Maria was a 42-year-old lady. She always said she had one of the world"s best _1_ . She worked
for National Park Service at the Statue of Liberty (自由女神雕像)in New York City. " _2_ come
here from all over the world, "Maria said. "Helping them learn about"Lady Liberty"is really _3_ ."
Maria began her day just like one of the visitors. She took a fifteen-minute boat _4_ to Liberty Island,
where the statue _5_ . Then she helped visitors see the exhibits in the museum. The museum is _6_
the famous statue. In the museum, Maria often talked with visitors _7_ they climbed to the statue"s
crown. (皇冠). "It"s fun to talk with all these people, "she said. "Besides, it _8_ me my exercise. There
are 154 steps on the way to the crown. "
( )1. A. jobs
( )2. A. Readers
( )3. A. boring
( )4. A. run
( )5. A. rested
( )6. A. on
( )7. A. as
( )8. A. plans | B. places
B. Learners
B. interesting
B. hike
B. stayed
B. over
B. until
B. gives | C. parks
C. Reporters
C. special
C. ride
C. made
C. inside
C. for
C. helps | D. museums
D. Visitors
D. terrible
D. travel
D. stood
D. behind
D. though
D. does |
1-5 ADBCD
6-8 CAB |
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试题【完形填空。 Maria was a 42-year-old lady. She always said she had one of the world】；主要考察你对 人物故事类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous foreigner to visit Asia during the
Middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard.
Many people in the west read the book, but few believed what Marco Polo said in the book. He told
stories about a lot of strange people and places. But at that time nobody knew these places and the
people.
When Marco Polo was still very young, he decided to travel together with his father. It took them
more than three years to travel to China, later he became a friend of the Chinese emperor (皇帝) . He
learned to speak Chinese when he traveled around, and he talked to many people in Chinese. The
emperor liked him and made him a Chinese Official. At that time Marco Polo was only thirty years old.
After nearly seventeen years’ travel in the east, Marco and his father wanted to go back home.
When Marco and his father arrived in Venice many years later, their family and friends saw them
again. They couldn’t believe their eyes because Marco and his farther were quite old. Marco Polo and
his father had been away for almost 25 years.
1. Marco Polo was foreigner who ________ to Asia during the Middle Ages.
2. Marco Polo wrote a famous book ________ “The Travels of Marco Polo". He told people _______
he saw and heard in the book.
3. Many people in the west read the book, but ________ believed ________.
4.It took Marco Polo and his father over three years to________.And Marco Polo worked as _______
in 1284.
5. Marco Polo and his father had been away ________. When they got back home in Venice, they were ________. | | 根据表格内所提供的信息，完成下面介绍比尔盖茨的短文。 | | Name | Bill Gates | | Born | in 1955 | | Place of birth | the U.S.A. | | At the age of 13 | start programming | | When he was 17 years old | work out a program and sell it for 4,200 dollars | | In 1973 | go to Harvard University | | Two years later | begin his own company (公司) | | In 1999 | write a book | | Hobbies | enjoy reading and playing golf | | 完形填空。 | Farley worked for the Canadian government. One day, he was __1__ to learn more about wolves.
Do wolves kill lots of caribou, Do they kill people?
They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to __2__. The plane put him down and went away. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were
lots of animals and lots of wolves.
People tell terrible stories about wolves.They say wolves like to kill and eat people.Farley remembered these stories, and he was __3__. He had his gun with him__4 _ .
Then one day, he saw a group of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father
wolf and another young wolf lived with them.
Farley watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very __5__ mother. She gave milk to her
babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to __6__ food. The father wolf got food for
the mother. The young wolf __7__ the children. They were a nice, happy family-wolf family! Farley did
not need his __8__ any more. In a short time, he got on well with the family. Farley watched them for five months. He learned that many stories about the wolves were __9__. Wolves do not eat people, and they
do not eat many large animals. And he also learned bad things about men. It was men who killed many
caribou and wolves.
Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to __10__ them and not to kill them. | ( )1. A. seen
( )2. A. a small town
( )3. A. afraid
( )4. A. at times
( )5. A. bad
( )6. A. cook
( )7. A. shouted at
( )8. A. food
( )9. A. not good
( )10. A. grow | B. told
B. a big city
B. happy
B. all the time
B. good
B. make
B. looked into
B. clothes
B. not true
B. have | C. heard
C. a far place
C. angry
C. once a week
C. hungry
C. get
C. laughed at
C. gun
C. not easy
C. teach | D. found
D. a lonely village
D. tired
D. every afternoon
D. thirsty
D. pick
D. played with
D. plane
D. not clear
D. understand | | 阅读短文回答问题。 | What do 17-year-old boys usually do ? Play computer games, read books or play basketball? But to
Zac , all interests in his life are from the sea. He is a 17-year-old US sailor. After a hard 13-mon th
voyage, he and his 11-metre sailboat arrived at a Southern California har bour. He becomes the youngest
person to sail around the world alone.
When Zac was just a child, he had a dream-driving his own boat to travel around the world . so he
saved all his pocket money . When he was 16 years old, he had 6,500 dollars. He bought a sailboat, and
started his journey with the support of his father, a ship builder.
On June 14, 2008, Zac left Marin Del Rey, south of Los Angeles, and celebrated his 17th birthday at
sea near Africa"s Cape of Good Hope.
During his 28,000-mile journey , he came over many difficulties. When he came back home , he was
welcomed by a lot of people. It is said fewer than 250 Pe ople have sailed around the world alone. The
number of reaching the top of Mount Everest is three times as large as the number of sailing around the
world alone.
参考词汇:voyage航海 harbour 港湾 sail 航行 Mount Everest珠穆朗玛峰
Cape of Good Hope 好望角 | 1.Where are Zac"s interests from?
______________________________________________________________________
2.How long did he spend in traveling around the world?
______________________________________________________________________
3.What was his father"s job?
______________________________________________________________________
4. Was his journey difficult?
______________________________________________________________________
5. Which number is smaller ,the number of reaching the top of Mount Everest or the number of sailing
around the world alone?
______________________________________________________________________ | | 阅读理解。 | February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American invent or, Thomas Alva Edison.
Edison was born in 1847. He was not a good student when he was a young boy. His teacher said
he was one of the most dumb headed(笨头笨脑的)students. He did badly in many subjects and
left school after only three months. So his mother took him home and taught him herself. Edison
didn"t like school at all, but he loved science. He liked to ask questions.
One day his father found him sitting  on some eggs. His father asked him why. The boy didn"t
answer. He asked his father instead, "Why can"t I hatch(孵化)chickens, but hens can?"
Edison invented 1328 things in his life, and these things made our lives more comfortable(舒适的)
and the world more beautiful. People will never forget him. | | 1. Edison was born _____. | A. in winter
B. one hundred years ago
C. in Canada
D. in January | | 2. Edison"s teacher said _____. | A. he was one of the cleverest boys
B. he was a good student
C. he was not a good student
D. he could learn many things | | 3. Edison"s mother _____. | A. taught him at home
B. taught him at school
C. was a teacher
D. took him to another school | | 4. One day Edison sat on some eggs. He _____. | A. liked to sit there
B. wanted to break the eggs
C. wanted his father to look for him
D. wanted to hatch chickens | | 5. We now know Edison _____. | A. was a good student
B. was a dumb headed student
C. was very clever
D. wasn"t famous |
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