My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War Ⅱ.
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My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War Ⅱ. The book Night of the Uboats told the story.
Memories
In September ，1940，my mother ,sister and I went to Swansea ,where my father ‘s ship was getting ready to sail ,we brought him a family photography to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe .
Then I remember my mother lying face down ,sobbing .she had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo (鱼雷).
I can remember the arrived of the telegram（电报），which in those days always brought bad news .my grandmother opened it ,it read ,safe .love ted.”
My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee, his arm in a bandage .
He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war, for as long as I can remember ,he had a weak heart ,mother said it was caused by the torpedoes .he said it was because of the cigarette ,whichever ,he died suddenly in his early 50s.
Ten years later I read night of the U-boat and able to complete the story .
A toast
In my room is the book and the photograph .often , glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion ,a sinking ship ,a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue ?lest (以免 )we forget ,I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.
小题1:We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.| A．to meet a friend | B．to see the father off | | C．to take a family photo | D．to enjoy the sailing of the ship |
小题2:What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?| A．he was still alive. | B．His knee was broken. | | C．His ship had been sunk. | D．He had arrived in Glasgow. |
小题3:The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father’s ________.| A．weak heart | B．taking a shore job | | C．failure to return to sea | D．injury caused by a torpedo |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?| A．A group of forgotten heroes | | B．A book describing a terrifying battle. | | C．A ship engineer’s wartime experience. | | D．A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:C |
解析
试题分析：文章大意：本文讲述了作者的父亲曾经是一位商船的首席工程师，他讲述了自己在二战中经历的沉船事件。
小题1:B细节理解题。根据Memories下面第一段，讲到父亲会从S起航，我们带给他family photograph目的是be kept with him和keep him safe，推断出我们是去给父亲送行。故B正确。
小题2:A细节理解题。根据Memories下面第三段，电报内容I can remember the arrived of the telegram（电报），which in those days always brought bad news .my grandmother opened it ,it read ,safe .love ted.。故A正确。
小题3:A词义推测题。根据父亲说it是由cigarettes引起，母亲说it由torpedoes引起，it 只代前文的week heart。故A正确。
小题4:C主旨大意题，C。其它选项错误原因：A，forgotten heroes在文中都没有涉及；B，terrible battle没有提；D, merchant"s memories应该是作者（merchant"s child 的memories）。故C正确。 |
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You are seeing a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!
Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.
They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall onto hard ground but onto empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depends on tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “ blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They sometimes get seriously injured, and even killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落伞 ) failed to open and he was killed.
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stunt girls , too.
小题1:What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?| A．Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman. | | B．The percentage of serious accidents is high. | | C．Parachutes must be of good quality. | | D．The cliff was too high. |
小题2:Stuntmen are those who __________________.| A．often dress up as actors. | | B．like to lead dangerous lives. | | C．often perform seemingly dangerous actions. | | D．often fight each other for their lives. |
小题3:When a stuntman falls from a high building, ______________| A．he needs little protection. | B．he will be covered with a mattress. | | C．his life is in danger. | D．his safety is generally all right. |
小题4:Which of the following is the main factor of a successful performance?| A．Strength | B．Speed | C．Exactness | D．Carefulness |
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The airline lost your baggage. The hotel laundry(洗衣房) ruined your favorite shirt. The taxi driver overcharged you. When you"re abroad, sometimes things go wrong. Now you can do something about it! Use these tips when you want to express an effective complaint in English.
No matter how unfair the situation, it"s best to phrase your complaint politely. In English, you"ll sound more polite if you use indirect language. Here are some examples:
“I"m sorry to bother you...” Starting a complaint like this puts the listener who may have heard many complaints that day at ease. Use this phrase if the situation isn"t that serious. For example, "I"m sorry to bother you, but I wanted a baked potato, not fries."
“Can you help me with this?” Everyone would much rather be asked to do something than told! So try phrasing your complaint as a request for help: "Can you help me with this? My shirt came back from the laundry without buttons."
“I"m afraid there may be a misunderstanding.” This is a polite way of saying, "Your information is wrong. Please fix it now." You"ll most likely use this phrase if you made reservations(预定) for a flight, hotel or restaurant, and when you arrive, it"s not what you expected. For example, "I"m afraid there may be a misunderstanding. I requested a non-smoking room."
“I understand it"s not your fault...” Often when you make a complaint, you deal with a person who was not directly responsible for the problem. But the problem isn"t your fault, either! This phrase is helpful when you need swift action. Tell the person you"re dealing with you understand they"re not at fault and then directly state the problem: "I understand it"s not your fault, but the airline promised they would deliver my baggage yesterday."
“Excuse me, but I understood that...” Using this phrase lets the person know you"re well-informed and are suspicious they might be trying to take advantage of you. Don"t say, "Hey! You"re trying to cheat me!" Instead, start indirectly by stating what you know to be true: "I understood that the taxi ride to the airport was only 25 dollars." Then give them an opportunity to do the right thing.
小题1:What’s the purpose of this passage?| A．To give an introduction of life abroad. | | B．To give suggestions on how to learn English. | | C．To offer advice on giving complaints in English. | | D．To offer guides to those who travel around the world. |
小题2:According to the passage, if we meet an unfair situation, we’d better .| A．state our complaints politely | | B．go for the police immediately | | C．use indirect language to hurt people | | D．fight against the one who is responsible |
小题3:Why should we start a complaint with polite phrases?| A．Because the situation is never serious. | | B．Because the listener may not speak English. | | C．Because it can help solve the problem more easily. | | D．Because we should be always in good manners abroad. |
小题4:Several effective complaints in English are mentioned above EXCEPT .| A．“Can you help me with this?” | | B．“I understand it’s not your fault.” | | C．“Hey! You’re trying to cheat me!” | | D．“I’m afraid there may be a misunderstanding.” |
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A shop worker nicknamed(绰号) Little Fatty told of his shock at becoming a Susan Boyle-like Internet star after a perfect Whitney Houston performance on a TV talent(才能)show. Lin Yuqun, 24, won over the judges and the audience of the Million Star show with perfect performances of Whitney Houston’s I will Always Love You , and has got 480,000 hits on video sharing website You Tube.
