A Charlotte, NC, lawyer bought a box of very rare and expensive cigars, and then insured them against fire among other things．Having smoked his entire great cigars within a month, the lawyer filed claim （索赔） against the insurance company．
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires"．Of course the insurance company refused to pay, giving the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal way．
The lawyer brought the case to the court and out of everybody’s expectation, he actually won! At the end of the trial the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was crazy．But the judge said that the lawyer held a policy （保险单） from the company in which it had promised that the cigars were insured and that it would insure them against fire．Because the company didn’t say what is considered to be unacceptable fire, it had to pay the claim．
Rather than put up with long and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the punishment and paid $ 15 ,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires．"
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested and accused him of arson （纵火罪）．With his own insurance claim from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was charged with burning his insured possessions on purpose and was sentenced to 24 months in prison and a $ 24,000 fine．
小题1:The lawyer had smoked all the cigars ___．| A．by design | B．by mistake | C．by accident | D．by contract |
小题2:The proper order of the lawyer’s activities is ___．
a．having the company paying his claim
b．having himself put in prison and fined
c．having smoked all the cigars
d．bringing the company to the court
e．insuring the box of cigars| A．ecabd | B．acebd | C．ecdab | D．cedba |
小题3:The underlined word "it" in the third paragraph refers to ___．| A．the box of cigars | B．the insurance company | | C．the policy | D．the claim |
小题4:Which of the following sayings is the best suitable for the lawyer?| A．Whoever sits against heaven, it falls in his face． | | B．A bad beginning makes a bad ending． | | C．Accidents will happen． | | D．Even the wise make mistakes sometimes． |
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小题1:A
小题1:C
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小题1:根据Having smoked his entire great cigars within a month, the lawyer filed claim （索赔） against the insurance company．描述，可知选A。
小题1:根据短文描述，可知正确顺序是，这个律师首先给这些烟投保，然后吸完所有的烟，把公司告上法庭，要求公司赔付，最后被判入狱。故选C。
小题1:联系前文from the company ，可知此处指的是保险公司，故选B。
小题1:这篇短文中的律师构陷一个圈套，想要骗取保险金，最后自己却被投入监狱。故选A，对着天堂吐口水的人,口水掉在那个人的脸上。意思是自作自受。 |
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When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What?” and “How?” and “Why?”
They couldn’t always tell him what he wanted to know.
When they couldn’t tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself.
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, “That Ben Franklin! He’s always finding out something new!”
Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water.
One day Ben said to himself, “Why can’t the wind help me float across the water? And I’m going to try.” Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite string and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.
The wind blew the kite high into the air. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side, and he had not worked at all.
One boy shouted, “Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”
“Yes,” said another. “He’s always finding new ways to do things.”
小题1:When he was only a child, Ben .| A．liked to fly a kite by himself | B．always asked easy questions | | C．always liked to play with water | D．always liked to find out how things worked |
小题2: His father and brothers .| A．couldn’t answer all his questions | B．could answer all his questions | | C．tried hard to find out something new for him | | D．were too busy to answer his questions |
小题3:How did Ben Franklin float across the water?| A．The other boy took him across it. | B．The water carried him across it. | | C．The flying kite took him across it. | D．A boat took him across it. |
小题4:He found out many things that .| A．children didn’t know | B．his father and brothers knew | | C．people didn’t know | D．most people knew |
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When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village. One day, on the road, I found the __36__ pieces of a mirror. There was a German motorcycle accident.
I tried to find all the pieces and put them __37__, but it was not possible, so I kept only the __38__ piece and I made it round. I began to __39__ with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the __40__ that I could reflect（反射）light to dark places where the sun would never shine in __41___holes and some other dark places. It became a __42__ for me to get light into the darkest places I could find.
I __43__ the little mirror, and, as I ___44__ up, I would take it out when I had nothing to do and __45__ the game. As I became a __46__, I grew to understand that this was not __47__a child’s game but a metaphor（象征）for what I might do with my life. I came to __48___ that I am not the light or the source（来源）of light, but light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is __49___, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.
