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beautiful:blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.
My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was
only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same.I"m_so_glad_I_did.
On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself
was in fairly good shape.After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel
to the sea.As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.
On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby.We couldn"t believe it-there
aren"t any whales along the coast here.The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay,
in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.
The little baby whale-actually as big as our boat-was obviously stuck and could not move.The mother
dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves."She"s trying to
help her baby, but on the wrong side, "my father said.At this point, my father moved our boat in a
semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently.With our
several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water.Then it swam up right
beside its mum.They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started
heading in the wrong direction.We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay
channel.Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe-and to
give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight
from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.
In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for
almost an hour and a half.That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day.Nearly four decades later, I
still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.
B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea
C. he experienced the rescue of the whales
D. he spent the weekend with his family
B. the arms of the bay
C. the still water in the channel
D. the long coast line
B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough
C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help
D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction
B. Fishing provides excitement for children.
C. It"s necessary to live in harmony with animals.
D. It"s vital to protect the environment.
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试题【阅读理解 It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night.The morning af】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of
quitting their job.
One day,one scientist came to his boss and told him,"Sir,I"ve promised to take my children to the
exhibition going on in our township so I want to leave at 5:30 pm" His boss replied,"OK.You"re permitted
to leave the office early today."
The scientist started working.He continued his work after lunch.As usual, he got involved to such an
extent that he looked at his watch only when he felt he was close to completion.The time was 8:30 pm.
Suddenly he remembered his promise to the children.He looked for his boss but he was not there.Having
told him in the morning himself, he closed everything and left for home.Deep within himself, he was feeling
guilty for having disappointed his children.He reached home.The children were not there.His wife alone
was sitting in the hall and reading magazines.The_situation_was_explosive；any_talk_would_boomerang_on_him.His wife asked him,"Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are
hungry?" The man replied,"If you would like to have coffee, I will have too, but what about the children?"
His wife replied,"You don"t know?Your boss came here at 5:15 pm and has taken them to the exhibition."
What had really happened was the boss who gave him permission was observing him working
seriously at 5:00 pm. He thought to himself:this person will not leave the work,but he"s promised to take
his children to the exhibition.So he took the lead in taking them there.The boss does not have to do it
every time.But once it"s done, loyalty is established.
That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress
was extraordinarily huge.By the way,can you boldly guess who the boss was?He was none other than
the mastermind behind India"s successful nuclear weapons program,Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam,former
president of India.
B. he meant to accompany his wife at dinner
C. the task at hand was close to completion
D. he"d promised to take his kids to a show
B. ready to serve dinner for him
C. grateful to his kindhearted boss
D. delighted to see him back home
B. because the scientist was absorbed in his work
C. because he also wanted to see what was on show
D. when the man"s wife asked him to do so
some work done in my study while she __1_ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem,
I figured. But then it got a little too __2_ and I shouted, "What are you doing?" No response. I __3_ my
question and heard her say, "Oh …nothing." " Nothing?"
I got up-from my desk and ran out __4_ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I
followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick __5_ into the bathroom. I had her __6_! I
told her to turn around. She __7_. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, "Young lady, I said turn around!"
__8__, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife"s new lipstick. And every
square inch of her face was __9__ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard
10 voice that had been shouted to me as a child. "How could you…You should know…How many
times have you been 11 … What a bad thing to do…" It was just a matter of my picking out which
old 12 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But 13 I
could let loose, I looked 14 at the sweater on her. In big 15 it said, "I"M A PERFECT
LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!" I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 16 seeing a bad girl who didn"t
listen, I saw a little angel full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 . "Sweetheart, let"s take
a picture so Mommy can see how 19 you look." I took the picture and thanked God that I didn"t 20
the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me.
