阅读理解。 Amie Carton was only 18 months old when she had the accident that scar
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Amie Carton was only 18 months old when she had the accident that scarred (留下创伤) her for life. The curious child reached up to get the wire of a hot kettle in the kitchen and poured boiling water over her body. Her mother Ruby called an ambulance which rushed her to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Amie" s body had been burned and all of her bums were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Amie" s body, doctors performed complex skin grafts (移植) to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Amie had 12 more operations to repair her body. When she started school at age 4 , other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn"t play with her." I was the only burned child in the street," she recalled, " some children refused to become friends because of that." Today, age 17, Amie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin grafts. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young bums victims. She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children"s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Amie will be joining the younger children at the Graff ham Water Center for the charity" s first summer camp. "I"ll show them how to treat others" unkind stares as unimportant and not worry about them," she says. Amie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the younger children at the summer camp that they can too." I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars," she says, "I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago." |
1.When Amie first went to school, other children ______. |
A. took interest in her injuries B. hoped to be her friends C. were cruel to her D. were afraid of her |
2.Why does Amie join younger children at the Graffham Water Center? |
A. To face others" unkindness bravely. B. To live a normal life. C. To show her fashionable sleeveless tops. D. To recover from injuries. |
3. What does the writer think of Amie? |
A. Generous. B. Powerful. C. Optimistic. D. Fashionable. |
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Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, " Would you mind 1 your seat? A couple would like to sit together." The only 2 seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. " 3 am I going to sit there," I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, "She needs help." Finally, I 4 to move to that seat. The girl was named Kathy. She 5 hurt in a car accident and now was on her way for 6 . When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to 7 that Kathy would not be able to 8 herself. I considered 9 to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too 10 to offer a service to a 11 . But then I realized that Kathy"s need was more 12 than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and 13 she was uncomfortable to accept, she 14 as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart 15 , and the 16 was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself. I was very glad I had reached 17 my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love 18 flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us 19 . When we 20 to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world. |
( )1. A. losing ( )2. A. comfortable ( )3. A. No problem ( )4. A. decided ( )5. A. has been ( )6. A. treatment ( )7. A. know ( )8. A. eat ( )9. A. offering ( )10. A. impolite ( )11. A. girl ( )12. A. unusual ( )13. A. when ( )14. A. refused ( )15. A. had warmed ( )16. A. life ( )17. A. below ( )18. A. seldom ( )19. A. separate ( )20. A. happen | B. changing B. suitable B. No way B. wanted B. would be B. travel B. say B. feed B. needing B. far B. neighbor B. direct B. although B. wondered B. had jumped B. money B. through B. never B. independent B. stretch | C. taking C. available C. Nowhere C. regretted C. used to be C. pleasure C. realize C. choose C. stopping C. close C. passenger C. important C. since C. cried C. had broken C. time C. across C. hardly C. silent C. wait | D. giving D. favorable D. No doubt D. promised D. had been D. business D. recognize D. support D. trying D. fast D. stranger D. shameful D. as D. did D. had cheered D. energy D. beyond D. sometimes D. upset D. continue |
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As Mrs Thompson stood in front of her 5 grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. But that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs Thompson noticed that he didn"t play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X"s and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers. However, when she reviewed his file, she got a surprise. Teddy"s first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners…, he is a joy to be around ." His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle." His third grade teacher wrote, " His mother"s death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best but his father doesn"t show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren"t taken." Teddy"s fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn"t show much interest in school. He doesn"t have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class." Now, Mrs Thompson was ashamed of herself and felt worse when her students brought her beautifully wrapped Christmas presents. Teddy"s present, however, was clumsily wrapped in rough brown grocery paper. Taking her time she opened it to reveal Teddy"s gifts, a shinestone bracelet with stones missing and a quarter full perfume bottle. How the children laughed! " What a pretty bracelet! Mm, lovely perfume! Perfect on my wrist." The children were silent. Alone together, after school, Teddy told Mrs Thompson, " Today you smelled just like my Mom used to …" His teacher cried all night and,from that day, she stopped teaching reading, writing ,and arithmetic and began to teach children instead. |
1. What is the best title of this text? |
A. A Student"s Best Friend B. How to Be a Good Students C. The Story of a Good Teacher D. A Teacher"s Lesson |
2. Which of the following is true about Teddy? |
A. He only bathed once a week. B. He had no friends at school. C. His clothes were usually untidy. D. He was the worst student in the class. |
3. How did Teddy"s behavior change between Grades1 and 4? |
A. He became better at making friends. B. He became closer to his father. C. He paid less attention to school. D. He stopped doing his homework. |
4. Why did Mrs Thompson feel ashamed after she read Teddy"s file? |
A. She didn"t treat Teddy fairly. B. She was being unpleasant to Teddy. C. She took delight in failing Teddy in the exam. D. She disliked Teddy for all his problems. |
5. We can learn from the last paragraph that_____. |
A. Mrs Thompson was deeply hurt by Teddy"s words B. Teddy missed his mother and desired love very much C. Mrs Thompson realized it useless to teach knowledge D. Mrs Thompson cried because she lied to Teddy about his presents |
