题目
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For years John Hannant Kept a photograph of his long-lost sister, hoping they would meet again. Margery, the eldest of the three children, had signed up to the Royal Air Force as part of the war effort, when John was still a baby. The family lost touch and as the decade s passed only a single letter gave a clue to her whereabouts. The clue was enough for a WHT reader to recognize Margery and put the family back in touch..
John, 67, had been searching for a long time and a friend suggested writing to the paper.
“That’s the one that made it, the letter to the paper a few months age,” he said. “It’s like a dream come true. The last time we ever heard from Margery was in 1953 after the floods. She wrote home to know if we were all right. My sister Dorothy wrote back, But Margery had moved again and never got the letter.”
Having retired from his job as a gardener at Park House, Mr. Hannat decided to take action once and for all. He and his wife Doreen, travelled to Margery’s home in Chelwood Avenue, Hatfield , which she shares with her husband Jack Cooke.
Now 88, she was recovering after several months in hospital, but immediately recognized her brother. John said, “It’s something that I never thought was going to happen, but I always hoped it would.” As well as finding his sister, John has also discovered he now has a nephew, niece and six grandnieces and grandnephews.
小题1:Margery left her family because______
there was a flood in her hometown
she signed up to serve the army
she wanted to get her husband back
a war broken out in her hometown
小题2:When she wrote to John last time ,Margery was ______
A.34 years old | B.40 years old |
C.44years old | D.54 years old |
A.Jack now has a son and a daughter. |
B.Jack and his wife live with their children now |
C.Jack’s wife is in good health all the time. |
D.Jack lost touch with his family a long time ago. |
A.since 1953 Margery has come back home only once. |
B.Margery received only one letter from John. |
C.Margery does not care about her family. |
D.WHT refers to a newspaper. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
解析
小题1:细节理解题。由文章第二段可知,Margery 应当是报名参军的,因为后面提到Royal Air Force (皇家空军部队)
小题2:数字计算题。由 1953-(2007-88)=34可知
小题3:细节判断题。由文章最后一句可知Jack Cooke现在有一个儿子和一个女儿及六
个孙子和孙女
小题4:推理判断题。有文章第二段可知WHT应该指的是那家帮John 找 Margery的报社。
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试题【A brother and sister have been reunited after more than 60 years, thanks to a le】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
I was about eight years old at the time , and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was a big show of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were put three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of them to admire the show. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the pile of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the cartons back together, so I went to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees checking some of the cartons to if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as if I was the person who was to blame .He scolded me loudly and wanted me to pay for those broken eggs. My face turned red and I tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot the incident, but the manager did not.
小题1:How old was the author when he wrote this article?
A About 8years old B About 18 years old
C About 23 years old D About 15 years old
小题2:Who was to blame for knocking off the pile of cartons?
A The author B The manager
C A woman D The author’s mother
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A The woman who knocked off the pile of cartons was seriously scolded by the manager.
B The author was loudly scolded by the manager.
C A woman was loudly scolded by the manager.
D It was the author who put the cartons back together.
小题4:The tone of the article expresses the author’s______
A admiration for the manager’s willingness to admit mistakes
B anger to the manager for his wrong
C dissatisfaction with the woman who knocked off the pile cartons
D regret for the mistake he made in the store
“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”
Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again—— to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”
She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.
As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. And immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn’t know what that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.
Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike(话筒), trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department’s north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.
Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock(休克). Just then he reached for the radio mike again.
“Call fire station,” he shouted, concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Bee sting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.”
“Five-ten,” the center replied.
Hold on, Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.
At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it, he thought.
小题1:It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when _______.
A.there are huge noises | B.strangers are approaching |
C.the air is filled with food smell | D.the hottest season comes around |
A.have no after-effects | B.suffer from sharper pain |
C.surely lose his life | D.become more sensitive |
A.he was unable to speak clearly | B.his radio equipment was poor |
C.he was in a state of shock | D.no one was on duty |
A.Allen, A Helpless Driver | B.Wasps, Bloody Killers |
C.A Race Against Death | D.War Against Wasps |
With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son’s teammate, Mickey O’Donnell. With “Kick it!” echoing across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted. O’Donnell had scored!
Then there was silence. Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down syndrome(综合症) and for him there was no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.
The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted, “I scored! I scored! Everybody won! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would react. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, “Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!” Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal.
Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a tie. Everybody won.”
小题1:The underlined word “hush” in paragraph 3 means ________.
