Eleven months ago, an act of good sportsmanship（体育精神）changed a girls’ running ra
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Eleven months ago, an act of good sportsmanship（体育精神）changed a girls’ running race into something bigger.
Jenna Huff received a national sportsmanship award from the US Olympic Committee for what she did for Deb Guthmann.
In the race, Jenna was behind Deb until the final few meters of the 5-kilometer race.
Then something awful happened. Deb’s right hip（髋部）broke. She screamed in pain and stopped.
Jenna had never met Deb and had been taught to pass every runner she could to win.
Instead, Jenna stopped with no hesitation.
“Come on.” Jenna told Deb. “We’re going to run.”
Jenna took Deb’s left elbow with her right hand. She helped her jog the last few meters. At the finishing line, she pushed Deb in front of her, reasoning Deb would have beaten her anyway if not for the injury. That act helped Deb’s team win the regional race and advance to the state meet.
Both girls are now 17.
Jenna is still an athlete for her school.
She and her parents went to Colorado to accept an award for the national sportsmanship award. Jenna had to give a five-minute speech to the crowd, a crowd which included a number of former Olympians. “I’m pretty scared about my speech,” Jenna said the other night when we talked on the phone. “You want to hear part of it?” She read me one part including the words from Albert Einstein: “Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine（神圣的）purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know：That we are here for the sake of（为了）others.”
Deb is also still running. She received a full scholarship to Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The award was because of her excellent academic record and great sports potential.
But she recently got hurt again and was unable to run for weeks.
Even so, I am confident Deb will write a happier ending for herself one day. Both of these young women make you feel confident about the future. They are strong, compassionate（富于同情心的）and smart.
As Einstein said-and as Jenna showed 11 months ago— “we are here for the sake of others”.
小题1:The story is intended to __________. | A．tell us an unexpected story in the girls’ running race | | B．introduce a famous sportswoman | | C．show the beauty of good sportsmanship | | D．remind athletes to pay attention to their safety during the race |
小题2:The reason why Jenna pushed Deb in front of her at the finishing line is that __________. | A．she wanted to get the prize | | B．she thought she didn’t match Deb in reality | | C．she helped Deb’s team to win the regional race | | D．Deb had been injured |
小题3:Deb received a full scholarship to Emmanuel College because __________. | A．she is still running | | B．she was good at her academy and sports | | C．she showed the good sportsmanship in the race | | D．she never gave up even though she had been injured |
小题4:What can we know from the passage?| A．Jenna was the last one to reach the finishing line. | | B．Deb went to Colorado to accept the prize with her parents. | | C．The author had a face-to-face interview with Jenna the other night. | | D．Helping each other can make a big difference to people’s lives. |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:D |
解析
小题1:C主旨大意题。文章第一段就是本文的中心。
小题2:B 细节理解题。根据she pushed Deb in front of her, reasoning Deb would have beaten her anyway if not for the injury可知答案。
小题3:B 细节理解题。根据The award was because of her excellent academic record and great sports potential可知答案。
小题4:D 推理判断题。结合文章最后一段的we are here for the sake of others可知答案。 |
举一反三
Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 31 , she went to the wise man that is always 32 for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 33 ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will 34 you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or 35 with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never 36 sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in 37 of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment, 38 at the door, and said in a 39 voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n) 40 that I want? It is very important to me.”
41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of 42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to 43 all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor, 44 people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She 45 to comfort them till they 46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But 47 she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one 48 after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so 49 in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never 50 that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.