I am just a single piece of a mirror whose ___50__ design and shape I do not know. __51___, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this __52__， into the black places in the___53__ of men—and change some things __54___ some people. Perhaps others may see and do the same. This is what I am about. This is the __55___ of my life. （269 words）
| 小题1: | | A．broken | B．dropped | C．pointed | D．sharpened |
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| 小题2: | | A．back | B．down | C．together | D．up |
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| 小题3: | | A．best | B．longest | C．smallest | D．largest |
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| 小题4: | | A．talk | B．play | C．flash | D．share |
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| 小题5: | | A．idea | B．fact | C．decision | D．reason |
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| 小题6: | | A．deep | B．big | C．pretty | D．empty |
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| 小题7: | | A．job | B．task | C．game | D．trouble |
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| 小题8: | | A．kept | B．hid | C．forgot | D．lost |
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| 小题9: | | A．came | B．stood | C．grew | D．went |
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| 小题10: | | A．watch | B．continue | C．remember | D．change |
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| 小题11: | | A．man | B．boy | C．father | D．grandfather |
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| 小题12: | | A．always | B．completely | C．really | D．just |
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| 小题13: | | A．announce | B．doubt | C．understand | D．expect |
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| 小题14: | | A．absent | B．home | C．far | D．there |
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| 小题15: | | A．whole | B．most | C．half | D．other |
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| 小题16: | | A．So | B．However | C．Besides | D．Certainly |
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| 小题17: | | A．country | B．village | C．world | D．city |
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| 小题18: | | A．hands | B．brains | C．eyes | D．hearts |
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| 小题20: | | A．way | B．standard | C．quality | D．meaning |
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How would you like an easy way to earn 2,500 dollars? All you have to do is to sit around and wait for your meals．There’s catch, however．You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week．There are no books or television or radio for amusement．You can’t leave until the week is up．And a camera will be recording your every move．
Two people actually took the job．The idea came from Rob Thompson, a video artist．He wanted to make a film about the way animals are treated．His goal was to raise people’s awareness of the living conditions of animals that are raised for food．He decided to pay $ 5000 out of his own savings to two people who were willing to lie like chicken for a week．
To Rob’s surprise, quite a few people answered his advertisement．He had interviews and selected Eric, a 24-year-old restaurant worker, and Pam, a 27-year-old chemist．The plan was for them to spend seven days together in a chicken cage that was six feet long and three feet wide．A camera would record their experience, which would take place in an art museum．
The week was long and difficult．They slept on a hard wooden floor．They couldn’t stand up without banging（重击）their heads．They ate vegetarian mash（土豆泥）and drank water from a garden hosepipe（水龙头软管）．Their only privacy was a toilet surrounded by a curtain．There were no sinks, mirrors, or toothbrushes in the cage．Their only inspiration was the two framed checks that hung on the wall outside the cage．Visitors who came here were warned, “Do not food the humans．”
Finally it was over, Pam and Eric emerged from their cage．They had survived the week, and they each had a $2,500 check in their hands．When Rob Thompson opened the cage, Eric came out, changed into clean clothes, and ate a chocolate bar right away．“It’s great to be able to stand up,” he said．Pam just changed her clothes and left．After a week of visitors and reporters watching her, she didn’t want to talk to anyone．
小题1:What kind of person is Rob Thompson?| A．He is curious about people’s personal life． | | B．He is kind-hearted to animals． | | C．He hates people around． | | D．He likes to help poor people． |
小题2:What made it most difficult for the two to stay in the cage?| A．They didn’t know each other． | | B．They couldn’t lie down to sleep in the cage． | | C．They didn’t have meat to eat． | | D．They had to do almost everything under others’ eyes． |
小题3:Rob offered the money because he wanted________．| A．to see if there were any people who would like to live in a cage | | B．to show the public how bitter animals’ life could be | | C．to make more money by publishing the recorded video tapes | | D．to improve housing conditions of working people like Eric |
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?| A．Easy Way to Earn $ 2 500． | B．Do Not Feed the Humans． | | C．Living Like a Chicken． | D．Getting Along Well Anyway． |
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Mr．Glen is a millionaire．Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 36 up his small company．Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his 37 expensive “school” fees．He always 38 a Ph．Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting an undertaking．Before 39 , he bought a Rolex watch with the 40 made through years of work after school and the scholarships．At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check．The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be 41 down for inspection．Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax．And he worried about paying 42 for his watch．So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless 43 ．When he was 44 of his ‘smarts’, immediately, 45 the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which 46 nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen’s words．Glen was amazed． 47 he understood why, he was taken to the office to be 48 strictly．For many times of entry-exit 49 he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment．The officers 50 every thing carefully in the box, and warned him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 51 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy（伪劣）goods, he would be 52 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too．He said that this made a deep 53 on him, because an additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 54 , which he would 55 as the secret of his success forever.
| 小题1: | | A．set | B．came | C．went | D．called |
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| 小题3: | | A．owns | B．owes | C．belongs | D．possesses |
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| 小题4: | | A．staying | B．leaving | C．living | D．coming |
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| 小题5: | | A．books | B．things | C．savings | D．pounds |
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| 小题6: | | A．put | B．looked | C．taken | D．lied |
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| 小题8: | | A．present | B．trade | C．toy | D．fake |
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| 小题9: | | A．afraid | B．proud | C．well | D．hard |
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| 小题11: | | A．paid | B．spent | C．took | D．cost |
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| 小题12: | | A．Before | B．After | C．If | D．Though |
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| 小题13: | | A．appreciated | B．beaten | C．spoken | D．examined |
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| 小题14: | | A．conditions | B．experiences | C．experiments | D．chances |
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| 小题15: | | A．looked out | B．looked up | C．looked over | D．looked round |
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| 小题16: | | A．came out | B．found out | C．sent out | D．set out |
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| 小题17: | | A．hit | B．blamed | C．praised | D．charged |
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| 小题18: | | A．expression | B．idea | C．thought | D．impression |
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| 小题19: | | A．honesty | B．lies | C．goods | D．things |
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| 小题20: | | A．remember | B．learn | C．revise | D．read |
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A new study has found that the best way to make yourself feel happier is to think of something good that happened to you the day before.
Volunteers who were asked to remember a pleasant event from past 24 hours began to feel happier right away．Other activities such as saying “Thank you” and smiling also made volunteers feel happier, but not as much.
Professor Richard Wiseman of Hertfordshire University planned the study．He got 26,000 people to go online to try out a few different activities to make them feel happier．They were told to be nice, remember a pleasant event from the day before, give thanks or smile for 15 seconds twice a day．The volunteers did these activities for one week.
The result showed that thinking about one good thing that had happened the day before worked the best for making people happier.（146 words）
小题1:The text may probably be taken from _____.| A．a personal anecdote(轶事) | B．sports news | | C．a history novel | D．brief news |
小题2:Volunteers who _____ began to feel happier right away.| A．thought of something good that happened the day before | | B．were asked to remember a pleasant event from the past 24 hours | | C．did other activities like saying “thank you” and smiling | | D．went online to try out a few different activities |
小题3:From the text we know that Richard Wiseman is a(an) _____.| A．worker | B．artist | C．professor | D．director |
小题4:The best title may probably be _____.| A．Thinking about yesterday’s happiness to be happy today | | B．Making a study to make people happier and younger | | C．Letting out a secret to live a longer life | | D．Doing experiments to make people happier |
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