get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy"s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child"s nose, but she couldn"t
get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy"s nose to get the paper out.
The boy"s mother came home looking sad. She didn"t want her child to have his nose cut. The next
day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted
to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.
"Yes, I can see it," May said. "It will be out soon."
As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child"s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and
the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a
swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the lucky boy didn"t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.
B. his mother took it out
C. he did nothing but cry
D. he tried to take it out but failed
B. less than seven days
C. more than seven days
D. exactly seven days
B. May succeeded in taking the paper out.
C. The boy"s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.
D. The boy had to have his nose cut at last.
B. the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.
C. the sea water would wash out the paper ball.
D. he needed a rest
strange light thrown against the tree. "I knew it wasn"t the moon", he said. "I drive this road all the time
and I notice little things out of place."
Duffy stopped his car and got out to examine. Below him far down in the deep valley lay a broken
car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes earlier, a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no
guardrail. His car fell and rolled end over end, landing on its top more than two hundred feet below.
Duffy rushed to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the injured driver. Snow covered
the valley and the temperature was below freezing. After struggling back up the cliff, Duffy took off his
jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his car.
Life-saving deeds are starting to become usual action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When
he was 12, he saved his ten-year-old brother from drowning. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister
ate rat poison, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, make her drink milk to protect her stomach and called
doctors.
"We have tried to teach the children good values, and it looks like we have got some reward for it."
His father says.
B. Duffy"s car.
C. The broken car in the valley
D. an unknown place
B. with its wheels upward
C. with its head upward
D. on the road as usual
B. three
C. four
D. five
children_________.
B. how to save people"s lives
C. to remember the value of the car
D. how to do business
sank. He got into a lifeboat, but his supplies were __1__. His chances of surviving were small. __2__
when three fishermen found him 76days later, he was alive-much __3__ than he was when he started, but
alive.
His __4__ of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness-how he __5__ to catch fish, how he
evaporated(使蒸发) sea water to __6__ fresh water- is very interesting.
But the thing that __7__ my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed
lost, and there seemed no __8__ in continuing the struggle. He was starved and __9 exhausted. Giving
up would have seemed the only possible choice.
When people __10 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds, which gives
them the courage to keep going. Many people in __11 desperate circumstances __12 in or go mad.
Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on __13 difficulties.
"I tell myself I can __14 it," wrote Callahan in his book. "Compared to what others have been
through, I"m fortunate, I tell myself these things over and over, __15 up courage…
I wrote that down after I read it. It __16 me as something important. And I"ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed __17 off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I"ve said it, I"ve always come back to my __18 .
The truth is, our circumstances are only bad __19 to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you"re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you __20 through the rough situation with a little more courage.
( ) 2: A. And
( ) 3: A. th inner
( ) 4: A. attitude
( ) 5: A. helped
( ) 6: A. make
( ) 7: A. attacked
( ) 8: A. operation
( ) 9: A. partly
( )10: A. deal
( )11. A. similarly
( )12: A. bring
( )13: A. for the lack of
( )14: A. make
( )15: A. rolling
( )16: A. defeated
( )17: A. far
( )18: A. feelings
( )19: A. related
( )20: A. see
B. Yet
B. stronger
B. decision
B. pretended
B. absorb
B. caught
B. taste
B. completely
B. defend
B. differently
B. take
B. in the face of
B. carry
B. using
B. told
B. long
B. senses
B. measured
B. cut
C. Still
C. worse
C. instruction
C. managed
C. choose
C. froze
C. message
C. hardly
C. survive
C. gradually
C. break
C. in exchange for
C. follow
C. building
C. introduced
C. ever
C. ideas
C. contributed
C. get
D. Thus
D. healthier
D. account
D. intended
D. replace
D. cheated
D. point
D. generally
D. observe
D. commonly
D. give
D. as a result of
D. respect
D. making
D. struck
D. even
D. influences
D. compared
D. think
Champlain is regarded as the first person to see a monster in it. This is reported to have happened in 1609,
but this may not have been the first sighting of the monster known as Champ.
A reporter in the 1960"s found that the sighting may not have been in the lake at all. It is more likely that
the first sighting was off the coast of the St. Lawrence estuary (河口). In all likelihood, the first sighting of
the lake monster in the lake itself took place at Port Henry, New York, in 1819 by settlers in the territory.
The sightings continued, and in 1883 the sheriff (州长) of Clinton County, Nathan Mooney, described
witnessing " an enormous snake that was 25 to 30 feet in length".
Sandra Mansi and her husband were vacationing in Vermont. When the lake monster appeared, they
took a picture of Champ. The picture was analyzed and it was concluded that the photo was real. It has
been speculated (推测) that the monster may be a creature known as a plesiosaur (颈项龙), which lived many centuries ago.
