阅读理解 On the day of a big event, many people came to Big Bend Mountain to wat
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On the day of a big event, many people came to Big Bend Mountain to watch.John Henry and the salesman stood side by side.Even early in the day, the sun was burning hot. The competition began.John Henry kissed his hammer and started working.At first, the steampowered drill worked two times faster than he did.Then, he started working with a hammer in each hand.He worked faster and faster.In the mountain, the heat and dust were so thick that most men would have had trouble breathing.The crowd shouted as clouds of dust came from inside the mountain. The salesman was afraid when he heard what sounded like the mountain breaking.However, it was only the sound of John Henry at work.Polly Ann and her son cheered when the machine was pulled from the tunnel of the mountain.It had broken down.Polly Ann urged John Henry to come out.But he kept working, faster and faster.He dug deep into the darkness, hitting the steel so hard that his body began to fail him.He became weak, and his heart burst. John Henry fell to the ground.There was a terrible silence.Polly Ann did not move because she knew what had happened.John Henry"s blood spilled over the ground.But he still held one of the hammers."I beat them, " he said.His wife cried out, "Don"t go, John Henry." "Bring me a cool drink of water, " he said.Then he took his last breath. His friends carried his body from the mountain.They buried him near the house where he was born. Crowds went there after they heard about John Henry"s death. Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steeldrivers.Many laborers left their families to look for work.They took the only jobs they could find.As they worked, some sang about John Henry.
1. What does the big event mentioned in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. John Henry"s work on a machine. B. A competition between John Henry and a salesman. C. John Henry"s work with his hammer and the steel. D. A competition between John Henry and a drill.
2.The underlined word "tunnel" in Paragraph 3 probably means" __". A. flat ground B. big rock C. underground passage D. hard metal
3.What happened to John Henry when he fell to the ground? A. He was tired and had to have a rest. B. He had heart trouble and was dying. C. He was thirsty and wanted to drink some water. D. He was injured slightly and was bleeding.
4.What do we know about John Henry? A. He won the competition finally. B. He was buried under the mountain. C. He loved his work very much. D. He said nothing before his death.
5.What can we infer from the passage? A. Humans can never beat machines. B. John Henry was regarded as a hero. C. Laborers hated machines very much. D. It was easy for laborers to find work. |
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语法填空 It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn"t have much time to spare.I wanted to see 1 much of the city as possible in the two days 2 I was to return to Guangzhou.My first task was to decide where to go and 3 to get there.I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city"s wellknown tourist 4 (attract) and started to read.At that moment an attractive young lady 6 noticed my book, came up to me and introduced 6 .She said her name was Miss Bai.She kindly offered to show me 7 the city.I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first 8 (go) to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge.I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn"t so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge. 9 it was broken, did she expect me to jump across?And I couldn"t swim, so if I fell in then I would drown.That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation, 10 (close) my book and walked away. |
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Once a beautiful diamond necklace of a king was lost.The king then offered a 1 for $ 50,000 for anybody who found it. One day a clerk was walking along a 2 next to an industrial area, which was completely polluted and smelly.Suddenly, he saw something 3 in the river and when he looked carefully, he saw the diamond necklace.He decided to try and catch it so that he could get the 4 .He put his hand in the dirty river and grabbed at the necklace, but somehow 5 it.He then walked in the water and put his whole arm in.But strangely, he still missed it!He came out, feeling 6 . Then again he saw the necklace, 7 there.This time he dived into the river.He searched everywhere and yet he 8 . Just then an old man who was 9 , saw him, and asked him what was the matter.The clerk didn"t want to share the secret with him, so he 10 to tell him anything.But the old man could see the clerk was 11 and promised he would not tell anyone about it.The clerk then decided to put some 12 in the old man. He talked about the necklace and how he tried to catch it, but 13 failing.The old man suggested that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river.The clerk looked up, and 14 enough, the necklace was hanging on a 15 .He had been trying to get a reflection (倒影) of the real necklace all the time. Material happiness is just like the polluted river, because it is a reflection of the true happiness in the spiritual world. |
