Everyone should visit a lighthouse at least once.
The most important reason for such a visit is to realize how our ancestors (祖先) battled nature with the basic tools they had . They had only basic ways of creating light , and yet they found a way of using this simple technology in isolated (孤零零的) places to save ships from hitting rocks .
Secondly , visiting lighthouses will help us to understand the lives of lighthouse keepers .By their very nature , lighthouses were built on some rocks or cliffs . Thus , the lighthouse keepers often lived lonely lives . To walk around their small home , and imagine the angry storm outside beating against the walls , is to take a step towards understanding the lives they had.
The reasons for a visit to a lighthouse are not all so backward-looking in time . It is true that lighthouses were built in out-of-the –way places . But on a pleasant sunny summer day. This very isolation has a natural beauty that many people will love to experience . Therefore, with the gentle waves touching all round the lighthouse . the visitor is likely to think it is a world preferable to the busy and noisy modern life.
Another reason for considering a visit is that the lighthouses themselves can be very attractive buildings . Mankind could often not be content just to put up a basic structure . but felt the need . even in such an isolated place , to build with an artistic touch . The result is a view for tired eyes to enjoy .
Finally , lighthouses have a romantic attraction , summed up by the image of the oil-skin coated keeper climbing his winding stairs to take care of the light to warn ships and save lives .
1.What is the reason to look back into the past of a lighthouse ?
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A．To escape from the busy and noisy city . |
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B．To look for the tools used by our ancestors . |
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C．To experience the natural beauty of a lighthouse . |
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D．To learn about the living condition of lighthouse keepers . |
2.The underlined phrase “out-of-the-way” in Paragraph of means .
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A．far-away . |
B．dangerous |
C．ancient |
D．secret |
3.Lighthouses were often built with an artistic touch .
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A．to attract visitors |
B．to guide passing ships |
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C．to give a pleasant sight |
D．to remember lighthouse keepers |
4.How many reasons are mentioned for a visit to a lighthouse ?
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A．Three . |
B．Four . |
C．Five . |
D．Six . |
Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic Adventure novel by Jules Verne. The story starts in London in 1872. One day in the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a wealthy gentleman, accepts a wager(赌注) for £20,000, which he will receive if he travels around the world in 80 days.
Phileas Fogg sets off immediately, with his servant Passepartout. They reach Suez(苏伊士) quickly. While landing in Egypt, he is watched by a British detective named Fix, who is in search of a bank robber. Because Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal, he follows secretly, as they are getting on a ship to Bombay.
After more than 20-days of travelling, they arrive in San Francisco, and then get on the train to New York. During that trip, the train is attacked by Indians, who take Passepartout away. With some soldiers’ help, Fogg succeeds in freeing his companion. To make up for the lost time, Fogg and his companion hasten on to New York, and catch the steamer for the crossing of the Atlantics. They arrive in Ireland in time to reach London before the deadline. However, once on British soil again, Fix arrests Fogg. Although the misunderstanding is quickly cleared up—the actual bank robber had been caught several days earlier. Fogg has missed the train and returns to London five minutes late, sure that he has lost the wager.
However, the next day Fogg learns from the priest that he is mistaken in the date, which he thinks Sunday but which actually is Saturday, due to the fact that they gained a full day on their journey around the globe, by crossing the International Date Line. Fogg immediately sets off for the Reform Club, where he arrives just in time to win the wager.
1.The reason that Fix wants to arrest Phileas Fogg is that .
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A．Phileas Fogg is the bank robber whom Fix is trying to catch |
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B．Phileas Fogg doesn’t have a passport for his travels |
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C．Fix mistakenly takes Phileas Fogg for the bank robber |
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D．Fix intends to prevent Fogg from winning the wager |
2.During his time in America, Phileas Fogg spends a lot of “unexpected” time .
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A．travelling across the continent of America |
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B．rescuing his companion from the Indians |
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C．waiting for the ship back to London |
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D．getting rid of the pursuing of Fix |
3.Does Phileas Fogg win the wager at last? Why?
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A．No. Because he doesn’t get to the Reform Club before the deadline. |
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B．Yes. Because he is not the bank robber； it’s a misunderstanding. |
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C．No. Because he wastes too much time during his trip. |
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D．Yes. Because he arrives at the Reform Club before the deadline. |
—Oh, my God. I forgot my purse in the shop.
—Oh, not again. Why ____ you always ______ something?
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A．do; leave |
B．did; leave |
C．are; leaving |
D．have; left |
It is required in our school that lights in students’ rooms ______ off by 11o’clock.
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A．be switched |
B．would switch |
C．should switch |
D．must be switched |
—Her concert was ______ big successs last night.
—I think it surely makes ______ difference for a new talent.
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A．不填；不填 |
B．a; a |
C．a; the |
D．a; 不填 |
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There’s a old man in our village calling Old Joe, who is said to be 110 years old. I don’t know whether it is true because of he doesn’t have a birth certificate. All his personal papers are destroyed during World WarⅡ. Sometimes I doubt if he is really that old, and it doesn’t matter. He certainly looks very old, and of course, he is often asked question by people who want to know the secret of long life. Old Joe always answers them like this, “If you offered a cigarette, never accept it; if you are annoyed by someone, never lose his temper; and if you are asked foolishly questions, never answer it!”