“I am shocked that I can draw so much attention. I"m really moved and happy that people like my performance of Whitney"s song,” said Lin, who works part-time at a musical instrument shop. “I"ve loved singing since I was a little boy and I feel like I am living my dream now. I hope I can pursue(追求) a career in singing,” he told reporters.
Reporters called him “China’s Susan Boyle”, describing him as “plain-looking and short”, but Lin, who has the nickname “Little Fatty”, told reporters the comparison made him proud. “I am honoured to be compared to Susan Boyle. I am inspired and encouraged by her because she proved that even a person who"s seen as an underdog(弱者) and who has ordinary looks can shine on the stage,” Lin said.
Since his performance was posted on Youtube late last week, he has been the subject of heated conversation in on-line chat rooms on American Yahoo! and other foreign websites. “Lin really is amazing. Whitney couldn’t do it any better today, ” a viewer wrote on YouTube.
Scottish single Susan Boyle got recognized around the world after she was discovered last year on the British’s Got Talent television show with her performance of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables, which was the best-selling debut(首演)in British chart history and also topped the US charts.
小题1:What do we know about Lin Yuqun?| A．He has a great talent for singing. | | B．He works quite hard as a shop owner. | | C．He sings better than Susan Boyle. | | D．He likes watching TV best. |
小题2:It seemed that Lin Yuqun _________.| A．was not surprised that he could be famous. | | B．felt lost after the talent show. | | C．learnt to sing at a musical instrument shop. | | D．wants to become a singer. |
小题3:Why does Lin Yuqun speak highly of Susan Boyle?| A．Because she is as ordinary as him. | | B．Because she is a famous singer now. | | C．Because he gets confidence from her. | | D．Because she brings good luck to him |
小题4:By saying “Whitney couldn’t do it any better today”, the viewer means __________.| A．Whiteny doesn"t sing well any longer. | | B．Lin Yuqun sings as well as Whitney | | C．Lin Yuqun has gone beyond Whitney | | D．Lin Yuqun can develop his singing better |
小题5:On a website, you may read the article in the column of _________.| A．education. | B．fashion | C．science | D．Art |
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Morning is extremely important, because it is the beginning of a day. How you choose to your morning can often be used to predict what kind of day you are going to have.
each day with love and gratitude (感激). When you get up in the morning, think of what a great luck it is to be —to see, to hear, to love, to have something to look forward to. Happiness is simply the feeling of appreciating others. Realize that it’s not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. Don’t have pressure on each new morning. yourself from the things that you didn’t yesterday and made you down. Let yesterday go. Every morning is the start of a new day with new . Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
| 小题1: | | A．live | B．enjoy | C．change | D．spend |
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| 小题2: | | A．Compare | B．Treat | C．Begin | D．Concern |
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| 小题3: | | A．alive | B．alike | C．ahead | D．awake |
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| 小题4: | | A．lain | B．laid | C．covered | D．floated |
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| 小题5: | | A．Comfort | B．Keep | C．Free | D．Cure |
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| 小题6: | | A．give out | B．come out | C．set out | D．work out |
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| 小题7: | | A．views | B．tasks | C．difficulties | D．opportunities |
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When it comes to relationship, we spend a lot of time discussing their joys, but rarely talk about the pain when they break down. Yet most people have a story about a broken relationship.
For Jane Black, a six-year friendship ended when her friend was rude to one of her children. “After quite a few drinks at a party in my house, she said something rude to my child. I ended the friendship face to face at the party,” she says. “I didn’t realize what I was doing at the time, I was simply standing up for my child, but in her eyes any challenge was a betrayal.”
When Angela Thompson noticed a seven-year friendship disappearing, she let it go. “I didn’t know how to deal with the issue. I didn’t sit down for a grown-up conversation; I just walked away quietly.” The decision caused a reaction among Thompson’s other friends. “The other friends in the circle are the worst people when you are trying to break up with a friend,” she says. “They don’t want you to stop being friends, because it puts them in a difficult position. You get told to just get it over.”
Though we have plenty of measures for handling conflict at work or family fight, we still don’t have good ways of ending friendships. Do we sit down and properly break up, or just walk away? Psychologist Serena Cauchy has the following advice.
Don’t blame.
Talk about your needs and feeling rather than talking like a Dutch uncle.
Do talk about your needs.
Talk about why the friendship is not working for you—about how your needs aren’t being met.
Don’t gossip.
Negative talk hurts everyone involved and in some cases can make matters worse.
Don’t be so accessible.
If there is a common wish to conclude the friendship, then you can remove it.
小题1:How did Angela Thompson deal with her friendship when it went wrong?| A．She ended it face to face. | | B．She left it as it was. | | C．She turned to her friends for advice. | | D．She made a direct challenge. |
小题2:According to the third paragraph, we learn the other friends________.| A．will help you to fix a broken friendship | | B．will choose either of the sides who broke up | | C．will ask you to forgive each other | | D．will be the worst people to break up with you at the same time |
小题3:Which is NOT mentioned by Psychologist Serena Cauchy?| A．End the friendship if it can’t be renewed. | | B．Don’t complain behind one’s back. | | C．Express what you want and expect. | | D．Sincerely talk about friends’ shortcomings. |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．A True Friendship | B．When Friendships disappear | | C．How Friendships Last | D．Ways to Fix Friendships |
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