阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Tales of the supernatural are
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these 41 are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are 42 and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 43 and pale and has changed so much that it is almost 44 to the parents. It was then 45 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and 46 the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended 47. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been 48 . In those cases there was often a way to get the 49 baby back. You could 50 the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.
小题1:41.| A．babies | B．believers | C．fairies | D．supermen |
| 小题2: | | A．powerful | B．cruel | C．frightened | D．extraordinary |
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| 小题3: | | A．sick | B．slim | C．short | D．small |
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| 小题4: | | A．uncomfortable | B．unbelievable | C．unacceptable | D．unrecognizable |
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| 小题5: | | A．feared | B．predicted | C．heard | D．reported |
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| 小题6: | | A．covered | B．changed | C．replaced | D．terrified |
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| 小题7: | | A．cases | B．tools | C．steps | D．methods |
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| 小题8: | | A．missed | B．stolen | C．found | D．lost |
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| 小题9: | | A．1ittle | B．pale | C．sad | D．real |
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| 小题10: | | A．seize | B．burn | C．place | D．hold |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C |
解析
小题1:前面提到的了fairies，所以后面填 C，句意是：不是所有的仙女是友好的，人们喜欢的。
小题2:从后面的cause much human suffering 说明是cruel残忍的。选B。
小题3:从后面的pale 得出结论是sick 病了。A正确。
小题4:从后面的has changed so much，变了很多，说明是unrecognizable，父母都认不出了。选D。
小题5:后面说的是：the fairies had come and stolen the baby away ，仙女来把孩子偷走了，得出大家是害怕这件事的。选A。
小题6:replace…with…“用…来代替…”C
小题7:和前面的There were many ways 照应，应该选methods，选D。
小题8:和上文的stolen the baby away 照应，应该填B，stolen。
小题9:句意是：在这种情况下，还是有办法把真孩子找回的。选D。
小题10:place…on fire“把…放在火上”和后面的it would rise up the chimney，选C。 |
举一反三
Jodie Foster was born on Nobember 19,1962,in Los Angeles, Carlif., US. She is an American film actress who began her career as a mature(成熟的) child actress.
Jodie began her performing career as a very young child in television, appearing first in commercials(商业广告). She starred in her own short-lived series, Paper Moon (1974), based on the 1973 film of the same name. She appeared in a number of Disney films, beginning with Napoleon and Samantha (1972).
Director Martin Scorsese cast Jodie in a bit part in Alice Doesn’t live Here Anymore (1974) before giving her the role of Iris in Taxi Driver (1976). Her mature performance in Taxi Driver earned her an Academy Award nomination(提名) as best supporting actress. Her later films as child actress were less impressive, but her performances were always admired. Jodie graduated from Yale University in 1985.
Perhaps because of her screen image of early maturity, Foster was abler to make a relatively smooth transition to adult roles. In The Accused (1988), she gave a perfect performance as Sarah Tobias. In The Silence of the Lames (1991), she tracks a killer as FBI agent Clarice Starling. Both performances won her Academy Awards as best actress.
In 1990s, Jodie went into other areas of filmmaking. She directed her best film, Little Man Tate, in 1991,in which she also co-starred. In 1994, she co-produced Nell, for which she also received an Oscar nomination for best actress. In 1997, Foster starred in Contact. Her later films included Panic Room (2002), Inside Man (2006), and The Brave One (2007).
小题1:Which of the following film won Jodie Foster Academy Awards as best actress?
a.Taxi Driver b.The Accused c.Nell d.The Silence of the Lambs 小题2:We can learn from the passage that________.| A．it was in a TV series that Jodie made her first TV appearance. | | B．some of Jodie’s performances as a child actress were thought to be very bad. | | C．Jodie became famous at a young age because of her mature performance. | | D．Jodie played a very important role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. |
小题3:In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?| A．People | B．Business | C．Fashion | D．Career |
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Thirty-two people watched kitty Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police. Was this in gunman cruelty? Was it lack of feeling about one’s fellow man?
Not so, say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to probe（探查） the reasons why people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency(紧急情况).
Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the side-walk. Is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma （昏迷） from diabetes（糖尿病）? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk?
Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it steam pipes? Or is it really smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency.
Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help, or the person won’t get the help he needs.
The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to be tested. Some came alone. Some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist started them off on the tests. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the testing room and the room into which she went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of file cabinets falling and a cry for help. All of this had been pre-recorded on a tape-recorder.
Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.
In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, needn’t. They do not feel any direct responsibility.
Are people bothered by situations where people are in trouble? Yes. Scientists found that the people were emotional, they sweated, they had trembling hands. They felt the other person’s trouble. But they did not act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.
