Maybelle said she wouldn't be coming with me to the library. I asked why, and she said she could get all the short stories she wanted off the Internet. Saved walking all the way to the library, and putting up with my long chat on the way there, and on the way back. Maybelle is very direct like that, always has been.
"But, Maybelle, we've been walking to the library every' Monday for the last fifty years!"
She said," Why don't you get Internet'? We can send each other emails."
So I had to get Internet. I called the local high school. They said they'd send me a good student to tell me all about computers and such.
Evil thing, this Internet. Makes you lose old friends, forces you to learn new complex ideas, even if you're too old. But Maybelle said you have to be modern; otherwise, you're dead.
The kid came the next day. Tall skinny black kid, by tile name of Arsenius, said his work would cost me.
I said, "All right. As long as I get Internet."
"You need a computer, then you need to get hooked up," he said.
"Let's buy a computer and get hooked up, then."
"How much you want to spend?"
"Whatever it takes."
"How many rams you want?"
I wasn't going to show him my ignorance, so I said, "Whatever it takes."
"Let's go to the mall. You got a car?"
"In the garage."
When I opened the garage door, he gasped. Daddy's car is still there, a'57 Chevy. I never drive it. Walk everywhere.
I said," Let's walk. It's only a mile or so."
He said," Let's drive, or you will faint on me in this heat."
"Young man, I don't faint, never have. We're walking."
"I get paid by the hour," he said. "Walking will cost you a lot more. Also, you feel like carrying a computer a mile or so?"
1.What kind of person is Maybelle?
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A．She always says what she means in an honest way. |
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B．She no longer likes reading in her old age. |
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C．She doesn't want to be friends with the writer any mort. |
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D．She doesn't want to keep up with the time. |
2.Why does the writer want to have Internet at his place?
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A．Because the writer believes that one is never too old to learn. |
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B．Because the writer thinks that it is better late than never. |
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C．Because of the pressure from people of his age. |
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D．Because of the convenience the Internet will bring. |
3.Arsenius gives _________ reasons for driving to the mall.
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A．two |
B．three |
C．four |
D．five |
It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. 36 I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salistury .
I was going along 37 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a 38 scream--- “ Help! ” I looked round, but the only 39 of life was a large, black, rather suspicious--looking（可疑的）car just 40 a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I 41 speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw 42 me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with 43 .
“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh ! ”
I felt my 44 boil. The fog was coming down 45 now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no 46 that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.
“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh ! ” Then a cry and a groan（呻吟）.
If I was to save her, it was now or 47 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to 48 . The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its 49 , and its brakes（刹车）screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and 50 into the ditch（沟）at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out .
“You fool!” he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was 51 than he. I put all I could into 52 that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It 53 him right on the point of the chin; his 54 slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car, 55 open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.
“You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately . ”
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2010 was a good year for American farmers. They earned about eighty-two billion dollars. That is almost one-third more than that they earned last year. And it is twenty-six percent higher than the ten-year average. Values for grain and oilseed crops are up about three percent from last year. The value of animal production is up by almost seven percent.
In 2011, farm exports are expected to break the all-time high set in 2008.The Agriculture Department says exports in 2011 could top one hundred and twenty-six billion dollars. The largest buyer of agricultural products is expected to be Canada. But farm exports to China are predicted to come within five hundred million dollars of Canadian purchases. Secretary Vilsack says countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East are also buying more from American farmers.
Poor growing conditions overseas played an important part in higher prices for American crops in 2010.Charlotte Hebe brand is chief executive of the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council in Washington. She said drought(干旱)conditions had a big effect over the summer. She said,“There were horrible weather problems, not just in Russia but also in some of the other former Soviet Union countries.”
Wheat prices rose after Russia stopped wheat exports,although Russia later eased the ban(禁令).“Wheat used to be America’s top crop. What’s interesting,though,is that wheat production has actually become less over the past few years because corn has become the most popular crop,”said economist Charlotte Hebebrand.
Corn is mostly fed to animals. But Miss Hebebrand said with the recent increase in wheat prices, American farmers might plant more wheat again. Corn and wheat are the two largest crops supported by the government.
1.We know that compared to 2009,in 2010 American farmers——.
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A．planted less corn |
B．planted morn crops |
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C．planted morn wheat |
D．earned more money |
2.What does the Agriculture Department expect in 2011?
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A． Agriculture exports will continue to increase. |
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B． China will be the largest buyer of agriculture products |
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C． America will export food to every country around the world |
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D． Southeast Asian countries will start buying food from America |
3.What is implied in Paragraph 3?
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A． America farming also was greatly affected in 2010 |
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B． Russia was not the country most affected by drought in 2010 |
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C． Weather problems helped raise prices for American crops in 2010 |
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D． American crops were the most expensive around the world in 2010 |
4.We can infer that in the past few years American farmers——
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A． reduced crop exports |
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B． increased corn production |
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C． increased wheat production |
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D． increased investment in farming |
5.According to what Miss Hebebrand said, we know American farmers will ——
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A．stop feeding corn to animals |
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B．export most of their corn |
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C．try to increased wheat production |
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D．try to get more support from the governmet |
In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal：A dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give happiness to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “eyes”for a blind person or “ears”for a deaf people. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, animals are brought into hospitals for “visit”.
Americans hold “Be---Kind-to-Animals Week”in the first week of May.
Pets shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? First, think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food. Also, be sure to keep your pet from those unwanted babies.
If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, don’t kick(踢)it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or beter yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to shop them. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.
1.“A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!”means that__________
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A．pets have the right (权力) to inherit (继承) money. |
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B．money can give pets happiness. |
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C．it’s the best way to spend money. |
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D．some pets are taken as children. |
2.Why are dogs brought to hospitals?
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A．Because they are ill and need to see doctors. |
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B．Because they can make the patients happier. |
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C．Because they can find out the problems of the patients. |
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D．Because doctors can do experiments (实验) on them. |
3.What’s the most popular activity in the “Be-Kind-to-Animals Week”?
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A．Holding a pet show in the week. |
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B．Playing with pets the whole week. |
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C．Cooking delicious food for pets. |
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D．Making friends with other people’s pets. |
4.What’s the passage mainly about?
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A．A lot of people are interested in dogs. |
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B．Dogs can help people do many things. |
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C．Pets are lovely and need care and protection. |
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D．We have done a lot of things for pets. |
5.The words“ man’s best friends”shows____________.
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A．the friendship between people. |
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B．the friendship between people and animals. |
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C．the friendship between animals. |
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D．the friendship between men and women |
That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With opening night only a week ago, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers (抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment (公寓房间), I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck (垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “ Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? the door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eye. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 A.M. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were wiling to help each other.
1.How did the write feel when she was walking home after work?
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A．Cold and sick |
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B．Fortunate and helpful |
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C．Satisfied and cheerful |
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D．Disappointed and helpless |
2.From the first paragraph, we learn that the write was busy ______.
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A．solving her problem at the bank |
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B．taking part in various city activities |
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C．learning acting in an evening school |
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D．preparing for the first night show |
3.On her way home the writer _______.
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A．lost her wallet unknowingly |
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B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver |
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C．was robbed of her wallet by an armed man |
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D．found some homeless people following her |
4.In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?
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A．Someone offered to take her back home. |
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B．A red-haired man came to see her. |
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C．She heard someone call her name |
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D．Her wallet was found in a garbage truck. |
5.From the text, we can infer that the writer _________.
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A．would stop working at night |
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B．would stay on in San Francisco |
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C．would make friends with cleaners |
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D．would give up her job at the bank. |
