Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet fighter pilot in Viet Nam. After 75 missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb parachuted down into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison.
One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man from another table came up and said “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Viet Nam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!”
“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb.
“I packed your parachute,” the man replied. “I guess it worked”. Plumb assured him, “It sure did. If your chute（降落伞） hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”
Plumb couldn’t sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, “I kept wondering what he looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said ‘Good morning. How are you?’ or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was ‘just a sailor’”.
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds(伞罩) and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn’t know.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachutes.
小题1:Why didn’t Plumb say hello to the sailor each time he passed him on the Kitty Hawk?| A．He thought the sailor was just an unimportant man. | | B．He didn’t like him at that time. | | C．He was very busy then. | | D．He didn’t know him well then. |
小题2: What did the sailor do on the Kitty Hawk at the Viet Nam War?| A．weaved clothes for the pilots. | B．repaired the wooden table in the ship. | | C．helped the jets start. | D．packed the parachutes for the fighter pilots. |
小题3: What does the writer think we should do?| A．We should help each other if they are in trouble. | | B．We shouldn’t look down upon the sailors. | | C．We should be thankful to others’ help. | | D．We should be honest to our friends. |
小题4: Which is the best title for the passage?| A．A story about a sailor. | B．Who pack your parachutes? | | C．Don’t forget your past! | D．Never forget your friends! |
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小题1:A
小题1:D
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小题1:推理题：从第五段的句子：‘Good morning. How are you?’ or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was ‘just a sailor’”.可知Plumb认为水手是不重要的人。选A。
小题1:细节题：从第四段的句子：“I packed your parachute,” the man replied.可知这个水手是折叠降落伞的。选D
小题1:推理题：从最后一段的句子：We may fail to say hello, please, thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.可知作者认为应该对帮助过的人表示感谢。选C
小题1:文章最后一段点题：As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachutes.选B。 |
核心考点
试题【Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet fighter pilot in Viet Nam. After 75 missions, hi】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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A university graduate described as a “respectable and intelligent” woman is seeking professional help after being convicted of （证明有……罪）shoplifting for the second time in six months.
Ana Luz, recently studying for her PhD, has  been told she could end up behind bars unless she can control the desire to steal from shops.
Luz ,who lives with her partner in Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge, admitted stealing clothes worth ￡9.95 from John Lewis in Oxford Street, London, on March 9.
Phillip Lemoyne, prosecuting（起诉）,said Luz selected some clothes from a display and took them to the ladies’ toilet in the store .When she came out again she was wearing one of the skirts she had selected, having taken off the anti-theft security alarms（防盗警报装置）.
She was stopped and caught after leaving the store without paying, Mr. Lemoyne said.
He added that she was upset on her arrest and apologized for her actions.
Luz, 28, was said to have been convicted of shoplifting by Cambridge judges last October, but Morag Duff, defending, said she had never been in trouble with the police before that.
“She is ashamed and embarrassed but doesn’t really have any explanation why she did this,” Miss Duff said. “She didn’t intend to steal when she went into the store. She is at a loss to explain it. She is otherwise a very respectable and intelligent young lady. She went to her doctor and asked for advice because she wants to know if there is anything in particular that caused her to do this.”
Judge David Azan fined Luz ￡ 50, and warned : “You’ve got a criminal record .If you carry on like this ,you will end up in prison ,which will ruin your bright future you may have.”
Luz achieved a degree in design at university in her native Spain, went on to a famous university in Berlin, Germany for her master’s degree and is now studying for a PhD at Cambridge University, UK.
小题1: What does the underlined sentence “She is at a loss to explain it” mean?| A．In her opinion it was a loss to the clothes shops where she stole things. | | B．She doesn’t have any idea why she has the desire to steal from shops. | | C．She thinks it is a loss for her to explain why she stole things from shops. | | D．Personally she feels ashamed and embarrassed for her shoplifting actions. |
小题2:Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word “shoplifting” used in the passage?| A．Carrying goods in a lift for a shop. | B．Taking goods to the ladies’ toilet. | | C．Selecting some goods from a display. | D．Taking goods from a shop without paying. |
小题3:From the passage we can learn that .| A．Ana Luz is already got her PhD at Cambridge University, UK | | B．Ana Luz is ashamed and embarrassed and knows why she often did so | | C．the university graduate will be put in prison if she steals in shops once more | | D．Phillip Lemoyne is the “respectable and intelligent” woman’s defense lawyer |
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Directions: The following people are expressing their thoughts (1--4) to show their concern for food, environment and so on. After that are pieces of related information (A--E). Now decide which piece of information would be most suitable for the thought and idea mentioned in questions1---4 and mark your answer letter (A---E) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.