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Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England"s rural Devonshire. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon. The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway"s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man"s cold-water exploits ( 成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic Explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to the Pole aren"t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn"t say, "You"re completely crazy,"" Saunders says. In 2001,after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a close encounter(遭遇)with a polar bear. Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he"s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation. This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1,800-mile journey that has never been complete on skis. |
1. The turning point in Saunders" life came when ______. |
A. he started to play ball game B. he got a mountain bike at age 15 C. he ran his first marathon at age 18 D. he started to receive Ridgway"s training |
2. We can learn from the text that Ridgway______ . |
A. dismissed Saunders" dream as fantasy B. built up his body together with Saunders C. hired Saunders for his cold-water experience D. won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic |
3. What do we know about Saunders? |
A. He once worked at a school in Scotland. B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole. C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid. D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole. |
4. The underlined word "intrigued" in the third paragraph probable means _____. |
A. Excited B. Convinced C. Delighted D. Fascinated |
5. It can be inferred that Saunders" journey to the North Pole ______. |
A. was accompanied by his old playmates B. set a record in the North Pole expedition C. was supported by other Arctic explorers D. made him well-known in the 1960s |
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I was on my way to visit my cousin in Wales. I was driving on the motorway 1 somehow I lost control of my car. It ran into a smaller car, with parents and three young children in it. 2 , no one was hurt but the experience was very 3 . There was so much 4 that my first thought was to just 5 my car as fast as I could. I could hear the children from the car behind me 6 . when I got out, I could see the mum was trying hard to 7 her crying children and move them away from the smoking 8 at the same time. I was shocked. I though it would be 9 that the parents would be angry and upset. But 10 being angry with me, the mum simply said to me "Come here. You need to join in our hug. " Really? I couldn"t 11 my ears. It was such a warm gesture from someone whose family had just been 12 be me! I felt much 13 afterwards. Meanwhile, the father was getting the children"s 14 out of the back of his car because it was freezing outside. When he came back, he asked me if I was okay and then gave me a 15 too! I couldn"t believe it! I could see that he was completely shocked and dazed(茫然的)and yet he 16 managed this wonderful and warm gesture. To find pity in a moment like that is 17 incredible (难以置 信的). Later, I overheard the couple telling their children that the important thing to 18 was that they were all okay and unhurt! The story didn"t stop there… A few hours later, after I reached my cousin"s home, the father 19 me to see if I had got hom okay and make sure that I was all right. Incredible people do 20 , but to actually meet them, especially during such a frightening moment, was just so incredible. |
( )1. A. when ( )2. A. Clearly ( )3. A. frightening ( )4. A. fire ( )5. A. look out of ( )6. A. talking ( )7. A. comfort ( )8. A. trains ( )9. A. terrible ( )10. A. in favor of ( )11. A. believe ( )12. A. damaged ( )13. A. sadder ( )14. A. bags ( )15. A. hug ( )16. A. even ( )17. A. nearly ( )18. A. focus on ( )19. A. wrote ( )20. A. stay | B. until B. Strangely B. interesting B. smoke B. give up B. singing B. hold B. cars B. obvious B. in case of B. see B. hit B. safer B. books B. smile B. already B. mostly B. refer to B. found B. care | C. before C. Luckily C. depressing C. noise C. get out of C. screaming C. separate C. taxis C. natural C. other than C. find C. attacked C. worse C. toys C. speech C. still C. hardly C. speak of C. rang C. arrive | D. while D. Exactly D. surprising D. traffic D. pick up D. quarrelling D. satisfy D. trucks D. ordinary D. instead of D. feel D. saved D. better D. coats D. hand D. just D. truly D. point to D. followed D. exist |
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My goddaughter, Shari, owns The Berry Factory in Sacramento, California, and her mother, Joan, and I were helping with the Valentine"s Day rush of 2011. We"d been preparing hundreds of berries, arranged gift baskets and packaged orders to be shipped around the country. By the end of the day and I were exhausted. Shari didn"t seem tired. That was what Shari liked doing especially when she gave someone else something. I"d seen her give away berries to everybody-parking attendants, mail carriers, hairdressers. "For me?" they"d say, breaking into a smile. As a "thank you", Shari took us out for dinner. But there was a 45-munite wait at her favorite restaurant. "No big deal. There"s another place just up the road," she said, driving us there. This time we walked right in. While the waitress took our drink orders Shari reached into her handbag, pulling something out. "I want you to have these," she said, handing the waitress a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries. "Will she love those berries!"I said to myself. But the waitress seemed extremely surprised. She hardly let out a "Thank you" before grabbing the box and rushing into the kitchen. A few minutes later, the waitress returned with our iced tea. " I apologize," she said. " It"s just …my best friend and I made an agreement to send each other something every Valentine"s Day. But she passed last year. I didn"t know how I"d get through this day without her. Then you handed me that box." "I"m so sorry to hear that," said Shari. " It"s not much, but I hope you can enjoy them." "Oh, I will," the waitress said. " See, every year we always sent each other the same thing: a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries bought from our favorite store, The Berry Factory. |
1. The first paragraph is mainly about _____. |
A. something about Shari"s job B. something about The Berry Factory C. how they celebrated Valentine"s Day D. what they did on Valentine"s Day |
2. Why did the waitress apologize to Shari? |
A. Because she had a bad service to Shari B. Because she didn"t express her thanks to Shari C. Because she didn"t pay for the strawberries D. Because she didn"t take Shari"s drink order |
3. What do we know about the waitress? |
A. She was unhappy with Shari"s gift B. She was a new customer at Shari"s store C. She would be very depressed without Shari"s gift D. She was reminded of her dead friend by Shari"s gift |
4. What"s the right order of the following events? a. The author, Joan and Shari arranged gift baskets. b. The waitress" friend sent her a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries. c. The author, Joan and Shari went to a restaurant up the road. d. Shari gave the waitress a box of strawberries. |
A. a, b, d, c B. a, c, d, b C. b,d,a,c D. b,a,c,d |
5. Which of the following words can be used to describe Shari? |
A. Kind and generous B. Humorous and intelligent C. Energetic but careless D. Hard-working but selfish |
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