A.cheer. | B.cry | C.laughter | D.silence |
A.The result of the match would fail his son. |
B.His son would shout at Mickey for his goal. |
C.Mickey would again hug the opposing players. |
D.His son would understand Mickey’s wrong goal. |
A.both teams liked and respected Mickey |
B.both teams were thankful to Mickey for his goal |
C.Mickey didn’t mind though his goal was wrong |
D.Mickey was a kind-hearted boy and hoped everybody won |
A.to tell a joke to make readers laugh |
B.to suggest we should not mind losing |
C.to show enjoying a game is more than winning a game |
D.to present his son’s fine qualities of understanding others |
He may have the idea that he is not capable of it. It is easy to get such an idea even though there is no justification for it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to take the most of his mental faculties, or he may accept another person s mistaken estimate of his ability. Older people may be handicapped by the mistaken belief that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real effort, because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won’t work hardest, even though he may think he is doing so. He is therefore likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his incompetence.
Alfred Adler, a famous psychiatrist(精神病医生), had an experience which illustrates this. When he was a small boy he got off to a poor start in arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought in order that they would not expect too much of him. In this way, they too developed the idea, "Isn’t it too bad that Alfred can’t do arithmetic?" He accepted their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was useless to try, and was very poor at arithmetic, just as they expected.
One day he became very angry at the teacher and other students because they laughed when he said he saw how to do a problem which none of the other students had been able to solve.
Adler succeeded in solving a problem. This gave him confidence. He rejected the idea that he couldn’t do arithmetic and was determined to show them that he could. His anger and his new found confidence stimulated him to be at arithmetic problems with a new spirit. He now worked with interest, determination, and purpose, and he soon became extraordinarily good at arithmetic. He not only proved that he could do arithmetic, but he learned early in life from his own experience that , if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may astonish himself as well as others by his ability.
This experience made him realize that many people have more ability than they think they have. And that lack of success is as often the result of lack of knowledge of how to apply one’s ability, lack of confidence, and lack of determination as it is the result of lack of ability.
小题1:The underlined word “justification” most probably means ________.
A.reason | B.rightness | C.need | D.demand |
A.The basic principles in doing math problems. |
B.Our idea about ourselves may have a negative influence on our work. |
C.Our ideas do not always have and influence on us. |
D.All actions are caused by impulse. |
A.Many people have more ability than they think they have. |
B.Anybody can become a mathematician, if he has determination. |
C.Arithmetic is actually very easy. |
D.Most teachers are wrong when they evaluator their students. |
A.Because the teacher and other students laughed at him. |
B.Because they challenged him to do a difficult arithmetic problem. |
C.Because he couldn’t solve the arithmetic problem. |
D.Because he was very poor at arithmetic. |
A.He was slow in arithmetic. |
B.He should work harder. |
C.He should be transferred to a special school. |
D.He should not tell his parents that he was slow. |
“Hello,” a woman’s voice said. There was no backing out now.
“May I speak to Missy, please?”
“Just a minute.”
In much less than a minute, Missy was on the phone. “Hi, who’s calling?” asked the cheerful voice.
“It’s Amy. I just wanted to tell you that I’m sorry about what I said to you. I didn’t really mean it.” Amy paused, trying to think of what to say next.
“Thank you, Amy. No hard feelings.”
“Missy, you’re a very nice person. You’re a lot nicer than I am!”
Missy laughed. “You’re not so bad, Amy. By the way, I’ve got some great news. Mr. Grumbell said that you were the only candidate for class president. He talked me into being a candidate too. Isn’t that cool?”
Amy didn’t think the news was cool. Missy was very popular; she’d get a lot of votes. Fortunately, Amy was in a gracious mood. “You’ll be a tough opponent, Missy,” she said. “May the best woman win.” “Thanks, Amy,” Missy replied. “But you might even win.”
Amy had to laugh. “Hey, I’m the one who’s supposed to make comments like that!”
小题1: Amy called Missy on the phone to _______.
A.tell her that the Titanic sank | B.tell her she needed a brain |
C.apologize for insulting her | D.ask her to run for president |
A.she was too tired to talk |
B.she felt uncomfortable about apologizing |
C.she was afraid she had dialed the wrong number |
D.she was wearing pajamas |
A.Missy was home alone. |
B.Missy’s mother answered the phone. |
C.Missy’s father answered the phone. |
D.Missy’s little sister answered the phone. |
A.Nasty. | B.Uncomfortable. |
C.Sad. | D.Friendly. |
A.She wanted to have the most friends. |
B.She wanted her own telephone. |
C.She wanted mushrooms on her pizza. |
D.She wanted to be class president. |
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