In some remote Turkish village of Kuskoy, whistling is as important as talking.I

In some remote Turkish village of Kuskoy, whistling is as important as talking.I

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In some remote Turkish village of Kuskoy, whistling is as important as talking.In fact, whistling is talking because the villagers speak and sing by whistling.Kuskoy parents begin to teach their boys and girls the language of whistling about the time the children learn to talk.It is considered so important that the village school includes it as one of the subjects taught along with the Turkish language.
This art of communication has taken centuries to develop.The village of Kuskoy spreads out across two hillsides that are separated by a deep valley.The villagers had to find an easy way to communicate where their voices couldn’t carry.They developed a high-pitched (高音的) whistle language that could be transmitted as far as five miles through air.As a result, Kuskoy, which means “bird village” in Turkish, has come to be known as a whistler’s paradise (乐园).
Whistling is so much part of everyday life in Kuskoy that men and women speak, argue, and court (求爱) in whistles.The story was recently told of a young couple who ran away secretly.The news was sent over the “mountain telephone” by whistling.The lover’s adventure was quickly known to all the villagers.
It is little wonder, then, that the children of Kuskoy study whistling in school.Wouldn’t it be fun to start the school day with a song—whistled of course!
小题1:The children of Kuskoy learn to whistle because __          _.
A.it is funB.it is an important way to communicate
C.it helps them learn to singD.it is like the Turkish language
小题2:In Kuskoy, whistling as a way of talking started __             _.
A.recentlyB.hundreds of years ago
C.fifty years agoD.ten years ago
小题3:Which one of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.The high-pitched whistle can be heard at a distance of 5 km.
B.The parents were too ready to allow the young couple to marry each other.
C.The villagers found an easy way to communicate where they could be heard.
D.The villagers of Kuskoy are often informed of news by whistling.
小题4:Which of the following do you think is the best title for this story?
A.To Learn Whistle Is Very ImportantB.Whistling Is Fun
C.Whistling—The Mountain TelephoneD.The Strange Turkish Language

答案

小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
解析

小题1:根据In some remote Turkish village of Kuskoy, whistling is as important as talking.选答案。
小题2:根据This art of communication has taken centuries to develop.选答案。
小题3:本题备选项A.B.C都具有干扰作用。选A项是没有弄清英里与公里的换算1英里=1.609公里;选B项是对too ready to(非常愿意)的误解,文中也没有谈到父母对子女的婚姻态度;选C项是因为对原文中的where their voices couldn’t carry没有真正理解。
小题4:文中多处提及。
举一反三
For many years, I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it.
Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything. Perhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved being special, and being cherished. We fantasize about what it will be like when we reach the long-awaited goal. We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last, we find ourselves there.
But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self-worth, and, of course, love.
It took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty standards vary with culture. In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. More importantly, if it’s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us strive hard to change our body, but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes.
小题1:The passage tries to highlight the importance of _________.
A.body sizeB.attitudes toward life
C.culture differenceD.different beauty standards
小题2:What does the word “everything” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.All the problems.B.All the properties.
C.The whole world.D.The absolute truth.
小题3:What can be inferred about the author?
A.The author is a Samoan.
B.The author succeeded in losing weight.
C.The author has been troubled by her/ his weight.
D.The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.
小题4:According to the author, what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later?
A.They feel angry about the regained weight.
B.They are indifferent to the regained weight.
C.They feel optimistic about future plans on weight control.
D.They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.

