Sherlock Holmes is considered by many people as the greatest detective in fictio
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Sherlock Holmes is considered by many people as the greatest detective in fictional literature. He is, in fact, more famous than his own creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the popular series of stories, Holmes is described as “tall and lean, pope-smoking, always in his cape and speaks in a splendid manner”. Doyle gave Holmes’ address as 221-B Baker Street, London, and to this day some visitors to London still go to Baker Street to search for 221-B. Of course, there never was really any such address. Holmes’ flat was supposed to be shared by the lovable, but sometimes clumsy Doctor Watson who went around with Holmes trying to solve crimes before Holmes did. Poor Dr Watson lost out to Holmes every time.
Doyle gave Holmes a masterly skill of deduction---the ability to come up with interesting conclusion from the simplest clues found at the scene of a crime. Doyle said that the description of Holmes was modeled on one of his lecturers at Edinburgh University where he studied medicine. That man was Dr Joseph Bell. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet published in 1887. Holmes was so loved by all that when his author killed him off in one of his stories, readers wrote in anger to complain. They refused to allow Holmes to die! Holmes was brought back to “life” and appeared in further stories.
The stories of Sherlock Holmes have been reprinted many times ever since then. Today we can watch Holmes at work on cinema and television screens as well as on stage.
小题1:Sherlock Holmes was________.| A．the greatest detective who ever lived | | B．Dr Joseph Bell | | C．Arthur Conan Doyle | | D．only a character made up by Arthur Conan Dolye |
小题2:Dr Watson was________.| A．tall and learn | | B．lovable but always clumsy | | C．lovable but sometimes clumsy | | D．lovable and never clumsy |
小题3:Holmes was supposed to have lived_______.| A．with Dr Watson | B．with Dr Joseph Bell | | C．with the greatest detective | D．with Doyle |
小题4:Doyle made up the description of Holmes_______.| A．from his own imagination | | B．based on a famous London doctor | | C．based on Dr Joseph Bell at Edinburgh University | | D．based on a model of Holmes |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C |
解析
小题1:从第一段前两句话可知：Holmes (福尔摩斯）被公认为是虚构文学中最伟大的侦探家，事实上他比他的创作者Arthur Conan Doyle 先生还出名，由此可知Holmes是Arthur Conan Doyle 笔下虚构的一个人物形象。
小题2:由第一段倒数第二句话可知：福尔摩斯和很可爱但有时难免笨拙的华伦医生住在一起。华伦医生伴随福尔摩斯左右并试图在福尔摩斯之前破案，但可怜的他每次都输给福尔摩斯。由此可知答案。
小题3:由第一段倒数第二句可知在小说中Holmes即福尔摩斯被安排和华伦医生住在一起，故选A。
小题4:由第二段第二句话可知福尔摩斯的原型来源于爱丁堡大学的Joseph Bell 博士。 |
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My name is Liana Wexler. I’m 12 years old, and I am the founder of “Kids for Kerry”. “Kids for Kerry” is a grassroots organization of kids that support John Kerry, want to help their futures, and get active in politics.
When my parents went to see Teresa Heinz Kerry speak, they told me that she was amazing! And they thought John Kerry would make a great President. I decided to find out more about John Kerry. I talk about what I learned by using my ABCs. “A” is America. John Kerry is a hero to America, and he will help our futures. He is a great and positive role model. “B” is Better education. John Kerry wants to make class sizes smaller, so that children get the best part out of learning. He wants to help teachers because being a teacher is educating children, and letting them out into the world to do the good things. “C” is Compassion（怜悯;同情） towards children. John Kerry wants to make sure that health care is not a privilege, but it is something that we can all afford. This summer, I was supposed to go to my favorite camp But instead, I decided to go to John Kerry’s office every day. Kids can really help!
On KidsforKerry.org, we have an interactive presidential quiz. There are 270 questions for the electoral votes John Kerry will win. Plus, 25 questions to make up for Florida from the last election. Out next goal is to have a petition (请求) for “National No Name—Calling Day”, a day that the candidates don’t say anything negative about one another. When our Vice President had a disagreement with a Democratic Senator, he used a REALLY BAD word. If I said that—if I said that word, I would be put in a “time-out (暂停休息)”. I think he should be put in a time-out.
小题1:What would be the best title for this passage?| A．John Kerry | B．A letter to John Kerry | | C．Kids for Kerry | D．John Kerry: Our to-be President |
小题2:According to the passage we know that____.| A．only children in America want John Kerry to be their next President | | B．John Kerry cares much for education but takes little compassion on teachers | | C．Liana wishes John Kerry to be the President of America | | D．Liana thinks John Kerry should be put in a time-out |
小题3:Liana Wexler considers John Kerry to be____.| A．a good | B．a hero to America | | C．a confident man | D．a persuasive speaker |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?| A．“Kids for Kerry” is a grassroots organization of kids that support whoever wins the presidential election. | | B．Liana Wexler is the founder of “Kids for Kerry” | | C．“Kids for Kerry” has an interactive presidential quiz on-line. | | D．Education and health care are two things-with which American citizens concern themselves most. |
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One kilogram——that was all it took to crown（给……加冕） the world"s strongest man.