| ( )1. A. happened ( )2. A. long ( )3. A. asked ( )4. A. into ( )5. A. way ( )6. A. followed ( )7. A. laughed ( )8. A. Slowly ( )9. A. filled ( )10. A. every ( )11. A. told ( )12. A. reports ( )13. A. as ( )14. A. up ( )15. A. signs ( )16. A. because of ( )17. A. value ( )18. A. preventing ( )19. A. dirty ( )20. A. have | B. liked B. quiet B. answered B. of B. turn B. scolded B. listened B. Eagerly B. marked B. such B. beaten B. notice B. when B. down B. letters B. instead of B. sadness B. getting rid of B. ugly B. get | C. appeared C. calm C. raised C. from C. change C. cornered C. agreed C. Angrily C. printed C. any C. frightened C. advice C. since C. in C. messages C. in spite of C. pities C. destroying C. special C. take | D. pretended D. strange D. repeated D. for D. progress D. fooled D. refused D. Unfortunately D. covered D. one D. forbidden D. words D. before D. on D. figures D. as a result of D. tricks D. doing wrong on D. silly D. miss |
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| For years I wanted a flower garden.I"d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together. But then we had Matthew.And Marvin.And the twins,Alisa and Alan.And then Helen.Five children. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden. Money was tight,as well as time.Often when my children were little,one of them would want something that cost too much, and I"d have to say,"Do you see a money tree outside?Money doesn"t grow on trees, you know." Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own.I started thinking again about having a garden. I wasn"t sure,though.I mean,gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to living on a pretty lean,nofrills budget. Then, one spring morning, on Mother"s Day, I was working in my kitchen.Suddenly,I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by.I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard.I thought it must be a weeping willow,because I saw things blowing around on all its branches.Then I put my glasses on-and I couldn"t believe what I saw.There was a money tree in my yard! I went outside to look.It was true!There were dollar bills,one hundred of them,taped all over that tree. Think of all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached:"IOU eight hours of digging time.Love,Marvin." Marvin kept his promise,too.He dug up a nice tenbyfifteen foot bed for me.And my other children bought me tools, ornaments, a trellis(棚架),a sunflower stepping stone and gard ening books. That was three years ago.My garden"s now very pretty, just like I wanted.When I go out and weed or tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they are right there with me. I live up in Michigan"s Upper Peninsula,where winters are long and cold, and summers are too short.But every year now, when winter sets in, I look out of my window and think of the flowers. I"ll see next spring in my little garden.I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes－every time. I"m still not sure that money grows on trees.But I know love does! | |||
| 1. By saying "Do you see a money tree outside…”the mother actually means "________". | |||
| A. Observation is the best teacher B. Seeing is believing C. The outsider sees the most of the game D. It is not easy to gain money | |||
| 2. The best title for the passage would probably be________. | |||
| A. My flower garden B. Marvin helps to realize my dream C. Love in Michigan D. Money grows on trees | |||
| 3. The underlined word "nofrills"in the fifth paragraph is similar in meaning to________. | |||
A. wasteful | |||
| 4. From the passage we can infer that the mother is________. | |||
| A. divorced when she was young B. not caring for her kids any longer C. alone but not at all lonely D. prouder with her garden than with her kids | |||
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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 that 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 8foothigh 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. | |||
| 完型填空。 | |||
| Jerry is the kind of man you love to hate. He is always in a(n) 1 mood (心态) and always has something 2 to say. In his opinion, the bottom line is your choice 3 you live a life. One morning, he did something you are never 4 to do in the restaurant business: he left the back door open and was 5 up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the 6 , with his hand shaking from 7 , he input the wrong code. The robbers beat him and even 8 him. Luckily, Jerry was found 9 quickly after the robbers had fled and he was rushed to the local first aid center. After 18 hours of operation and weeks of good care, he was out of hospital with fragments (碎片) of the bullets still in his body. Jerry told me what happened after he was sent to hospital. He said the doctors were 10 . They kept telling him he was going to be fine and 11 him into the emergency room. But when he saw the 12 on the faces of the doctors and nurses, he got really 13 . In their eyes, he 14 ,"He"s dying." He knew he needed to take 15 . There was a big nurse shouting questions at him. She asked if he was allergic (过敏的) to anything, and the doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for his reply. Jerry 16 for a while and then he decided to live. He took a deep breath and said, "Yes. 17 !" Over their laughter, Jerry told them to operate on him 18 he wouldn"t die. Jerry lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing 19 . I learnt from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, 20 , is everything. | |||
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