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came to the United States in 1975, where he studied for a Master"s in Arts. Although studying took up
much of his time, he traveled throughout the US and Canada climbing many different types of rock walls.
Thus, he made friends with many people with the same interest.
However, on Thanksgiving Day in 1979, a car driven by a drunk driver lost control and suddenly
turned into his lane(车道), striking the head of his vehicle. The injuries to both of his legs and feet resulted
in the removal of one of his kneecaps(膝盖骨), and the amputation(截去)of his right foot.
It wasn"t easy, but after some time, with great effort and strong will, Tom rebuilt his hope for life. The
report of his story moved the whole nation of America. Eventually he earned another master"s degree and
founded the Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group. This program"s success sent Tom
around the world to spread his message that "it is not the falling down, but the getting back up that matters". He became a professor in Adventure Education at Prescott College in Arizona, where he taught the
top outdoor leadership program in the nation.
After 25 years of experience as a mountaineer, on May 27, 1998, Tom achieved his greatest
accomplishment so far:reaching the peak of Mt. Everest. Tom was actually the first person with a disability to ever climb and stand on the peak of Mt. Everest. He realized that reaching the peak of Mt. Everest
could do nothing to change his disability, but it could do a lot to change attitudes. Tom Whittaker wanted
people to realize that disability is as much an attitude as it is a condition.
1. For what did Tom Whittaker go to the US?
A. To improve his climbing skills.
B. To take his master"s degree.
C. To become a professional mountaineer.
D. To meet other mountaineers in the US.
2. What led to the accident that caused Tom Whittaker"s disability?
A. That his car was out of control.
B. That he was driving on a wrong lane.
C. That a drunk driver ran his car into Tom"s.
D. That he got drunk on Thanksgiving Day.
3. When did Tom become a mountaineer?
A. Shortly before he reached the peak of Mt. Everest.
B. Two years before he went to the US.
C. Shortly after he arrived in the US.
D. After he recovered from the car accident.
4. Which of the following events made Tom first widely noticed by the American public?
A. Teaching outdoor leadership program at college.
B. Climbing Mt. Everest in spite of his disability.
C. Founding the Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group.
D. His determination to fight against his disability.
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Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five.Her research
before writing takes at least three year
s.Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to divided into abook, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education.After graduation,
she worked in the public relations and advertising industries.Later she started a job as a writer which she
was best fit for.Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New
York Times bestselling novels, and a series of Max and Martha picture books for children to help them
deal with the reallife problem of death, new babies and new schools.Her 1998 book about the death of
her son was shot to the top of the New York Times bestselling list as soon as it came out.Twentyeight
of her books have been made into films.She is listed in the Guinness Books of World Records for one
of her books being the Times bestseller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content wit
h a big house, a loving family, and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steelconsiders her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by email.While
she is often compared to the heroines (女主人公) of her own invention, her life is undoubtedly much
quieter.But if she does have anything in common with them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable
style.There is only one Danielle Steel.
1. Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that ________.
A. she can write several books at the same time
B. she often does some research before writing a book
C. she is one of the most popular American women writers
D. she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break
2. Children who have read "Max and Martha" picture books may know ________.
A. how to deal with affairs at school
B. what to do if Max and Martha die
C. what to do when new babies are born into their families
D. how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes
3. One of Danielle Steel"s achievements is that ________.
A. some TV plays were based on her books
B. her picture books attracted a lot of young men
C. one of her books became a bestseller in 1998
D. she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records
4. We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel ________.
A. lives an exciting life
B. values her readers a lot
C. writes about quiet women
D. is pleased with her achievements
5. What does the underlined word "inimitable" mean?
A. hardworking
B. attractive
C. strange
D. unique
首先请阅读下列音乐家或歌手的信息：
A. John Lewis was known for his creativity.He was a skilled piano player and musical director of the
Modern Jazz.He was fond of traditional jazz, blues and bebop.Yet he was greatly influenced by training in European classical music.
B. Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1908.He was an excellent student and athlete.
Rutgers University in New Jersy gave him money, so he could study there.He also was the top student in
his class.He became a professional actor, an O"Neill star.
C. Billie Holiday wrote a book about her life-Lady Sings the Blues.A few months later, she was
arrested again for possessing illegal drugs.But instead of going to prison, she was permitted to seek
treatment to end her dependence on drugs.
D. Larry Adler didn"t know how to read music as a young man.He could listen to a record played a
few times and then play the song with his harmonica.He could do this with extremely difficult songs.Not
being able to read music did not seem to harm his career.
E. Nat formed a group that played jazz in 1937.The trio reportedly did not need a drummer because
Nat"s piano playing kept the beat so well.They named the group The King Cole Trio.Nat played the piano in New York and Los Angeles as a young man.
F. Isaac Stern was more than a great violin player.He was one of the most honored musicians in the
world.He was an international cultural ambassador.He was a major supporter of the arts in America and in other countries.
以下是人物情况介绍。请将介绍与相对应的歌手匹配起来。
1. Her last performance was in 1959.She died the year.Her health was ruined by using illegal drugs and
drinking too much alcohol.But Lady Day lives on through her recordings that continue to influence the best jazz singers.
2. He was one of the finest musicians to record with new Capitol Record.By the middle 1940s, Nat King Cole was beginning to be known as a popular singer as well as a jazz piano player.
3. He joined the Provincetown Players, an acting group linked to American playwright Eugene O"Neill in
the 1920s.
4. George Gershwin used a special device called a recording piano to play and record "Rhapsody in Blue". After the famous composer"s death, he often played the harmonica with the recording piano.
5. He combined classical music with traditional jazz to create songs for himself and the three other
members of his quarter.He believed music should be simple and clear, yet played in meaningful way.
