The first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman Laurent Clerc. He and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet founded America’s first school for the deaf.
When Laurent Clerc was one year old, he fell into a fire. As a result, he lost both his hearing and his sense of smell. At the age of 12, Laurent entered the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher.
Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was studying to be a minister when he met a young deaf girl, Alice Cogswell. He was upset to learn that there were no schools for the deaf in America. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London to seek ideas on how to teach deaf people. However, he was unable to get help. He met a French educator of the deaf who invited him to Paris to learn at the Royal Institution for the Deaf.
Gallaudet went to the Royal Institution for the Deaf, where Clerc became his Sign Language teacher. The two worked and studied well together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return to America, he asked Clerc to come with him.
The two men set sail on June 18, 1816. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean took 52 days; however, Clerc and Gallaudet put the time to good use. They discussed the school for the deaf which they planned to open. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and deafness. The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut.
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America’s first school for the deaf was founded __________.
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A．in 1816 |
B．in 1817 |
C．by a Fenchman |
D．by an American |
2.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sailed to London because __________.
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A．he wanted to study the system of deaf education |
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B．he needed to finish his studies to become a minister |
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C．he wanted to get help from Clerc |
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D．he wanted to find schools for the deaf |
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." After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher." From this
sentence we can infer that __________.
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A．the school wanted to help Clerc to get a job |
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B．the school wanted Clerc to be prepared to teach Americans |
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C．the school was impressed with Clerc, and thought he would do a good job |
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D．the school wanted other deaf students to model after Clerc |
4.
The main idea of this passage could best be stated as __________.
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A．Clerc was an intelligent man |
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B．Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was grateful to Clerc for all that he taught him |
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C．Clerc would teach the deaf in America rather than in Paris |
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D．Clerc, an educated Frenchman, made a difference to American Deaf Education |
A new study shows that fat people in the United States suffer direct economic and social effects because of their size. The findings are from an 8-year study of about 100,000 people. The people who were studied were between the age of 18 and 24 when the research began.
The researchers who carried out the study say they consider the people fat if they are in the top of 5% of the measurement in which weight is linked to height. For example, fat women in the study were about 160 centimeters tall and weighed about 90 kilograms. Fat men in the study were about 175 centimeters tall and weighed 100 kilograms. The researchers say that more than 1,000,000 Americans are that big. The researchers found that fat young women were from wealthy families. The fat women also were 20% less likely to get married and they earned an average of about $6,700 a year less than other women. The study showed less severe effects on fat men. They earned an average of about $3,000 a year less than other men. Fat men also were 11% less likely to get married.
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The passage mainly tells us __________.
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A．the standards of fat people |
B．the number of fat Americans |
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C．fat people have fewer advantages |
D．how long is the study |
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From this study we know fat people in America __________.
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A．were respected |
B．earned less |
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C．were more likely to get married |
D．earned more |
3.
. The underlined word "severe" here means __________.
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A．economic |
B．social |
C．good |
D．serious |
4.
The researchers consider the people fat if __________.
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A．they eat lots of food and do less exercise |
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B．they are fatter than others |
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C．they are in the top of 5% of the measurement of weight |
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D．they are in the top of the measurement in which weight is linked to height. |
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The angels were 26 a small space in the cold basement instead of in the comfortable guestroom. As they made their 27 on the hard floor, the older angel saw a 28 in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked 29 , the older angel replied, "Things aren’t always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to he house of a very poor but 30 farmer and his wife. After 31 what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they 32 have a good night’s rest. When the sun 33 the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife 34 . Their cow, whose milk had been their only 35 , lay dead in the field. The younger angel was angry and asked the older angel, “How could you 36 this happen? The first man had everything, 37 you helped him. The second family had 38 but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die 39 help them. ”
"Things aren’t always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we 40 in the basement, I 41 there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. 42 the owner was greedy and unwilling to share, I covered the wall so that he wouldn’t 43 it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came 44 his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem."
Sometimes that is 45 what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should.
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A．supplied |
B．supported |
C．provided |
D．given |
2.
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A．food |
B．rest |
C．bed |
D．room |
3.
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A．hole |
B．window |
C．spot |
D．circle |
4.
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A．what |
B．how |
C．why |
D．where |
5.
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A．gentle |
B．generous |
C．modest |
D．devoted |
6.
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A．sharing |
B．cooking |
C．buying |
D．delivering |
7.
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A．should |
B．must |
C．could |
D．may |
8.
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A．turned up |
B．came up |
C．brought up |
D．sent up |
9.
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A．in danger |
B．in rags |
C．in defence |
D．in tears |
10.
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A．food |
B．budget |
C．income |
D．output |
11.
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A．have permitted |
B．have got |
C．have let |
D．have caused |
12.
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A．so |
B．yet |
C．however |
D．or |
13.
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A．none |
B．much |
C．some |
D．little |
14.
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A．less than |
B．other than |
C．more than |
D．rather than |
15.
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A．repaired |
B．stayed |
C．lived |
D．settled |
16.
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A．realized |
B．recognized |
C．noticed |
D．looked |
17.
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A．Since |
B．Although |
C．If |
D．While |
18.
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A．discover |
B．search |
C．seek |
D．research |
19.
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A．to |
B．for |
C．over |
D．around |
20.
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A．hardly |
B．exactly |
C．obviously |
D．fortunately |
Sometimes he was made in an embarrassing situation because he was always too_________ in his work.
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A．outspoken. |
B．outstanding |
C．considerate |
D．patient |
We collected a lot of books to get the necessary information but only half _________helpful, so we failed to finish the work.
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A．is |
B．are |
C．was |
D．were |
---The exam was easy, wasn’t it?
---Yes, but I don’t think _________ could pass it.
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A．somebody |
B．anybody |
C．nobody |
D．everybody |
