A school master of Thurso in Caithness, William Munro, wrote in a report in THE
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A school master of Thurso in Caithness, William Munro, wrote in a report in THE TIMES on September 8, 1809 that twelve years earlier he had been walking along Sandside Bay shore when he saw what he first thought was a naked woman, sitting on a rock and combing her light brown hair. The face was fatty round, with reddish cheeks and blue eyes. If the rock where the woman sat had not been so dangerous for swimmers, Munro would have thought it was human. After a few minutes it dropped into the sea and swam away. Others had seen it too.
The island of Benbecula in the outer Hebrides, about 1830, women cutting seaweed reported they had met a creature of female form playing happily off the shore. A few days later her dead body was found two miles from where she had first been seen. The description of the creature was recorded thus, “the upper part of the creature was about the size of a well-fed child of three or four years of age, with an extraordinarily developed breast. The hair was long, dark and glossy(有光泽), while the skin was white, soft and tender. The lower part of the body was like a salmon(鲑鱼). ”
小题1:From the description given by the witnesses, we know that . | A．mermaids did exist | | B．mermaids shaped like females | | C．mermaids looked terrible | | D．mermaids shaped like fish |
小题2: This passage most probably comes from . | A．scientific books | B．tales collection | | C．travel guide | D．fishing webpages |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE? | A．The school master and the women saw a mermaid in the same year. | | B．The school master saw a mermaid swimming in the sea. | | C．The women saw a mermaid swimming in the sea. | | D．It was said that mermaids developed from salmons. |
小题4: Which of the following is WRONG? | A．Not all the people believe they were mermaids. | | B．People have taken photos of the creature. | | C．The creature in the second case looked like a woman with a fish’s tail. | | D．Both of these two tales may not be true. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B |
解析
文章描述了两起美人鱼的目击事件, 都是当事人口述, 事情发生的时间较久远, 没有照片、录像等证据, 所以文章的口气属于猜测性质。
小题1:选B。细节理解题。根据“he first thought was a naked woman”和“had met a creature of female form. . . ”可知美人鱼具有女人的体形。
小题2:选B。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍美人鱼目击证人对它的描述, 这只是传说, 所以B项为最佳选项。
小题3:选C。推理判断题。off the shore指“离海岸不远的水中”。且文中提及的是women, 不是school master。
小题4:选B。推理判断题。文中没有提到为它们拍照, C项在最后几句可以看到, A和D两项都属于不确定的推断, 符合本文的表达内容。 |
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There has been an outpouring of love for a 23-year-old disabled woman whose dog was killed in front of her while a groomer(美容师)tried to trim(修剪)its claws.
Calls and e-mails came from as far away as the Upper Peninsula and Arizona as well as Oakland and Macomb counties, offering Laurie Crouch, who uses a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis(硬化症), everything from dogs to money, such as that from Jason Daly of Roseville who said, “I would like to buy her a new dog. ”
A story about the death of Crouch’s pet, Gooch, was printed on the front page of Macomb Daily. Crouch said a groomer tied Gooch up with a collar, and then she and a man sat on the dog to trim its nails. Gooch died after one claw was trimmed.
Crouch yelled at the groomer to stop when she saw Gooch was struggling to breathe, but she said she was ignored. “If I could have walked, I would have put my hands on her and pulled her off my dog and physically stopped her, but I can’t do that. ”Gooch was not a trained service animal, but naturally helped Crouch by picking up things for her.
“This case is absolute animal abuse(虐待), ”Larry Obrecht, division manager of the Oakland County Animal Shelter in Auburn Hills said.
People who read the story contacted Oakland Press to offer help. A message, from Rebecca Amett of Giggles N Wiggles Puppy Rescue in Roseville, said, “We have puppies to donate and want to help the young woman who lost her service dog. ”
“When Gooch was with me I was happy, ”Crouch said, “I think I can be happy again but no animal can replace Gooch. There’s never going to be another Gooch out there but I think I will find a dog that can bring me joy again. ”
小题1:People called and emailed to . | A．give their angry voice to the groomer | | B．offer help and care to Laurie Crouch | | C．tell Crouch how to punish the groomer | | D．offer a cure for Crouch’s disease |
小题2: Gooch died mainly because . | A．the groomer was careless | | B．the groomer didn’t know how to trim the dog’s nails | | C．the groomer sat on the dog with another man | | D．the dog was wearing a collar |
小题3:What do we know about Crouch’s dog? | A．It was a specially trained service dog. | | B．It was trained to do many things for people. | | C．It was Crouch’s only friend. | | D．It could offer some help to Crouch. |
小题4:What does the passage mainly tell us? | A．A disabled woman’s service dog. | | B．A cruel groomer killed a disabled woman’s dog. | | C．People’s love for a disabled woman who lost her dog. | | D．A disabled woman loves to have the dog as company. |
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Many years ago, when I was in high school and working on weekends, I lost my wallet. After adding gas to my old car, I paid, and my wallet at the gas station. I hadn’t even had time to I had lost it when my phone rang. A man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I my purse and to my , I had. He asked me to him what was in it. I did so. He then told me where to my wallet.
