A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medici

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A passenger told an air hostess that he

needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off．She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes．
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger"s ring for service sounded, the air hostess flew in a flurry．She was kept so busy that she forgot to deliver him the water．As a result, the passenger was held up to take his medicine．She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it．
In the following hours on the flight, each time the stewardess passed by the passenger she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid any attention to her.
When he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very sad. She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might result in the loss of her job. But with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your sincere smiles?”
That’s right! Who can refuse your twelve sincere smiles from a person?
小题1:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The air hostess forgot the passenger’s need on purpose.

B．The air hostess suddenly realized that trouble was coming.

C．The passenger wasn’t angry at being ignored.

D．The passenger was refused to be served.

小题2:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The passenger refused to take his medicine.

B．The passenger set down his anger in the booklet.

C．The words in the booklet would never affect the air hostess.

D．The hostess finally moved the passenger with her smile.

小题3:What kind of person do you think the passenger is?

A．Forgiving.

B．Curious.

C．Sharp.

D．Enthusiastic.

小题4:As a result, the air hostess would .

A．get fired by her company	B．be hired by the passenger
C．keep her job	D．get a promotion

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C

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Everyone would like to be a millionaire , a person with a lot of money, but can you imagine having over $30 million and only being 20 years old? Britney Spears from Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana, is only 20 years old. She is a world famous film star with not only $30 million but also a $2 million house in LA. At her young age, she can look after her family financially (经济上) all her life. This year is a big year for Britney. She is now on a 31-day tour of the US and every concert is a sell-out. That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18,000 people every time. It’s a tiring schedule but brings her a lot. When touring, she goes to bed around 1 a.m. and then has a lie-in until 1 p.m. the next day. Her philosophy (人生观) is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fun.
Spears is not pleased with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to step into the movie business and try a bit of acting. She made an appearance in “Austin Power 3” this year and she is filming a teenage light play that will come out in March 2003. In this movie, she has a starring role.
For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic (热心的) about it all. If her movies are successful, her money in the bank is sure to grow by another few million dollars but she does it for the love, not the money, as she herself tells the reporters .
小题1: We can infer (推断) from the text that most millionaires are __________.

A．older than 20

B．around 20

C．in their 30s

D．in their 40s

小题2: The underlined word “you” in the first paragraph refers to __________.

A．a person in general	B．a special person
C．Britney Spears	D．a person interested in money

小题3: Which of the following is not true according to the text?

A．Though young, Britney can support her family now.

B．While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day.

C．The teenage comedy movie was based on Britney’s own story.

D．Britney will be even richer with her movies successful.

小题4:According to Britney Spears, she works __________.

A．to be a great actress

B．for the enjoyment

C．for money

D．to be more famous

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While reading a book in English, every few lines of text, you run across a word or two that you don’t know. You look up every new word in the dictionary. Bad move. All that does slow you down. Even electric or CD –ROM dictionaries can get in the way of your reading progress. A dictionary is like a road map. It can help you if you get lost and point you in the right direction. But if you stop to look at the “map” each time you take a step, you’ll get nowhere fast.
On your English learning “journey”, a dictionary can be a helpful “travel companion ”--if it is not overused. To help you start thinking in English, use an English-to-English dictionary. Otherwise, you will always depend on your native language and end up translating in your head.
A good dictionary can help you do more than just find the meaning of a word. It can help you verify (test and check) spelling, check word forms and grammar usage, find example sentence and learn pronunciation. Some dictionaries even provide exercises to teach you how to use their resources (资源) .
Take time to get to know your dictionary. Learn the pronunciation symbols (符号). Understand what the abbreviations (缩写字) mean. Try to master the important grammar rules. Look for charts, diagrams and lists that might be useful in the future. You will discover how helpful it can be to make friends with your dictionary. And as they say, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
小题1:Why do we need a good English-to-English dictionary?

A．Because it is a good friend.

B．Because it can help us to find the right direction if we get lost.

C．Without it we’ll always depend on our native language and end up translating in our head.

D．Because it can help us to start thinking in English and in Chinese.

小题2:The underlined word “that ” in the last paragraph refers to __________.

A．pronunciation symbols and grammar rules

B．abbreviations and usage for grammar rules

C．the meaning of a word, spelling and grammar usage

D．charts, diagrams and lists

小题3:According to the passage , which statement can lead you to believe?

A．The more you use a dictionary, the better you can understand the article.

B．The more you use a dictionary, the faster you may read.

C．The more you use the resources in a dictionary, the more you can benefit (受益) from it.

D．The better a dictionary is, the more expensive it is.