小题1:The purpose of this passage is_________.| A．to explain why people fail to act in emergencies | | B．to explain when people will act in emergencies | | C．to explain what people will do in emergencies | | D．to explain how people feel in emergencies |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．When a person tries to help others, he must be clear that there is a real emergency. | | B．When a person tries to help others, he should know whether hey are worth his help. | | C．A person must take the full responsibility for the safety of those in emergencies if he wants to help. | | D．A person with a heart attack needs the most. |
小题3: The researchers have conducted an experiment to prove that people will act in emergencies when__________.| A．they are in pairs | B．they are in groups | | C．they are alone | D．they are with their friends |
小题4:The main reason why people fail to act when they stay together is that _________.| A．they are afraid of emergencies | | B．they are reluctant to get themselves involved | | C．others will act if they themselves hesitate | | D．they do not have any direct responsibility for those who need help |
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完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas __1__for her father.
She __2__that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __3__satisfied with perfume(香水). Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost __4__ you over in their hurry in order to __5__ something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter（柜台）, where some beautiful ties were on __6__. "They are __7__silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __8__her to buy one. But Edith knew from past __9__that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes(烟斗) on sale and the __10__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __11__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __12__ to please him.
When she got home, with her small but __13__present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __14__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so __15__that she could not say a single word.
| 小题1: | | A．suit | B．card | C．thing | D．gift |
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| 小题2: | | A．believed | B．wished | C．thought | D．supposed |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．always | D．scarcely |
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| 小题4: | | A．turned | B．hit | C．brought | D．knocked |
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| 小题5: | | A．watch | B．find | C．grasp | D．sell |
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| 小题6: | | A．time | B．show | C．board | D．duty |
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| 小题7: | | A．real | B．cheap | C．poor | D．exact |
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| 小题8: | | A．hope | B．ask | C．force | D．persuade |
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| 小题9: | | A．experience | B．things | C．books | D．school |
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| 小题10: | | A．money | B．cigarette | C．shapes | D．shop |
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| 小题11: | | A．always | B．nearly | C．only | D．never |
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| 小题12: | | A．hardly | B．impossibly | C．possibly | D．certainly |
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| 小题13: | | A．cheap | B．well-chosen | C．expensive | D．ready-made |
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| 小题14: | | A．excitement | B．anger | C．sadness | D．disappointment |
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| 小题15: | | A．glad | B．happy | C．surprised | D．excited |
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This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.
The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.
“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”
As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.
小题1: After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.| A．he took it out | B．his mother took it out | | C．he did nothing but cry | D．he tried to take it out but failed |
小题2:The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.| A．at most seven days | B．less than seven days | | C．more than seven days | D．exactly seven days、 |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE?| A．The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose. | | B．May succeeded in taking the paper out. | | C．The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem. | | D．The boy had to have his nose cut at last. |
小题4:The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.| A．he needed to learn to swim | | B．the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose. | | C．the sea water would wash out the paper ball. | | D．he needed a rest |
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完形填空（共15题，每题1分，计15分）
Five years ago, when it was time for my cousin to start college, my 75-year-old grandfather, Rex, decided to do the same. He went to 1 , taking classes twice a week until his death last summer.
As a student, my grandfather spent countless hours in his office 2 and completing assignments. Although he was twice as 3 as his professors, he loved going. He said,“You can never 4 too much, no matter how old you are.”He loved everything about school. Learning new things was truly his passion.
My grandfather’s will to learn was a great 5 for me to do my best in school. We were always 6 with each other, trying to bring home the better grade.
When he turned 80 and still had a full head of hair, my grandfather felt like he could take on the 7 . He felt like he could beat the unstoppable no matter what came in his way---whether it was his continuing with cancer 8 a tough professor.
Some people look to Superman or Batman as their 9 , but my grandfather will forever be my hero, the 10 who always came to my rescue. My grandfather was made the hall of fame(名人堂) at his high school as one of the school’s most successful football players. When I did some research I 11 that his nickname was Atlas. In Greek mythology(神话), Atlas held the heavens on his shoulders. For my grandfather’s football team, he was 12 Atlas, holding the team together. He was my Atlas too, as the foundation of our family.
In my times of need he was always there to 13 me and celebrate my accomplishments. I could count on him to help me out and stand by me. The strength he 14 with me will continue to hold me up as I forever keep his memory 15 in my heart and mind.
| 小题1: | | A．college | B．party | C．hospital | D．cinema |
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| 小题2: | | A．teaching | B．talking | C．studying | D．playing |
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| 小题5: | | A．example | B．exercise | C．method | D．friend |
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| 小题6: | | A．fighting | B．joking | C．competing | D．arguing |
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| 小题7: | | A．world | B．country | C．city | D．class |
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| 小题9: | | A．hero | B．student | C．professor | D．grandfather |
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| 小题10: | | A．other | B．only | C．one | D．same |
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| 小题11: | | A．realized | B．remembered | C．discovered | D．recognized |
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| 小题13: | | A．surprise | B．supply | C．warm | D．support |
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| 小题14: | | A．enjoyed | B．shared | C．afforded | D．kept |
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| 小题15: | | A．alive | B．awake | C．alone | D．asleep |
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