When I reached his , I noticed his wheelchair and a slope(坡道)going up to the house. I thought that it might have been for him to lower his body and pick up my wallet. I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I him for finding my wallet. While I didn’t want to insult(侮辱)him by offering , I really felt like something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his , and he said, “Just pass it on. ”I said I would be to do that. I was raised to be honest in any case and I would have done so, promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to his kindness, so I promised I would.
Ten years later I found a lying on the ground. It me several days to find the owner. He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet. When he me back, we to meet, so I could return his wallet. He was actually all his money was still in the wallet and he tried to hand me a $20 bill. I told him, “Thanks, but just pass it on. . . ”
| 小题1: | | A．forgot | B．left | C．found | D．saw |
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| 小题2: | | A．realize | B．regret | C．consider | D．recognize |
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| 小题3: | | A．looked | B．checked | | C．found | D．searched for |
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| 小题4: | | A．anger | B．delight | C．horror | D．excitement |
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| 小题5: | | A．tell | B．give | C．buy | D．offer |
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| 小题6: | | A．turn up | B．bring up | | C．look up | D．pick up |
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| 小题7: | | A．house | B．school | C．company | D．station |
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| 小题8: | | A．easy | B．practical | | C．difficult | D．useful |
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| 小题9: | | A．presented | B．thanked | C．blamed | D．paid |
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| 小题10: | | A．help | B．thanks | C．money | D．wallet |
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| 小题11: | | A．leaving | B．saying | C．offering | D．owning |
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| 小题12: | | A．labor | B．patience | C．kindness | D．support |
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| 小题13: | | A．able | B．hard | C．certain | D．possible |
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| 小题15: | | A．repay | B．thank | C．show | D．reply |
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| 小题16: | | A．package | B．cellphone | | C．card | D．wallet |
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| 小题17: | | A．spent | B．cost | C．wasted | D．took |
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| 小题18: | | A．called | B．paid | C．brought | D．went |
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| 小题19: | | A．started | B．preferred | C．agreed | D．failed |
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| 小题20: | | A．satisfied | B．worried | | C．puzzled | D．surprised |
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You might notice something new in the next few years as you watch Disney programs: Starting in 2015, there won’t be any candy, sugary cereal or fast-food commercials aimed at kids.
The Walt Disney Company has become the first major media company to ban ads for junk food on its TV channels, radio stations and websites. It hopes this will stop kids from making poor food choices.
First Lady Michelle Obama called it a “game changer” that is sure to send a message to the rest of the children’s entertainment industry. “Just a few years ago, if you had told me or any other mom or dad in America that our kids wouldn’t see a single ad for junk food while they watched their favorite cartoons on a major TV network, we wouldn’t have believed you, ”said the First Lady, who heads a campaign to help stop child obesity.
The ban would apply to Disney-owned ABC stations as well as Radio Disney and Disney-owned websites aimed at families with young children. In addition, Disney plans to make changes to its kids’ menus at theme parks and resorts(度假胜地). Fast-food options will be replaced with healthier choices, such as smoothies(果汁), apples, vegetables and yogurt.
In addition to candy bars and fast-food meals, other foods that don’t meet Disney’s nutritional standards will be banned from the company’s kid-targeted media. Any cereal with 10 grams or more of sugar per serving will be off the air. There will be no ads for full meals of more than 600 calories. Juices with high levels of sugar and foods with too much salt will also be pulled.
Leslie Goodman, Disney’s senior vice-president of Corporate Citizenship, said a company that wants to advertise will need to show that it offers a range of healthy options.
Disney isn’t the only one pushing away unhealthy foods. Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested a ban on drinks over 16 ounces sold in movie theaters, restaurants and convenience stores in the Big Apple. He says large, sugary drinks are partly to blame for obesity.
