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_________the thunderstorm ,they_________ the injured man in time. They felt sorry for that. A．Had it not been for ; could reach B．If there was not; might have reached C．But for; might reach D．If there hadn’t been ; could have reached
With the gas _____, they had to quit the car and walked. A．ran out B．running out C．run out of D．was run out of
It is in the west of China _____ _____ is no doubt that it is going to rain tomorrow. A．where; there B．that; there C．that; it D．where; it
以下是有关导演李安的一些个人信息，请根据表格中提供的信息写一篇有关李安的英语介绍。 【写作内容】
【写作要求】 只能用5个句子表达所给的全部内容。 【评分标准】 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。 【参考词汇】 台湾艺术大学戏剧电影系：the National Taiwan College of Arts 戏剧导演专业：Theater Direction 电影制作专业：Film Production 奥斯卡金像奖：Oscar Academy Awards
完成句子：（共10个空；每空1分，满分10分） 1.When the car went around the corner, the legendary castle ____________________ (呈现在眼前). (come) 2.They put a dark cloth across the window, ____________________ (遮住) the sun-light. (block) 3.The Venus ____________________ (以……命名) a Rome goddess. (name) 4.There are some things that ____________________ (不能忍受) , and her complaining is one. (put) 5.If you go on doing that kind of thing, you ____________________ （最终会进监狱）. (end) 6.I know of at least two people who ___________________（能够指望）to support us.（count） 7.He never remembered ____________________ (遇到) a person like him. (come) 8.The pillar ____________________ (支撑起) the roof. (hold) 9.____________________（弄清楚怎么做）is not an easy job. (figure) 10.The story of Helen Keller’s life ____________________（展现了一个新的世界）to us .(open)
根据首字母或中文意思写单词。(每题1分，满分15分)请在答卷上写完整的单词！ 1.It’s no use trying to persuade him into doing that. He is too s__________ to take our advice. 2.The warm and dry weather is a__________ for early March in Guangdong. In my mind, March is a rainy season 3.When taking the maths examination, you should be p__________ in your answer. 4.He has many a__________ qualities, such as loyalty, honesty, generosity and bravery. 5.Although we are facing new difficulties and s__________ challenges, I am sure we can get through to the finals. 6.The a__________ site makes all the people visiting there can’t help holding their breath. 7.Moyan became the winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. He is absolutely s__________! 8.The children’s poor heath was a__________ from their physical appearance. 9.The cold makes my fingers c__________, so I can’t make the machine go as I like. 10.How can you waste p__________ time sitting around here? Killing time means killing yourself! 11.The police found the stolen car __________ (遗弃)only five miles away. 12.My friend’s always __________ (取笑) me about my accent. 13.Their business has__________ (扩大) into other hotels and properties. 14.The moment he got MIT offer, he was __________ (发抖)with excitement. 15.New __________(限制) are set down in the annual lianghui aiming at limiting privileges.
首先请阅读以下一些青少年杂志的简要介绍： A. Teens Now is a successful music magazine for teenagers that lists who is playing, where and when and how to get tickets. Interviews with well-known singers and groups as well as biographies are included. It also gives its young readers the chance to send their own articles. B. NS Teens magazine is well-known for its wildlife and environmental content but it also has articles on the history and culture of people from all over the world. Some of the articles are long and detailed but the magazine is also famous for its fantastic photo-journalism. There are letters from readers as well as maps and facts sheets. C. Top Teens is easy to read and full of color photographs. There are a range of different sections including those offering fashion and beauty advice. But the majority of its pages are devoted to interviews with the popular, well-known fashion models and stars of cinema, music and sports. D. Young WB is the only environmental magazine written by teenagers for teenagers. Readers are invited to send their articles and photographs to the magazine’s office and materials are chosen for the next issue. As well as articles about the natural world, the magazine also has many special offers and competitions. E. Teenplus is very different from the average teen magazine that simply offers articles on pop stars and fashion. This exciting new magazine informs readers about what is happening in the world through its in-depth articles on current affairs, politics and science. It also provides a variety of reviews on recent books, films and music CDs. F. Teen Voice is a magazine which no journalists write for and depends completely on articles sent in by its teenage readers. It gives young people the opportunity to publish their creative works such as poems or short works of fiction or to voice their opinion on important issues. They can also write comments on the latest music CDs. 以下介绍了一些青少年的兴趣爱好。请将他们与上述杂志匹配起来。 1.Oliver would like to read stories that people of his own age have written. He is also keen on music. 2.Bessie wants to know more about famous people who frequently appear in the newspapers. She is also interested in clothing and would like some recommendations on what style to wear. 3.Johnson is interested in learning more about the latest international events and affairs. Besides, he is also keen on the cinema and would like to read different opinions on what movies to see. 4.Jennifer is fond of geography and the natural world. She would also like to read articles that tell her about the lives of people from other countries. 5.Chris enjoys going to concerts very much and hopes to find out more about people in his favourite bands. He is also fond of reading things written by other teenagers.
