Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world right in his own back yard.
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Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world right in his own back yard. He sold the stone to a diamond dealer for over three hundred thousand dollars. In New York, the diamond was resold---this time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars. The true value of a diamond is never known until it has been cut. Once cut successfully, its value can increase a thousand times. It"s easy to understand why the owner of Joker"s diamond went to the best diamond cutter he knew, Kaplan. The cutter studied the diamond for twelve whole months.
When he felt he was ready to start work, he discovered a flaw (瑕疵) . He had to begin his calculations all over again, or he might have made the stone useless. Six months passed, and Kaplan finally said to the owner, “I am ready to start my work. There will be one excellent diamond that will be comparable one excellent diamond of first-class quality (质量) " Kaplan waited a few more days until he felt he was in the best physical and mental (精神的) condition(条件) possible. He picked up his tools (工具) and held his breath as he made the diamond exactly as he promised.
小题1:Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world_________.| A．in a minute | B．at the foot of a big mountain | | C．in his own back yard | D．in a garage (汽车库) |
小题2:A diamond dealer is a person ___________.| A．in the diamond business | B．who stole diamonds | | C．who cuts diamonds | D．who sells diamonds |
小题3:When the diamond was resold,____________.| A．the dealer lost a lot of money | | B．Joker made some more money | | C．the dealer got 800, 000 dollars | | D．Kaplan got 800,000 dollars |
小题4:The owner of the diamond thought that if the diamond was cut successfully it might be worth_________.| A．$ 300, 000 | B．$ 500,000 | | C．$ 300, 000 | D．$ 800,000,000 |
小题5:Kaplan studied the diamond for____________.| A．more than one and a half years | | B．more than half a year | | C．over eight months | | D．more than nineteen months |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍了一个好的钻石，切割是最重要的，能让钻石的价值成倍增加。
小题1:C 细节题。根据第一段第一句Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world right in his own back yard.说明是在自己家后院发现的，故C正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据第二行He sold the stone to a diamond dealer他把宝石卖给a diamond dealer，说明a diamond dealer一定是做珠宝生意的人，故A正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据第一段3,4行the diamond was resold---this time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars.说明C正确。
小题4:D 计算题。根据第一段3,4行the diamond was resold---this time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars.但是下文Once cut successfully, its value can increase a thousand times.说明如果切割合理，其价值将增加1千倍，那么D正确。
小题5:A 计算题。根据第一段最后一句The cutter studied the diamond for twelve whole months.和第二段第三行Six months passed,第四行Kaplan waited a few more days说明超过了一年半，故A正确。
点评：本文是关于钻石的切割，注意文章的细节本文因为涉及到计算，所以计算题也较多。 |
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小题1:Anyone who takes an interest in the crime rate will, according to the text, be aware that ___________.| A．more burglars are being caught than ever before | | B．people have more possessions to worry about nowadays | | C．burglars are more at risk than they used to be | | D．homes are more likely to be broken into nowadays |
小题2:It seems that people who live in cities are ____________| A．more often victims than those living in other areas | | B．of the opinion that statistics are wrong | | C．twice as well as people living in other areas | | D．of the opinion that burglars only rob unprotected homes |
小题3:The article suggests that possessing an alarm system will _________.| A．show burglars that you have something worth stealing | | B．persuade burglars not to break into your house | | C．make the burglars" job less complicated | | D．persuade burglars to try again another time |
小题4:In order to find out more information about this alarm system one can _______.| A．buy a leaflet | | B．write enclosing a stamped, addressed envelope | | C．sign a contract | | D．phone at any time of day or night |
小题5:The underlined word "Figures" in the second paragraph can be replaced by" " | A．Pictures | B．Fingers | C．Numbers | D．Mathematics |
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Derrius Quarles, 19, had an unhappy childhood. But the Chicago teen didn’t give up. He tried his best and won $1 million in college scholarships (奖学金)! Now Derrius is a successful college student with a bright future.
When Derrius was 4, his father was killed. His mother couldn’t take care of him because of taking drugs. Derrius and his 9-year-old brother sometimes had to steal food to eat. Derrius felt different from other kids. In seventh grade, Derrius went to live in a foster home (寄养家庭). His foster parents weren’t nice to him. They told him that he’d never be anything in life.
Derrius didn’t do his best in school. The summer after ninth grade, that changed. Derrius had signed up for a biology class. He didn’t go to class the first day. On the second day, he showed up late. His teacher took him outside. She told him he was smart, but that he was wasting his potential (潜力). The talk inspired him and he planned to prove that he could be anything if he worked hard enough.
