Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at
his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip.
Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?
Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a
photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around
India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to
carry people. I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家) for help. He
taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter: How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?
Chris: Not too long. I bought a female elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars.
Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey?
Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern
India. There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants
can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1, 200 km away. It took us 64 days to
complete the journey.
Reporter: Did you have any problems on your journey?
Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. Btu that got better
quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?
Chris: My plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn’t take her back to Britain
and I didn’t want to sell her at the market. I happened to meet some people who wanted an
elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I
gave her to them. I was very sad to say goodbye.
小题1:Chris got the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant from __________.| A．a visit to a zoo | B．an elephant expert from India | | C．the photos of elephant | D．an old friend who lived in India |
小题2: The elephant expert told Chris __________.| A．when to buy an elephant | B．how to feed an elephant | | C．where to sell his elephant | D．how to ride an elephant |
小题3:Chris decided to go to Sonepur because __________.| A．it is a very interesting place | | B．he would be able to sell Tara there easily | | C．elephants cannot be sold anywhere else | | D．it would take only a short time to get there |
小题4: When Chris arrived at the market in Sonepur, __________.| A．he realized that he did not really want to sell Tara | | B．he visited some shopkeepers | | C．he sold Tara to a national park | | D．he decided to take Tara home with him |
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小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A |
小题1:根据第三段第二句I visited a photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the
only enjoyable way to make a trip around India was on an elephant.可知答案选C。
小题1: 根据第五段第三句He taught me how to ride an elephant. 可知选D。
小题1:根据第九段第三句There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily.可知选B。
小题1: 根据最后一段第三句…I didn’t want to sell her at the market.可知选A。 |
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Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before 26 every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn’t smoke and never 27 . She didn’t eat chocolate. She didn’t eat sweet and
fatty food, 28 . She weighted herself every day.
One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a 29 sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking, 30 he looked very happy.
He smiled at her and said, “Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”
He had a wide smile 31 his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.
“Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes, it is a lovely day.”
Alicia thought he 32 very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the 33 of a happy old age.”
“I hope you don’t 34 me asking,” she said, “but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do 35 I am your age.”
The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for 36 ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day.”
Alicia was 37 . She didn’t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did 38 wrong. She thought he should be 39 and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life 40 eating well or doing lots of exercise.
“How old are you?” she asked.
“It’s my birthday today,” said the man. “I’m forty-seven!”
| 小题1: | | A．lunch | B．breakfast | C．dinner | D．supper |
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| 小题2: | | A．exercised | B．drank | C．worked | D．slept |
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| 小题3: | | A．too | B．also | C．either | D．still |
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| 小题7: | | A．saw | B．looked | C．listened | D．found |
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| 小题8: | | A．secret | B．dream | C．plan | D．future |
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| 小题9: | | A．stand | B．mind | C．allow | D．enjoy |
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| 小题10: | | A．when | B．since | C．though | D．for |
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| 小题11: | | A．health | B．success | C．happiness | D．life |
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| 小题12: | | A．surprised | B．worried | C．excited | D．relaxed |
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| 小题13: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题14: | | A．angry | B．serious | C．quiet | D．sick |
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| 小题15: | | A．through | B．from | C．without | D．by |
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Mr. Williams had a lot of boats, and the fishermen borrowed them from him. Mr. Smith and his son, Daniel, borrowed one yesterday. They fished in some places, but caught nothing. Then they found a very good place, and caught about thirty fish there in an hour.
Then it was late, and Mr. Smith said, “Go back now, Daniel.”
Daniel said, “I’m going to come here again tomorrow.”
“Me, too,” said his father, “But how are we going to find the place again?”
Daniel said, “That’s easy. Look! I’ve made a mark on the side of the boat.”
His father laughed and said, “No, that’s foolish! Mr. Williams doesn’t lend us the same boat every time!”
Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) .
小题1:Mr. Smith went fishing with his son yesterday.
小题2: At first, Mr. Smith and his son caught only a few fish.
小题3:After they found a new place, they caught about twenty fish in an hour.
小题4: Daniel made a mark on the boat in order to find the same place the next day.
小题5:Not only the son but also the father was foolish. |
As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He’s very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other 31 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 32 . He was an actor.
Maybe it’s interesting to hear that and that’s 33 his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted 34 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them 35 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful 36 __.Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He 37 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 39 a story. But what a pity! We’ll never know _40_ it ended.
| 小题1: | | A．cities | B．countries | C．towns | D．villages |
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| 小题2: | | A．reading | B．writing | C．acting | D．playing |
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| 小题4: | | A．the next | B．next | C．next to | D．next time |
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| 小题5: | | A．too | B．as well | C．as well as | D．also |
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| 小题6: | | A．book | B．story | C．play | D．film |
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| 小题7: | | A．hated | B．enjoyed | C．wanted | D．shamed |
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| 小题8: | | A．as | B．while | C．until | D．since |
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| 小题9: | | A．drawing | B．singing | C．writing | D．making |
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| 小题10: | | A．what | B．how | C．who | D．which |
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Mr. White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his eyes and now he is near-sighted. But he wouldn’t want anybody else to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often brings him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He got off a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth. There were stones here and there. He fell over several times and it made his clothes very duty. At last he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow strongly and it got much colder. His hat was blown off while he was looking for the school. He had to run after it but he couldn’t catch it. He was wondering why his hat ran into a house as if it had legs. And then he ran into the house, too.
A big woman appeared and stopped him by shouting angrily, " What are you running after my hen for?"
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following is true?| A．Mr. White wears a pair of glasses. | | B．Mr. White works in a village school. | | C．Mr. White likes reading in bed in his office. | | D．Mr. White often has some trouble because of his near sight. |
小题2: What was the weather like when Mr. White was walking to the village school?| A．It was warm. | B．It was windy. | C．It was fine. | D．It was cool. |
小题3:Mr. White couldn’t get his hat because ______.| A．his hat had legs | B．his hat was the big woman’s | | C．he couldn’t see his hat at all | D．he couldn’t run as fast as his hat |
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Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a __31__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d __32__ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he __33__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his __34__ into the project and the next day he handed it in __35__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a __36__ that read, “See me after class.”
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__37__ did I receive an F?”
The teacher said, “This is an __38__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no__40__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__41__ you rewrite this paper with a more realisticgoal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about __42__ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important __43__ for you.”
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the __44__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my 45 .”
| 小题1: | | A．speech | B．paper | C．notice | D．diary |
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| 小题3: | | A．just | B．almost | C．ever | D．even |
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| 小题4: | | A．heart | B．life | C．advice | D．trust |
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| 小题6: | | A．word | B．letter | C．note | D．post |
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| 小题8: | | A．unusual | B．unforgettable | C．unimportant | D．unrealistic |
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| 小题9: | | A．money | B．time | C．space | D．effort |
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| 小题10: | | A．wonder | B．way | C．problem | D．matter |
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| 小题11: | | A．Though | B．since | C．Until | D．If |
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| 小题12: | | A．himself | B．him | C．it | D．itself |
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| 小题13: | | A．change | B．gift | C．message | D．decision |
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| 小题14: | | A．long | B．thick | C．same | D．correct |
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| 小题15: | | A．grade | B．dream | C．duty | D．secret |
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