A youth lay in a bath of tomato juice during the “Tomatina” Tomato Fight in the
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Tens of thousands of people took off their shorts and threw tons of juicy tomatoes at each other in the Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce (酱) on the streets of this Spanish town.
Five trucks carried 130 tons of the fruit for the hour-long fight which attracted foreign tourists. Among them are British, French, Argentineans and Japanese, as well as locals.
On the bell of noon the signal was given and for the next 60 minutes participants (参加人) hurled tomatoes at each other until a gunshot signalled the end of the festival.
The clean-up followed, with fighters washing the signs of battle away in the local river or under hundreds of temporary (临时的) showers. While the front of buildings were watered, they seemed brighter than ever after their bath.
The Tomatina, held on the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world’s largest tomato fight. In the past people have been hurt during the tomato fight but no one was killed or injured this year.
The origin (起源) of the festival is unknown, but everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story. However, most agree it started around 1940.
小题1:The passage shows that the tomato fight this year is __________.
| A．frightening | B．boring |
| C．popular | D．harmful |
| A．presented (赠送) | B．threw |
| C．gave | D．picked |
| A．participants can have a good rest after the fight ends |
| B．the festival came from a favorite story |
| C．only adults are permitted to attend the festival |
| D．no one was hurt in this year’s tomato fight |
| A．A Youth Lay in a Bath of Tomato Juice |
| B．Tomato-hurling Festival in Spain |
| C．The History of “Tomatina” Tomato Fight |
| D．Festivals in Spain |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
小题1:推断题，从第二段可以看出，西红柿大战很受人欢迎。从倒数第二段可以看出今年的大战没有什么危险事件发生。
小题2:猜测词义题，西红柿大战当然是扔西红柿了，所以选throw。
小题3:推断题，从倒数第二段可以看出，今年没有人受伤。
小题4:文章介绍的是西红柿大战的情况，主要讲今年的战况以及它的历史，这里只有B比较全面的概括了文章大意。
举一反三
One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he or she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself? It’s easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else later than usual. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.
小题1:The writer of the passage doesn’t agree that _______.
| A．parents want you to grow up healthily |
| B．parents don’t want you to make some bad friends |
| C．parents worry about everything about you |
| D．parents want to control you |
| A．the parents think they eat too much |
| B．the parents don’t like the friends that their children have made |
| C．the children don’t live with their parents |
| D．the children are limited by their parents |
| A．parents are not always right | B．parents should practice more |
| C．parents have many mistakes | D．parents are always right |
| A．some of the parents in China don’t love their children |
| B．children and parents should understand more about each other |
| C．parents should worry too much about their children |
| D．children should bear everything their parents arranged |
Most likely, you were thinking about finals or the holidays, although in this city I’ve noticed that thinking about the holiday is a fancy way of saying how much stuff will I get.
Now reflect on your thoughts for this holiday season. Most people are still thinking about the holidays, but I say that with a grain of salt. Everybody with a functioning brain and the ability to communicate knows that this holioday season comes with a pretty large price tag: the debt of all the hardships, both domestic and foreign, that we’ve faced over the past 12months.
Let’s face it: some of us will get everything we want over the holidays. But there are others whose parents have lost their jobs or who have lost jobs themselves because of the current economic situation. As much as we try to ignore it, there is still economic unrest in the blue and gold suburb.
In this situation, we have three options. One: We ignore the situation, like we seem to do for every bad thing that happens around us, because by God, it’s the American Way! Two: We recognize that our economy is shot, feel bad about it and spend our time wishing for the good old days. Three: We recognize that our economy is shot, but instead of moping, reflect on every good thing that we have going for us. Now, which option sounds best to you?
I spent a week this summer working in and around New York City with the city’s homeless population. Or so I thought. Although a lot of the people I served were in fact homeless, a significant number of them had a job or a home or both. The truth of the importance of this situation is that they and thousands of others across the country can’t afford even the most basic things of life, even while working two jobs. Yet no one that I met complained about their hardships. Instead, they took whatever I happened to give them(which was, more often than enough, not enough) and were genuinely grateful for what they had.