Adults at a summer program helped Derrius find out about scholarships he could earn to pay for college. In his senior year, Derrius filled out lots of applications. He told his friends, “You’re not going to see me for a long time.” Derrius’s hard work paid off. He won more than $1 million in scholarships! He has a lot to be proud of. But he’s most proud of helping others. Derrius gives speeches to teens, telling them how to find scholarships. In high school, Derrius got help buying a computer. He wanted to help others who needed them. Last year, he gave two laptops to high schoolstudents. There’s a lot of work in his future. Derrius doesn’t mind — hard work has got him where he is today. He knows it can take him anywhere.
小题1: From Paragraphs 2 and 3, we can learn that Derrius _____.| A．always studied hard in school | | B．lived in the same foster home with his brother | | C．hated his parents very much | | D．was encouraged a lot by his biology teacher |
小题2:The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to _____.| A．great success | B．a scholarship | | C．hard work | D．a computer |
小题3:What kind of person do you think Derrius is?| A．Lazy but kind-hearted. | | B．Selfish and naughty. | | C．Confident but troublesome（带来麻烦的）. | | D．Determined and generous（慷慨的）. |
小题4:What does the author want to tell us?| A．The way to win a scholarship to a college. | | B．The importance of family background. | | C．Never forget people who have helped you. | | D．Hard work pays off sooner or later. |
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Parents have widely different views on the problem of pocket money. Four new fathers were asked this question and this is how they answered.
Ashish Khanna: Although many argue that pocket money helps develop children’s sense of value, I don’t agree. I wouldn’t give my child any pocket money. First of all, I never got pocket money and I seem to have a good value for money. If my child ever needed something and I felt it was a reasonable (合理的) request, I would buy it for him.
Sharad Sanghi: No, I wouldn’t give my child pocket money because I don’t want to create the perception (观念) of “her” money and “my” money. Besides, if I refuse to buy her something that I think is bad for her, she may buy it with her pocket money on the sly. In this way, I would lose control over my child’s requests. I feel it also encourages children to care more about money than anything else. I don’t want my child to start judging other children by the amount of money or pocket money they have.
Rakesh Shah: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because I feel that children should learn to spend money properly. I will give him a fixed amount every month and if he spends the money before the month is over, he will learn a lesson and not spend money so freely. He will learn what his limitations (限制) are and feel the difficulty when he has to pay for something that is over his own pocket.
Rajiv Patel: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because it is important that he learns to manage money. But I would not give it to him on a weekly or monthly basis. He would have to earn it. If he helped me finish some of my jobs or helped his mother with housework, I would reward him. This helps him realize that “money does not grow on trees” and it requires hard work to earn money.
小题1:Ashish Khanna may agree that _____.| A．he was given too much pocket money when young | | B．he can take much control of his child by money | | C．he will buy anything he thinks his child really needs | | D．pocket money helps children develop a good value for money |
小题2:The underlined phrase “on the sly” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to “_____”.| A．for free | B．at a lower price | | C．happily | D．secretly |
小题3:Who would give his child pocket money every month?| A．Ashish Khanna. | B．Sharad Sanghi. | | C．Rakesh Shah. | D．Rajiv Patel. |
小题4:What do Rakesh Shah and Rajiv Patel have in common?| A．They want their children to learn to manage money from an early age. | | B．They ask their children to get pocket money by working. | | C．They teach their children the difficulty of making money. | | D．They allow their children to spend money freely. |
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Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grow older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.
Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.
After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express one’s idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.
小题1:When you were a little baby, you_________.| A．made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eat | | B．spent most of your time playing with your parents | | C．could not hear any sound around you | | D．spent most of your time eating, playing and crying |
小题2:The secret of language is that___________.| A．one sound might be as good as another | | B．people can understand each other | | C．a certain sound is for a certain thing | | D．there is a special sound for each person |
小题3:You could learn words__________.| A．before you knew what the language was | | B．after you knew what the language was | | C．if you knew the secret of the language | | D．when you were a baby |
小题4:The aim in using language is___________.| A．to get everying one wants from others | | B．to say what one wants to know | | C．to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one another | | D．to make oneself understood by others |
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If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer: “In my sleep!”
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments (实验) to test “the learn while you sleep” method (方法), which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.
Scientists say that this sleep study method greatly speeds language learning. They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day—and this does not affect (影响) his rest in any way. However, sleep teaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.
In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks. Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (词汇) were given with the students awake. At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson. The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on. At 5 o’clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.
小题1:In the experiment, lessons were given____ .| A．in the night time | B．after lullabies were broadcast | | C．while the student was awake | D．all through the twelve hours |
小题2:Before each lesson finishes, the student has to____ .| A．get up and take breakfast | | B．be woken up by a loud voice | | C．listen to the lesson again in sleep | | D．review (复习) the lesson by himself |
小题3:The sleep study method is being tried in many countries to teach____ .| A．the English language | B．grammar and vocabulary | | C．a number of subjects | D．foreign languages |
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