It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool.I made quite a habit of
this with boys of my own size or less.
One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool.He was no bigger than I was, so I
thought him a fair game.Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would
not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength
making its way by fierce strokes (猛力地划) to the shore.I fled, but in vain.He overtook me, seized me
violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool.I soon climbed out on the other side, and found
myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys."Do you know what you have done?" they said, "It"s
Amery; he is in Grade Six.He is champion at gym; he has got his football honor."
I was frightened and felt ashamed.How could I tell his position when he was wrapped in a bath towel
and so small.He didn"t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word, "My father, who is a great man, is also small." At this he laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I
had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed.
1. The writer thought Amery "a fair game" because the boy ________.
A. looked like an animal
B. was fond of games
C. was of similar size
D. was good at sports
2. The writer felt "ashamed" because ________.
A. he was laughed at by other boys
B. Amery turned out to be in the same grade
C. he pushed Amery hard and hurt him
D. he played a joke on an outstanding athlete
3. By saying "My father, who is a great man, is also small", the writer ________.
A. tried to please Amery
B. challenged Amery
C. threatened Amery
D. admired his father
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The writer could run faster than Amery.
B. The writer liked playing jokes on boys of all sizes.
C. Amery was a student in Grade Four.
D. Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior.
5. What does the underlined word "overtook" mean?
A. Catch hold of.
B. Catch up with.
C. Take a look at.
D. Shout at.
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空.
A good teacher is many things to many people.In my own experience, the people I respect most are
the teachers (1)________ demanded the most discipline from their students.
I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school.I think she was a good teacher because she
was a very strict person.I remember very (2)________ (clear) a sign over her classroom door.It was
(3)________ simple sign that said, "Laboratory-in this room the first five letters of the word was
emphasized, not the last seven." In other words, I guess, labor (4)________ her was more important
than oratory, which means (5)________ (make) speeches.
She prepared her work very carefully and demanded us to do the same.We got lots of homework
from her.(6)________ she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the
homework (7)________ (reduce), but it continued just the same.She checked our work by stamping her
name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read (8)________.
I think sometimes teachers who demand most are liked (9)_____.But (10)________ time goes by,
this discipline really seems to benefit the students.
Yong takes center stage.He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves.Blowing on one of the leaves, he
produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song.Some other musicians
are also playing the traditional instruments from various ethnic groups in China.
It"s the first time such music has ever been performed in the Grand Theater.But all this is the efforts of
Zhu Zheqin, a Cantoneseborn singer, who has made it her mission to help preserve China"s traditional
ethnic music.
Several years ago, after being appointed a United Nations Development Program ambassador, Zhu
traveled through some of China"s remotest regions in an attempt to document the traditional music of
various minority groups.In the course other fourmonth trip, sh
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she noticed that many of the best musicians were old, and some of the music was at risk of dying out.
"I was shocked by the beauty of what I heard-it was so good," she says."But it needed support.I hope
to let people see the beauty of these things in the contemporary times."
So Zhu decided to introduce some of the musicians to a wider audience.By doing this, she hopes to
rekindle (再次点燃) the interest of the younger generation."Young people don"t like this music much;
they prefer pop music and love songs.They think these songs are something their grandma sings.This kind
of repackaging gives young people a new door into their heritage."
Zhu believes China needs to look again at its own roots."China today is basically all Western art; in
our conservatories (音乐学院) Western classical music is the top," she says."For China to really
contribute to the world, we need to go on our own path.So what can represent China today?" The answer, she suggests, is to move from "made in China" to "created in China".
1. From the first paragraph, we learn that ________.
A. the audience are all young people
B. Guo Yong is playing the Buyi folk music
C. Guo Yong is the only minority performer on the stage
D. tree branches make good musical instruments
2. Which of the following is TRUE of Zhu Zheqin?
A.She teaches music in a conservatories.
B.She is helping preserve Chinese ethnic music.
C.She works as an official in the United Nations.
D.She"s created all the music for the Grand Theater.
3. Zhu Zheqin traveled to some of China"s remotest regions to ________.
A.record the traditional ethnic music
B.help the local musicians play the music
C.show the UN Chinese musical traditions
D.enjoy the music of various ethnic groups
4. What is Zhu Zheqin"s idea about Chinese traditional music?
A. It is completely out of date.
B. Only old musicians play it well.
C. It needs changes to attract young people.
D. It is quickly dying out.
5. What does Zhu Zheqin mean in the last paragraph?
A.The traditional music should be repackaged.
B.Chinese conservatories shouldn"t teach Western music.
C.China has contributed a lot to the Western art.
D.Only the things created in China can be symbols of China.
fun together. The more Walt dreamed of a "magical park," the more imaginative and elaborate it became.
