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sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her work. She said to them,
Now, I have a sister in Washington. If I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were
20 meters away and listened to me from the other side of the street, who could hear what I said earlier,
my sister or you? And why?
The cleverest boy at once answered, "Your sister, Miss Evans, because electricity (电) travels faster
than sound waves(波)." That"s very good, Miss Evans answered, but then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss Evans said, Yes, Betty?
"I don"t think so. Betty said, Your sister would hear you earlier because when it"s eleven o"clock here,
it"s only six o"clock in Washington."
B. to hear some strange sound
C. about electricity
D. how to say time
B. whether her students could hear her from 20 meters away
C. which was faster, London or Washington
D. electricity travels faster than sound waves
B. they would hear her sister in Washington first
C. Miss Evans"s question wasn"t right
D. Miss Evans"s sister would hear her earlier
B. thought the cleverest boy"s answer wasn"t so good
C. was satisfied with what the girl had said
D. was satisfied with(对...感到满意) what the cleverest boy had said
B. electricity was slower than sound waves
C. they were only 20 meters away from the telephone
D. electricity travels as fast as sound waves
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试题【阅读理解。 Miss Evans taught physics in a London school. Last month she was expla】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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knew that the sea near the _1_ has a strong tide (浪), but she was a good swimmer, so she wasn"t _2_.
Laura left her friends lying on the sands and ran into the sea. She swam quite far from the beach and
waved (挥舞) to her friends in the distance. After a short while she decided to swim _3_. She tried her
best, but she couldn"t get any closer to the beach. The tide kep_4 _her back. She waved her arms in the
air to let her friends know that she was_5_ , but they just waved back, for they didn"t know what she
6 . After a long time, Laura became very _ 7_ and she couldn"t swim any more. Her legs _8_ and she
lost hope. Suddenly, her foot touched _9_! All the time she had been swimming in a place where the
water wasn"t deep! When at last she went back to the beach, one of her friends asked, " Did you _10_
your swim?" "Yes, it was lovely." She answered. She never told them what really happened.
| ( )1.A. town ( )2.A. lonely ( )3.A. up ( )4.A. pulling ( )5.A. in trouble ( )6.A. found ( )7.A. hungry ( )8.A. came up ( )9.A. a tide ( )10.A. enjoy | B. city B. surprised B. back B. pushing B. happy B. meant B. sleepy B. were broken B. the sand B. remember | C. village C. interested C. down C. throwing C. out of trouble C. said C. thirsty C. went down C. a fish C. drop | D. country D. afraid D. on D. putting D. in the water D. saw D. tired D. moved on D. one of her friends D. forget |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There"s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said , "It isn"t worth the trouble. " His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries. The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn"t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth. And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have be  en necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things. | |||
| 1. Who picked up the horseshoe at last? | |||
| A. Thomas. B. The old father. C. Both the father and the son. D. Neither the father nor the son. | |||
| 2. The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe. | |||
| A. some food B. some water C. some cherries D. some pennies | |||
| 3. When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______. | |||
| A. felt very happy B. didn"t say anything C. beat the son D. became a little angry | |||
| 4. The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______. | |||
| A. he wanted his son to eat them all B. he wanted his son to do more exercise C. lie wanted to teach his son a lesson D. he wanted his son to pick them up | |||
| 5. From the story, we can learn that _______. | |||
| A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money C. if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe D. if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones | |||
| 完形填空 | |||
| My l friend is Li Ping. But last week at school, we had a 2 fight, and 3 didn"t talk to me. It all started when he asked me if he 4 my homework. I asked him 5 he wanted to do that and he said that he 6 to do it. I said I 7 it was a good idea for him to copy 8 , because it would start a bad habit. He should do his own homework. He got really mad at me and said he didn"t want to be my best friend 9 . I said that was OK. And I was sure he would 10 it. And he did. Yesterday he told me he was very sorry for that. | |||
| ( )1. A .best ( )2. A. large ( )3. A. her ( )4. A. would copy ( )5. A. why ( )6. A. forgotten ( )7. A think ( )8. A. me ( )9. A. any more ( )10.A. get over | B. better B. big B. she B. will copy B. when B. forget B. didn"t think B. mine B. no more B. got over | C. well C. small C. him C. could copy C. how C. forgets C. don"t think C. my C. not anymore C. get to | D. fine D. little D. he D. can copy D. what D. forgot D. not to think D. I D. no longer D. get up |
| 阅读理解 | |||
| John Denver, the writer and composer of Goodbye Again, is one of the best-known American folk singers and song writers. He is a country boy by birth and still prefers the mountains of Colorado to the big cities he has visited in his many travels. He was born as Henry John in Roswell, New Mexico on December 31, 1943. He later changed his name to the simpler John Denver after his favourite big city, Denver Colorado. When he was a student, he knew he wanted to be a folk singer and sang in coffee houses at night. Later he became famous. His song Goodbye Again expresses his feelings about travelling and being away from home. | |||
| 1. John Denver is not just good at singing but good at __________. | |||
| A writing stories B. traveling C. writing books D. creating(创作) songs | |||
| 2. Denver Colorado is the name of __________. | |||
| A. a mountain B. a singer C. a city D. a country boy | |||
| 3. John Denver loved the beauty of his favourite place so much that he __________. | |||
| A. traveled there many times B. changed his name after its name C. hated city life D. felt sorry not to live there | |||
| 4. Which of the following shows the correct relationship between America (A), New Mexico (N) and Roswell(R)? | |||
| A. A>N>R B. A>R>N C. N>A>R D. R>N>A | |||
| 5. John"s song Goodbye Again tells about __________. | |||
| A. his love for mountains B. his opinion about life C. his love for music D. his feelings on leaving home | |||
| 完形填空: 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 | |||
Several days ago, some students from the US visited our school. When we talked, I discovered __1__ | |||
job in __8__ free time. They don"t have a dream job in mind. They think __9__ is no difference