| 小题1: | | A．joy | B．danger | C．belief | D．sorrow |
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| 小题2: | | A．envied | B．considered | C．respected | D．treated |
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| 小题3: | | A．strange | B．magical | C．valuable | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．reward | B．supply | C．provide | D．award |
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| 小题5: | | A．quarreling | B．discussing | C．reasoning | D．arguing |
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| 小题6: | | A．suffered | B．known | C．obtained | D．forgotten |
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| 小题7: | | A．honor | B．favor | C．need | D．search |
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| 小题8: | | A．knocked | B．broke | C．stood | D．pointed |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．confident | C．sad | D．urgent |
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| 小题10: | | A．place | B．answer | C．apartment | D．person |
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| 小题11: | | A．Luckily | B．Immediately | C．Gradually | D．Unfortunately |
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| 小题12: | | A．praise | B．Respect | C．comfort | D．encouragement |
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| 小题13: | | A．exchange | B．describe | C．simplify | D．decorate |
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| 小题14: | | A．unfortunate | B．unfriendly | C．unimportant | D．unfamiliar |
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| 小题15: | | A．planned | B．managed | C．continued | D．stayed |
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| 小题16: | | A．settle down | B．break down | C．calm down | D．get down |
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| 小题17: | | A．wherever | B．whatever | C．however | D．whenever |
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| 小题18: | | A．excuse | B．tale | C．lie | D．reason |
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| 小题19: | | A．curious | B．puzzled | C．worried | D．involved |
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| 小题20: | | A．recognizing | B．realizing | C．remembering | D．wondering |
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On the way to school, a little boy found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and watched it everyday. One day, it started to break through a small hole in the cocoon, but it 26 greatly. Finally, it seemed it couldn’t succeed.
The boy felt 27 for the butterfly because he knew it was going to die if it didn’t get out. So he ran into the house and got a pair of 28 and cut the cocoon a little. The butterfly came out and was free.
The only strange thing was that the butterfly has a swollen(肿胀的) body and dry 29 . The boy kept waiting for the swelling to go down and for the wings to grow, but 30 didn’t. The butterfly crawled（爬）around and unable to 31 and then it died an early death.
Therefore, he learnt that the butterfly was supposed to struggle to get out of the cocoon. In fact, the struggle to get out of the cocoon 32 the fluid(液) out of the body and it its wings. 33 the struggle, the butterfly couldn’t grow, and would 34 fly. By trying to help the butterfly, the boy 35 hurt it.
| 小题1: | | A．shouted | B．struggled | C．changed | D．waved |
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| 小题2: | | A．ashamed | B．satisfied | C．happy | D．sad |
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| 小题3: | | A．knives | B．trousers | C．scissors | D．shoes |
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| 小题4: | | A．wings | B．feather | C．stomach | D．legs |
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| 小题7: | | A．pulled | B．dropped | C．pushed | D．flowed |
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| 小题9: | | A．seldom | B．hardly | C．ever | D．never |
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| 小题10: | | A．actually | B．gradually | C．slowly | D．generally |
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I still clearly remember that day. I was on the side of the road for close to four hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows that said, “NEED A JACK（千斤顶）”.
Right as I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He sized up the situation and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife produced a large water jug for us to wash our hands in.
I tried to put $20 in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I thanked them up one side and down the other. I asked the little girl, their daughter, where they lived, thinking maybe I’d send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches, and then go back home.
After I said my goodbyes and started walking back to the Jeep, the girl called out and asked if I’d had lunch. When I told her no, she ran up and handed me a tamale（玉米粽子）. I thanked them again and walked back to my car. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20 bill! I ran to the van and the guy rolled down his window. He saw the $20 in my hand, started shaking his head smiling, and with what looked like great concentration said in English: “Today you, tomorrow me.” Then he rolled up his window and drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back.
This family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly.
Since then I’ve helped many people like the Mexican family. I didn’t accept money. But every time I was able to help, I felt as if I was putting something in the bank.