Wrap your heads around that statement for a second. These people worked their butts off to stay alive with minimal results, yet were overjoyed by a flimsy(脆弱的) paper plate with donated green beans on it. Although I am ashamed to admit it( both as a girthy figure and an affluent citizen), I have taken for granted most of my meals, let alone green beans, and I know for a fact that I am not alone.
64. 小题1:According to the passage when people think about holidays they care much for ____.
| A．where to spend their holidays | B．how to spend their holidays |
| C．what they can get for their holidays | D．who they should go to visit |
| A．began to go bad. | B．began to improve | C．was still serious | D．was favorable for middle class. |
| A．to be thankful in time of hardship. | B．to spend their holidays in a wise way |
| C．to think little about their holidays | D．to help the country to sail through the crisis |
| A．a homeless child | B．an old professor | C．a famous scientist | D．a young student |
Imagine that Mum and Dad have friends over, and you have to talk to adults all evening．Say the wrong thing and the parents might 36 ．But say nothing, and they"ll think you weren"t 37 ．So how can you 38 with adults?
It"s easy． 39 ask them questions about 40 " Many of them like to talk about what they do for a 41 ," suggests psychologist．
Kids can also talk to grown-ups about 42 ．Ask what the last good movie they saw was, because people at dinner parties "light up" when the conversation 43 movies．If a grown-up is 44 Harry Potter, it"s OK to talk about your 45 for Harry．It"s a safe , 46 , one that both grown-ups and kids can enjoy．So go 47 and talk about whether Dumbledore is really dead．
But 48 from topic of video games．"Adults don"t want to hear about your 49 ,
50 they play it," Ursiny explains．
Adults also don"t want to hear slang （俚语）．Don"t use 51 they don"t understand．Ursiny says kids should learn to speak to other people in 52 own language．
While most adults aren"t into slang, they do remember wh
at it was like to be a kid．Ursiny recommends asking adults what 53 was like when they were your age．"It might be a fun 54 , if you compare your l0th-grade experience with theirs．"Make sure you chat with your parents 55 to find out which topics are off-limits．
36．A．be satisfied B．get mad C．disagree D．agree
37．A．friendly B．right C．good boys D．helpful
38．A．deal withB．do with C．talk D．go on
39．A．So B．Only C．Just D．But
40．A．you B．yourselves C．life D．themselves
41．A．talk B．job C．fun D．living
42．A．books B．movies C．TV plays D．sports
43．A．turns to B．goes on C．moves on D．keeps to
44．A．into B．like C．for D．against
45．A．idea B．love C．suggestion D．hate
46．A．topic B．dinner C．love D．talk
47．A．back B．here C．there D．ahead网48．A．stay away B．go ahead C．change D．turn
49．A．video B．video game C．play D．talk
50．A．if B．when C．though D．unless
51．A．video B．game C．language D．movie
52．A．his B．their C．your D．our
53．A．school B．family C．discussion D．children
54．A．story B．experience C．discussion D．grown-up
He points out that differences among households (家庭) exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children.” Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most – about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further. With more than three, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands’10 hours.
小题1:According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man ________.
| A．takes on heavier work | B．does more housework |
| C．is the main breadwinner | D．is the master of the house |
| A．About 28 | B．About 26 |
| C．About 13 | D．About 6 |
| A．An unmarried man. | B．An older married man. |
| C．A younger married man. | D．A married man with children. |
| A．Marriage gives men more freedom. |
| B．Marriage has effects on job choices. |
| C．Housework sharing changes over time. |
| D．Having children means doubled housework. |
In 2001, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother"s Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give. The boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn"t planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, her shift(换班)at the hospital had been changed to see her son’s performance. She was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions. And he revived in the end.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 18, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking.
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he"d first learned in Scouts. The food that was trapped in the woman"s throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
"The food was stuck. I couldn"t breathe," she said. She thought she was dying. "I was very frightened."
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
小题1:The author wrote the passage to show us that_______.
| A．miracles are predestined and they can happen anywhere |
| B．whoever helps you in trouble will get a reward one day |
| C．God will help those who give others a helping hand |
| D．miracles won’t come without any difficulty sometimes |
| A．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life |
| B．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills |
| C．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college |
| D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke |
| A．She was invited to give the players directions |
| B．She volunteered to give medical services |
| C．She was a little worried about his son’s safety |
| D．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him |
| A．happy | B．surprised | C．sad | D．worried |
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