A group of swimmers has described how a group of dolphins protected them from a group of white sharks （食人鲨）off the coast of New Zealand. The lifeguards were on a training swim when they came across a group of great white sharks before the dolphins raced in to help.
The swimmers were surrounded by the dolphins for forty minutes before they were able to make them safety back to the beach. It was an uncomfortable experience as they were circled by a group of white sharks, which came within a couple of meters of them. Lifeguard Rob Howes was in the water with a colleague and his teenage daughter. He said around half a dozen dolphins suddenly appeared and forced them to gather together. The mammals swam in tight circles to create a protective wall between the white sharks and the lifeguards as the great white sharks were under the surface.
The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely upset and repeatedly slapped (拍打) the water with their tails as if to try to prevent the white sharks from attacking them. It’s a day they’ll never forget, especially for one who was on her first day as a volunteer. They have no doubt that the dolphins acted on purpose to protect them. Researchers have said that they’re not surprised. A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, “like to help the helpless.”
1.How many swimmers are attacked by the white sharks?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2. It seemed that the dolphins slapped the water with their tails to ____.
A. attack the white sharks and the lifeguards
B. play with water together for pleasure
C. stop the lifeguards being harmed by the sharks
D. attract the white sharks to kill the lifeguards
3.The underlined words “a volunteer” refers to____.
A. a lifeguard B. Rob Howes’s workmate
C. Rob Howes D. Rob Howes’s daughter
4. Which of the following can be the best title?
A. Dolphins Protect Swimmers from Sharks
B. Sharks Protect Swimmers from Dolphins
C. Lifeguards Protect Dolphins from Sharks
D. Lifeguards Protect Sharks from Dolphins
John Dalton was born in England in 1766. As a small child, John worked in the fields with his older brother, and helped his father in the cloth-making shop. Most poor boys at that time received no education, but John was lucky to attend a nearby school. John was a good student and loved learning. His teachers encouraged him to study many things.
When he was twelve, he opened his first school in a nearby town, but there was very little money. He had to close his school and work in his uncle’s field.
Three years later, he ran a school in Kendall, England with his brother and a friend. They taught many subjects. There, John studied the weather and the nature around him. He collected butterflies and snails. He did many other scientific tests.
In 1793, John moved to Manchester to teach at New College, and began observing the behavior of gases. He began to think about different elements (元素) and how they are made up of.
In 1808, Dalton published a book, A New System of Chemical Philosophy. His atomic masses were not all careful and exact, but they formed the basis for the modern periodic table (元素周期表).
John Dalton died in 1844 in England. Today, scientists everywhere accept Dalton’s idea of how the atoms were made. A simple country boy showed the world a new way of thinking about the universe and how it is made.
1.The following statements are true except that ________.
A. John Dalton was born into a poor family in England
B. John Dalton continued his study in a nearby town at 12
C. John Dalton worked as a teacher in Kendall at 15
D. John Dalton began to think about how things are formed at 27
2. We can learn that _______ from the fifth paragraph.
A. the book A New System of Chemical Philosophy is useless
B. John Dalton shouldn’t have made so many mistakes in his book
C. John Dalton was the first to publish the modern periodic table
D. the modern periodic table was based on John Dalton’s work
3.According to the passage, we can infer that _______.
A. John Dalton showed great interest in science when he was young
B. John Dalton worked as a school student in most of his early years
C. John Dalton was even more famous when he was 40 years old
D. if John Dalton had been in the city, he wouldn’t have been successful
4.The passage is organized in the order of _______.
A. time B. importance C. events D. space
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment (约会) at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a in the waiting area, him it would be at least 40 minutes someone would be able to see him. I saw him his watch and decided I would examine his wound, since I was busy – my didn’t come at the appointed hour. While taking care of his wound, I asked him he had another doctor’ s appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his . He told me that she had been for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be if he was a bit late. He replied that she knew who he was, and that she had not been able to him for five years now. I was , and asked him, “And you go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back as he left.
Now I that in marriages, true love is acceptance of all that is. The people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just the best of everything they have. is not about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
1.A. breath B. seat C. test D. break
2.A. telling B. promising C. understanding D. persuading
3.A. if B. after C. since D. before
4.A. taking off B. fixing C. looking at D. bringing
5.A. very B. also C. seldom D. not
6.A. patient B. doctor C. nurse D. friend
7.A. when B. where C. why D. whether
8.A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened
9.A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister
10.A. late B. well C. around D. there
11.A. lonely B. worried C. doubtful D. hungry
12.A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already
13.A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect
14.A. interested B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied
15.A. only B. then C. thus D. still
16.A. imagination B. tears C. words D. excitement
17.A. realize B. suggest C. hope D. prove
18.A. happiest B. richest C. most healthy D. most responsible
19.A. learn B. make C. favor D. try
20.A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life
---Are you satisfied with the result ?
---Not at all. ______.
A. I must be better
B. It can’t be better
C. I could have been better
D. It couldn’t be worse
---What’s the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours.
---A postcard from his father ______ an attack of home-sickness in him.
A. took up B. cheered up
C. brought in D. set off
With the audience ______ at her, the little girl felt nervous on the stage．
A. staring B. to stare
C. stare D. stared
