Do you know what it means when somebody tells you that he had “a catch-22 experience”?
The phrase “catch-22” comes from a book of the same title by the American writer Joseph Heller published in 1961．Catch-22 is a book of black humor．The author uses silly and even surreal(超现实的)events．It has a non-linear narrative structure(非线性的叙述结构)in which events follow the theme rather than the timing，to give us a very strange picture full of contradictions(矛盾)．
The story takes places in a bomber base in Italy during World WarⅡ．The main character, Captain Yossarian wants to leave the war．Unfortunately, every time he completes the number of tasks to be sent home，the number is raised and he is forced to continue fighting．It seems hopeless for him to go home under the very strange rule in this Air Force-catch-22：only when a soldier goes crazy can he be allowed to go home．But he has to go to the hospital to show the doctors that he is crazy．However, if he tells them he is crazy but is obvious healthy, he cannot go home．In short，catch-22 is“heads 1 win，tails I lose．If you can you can’t；and if you can’t，you can．”Whenever you try to behave correctly in a crazy world．There’s a catch(潜在的困难)．
During the Vietnam War, the phrase“catch-22”became a popular term for being caught in a no．win，circular dilemma and is now commonly used． The Oxford English Dictionary explains catch．22 as“a set of circumstances in which one requirement，etc，is dependent upon another, which is in turn dependent upon the first．”
1. Which of the following statements is right?
A. Catch-22 is one of Heller’s experiences during World War II．
B. Catch-22 is one of Yossarian’s experiences during the Vietnam War．
C. The events in catch-22 follow the theme．
D. The events in catch-22 follow the timing．
2.Why did Captain Yossarian fail to leave the war?
A. He wasn’t so anxious to leave the war．
B. He didn’t finish his tasks．
C. He was put into a catch-22 situation．
D. He wasn’t mad enough to be sent home．
3.What does the underlined sentence most probably mean?
A. Whenever and however you try, you are unable to reach the goal．
B. You can solve every problem you meet as long as you want to．
C. You can’t solve any problem in your life．
D. If you can’t solve all the problems．you can solve none．
4.The phrase“catch-22”came into being ________ _．
A. in World War II B. in the Vietnam War C. in the 1950s D. in the 1960s
Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He, since a very early age, has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we were born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird’s nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn’t like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.
Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.
We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can’t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.
1. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.
A. African children are very poor. B. some children are unlucky.
C. there are many kinds of education. D. schools are of great importance.
2.In the opinion of the writer, .
A. we have to learn from the people around us. B. the school is not important at all.
C. only people who care for us can teach us. D. education takes place everywhere.
3. One can find out what he / she is good at by _.
A. what people encourage him/ her to do. B. the teachings of those he / she meets.
C. thinking about it when growing up. D. trying and practising things.
4. The passage tells us that _ .
A. everyone gets education from the day he or she was born.
B. different classes of people receive different kinds of education.
C. the school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world.
D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at.
5.According to the last paragraph, we know that .
A. the school is not so important as our living places.
B. the school enables us to understand the world in other ways.
C. the school teaches us things which are useless at home.
D. the school cannot prepare us for our daily lives.
Casablanca, Sep. 24
A flash flood swept across the coastal plain about 100 miles southwest of here, killing hundreds of Moroccans in a market place yesterday morning.
Reports from the area said 218 bodies had been counted, and many of the people were missing.
The flood followed heavy rains, which filled the coastal plain and dried river beds and caused them to overflow. The flood crest, several feet high, hit the village of Khemis Nagua at midmorning yesterday as farmers from the surrounding area joined town people in an open market place.
The roaring water swept the village’s living places, the market sheds (棚子), shoppers, cattle and farm tools for miles across the plain..
The flood was over almost as soon as it started, the reports said, as the crest swept out to sea. Rescue workers quickly moved into the area from Sari, about 25 miles further south.
1. It can be learnt from the text that _____.
A. the news report is from Khemis Nagua B. the flood didn’t last long
C. hundreds of Moroccans were saved D. Casablanca is a city in Africa
2. The report mainly tells the public about _____.
A. how the flood swept the coastal plain B. why the terrible flood took place
C. the flash flood in the fall D. a rescue attempt
3.According to the text, which of the following maps may be correct?