The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem (生态系统). Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big planteater, it largely shapes the forestandsavanna (稀树草原) surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat. It is the elephant's great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and underbushes, and pulls branches of big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other planteaters. Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large hoofed planteaters to move around and for small planteaters to get their food as well. What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem. 1.What is the passage mainly about? A．Disappearance of African elephants. B．Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants. C．The effect of African elephants' search for food. D．The eating habit of African elephants. 2.What does the underlined phrase “setting the terms” most probably mean? A．Fixing the time. B．Worsening the state. C．Improving the quality. D．Deciding the conditions. 3.What do we know about the open spaces in the passage? A．They result from the destruction of rain forests. B．They provide food mainly for African elephants. C．They are home to many endangered animals. D．They are attractive to planteating animals of different kinds. 4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A．The African elephant is the largest animal on earth. B．African elephants have 300 pounds of plants every day, including small trees and under bushes. C．The African elephant is in a way the builder of the environment like other land animals. D．If the African elephant disappears, the whole ecosystem won't be affected. 5.The passage is developed mainly by ________. A．showing the effect and then explaining the causes B．pointing out similarities and differences C．describing the changes in space order D．giving examples
A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend. No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was. 1.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is ____. A．repeated without any change B．treated as a joke C．made some changes by the parent D．set in the present 2.According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is ____. A．in a realistic setting B．heard for the first time C．repeated too often D．told in a different way 3.The advantage claimed (提出) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it ____. A．makes them less fearful B．develops their power of memory C．makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of D．encourages them not to have strange beliefs 4.The author's mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that ______. A．fairy stories are still being made up B．there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales C．people try to modernize old fairy stories D．there is more concern for children's fears nowadays 5.One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _______. A．they are full of imagination B．they just make up the stories which are far from the truth C．they are not interesting D．they make teachers of history difficult to teach
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach. In time, the labor pains come. But complications arise during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With alarm in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days go by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric (儿科的) specialist tells the parents, “There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.” Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby, but now they plan a funeral. Michael keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he says. But kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive. She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches him into ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and shouts, "Get that kid out of here now. No children are allowed. Never disturb patients here.” The mother rises up strongly and said," He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:" You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray…" Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate begins to calm down and becomes steady. “Keep on singing, Michael.”encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. "You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away." The next day, the very next day, the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it "the miracle of a brother's song". The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of Gods love! Never give up on the people you love. 1.What may the underlined words "the infant" refer to? A．The baby B．Karen C．Mary D．Michael 2.What do we know about the little sister after she was born? A．She was driven to St. Mary's shop. B．A doctor came to see her in her house. C．She was very thin and couldn't speak. D．She was in great danger. 3.Why did Karen firmly let little Michael see his sister in ICU? A．Because he could make his sister alive. B．Because his sister would be sent to a far hospital. C．Because his sister was going to die soon. D．Because his father wanted to take him away. 4.What do we know about the head nurse? A．The head nurse was careful. B．The head nurse was rude. C．The head nurse was responsible. D．The head nurse had no sympathy. 5.What is the general idea of the text? A．A boy’s singing saved his sister’s life. B．The little girl is well enough to go home. C．Michael's little sister is born with a serious disease. D．No children are allowed to enter the intensive care unit.
Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together, they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international competitions encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident including the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by incidents caused mainly by smaller national contests. One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said, “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension（停赛）of the team for at least three years. Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (爱国主义). 1.According to the author, recently the Olympic Games have ______. A．created goodwill between the nations B．brought about only false national pride C．hardly showed any international friendship D．put an end to misunderstanding and hatred 2.The underlined word “disallowed”(in Paragraph 2) means “______”. A．permitted to pass B．considered as reasonable C．won by the other side D．refused to accept 3.What did the manager mean by saying, “Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished"? A．His team would no longer take part in international games. B．Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions. C．There should be no more Hockey matches organized by the Federation. D．The Federation should break up. 4.The author gives the example in paragraph 2 to show ______. A．how false national pride led to undesirable incidents in international games B．that sportsmen are often against the final decisions C．that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship D．that unfair decisions are common in the Olympic Games 5.What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? A．The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved. B．Athletes should compete as individuals in the OlympicGames. C．A game should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game. D．More and more athletes will compete for their own honor.