German weightlifter Matthias Steiner pulled ahead of Russian rival Evgeny Chigishev to win the Olympic men"s +105 kg weightlifting gold medal on Tuesday.
Steiner lifted a total of 461kg, 203kg in the snatch(抓举) and 258kg in the clean and jerk(挺举), to beat Chigishev by a single kilogram. The German won the battle of giants in his last lift, winning his country"s first gold medal in the event at this year"s Games.
Steiner"s winning lift was also the last effort of the sport for this Olympics at which China earned eight of the 15 golds.
Steiner was born in Austria and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago, placing seventh in the lower 105kg category, but had a falling out with Austria"s weightlifting federation afterwards.
He applied for German citizenship in 2005 and got married, but his career went into deep freeze（困境）as he could not compete without a passport. He finally obtained the document last January.
The German, who turns 26 on Monday, had come to these Games on a mission to win the title for his wife Susann, who died in a car accident in July last year. The German team said he used the personal tragedy to motivate himself to win the gold medal.
Chigishev was the strongest in the snatch session Tuesday. He kissed his fists after a 210-kg lift that gave him a 7-kg advantage over fourth-placed Steiner going into the second event -- the clean and jerk. He let out a victorious roar after clearing 250 kg in his last lift, but the glory was short-lived as Steiner stunned（使瞠目）everyone with his final, winning clean and jerk effort.
Steiner had finished seventh in the 2004 Olympics in the 105kg weight category, and took the gold in the 2008 European Championship +105kg snatch competition, bronze in the clean and jerk and silver overall, with a total weight of 446kg.
World champion Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia settled for bronze.
小题1:Four years ago at the Athens Olympics Steiner represented ______.| A．Australia | B．Germany | C．Austria | D．Russia |
小题2:The following statements are true except ______.| A．Steiner beat Chigishev by one kilogram | | B．Chinese weightlifting team won eight of the 15 gold medals at this year’s Games | | C．Steiner didn’t get the passport until last February | | D．Steiner got a bronze in the 2008 European Championship +105kg clean and jerk competition |
小题3:It can be inferred from the story that _____.| A．Steiner was inspired by his unfortunate wife to win the gold medal | | B．Chigishev was also the strongest in the second event | | C．it is hard to get a German citizenship | | D．Steiner was determined to win the medal for the German team |
小题4:What is the best title of the story?| A．Narrow Victory | B．Pitiful Failure | | C．Gold Medal for His Dearest Wife | D．Strongest Man of the World |
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On May 29, 1973, Thomas Bradley, a black man, was elected mayor of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is the third largest city in the United States, with a population of three million. About sixteen percent of the city’s population are black.
News of this election appeared on the front pages of newspapers everywhere in the United States. Here is how one major newspaper reported the event:
LOS ANGELES ELECTS BRADLEY MAYOR UNSEATING YORTYBLACK WINS 56% OF VOTES
Bradley called his victory over Yorty “the fulfillment (实现) of a dream”. During his childhood and youth, people had kept telling him, “You can’t do this, you can’t go there, because you are a Negro.” Nevertheless he had won a decisive victory over a man who had been won 43.7 percent.
Los Angeles voters have had many opportunities to judge. Thomas Bradley had to form an opinion of him. The son of a poor farmer Texas, he joined the Los Angeles police force in 1940. During his twenty-one years on the police force he earned a law degree by attending school at night. He was elected to the city council (市政厅) ten years ago.
At the time of the Los Angeles election, three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles. Besides, the percentage of blacks in those other cities was much larger. Cleveland, Ohio, had thirty-six percent black when Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967. In the same year Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Cary. In Newark, New Jersey, sixty percent of the population were black when Kenneth Gibson was elected in 1970. Thus election of a black mayor in those cities was not very surprising.
In Los Angeles thousands of white citizens voted for Thomas Bradley because they believed he would be a better mayor than the white candidate(候选人). Bradley had spent forty-eight of his fifty-five years in Los Angeles. Four years ago Bradley lost mayoral election to Yorty. This time Bradley won.
