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Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He 3.__________ that he had been caught by terrible savages 4.__________ king wanted to kill him and eat him 5.__________ he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears 6.__________ (raise). But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a 7.__________ in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, 8.__________ (realize) that he had just found the answer 9.__________ the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make 10.__________ run through a small hole in the centre of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine.
答案
6. raised; 7. hole; 8. realizing; 9. to; 10. it
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试题【Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called El】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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-- Hello, Professor Smith. The summer vacation is coming. 61
-- I am going to Miami Beach, Florida for two weeks.
-- How will you get there?
-- 62
-- Does it cost a lot?
-- No. The cost is lower out of season. It is my first time to travel by air. 63
-- Don’t worry. Are your family going with you?
-- Yes. We plan to go swimming in the ocean, enjoy the sunshine on the beach and go water-skiing.
-- 64
-- Yeah, they are crossing off the days on the calendar. Are you going go Europe again this
summer?
-- No, not this time. 65
-- Egypt? It is really a place full of mystery. Have a good trip.
-- Thank you. The same to you.
A. In fact, I am a little nervous.
B. When are you leaving?
C. What’s your plan for the vacation?
D. I plan to go there by train.
E. I will fly to Miami from New York.
F. I am going to visit some old friends in Egypt.
G. Your children must be excited about it.
"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That"s right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor. "
Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said , "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."
Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman"s lap interrupted, "I know his name. I call him Dad."
56. One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______ .
A. make a demand for more buses B. thank the conductor for his good service
C. criticize the conductor for his rude behavior
D. invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor
57. What was the gentleman?
A. A teacher. B. A newspaper reporter.
C. Not known from the story. D. The conductor"s friend from his company.
58. The word "him" in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A. the gentleman B. the conductor C. the middle-aged man D. the three-year-old child
59. It is clear from the story that the conductor _______.
A. has changed his attitude towards his work B. has now been kind and polite to all passengers
C. has not changed his rude behavior to passengers
D. has now been kind and polite to women with children
vorite sport.Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first
base in their games.More often,however,they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them,
because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing.
One day in 1904,Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden,Iowa,to watch
Hank play for the home team against Hawarden.When they arrived at the ball field,
two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game.The umpire hadn’t ar—
rived,so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire.The players
finally agreed.
Amanda,then sixteen and standing five feet,ten inches tall,made perfect calls.
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her.Thus,at sixteen,Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record.She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,
New York.
61.Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because
A.they wanted to make her happy
B.she called them brothers
C.no one else wanted to do it for them
D.she knew the rules well and was fair
62.Amanda went to Hawarden in order to
A.serve as umpire
C.make money
B.watch her brother play
D.help the local teams
63.Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game .
A.in her P.E.classes at school B.in an umpire training school
C.by watching and playing the games D.from her mother,a baseball umpire
64.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.Amanda Clement.First Female Umpire
B.A Family of Baseball Fans
C.Baseball Games in Hawarden,Iowa
D.The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
him as the greatest archer of the country.The king was about to do so when an old
servant of the king said,“Wait,sir.I know an old man who lives in the forest.He is a
much greater archer.Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three
years.”
The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him,but he
went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him.Then one
day, when he thought he had learned everything,the thought arose in him:“If I kill this
old man,then 1 will be the greatest archer.”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his
shoulder.The young man hid behind a tree,waiting to kill him.He shot an arrow.The
old man took a small piece of wood and threw it.It struck the arrow and the arrow
turned back and wounded the young man very deeply.The old man came,took Out the
arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this.That’s why
I have not taught you this secret.There is no need to kill me.My Master is still alive,
and I’m nothing before him.You must be with him for at least thirty years.And he is
very old, so go fast! Find the old man!”
小题1:The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“ ”
A.admire | B.advise | C.announce | D.admit |
A.he had nothing more to learn from him |
B.he could then become the greatest archer |
C.the old man refused to teach him everything |
D.the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO |
master.Which is the right order of the events?
A.1—2—3—4 | B.4—3—2—1 |
C.4—2—3—1 | D.4—2—1—3 |
A.The young archer died from the wound soon after. |
B.The king declared the young man the greatest archer. |
C.The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him. |
D.The young archer set off to look for the old man’ S master. |
A.There’s always someone better than you in this world. |
B.You must never try to become better than your teacher. |
C.The older a man is,the better archer he usually becomes. |
D.Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow. |
One day in 1904,Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden,Iowa,to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden.When they arrived at the ball field,two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game.The umpire hadn’t arrived,so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire.The players finally agreed.
Amanda,then sixteen and standing five feet,ten inches tall,made perfect calls.
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her.Thus,at sixteen,Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record.She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,
New York.
小题1:Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because
A.they wanted to make her happy |
B.she called them brothers |
C.no one else wanted to do it for them |
D.she knew the rules well and was fair |
A.serve as umpire |
B.make money |
C.watch her brother play |
D.help the local teams |
A.in her P.E.classes at school | B.in an umpire training school |
C.by watching and playing the games | D.from her mother,a baseball umpire |
A.Amanda Clement.First Female Umpire |
B.A Family of Baseball Fans |
C.Baseball Games in Hawarden,Iowa |
D.The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown |
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