A1 Smith，former governor of New York State，was a famous honest politician．H

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A1 Smith，former governor of New York State，was a famous honest politician．He was born very poor on the East side of New York City．He hadlittle education．He worked very hard and won great success．
One day，as governor，he was visiting the state prison at Sing Sing，which one of the largest prison in the United States．The head of the prison asked Mr．Smith to say something to the prisoners．
Mr．Smith had never spoken to this kind of audience before．He did not know how to begin．
Finally，he said，“My fellow citizens．．．’’It was followed by a burst of laughter．Then he remembered that when a man goes to prison he is no longer a citizen．He took a breath and corrected himself，“My fellow prisoners．．’’That did not sound right，so he finally said：“WelI，anyway，I am giad to see so many of you here

today．’’
小题1:Who was Al Smith 。
A．A man famous for his honesty
B A very good speechmaker．
C Former governor of New York City．
D．Former governor of New York State
小题2:AI Smith succeeded ．

A．with his parents’help	B．through his own efforts
C．because he had had 1ittle education	D．because he was clever

小题3:When AI Smith said，“My fellow prisoners．．”
A．it seemed that he was kind hearted
B it seemed that he himself was one of the prisoners
C it seemed that the prisoners were glad to see him
D．it seemed that the prisoners welcomed him
小题4:What is the story mainly about?
A．A humorous joke? B A famous politician．
C．An honest story D．A prison in the United States．

答案

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:A

解析

小题1:细节题。根据首段可知A1 Smith曾是纽约州的州长。
小题2:细节题。根据首段末尾可知。
小题3:词意理解题。fellow是“同伴”之意；fellow prisoners是“狱友”之意。
小题4:主旨大意题。这只是个笑话，没有任何深层含义。文章中心也不是Al Smith，因为文章对他的介绍也只有第一段提及。

举一反三

Mrs. Janes gave music lessons at a school. She had a good voice and enjoyed singing, except that some of her high tones sound like a gate that had forgotten to oil. Mrs. Janes knew her weakness well, and took every chance she could find to practise these high notes. As she lived in a small house, where she could not practise without disturbing the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time and practised her high notes there. Whenever she heard a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and waited until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a shy person.
One afternoon, a fast, opened car came up behind her so silently and so fast that she didn’t hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most difficult tones at that time and as the car passed; she saw an anxious expression came over the driver’s face. He stopped his car suddenly, jumped out and began to examine all his tyres carefully.
Mrs. Janes didn’t dare to tell him what the noise he had heard really was, so he got back into the car and drove off.
小题1: How did Mrs. Janes sing?

A．She sang well, but she didn’t practise singing hard.

B．She enjoyed singing, but she had a terrible voice.

C．She was a good singer, but she could not sing the high tones well.

D．She sang terribly, she was no singer at all.

小题2:Why did she go for long walks along the country roads?

A．Because she enjoyed the country’s fresh air.

B．Because she was afraid to disturb the rest of the family.

C．Because she lived in a small house far away.

D．Because she was afraid to practise the high tones.

小题3: Why did the driver stop his car suddenly and jump out of it?

A．Because he supposed something must have gone wrong with his car.

B．Because he was moved by the pretty voice of Mrs. Janes.

C．Because he wondered what had happened to Mrs. Janes.

D．Because he frightened by the terrible voice of Mrs. Janes.

小题4: Where did the noise come from?

A．From the small house.	B．From Mrs. Janes’ voice.
C．From the types.	D．From the engine.

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　A man named Smith was sitting on his roof during a flood, and the water was up to his feet. Before long a fellow in a canoe passed and shouted, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground?"
　　"No, thanks," said Smith. "I have faith in God and he will save me."
　　Soon the water rose to Smith"s waist. At this point a motor boat pulled up and someone called out, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground?"
　　"No, thanks, I have faith in God and he will save me."
　　Later a helicopter flew by, and Smith was now standing on the roof with water up to his neck. "Grab the rope, "shouted the pilot. "I"ll pull you up."
　　"No, thanks," said Smith. "I have faith in God and he will save me. "But after hours of struggling with water, poor exhausted Smith drowned and went to his reward. As he arrived at the Pearly Gates, Smith met God and complained about this. "Tell me, God, "he said, "I had such faith in you to save me and you let me drown. What happened?"
　　To which God replied, "What do you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter."
　小题1:When the pilot asked Smith to grab the rope, ______.

A．Smith pulled the pilot up	B．Smith did so
C．Smith didn"t do so	D．Smith didn"t hear him

小题2:At last, poor exhausted Smith drowned and ______.

A．went to his reward	B．passed away
C．went to heaven	D．all of the above

　小题3:What do we know about Smith? ______.
　　　　A. He was a lazy man
　　　　B. He was a lucky man who believed in God
　　　　C. He was a poor man
小题4:What do you think of this passage? This passage is very ______.
　　　　A. moving　　　　B. humorous　　　C. depressing　　　D. surprising
　　　　　D. He was a silly man who believed in God

