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Like many people ,I have no clear idea about heroes . A t some point , we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them.
A hero does something worth (值) talking about, A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just person with great fame (声誉).
A hero has power(力量) larger than himself . Some people want to live like a hero. And they have to experience life with new and further meaning .A sure test for would- be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If their answer suggests they serve only own fames, they may be famous persons but not heroes.
A hero has a vision from the mountain top .He has the power to move people . He creates new possibility. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain, Without Martin Luther King .Jr, Americans might take different parks , and shop in different stores of the different colors of their skins.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of the change would be rather slow . Thanks to heroes in history ,they make the society develop so rapidly.
1.` According to this passage , a hero is a person who always ____
A.gives us courage |
B.thinks highly of others |
C.shares great fames |
D.stands on the mountain top |
2. I f you want to live like a hero , you should ____|
A.experience a new and meaningful life |
B.listen to something worth talking about |
C.serve your own fame and try to be famous |
D.know where and how you want to live and die |
3. The underlined word” vision” in the passage means____
A.风景 |
B.想象 |
C.远见 |
D.形象 |
4. Black people in American used to ___ before Martin Luther King Jr.
A.shop at the white’s store |
B.drive buses with the white |
C.take walks in the white’s park |
D.eat in restaurants without the white |
5. What can we learn from the passage ?
A.we don’t need heroes anymore at some point now |
B.heroes are all the same though different in culture |
C.people get power from heroes to move to a new place |
D.our society has developed faster because of heroes in history. |
B
Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn’t work when he drank too much.And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black became angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with(处置).
One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with badly burned ears.
“What happened to your ears?” asked Mr Black.
“Well”, said the man. “I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing (熨)clothes. She had put the iron(熨斗)near the telephone before she went to cook supper.
Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went in the sitting-room ,the phone rang and I answered the iron !”
“And what happened to the other ear?”
“When I put the iron down the table ,the telephone rang again !”
1._____,so he almost drove the car into the river.
A.Mr Smith was not careful |
B.Mr Smith drank too much |
C.Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge |
D.Mr Smith couldn’t work in the morning |
2. Mr Smith went to watch the football match on _____.
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Saturday D Sunday
3.We can guess .
A. Mr Smith drank much after the match
B. Mr Smith was very angry with his team
C. Mr Smith didn’t drink those days
D Mr Smith watched the match those days
4.The ______badly burned Mr Smith’s ears.
A.telephone B. drinking C.iron D irons
5.What would happen to Mr Smith ?
A.He would go on driving for Mr Black |
B.He would join his football team |
C.He would never watch any matches |
D.Mr Black would send him away |
阅读理解(40分)
Hundreds of years ago there lived a king in a small country. He liked swimming. When summer came, he always went to another palace by a forest with his guards and returned to the capital in autumn.
One afternoon the king went swimming in a river in the forest but he didn’t tell others about it. He was very happy when he swam in the water. After that he heard a great noise and saw a big bear coming at him. He tried his best to run away. He ran and ran and at last he lost his way. He was hungry and tired when he found an old house. There was an old farmer in it.“It’s your king,” he said to the old man.“I’m hungry now. Bring me something to eat quickly!”
The old man had nothing dear. He only had four eggs. The king ate them and felt better.“How much must I pay you for that?”
“Eighteen pounds.”
“How dear they are! Are eggs rare(稀有的)here?”
“No,” answered the old farmer.“We have only one king in our country!”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. _________,he was happy.
A.The river was beautiful |
B.He was swimming in the water |
C.The water was warm |
D.The king could swim for a long time |
2. When the king saw the bear, he _________.
A.asked the old farmer to help him |
B.cried for help |
C.ran away quickly |
D.ran outside the forest |
3. At last the king found _________.
A.an old house |
B.his guards |
C.his capital |
D.the bear |
4. Which is the best title of the story?
A.The King and the Old Farmer |
B.The King in the Forest |
C.The King and the Bear |
D.The Kind hearted King |
B
One night a hotel caught fire(失火), and the people in the hotel ran out in their 61 clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. “ 62 I came out, ” said one, “I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of 63 . People don’t think of money when they are 64 . When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire 65 it. So I took all the money I could find. 66 will become poorer because I took them.”
“You don’t know me, ” said the other, “and you 67 my work.”
“What’s your work?”
“I’m a policeman.”
“Oh!” 68 the first man. He thought quickly and said, “And do you know my 69 ? I’m a writer. I’m always telling stories about the things that 70 happened. ”
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In today’s world, pollution has become a serious problem. 51. we know, air pollution is harmful to our health. However, not all people know that noise 52 also a kind of pollution and is harmful to human health.
People who work and live in noisy conditions may become 53 . For example, many of the workers who 54. newspapers and books become deaf. Quite a few people living near 55 also have hearing lose. Recently it was reported that many teenagers in America 56 hear better than the old do, because these young people always listen to 57 pop music. Making a loud noise in public is also a kind of pollution, it not only 58 others but also does great harm to hearing. Cars and machines also produce 59 noise. It makes people feel uncomfortable and unpleasant. 60 , it can cause them to be sick or deaf.Nowadays many countries are trying to solve all sorts of environmental problems, including noise pollution.
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--Do you often read English magazines?
-- No, because I find the words _____the magazines too hard ____ me to understand.
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B.on, for |
C.in, of |
D.on, of |