______小题1: How I was struck by the clear water and fresh air in my childhood! But everything has changed, that is, the clear water and fresh air are nowhere to be found again as they were. Above all, a great deal of waste hardly rots away.
_____小题2:More and more people are beginning to have a good knowledge of the importance of a safer and cleaner environment, which in turn forces the business to be cleaned up.
____小题3: I’m very much fond of growing some vegetables of my own in my small garden, for many vegetables on sale in markets are actually becoming more and more dangerous as a result of widespread pesticides.
____小题4: Nowadays it is very convenient for consumers to find and buy green food in supermarkets as they are clearly marked.| A．“Organic produce is always better,” Gold said. “The food is free of pesticides, and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms. And more often than not it is locally grown and seasonal, so it is more tasty.” Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend, and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business. | | B．The concern for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. No longer will the public accept the old attitude of “Buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it.” The public pressure is on, and gradually business is cleaning up its act.[ | | C．Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and lack of consumer demand for environment-friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of. | | D．Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products carry labels (标签) to show that the product is green. Some companies have made the manufacturing (制造) of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising. |
E. Market research shows that Gold and others who buy organic food can generally give clear reasons for their preferences - but their knowledge of organic food is far from complete. For example, small amounts of pesticides can be used on organic products. And about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not local but imported to meet growing demand. “The demand for organic food is increasing by about one third every year, so it is a very fast-growing market,” said Sue Flock, a specialist in this line of business. |
Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after __36__ thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head __37__ his walking stick．McKay’s wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a __38__ person, he had been __39__ to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often．
Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a __40__ collector．Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay’s, or too often, on the McKays __41__．
“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our __42__,” said Laurene．She added that it wasn’t so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant __43__ bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks．“We’d be __44__ there happily reading our newspapers, when __45__ so much water would come from above that we’d be as wet as if we’d __46__ with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the __47__ of fish!”
And on Saturday evening it was just too __48__．“It was James’s birthday,” explained Laurene, “and I’d made him a birthday cake．The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn’t get to blow them out．” __49__, Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet __50__．Rarely had Laurene seen McKay move so fast．“I couldn’t __51__ him．He was up there in a flash．It was the fastest I’d seen him move since 1964．”
Smith is not going to take things further with the police．He has also promised to change his__52__ from now on．And what of James McKay? __53__ he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”．“__54__ the most exciting birthday __55__!” said the cheerful old man．“The best since my adolescence I’d say!”
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| 小题4: | | A．accustomed | B．driven | C．taken | D．attracted |
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| 小题5: | | A．fish | B．seed | C．plant | D．newspaper |
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| 小题6: | | A．themselves | B．itself | C．herself | D．himself |
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| 小题7: | | A．bathroom | B．balcony | C．bedroom | D．kitchen |
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| 小题8: | | A．which | B．what | C．that | D．whether |
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| 小题9: | | A．sitting | B．exercising | C．sleeping | D．eating |
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| 小题10: | | A．regularly | B．suddenly | C．precisely | D．unconsciously |
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| 小题11: | | A．swum | B．watered | C．showered | D．drowned |
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| 小题12: | | A．taste | B．smell | C．feeling | D．sense |
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| 小题13: | | A．little | B．soon | C．late | D．much |
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| 小题14: | | A．Otherwise | B．Besides | C．Instead | D．Consequently |
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| 小题15: | | A．over | B．across | C．through | D．down |
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| 小题16: | | A．stop | B．blame | C．ignore | D．stand |
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| 小题17: | | A．views | B．attitude | C．mind | D．ways |
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| 小题18: | | A．While | B．Since | C．Until | D．As |
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| 小题19: | | A．Sincerely | B．Impossibly | C．Previously | D．Definitely |
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| 小题20: | | A．before | B．already | C．ever | D．since |
