阅读理解。 Jean - Gilles was a millionaire. But Tuesday night, he was sleeping in
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Jean - Gilles was a millionaire. But Tuesday night, he was sleeping in his car.
Jean - Gilles was the owner of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel, Haiti, a three - story, 30-room
building in a quiet tropical valley on Haiti"s southern coast, 25 miles from the noises of the capital,
Port-au-Prince. Jean-Gilles and his wife, Marie, lived in an apartment on the property, close enough
to watch carefully over the guest rooms, conference rooms and restaurant, close enough that they know
the first name of every guest.
After the 7.0-earthquake hit at 4:57 pm on Jan. 12,2010, they slept in their aging Isuzu, parked in the
hotel driveway.
Jean-Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck.
He was working in a ground - floor conference room and first heard, then felt the quake. He asked his
electrician, Roberne St. Louis, who was working nearby, what was happening.
"Get out. Now. Get out. Now," St. Louis said.
Jean-Gilles cleared the falling structure by a mere second, he estimated. His wife, who was working
in the couple"s apartment on the second floor, wasn"t able to get clear. People nearby heard her screams
after the shaking stopped and removed the building blocks around her by hand. She was shaken and
scratched, but walked away from the ruins.
"I am alive. God is good," she repeated over and over on Saturday.
The Peace of Mind Hotel was a dream which had come true for Jean-Gilles, 57, and Marie, 59. Born
in Port- au-Prince, they moved to the United States shortly after meeting 34 years ago. Together, they owned
a beauty supply store in jersey City, New Jersey, and invested in real estate. In 2003, they cashed out their
US investments, returned to Haiti and began building the Peace of Mind Hotel, looking to make a future for
themselves and the people of their homeland. |
| 1. Which of the following statements about Jean-Gilles is TURE? |
A. He lived far from the Peace of Mind Hotel.
B. He helped St. Louis to manage a hotel.
C. He was born in Haiti in 1976.
D. He once owned a store in the US. |
| 2. According to the passage, the Peace of Mind Hotel ____. |
A. offered guests different services
B. was located in the capital city of Haiti
C. was a building with 30 guest rooms
D. was owned by Marie and St. Louis |
| 3. When the earthquake hit, Marie was ____. |
A. sleeping in the car
B. working in the conference room
C. working on the second floor
D. cooking in the restaurant |
| 4. It can be inferred from the passage that ____. |
A. Haiti is the 51 st state of the US
B. the earthquake happened quickly and unexpectedly
C. nobody in the hotel died in the earthquake
D. Marie was not sad about losing her property in the earthquake |
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| 阅读理解。 |
One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer"s office. Apparently, they are
there to file a divorce.Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.
This couple had been quarreling all their 40 years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.
They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing.Now, all their
children have already grown up, have their own family, there"s nothing else the old couple have to worry
about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage,
so both agree on a divorce.
While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. "I really love you, but I really can"t carry
on anymore, I"m sorry."
"It"s OK, I understand." said the husband.
Little did she know that, over the years, the husband has been trying all ways to please her, little did she
know that drumsticks were the husband"s favorite.
Little did he know that she never thought he understands her at all, little did he know that she hates
drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.
That night, both of them couldn"t sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn.After hours, the old man couldn"t
take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can"t carry on life without her, he wants her back,
he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wants to tell her,"I love you."
He picked up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops.He never stops dialing.
On the other side, she was sad, she couldn"t understand how come after all these years, he still doesn"t
understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can"t take it any more.Phone"s ringing, she refuses to
answer knowing that it"s him. "I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face." She thought.Phone is still
ringing.She has decided to pull out the cord.
Little did she remember, he had heart problems.
The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his
body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone.He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get
thru (接通) her phone line. |
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| 1. The old couple wanted to file a divorce because ______. |
A. they had no child.
B. their children didn"t like them.
C. they didn"t understand each other actually.
D. the old man didn"t love the old woman. |
| 2. Why didn"t they file a divorce before they were at the age of 70? |
A. Because they were loving each other then.
B. Because they had no time to lawyer"s office.
C. Because they wanted to make their divorce open.
D. Because they didn"t wish to affect their children"s up-bringing. |
| 3. According to the passage we can know that ______. |
A. the old man still loved his wife really.
B. the wife didn"t love her husband at all.
C. their children still lived with old couple.
D. they were in harmony over 40 years. |
| 4. After the last paragraph the old woman would be _______. |
A. wild with joy
B. wild with grief
C. unconcern about it
D. angry at that |
| 完形填空。 |
Robert was 11years old when his mother ( a single mom) dropped his off for his first piano lesson. I
prefer student begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby. 1 , Robby said that it had always been
his mother"s 2 to hear him play the piano, so I took him as a student.
Hard as Robby tried, he lacked the 3 of music. However, he persisted and at the end of each weekly
4 he"d always say, "My mom is going to hear me play someday." But it seemed 5 . I only knew his
mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in his aged car to 6 him up. She always 7
and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby 8 coming to our lesson. He telephoned me
and said his mother was 9 .
A few weeks after that, I was 10 my students for the upcoming recital (独奏会) when Robby came
and asked me 11 he could be in the recital. "Miss Hondorf… I"ll just go to play!" he insisted.
