he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t    43  like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very    44   with herself. She smiled sympathetically (同情地)at James. At the moment, James    45  her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you    46 .” James suddenly wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs    47  and forehead sweating and wondered he looked as terrified as he felt.
小题1:
A.healthy B.nervousC.carelessD.confident
小题2:
A.byB.with C.beforeD.after
小题3:
A.doubtful B.sure C.angryD.astonished
小题4:
A.dreamed ofB.learned ofC.thought aboutD.talked about
小题5:
A.explainingB.performing C.answering D.writing
小题6:
A.mad B.excitedC.certain D.terrible
小题7:
A.had planned B.has plannedC.planed D.would plan
小题8:
A.take backB.put offC.give upD.put down
小题9:
A.ugly B.pleased C.sad D.pretty
小题10:
A.noticedB.lovedC.missedD.hated
小题11:
A.waitB.waitingC.being waitingD.waited
小题12:
A.shakingB.bending C.brokenD.stopped

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The Gullah people in the southern US have honored their culture for more than 100 years. Living mainly on the Sea Islands and coastal areas of South Carolina, Georgia and Floride, the Gullah people, an African-American group, have a rich culture including their own language. It is a Creole language created by slaves who came to the US from the West Africa in the 1800s. It combines West African languages with English.
For many years efforts have been made to save the Gullah language. One project began in 1979. Its goal was to translate the New Testament part of the Bible into Gullah. Experts say that it was a difficult process because Gullah is not a written language. It is a spoken language only.
A team of Gullah speakers began working on the translation to make the Bible easier to understand for those who spoke Gullah as their main language. The Gullah version is called De Nyew Testament. It is written in English on one side of the page, and next to it, there is a Gullah translation. De Nyew Testament was published by the American Bible Society. The project also received help from the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Wycliffe Bible Translators, the United Bible Societies and the Penn Centre
Experts believe that the translated Bible is a major step towards saving the Gullah language and traditions. “This is more than a Bible translation,” says Robert Hodgson, at the American Bible Society. “De Nyew Testament raises the Gullah language and culture to a new level.” Ardell Greene is a member of the translation team. She calls the book “a treasure”. She says that the Gullah version of the Bible will be read in churches and will help young people keep the Gullah language alive.
小题1:According to the passage, De Nyew Testament can be best seen as _______.
A.a good version of the Bible
B.something difficult to understand
C.a spoken form of the Gullah language
D.the effort to save the Gullah language
小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Gullah communities can be found in the southern US.
B.Gullah is influenced by both English and West African languages.
C.De Nyew Testament is a complete Bible translation.
D.Ardell Greene thinks highly of De Nyew Testament.
小题3:What does this passage mainly focus on?
A.Efforts to save the Gullah language.
B.Different versions of the Bible.
C.The history of the Gullah people.
D.The culture of the Gullah people.

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I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am.
When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With a school paper in my hands, I returned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen had said that she would include some reviews of students’ stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so.
I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn’t one story that got more than three stars .I became calm and wasn’t anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out “Five stars?! Seriously !” from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene’s face, “Peter, your story got five stars!” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing.
I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible .For so long I believed I wasn’t as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of wring skills .But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world of me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success.
小题1:How did the writer get the school paper?
A.His teacher gave it to him first
B.The publisher sent it to him first
C.His friend helped him get the first one.
D.He rushed ahead to get the first one by himself.
小题2:What can we learn about Professor Cullen?
A.She was very gentle to everyone
B.She seldom praised her students.
C.She was very cold to her students.
D.She was respected by her students.
小题3:We can learn from this text that Peter_______.
A.had thought his story was better than those of others
B.was always anxious to know the review about him
C.didn’t know he got five stars until others told him
D.looked through a few stories that had got four stars
小题4:What did Professor Cullen think of Peter’s story?
A.She thought highly of it
B.She thought it was just so-so
C.She thought it was extremely bad
D.She doubted if it was written by him.
小题5:Why did the review and the five stars mean the world to Peter?
A.Because they helped him learn writing skills
B.Because they made him happy for some time
C.Because they helped him enter a key university
D.Because they made him see his writing talents.

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When JetBlue captain Clayton Osbon became unpredictable, his co-pilot invented a reason for him to go back into the cabin.Once the captain was out of the cockpit (驾驶舱) , the co-pilot locked the door to keep the captain from returning.Passengers, some with law enforcement experience, calmed the captain.The flight changed course to Amarillo, Texas where the captain was hospitalized.
Incidents in which a pilot has had an in-flight psychological breakdown are rare.But how could it happen at all? Though pilots are required to have an examination at least once a year by a physician approved by the FAA, there are no formal procedures in place to test pilots for signs of psychological problems.
At most airlines, pilots are members of a union.A pilot who appears to have a psychological or an alcohol problem can be reported to a union member whose job it is to investigate.If there is a problem, the pilot is given the choice of getting treatment or being reported to management.But at airlines, such as Allegiant, JetBlue, and Virgin American where there is no union, pilots are – to say the least - unwilling to report a fellow pilot to management.
In most professions, a person experiencing emotional difficulties is free to consult a doctor.Rut an airline pilot in therapy is viewed with suspicion both by the airline and by the FAA.No pilot wants to be put under extra examination by an agency that has the power to revoke their license or end their employment.That being the case, pilots are less likely than people in other professions to seek help.
There may be no way to make sure this never happens again, but its possibility can be reduced. Tests such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ( MMPI) can reliably detect depression, paranoia, schizophrenia, and other problems.The FAA could require pilots to take the MMPI or a similar test on a periodic basis.Whether such testing becomes required will depend upon the public"s response to this incident and whether additional incidents take place.
Flying is remarkably safe.But incidents such as this cause concern.
小题1:What does the underlined word "revoke" most probably mean?
A.delayB.cancelC.interruptD.renew
小题2:Why are some pilots unwilling to report a fellow pilot to management?
A.Because they are tested for signs of psychological problems every year.
B.Because they are likely to be treated by physicians.
C.Because they are supported by the airlines.
D.Because they might be fired.
小题3:What is the author" s attitude towards the incident?
A.satisfiedB.indifferentC.concernedD.disapproving
小题4:In which part of the newspaper can the passage be found?
A.EntertainmentB.SportsC.BusinessD.Society

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