题目
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people.
The Titanic was the largest and finest ship at that time and it had 16 compartments (密封舱). Even if
(即使) four of those compartments were broken, it would still be able to stay on the sea.
Four days later, when the Titanic was crossing the sea, the man on watch suddenly saw a very large
iceberg ahead. The great ship turned in time, but soon there was a great noise from below. The captain
went down to see what the matter was. To his surprise, he found the ship was sinking fast because 5
compartments were broken! Hundreds of people jumped into the water. As there were not enough lifeboats,
about 1 500 lives were lost.
1. The ship Titanic set off from England to ____.
2. The captain was ____ to find the ship was sinking fast.
3. How many people lost their lives?
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4. Which of the following is NOT true?
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A. The captain went down to see what the matter was.
B. Hundreds of people jumped into the sea.
C. 5 compartments of the Titanic were broken.
D. Most of the people were saved.
5. Write down the best title for the passage.
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答案
2. surprised
3. About 1500. (答案不唯一)
4. D
5. The Sinking of the Titanic. (答案不唯一)
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 The great ship, Titanic, set off for America in April 1912 on its first】;主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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was walking in the street, he saw a poster (招贴) at the gate of a big restaurant. It said the restaurant needed
to hire (雇佣) a man who could grow flowers and trees well. Bob was so pleased that he went straight to
answer it. There Bob was told to go back and get his old working clothes to the office. Bob did so.
The boss looked over his working clothes carefully and then decided to let Bob have the job. Bob asked the
boss why his working clothes were so important. The boss answered with a smile, "Oh, your working clothes
are all with patches (补丁) on the knees. I have dismissed (解雇) two men these days. They had working
clothes with patches in buttocks(臀部) . They were too lazy."
B. the job was suitable (合适的) for him
C. the restaurant could give him food
D. the boss knew him
B. liked Bob at once
C. asked Bob to go home to get his working clothes
D. liked Bob"s clothes
B. to clean the restaurant
C. to cook dishes
D. to grow flowers and trees
B. foolish
C. very kind
D. hardworking
B. worked very hard
C. were too dirty
D. were good gardeners
The food in the restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there. Then he thought of an
idea to change it. A few weeks later, his restaurant was always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a
man came in with a lady, a smiling waiter would give each of them a beautiful menu. The menus looked the
same outside, but they were quite different inside. The waiter gave the man a menu with the correct price for
each dish and bottle of wine, while he gave the lady a menu with a much higher price. So when the man ordered
dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous (大方) than he really was.
B. people didn"t like to have meals
C. ladies weren"t always there
D. the waiter gave the man a wrong menu
B. men and women enjoyed eating at the restaurant
C. the owner gave each of the ladies some flowers after dinner
D. the owner was very thankful to his waiters
B. the price in the man"s was much higher than its real price.
C. ladies liked the beautiful menu very much
D. the menus were different outside
B. much afraid
C. quite pleased
D. much surprised
B. the food was too cheap and good
C. the restaurant was full of people
D. the waiter was giving each of them a beautiful menu
A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker, "I"d like you to repair these
shoes for me, please."
"Certainly, sir." the shoemaker said.
"When will they be ready?" the man asked.
"I"m a bit busy, but they will be ready for you on Thursday," he said.
"That"s fine." the man said and left the shop.
The next morning he received a letter, offering him a job in another country. Within 24 hours he was on
an airplane to his new job.
Twenty years passed and he returned to his hometown.
He remembered his shoes.
"They were a good pair of shoes," he thought,"I wonder if the shoemaker is still there and still has them.
I"ll go and see." The same shop, although he was an old man by now.
"Good morning." he said to the shoe maker, "Twenty years ago, I brought in a pair of shoes. Do you still
have them?"
"Name?" the old shoemaker asked.
"Smith." the man said.
"I"ll go and see. They may be in the back."
The shoemaker went out to the back of his shop and a few minutes later returned, carrying a pair of shoes.
"Here they are." he said, "One pair of brown shoes. I"m a bit busy now, but they"ll be ready on Thursday."
B. He wanted him to make a new pair of shoes.
C. He wanted him to repair a pair of shoes.
D. He had a very old pair of boots. He wanted to repair it.
B. He went to another country.
C. He was too busy.
D. He knew the shoes would not be ready.
C. until the next morning
C. for about 20 years
D. for a few days
B. He bought a new pair of shoes.
C. He visited all his friends.
D. He returned to the shoemaker.
B. his shoes were not there
C. the shoemaker repaired the shoes
D. the shoemaker lost the shoes
at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow — beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 1 the top through the southern route
(路线). But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to
try the 2 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him 3 . Now they were waiting to see his
signal. If he planned to 4 the next day, he would light (点燃) a green signal. A red light would mean that he
was turning back.
A tiny green light 5 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 6 . The next day he
continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 7 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the
green light.
In the morning, Bonatti 8 . He could not see the top, he knew he was almost there. Though the climb was
painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 9 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to
climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his success was radioed to the world. The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the " 10 " and would be well remembered as a
climber of all time.
( ) 1. A. reached ( ) 2. A. comfortable ( ) 3. A. excitedly ( ) 4. A. turn back ( ) 5. A. lit ( ) 6. A. cried ( ) 7. A. sleepy ( ) 8. A. woke up ( ) 9. A. training ( ) 10. A. necessary | B. arrived B. important B. anxiously B. come down B. appeared B. laughed B. excited B. turned up B. preparing B. dangerous | C. watched C. difficult C. in surprise C. go on C. pulled C. jumped C. tired C. got up C. planning C. perhaps | D. followed D. nervous D. with curiosity D. get back D. found D. cheered D. happy D. looked up D. asking D. impossible |
阅读短文,选择正确答案。 | |||
The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September, 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives. The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King"s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning. By eight o"clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul"s and the Guildhall among them. Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat. The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out. After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Paul"s. The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past. | |||
1. The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means _______. | |||
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A. home B. children C. wife and husband D. wife and children | |||
2. How was the fire put out according to the text? | |||
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A. The king and his soldiers came to help. B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed. C. People managed to get enough water from the river. D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down. | |||
3. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that _______. | |||
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A. some people lost their lives B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire C. many famous buildings were destroyed D. the King"s bakery was burned down | |||
4. Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys? | |||
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A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire. B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire. C. To show that poor people suffered most. D. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire. | |||
5. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire? (a) There was a strong wind. (b) The streets were very narrow. (c) Many houses were made of wood. (d) There was not enough water in the city. (e) People did not discover the fire earlier. | |||
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A. (a) and (b) B. (a), (b) and (c) C. (a), (b), (c) and (d) D. (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) |