Canada.
It all started when Graham Broad, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, found McKay"s
name in a footnote in a book about university history. McKay was included in a list of university alumni
(校友) who had served during the First World War, but his name was unfamiliar to Broad, a specialist
in military history. Out of curiosity, Broad spent hours at the local archives (档案馆) in a fruitless search
for information on McKay. Tired and discouraged, he finally gave up. On his way out, Broad"s glance
happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old
picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. As he read the words beside the picture, he experienced a
thrilling realization. "After looking for him all day, there he was, staring up at me out of the exhibiting
case," said Broad. Excited by the find, Broad asked his students to continue his search. They combed
old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually, a picture came into view.
Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He downed ten enemy
planes, outlived his entire squadron (中队) as a WWI flyer, spent some time as a flying instructor in
England, then returned to the front, where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in
December 1917. But there"s more to his story. "For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most
famous pilot in the world," says Broad. "He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke, the most
famous German pilot at the time." Yet, in a letter home, McKay refused to take credit, saying that
Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.
McKay"s war records were destroyed during a World War II air bombing on London - an
explanation for why he was all but forgotten.
But now, thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students, a marker in McKay"s memory was placed
on the university grounds in November 2007. "I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the word "
deceased" (阵亡) next to his name," said Corey Everrett, a student who found a picture of Mckay in his
uniform. "This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us, but instead
of finishing his time at Western, he chose to fight and die for his country."
1. What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay?
A. A uniform of McKay.
B. A footnote about McKay.
C. A book on McKay.
D. A picture of McKay.
2. What did the students find out about McKay?
A. He trained pilots for some time.
B. He lived longer than other pilots.
C. He died in the Second World War.
D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke.
3. McKay"s flying documents were destroyed in .
A. Belgium
B. Germany
C. Canada
D. England
4. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay .
A. preferred fight to his study
B. went to war before graduation
C. left a picture for Corey Everrett
D. set an example for his fellow students
5. What is the text mainly about?
A. The research into war history.
B. The finding of a forgotten hero.
C. The pilots of the two world wars.
D. The importance of military studies.
imprisoned or killed because one of his plays was regarded as being an attack on leaders of Bulgaria.
Markov managed to reach England and got a job with the BBC, writing something in Bulgaria.
Some of the BBC programmes were critical of life in Bulgaria. Perhaps as a result of this, Markov
received an anonymous telephone call warning him that he would be killed. In September 1978, Markov
stopped his car in London and started to walk to his office. When he was passing a bus line, a man in the
line seemed to drop his umbrella accidently. Markov felt a sudden pain in the leg.
When Markov reached his office, he spoke about the matter to a friend. A few hours later, he began
to feel hot. He was sent to hospital and died four days later. The doctors examined his body, and they
were puzzled about the cause of his death. Scientists were asked to help and they found a tiny metal pellet
in Markov"s leg. The scientists believed that the two holes in it must contain an unknown poison in them.
A few weeks before Markov was "shot" with a poisoned pellet fired from an umbrella, another
Bulgarian had the same experience in France. Towards the end of August 1978, Kostov felt a sharp pain
in the back when he was leaving a railway station in Paris. He was ill for a few days but became well.
When news of Markov"s death became known, Kostov was asked to return to hospital for examination.
Doctors found a tiny pellet in his back, but it had stuck in an area from which the poison had not been
able to spread.
The police in both countries are still searching for the reasons why both men were attacked. They
hoped to catch their attackers.
1.Which of the statement is right about the underlined word?
A. stranger
B. well-known
C. friendly
D. unknown
2. Which of the following was not mentioned in the passage?
A. George Markov was working for the BBC
B. George Markov wrote many plays at that time
C. kostov was "shot" with a poisoned pellet
D. Both kostov and George Markov died at last
3. According to the passage, Markov"s suspicions turned out to be
A. wrong
B. right
C. reasonable
D. unreasonable
4. Who killed Markov?
A. Bulgarian
B. not known
C. French
D. British
5. We can infer that _________
A. Leaders in Bulgaria disliked George Markov
B. The police didn"t find the person who killed George Markov
C. George Markov wrote some critical plays
D. George Markov lived in Bulgaria all his life
the 1 . He has the body, skills and the basketball brain of an All-Star (全明星球员).
This talent was on_2_ as he scored 41 points to take Cleveland Cavaliers (克里夫兰骑士队) to a
107-104 win over the New Jersey Nets (新泽西网队) on March 28. Aged of 19 years and 87 days,
James became the 3 player to score 40 or more in the NBA. "It was by far James" best 4 ," said
Cleveland coach Paul Silas. Known to his friends as "the king", this was the day James earned his crown
(王冠). But he was far from being a king during a childhood spent in the back streets of Akron, Ohio.
Like many other African-American basketball players, James" early years were a 5 . His mother
Gloria was just 16 when she gave birth to him; he knows nothing about his father. Mother and son battled
for everything from food to a place to live. Without help from his grandmother and neighbors, James
would 6 have died when he was young.
This spirit of survival has served him well on court, forcing him to take any 7 he finds. "I 8 losing,
I don"t like losing," said James of his 41-point display. "I 9 the opportunity for us to win and I was 10
to capture it." At 2.03 metres, he is no Yao Ming but this didn"t 11 him being first choice in 2003 NBA
draft. This was 12 to his strength and skill, much of which he learned from high school American
football.
Although he has a 13 brain, James has never had to concentrate on 14 . Some people think this is
a mistake and say he should have gone to college to 15 his mind. But James is one of the lucky few
who has found fame and fortune without a diploma (文凭). On the court, he is king.