(KN=Khemis Nagua C=Casablanca S=Safi)
I used to be a mortgage broker(贷款中间人) in the Phoenix area. In April 2007, the company that I had been with for a year went out of business. That was the latest of the four companies that I had worked for since 2000 .They all either went under or let most of the employees go, including me.
In December 2007, the bank took back my house, and I had no choice but to move in with my parents, five miles away. My sister has three children, and she had no room. My fiancée(未婚妻), Brandi Wetch, and I have been living in my parents’ house for about a year and a half now.
My mother, Sue, works part-time at a high school library. My father left for a job in the Marshall Islands a few months ago and will be gone for two years.
I’m trying to be patient with finding a new job, but it’s been hard. I check the Internet for jobs every morning. I have sent countless letters but have never got a job. I have no idea how many other people are applying for the same job.
I do the housework and washing, and I take care of the garden. Sometimes, I feel like the best part of my life is over. The worst part of the day is when I chat with my friends on the Internet. I’ve talked to about 10 old friends online. The first thing they usually ask is what I’m doing now.
My mother, who is in her 60s, has been so patient and supportive. She acts like she’s happy to have us, not like we’re crowding her. We have learned what’s important since I lived here.
1. We can infer that the writer is living a _________ life.
A. busy B. rich C. difficult D. hopeful
2. How long has the writer been out of work?
A. For more than a year B. For a year and a half
C. For less than two years D. For more than two years
3.Which of the following types of work is NOT done by the writer in his parents’ house?
A. Looking after children B. Doing the housework.
C. Washing clothes and dishes D. Applying for a job online.
4.It can be learned from the passage that the writer now________.
A. is preparing for his wedding B. is fond of doing the housework
C. is patient with job-hunting D. is afraid of being asked about work
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Feeling hopeless and sick at heart, Tom turned away. For a quick moment his eyes met the eyes of the cook, and he saw there a 36 of such hatred and fear that 37 words could describe.
The cook moved quietly 38 . He 39 to Tom in a rough voice, "Don't be too clever." And he went away.
Tom's views did not stay___40__ the cook and his words. His friend was in trouble. How could he__41____ him? He decided to slip away as soon as possible 42 of information that would clear Jay of all 43 and bring the true criminal(罪犯) to justice.
He had noticed a piece of old sailcloth 44 on the ship floor. With this and a length of string he __45__a package which looked very much like the one the police had seized. His plan was to 46 to the shore and hand it over 47 the cook had ordered Jay to, 48 in this way to learn the truth about the criminal's activities. Then he could 49 the police of his friend's innocence(无罪).
By now it was dark. Taking the blankets out of Jay's 50 bed, Tom piled them up in his own in the 51 of a sleeping figure. How real it looked! With the blanket pulled up high around the figure's head, he could almost believe he saw it breathing. 52 with this, Tom moved quietly to the door.
He was about to open it 53 he felt the handle turning the other way. Someone was outside and about to come in. Had his plan failed? Slipping quickly back behind the door as it opened, Tom 54 .
It was the cook who was leaning 55 now over the figure in the bed. His arm swung up and a long knife plunged down.
1.A. fire B. light C. lightning D. flash
2.A. many B. several C. few D. no
3.A. closely B. nearly C. closer D. near
4.A. whispered B. ordered C. indicated D. shouted
5.A. based on B. focused on C. carried on D. kept on
6.A. encourage B. support C. persuade D. help
7.A. in time B. in need C. in search D. in touch
8.A. truths B. doubts C. failures D. faults
9.A. lying B. lay C. laid D. lain
10.A. took B. bought C. made D. sent
11.A. slip B. step C. pass D. march
12.A. as with B. as though C. such as D. just as
13.A. expecting B. imagining C. hoping D. wishing
14.A. persuade B. require C. suggest D. encourage
15.A. neat B. empty C. dirty D. comfortable
16.A. shape B. sample C. shade D. shadow
17.A. Excited B. Pleased C. Surprised D. Frightened
18.A. though B. until C. while D. when
19.A. waited B. rushed C. seized D. shot
20.A. aside B. forward C. outward D. against
Only when ________ possible to settle the problem.
A. does the chief editor come will it be B. the chief editor comes will it be
C. has the chief editor come will it be D. the chief editor comes it will be