On Oct. 6th, 2011, a piece of breaking news hit the world: Steve Jobs, the founder of the Apple Company, 1. (pass) away after years of battle against pancreatic cancer. I as well as many people 2. (be) sad at the news. We saw him make miracles again and again, and we hoped that he would always give us a surprise. We enjoy using an iPod to listen to music and we like to play games with 3. iPad. We love to communicate with our friends by iPhone. 4. seemed that Jobs always understood what we really wanted. So he could devote himself to his career by creating the amazing products constantly. But now he quietly left, 5. (leave) us a great pity. U.S. President Barack Obama called Jobs a visionary 6. (lead) and one of the greatest U.S. innovators. He said in a statement, "Steve was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and 7. (talent) enough to do it." Steve Jobs’ family said in a statement, “Steve died 8. (peace) today surrounded by his family. We are grateful for the support and kindness of those 9. share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time 10. sorrow.”
Dad loved children. And he always wanted a 21 family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us all to visitors. Once, Dad 22 presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, “And this is our 23 model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all, we are 24 the 1953 model some time next month.” But what he 25 most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted 26 that he had seen eleven people in our car, not 27 Mum and Dad. 28 , Dad called out over his shoulder, “You 29 the second baby up from the front here, Mister.” Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure whether he was telling us the 30 . Mum, who was a psychologist, once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the 31 . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was 32 except that one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been 33 . When he pointed at the child that had been 34 Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear. He 35 next door.” 1. A．rich B．lovely C．close D．large
2. A．surprisingly B．nervously C．generously D．proudly
3. A．dearest B．smallest C．latest D．youngest
4. A．ordering B．selling C．expecting D．improving
5. A．hated B．enjoyed C．cared D．hoped
6. A．doubtfully B．excitedly C．calmly D．directly
7. A．counting B．naming C．showing D．reading
8. A．Immediately B．Carefully C．Angrily D．Easily
9. A．saw B．missed C．forgot D．left
10. A．truth B．story C．adventure D．accident
11. A．lecture B．house C．office D．activity
12. A．expensive B．regular C．correct D．fine
13. A．troublesome B．careless C．active D．quiet
14. A．found B．caught C．punished D．wounded
15. A．goes to B．belongs to C．works D．plays
She __________ have left school, for her bike is still here. A．can’t B．wouldn’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t
__________ many times, he finally understood it. A．Being told B．Telling C．Having been told D．Having told
Every evening after dinner, if not ___________ from work, I will spend some time walking my dog. A．being tired B．tiring C．to be tired D．tired
---- My leg hurts a lot ----You'd better go to the doctor and have it ____. A．examined B．being examined C．to be examined D．examining
Mary went to the box office at lunch time, but all the tickets __________ out. A．would sell B．had been sold C．have been sold D．was selling
News came from the office __________ Wang Lin had been admitted to Beijing University. A．which B．what C．that D．where
Whenever I met her, __________ was very often, she greeted me with a sweet smile. A．who B．which C．when D．since
Peter was so excited __________ he received an invitation from his friend to visit them. A．where B．that C．why D．when
I have reached a point in my life __________ I am supposed to make decisions of my own. A．which B．where C．how D．why
---- Do you have a minute? I’ve got something to tell you. ---- OK, __________ you make it short. A．now that B．if only C．so long as D．so that
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 I was brought up in the countryside by my grandmother. She was a very courageous and inspiring woman and was very beautiful, too. In comparison with her or some of my classmates, I always felt that I was not beautiful or pretty. In fact, when I was studying in middle school, I thought I was not as good as other students and just because of these negative feelings, I was not very confident. One day, I went to the shoe shop to buy a pair of new shoes. When I got there, I noticed a foreign lady talking to a salesgirl. But the salesgirl didn’t understand what the foreigner was saying. They both looked worried. I went up to help them. The lady is an Australian. She wanted to buy a pair of travelling shoes. So I told it to the salesgirl. The lady was very glad when she took them. She spoke high praise for my spoken English and said that I was a pretty girl. Both of them expressed their thanks to me. As a matter of fact, no one had ever praised me like that before. It was so encouraging. Suddenly I felt confident and happy. It is true that those words turned my life around. 【写作内容】 1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。 2．然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写表扬或称赞给人带来的愉快和鼓舞，并包括以下要点： a）叙述你或你的朋友被老师或其他人表扬的一次真实或虚构的经历； b）被表扬后的感觉是怎么样的； c）这次称赞、表扬带来的影响。 【写作要求】 1. 可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。 2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 3. 作文题目已在答题卷中给出。 [评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
根据各个句子的要求，完成改写或翻译句子。 1.They ______ _______ _______ _______(过着幸福的生活) after the war was over. 2.______ _______ _______ _______(使我们非常满意的是)，they finished the task successfully. 3.I didn’t expect that I would be interviewed by the general manager. (用不定式改写) I didn’t ______ _________ __________ _________ by the general manager. 4.You can achieve your goal only by working hard. (改写) Only____________________________________________________________________ 5.I met Jenny at school last Friday. (用强调句对划线部分进行强调) ________________________________________________________________________ 6.正如谚语所说的，百闻不如一见。（翻译句子） ________________________________________________________________________