小题1: What will the Walt Disney Company do from 2015? | A．Produce more and better cartoons for young kids. | | B．Stop broadcasting advertisements for junk food on TV. | | C．Help kids develop healthy lifestyle in the program. | | D．Provide healthier food for kids while they are watching programs. |
小题2: What Michelle Obama said suggests that while watching cartoons . | A．kids didn’t believe what the commercials said | | B．kids don’t enjoy eating candy, sugary cereal or junk food | | C．kids would see a lot of fast-food commercials on TV | | D．kids find pleasure in watching fast-food commercials |
小题3: The underlined phrase “be off the air” in Paragraph 5 probably means“ ”. | A．not be broadcast | B．be in need | | C．become popular | D．be praised |
小题4: According to Michael Bloomberg, to fight child obesity, kids should . | A．watch fewer cartoons | | B．drink less sugary drinks | | C．not go to movie theaters | | D．take more physical exercise |
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Mrs. Green was over seventies, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished a driving offence(犯规, 犯法).
Then one day she nearly her record. A police car her, and the policeman in it saw her a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed that she would be punished. When Mrs. Green came up to the , he looked at her seriously and said that she was old to drive a car, and that the why she had not stopped at the red was most probably that her eyes had become weak old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was , Mrs. Green opened the big handbag she was and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight. ”
The judge took the and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs. Green was , and her record unbroken.
| 小题1: | | A．fact | B．action | C．skill | D．age |
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| 小题3: | | A．kept | B．won | C．missed | D．lost |
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| 小题4: | | A．watched | B．chased | | C．followed | D．stopped |
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| 小题6: | | A．sure | B．able | C．certain | D．like |
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| 小题7: | | A．police | B．judge | C．officer | D．captain |
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| 小题9: | | A．cause | B．reason | C．matter | D．trouble |
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| 小题10: | | A．light | B．lamp | C．sign | D．one |
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| 小题12: | | A．speaking | B．saying | | C．talking | D．telling |
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| 小题13: | | A．holding | B．getting | | C．carrying | D．bringing |
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| 小题14: | | A．took | B．brought | C．picked | D．chose |
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| 小题15: | | A．almost | B．hardly | | C．successfully | D．successful |
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| 小题16: | | A．both | B．all | C．neither | D．either |
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| 小题17: | | A．time | B．turn | C．chance | D．job |
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| 小题18: | | A．thread | B．glasses | C．needles | D．needle |
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| 小题19: | | A．dismissed | B．passed | | C．settled | D．studied |
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| 小题20: | | A．was | B．kept | | C．seemed | D．remained |
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When Gretchen Baxter gets home from work as a New York City book editor, she checks her Blackberry at the door. “I think we are attached to these devices in a way that is not always positive,” says Baxter, who’d rather focus at home on her husband and 12-year-old daughter. “It’s there and it beckons(召唤). That’s human nature (but)…we kind of get crazy sometimes and we don’t know where it should stop.”
Americans are connected at unprecedented(前所未有的) levels—93% now use cell phones or wireless devices; one third of those are “smart phones” that allow users to browse the web and check e-mails, among other things. The benefits are obvious: checking messages on the road, staying in touch with friends and family, efficiently using time once spent waiting around. The downside: often, we’re effectively disconnecting from those in the same room.
That’s why, despite all the technology that makes communicating easier than ever, 2010 was the year we stopped talking to one another. From texting at dinner to posting on Facebook from work or checking e-mails while on a date, the connectivity revolution is creating a lot of divided attention, not to mention social anxiety. Many analysts say it’s time to step back and reassess (再评价).
“What we’re going to see in the future is new opportunities for people to be plugged in and connected like never before,” says Scott Campbell. “It can be a good thing, but I also see new ways the traditional social construction is getting somewhat torn apart.”
Our days are filled with beeps and pings—many of which pull us away from tasks at hand or face-to-face conversations. We may feel that the distractions(干扰) are too much, but we can’t seem to stop posting, texting or surfing. “We’re going through a period of adjustment and rebalancing, ” says Sherry Turkle and she wants to remind people that technology can be turned off. “Our human purposes are to really have connections with people,” she says. “We have to reclaim it. It’s not going to take place by itself.”
小题1:According to Paragraph 1, Gretchen Baxter thinks _____. | A．the new technology always influences people’s life in a positive way | | B．the new technology always influences people’s life in a negative way | | C．the family isn’t that important compared to the new technology | | D．people are too dependent on the new technology to let go |
小题2: The underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 2 probably means _____. | A．advantage | B．weakness | | C．strength | D．effect |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | A．The wide use of mobile devices has nothing to do with the traditional social construction. | | B．Mobile devices play a less important part in American life. | | C．Mobile devices create a lot of divided attention and social anxiety. | | D．Many analysts speak highly of the wide popularity of mobile devices. |
小题4: What can be inferred from the last paragraph? | A．Something must be done to get connection with people in reality again. | | B．Using mobile services can help people get con- nection with each other. | | C．Mobile services have a strong impact on people’s life. | | D．The connection with people can happen naturally. |
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