小题1:From the passage we know that __________.| A．the Mexican man couldn’t speak English | | B．the author’s car broke down on the road | | C．the Mexican family came to Oregon for a visit | | D．$20 was a small amount for the Mexican family |
小题2:Why did the author give the money quietly to the man’s wife?| A．Because the man had refused to accept it. | | B．Because the man’s wife needn’t wash her hands. | | C．Because the author thought the Mexican family was poor. | | D．Because the author thought the man’s wife would take it. |
小题3:The Mexican man helped the author because he tended to think that ___________.| A．it was completely wrong for others to pass by quietly | | B．it was quite easy to help the author mend the jeep | | C．it was possible that everyone might get into trouble | | D．the author was a polite stranger and deserved the help |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE about the author?| A．He hated those who didn’t offer help. | | B．He would send a present to the family soon. | | C．He wondered why they didn’t take the money. | | D．He considered helping others as saving money in the bank. |
小题5:What can we infer from the passage?| A．The Mexican family lived a richer life than the author. | | B．The Mexican family did seasonal work in Oregon each year. | | C．The author was inspired to help others by the Mexican family. | | D．What made the writer moved was the tamale given by the girl. |
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When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail，I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming（发送垃圾邮件）a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products，individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passed on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate（立法）against spare. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
小题1:What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph l probably mean?| A．messages | B．ideas | C．connections | D．programs |
小题2:According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?| A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications. | | B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail. | | C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail. | | D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam. |
小题3:According to Paragraph 3, who is the final victim of spam?| A．The business. | B．The advertiser. | C．The employee. | D．The consumer. |
小题4:What is the purpose of the text?| A．To inform. | B．To educate. | C．To persuade. | D．To instruct. |
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Last week I went to a supermarket. After I 36 the bill and was passing through the door, the alarm suddenly started to ring. Suddenly, a young guard ran toward me and ordered me to 37 him. I felt so upset and 38 . He took me to a small room, but I was 39 frightened that I stopped at the door. Finding me 40 to enter the room, he shouted that I had to go into the room.
He closed the door. I thought he was going to hurt me. Suddenly, a 41 voice said in my ear, “Take out the things you"ve stolen!” “I stole nothing.” I said. “Do as I tell you. If we find them, you’ll be in trouble.” “There is nothing.” I answered. “I didn"t take anything.” I said, taking everything out of my pockets and bag.
42 this point, a guard came in and asked a salesgirl to 43 me. 44 , they found nothing.
But they didn"t believe that I hadn"t stolen anything. So the young guard ordered me to pass through the door alarm again.
I was 45 when it rang again. I felt 46 and burst into tears. I didn"t know how to prove 47 I was innocent.
They made me go into the small room again.
“Take out the stolen things quickly, 48 we will dial 110.” They said.
“OK, call the police. I’ m not afraid.” I said 49 .
Suddenly, they 50 their tone. After a while, a salesgirl asked me to raise my feet. I did 51 she had told me. There was a label (标签) on the bottom of my shoe. That was it! That was the 52 thing that had brought me such great trouble. But it 53 my innocence.
After that, they 54 to me in the small room. But they should have apologized 55 , shouldn"t they? A lot of people were there when I was taken away. What did they think of me?
| 小题1: | | A．buy | B．paid | C．passed | D．spent |
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| 小题2: | | A．obey | B．beg | C．follow | D．listen to |
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| 小题3: | | A．angry | B．excited | C．happy | D．puzzled |
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| 小题5: | | A．disagree | B．unwilling | C．voluntarily | D．willingly |
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| 小题6: | | A．gentle | B．cold | C．sound | D．polite |
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| 小题8: | | A．look at | B．watch | C．examine | D．keep |
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| 小题9: | | A．Needless to say | B．So far | C．On one hand | D．As a result of |
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| 小题10: | | A．afraid | B．frightened | C．shocked | D．sad |
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| 小题11: | | A．wronged | B．annoying | C．confused | D．unpleasant |
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| 小题12: | | A．what | B．whether | C．that | D．how |
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| 小题14: | | A．unhappily | B．forcefully | C．terribly | D．widely |
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| 小题15: | | A．changed | B．raised | C．increased | D．closed |
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| 小题16: | | A．like | B．as | C．according to | D．as if |
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| 小题18: | | A．tested | B．showed | C．proved | D．gave |
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| 小题19: | | A．said | B．apologized | C．agreed | D．promised |
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| 小题20: | | A．loudly | B．together | C．politely | D．in public |
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