“Fish stories” are stories of the greatest fish that a fisherman has almost caught, but for some reason, the fish always get away. Usually, these stories do not have much truth to them. One of the biggest fish stories in history was about a whale.
In 1891, a ship hunting for whales in the South Atlantic Ocean found a very large whale. While the hunters were trying to kill the whale, it sank two small boats. One man drowned, and another man, James Bartley, was lost in the ocean. However, after the hunters finally killed the whale, they cut open the whale’s stomach and found Mr Bartley inside. He was not dead!
Several weeks later, Mr Bartley seemed to have gotten over his terrible experience. The only thing he could remember was that while he was inside the whale, it was very hot. The liquid (液体) from the whale’s stomach had turned all of his skin snow white. Mr Bartley had to live with the effect from the whale for the rest of his life.
Today, many people have heard about the strange experience of Mr Bartley and do not buy it. Not one real fact has been found to prove that the events ever took place described by the sailors. No scientist or newspaper reporter was ever able to talk to Mr Bartley, and all of the stories told in magazines about Mr Bartley’s experience were explained by other sailors on the boat. Mr Bartley was probably not even a real person at all.
In 1928, after the captain (船长) of the whaling ship had died, one man asked the captain’s wife about Mr Bartley’s story. The wife said that no man who had sailed on her husband’s ship was ever swallowed by a whale.
However, this has not stopped James Bartley’s story from being repeated, and many people today still believe that it is true.
小题1:What made Mr Bartley’s skin white?| A．The ocean water. | B．The whale’s teeth. | | C．The heat inside the whale. | D．The liquid in the whale’s stomach. |
小题2: Who may have talked to Mr Bartley?| A．A scientist. | B．The captain’s wife. | | C．The sailors on the ship. | D．A newspaper reporter. |
小题3:The captain’s wife said that .| A．the story was not true | B．her husband told her the story | | C．the whale was never found | D．Mr Bartley didn’t work for her husband |
小题4:Today, many people have heard about the strange experience of Mr Bartley and do not buy it. Here “buy” means .小题5: In paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 we may know that Mr Bartley .| A．became a writer later | B．died when he was young | | C．told his story to a magazine reporter | D．was not even a real person at all |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D |
试题分析：本文叙述了一个名叫Mr Bartley的人被鲸鱼吞下后有活着的故事。没有人证明船员们描述的事情是真实的，而且Mr Bartley的太太说没有人被鲸鱼吞食过，人们猜测这个故事是虚构的。但是仍然有人相信你这个故事是真的。
小题1:细节理解题。根据第三段的The liquid (液体) from the whale’s stomach had turned all of his skin snow white.可知鲸鱼肚子里的液体使他的皮肤变成雪白。故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第四段的and all of the stories told in magazines about Mr Bartley’s experience were explained by other sailors on the boat.可知Mr Bartley的经历可能是他的船员们讲得，因此可能他的船员跟他谈过话，故选C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第五段的The wife said that no man who had sailed on her husband’s ship was ever swallowed by a whale.可知那个故事不是真的。故选A。
小题4:词义猜测题。根据第四段的Not one real fact has been found to prove that the events ever took place described by the sailors.可知没有人证明船员们描述的事情是真实的，因此此处是没有人相信Mr Bartley的经历。故选B。
小题5:细节理解题。根据第五段的Mr Bartley was probably not even a real person at all.可知甚至没有Mr Bartley这个人。故选D。 |
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There was once a millionaire(百万富翁).He loved money more anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how he had. So he asked a little girl to count(数) his money for him. It the little girl six days to count his money. When she told the millionaire he had forty-two million dollars, he was very glad asked, “How much pay do you want ?”He that she was only a child, he could cheat(骗) her.
The little girl said, “Well, I worked six days, so I think you _ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, give me the amount(数量) you gave the day before multiplied (乘)by itself.”
The millionaire thought that in this way he would only had to give her very few dollars. What a _ _ little girl! So he immediately(立刻) asked his lawyer to make a contract (条约). He was afraid that she would change _ ___.
On the first day, the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, __ pennies. He did what he had planned. And on the sixth day the foolish(愚蠢) millionaire to give the clever little girl all his money.
At last, it was more than he had .Do you know why? If you have in it, you may try to work out this math problem..
| 小题4: | | A．cost | B．spent | C．used | D．took |
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| 小题7: | | A．asked | B．thought | C．told | D．spoke |
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| 小题9: | | A．had to | B．need | C．should | D．must |
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| 小题10: | | A．still | B．just | C．really | D．finally |
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| 小题11: | | A．kind | B．foolish | C．lovely | D．clever |
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| 小题12: | | A．his plan | B．her life | C．his place | D．her mind |
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| 小题15: | | A．interest | B．interested | C．interesting | D．interests |
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When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground.
One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe"s head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I"ve lost an ear. Help! Help!"
Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I"ve found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that"s not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."
