Actress Hayden Panettiere recently got into trouble with Japanese fishermen as she tried to stop them from killing dolphins.
The 18-year-old star with some other surfers sailed out to reach the dolphins in order to stop them from being driven into a nearby pool and killed, but the six surfers, from Australia and the United States, were stopped by a fishing boat before they could reach them. The fishermen blocked their way with a boathook (钩篙). It was an ugly, unfriendly and life-threatening struggle before the surfers were forced to return to the beach. It is believed that the dolphins were later taken into a pool and killed.
Panettiere, who is a brave surfer and loyal animal protector, made up her mind to save the dolphins of Japan and said, "It was really frightening. Some of us were hit by the boathook, but in the end all we were really worried about the dolphins. It was so sad. We were so close to them and they were jumping out of the water to see us." Breaking down in tears, she added, "One little baby dolphin stuck his head out and looked at me and the thought that it’s no longer with us is really hard to take."
The surfers left the country to avoid arrest (逮捕) by the Japanese police. Panettiere is now back in Los Angeles.
More than 22,000 dolphins are killed by fishermen in Japan every year. Many Japanese believe dolphins should be treated like fish. They have been hunting dolphins for centuries and see any criticism (批评) of this as an attack on their culture.
小题1:Why did the surfers get into trouble with the fishermen in Japan?| A．They said something that hurt the fishermen. | | B．They entered a pool which wasn’t allowed to go into. | | C．They attacked Japanese culture. | | D．They tried to stop the fishermen from killing the dolphins. |
小题2:From Paragraph 3, we can learn that Panettiere ________. | A．was really frightened and sad | | B．succeeded in saving the dolphins | | C．cried when they were hit by the boathook | | D．didn’t like the Japanese fishermen |
小题3:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?| A．What Happened While Surfing in Japan | | B．Hayden Panettiere Cried in the Sea of Japan | | C．People Worldwide Are Against Killing Dolphins | | D．Protect the Wild Animals |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B |
试题分析：文章讲述了几个冲浪爱好者试图阻止日本渔民捕***海豚的事情。来自美国和澳大利亚的冲浪爱好者不忍看到海豚被捕***，他们想阻止日本渔民的行为，但却遭到了渔民的强行阻拦。
小题1:根据第一段的“...as she tried to stop them from killing dolphins”可知，Hayden Panettiere是因为组织日本渔民捕***海豚才惹上麻烦的。故选D。
小题2:根据第三段“It was really frightening.”可知，Panettiere他们很害怕，有的被钩篙击中了；根据“It was so sad.”可知，他们因不能救海豚而感到遗憾，故选A。
小题3:文章讲述了几个冲浪爱好者试图阻止日本渔民捕***海豚的事情。他们不是在冲浪的时候遇到的日本渔民，而是去组织渔民的捕***行为，排除A；文章只提到了几个冲浪爱好者，没有提到全世界都反对捕***海豚，排除C；D项太宽泛，故选B。 |
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Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and pleasure both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”
小题1:Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.| A．gives his patients medical advice | | B．takes care of 159 patients a week | | C．sings on television | | D．has his own TV show |
小题2:Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.| A．also sings to his patients on TV | | B．always loves to sing | | C．is popular with his patients | | D．has been a doctor for ten years |
小题3:In his TV show, Dr. Petrel _______.| A．sings and gives medical advice | | B．sings about different diseases | | C．starts to explain diseases with a song | | D．sings love songs he wrote |
小题4:Dr. Petrels says he likes to _______.| A．help people sing | B．make people feel better | | C．do the same thing | D．make difficult people smile |
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My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.
Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, may God send angels (天使) to guard the door.”
Sometimes angels come disguised (伪装) as dogs.
