Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners(马拉松运动员) can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（亲笔签名）,says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
小题1:What made Jean take part in sports?| A．She was brave. | | B．She was competitive. | | C．She was strong. | | D．She was disabled. |
小题2:What kind of education did she receive?| A．High school. | | B．Junior middle school. | | C．High education. | | D．Primary school. |
小题3:What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?| A．Work hard. | B．Hope for the best. | | C．Dream a lot. | D．Have great wishes and work hard. |
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小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:D |
小题1:根据“I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!可知选B。
小题2:根据At the University of Illinois, 可知她受过高等教育，故选C。
小题3:根据,says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”描述可知选D，有伟大理想并努力工作。 |
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Mr. Grey traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farmers. It was not really a very 36 job, but Mr. Grey had always been interested in 37 , and he was quite 38 with his life.
One of Mr. Grey’s problems was often__39___ to stay when he reached some small places in the country. He did not expect great ___40__ and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a __41___ room and when there was no hot water or good food after a long and ___42__ day.
Late one __43__ evening, Mr. Grey arrived at a small railway station. The journey by __44__ that day had not been ___45__ interesting, and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry. He was __46___ a simple but satisfying meal by a bright burning __47___ , and then a hot bath and a comfortable ___48__.
While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was _ 49__ walking there, “ As this is my first __50___ to this part of the country and I was in too much of a __51___ to find out about hotels before I left home, I would very much like to know how many you have here?”
The local man answered, “ We have two.”
“And which of the two would you __52___ me to go to ?” Mr. Grey asked then.
The local man scratched his __53___ for a few moments and then answered, “ Well, it’s like this: ___54__ you go to, you’ll be ___55__ you didn’t go to the other.”
| 小题1: | | A．curious | B．serious | C．exciting | D．horrible |
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| 小题2: | | A．shopping | B．farming | C．studying | D．teaching |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfied | B．terrified | C．thankful | D．careful |
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| 小题4: | | A．where | B．which | C．what | D．how |
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| 小题5: | | A．position | B．respect | C．comfort | D．money |
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| 小题6: | | A．cold | B．small | C．common | D．local |
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| 小题7: | | A．happy | B．interesting | C．tiring | D．ordinary |
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| 小题8: | | A．winter | B．summer | C．Sunday | D．holiday |
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| 小题9: | | A．air | B．train | C．plane | D．boat |
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| 小题10: | | A．in all | B．at all | C．all over | D．all the same |
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| 小题11: | | A．booking | B．ordering | C．longing for | D．finding out |
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| 小题12: | | A．fire | B．light | C．wood | D．stove |
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| 小题14: | | A．already | B．also | C．yet | D．quite |
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| 小题15: | | A．arrive | B．look | C．visit | D．moment |
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| 小题16: | | A．while | B．hurry | C．habit | D．wonder |
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| 小题17: | | A．want | B．suggest | C．allow | D．advise |
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| 小题18: | | A．paper | B．head | C．hand | D．notebook |
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| 小题19: | | A．whenever | B．wherever | C．whichever one | D．neither one |
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| 小题20: | | A．proud | B．sure | C．sorry | D．glad |
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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good 36 to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to 37 a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting 38 , I decided that I had to make a jump myself 39 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any 40 , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 41 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s 42 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) 43 . For this, I had to wait until the following 44 .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. 45 , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was 46 to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon 47 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 48 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 49 after I jumped.