小题1:In the author’s opinion, it was surprising that _______.| A．the whites would vote for a black mayor | | B．a black mayor would be elected in such a large city | | C．a black from a poor farmer’s family could be elected mayor of Los Angeles | | D．there would be so many black mayors |
小题2:From the passage we can infer that people ________.| A．voted for Bradley because of his black color | | B．didn’t care much about his color when they voted | | C．voted for him to give a chance to fulfill his dream | | D．voted for Bradley because they trust him |
小题3: Bradley hit the front page headline for _______.| A．he was the first black mayor in history | | B．he was the first black mayor in the south of USA | | C．he was the first black mayor of one of the largest cities in USA | | D．a poor farmer’s son could also win an important election |
小题4: From Bradley’s victory in the election we can see that ________.| A．blacks had equal rights as whites in the USA | | B．black people’s situation began to be improving much more than before | | C．one can be successful through hard work in the USA no matter what color he is | | D．it is certain that someday the USA will have a black president |
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In October 1961 at Crowley Field in Cincinnati Ohio an old deaf gentleman named William E. Hoy stood up to throw the first ball of the World Series. Most people at Crowley Field on that day probably did not remember Hoy because he had retired(退休) from professional baseball 58 years earlier in 1903. However he had been an outstanding player and the deaf people still talk about him and his years in baseball.
William E. Hoy was born in Houckstown Ohio on May 23, 1862. He became deaf when he was two years old. He attended the Columbus Ohio School for the deaf. After graduation he started playing baseball while working as a shoemaker.
Hoy began playing professional baseball in 1886 for Oshkosh(Wisconsin) of the Northwestern League. In 1888 he started as an outfielder(外场手) with the old Washington Senators. His small figure and speed made him an outstanding base runner. He was very good at stealing bases during his career. In the 1888 major league season he stole 82 bases. He was also the Senators’ leading hitter in 1888. Hoy was clever and he threw right-handed and batted left-handed. On June 19,1889 he threw out three batters(击球手) at the plate from his outfield position.
The arm signals used by judges today to show balls and strikes began because of Hoy. The judge lifted his right arm to show that the pitch was a strike and his left arm to signal that it was a ball.
For many years people talked about Hoy’s last ball game in 1903. He was playing for Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast Winter League. It was a memorable game because Hoy hit a wonderful ball which won the game. It was a very foggy day and therefore very hard to see the ball. In the ninth inning(棒球的一局) with two men out, Hoy managed to catch a fly ball to make the third out in spite of the fog. Los Angeles defeated their opposition and won the game.
After he retired Hoy stayed busy. He ran a dairy farm near Cincinnati for 20 years. He also became a public speaker and traveled giving speeches. Until a few years before his death he took 4-10 mile walks several mornings a week. On December 15, 1961 William Hoy died at the age of 99.
小题1:In which order did the following things happen in Hoy’s life?
a. Hoy worked as a shoemaker.
b. Hoy began to run a diary farm.
c. Hoy played a memorable game in the heavy fog.
d. Hoy threw the first ball of the World Series.
e. Hoy became deaf. | A．d e a c b | B．e a c b d | C．d a e c b | D．e a b c d |
小题2:We can infer from the last paragraph that Hoy _______ in his late years. | A．became famous | B．led a relaxed life | | C．traveled around the world | D．was in good physical condition |
小题3:This passage is mainly about _______. | A．a deaf player devoted to the game of baseball | | B．baseball game rules and important players | | C．the rise in the social position of the deaf people | | D．where the baseball judge hand signals came from |
小题4:What can be inferred from this passage?| A．Hoy was the greatest baseball player in his time. | | B．Speaking and listening are not necessary in baseball games. | | C．The judge had to study the hand signals very seriously. | | D．Hoy’s family encouraged him to become a baseball player. |
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At the time, I would go out in the evening with my parents. But this time I had borrowed a bicycle from a friend of mine. I didn’t know why, but once I was on my own bicycle, a kind of free feeling flooded through me. The faster I rode, the faster I wanted to go! Far ahead, I rode as if my life depended on it, head down, hands grasping the handbars. I meant to get to Jinghai Bar as fast as I could...
Oh! My hands! Don’t come any closer... Don’t touch me! That poor doctor just couldn’t get my gloves off. Each time he took a step towards me, I broke into painful shouting. Much later, I discovered that I had crashed(碰撞) heavily with another bicycle, and I hadn’t spoken one word of sense for at least three hours! After some time, my mother arrived at the hospital, her face as white as a sheet, and gave me a hug(拥抱), only then did the doctor begin to stitch(缝合) my head wound, not only did he merrily cut off a long lock of my hair, but used no anaesthetic(麻药) either! Later. I seemed to hear faraway voices saying that my right hand was broken. I almost burst into tears. How would I ever play the piano again?
小题1:On her way to Jinghai, the writer felt _______.| A．nervous | B．comfortable | C．light-hearted | D．upset |
小题2:Why did the writer ride a bicycle to Jinghai Bar that evening?| A．Because she wanted to attend a party on time. | | B．Because she wanted to meet her friend who was waiting for her there. | | C．Because she just wanted, to join some of her friends and drink some wine. | | D．We are not quite sure about what she was really going there for. |
小题3:What did the writer think of the doctor?| A．Friendly. | B．Cruel. | C．Hardworking. | D．Kind. |
小题4:One thing is sure, that is, before she was wounded she _______.| A．often went to Jinghai Bar with her friends | | B．liked playing the piano | | C．didn’t like any doctors at all | | D．would burst into tears when she was in trouble |
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