阅读理解。 Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big ambition-to
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Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big ambition-to play the drums in a band. But one big obstacle lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy. One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there"s no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut. With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit(成套设备) and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child. It wasn"t long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band. Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: ""If those old people next - door hadn"t mattered so much to me, I wouldn"t have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened."" |
1. Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places? |
A. Because she didn"t want others to hear her play. B. Because she didn"t want to disturb others. C. Because she didn"t have a large house. D. Because she liked to play in strange places. |
2. Brenda started to give concerts _______ . |
A. after she practiced in her space bubble B. when she became part of the unique space journey C. after she became a real musical astronaut D. when people came to see her in the space bubble |
3. Brenda became famous because _______ . |
A. she made a space suit B. she became a real musical astronaut C. she played drums in her space bubble D. she played drums in a band |
4. Which of the following can be used to describe Brenda? |
A. kind, hardworking and clever B. brave, kind and hardworking C. lovely, brave and kind D. nervous, kind and clever |
5. We can draw a conclusion from the passage that: " _______". |
A. He laughs best who laughs last B. It"s never too old to learn C. Two heads are better than one D. One good turn deserves another |
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1-5: BACAD |
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〔1〕"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. " If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you"ll realize that it wouldn"t have happened if not for that previous disappointment." 〔2〕Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. 〔3〕In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn"t risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that"ll give you a chance," she said. 〔4〕I returned home to Dixon, Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But ______ _ . 〔5〕My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer. 〔6〕As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can"t get a job in a radio station?" 〔7〕I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. I got the job! 〔8〕On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother"s words: … |
1. How did the writer discover that his mother was right? ( no more than 10 words ) ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Fill in the blank with proper words in paragraph 4 to complete the sentence. ( no more than 6 words ) ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did the writer say ""My disappointment must have shown"" in paragraph 5? Find details to support your idea. ( no more than 20 words ) ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 into Chinese. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What can you learn from the passage? (no more than 30 words) ______________________________________________________________________________ |
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Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,"Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?" Tom at once answered, "Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.""That"s very good, "Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said."Yes, Kate." "I disagree,"Kate said."Your brother would hear you earlier because when it"s 11 o"clock here it"s only 8 o"clock in Los Angeles." |
1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class_________. A. how to telephone B. about electricity C .about time zone D. about sound 2. Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______. A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away C. her students had grasped her lesson D. sound waves were slower than electricity 3. Tom thought that electricity was _________. A. slower than sound waves B. faster than sound waves C. not so fast as sound waves D. as fast as sound waves 4. Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______. A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York B. electricity was slower than sound waves C. Tom was not good at physics at all D. Tom"s answer had nothing to do with sound waves 5. Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics? A. Tom"s B. Kate"s C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B |
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I am a sales representative and travel all over England to visit my customers. One cold February morning I was due to visit a store at 9 am. I 1 my car, bundled my scarf around me and 2 up the street towards his shop front. The Street where his store was 3 was partially blocked by two large, ruddy faced workmen who were tearing up the concrete. I prepared myself for the 4 cat calls (起哄). I was up early, out in the cold, and probably to be seen as a funny scene by two men I didn"t even 5 . Then I stopped and 6 my own father. Both he and my grandfather had 7 much of their early careers working outside in similar jobs before they 8 and became engineers. I recalled how hard Dad worked, in all kinds of 9 -;how he"d come home with sunburn or frost nip (冻伤). I realized that if was cold then these two guys were probably 10 , given that it looked as though they"d already been 11 for hours. My customer"s shop wasn"t open yet but I was beyond being annoyed at his 12 . I Went to a coffee sh、op around the comer, 13 myself a hot chocolate, then two more with whipped cream .I made my 14 down the Street to wards the workmen. One of them turned to me with a wide smile and 15 me with a joking "Oh lovey, you shouldn"t have!" To his 16 , I passed him the tray with the two 17 chocolates. I replied," Maybe not. 18 it"s too cold to be working outside today." I got two looks of genuine (真诚的) 19 , and a timely reminder that it"s as easy to be 20 as it is to pre-judge-but the former is so much nicer! |