“Get 50 , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to 51 , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called 52 . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 53 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best 54 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．way | B．chance | C．idea | D．value |
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| 小题2: | | A．tell | B．write | C．read | D．copy |
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| 小题3: | | A．film | B．poem | C．story | D．program |
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| 小题4: | | A．secretly | B．instead | C．finally | D．first |
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| 小题5: | | A．sport | B．driving | C．lesson | D．drawing |
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| 小题6: | | A．try | B．hand | C．gift | D．suggestion |
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| 小题7: | | A．jumping | B．journey | C．training | D．entertainment |
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| 小题8: | | A．tree | B．tower | C．building | D．airplane |
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| 小题9: | | A．week | B．month | C．evening | D．morning |
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| 小题10: | | A．Besides | B．Once | C．There | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．asked | B．invited | C．forced | D．taught |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowing | B．climbing | C．landing | D．filling |
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| 小题13: | | A．belt | B．steel | C．line | D．seat |
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| 小题14: | | A．light | B．broken | C．fixed | D．open |
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 | 小题17: | | A．softly | B．loudly | C．nervously | D．excitedly |
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| 小题18: | | A．comfort | B．wind | C．pull | D．push |
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| 小题19: | | A．failure | B．experience | C．competition | D．danger |
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| 小题20: | | A．tiring | B．shocking | C．true | D．fun |
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In high school I joined the girl athletic club. At our first track meet, I entered for the long jump, but was made an alternate（替补）for the 50 yard dash. I didn’t like it, since I was better at long distance, but they assured me I would never have to run; they just ran out of alternate.
As I walked up to the start line, I saw my Dad on the sidelines. He was watching. Position, ready, set and off went the starting gun. Believe it or not, I closed my eyes and ran like I’d never run before.
I knew I didn’t have a chance of winning. But I started to hear cheering and thought for a minute, was it possible? I opened my eyes and to my disappointment, everyone else was crossing the finish line, inches away from each other and I was only half the distance.
That moment felt like days. I felt so stupid. I just wanted to melt into the ground and disappeared. Worse than that, my Dad was watching and then I felt ashamed. I kept running hard as I could, crying all the way towards the finish line. It seemed no one noticed me as I crossed the finish line. I saw my Dad standing there looking at me. I was ashamed to look at him. He walked over to me and said, “I’m so proud of you.” I was surprised, “For what? Everyone else finished before I even got halfway. I looked like a fool.” “Because you didn’t give up, not even when you realized what had happened. You gave it your all and finished.” I laughed and cried at the same time.
I find I can face what seems impossible, even alone and afraid, and, that winning does not always come in as you expect. I give my best effort to all I do, win or lose. I don’t give up in the middle of anything.
小题1:The author meant to compete in .| A．the 50 yard dash | B．the long jump | C．the long-distance run | D．the high jump |
小题2:When the author heard cheering, she thought . | A．she had the chance to win the game | | B．she left others inches away halfway | | C．other competitors were encouraging her | | D．somebody had won the game |
小题3:What happened after the author crossed the finish line?| A．She cried at the sight of her father. | | B．Everyone cheered her for her success. | | C．Her farther came up and comforted her. | | D．She felt ashamed to meet her classmates. |
小题4:What lesson can we learn form the author’s experience?| A．What seems impossible always becomes possible. | | B．Don’t lose heart halfway whatever you do. | | C．Success will come as long as you expect it. | | D．Try to do everything until you win in the end. |
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Barbara and Barry Zucker – Pinchoff, both doctors from New York City, took their three daughters on a walking safari（旅行）last year in Tanzania. Barbara told about their experience in Kinbero, “It is the most remote（遥远的）place we have ever been to,” camping with a few other Americans, two Tanzanian guides, and several Hadza（哈扎人）who had time to sit and chat because they had just killed a giraffe.
About 400 members of the Eastern Hadza tribe（部落）live in Tanzania today, the only hunter-gatherers who remain in Africa. The Hadza hunt game, gather edible plants and honey, and move from place to place whenever the weather changers. Every two weeks or so, they move to a new campsite.
At the Pinchoffs’ campsite, three Hadza men stopped by to visit and ended up staying three days. One of the guides gave the men a cigarette. They took out the tobacco, put it in a pipe, and lit the pipe with fire they started.