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Twelve years age I flew from my home in Minnesota to spend Father’s Day with my father in California. This wasn’t a typical Father’s Day visit, but to say goodbye to my father as his cancer rapidly advanced. We hadn’t had much of a relationship up to that day and never did much talking. He wasn’t verbal (善用言词辞的) or demonstrative (易流露感情的) nor was I. I knew he loved me simply because fathers love their children. He never told me he loved me and I never told him. That’s the way we did things in our house.
My father told me a bit about his career growth from a poor boy to a very successful businessman. He had got a lot through his hard work. He had reasons to be proud of what he had done and I had the benefit of his success. “Maybe I didn’t do things right. I never really knew you or your brothers. I did what I thought was right.” This visit didn’t change our ways. We shook hands and said goodbye as I left. Our relationship ended as we lived it.
As a father for more than 14 years I look back and understand why I am staying at home full-time with my children. I tell my children I love them every day, I hug them and I talk with them and let them know how important they are to me. However, as much as we would like to believe that we are all ideal fathers but we are not. We all made mistakes and hopefully we learned from them, just as I learned from my father.
56.Why did the author visit his father?
A. He wanted to wish his father a happy Father’s Day.                   
B. He planned to look after his sick father. 
C. He wanted to express his love to his father.                
D. He came to see his father for the last time.
57. What did the author think of his father?
A. He didn’t talk much but was a good father.  B. He didn’t do anything right.
C. He just did what a father should do.       D. He didn’t like his children at all.
58. Which of the following statements about the author’s father is TRUE?
A. His father had been away from their home for a long time.     
B. His father gained great success through hard work. 
C. His father quite understand his children.
D. His father was sorry for his mistake.
59. The author believes that fathers should________.
A. set good example to their children through actions        
B. stay at home with their children all the time
C. tell their children what is right
D. express their love to their children
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Recently, one of my best friends, whom I"ve shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the week end with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we"ve both always ___1___ the few times a year when we can see each other.
.Over the ___2___, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was ___3__ around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with ___4___ and was into other ___5___ behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been ___6___ to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn"t want her ___7___ him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she ___8__ better, she didn"t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to ___9___ her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting ___10___. I just couldn"t believe that she really thought it was ___11__ to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and ___12___ by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come ___13___ to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to ___14___ our friendship - but I didn"t. I put the power of ___15___ to the ultimate test. We"d been friends for far too long. The chance was that she ___16___ me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could ___17___ anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our ___18___, and then she told me that she had ___19___ with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly ___20___ moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
1. A. worried about              B. looked forward to C. paid attention to     D. think of
2. A. weekend               B. months    C. years                D. days
3. A. working               B. falling in love    C. hanging                D. keeping in touch
4. A. books                   B. girls                  C. friends                     D. drugs
5. A. self-destructive      B. self-respecting  
C. self-confident           D. self-defensive
6. A. explaining            B. reasoning          C. declaring                  D. lying
7. A. on                        B. beside               C. around                     D. to
8. A. did                  B. deserved               C. had                       D. got
9. A. told                B. convince               C. force           D. warn
10. A. somewhere   B. everywhere               C. nowhere     D. anywhere
11. A. acceptable    B. believable            C. reliable             D. admirable
12. A. exhausted     B. surprised                  C. satisfied            D. terrified
13. A. almost         B. nearly                      C. close          D. over
14. A. stop             B. continue              C. start           D. make
15. A. love            B. friendship   C. truth          D. justice
16. A. thought        B. remembered     C. valued             D. hated
17. A. mean           B. conquer            C. tell                  D. prove
18. A. friendship    B. relationship              C. quarrel              D. conversation
19. A. broken away       B. broken down     C. broken up   D. broken out
20. A. demanding   B. challenging   C. frustrating      D. rewarding
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We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn’t even lift her eyes from the book. Mum __36__ at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to __37__ down. While I watched __38__ open in surprise, Mum __39__ her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked __40__ to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She __41__ the mop past the desk and __42__ the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, “Very __43__ floors.”
“Yes, I’m __44__ they’ve finally decided to clean them,” the nurse answered. She looked at Mum __45__ and said, “But aren’t you working late?”
Mum just pushed harder, each swipe of the mop __46__ her farther and farther down the hall. I watched __47__ she was out of sight and the nurse had __48__ to writing in the big book.
After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were __49__. She quickly put the mop back and took my __50__. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, “__51__.”
Outside, Mum told me: “Dogmas is __52__. No fever.”
“You saw her, Mum?”
“Of course. I told her about the hospital __53__, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop __54__ as well. It’s a fine hospital. But such __55__! A mop is no good. You need a brush.”
36. A. stared           B. pointed               C. came                   D. aimed
37. A. sit                B. lie                      C. fall                     D. bend
38. A. eyes                     B. hands                C. mouth               D. arms
39. A. put on          B. took off              C. hung over          D. threw away
40. A. bravely          B. proudly               C. poorly               D. quietly
41. A. dragged               B. pulled                  C. pushed          D. rushed
42. A. as                 B. because               C. after                 D. as soon as
43. A. pretty           B. good                   C. cheap                D. dirty
44. A. delighted            B. surprised             C. anxious           D. disappointed
45. A. respectfully           B. pitifully               C. carefully           D. strangely
46. A. taking           B. fetching              C. forcing          D. advancing
47. A. when          B. while                  C. after                   D. until
48. A. turned back       B. turned round      C. turned down  D. turned into
49. A. nervous                B. sad                     C. crying               D. shining
50. A. clothes           B. hat                      C. hand             D. mop
51. A. Excuse me      B. I’m sorry            C. Good luck           D. Thank you
52. A. ill                 B. better               C. well              D. wrong
53. A. rules             B. rights                   C. advice               D. limits
54. A. visiting           B. worrying             C. smoking        D. working
55. A. a hospital         B. beds                    C. floors                D. nurses
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 Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is  36 for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the sane  37  night after night. One would
 38  them to know their parts by heart and  39  have cause to falter(结巴).Yet 40 is not always the case.
  A famous actor in a  41  successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat  42 had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act,a gaoler(监狱长,看守)would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.  43  the noble was expected to read the letter at each  44  ,he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
  One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke  45  his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the  46  of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed(使显露)the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then,the gaoler  47 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the  48 and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in 
 49  as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, 50  to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then,squinting(眯着眼看)his eves,he said,“The light is 51 .Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 52  that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied,“The light is indeed dim,sir. I must get my  53 ”With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s 54 ,the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the  55  copy of the letter which he proceeded(继续进行)to read to the prisoner.
  36.A. fortunate
B. unfortunate
C. happy
D. unhappy
  37.A. lines
B. words
C. plays
D. roles
  38.A. want
B. ask
C. expect
D. wish
  39.A. always
B. never
C. sometimes
D. often
  40.A. such
B. the thing
C. one
D. this
  41.A. highly
B. high
C. poorly
D. poor
  42.A. where
B. what
C. which
D. who
  43.A. Because
B. Even though
C. When
D. Though
  44.A. play
B. performance
C. role
D. case
  45.A. with
B. in
C. on
D. to
  46.A. pages
B. joke
C. lines
D. contents
  47.A. appeared
B. disappeared
C. came out
D. came in
  48.A. room
B. cell
C. stage
D. office
  49.A. English
B. French
C. order
D. full
  50.A. worded
B. surprised
C. anxious
D. afraid
  51.A. bright
B. dim
C. dark
D. out
  52.A. To see
B. To find
C. Seeing
D. Finding
  53.A. glasses
B. lines
C. light
D. letters
  54.A. surprise
B. satisfaction
C. anger
D. amusement
  55.A. usual
B. old
C. unusual
D. new

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