( )1. A. competition ( )2. A. playground ( )3. A. waving ( )4. A. money ( )5. A. missed ( )6. A. afraid ( )7. A. up ( )8. A. waited ( )9. A. coming back ( )10. A. managed ( )11. A. interested ( )12. A. happiness ( )13. A. forgot ( )14. A. straight ( )15. A. branch | B. notice B. beach B. swimming B. power B. followed B. happy B. right B. left B. passing by B. determined B. surprised B. faith B. minded B. true B. house | C. reward C. street C. shining C. treasure C. touched C. guilty C. over C. started C. getting up C. refused C. scared C. luck C. kept C. far C. stick | D. gift D. river D. moving D. pleasure D. caught D. depressed D. out D. failed D. sitting down D. offered D. troubled D. courage D. enjoyed D. near D. wire | 语法填空 One evening, I came across one of son"s papers with a failing grade.I almost started to yell his name 1 I suddenly remembered he was in bed asleep.It was his 2 (nine) year of school and his academic career seemed to be in ruins, so I was angry.But I put the paper aside and turned to the 3 one, at the top of which were written "My dad".It was a poem about me, 4 included the time I had to leave work to take him to the hospital because he 5 (break) his finger.So careless was I 6 I had forgotten all about that.He talked about how I wrestled with him in the evenings and 7 good many other things.That paper was suddenly not nearly as important as it had been a few minutes 8 .I don"t know if he planted the poem next to the failing grade to 9 (soft) the blow, but it worked.Instead of a severe lecture, I talked to him about the poem as well as the failed homework, and it began to make sense to me that I could include praise along 10 constructive criticism. | 完形填空 | On Monday at 2: 35 p.m., a bus full of passengers was going to Bungalow.It was so 1 that you had to struggle even to get room to stand- 2 about a seat. At one stop, an old lady 3 the bus.She looked tired and I thought she was not 4 also.After a few minutes, her 5 were shaking slightly.She was looking around to find a 6 .She asked a few guys to let her sit because she had a problem of arthritis (关节炎)in her knees. 7 responded to her positively, so she was feeling helpless. I noticed she was facing a lot of 8 and she was trying to hide it but did not 9 .I was thinking of giving her my seat, but was fighting in my mind about why I should give her my seat.I 10 it myself: Because she is old and it"s my duty to help her.But I 11 that this is Mumbai (孟买), where to help anybody may be dangerous.I was hesitating (犹豫)about it. Before I asked the lady to take my seat, an old man stood and 12 her his seat.The man, who traveled his rest journey standing, had only one leg. I found myself in an ocean of 13 and guilt-why didn"t I help her?My journey ended but I still regretted that I wasted my time in thinking when it was the right thing to do. Now I 14 travel by bus and have decided to never waste time in thinking to help anybody whatever it results in.I will help although it is 15 to actually do. | ( )1. A. broken ( )2. A. forget ( )3. A. got off ( )4. A. clever ( )5. A. hands ( )6. A. stick ( )7. A. Nobody ( )8. A. damage ( )9. A. lie ( )10. A. answered ( )11. A. introduced ( )12. A. passed ( )13. A. hope ( )14. A. even ( )15. A. more beneficial | B. crowded B. talk B. broke into B. pretty B. legs B. ticket B. Somebody B. pressure B. agree B. asked B. noticed B. offered B. fear B. still B. more dangerous | C. small C. worry C. came on C. selfish C. ears C. support C. All C. pain C. admit C. refused C. feared C. showed C. shame C. never C. harder | D. slow D. know D. looked for D. well D. shoulders D. place D. Neither D. anger D. succeed D. suggested D. heard D. found D. sadness D. ever D. easier | 阅读理解 | We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class. "You could win prizes, " our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, "The first prize is ten dollars.You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster." We studied the board critically.Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs.Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought.We had plans for that tendollar grand prize, each and every one of us.I"m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while an other practiced looking serious, wise and rich. Everyone in the class made a poster.Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper.Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer"s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students" desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness.It was yet another grownup trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always-always-rewarding the same old winners. I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can"t say that with any certainty.I made it.I admired it.I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in. Minutes passed. No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again. I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster?when the teacher gave me an envelope with a tendollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
1.What was the teacher"s requirement for the poster? A. It must appear in time. B. It must be done in class. C. It must be done on a construction sheet. D. It must include the words on the blackboard.
2.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means ___. A. formed an idea for B. made an outline for C. made some space for D. chose some colors for
3. After the teacher"s words, all the students in the class ____ . A. looked very serious B. thought they would be rich C. began to think about their designs D. began to play games
4. After seeing the good students" designs, some students ____. A. loved their own designs more B. thought they had a fair chance C. put their own designs in a corner D. thought they would not win the prize
5.We can infer from the passage that the author ____ . A.enjoyed grownup tricks very much B.loved poster competitions very much C.felt surprised to win the competition D.became wise and rich after the competition |
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