It takes less than two hours for Hadza women to build a new camp. They make huts（茅屋）by bending branches into round structures about six feet high, and then covering them with long, golden grass. If the weather is very wet, the women may choose a dry cave to set up a camp. Some rock caves have been used over thousands of years and are decorated（装饰）with ancient rock paintings. Whether they sleep in huts, caves or in the open, the Hadza cover themselves only with thin cloths and depend on fire to keep them warm.
The Hadza refuse to be “settled” into villages or to have the life of farmers. By 1979, almost all of them had returned to their old ways. They Hadza may be the only tribe in Africa the has never paid taxes.
小题1: The passage mainly tells up .| A．one of the author’s travel experiences | | B．the life of the Hadza tribe in Tanzania | | C．Barbara’s walking safari in Tanzania | | D．the efforts of the Hadza to keep their old ways |
小题2:What does the underlined word “game” ( in Paragraph 2 ) probably refer to?| A．Part of a match. | B．Edible wild animals. | | C．An area of work. | D．A children’s activity. |
小题3:What do we know about the life of the Hadza?| A．They change their campsites regularly. | B．They live mainly on farming. | | C．They keep warm using leaves at night. | D．It takes them a long time to set up a camp. |
小题4:Where do the Hadza live in wet weather?| A．On the farm. | B．In huts. | C．In caves. | D．In the open. |
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Just Help the Next Person
The only highway to go to work that we had to drive was closed down due to an accident on the bridge. A truck had hit the bridge and made it 36 for any traffic to go over it. So in order to get to 37 I had to go a number of miles out of my way.
Not being that 38 with this road and not knowing 39 all the pot holes in the road were, I topped a hill and right in my path was a big pot hole. I felt and heard the familiar sound of a flat tire. I 40 as far to the right as possible and stopped. I tried several times to change the tire, but 41 .
There I sat out in the country and no way to 42 with anybody. Just then, I looked in my rear view mirror and a 43 was pulling out of a pasture behind me. I was 44 and scared at the same time.
I was struggling to get the 45 out when this man in the pickup pulled in behind me. He got out to introduce himself and 46 to help me. When he got the spare out we discovered that the spare is also 47 . He told me he would take the tire and have it 48 and call my husband.
We got the tire fixed 49 he took me back to my car. My husband was there 50 us when we got back. The kind stranger stayed there and helped my husband 51 the tire. After they finished we 52 thanked him and offered to pay him for his 53 .
I will never forget his words, " your thanks is 54 enough pay and I just hope if this ever happens to my wife or daughter someone will be so 55 as to help them."
| 小题1: | | A．busy | B．narrow | C．fearful | D．unsafe |
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| 小题2: | | A．school | B．city | C．work | D．shop |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfied | B．involved | C．identified | D．familiar |
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| 小题4: | | A．where | B．what | C．when | D．which |
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| 小题5: | | A．placed | B．rode | C．pulled | D．managed |
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| 小题6: | | A．failed | B．abandoned | C．passed | D．dropped |
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| 小题7: | | A．catch up | B．get in touch | C．have to do | D．put up |
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| 小题8: | | A．truck | B．pickup | C．car | D．bike |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．relieved | C．determined | D．nervous |
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| 小题10: | | A．car | B．wheel | C．spare | D．trunk |
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| 小题11: | | A．refused | B．offered | C．pretended | D．promised |
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| 小题12: | | A．flat | B．damaged | C．invisible | D．lost |
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| 小题13: | | A．sold | B．painted | C．packed | D．fixed |
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| 小题15: | | A．listening to | B．worrying about | C．waiting on | D．searching for |
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| 小题16: | | A．break | B．change | C．clean | D．repair |
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| 小题17: | | A．both | B．all | C．neither | D．everyone |
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| 小题18: | | A．imagination | B．trouble | C．diligence | D．patience |
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| 小题19: | | A．more than | B．less than | C．rather than | D．better than |
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| 小题20: | | A．polite | B．active | C．kind | D．wise |
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