Lake Champlain has depths of up to 400 feet, and is an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean. There is plenty of
food there, which supports the existence of such a creature. Lake Champlain also has a water temperature
that is ideal for such a creature. In recent years a smaller creature has been seen with the large one. Could
there be a family of these creatures in the lake reproducing their yet unknown species now? Only time will
give us the answers that we seek.
B. At Port Henry.
C. In the Clinton County.
D. In Vermont.
B. That the picture taken by Sandra Mansi is real.
C. That the monster is the offspring of the plesiosaur.
D. When and where the lake monsters were first seen
B. Champ has had so many babies that they can be seen everywhere in the lake.
C. The first recorded story about the Lake Champlain monster was in 1609.
D. Enough food and a suitable water temperature is evidence that Champ can live there
Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, they came the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the
night.
"Could you possibly give us a room here?" the husband asked.
The clerk, a friendly man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and explained that there were
three conventions in town. "All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said. "But I can"t send a nice couple
like you out into the rain at one o"clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my
room? It"s not exactly a suite, but it will be good enough to make you folks comfortable for the night."
When the couple declined, the young man pressed on. "Don"t worry about me; I"ll make out just fine."
the clerk told them.So the couple agreed.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, "You are the kind of manager
who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I"ll build one for you."
The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh. As they drove away, the
elderly couple agreed that the helpful clerk was indeed exceptional, as finding people who are both
friendly and helpful isn"t easy.
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the old
man. It recalled that stormy night and enclosed a roundtrip ticket to New York, asking the young man to
pay them a visit.
The old man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th street. He
then pointed to a great new building there, a pale reddish stone, with turrets and watchtowers thrusting
up to the sky. "That," said the older man, "is the hotel I have just built for you to manage." "You must be
joking, " the young man said. "I can assure you I am not," said the older man, a sly smile playing around
his mouth.
The older man"s name was William Waldorf Astor, and that magnificent structure was the original
WaldorfAstoria Hotel. The young clerk who became its first manager was George C. Boldt. This young
clerk never foresaw the turn of events that would lead him to become the manager of one of the world"s
most glamorous hotels.
B. cover some facts
C. promote the business of WaldorfAstoria Hotel
D. deliver a lesson
B. The old couple was too poor to afford a luxurious room.
C. The clerk was willing to help those in need.
D. The clerk received an unexpected invitation from the old man.
B. suites
C. meetings
D. hotels
B. Make hay while the sun shines.
C. Man proposes; God disposes (处理, 决定).
D. One good turn deserves another.
An English padre(神父) wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa.In order to
become a member,each person had to __1__ at least one lion.The padre had never shot an
animal for his life.So,armed with a rifle and led by a young African boy,the padre set out one
evening for a pool in the jungle where he was told a lion came each evening to __2__.He waited
patiently for a few __3__until shortly before midnight when he heard a rustling(沙沙声) noise.
Sure enough a few feet away the head of the lion appeared above a bush that separated the
padre and the pool.He aimed and fired.The head of the lion__4__fell behind the bush but a
moment later __5__.So the padre aimed and __6__again.The head of the lion fell behind the
bush and once more reappeared.The padre fired again: the same __7__.He remained calm
because he __8__he had brought sixteen bullets with him.After his fourth try,his aim seemed
to become more and more __9__: in fact,after his __10__ try the African boy had to __11__
him:"This is your last chance.If you __12__ this time,we are in trouble." The padre then realized
how __13__the situation was,so he took a deep breath,aimed very carefully and fired.They
waited for a moment,and then slowly __14__ up to twenty: the head of the lion did not
reappear.The padre was certain that at last he had shot his lion.They __15__ forward together
to the spot behind the bush.And what do you think they found? Sixteen lions!
( )2.A.eat
( )3.A.minutes
( )4.A.fast
( )5.A.turned
( )6.A.killed
( )7.A.result
( )8.A.acknowledged
( )9.A.inaccurate
( )10.A.last
( )11.A.tell
( )12.A.fell
( )13.A.difficult
( )14.A.counted
( )15.A.drove
B .walk
B .seconds
B .immediately
B .reappeared
B .jumped
B .situation
B .understood
B .unnecessary
B .fifteenth
B .frighten
B .shot
B .serious
B .waited
B .rushed
C.drink
C.days
C.once
C.returned
C.fired
C.answer
C.believed
C.impossible
C.sixteenth
C.warn
C.fired
C.exciting
C.added
C.wandered
D.hunt
D.hours
D.directly
D.moved
D.tied
D.problem
D.knew
D.indirect
D.many
D.remain
D.missed
D.mad
D.named
D.climbed
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