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I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which   1   their search. I found   2   and because of my shaking hands, I could   3   get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked   4   the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. I   5   to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.   6   he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently locked with mine. At that moment, I   7 . I don"t know why I did that. Perhaps it was   8 , perhaps it was because, when you get very, one to another, it is very   9   not to smile. In that instant, it was   10   a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn"t want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but   11 , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.
I   12   smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n)   13   and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new   14   too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the   15   of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I"d never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.   16   without another word, he   17   my cell (牢房) and silently led me out．Out of the jail，quietly and by back routes，out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
“My life was   18   by a smile.” Yes, the smile—the unaffected, unplanned,   19   connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could   20   each other, we wouldn"t be enemies. We couldn"t have hate or envy or fear.
1. A. had lost        B. had given        C. had escaped       D. had reached
2. A. them          B. it               C. that              D. one
3. A. barely         B. quickly          C. possibly          D. 1ikely
4. A. on       tudyez.com     B. through          C. at               D. up
5. A. whispered      B. explained        C. called out         D. repeated
6. A. As            B. before           C. after             D. until
7. A. cried          B. shook           C. refused           D. smiled
8. A. anger          B. nervousness      C. bitterness         D. sympathy
9. A. easy          B. hard             C. glad             D. embarrassed
10. A. when         B. as well as        C. as though         D. as long as
11. A. went away     B. dropped out       C. stayed far        D. stayed near
12. A. kept          B. stopped           C. began           D. forgot
13. A. stranger       B. enemy            C. opponent        D. person
14. A. idea          B. suggestion         C. impression       D. concept
15. A. cigarettes      B. bags              C. pictures         D. wallet
16. A. Intentionally   B. Unconsciously      C. Unwillingly      D. Suddenly
17. A. unfolded      B. unlocked           C. uncontrolled     D. undefended
18. A. misled        B. destroyed           C. saved          D. ignored
19. A. surprising     B. natural            C. different         D. frequent
20. A. like          B. expect            C. notice           D. recognize

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I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18. When the 1   rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles, the   2  was Marty Banderas, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft( 草稿 )of my novel three weeks earlier. “I have a couple of   3 .” Banderas saiD. “First, how old are you?” “I"m 48,” I replieD. “Are you in good   4   ?” “Yes, excellent. What’s this about? ” “I’ve sold your novels       5    one and a half million dollars.” I sat down in    6    . I had written fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been    7    by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been     8    , but not me. Each time, I just      9     writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to   10   up. Seeing this book   11   was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It"s a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller   12  two weeks after publication! I got my first lesson in story 13 from my grandmother. She used to read my stories. She was the one who gave me a    14    of words. She sparked (激发) my 15  and she has been a   16   influence on me. I always had stories running through my   17   and as soon as I could write, I   18    them down on paper. I married young and I have three children, but I never stopped writing.    19  novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I"m writing another novel now. Yes, my    20   has changed my life.
1. A. phone                      B. bell                    C. clock                     D. alarm
2. A. line                         B. step                    C. outside                  D. doorway
3. A. novels                     B. things                 C. questions               D. problems
4. A. wealth                      B. health                 C. condition                D. order
5. A. to                           B. for                     C. on                         D. in
6. A. need                        B. joy                     C. settlements             D. shock
7. A. rejected                   B. received             C. decided                  D. lost
8. A. worried                   B. encouraged         C. discouraged           D. excited
9. A. couldn"t help          B. got down to        C. got used to             D. went on
10. A. hold                      B. look                   C. give                      D. set
11. A. sold                       B. published            C. printed                  D. passed
12. A. books                    B. shops                  C. record                   D. list
13. A. writing                  B. organizing          C. telling                   D. reading
14. A. use                        B. love                   C. meaning                D. respect
15. A. hope                      B. efforts                 C. novels                   D. imagination
16. A. lasting                   B. normal               C. careful                  D. general
17. A. head                      B. mouth                C. voice                     D. work
18. A. took                      B. put                     C. broke                    D. added
19. A. writing                  B. reading               C. developing             D. translating
20. A. friend                    B. call                    C. success                  D. work

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In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother"s Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. The sun shone at an angle across the field. The game unfolding in baseball time. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up. Swinging his bat back and forth, giving it all the power an elementary school kid could gather. The boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin square in the chest.
His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn"t planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, her shift at the hospital had been changed, and she was given the night off. Penny bent over the unconscious boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and administered CPR, breathing into his mouth and administering chest press.
And he came back.
It was a good thing, for a good kid. Kevin wasn"t just a volunteer for his brother"s baseball team --- he was a Boy Scout, one who went on to achieve Scouting"s highest rank, Eagle. He became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant. He liked the people, but the work could be hard and pretty routine. Until the afternoon of January 27, 2006.
Kevin, now 17, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hustled into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking. Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he"d first learned in Scouts, he pulled suddenly inward and up, once, twice, administering the Heimlich maneuver. The food that was trapped in the woman"s throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
"The food was stuck. I couldn"t breathe," she said. She thought she was dying. "I was very frightened.”
Guess who the woman was ? Penny Brown
56. According to the passage, we can learn about Kevin that .
A. In 1999. Kevin was hit by a bat unexpectedly when he was doing baseball warming up.
B His heart disease overtook him.
C. He was hit square in the chest watching his younger brother’s team.
D. He swung his bat too fiercely and hurt himself.
57. Why was Penny Brown right at the accident spot when Kevin was hit?
A. Because she was interested in baseball.
B. Because she had had her turn to work changed.
C. Because her son was playing that evening.
D. Because she was not supposed to be at work at the hospital.
58. What does the underlined word “it ” in Paragragh5 refer to?
A. That Kevin was a bat boy.
B. That Kevin got injured.
C. That Kevin was a Boy Scout.
D. That Kevin was successfully saved.
59. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A. The Heimlich maneuver is an effective way to help those who choke.
B.CPR can be used to treat one who has no heartbeat.
C. Kevin learned some of the emergency first-aid techniques in Scout.
D. Penny Brown was not Kevin’s mother.
60. Which one is the best title of the passage?.
A. miracles take place every day.
B. acts of kindness will deserve another good deed.
C. we should learn first aid in case of emergency.
D. we should be kind to those who ever helped us.

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