The original plans for the park were on 8 acres next to the Burbank studios where his employees and
families could go to relax. Although, World War II put those plans on hold. During the war, Disney had
time to come up with new ideas, and creations for his magical park. It was soon clear that 8 acres
wouldn"t be enough.
Finally in 1953, he had the Stanford Research Institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside
of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying
elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic
kingdom he called "Disneyland."
The search for the best venue for the park ended in the rural Anaheim, California with a purchase of a
160-acre orange grove near the junction of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and Harbor Boulevard.
Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to
open.
Some 160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park.
However, when the real designing came around, Disney met with inevitable questions. How do you make believable wild animals, that aren"t real? How do you make a Mississippi paddle ship? How do you go
about building a huge castle in the middle of Anaheim, California? Disney asked his movie studio staff for
answers. The design of Disneyland was something never done before. There would be four uniquely
different theme parts: Adventure land , Frontier land , Fantasyland Tomorrow land. Bit by bit, Disneyland
got ready for Opening Day. The staff worked around the clock to get ready.
But opening day was a terrible disaster. Beside the terrible opening day conditions, the park did
eventually pick up. By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 Million visitors had come through the gates.
1. When did Disneyland open?
A. 1953
B. 1954
D. 1965
C. 1955
2. The following statements is true except__________.
A.About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far.
B.Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland.
C.World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland.
D.Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity.
3. What can"t you see in Disney?
A. rivers, waterfalls, and mountains
B. flying elephants and giant teacups
D. wild animals
C. a huge castle
4. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _________.
A. gather
B. improve
C. discover
D. good
5. What"s the main idea of the passage?
A.What visitors can enjoy in Disneyland.
B.The difficulties Disney met in building Disneyland
C.How Disneyland came into being
D.A brief introduction to Disneyland
Every object tells a story. Even the most ordinary objects can present to us powerful images.
Sometimes it is the ordinary nature of these objects that actually makes them so extraordinary.
Such is the case with an old leather shoe in a museum in Alaska. At first glance it does not look like
much. It is a woman"s shoe of a style popular in the 1890s. But what is unique(独特的) about this
shoe is where it was found. It was discovered on the Checkout Pass, the famous trail used by the
people seeking gold in Alaska. Who it belonged to or why it was left there is not known. Was it
perhaps dropped by accident as the woman climbed up the 1500 stairs carved outface? Or did she
throw away goods that she didn"t need in order to travel lighter?
Over 100, 000 people with "gold fever" made this trip hoping to become millionaires. Few of
them understood that on their way they would have to cross a harsh wildness. Unprepared for such
a dangerous journey, many died of starvation and exposure to the cold weather.
The Canadian government finally started requiring the gold seekers to bring one ton of supplies
with them. This was thought to be enough for a person to survive for one year. They would carry
their supplies in backpacks(背包) each weighing up to fifty pounds; it usually took at least 40 trips
to get everything to the top and over the pass. Whoever dropped the shoe must have been a brave
and determined woman. Perhaps she was successful and made it to Alaska. Perhaps she had to turn
back in defeat. No one will ever know for sure, but what we do know is that she took part in one of
the greatest adventures in the 19th century.
1. Which of the following is right?
A. it was found on a famous trail
B. it was an important clue to life in the past
C. it at one time belonged to a VIP
D. it was a fashionable shoe at that time
2. According to this passage, many people who went to Alaska _______.
A. eventually became millionaires
B. were not properly equipped
C. were very poor
D. brought with them many shoes
3. The Canadian government made gold seekers bring one year"s supplies with them so that ___.
A. they would not die of hunger and cold
B. the army would have enough food for fighting a war
C. they would change these goods with the Eskimos
D. the supplies would make Alaska rich
4. No matter what happened to the woman who owned the shoe, _______.
A. she must have been a brave woman.
B. she certainly dropped the shoe on purpose
C. her adventurous spirit is definitely admired
D. her other shoes were equally fashionable
5. what"s the best title of the passage?
A. special shoe whose ower is a woman.
B. the sad story about the shoe.
C. the old shoe that has a special. story.
D. gold seekers
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following
words on it:"Give my dog half a pound of meat."Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:"Take this to the butcher(* person whose job is selling meat)and he"s going to give you your lunch today."
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher"s. It gave the paper to the butcher.
The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady"s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it,
he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the
mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers(*people who buy sth. from a shop).
But, the dog came again at four o"clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher"s
more surprise, it came for the third time at six o"clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The
butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himself, "This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much
meat to eat today?"
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
1. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite .
A. cruelly
B. fairly
C. kindly
D. friendly
2. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it .
A. might do it much harm
B. could do it much good
C. would help the butcher
D. was worth many pounds
3. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith
B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith
4. From its experience, the dog found that .
A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith"s words in it could bring it meat
B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C. Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
5. At the end of the story, you"ll find that .
A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B. the dog dared not go to the butcher"s any more
C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D. the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal
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