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按要求匹配信息。 Why do you remember Hello Kitty, Snoopy and all the other cartoon characters? What makes you love them? Well, maybe because they’re like the people around you. Think about it! You may find a friend or classmate who is like them. A. As sweet as Hello Kitty: She likes to eat cake. She loves to make new friends. She likes to ask friends to her parties. Her smile is so lovely. B. As clever as Snoopy: He went to school when he was nine. He learned to use a typewriter in two years! He thinks a lot. He is so clever that you like to be with him. C. As sarcastic (讽刺的) as Garfield: He sits happily in the seat and says sharp words to you. Sometimes he is not nice. He doesn’t really like you? He thinks you’re a fool? No, in his heart, he loves you. He is a friend with hard words but a warm heart. D. As naughty as MashiMaro: He doesn’t look like a good boy. He has sleepy eyes and looks naughty. He always plays tricks. So you may get angry with him and don’t like him very much. His mind is active and full of ideas. He tries to be big and catch your eyes. But, he’s still a child. E. As confident as Prince of Tennis: He has faith in himself and always wants to win. F. As friendly as Mickey: He is clever and kind. He has a good heart and is glad to help others. Everyone likes to turn to him for help whenever they are in trouble. 请阅读Susan, Tom, John, Bob, George的个性描述，然后匹配与他们个性相当的卡通人物。 1.Tom is a warm-hearted boy, and he cares for others very much. If you meet with any difficulty, you can tell him, and he will surely help you. 2.Susan has many friends and she likes to stay with them in many kinds of parties. On her face there is always a smile. 3.John likes thinking and can always find ways to solve any difficult problems. 4.Bob seems to be very rude and impolite and his words are unpleasant to hear, but his inner heart is full of concerns for others. 5.George believes in himself, and he always wants to win the first place in almost everything.
Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass. Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains. Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green. Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong. In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills(钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered. 1.How is bamboo like grass? A．It is thin and easy to cut. B．It grows everywhere. C．It grows quickly after its cut short. D．It is short and green. 2.The underlined sentence “while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across.” means “Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very _______.” A．short B．strong C．thick D．tall 3.From the text we know ______. A．most people call bamboo plant trees B．a bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in three days C．the bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows D．a bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago 4.Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo? A．Because it is cheap. B．Because it is colorful. C．Because it drills fast. D．Because it is used by Asians. 5.Which of the following is NOT true? A．There are many different kinds of bamboo with different colors. B．Cables made of bamboo can last for over a thousand years. C．Bamboo can be used for buildings, bridges and watering projects. D．Bamboo plants are able to grow well in any part of the world.
Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair. The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong. I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?”“Twenty pounds,”I said. “OK,”he said. “I'll give you twenty pounds.”“It's got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.” Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.”“I'll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean?” “You've just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you twenty seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You're right,”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,‘Would you mend this chair for me?’”“I wouldn't have agreed to do it,”he said. “We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I'll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver(五英镑钞票)?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing. 1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_________. A．was rather impolite B．was warmly received C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair 2.The underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means _________. A．plan for dealing with things B．decision to sell things C．idea of repairing things D．way of doing things 3.The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ____. A．changed his mind B．accepted the offer C．saw the writer's purpose D．decided to help the writer 4.How much did the writer pay? A．￡5. B．￡7. C．￡20. D．￡27. 5.From the text, we can learn that the writer was _________. A．honest B．careful C．smart D．funny
Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed. Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with. Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to. 1.After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found _______. A. the art began from 1,500 B.C. B. the works of art ended in the 1950s C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed 2.How many people in the world are left-handed now? A．Less than one sixth. B．More than a half. C．About 40%. D．The passage doesn’t tell us. 3.What is the hand for most people used to do? A．It’s used to find or hold things. B．It’s used to work with things. C．It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together. D．It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems. 4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? A．No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed. B．Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness. C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only. D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed. 5.The best title for this passage is _______. A．Scientists’ New Inventions B．Left-handed People C．Which Hand D．Different Brains, Different Hands
It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour a week to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货）, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting. 1.Why was the bike so important to the couple? A．They used it for work and daily life. B．It was their only possession. C．It was a nice Kona 18 speed. D．The man's job was bike racing. 2.What does the underlined phrase mean? A．go very far to see someone B．walk out on foot to greet someone C．help someone D．enjoy the moment with someone 3.How did people get to know the couple's problem? A．From a stranger. B．From a newspaper. C．From TV news. D．From radio broadcasts. 4.What do the couple learn from their experience? A．Strangers are usually of little help. B．One should take care of their bike. C．News reports make people famous. D．An act of kindness can mean a lot. 5.What is the best title of the passage? A．Terrible Suffering B．Lasting Smile C．Ask strangers for help D．Spreading Effect of Acts of Kindness
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