小题1:What were Joe and Jeff?| A．Soldiers. | B．Drivers. | C．Farmers. | D．Cleaners. |
小题2:How did Joe lose his ear?| A．He cut it off by himself. | B．Jeff cut it off with a knife. | | C．A falling knife cut it off. | D．A cigarette burned it up. |
小题3: From the passage, we know Joe was not _______.| A．strong | B．kind | C．foolish | D．clever |
小题4:Which is the most possible title for this passage?| A．A Lost Ear | B．A Busy Cleaner | | C．A Falling Knife | D．A forgetful Man |
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I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some _________, “Don’t treat her any _________ from the other girls. Demand more.” And she did!
My mother had to work to _________ my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the _________, “Mom, I can’t peel(削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) _________for anything again!” Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand, while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a way, and Mom knew it. “If you try hard _________,” she said, “you can do anything.” Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars(攀爬架). When it was my turn, I _________ my head. Some kids laughed. I went home crying. After work the next afternoon, Mom took me back to the school playground.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by_________ I practiced, and she praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget the next time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I _________ I can’t handle things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to _________ anything. And she taught me I could, too.
| 小题1: | | A．warning | B．medicine | C．help | D．advice |
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| 小题2: | | A．badly | B．differently | C．well | D．normally |
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| 小题3: | | A．care | B．help | C．support | D．feed |
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| 小题4: | | A．kitchen | B．bedroom | C．house | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．idea | B．change | C．excuse | D．tool |
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| 小题6: | | A．enough | B．too | C．again | D．often |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．nodded | C．shook | D．turned |
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| 小题8: | | A．before | B．as | C．after | D．until |
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| 小题9: | | A．know | B．fear | C．find | D．realize |
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| 小题10: | | A．face | B．teach | C．learn | D．solve |
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John Thomas was a student, but he had been a famous champion(冠军). Everybody at Boston University liked this tall, quiet boy. Once he was hurt, everybody at Boston University was . People all over the country about John Thomas and often asked, "Will he ever jump again?"
John"s mother went to the hospital to see her son. She looked at his leg. Then she looked into his . She knew what her son would . "You"re going to jump again, John, I know it," she said." will be all right."
If John hoped to jump again, he would have a to do. He began at once. Even in his hospital bed John started to exercise. He used a wheel(轮子) and other metal things. Soon his looked like a machine shop!
It was May when John the hospital. "Is it all right if I go camping this summer?" he asked the doctors.
"Yes," the doctors said. "But take it easy on that foot."
John took only walks at first. He was taking it easy on his foot. But not on anything else. He went swimming and did other kinds of exercises. He exercised his body cried for a rest. Some days later, he exercised a little . In late summer John went back to . He asked if he could practise with the football team. Football wasn"t his favorite, but he had to get that leg again! He worked hard. "No one pushed him as hard as he pushed himself," said one of his friends. "To a champion fighting back is a wonderful thing to watch."
| 小题1: | | A．sorry | B．scared | C．alone | D．tired |
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| 小题2: | | A．thought | B．talked | C．heard | D．moved |
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| 小题3: | | A．broken | B．lost | C．missing | D．dead |
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| 小题6: | | A．Nothing | B．Anything | C．Something | D．Everything |
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| 小题8: | | A．chair | B．classroom | C．home | D．bed |
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| 小题9: | | A．reached | B．called | C．left | D．found |
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| 小题10: | | A．short | B．long | C．quick | D．fast |
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| 小题12: | | A．later | B．better | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题13: | | A．school | B．hospital | C．shop | D．church |
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| 小题14: | | A．thick | B．strong | C．straight | D．hard |
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In China，people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人)．Most of them come from single-child families. However，this generation is playing a more and more important part in China，and their image in people’s minds is changing．Han Han,a popular youth writer,is one of them．
Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai．His talent for writing was clear at an early age．When he was 17,he drew the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass. The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition．Later，Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school. “I did poorly in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade. I tried my best to improve my studies，but failed ,so I gave up. However ,I am always learning, since learning and going to school are two different things.” Han Han said.
Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China．Later the book wastranslated(翻译)into several languages and sold abroad．
In the following years,Han Han wrote a lot of books. All of them were welcomed by the market．In 2006，he started blogging(写博客)and had great success. Today，Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet．
小题1: The post-80s generation__________．| A．have changed China’s image | | B．are playing an important role in China | | C．are very good at writing | | D．are people who are more than 80 years old |
小题2:What can we learn from Han Han’s words in the second paragraph?| A．He was good in all his subjects． | | B．He never studied hard at school． | | C．His school life was interesting and colourful | | D．He didn’t stop learning after he left school． |
小题3:When did Han Han begin to write a blog?| A．When he was seventeen. | B．When he was fourteen | | C．When he was twenty | D．When he was twenty-four. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE，according to the passage?| A．Three Folded Gates was only sold in China． | | B．Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school． | | C．Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation． | | D．Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet． |
小题5:What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．The post-80s generation． | | B．Han Han ,a popular post-80s writer． | | C．Blogging on the Internet． | | D．Popular books written by Han Han． |
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