Some say everyday miracles (奇迹) are predestined (注定的)----the right time for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.
In 2001, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give. The boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn't planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, her shift (换班) at the hospital had been changed to see her son’s performance. She was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions. And he revived in the end.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 18, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking.
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he'd first learned in Scouts. The food that was trapped in the woman's throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
"The food was stuck. I couldn't breathe," she said. She thought she was dying. "I was very frightened."
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
1.The author wrote the passage to show us that __________.
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A．miracles are predestined and they can happen anywhere |
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B．whoever helps you in trouble will get a reward one day |
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C．God will help those who give others a helping hand |
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D．miracles won’t come without any difficulty sometimes |
2.Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?
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A．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life |
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B．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills |
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C．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college |
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D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke |
3.The underlined word “revived” (paragraph3) most likely means __________.
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A．came back to life |
B．became worse |
C．failed |
D．moved |
4.Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?
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A．She was invited to give the players directions |
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B．She volunteered to give medical services |
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C．She was a little worried about his son’s safety |
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D．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him |
When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer (造酒人). He’d 36 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37 had his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me 38 near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good 39 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 40 me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d 41 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. 42 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 43 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 44 . I finished Harvard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I 45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in 46 quality. Why not make good beer for 47 ? I thought.
I decided to give up my job to become 48 . When I told Dad, he was 49 , but in the end he 50 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 51 the brewer and patriot (爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea Party. 52 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the 53 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My 54 to the young is simple: Life is very 55 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.
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— According to my grandma, it is a good idea to eat chicken soup when you have a cold.
— ________, scientists agree with her.
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A．Sooner or later |
B．Once in a while |
C．To be exact |
D．Believe it or not |
The country has already sent up three unmanned spacecraft, the most recent ________ at the end of last March.
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A．has been launched |
B．having been launched |
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C．being launched |
D．to be launched |
So much of interest ________ that most visitors run out of time before seeing it all.
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A．offers Beijing |
B．Beijing offers |
C．does Beijing offer |
D．Beijing does offer |
— Did you remember to give Mary the money you owed her?
— Yes, I gave it to her ________ I saw her.
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A．constantly |
B．directly |
C．suddenly |
D．supposedly |
