| ( )1. A. which ( )2. A. rivers ( )3. A. surprised ( )4. A. at ( )5. A. everybody ( )6. A. got to ( )7. A. taller ( )8. A. getting ( )9. A. certainly ( )10. A. marked ( )11. A. excited ( )12. A. attention ( )13. A. spend ( )14. A. since ( )15. A. quick ( )16. A. across ( )17. A. lights ( )18. A. ought ( )19. A. For ( )20. A. policeman | B. it B. hills B. afraid B. in B. somebody B. arrived B. higher B. thinking B. carefully B. set B. worried B. operation B. live B. though B. fast B. through B. map B. tried B. In B. friend | C. where C. towns C. pleased C. through C. nobody C. led to C. lower C. causing C. slowly C. built C. cold C. examination C. spare C. so C. poor C. down C. bus C. succeeded C. Since C. hotel | D. that D. villages D. sure D. for D. anybody D. belonged to D. faster D. making D. surely D. drawn D. warm D. information D. stay D. but D. heavy D. up D. situation D. managed D. At D. cinema |
| 1-5 A B D D C 6-10 C B D C A 11-15 B C A D C 16-20 D A D B C | |||
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| Sometimes, something that is considered to be negative turns out to be an advantage on the job. Though he is only l8 years old and blind, Suleyman Gokyigit is among the top computer technicians and programmers at InteliData Technologies Corp., a large software company with several offices across the United States. "After our company united with another one last October, two different computer networks were driving us crazy," recalls Douglas Braun, the InteliData president. "We couldn"t even send e-mail to each other." In three weeks Mr Gokyigit created the software needed to connect the two networks. "None of the company"s 350 other employees could have done the job in three months," says Mr. Braun. "Suleyman can see into the heart of the computer." Mr. Gokyigfi"s gift, as Mr. Braun calls it, is an unusual ability to form an idea of the inside of a machine. "The computer permits me to reach out into the world and do almost anything I want to do," says Mr. Gokyigit. The young programmer is at home with hardware as well, thanks partly to a highly developed sense of touch. Mitzi Nowakowski, an office manager at InteliData, remembers how he easily disconnected and reconnected their computer systems during a move last year. "Through feel, Suleyman can find the position of connectors, pins and wires much faster than most other people with sight," he says. Much of the student programmer"s speed comes from his ability not to be interrupted while at the computer. When typing, he listens carefully to the synthesizer (合成器). His long, thin fingers fly over the keyboard. "Nothing seems to shake his attention," says Mrs. Nowakowski, his boss. Mr. Gokyigit is the only company employee who is available (可找到的) 24 hours a day. "We consider him our top problem solver." says Mr. Braun. | |||
| 1. According to Mr. Braun, Suleyman _____. | |||
| A. can work wonders on computer B. is the best technician in the world C. has done a hard job in three months D. has united InteliData Technologies Corp. with another computer company | |||
| 2. The underlined part "is at home with hardware" (paragraph 4) means _____. | |||
| A. is good at dealing with computer hardware B. is fond of computer hardware C. works with computer hardware at home D. feels comfortable when working with computer hardware | |||
| 3. Suleyman was quick while at the computer mostly because of _____. | |||
| A. his blindness B. his attention on the synthesizer C. his long, thin fingers D. his ability not to be interrupted | |||
| 4. Suleyman was quick while at the computer mostly because of _____. | |||
| A. his blindness B. his attention on the synthesizer C. his long, thin fingers D. his ability not to be interrupted | |||
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| I always felt sorry for the people in wheelchair. Some people, old and weak, can not get around by themselves. Others seem perfectly healthy, dressed in business suits. But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair, I only saw a disability, not a person. Then I fainted at Euro Disney due to low blood pressure. This was the first time I had ever fainted, and my parents said that I must rest for a while after First aid. I agreed to take it easy but, as I stepped towards the door, I saw my dad pushing a wheelchair in my direction! Feeling the color burn my cheeks, I asked him to wheel that thing right back to where he found it. I could not believe this was happening to me. Wheelchairs were fine for other people but not for me, as my father wheeled me out into the main street, people immediately began to treat me differently. Little kids ran in front of me, forcing my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly. Bitterness set in as I was thrown back and forth. "Stupid kids-they have perfectly good legs. Why can"t they watch where they are going?" I thought. People stared down at me,with pity in their eyes. Then they would look away, maybe because they thought the sooner they forgot me, the better. "I am just like you!" I wanted to scream. "The only difference is you"ve got legs, and I have wheels." People in wheelchairs are not stupid. They see every look and hear each word. Looking out at the faces, I finally understood: I was once just like them. I treated people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not want to be treated. I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are truly disabled. | |||
| 1. The author once ____ when he was healthy. | |||
| A. laughed at disabled people B. looked down upon disabled people C. imagined herself sitting in a wheelchair D. saw some healthy people moving around in wheelchairs | |||
| 2. Facing the wheelchair for the first time, the author ____. | |||
| A. felt curious about it B. got ready to move around in it right away C. refused to accept it right away D. thought it was ready for his father | |||
| 3. The experience of the author tells us that "____". | |||
| A. life is the best teacher B. people often eat their bitter fruit C. life is so changeable that nobody can foretell D. one should not do to others what he would not like others do to him | |||
| 4. Which is the best title for this passage? | |||
| A. How to Get Used to Wheelchairs B. The Wheels Are as Good as Two Legs C. People with Two Legs Are Truly Healthy D. The Difference between Healthy People and the Disabled | |||