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Ever since humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication．Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech．When there is a language barrier(障碍), communication is completed through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas．Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to turn to this form of expression．Many of these symbols of whole words are very lively and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot．
Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either meaningfully or not．A wink(眨眼) can be a way of showing that the party is only joking．A nod means agreement, while shaking the head indicates disagreement．
Other forms of nonlinguistic(非语言的) language can be found in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals．Road maps and picture signs also guide and warn people．While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings．
小题1:Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．There are many forms of communication in use today．

B．Language is the most common form of communication．

C．Tourists are unable to use an oral form of communication．

D．Ideas and thoughts can be expressed by body language．

小题2:Which form other than oral speech could be most commonly used among deaf people?

A．Picture signs．

B．Body language

C．Braille

D．Signal flags．

小题3:Sign language is said to be very lively and exact and can be used meaningfully except for ____．

A．spelling

B．idea

C．whole words

D．expressions

小题4:How many different forms of communication are mentioned here?

A．Five

B．Eight

C．Nine

D．Three

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How do you get a man to do his share of the housework? If you are like most women, you’ve faced this question the hard way.
A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won’t make the effort to clean or organise it. This doesn"t mean that a woman has to do all the housework:; she may have to manage many of the household duties, and request her partner’s participation（参与）. A woman can often say that men and women should take equal responsibility（责任） for housework.
Very few men are raised to be fully responsible for housework, and many men look on housework as women’s work. On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings, and it’s important that you give your man appreciation for those things, too. Most men will take on a little additional housework around the house if asked politely. They are even more likely to do housework if they can choose what they want to do, and do it without being monitored.
Here’s the key: men want to feel that they are doing housework either because they want to do a task, or because they simply want to please their women. Men are much less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant. In other words, men are likely to do a household task just for the good of the house.
小题1: The passage is mainly about how to _____.

A．get men to take on some housework

B．get men to serve their families

C．praise men’ housework

D．make men do all the housework

小题2:According to the passage, a man_____.

A．is willing to do housework

B．likes to be told to do housework

C．is taught to be responsible for housework from childhood

D．likes a clean house but doesn’t make efforts to clean it

小题3:In order to get men to do some housework, women should often_____.

A．order them to do their share

B．ask them to do some housework politely

C．blame men’s laziness

D．monitor men’s work

小题4:According to the passage, the underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that men won’t _____.

A．work without any payment

B．do unimportant household tasks

C．do housework without women’s praise

D．please their wives

小题5: According to the passage, which of the following would a husband most probably like to do?

A．Cleaning the table.	B．Doing some sewing.
C．Painting the fence.	D．Asking his wife to work on the yard.

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阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项
The art of giving gifts is to give something that others cannot buy for themselves.
                                         ------A.A. Milne
I have spent most of my career as a traveling salesman. There’s 36   lonelier than having meals myself in a coffee shop. One year, my five-year-old daughter Jeanine gave me a 37 . It was a soft toy penguin with a hand –painted 38 saying “I love My Dad!” Tears came into my eyes and immediately, I gave it a 39 place on my desk.
Soon I had to leave on another business 40 . This time when I was 41 , I put the penguin in my suitcase. After that day, Jeanine always helped me pack with the penguin. Many years 42 by and that little penguin has traveled with me hundreds of thousands of miles all across America and over to Europe. We have also made many friends 43  the way.
  44 one afternoon after leaving my hotel, I discovered that the penguin was 45 . Frantically, I phoned the hotel. The clerk 46  , saying it hadn’t been reported. But half an hour later, he called back to say that my penguin had been found. It was late, 47  I drove several hours to get my little 48 , arriving near midnight.
When I rushed to the hotel, I found that it was waiting at the front desk. In the lobby(大厅), some   49 business travelers looked at us, I think, with some 50 and envy(羡慕). Someone came out to shake my hand. One man told me that he had even volunteered to 51 it to me the very next day.
Jeannie is in college now and I don’t travel 52 much anymore. The penguin spends most of its time 53  on my dresser--- a reminder that 54  is the best traveling companion. All those years on the road, it was the one thing I never left home 55 .

小题1:

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

小题2:

A．surprise

B．gift

C．help

D．something

小题3:

A．picture

B．book

C．card

D．postcard

小题4:

A．special

B．lovely

C．flat

D．big

小题5:

A．occasion

B．trip

C．meeting

D．day

小题6:

A．leaving

B．unpacking

C．packing

D．working

小题7:

A．passed

B．went

C．flew

D．crossed

小题8:

A．in

B．by

C．at

D．along

小题9:

A．Late

B．Early

C．On

D．With

小题10:

A．broken

B．disappeared

C．gone

D．missed

小题11:

A．worried

B．confused

C．wondered

D．laughed

小题12:

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．for

小题13:

A．friend

B．relative

C．pet

D．son

小题14:

A．helpful

B．happy

C．tired

D．energetic

小题15:

A．questions

B．misunderstanding

C．puzzle

D．problems

小题16:

A．give

B．send

C．transport

D．provide

小题17:

A．as

B．very

C．too

D．quite

小题18:

A．playing

B．showing

C．standing

D．lying

小题19:

A．toy

B．penguin

C．daughter

D．love

小题20:

A．with

B．without

C．after

D．for

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