The night for the recital came. The high school gym was 12 with parents,friends and relatives. The
recital 13 well. Then Robby came up on the stage. I was 14 when he announced that he had chosen
Mozart"s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I had heard 15 his fingers were light on
the keys. They even 16 on the keys… He played so well that everyone was on their 17 in wild applause
(鼓掌). In tears I ran up on the stage. "Oh, Robby! How 18 you do it?"
"Well, Miss Hondorf… I 19 on practicing at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, 20
she had cancer and passed away this morning. She was deaf so tonight was the first time she ever heard me
play…" |
( )1. A. Although
( )2. A. idea
( )3. A. feeling
( )4. A. trial
( )5. A. helpless
( )6. A. put
( )7. A. waved
( )8. A. escaped
( )9. A. deaf
( )10. A .preparing
( )11. A. that
( )12. A. loaded
( )13. A. went on
( )14. A. delighted
( )15. A. until
( )16. A. danced
( )17. A. heads
( )18. A. should
( )19. A. worked
( )20. A. unfortunately | B. Because
B. dream
B. knowledge
B. attempt
B. hopeless
B. take
B. listened
B. avoided
B. lonely
B. arranging
B. whether
B. covered
B. turned on
B. proud
B. while
B. tapped
B. feet
B. would
B. kept
B. suddenly | C. But
C. desire
C. education
C. performance
C. senseless
C. make
C. stared
C. stopped
C. away
C. persuading
C. when
C. crowded
C. carried on
C. confused
C. before
C. hit
C. ears
C. could
C. continued
C. strangely | D .Thus
D. imagination
D. sense
D. lesson
D. worthless
D. pick
D. watched
D. refused
D. sick
D. taking
D. how
D. connected
D. depended on
D. surprised
D. since
D. flew
D. eyes
D. might
D. stuck
D. actually | | 阅读理解。 | A year ago. I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized (强调) the importance
again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking
about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished. Gently shaking his head, shrugging
his shoulders, he said, "You don"t say!" "You don"t say!" I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a proper
topic "Well, I"d better change the topic," so I said to him, "Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the
way, have you ever been there?" "Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without
seeing it. It was magnificent." He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. "The Great
Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it." Soon I was interrupted again by his words
"You don"t say!" I couldn"t help asking, "Why do you ask me not to talk about it?""Well, I didn"t request you
to do so," he answered, greatly surprised. I said, "Didn"t you say "You don"t say"?"
Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, ""You don"t say" actually means
"Really"! It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don"t pay attention to English idioms." Only then did I
know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said to us students is always right. | | 1. At first, on hearing " You don"t say", I thought the foreigner meant _____. | A. he was not interested in the topic
B. I had talked too much
C. he was only interested in the Great Wall
D. I had to stop talking | | 2. The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means _____. | A. interesting
B. important
C. terrible
D. unlucky | | 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
B. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
C. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
D. The Englishman had visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting. | | 4. After the Englishman explained the idiom, _____. | A. I thought the Englishman had made me a fool
B. the Englishman became a real fool
C. I felt very silly
D. I became more careful in everything | | 阅读理解。 | Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house.
No card came with it. Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to
discover the sender"s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent
daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She"d ask me if there was
someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps is was the old man across the street whose
mail I"d delivered during the winter. As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I
had run into.
One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad that I became completely uninterested
in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn"t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in the own
sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In
truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect
with perhaps a bit of mystery (神秘).
My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming. | | 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | A. A Mother"s Love
B. A Graduation Party
C. A Special Birthday
D. A Childhood Dream | | 2. The mother insisted that her daughter go to the graduation dance because _____. | A. she hoped she would find a boyfriend
B. she wanted her be happy and strong
C. she thought education was most important
D. she could take care of things herself | | 3. Who was the sender of the flower? | A. One of the writer"s neighbors.
B. One of the writer"s classmates.
C. The writer"s mother.
D. A boy the writer had run into. | | 阅读理解。 | Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an
invitation (请帖) on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a
camping trip (野营). This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity (活动).
Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely that he
drowned his feeling with food. As a result, he had put on a lot of weight (体重),and this gave the kids
something more to make fun of him.
Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that
the trick (戏弄) had worked. Everyone was pleased that Jess thought that was true. But there was no
camping trip. The whole thing was made up.
At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag
with his saving, Cindy had a second thought. She knew that Jess"s family had little money, and she hated
to see him spend his savings on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth, Her
close friends would be angry with her.
What could she do now? | | 1. Choose the best title for this story. | A. Jess and his School
B. Jess and His Friends
C. An Invitation For Jess
D. Jess and His Camping Trip | | 2. The sentence " he drowned his feeling with food" means _____. | A. he ate a lot to make himself less lonely
B. he asked for a lot of food from his classmates
C. he brought his food to his classmates
D. he had a lot of food to put on his weight | | 3. What would happen if Cindy told Jess the truth? | A. Jess would go on the camping trip himself.
B. Everyoue would be angry with Cindy.
C. Cindy might have trouble with her friends.
D. Jess might be thankful to his classmates. | | 4. If Jess really bought a sleeping bag, _____. | A. everyoue else would also buy one
B. it would be the best in the class
C. Cindy would pay for it
D. he would have it for no use | | 5. From the story we can guess _____. | A. everybody would go camping except Jess
B. Jess had few friends in the class
C. Cindy was Jess"s best friend in the class
D. Jess joined in many out-of-school activities | 最新试题
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