小题1:How was the dog when found?| A．Too weak to walk. | B．Thin and worn out. | | C．Unable to eat food. | D．Homeless but gentle. |
小题2: We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .| A．the dog didn’t go with the writer | | B．the writer had his own pet dog | | C．Julie bought some food for the dog | | D．the dog didn’t eat any of the food |
小题3:The underlined part “our problem” in the passage refers to the fact that .| A．the writer didn’t want to take Julie’s advice | | B．an old black dog appeared in front of them | | C．Julie disagreed with the writer’s travel on business | | D．the couple had some trouble with their marriage |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage? | A．An Angel Dog | B．A Helpful Couple | C．Saving the Dog | D．A Famous Song |
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It was one of the happiest Saturday mornings I had spent with my daughter, Gigi. That was, until two strangers threw her into their car and sped away. It seemed like a bad dream.I could ____ speak when the police questioned me.
After that, the policeman asked me to go home to wait. My friend Gloria came to ____me. She took my hand and gave me ____. It was a picture of a little girl ____asleep in her bed, standing by the bed was a tall, blond(金发的)__ __. We prayed and waited by the phone until sunset. The ____ never rang.
Suddenly，the front door swung open. I looked up and ____. There stood Gigi. I cried, throwing my ____ around her. Gigi said：“I was scared. We were going really fast on an old ____ road I"d never seen before. But then a tall man walked out ____ the car，and they ran off the road and hit a tree. Then the tall man ____ the car door and pulled me out. He was really nice，and said I would be okay. I must have gone to ____， because when I woke up it is in front of our house. He must have brought me home.” “But who...how did he know..., where to bring you？”My voice broke. Gigi ____ her head. Just then Gigi noticed Gloria"s picture. “That"s him！” she ____ at the picture. “Mommy，that"s the man who pulled me out of the car！” Gloria and I turned ____. “Are you sure that"s the man？” Gloria asked. “Yeah, that"s him ____ that he didn"t have wings，and he was wearing blue jeans.”
Later that night, the police found the____kidnappers. When questioned, the driver remembered turning away to ____ hitting a tall blond man.
Twenty years have gone by. We have never heard from any one claiming to have ____Gigi. There have been no logical explanations for her ____. But from that day on, I believe that all experiences, positive and negative, are given to us for our strengthening and learning.
| 小题1: | | A．hardly | B．hard | C．fully | D．full |
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| 小题2: | | A．sympathize | B．support | C．comfort | D．calm |
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| 小题3: | | A．a map | B．a picture | C．a bag | D．a book |
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| 小题4: | | A．healthy | B．sound | C．reliable | D．reasonable |
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| 小题5: | | A．angel | B．man | C．maid | D．servant |
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| 小题6: | | A．phone | B．door bell | C．clock | D．radio |
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| 小题7: | | A．yelled | B．screamed | C．whistled | D．whispered |
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| 小题8: | | A．cheeks | B．shoulders | C．arms | D．hands |
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| 小题9: | | A．rocky | B．smooth | C．hard | D．flat |
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| 小题10: | | A．in back of | B．at the bottom of | C．on the top of | D．in front of |
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| 小题11: | | A．shut | B．fastened | C．opened | D．loosened |
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| 小题12: | | A．rest | B．sleep | C．break | D．yawn |
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| 小题13: | | A．shook | B．nodded | C．rolled | D．trembled |
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| 小题14: | | A．referred | B．aimed | C．pointed | D．signaled |
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| 小题15: | | A．sunburnt | B．light | C．weak | D．pale |
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| 小题16: | | A．rather than | B．including | C．except | D．other than |
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| 小题17: | | A．injured | B．dead | C．harmed | D．hurt |
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| 小题18: | | A．stop | B．avoid | C．forbid | D．keep |
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| 小题19: | | A．released | B．relieved | C．delivered | D．rescued |
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| 小题20: | | A．escape | B．breakout | C．disappearance | D．flow |
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When Luca first heard of the Island of Inventions, he was still very young. But its wonders sounded so incredible that they were forever burned in his memory. From that moment, he never stopped searching for clues which might lead him to the island. He read hundreds of adventure books, histories, volumes of physics and chemistry, even music.
Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like. It was a secret place, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. Access to the island was totally restricted. To join, you had to have created some great invention for humanity. Only then could you receive the special invitation — which came with directions to the island.
So Luca spent his youth studying and inventing. Every new idea he got, he made it into an invention, and if there were something he didn"t understand, he’d seek others to help him. Soon he met other young inventors and he told them about the Island of Inventions. They too dreamed of one day receiving an invitation letter.
As years passed, the disappointment of not receiving their invitation made Luca and his friends work harder and co-operate more. They would meet in Luca"s house, share their ideas and build new machines. Their inventions became known throughout the world, and improved the lives of millions.
But still, no invitation came.
They didn’t lose heart. They continued learning and inventing every day, trying to come up with more and better ideas. Fresh young talent joined their group, as more inventors dreamed of getting to the island.
One day many years later, Luca, already very old, was speaking with a brilliant young man named Roberts, who had written to him, asking him to join the group. Luca started telling the man of the wonderful Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation. Surprised, the young inventor interrupted: “You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn"t the letter you sent me the real invitation?”
It was only then that Luca realised that his dream had become true in his very own house. No island could exist which would be better than where he was now. No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.
小题1:Why did Luca and his colleagues probably never receive an invitation to the island?| A．Their ideas were not considered worthy enough. | | B．They were too concerned with acquiring fame. | | C．The organization had already broken up. | | D．The island was not a real place. |
小题2:What did Luca learn at the end of the story?| A．The island of inventions did not exist. | | B．He had wasted most of his life. | | C．He had unknowingly built his own dreamland. | | D．He finally would receive his invitation. |
小题3:Which of the following best describes Luca?| A．Aggressive. | B．Trusting. | C．Creative. | D．Easy-going. |
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I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives, We stopped on a red light, and as always, there was a lot of activity outside the cars near the . People walked in, between the cars newspaper. water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It" s a familiar in most poor developing" countries.
While we were for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It"s unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he got to the outside of our car. Out of , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to the change. However, with his-superior sense of touch, he quickly his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum"s . It was the exact change. T he cars behind us were really getting out of control, we decided to go on our way.
I and even cried when I got home. Here"s a blind man, born in ,trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He our sympathy. Life hasn"t been to him, yet he"s giving it his best shot. I think that is what is all about . facing life bravely.
| 小题1: | | A．signs | B．crossroads | C．stations | D．theatre |
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| 小题2: | | A．giving | B．buying | C．selling | D．throwing |
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| 小题3: | | A．scene | B．play | C．activity | D．street |
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| 小题4: | | A．watching | B．asking | C．waiting | D．changing |
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| 小题5: | | A．blocks | B．crossings | C．turns | D．cars |
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| 小题6: | | A．everything | B．something | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题7: | | A．expensive | B．fashionable | C．ragged | D．splendid |
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| 小题8: | | A．pushed | B．drove | C．cleared | D．felt |
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| 小题9: | | A．eventually | B．quickly | C．frequently | D．happily |
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| 小题10: | | A．curiosity | B．sympathy | C．thirsty | D．politeness |
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| 小题11: | | A．impatiently | B．casually | C．naturally | D．carefully |
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| 小题12: | | A．keep | B．return | C．borrow | D．count |
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| 小题13: | | A．searched for | B．went through | C．turned over | D．looked for |
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| 小题16: | | A．gave up | B．set off | C．held on | D．broke down |
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| 小题17: | | A．pain | B．poverty | C．sadness | D．loneliness |
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| 小题18: | | A．refused | B．enjoyed | C．doubted | D．cheated |
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| 小题19: | | A．rich | B．unfair | C．kind | D．bad |
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| 小题20: | | A．kindness | B．courage | C．experience | D．challenge |
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