London, May 5, 2003 Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race. The journey started in New York last September and went east around South Africa to New Zealand. It crossed the Pacific Ocean and went around South America, ending up yesterday in Rhode Island, the smallest state in America. In the end, the trip covered over 46,000 kilometres. The same sea route was taken in the past by many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.
Emma, a 1996 graduate (毕业生) of the University of Glasgow, finished the race at the age of twenty-eight. The race requires competitors to sail alone. Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long time even though she’s really into sailing. Her worst moment was when she had to climb the high mast (船桅) in a bad storm to fix some broken parts. She sailed hundreds of kilometres away from land and the wind was blowing very hard. Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way. These days, Emma is happy to be home with her parents and sleep in a bed that stays still.
小题1:The first paragraph is mostly about .| A．the Around Alone race | B．a terrible wind storm | | C．the start of the journey | D．the smallest state in America |
小题2:Which one is NOT true?| A．Emma sailed alone around the world. | | B．Emma made a new route for the sea travel. | | C．Emma is the youngest person to finish the race. | | D．Emma is the first woman to finish Around Alone. |
小题3:The second paragraph mainly tells us about .| A．Emma’s parents | B．how to repair a broken boat | | C．the University of Glasgow | D．Emma’s sailing experience |
小题4:How long did the trip take?| A．About four months. | B．About six months. | | C．About eight months. | D．About twelve months. |
小题5: What is the best way to explain Emma’s success?| A．The other racers had many problems. | | B．Her parents encouraged her to keep on. | | C．She had strong willpower to make it to the end. | | D．She had received a good education in a university. |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:C |
试题分析：本文叙述了一个名叫Emma的女孩成为了世界上第一个女子也是最年轻的独自完成环球的航行比赛的人。在比赛中她遇到了许多困难，正是Emma的毅力使她坚持进行完这次独自航行比赛。
小题1:主旨大意题。根据第一段的Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race.可知这一段在讲独自航行环游世界的比赛。故选A。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第一段的The same sea route was taken in the past by many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.可知Emma航行的路线以前有人行驶过，并不是一条新的路线。故选B。
小题3:主旨大意题。根据第二段的Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long time even though she’s really into sailing.可知这一段介绍了Emma的航行经历，故选D。
小题4:推理判断题。根据The journey started in New York last September和ending up yesterday 以及报道的时间May 5, 2003可知这次航行时去年9月开始的，今年5月4日结束的，大约共8个月。故选C。
小题5:细节理解题。根据最后一段的Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way.可知正是Emma的毅力使她坚持进行完这次独自航行比赛。故选C。 |
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“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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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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