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Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. Then he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.” he said.
As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to “grubstake” prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or “grub”, while they looked for ore(矿石), in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference,” He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made $1,300,000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.
Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35,000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.
小题1:Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT that
A.Tabor became its leading citizen. |
B.great deposits of lead is expected to be found there. |
C.it could bring good fortune to Tabor |
D.it was renamed |
A.to supply miners with food and supplies |
B.to open a general stores |
C.to do one"s contribution to the development of the mine |
D.to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered |
A.purely lucky |
B.based on his managing theory of “grubstake’ |
C.through the help from his wife |
D.because he planned well and accomplished targets step by step |
A.Tabor’s Life. | B.A legend of the Old West |
C.Lead Makes Leadville’s Fortune | D.The Best Investment |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析
试题分析:本文主要讲述霍塞斯·奥斯汀·沃纳·泰勃发家的故事。先买下匹兹堡矿,后又买下Matchless矿,最后成为市长,代理州长的传奇故事。
小题1:细节题。因为Leadville可以为Tabor带来巨富。这一点不是Leadville得名的原因,因为在文章第二段中,讲到这一点时,提及三个原因:A.因为Tabor成为当地的居民代表人物,B.因为在Leadville有丰富的铅的储藏量。D.因为Leadville是因为Tabor重要而起的名,唯独C没有,因为到后来发现是银矿才给他带来巨富。选C
小题2:猜词题:第二段中, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or “grub”, while they looked for ore(矿石), in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered.,可知grubstake的词义与D所述内容是相同的,即“供给探矿者资金,衣物,食品以及其他物品”。此处还补充地讲,作为回报,供给者可以获得矿中资源一定份额。选D
小题3:推断题。由原文可知泰勃的财产来源是有一定偶然性的,但是毕竟也是基于他开创的“grubstake”模式,因为A、D都不对,C更是没有根据,因为他还没有娶第二位夫人这一切就发生了。选B
小题4:主旨题:文章都在讲述有关H.A.W.Tabor发家致富的历史,如先买下匹兹堡矿,后又买下Matchless矿,最后成为市长,代理州长,等等,所以涉及到的全是男主人公,从第一段的句子:Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. 可知A legend of the Old West是最贴切的标题。选B。
核心考点
试题【Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education.After graduation,she worked in the public relations and advertising industries.Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for.Her achievements are unbelievable:390 million copies of books in print,nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death,new hobbies and new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her son shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.Twenty-eight of her books have been made into films.She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content with a big house,a loving family,and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource(资源) and has kept in touch with them by e-mail.While she is often compared to the heroines(女主人公) of her own invention,her life is undoubtedly much quieter.But,if she does have anything in common with them,it is her strength of will and her inimitable style.There is only one Danielle Steel.
小题1:Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that .
A.she can write several books at the same time |
B.she often does some research before writing a book |
C.she is one of the most popular American women writers |
D.she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break |
A.how to deal with affairs at school |
B.what to do if Max and Martha die |
C.what to do when new babies are born into their families |
D.how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes |
A.some TV plays were based on her books |
B.her picture books attracted a lot of young men |
C.one of her books became a best-seller in 1998 |
D.she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records |
A.lives an exciting life | B.values her readers a lot |
C.writes about quiet women | D.is pleased with her achievements |
A.hardworking | B.attractive |
C.strange | D.unique |
I had only been away from my ___28___ three days now, but there was an inner ___29___ going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I ___30___ could make it. The other part of me was ready to ___31___ to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.
On the road, I met another ___32___ who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey ___33___ by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of ___34___. It encouraged me not to ___35___.
As I listened to my ___36___ artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was ___37___ around me for miles. ___38___, that wasn’t entirely true. There were mosquitoes--- millions of them. My arms were so dotted with ___39___ that they looked like a topographical map (地形图). But, however ___40___ it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.
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British actor Richard Grif-fiths,stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave
Judge Robert Restaino went considerably further.He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone.
“Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,” he shouted.
Over the next two hours,the judge entered a period of “incredible madness”.He began by ordering the doors of the court locked,and set the officers to searching for the phone.
When that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants(被告) present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they had no idea, he sent each in turn to jail(监狱).
All 46 of them.
When a defendant protested the judge’s actions were not fair to those who didn’t possess the phone,Restaino replied:“I know it isn’t.
Judge’s actions caused chaos.Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd.and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch.“We were playing Twister in here”, one said at the time.
Fourteen of the defendants were shackled(束缚 )in irons and sent to the county jail.
The judge cooled off and later that afternoon released all 46.
The “two hours of viral lunacy(疯狂)”, has probably cost Restaino his job.The commission ruled that he should be removed from his $14,000 job.Restaino now has 30 days to appeal(上诉).
His lawyer pointed out that until that moment he had served 11 years as a judge without any disciplinary issues.“With the exception of two hours.his record is spotless.”
小题1:The underlined sentence in the passage means _____.
A.we are just playing games |
B.we are struggling to control the crisis here |
C.we can hardly survive the crisis |
D.we’re searching casually |
A.To indicate the disadvantage of mobile phone. |
B.To scold the misusage of mobile phone. |
C.To provide an excuse for Richard’s offence. |
D.To support the opinion above |
A.make Robert pay a large sum of money |
B.make no difference to Robert |
C.most likely make Robert lose his job |
D.make him world famous |
A.Phone-rage(狂怒) judge | B.Judge,prisoner and mobile phone |
C.The story in court | D.Mobile phone in court |
A.Robert is always challenging the disciplines |
B.Robert is now in jail |
C.judge is not a well-paid job |
D.all the defendants didn’t follow Robert’s instructions willingly |
He greeted us every day with his smiling face, He 19 us in going to the bank; in buying our groceries, in telling us 20 to buy almost everything , He told us he is our big brother.
21 , we watched the match in a coffee shop, During the first get- together ,he 22 us that we’re lucky-my husband and I are 23 in this foreign land, He said he has been 24 for eight years now because he rarely sees his family, 25 they are in his home country.
During the second get-together, he 26 told us that we are his family , He said that he loves us and that he will 27 us because he has been given a 28 of 45 days to go back to his home country, That night, he spoke these words which 29 a great impact in my life:“You changed my life ……”
That night deep in our hearts we were 30 by our friend’s words, We texted him up-on reaching home, 31 him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land, We told him 32 that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he 33 ,“You are my family here.”
On the first week of October, we’re going to 34 him back from his vacation, We’ll watch the football match again in that 35 shop that holds dear memories.
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When I was 13, my family moved away , Linda and I kept in touch through letters ,and we saw each other on special times – like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with childern and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often , One day a card that I sent came back , stamped “Address Unknown”, I had no idea about how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much, I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren , And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then moth-er died, There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day, I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman —Linda’s married name.“There must be thousands of Wagmans.”I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter, “Mrs , Tobin!”she said excitedly, “Linda Ev-ans Wagman is my mother.”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years ,We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives, Now the empty place in my heart is filled, And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure; We won’t lose each other again!
小题1:The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans .
A.at the age of 13 |
B.before she got married |
C.before the writer’s family moved away |
D.after they moved to new homes |
A.got married |
B.had little time to do so |
C.didn’t like writing letters |
D.could see each other on special times |
A.was in trouble |
B.didn’t know Linda’s address |
C.received the card that she sent |
D.didn’t have a friend like Linda |
A.read the newspaper |
B.heard Linda’s voice on the phone |
C.met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda |
D.wrote to the woman whose last name was Wangman |
A.for about 40 years |
B.for about 27 years |
C.since they got married |
D.since the writer’s family moved awasy |
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