( )1. A. drove ( )2. A. wandered ( )3. A. locate ( )4. A. cheering ( )5. A. see ( )6. A. met ( )7. A. wasted ( )8. A. retired ( )9. A. weather ( )10. A. hungry ( )11. A. waiting ( )12. A. rudeness ( )13. A. ordered ( )14. A. promise ( )15. A. caught ( )16. As hame ( )17. A. cold ( )18. A. So ( )19. A. thanks ( )20. A. shy | B. parked B. traveled B. served B. expected B. notice B. called B. spent B. reded B. streets B. freezing B. playing B. coldness B looked B. decision B. greeted B. honor B. hot B. or B. surprise B. careful | C. stopped C. stopped C. laid C. pleasant C. find C. remembered C. spared C. qualified C. pressure C. excited C. chatting C. lateness C. filled C. way C. suggested. C. sorrow C. special C. But C. trust C. grateful | D. pulled D. pulled D. stationed D. interesting D. know D. asked D. kept D. aged D. stores D. thirsty D. working D. disappearance D. poured D. choice D. warned D. shock D. soft D. And D. upset D. kind |
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Before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. He targeted a company which planned to 1 only one person. However, there Were over 20 candidates, among whom was my son. I 2 him, "It"s difficult to get into the company. Don"t 3 too much for fear that you would feel disappointed when you fail." My son said smilingly, " 4 I try, there will be hope!" Of the 20 candidates, only three could 5 the final round, which would later decide the one to be employed. Everything seemed to 6 quite well and my son 7 the first round and entered the final. Unexpectedly, the final interview was unbelievably 8 , and all of them were asked to go home and wait for the 9 of the interview. One morning, my son 10 a text from the company that he was not cmployed. Before I 11 what to say to comfort him, I was told that afternoon that my son received another 12 saying he was employed. 13 the first text was also part of the test in the interview. The three men received the same text that morning and only my son"s 14 was satisfying to the company, so he was employed. I asked my son 15 they replied. My son told me that one 16 silent, one said " good-by" and he said "thank you". Only then did I know my son"s" 17 "came in that way. That is: don"t forget to say" thank you" to those who even 18 on. Saying "thank you" shows your 19 for Others work, therefore, you will get the upper hand in terms of 20 compared with others under the same conditions. |
( )1. A. employ ( )2. A. interrupted ( )3. A. spend ( )4. A. As if ( )5. A. enter ( )6. A. move ( )7. A. passed ( )8. A. challenging ( )9. A. course ( )10. A. prepared ( )11. A. figured out ( )12. A. gift ( )13. A. Ridiculously ( )14. A. reply ( )15. A. when ( )16. A. got ( )17. A. hope ( )18. A. cheat ( )19. A. pity ( )20. A. chances | B. support B. promised B. expect B. as soon as B. survive B. go B. eatned B. simple B. plan B. received B. took up B. note B. Actually B. question B. what B. kept B. dream B. hate B. doubt B. skills | C. manage C. reminded C. waste C. Even if C. change C. fit C. left C. perfect C. answer C. copied C. set off C. text C. Cleverly C. reason C. how C. made C. plan C. dislike C. respect C. lessons | D. interview D. followed D. wish D. As long as D. judge D. stay D. started D. secret D. result D. wrote D. worked on D. rule D. Sadly D. belief D. whom D. went D. aim D. disappoint D. desire D. salaries |
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There is a popular saying, "All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us". Some of the greatest success stories of 1 have followed a word of 2 or an act of confidence by a loved one or a 3 friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawt home among the great 4 of literature. One cold evening when Nathaniel, a 5 man, went home to tell his wife, Sophia, that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs. she 6 him with a cry of joy. "Now," she said 7 , "you can write your book!" "Yes?" replied the man, with 8 confidence, "and what shall we 9 while I am writing it?" To his 10 , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money. "Where on earth did you get that?" he asked. "I have always known you were a man of 11 ," she told him. "I 12 that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the 13 you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit. So here is enough to 14 us for one whole year." From her trust and 15 came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter. |
( )l. A. Chinese ( )2. A. enjoyment ( )3. A. trusting ( )4. A. books ( )5. A. successful ( )6. A. bugged ( )7. A. sadly ( )8. A. little ( )9. A. stick to ( )10. A. amazement ( )11. A. business ( )12. A. knew ( )13. A. time ( )14. A. lead ( )15. A. confidence | B. English B. encouragement B. merciful B. novels B. courageous B. surprised B. willingly B. much B. try out B. satisfaction B. writing B. see B. room B. hold B. experience | C. maths C. kindness C. cautious C. names C. sorrowful C. comforted C. proudly C. no C. take up C. expectation C. talent C. understand C. job C. last C. competence | D. history D. delight D. intelligent D. nicknames D. heartbroken D. loved D. intentionally D. less D. live on D. disappointment D. marketing D. dream D. money D. leave D. guidance |
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