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| While many teenagers might dream of meeting with pop star Jay Chou (周杰伦) or NBA hero Yao Ming, Li Jing had a far more powerful person on her mind. The Senior 2 from Beijing No. 35 High School dreamt of meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin. After more than a year of hard work and with a little good luck, Li fulfilled (实现) her dream. On October 11, 2004, the 16-year-old girl joined a team of Chinese journalists who went to the Kremlin (克里姆林宫), Moscow, to interview Putin. Li felt nervous before talking with Putin." But his greeting and warm smile put me at ease," she said. Li admired Putin very much, because of his strong will and style of leadership. "He looks very cool," Li said. During her interview, Li asked Putin whether he planned to educate his two teenage daughters to be officials in the future. Putin smiled and answered he hoped they could do whatever job suits their interests and personalities. Although Li would only have several minutes, she started working on her interview que8tions last August after applying for the opportunity. Journalists" work is by no means easy. "You need to do lots of homework on your interviewee," she said. She read many books about Putin and Russia in her spare time. Li"s parents encouraged her to be a student journalist. "We fully support her, as long as it does not affect studies," said her father. Previous in her job for a student magazine, Chinese Young Journalists, she wrote a letter to President Hu Jintao during the SARS epidemic (流行疫情). Li has learnt a lot from her experience. She said learning to manage her time and develop the confidence to speak with important people were not things she could learn in class. | |||
| 1. The underlined word "interviewee" in the fifth paragraph probably means ____. | |||
| A. the person who interviews B. the person who is interviewed C. the person who know how to interview D. the person who plans to interview a famous people | |||
| 2. Which of the following best describe Li Jing"s parents" attitude towards her being a student journalist? | |||
| A. They think to a student journalist is purely a waste of time. B. They worry that to be a student journalist will affect her studies. C. They consider it is quite good for Li Jing on the condition of not striking her study. D. They neither support it nor object to it. | |||
| 3. Li Jing is different from those students of her age in that ____. | |||
| A. she doesn"t like pop star Jay Chou B. she hates meeting with the NBA hero Yao Ming C. she wants to meet neither Jay Chou nor Yao Ming D. She dreams of meeting the powerful Russian leader | |||
| 4. Which of the following statements is Not true? | |||
| A. Li realized her dream not just because of her hard work. B. Li was at easy at the first sight of the president Putin. C. Li considers Putin a great leader because of his strong will and style of leadership. D. Li thinks it is impossible to learn in class the confidence to speak with great people. | |||
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| A poor chimney-sweeper, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, and remained regaling (享受) his nose with the smell of the victuals. The master of the shop told him several times to go away, but the sweeper could not leave savory smell, though unable to purchase the taste of the food. At last the cook came out of the shop, and taking hold of the sweeper, declared that, as he had been feeding upon the smell of his victuals, he should not go away without paying half the price of a dinner. The poor fellow said that he neither could nor would pay, and that he would ask the first person who should pass, whether it was an unreasonable and unjust demand. The case was referred to a policeman, who happened to pass at that moment. He said to the sweeper:"As you have been feasting one of your senses with the odor (气味) of this man"s meat, it is but just you should make him some recompense; therefore you shall, in your turn, regale one of his senses, which seems to be more insatiable than your appetite. How much money do you have?" "I have but two pence in all the world, sir, and I must buy me some bread." "Never mind," answered the officer. "Take your two pence between your hands; now rattle them loudly." The sweeper did so, and the officer, turning to the cook, said, "Now, sir, I think he has paid you: the smell of your victuals regaled his nostrils; the sound of his money has tickled your ears." This decision gave more satisfaction to the bystanders than to the cook, but it was the only payment he could obtain. | |||
| 1. The sweeper stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, because ____. | |||
| A. he wanted to regale his nose with the smell of the victuals B. he was hungry and he wanted to have dinner C. he was hungry but he had no enough money to buy a meal D. he wanted to smell if the food was delicious | |||
| 2. The cook"s demand that the sweeper should pay half the price of a dinner was obviously ____. | |||
| A. reasonable B. not fair C. logical D. proper | |||
| 3. We infer that the way that the policeman settled the problem was ____. | |||
| A. foolish B. kind C. clever D. stupid | |||
| 4. The passage implied, but didn"t say clearly that ____. | |||
| A. it"s a pity that the cook did not get what he wanted B. the master of the shop and the cook were cool-hearted C. the cook was cruel D. the sweeper got what he wanted | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| The day was Thankful Thursday. It"s a weekly 1 that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive 2 . My girls shouted "McDonald"s, McDonald"s" as we 3 along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I 4 that almost every crossing I passed through was 5 by a panhandler (乞丐). And then it hit me! All these panhandlers must be hungry, too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a(n) 6 15 lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull 7 a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we"d say, "Oh, 8 , here"s lunch." We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately 9 back in the opposite direction for home. 10 , the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was 11 and didn"t know quite how to behave. She made her way to our car, "No one has ever done 12 like this for me before," she said with 13 . Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, 14 do you think you"ll eat your lunch?" She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I"m not going to eat this lunch." I was 15 , but before I could say anything, she continued, "You see, I have a little girl and she just loves McDonald"s, but I don"t have the money. But you know 16 tonight if she is going to have McDonald"s!" I don"t know if the kids 17 the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too 18 or insignificant to really affect change. 19 in that moment, I recognized the 20 of Mother Teresa"s words:"We cannot do great things-only small things with great love." | |||