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thing, not even loud noises.In a special school for the hearingimpaired (听觉受损的),he learned sign
language and got to mix with other disabled children.However, the sight of all the disabled children
communicating with one another upset his mother.She wanted him to lead a normal life.So after speaking
to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.
Later on, Adrian"s parents decided to send him to a regular school.But the headmaster tried to
prevent them from doing so, saying regular school couldn"t take care of a special student.His parents
were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work every day because they
wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything.Adrian made the grade and got
accepted.It was a big challenge.The pace (节奏)was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and
really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn"talways easy.But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work
after school.
The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off.Adrian graduated with good grades and got into
a top high school.He also achieved a lot in life outside school.He developed a love for the outdoors and
went to Nepal to climb mountains.He even entered the World Yacht Race-being the first hearingimpaired Asian to do so.
But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons
from his mother. "If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve greatresults," she often said.
1. How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?
A. By speaking.
B. By using sign language.
C. By reading lips.
D. By making loud noises.
2. Adrian"s parents decided to send him to a regular school because________.
A. they wanted him to live a normal life
B. they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong
C. he wouldn"t mix with other disabled children
D. he wasn"t taken good care of in the special school
3. How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?
A. He did a lot of outdoor activities.
B. He was pushed hard to study every day.
C. He attended private classes after school.
D. He worked very hard both in and after class.
4. Why is Adrian"s life described as an "Amazing Race"?
A. He did very well in his study.
B. He succeeded in entering a regular school.
C. He reached his goals in spite of his disability.
D. He took part in the World Yacht Race.
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试题【阅读理解 Adrian"s "Amazing Race" started early when his parents realized that he】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that are always asked
of me is how I became an animal collector in the first __1__.The answer is that I have always been
interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any __2__
was not the conventional "mamma" or "daddy", but the word "zoo", which I would __3__ over and
over again with a shrill __4__ until someone, in groups to __5__ me up, would take me to the zoo.
When I __6__ a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great __7__ of pets, ranging from owls to
seahorses, and I spent all my spare time __8__ the countryside in search of fresh specimens to __9__ to
my collection of pets.__10__ on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student __11__ to get
experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, which were not easy to keep
at home.When I left, I __12__ had enough money of my own to be able to __13__ my first trip and I
have been going __14__ ever since then.Though a collector"s job is not an easy one and is full of __15__,
it is certainly a job which will appeal to all those who love animals and travel.
| ( )1. A. region ( )2. A. clarity ( )3. A. recite ( )4. A. volume ( )5. A. close ( )6. A. grew ( )7. A. many ( )8. A. living ( )9. A. increase ( )10. A. later ( )11. A. attendant ( )12. A. luckily ( )13. A. pay ( )14. A. normally ( )15. A. expectations | B. field B. emotion B. recognize B. noise B. shut B. turned B. amount B. cultivating B. include B. further B. keeper B. gladly B. provide B. regularly B. sorrows | C. place C. sentiment C. read C. voice C. stop C. kept C. number C. reclaiming C. add C．then C. member C. nearly C. allow C. usually C. excitement | D. case D. affection D. repeat D. pitch D. comfort D. remained D. supply D. exploring D. enrich D. subsequently D. aide D. successfully D. finance D. often D. disappointments | |||||||||||||
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| Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 1 up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his 2 expensive "school" fees. He always owes his success to it. At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before 3 , he bought a Rolex watch with the 4 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be 5 down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the 6 goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying 7 for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless 8 . When he was 9 of his "smarts", immediately, 10 the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which 11 nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen"s words. Glen was amazed. 12 he understood why, he was taken to the office to be 13 strictly. For many times of entryexit 14 he knew that only those people in the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him 15 time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 16 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after 17 the plane for long. After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep 18 on him, because an additional high "school" fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 19 , which he would 20 as the secret of his success forever. | ||||||||||||||||
| ( )1. A. set ( )2. A. good ( )3. A. staying ( )4. A. books ( )5. A. put ( )6. A. ordinary ( )7. A. one ( )8. A. present ( )9. A. afraid ( )10. A. in ( )11. A. paid ( )12. A. Before ( )13. A. appreciated ( )14. A. conditions ( )15. A. no matter what ( )16. A. came out ( )17. A. landing ( )18. A. expression ( )19. A. honesty ( )20. A. remember | B. came B. bad B. leaving B. things B. looked B. common B. it B. trade B. proud B. on B. spent B. After B. beaten B. experiences B. no matter how B. found out B. flying B. idea B. lies B. learn | C. went C. extra C. living C. saving C. taken C. specific C. them C. toy C. well C. before C. took C. If C. spoken C. experiments C. no matter when C. sent out C. catching C. thought C. goods C. revise | D. called D. few D. coming D. pounds D. lied D. many D. these D. fake D. hard D. after D. cost D. Though D. examined D. chances D. no matter why D. set out D. boarding D. impression D. things D. read | |||||||||||||
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| Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict (冲突). It was the first serious one between them in 40 years of farming peacefully side by side. In the end, they fell apart. One morning, a man with a carpenter"s toolbox came for some work. The elder brother said, "I just have a job for you. Look at the farm across the creek (河沟). My younger brother lives there. It was he who used his bulldozer (推土机) to dig the creek last week to spite (刁难) me. So I want you to build me a fence, an 8 foot high fence, in order not to see his place any more." The carpenter smiled and said, "I see. I"ll try to do a job that satisfies you." Then the elder brother went downtown. At sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer"s eyes opened wide! To his surprise, there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother coming to him with the hands outstretching. The brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other"s hands. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I"ve a lot of other work for you," said the elder brother. "I"d love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but I have so many more bridges to build." | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. What was the life like for the two brothers before the conflict? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. They lived a poor life. B. They lived in peace. C. They never spoke to each other. D. They lived on the same farm. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. It can be learned that the carpenter was _____. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. unwilling to obey the farmer B. fond of building bridges C. unable to build a fence D. willing to help others | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. The best title for this passage is _____. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. A Fine Piece of Work B. A Carpenter C. A Conflict Between Two Brothers D. Two Brothers | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. The elder brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek. B. The elder brother helped the carpenter build the bridge. C. The brothers were both satisfied with the carpenter"s work. D. The carpenter planned to build an 8foothigh fence as asked to. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who loved each other and they played together so often that they had worn a 1 through the grass of the field between their houses. One evening,Brownie"s family 2 that Brownie hadn"t returned home. They went looking for him with no 3 . Brownie didn"t show up the next day,and,despite their 4 to find him,by the next week he was still missing 5 ,Spotty showed up at Brownie"s house alone, 6 and constantly annoying Brownie"s human family. Busy with their own lives,they just 7 the nervous little neighbor dog. Finally,one morning Spotty refused to 8 "no" for an answer. Ted,Brownie"s 9 ,was steadily upset by the angry,stubborn little dog. Spotty followed Ted about. barking insistently,then 10 toward a nearby empty lot and back,as if to say,"Follow me! It"s 11 !" Eventually,Ted followed the mad Spotty 12 the empty lot as Spotty 13 to race back and bark encouragingly. Finally,the little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive,one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap. Shocked,Ted now wished he"d taken Spotty"s earlier 14 seriously. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. Spotty had done more than 15 led Brownie"s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog,Ted found some dog food and the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week! Spotty had been 16 Brownie regularly,in a single minded pursuit to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own 17 . Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from predators(捕食者),stayed with him at night to keep him warm and gently rub him with the nose to keep his 18 up. Brownie"s leg was treated and he 19 . For many years after that,the two families watched the 20 friends playing happily and chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses. | ||||||||||||||||
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