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One day in January, my uncle, my cousin and I decided to go hunting．We left by car in the afternoon．It was a Range Rover with four-wheel drive．It took us three hours to get there．After we arrived at 5:15 p．m．, we fixed the tent, then made coffee and had a short rest．After that, we went hunting, using a falcon（猎鹰）．We spent two hours without finding anything．On our way back to the camp, my cousin saw a rabbit．I removed the falcon’s bead cover and let go of the aggressive falcon．When the rabbit saw the falcon, it ran fast, but my falcon was a professional hunter．He flew up and came down to trick the rabbit．After two minutes, the rabbit was caught．We took it back to the camp to cook our dinner．We ate the delicious food, drank Arabic coffee, and sat around the fire talking until 10:30 p．m．
We left the camp the next day at 7 o’clock in the morning．We went north．However, around 10:00 a．m．our car got stuck in the sand! We spent about three hours trying to pull out the car without any progress．Finally, we decided to walk．As it was hard for an old man or a young boy to walk more than 40km in the desert, I decided to get help myself．I took a bottle of water with me and started to walk south alone．I knew the way well, but it was a long way in the sand．I walked more than four hours without stopping．When I felt so tired and thirsty, I stopped to rest．I drank all the water and slept for around two hours．
When I got up, it was dark．I continued to walk south．I was worried about my uncle and cousin．Suddenly, I met a Bedouin man who was riding his camel．He took me to his house．When I had had enough rest, I asked him to take me to the road where I found a car．It took me to the city to get help．I had one day to get back to my uncle and cousin．When I got back to them, they were so happy because I had gotten help and they were able to see me again．
小题1:Which word can best describe the first evening of their hunting trip?| A．Adventurous． | B．Enjoyable． | | C．Stressful． | D．Exhausting． |
小题2:How did the writer finally get out of the desert?| A．He was picked up by a car． | | B．A camel took him to the road． | | C．A passer-by Bedouin helped him． | | D．His uncle and cousin found and rescued him． |
小题3:What can be inferred from the story?| A．It’s an easy job to walk 40km in the desert． | | B．The author loved to go hunting with his family． | | C．The hunting trip is much longer than expected． | | D．To hunt in the desert one must train a falcon well． |
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Birthdays often bring surprises. But this year’s surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is __21__ one of the most surprising.
On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts __22__ that one of the most recognizable __23__ of William Shakespeare is a fake (赝品).
This __24__ that we no longer have a good __25__ of what Shakespeare looked like. “It’s very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare are unreliable because many of them are __26__ of this one,” said an expert from Britain’s National Portrait Gallery.
The _27_ comes after four months of testing. Experts from the gallery say the image — commonly known as the “Flower portrait” — was actually __28__ in the 1800s, two centuries __29_ Shakespeare’s death.
The art experts who work at the gallery say they used modern chemistry technology to __30__ the paint on the picture. These checks found traces (痕迹) of paint deep in the picture __31__ about 1814.
Shakespeare __32__ in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.
“We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was __33__ there was a new interest in Shakespeare’s__ 34__ ,” Tanya Cooper, the gallery’s 16th century curator (馆长) said.
The __35__ picture has often been used as a cover for __36__ of his plays. It is called the “Flower portrait” because one of its __37__, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“There have always been __38__ about the authenticity (真实性) of the painting,” said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture (画像技法),” he said.
Two other images of Shakespeare are also being studied as part of the investigation and the results will __39__later in May. But for now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a __40__.
| 小题1: | | A．surely | B．never | C．hardly | D．only |
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| 小题2: | | A．wondered | B．doubted | C．found | D．considered |
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| 小题3: | | A．plays | B．masterpieces | C．portraits | D．photos |
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| 小题4: | | A．recommends | B．advises | C．decides | D．means |
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| 小题5: | | A．news | B．idea | C．design | D．expression |
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| 小题6: | | A．bargains | B．productions | C．copies | D．prints |
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| 小题7: | | A．justice | B．discovery | C．invention | D．deed |
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| 小题8: | | A．cloned | B．developed | C．painted | D．copied |
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| 小题9: | | A．after | B．before | C．since | D．until |
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| 小题10: | | A．try | B．remove | C．wash | D．check |
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| 小题11: | | A．looking back | B．dating from | C．getting along | D．starting with |
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| 小题12: | | A．died | B．was born | C．succeeded | D．was buried |
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| 小题14: | | A．stories | B．pictures | C．plays | D．photos |
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| 小题15: | | A．real | B．original | C．valuable | D．fake |
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| 小题16: | | A．requirements | B．collections | C．consequences | D．playwrights |
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| 小题17: | | A．owners | B．painters | C．writers | D．readers |
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| 小题18: | | A．causes | B．problems | C．questions | D．orders |
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| 小题19: | | A．go about | B．come out | C．turn up | D．break out |
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| 小题20: | | A．surprise | B．problem | C．secret | D．mystery |
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