Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9, 000 feet high. Today Paracutin is asleep.
What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano(火山) in the world which was seen from its birth right up to the present day. On February 20, 1943, a peasant and his wife set out to work in their corn fields from the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were surprised to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noises deep in the earth and a small hole appeared in their field. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were thrown high in the air. The peasants ran from the field and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano.
Large quantities of stone and lava(岩浆) broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes(灰烬) were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City, far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paracutin went to sleep.
1.Paracutin was once the name of ________.
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A．a peasant |
B．a village |
C．an old mountain |
D．a Mexican |
2.What was destroyed in the growing up of the volcano?
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A．The little hill of stone. |
B．The villagers living close by. |
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C．The forests and fields round Paracutin. |
D．The Mexican peasant and his wife. |
3.In this passage the writer is trying to ________.
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A．tell us an interesting happening |
B．explain a scientific theory |
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C．make us believe something |
D．make up an interesting story |
4.What can we learn about volcanoes from this passage？
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A．New volcanoes may appear in places where people do not expect them to be. |
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B．Volcanoes are always growing. |
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C．Volcanoes are active from time to time. |
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D．New volcanoes are active for only ten years. |
The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes — from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.
1.According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on _______.
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A．his special tricks and supernatural power |
B．his unusual ability and a skeleton key |
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C．his magic tricks and supernatural powers |
D．his wisdom and magic tricks |
2.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to _______.
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A．his first prison escape |
B．the year 1898 |
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C．the publicity |
D．Harry Houdini’s success |
3.It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini became famous _______.
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A．in 1894 |
B．before he married |
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C．at the age of 17 |
D．when he was about 24 |
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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A．A Skeleton Key |
B．A Man of Many Secrets |
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C．World-wild Fame |
D．Great Escape |
“You'll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband . “ I'm not feeling well.”
“Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear. “ her husband said. “I'll be pleased to look after our baby. “
“Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I'll soon get better. “ his wife told him.
“Shall I do the shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.
She was very pleased and said, “That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy. “
She wrote out the list and gave it to him.
“You can get all these things at the supermarket,” she said.
“You can put the baby in the shopping cart, then you won't have to leave him outside.”
The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things to buy and looked for those that were on his list.
At first all was well, but then the baby began to cry.
Then he started to scream.
And scream!
And SCREAM!
“Keep calm ,George, ” the man said. “Don't get excited. Don't shout, George. Don't lose your temper, George.”
A woman in the supermarket heard him saying these things. She walked up to him.
“I think you are wonderful ,”she said. “You are so patient with your little George. ”
“Madam, ”" the man said, “I'm George. He's Edward.”
1. Why did the man take care of the baby?
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A．it was his turn. |
B．His wife was not well. |
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C．His wife was not at home. |
D．He always looked after it. |
2.Why did the man take the baby to the supermarket?
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A．He had to go shopping.
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B．He wanted to show the baby to his friend. |
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C．He wanted to give the baby a ride in a shopping cart. |
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D．The baby liked going to the supermarket. |
3.What did the baby do in the supermarket?
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A．pushed the shopping cart |
B．lost its temper |
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C．made a lot of noise |
D．helped his father |
4.Finally we can infer from the story that_____ .
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A．the man was very calm when the baby was crying |
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B．the woman was very pleased to see the man |
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C．the woman mistook George for the baby, while in fact the man was named George |
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D．the man was very busy in shopping, but he couldn't find all the goods on the list |
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。
One day Tom bought , for two dollars , a large number of second-hand books . He put them in a 21 and pulled them to the 22 . He had to remain at work 23 three in the morning .
At three , he began to walk home . The streets were dark . Tom could 24 wait to arrive home to begin reading his new books . “ 25 ! ” a voice shouted . But Tom was too 26 to hear the shout . A moment later , a gunshot went 27 his ear . He heard the shot . Tom turned to see what was 28 . An angry policeman ran towards him . The policeman didn’t 29 that the bag was Tom’s . He shouted at Tom , “ 30 it !”
“Open it ! ” the policeman 31 .
Tom opened it and the old books fell out of it .
“Why did you not stop 32 when I shouted ?” the policeman asked , “If I could shoot 33 , you would be dead .”
“I didn’t 34 you , ” Tom said , “ I am almost deaf . ”
The policeman told Tom he was 35 for having shot at him . “ 36 would be better for you not to walk on the 37 at night . ” he said .
Tom smiled , and told the policeman that his job 38 a clerk in the telegraph office was a 39 job . The policeman could think of 40 to answer this .
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It is suggested that some skills teachers ________ to teach the children in these mountainous areas .
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– Jenny , how was your trip to Beijing ?
- Oh , I missed it . I wish I ________ my vacation there .
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A．am spending |
B．will spend |
C．have spent |
D．had spent |
