After battling hard times and danger for over nine months, British teenager Mike

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After battling hard times and danger for over nine months, British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal and then sailed through the Caribbean and got home across the Atlantic.
Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland, the 17-year-old American boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor in July.
The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different directions. Mike insisted they were not rivals(竞争对手). “No. It"s two teenagers going out there, living their dream and having the adventure of a lifetime,” he said.
Mike may be young, but he is no stranger to sailing adventures. He picked up the hobby at the age of 6 when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake. Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14, making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.
On the recent journey, the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southern Indian Ocean.
“We were picked up by what felt like a 60-foot wave and threw down on our side at 90 degrees,” he said.
“It felt like I was going right over. Stuff was flying around and I just thought ‘Oh no’.”
At other times, he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems. He tied himself to the boat, jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30-second dives underneath the boat to cut a rope away.
Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true. “You"ve got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it,” he said.
小题1:. What"s the main idea of the passage?

A．A British teenager became the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

B．How a British teenager developed his sailing hobby.

C．A British teenager"s brave experience.

D．A British teenager"s confidence.

小题2: Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Mike Perham crossed the Panama Canal.

B．Mike and Zac took the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor at the same age.

C．The two youngsters crossed the globe in different directions.

D．Mike was never frightened during the sailing.

小题3: What does the underlined word “taste” in the fifth paragraph mean?

A．Flavor.

B．Preference.

C．Experience.

D．Ability.

小题4: What can we infer from the passage?

A．Both Mike and Zac had adventured spirits.

B．Mike is older than Zac.

C．They both are brave but they have different goals.

D．Mike took up the hobby of sailing adventures at 14.

小题5:What did Mike believe in?

A．Having confidence in yourself will make you successful.

B．Braveness is important in sailing.

C．One should pick up a hobby as a child.

D．Pride goes before a fall.

答案

小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:A

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I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. My teacher’s last 36 of the term was called “ Smile”. I am a very friendly person and always 37 at everyone. So I thought this would be very 38 .
Soon after we were given the project, my 39 went out to McDonald’s. We were waiting to be 40 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to 41 , and even my husband did. There standing behind me were two homeless men 42 .
As I looked down at the short gentleman with 43 eyes, he said, “Good day.” The second man stood behind his friend. I 44 the second man was mentally challenged(智障) and the blue-eyed gentleman was his helper.
The young 45 at the counter asked him what they wanted.
He said, “Coffee is all, Miss.” Because that was all they could 46 .
I smiled and asked the young lady to give me two more breakfast meals on a 47 tray(托盘). I then said to the men, “ I did not do this for you. God is here 48 through me to give you hope.”
When I joined my husband, he smiled at me, saying, “That is 49 God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.”
I returned to 50 with this story in hand. I 51 “my project” and the teacher read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “Can I 52 this with the class?”
I slowly 53 and she began to read and that was when I knew that we, as human beings, share this to help people and to be 54 .
In my own way I had 55 the people at McDonald’s, my husband, sons, teacher, and every person that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.

小题1:

A．question

B．project

C．class

D．expression

小题2:

A．smile

B．laugh

C．look

D．stare

小题3:

A．difficult

B．funny

C．important

D．easy

小题4:

A．teacher

B．classmates

C．family

D．children

小题5:

A．ordered

B．served

C．paid

D．called

小题6:

A．run away

B．crowd in

C．shout out

D．move away

小题7:

A．in surprise

B．in silence

C．in rags

D．in fear

小题8:

A．tearful

B．blue

C．closed

D．black

小题9:

A．realized

B．accepted

C．permitted

D．admitted

小题10:

A．helper

B．gentleman

C．lady

D．friend

小题11:

A．drink

B．want

C．take

D．afford

小题12:

A．big

B．separate

C．flat

D．round

小题13:

A．working

B．going

C．getting

D．carrying

小题14:

A．how

B．when

C．where

D．why

小题15:

A．college

B．home

C．church

D．McDonald’s

小题16:

A．put up

B．handed out

C．handed in

D．put away

小题17:

A．publish

B．share

C．copy

D．keep

小题18:

A．turned

B．left

C．shook

D．nodded

小题19:

A．forgiven

B．thanked

C．helped

D．remembered

小题20:

A．touched

B．knew

C．forgot

D．recognized

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I was driving home one evening about 5, stuck in traffic, and the car started to die— I hardly managed to get into a gas station, glad only that I would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck(拖车). Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the “ Quickie Mart” building, then suddenly she slipped(滑倒) on some ice and fell down, so I got out to see if she was okay.
When I got there, it looked like she had been overcome by weep than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked exhausted with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up and gave it to her. It was a coin.
At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban packed full of stuff and three kids in the back, and the gas pump(汽油泵) reading $4.95.
I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying “I don’t want my kids to see me crying,” so we stood at the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California for Christmas and that things were very hard for her right now.
I took out my credit card and swiped(刷磁卡) it through the card reader on the pump so that she could fill up her car completely, and I bought 2 big bags of food for her kids in the

car who attacked it like wolves. While it was fueling, she asked, “So, are you an angel or something?” I said, “At this time of year, angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses common people.”
It was unbelievable to be part of someone else’s miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. Sometimes, angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter(摆动) of their wings.
小题1:. Caught in traffic, the author still felt happy because .

A．she could fill up her car to get home in time

B．the woman who needed help was waiting there

C．she could find a warm place to wait

D．she could do something for others in the gas station

小题2:. The young woman cried because .

A．her situation was very terrible	B．her kids wouldn’t listen to her
C．she was too tired	D．she fell down and got injured

小题3:. It can be inferred from the passage that .

A．the author was driving carelessly on the way home

B．the young woman was interested in long driving

C．the young woman didn’t want to see her kids crying

D．the kids were extremely hungry at that time

小题4:. According to the passage, we can say that the author .

A．was a kind person	B．liked to deal with others’ business
C．had no thought for others	D．was a real angel

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Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her 36 concert. She had been waiting for this 37 for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her 38 is.
The song made her 39 to the days when she was Lauren’s 40 . As a young 41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied 42 in France, Italy and in the United States, “You can become a fine 43 in the future, ” her teachers told her. “But you must be 44 to study hard and work for many years. There will be 45 time for anything but music in your life.” Dorothy was 46 at that time and she was 47 that music was all she wanted or needed to 48 her life. For almost a year Dorothy 49 of nothing else. Then she 50 David, a young engineer travelling in Europe. They soon fell in 51 .
David asked her to be his 52 . Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved 53 , too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t 54 do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her 55 .
小题1:

A．sorry

B．successful

C．first

D．wonderful

小题2:

A．dance

B．moment

C．show

D．party

小题3:

A．voice

B．face

C．dress

D．life

小题4:

A．think of

B．bring back

C．go back

D．come back

小题5:

A．age

B．friend

C．mother

D．teacher

小题6:

A．musician

B．pop star

C．lady

D．girl

小题7:

A．French

B．music

C．piano

D．dance

小题8:

A．actress

B．student

C．singer

D．dancer

小题9:

A．prepared

B．learning

C．driven

D．waiting

小题10:

A．some

B．any

C．no

D．enough

小题11:

A．eight

B．eighteen

C．eighty

D．eighty-eight

小题12:

A．lucky

B．sure

C．afraid

D．fond

小题13:

A．fill

B．live

C．lead

D．take

小题14:

A．heard

B．knew

C．talked

D．thought

小题15:

A．saw off

B．learned from

C．heard of

D．met with

小题16:

A．love

B．feeling

C．music

D．touch

小题17:

A．assistant

B．teacher

C．wife

D．student

小题18:

A．him

B．engineering

C．herself

D．music

小题19:

A．certainly

B．possibly

C．only

D．mainly

小题20:

A．thought

B．hope

C．purpose

D．will

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John Blanchard was studying the crowd making their way through the station. He was looking for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose.
When reading a book in a Florida library a year before, John became interested not in the contents of the book, but in the notes penciled in the margin(（空白处）. The handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and beautiful mind. He discovered the former owner’s name in the front of the book: Miss Hollis Maynell.
He located her address and wrote a letter introducing himself. The next day he was shipped overseas to serve in the army. During the next year,they grew to know each other through the mail and their friendship developed. John requested a photograph, but she refused, saying if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what
she looked like. When the day finally came for him to return home, their first meeting was suggested-7:00 p.m. at the Grand Central Station in New York.
She wrote, “You’ll recognize me by the red rose I wear on my coat.” So now John was in the station to meet the girl with a rose.
As a pretty and slim girl in green came over, John noticed her blue eyes like flowers in spring. He walked directly towards her, entirely forgetting she was not wearing a rose. As John came closer to her, he saw another woman with a red rose stood nearby. Well past 40, this woman had graying hair done under a worn hat. Seeing the girl in green walk quickly away, John felt as if he were split(劈开) in two. He desired to follow that girl, but longed for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and supported him.
The woman looked gentle and sensible. John went to her, saying, “I’m Captain John Blanchard. You must be Miss Maynell. I am glad to meet you here. May I take you to dinner?”
She replied with a smile, “I don’t know what this is about. But the lady in green who just went by, begged me to wear this rose on my coat. She said if you asked me out to dinner, I’d tell you she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”
小题1:
John was eager to know the former owner of the book because .

A．he was very interested in the contents of the book

B．he was impressed by the notes written by the owner

C．the book offered him practical and valuable advice

D．there was address of the former owner in the book

小题2:
What happened to John after getting in touch with Miss Hollis Maynell?

A．He began to serve the army abroad.	B．He was seriously wounded in the war
C．He went on a business tour in Europe	D．He asked Miss Maynell for a photo

小题3:
What do we know about the woman with a rose?

A．She was Miss Maynell’s close companion

B．She was a conductor working in the station

C．She knew nothing about John’s appointment

D．She was paid to carry out a love test on John

小题4:
Which would be the best title of the text?

A．The Meeting in the Station	B．The Girl with a Rose
C．A Soldier and a Girl	D．A Meeting of the Heart

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When I was a boy, every holiday I had seemed wonderful. My 36 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 37 . All day I 38 on the sands（沙滩） with strange 39 children. We made houses and gardens, and 40 the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we 41 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the 42 see

med to shine always brightly   43 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 44  ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   45 in one’s pockets or good places where we could   46  ice creams. Each day was very happy.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   47  is much the same as it was. I   48  like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   49  beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   50  any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   51 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I   52  what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am   53 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   54  who make houses and gardens with sands, 55 watch the incoming tide…
小题1:

A．teacher

B．parents

C．nurse

D．younger sister

小题2:

A．sea

B．lake

C．mountain

D．river

小题3:

A．played

B．slept

C．sat

D．stood

小题4:

A．moving

B．excited

C．angry

D．nervous

小题5:

A．made

B．brought

C．watched

D．heard

小题6:

A．rolled

B．looked

C．turned

D．climbed

小题7:

A．light

B．sun

C．moon

D．lamp

小题8:

A．and

B．yet

C．but

D．or

小题9:

A．exploring

B．examining

C．repairing

D．measuring

小题10:

A．sweets

B．sand

C．ice-creams

D．money

小题11:

A．make

B．sell

C．buy

D．offer

小题12:

A．house

B．holiday

C．garden

D．tide

小题13:

A．hardly

B．almost

C．still

D．perhaps

小题14:

A．waves

B．wind

C．hands

D．feet

小题15:

A．destroy

B．fix

C．use

D．build

小题16:

A．But

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

小题17:

A．wonder

B．feel

C．understand

D．believe

小题18:

A．strong

B．weak

C．young

D．old

小题19:

A．children

B．boys

C．girls

D．grown-ups

小题20:

A．that

B．which

C．whom

D．who

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