see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”
1. When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going _______. A. to have a basketball game B. to his classroom C. to see Mark D. back home
2. From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he _______. A. was a good student B. liked sports and music C. liked all the subjects in school D. was a good friend 3. Mark and Bill _______.
A. were in the same middle school and high school
B. were in the same middle school but not in the same high school C. often had lunch together at school
D. had known each other before they began to study in middle school 4. In this passage, the phrase “break up” means _______.
A. 相处很好 B. 和好如初 C. 关系破裂 D. 保持联系
5. When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he _______. A. knew he could save Bill?s life
B. knew who Bill was and wanted to help him C. didn?t know why he was going to help him
D. didn?t know what he was doing was very important to Bill
【答案与解析】这篇文章描写了人与人之间小小的一个微笑竟挽救了一个生命的故事。
1. D。根据文章最后一段的第4行我们可知：当时Bill是打算going home to kill himself(回家自杀)。 2. B。第1段第2行说Bill掉落的东西中有篮球和随身听。由此可知他是个热爱体育和音乐的人。 3. A。由文章第2段They often saw each other at school和They ended up in the same high school可以得知答案。
4. C。从下文Bill欲寻死的想法来看，第1段最后一句broke up的意思是关系破裂。 5. D。从最后一段Bill的叙述我们可以推测Mark当时完全不知道他对Bill的重要性。
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Daphne asked Jim, a friend of Walter?s, for some extra help on her political science homework. On Friday, they agreed to meet at the dormitory(宿舍) study room at 8 Sunday night. It was 8:05 when Jim arrived. He wasn?t on time as he usually is, because he had been out enjoying the spring weather after eating at MacDonald?s. But he wasn?t worried, because he knew from Walter that Daphne was usually late. When Daphne hadn?t arrived by 8:25, Jim was a little surprised. He decided to go to the dorm lounge(休息室) and watch his favourite Sunday night TV show. It started at 8:30, so he had to hurry.
When he got to the lounge, Walter was just leaving. “Hey, Jim, your favourite TV show just finished. Where were you? It was wonderful!”
“What do you mean, Walter? It?s 8:30, so I?m just in time to watch it!” Jim replied, looking a little confused(困惑).
“Did you adjust(校正) your watch last night?” Walter asked. Then he explained, “Last night you were supposed to move your watch ahead one hour. We do this every year on the last Sunday in April. Then, on the last Sunday in October, everyone moves clock back an hour. We say spring ahead, fall back to help us remember which way to adjust our clocks.” Walter stopped to see if Jim had understood his explanation. “You don?t do that in Indiana, I guess.”
“No, we don?t,” Jim said, shaking his head. “In that case, I was over an hour late for my appointment(约定) with Daphne, not only five minutes. Wow! She?ll never let me forget this!”
1. What is an important idea of this story? A. Daphne is usually late.
B. There are no time changes in Indiana. C. Jim likes his favourite Sunday night TV show.
D. Jim was late because he didn?t know about the time changes.
2. Why did Jim look confused when he learned the TV show had just finished? A. Because he missed the wonderful TV show.
B. Because he thought he was just in time to watch his favourite TV show. C. Because he was late for the show. D. Because he forgot the time of the show.
3. All the citizens in the United States are supposed to move their watches ahead in spring and back in fall, aren't they?
A. Certainly they are. B. No, they are not.
C. No, those who live in Indiana do not do that. D. Certainly they are besides those living in Indiana.
4. Imagine you are going to a party at 2 p.m. on the last Sunday in April. If you forget about time change, what time will you arrive?
A. 3 p.m.
B. 4 p.m.
C. 1 p.m.
D. 2 p.m.
【答案与解析】Daphne 约定 Jim 在星期天晚上8点到宿舍帮助她做political science homework.，但Jim不知道要把时钟往前拨快一小时，因为在他们所在的州每年4月份的最后一个星期天要把时钟拨快一小时。所以他迟到一小时。
1. D。主旨题。通读全文，不难概括出the important idea of this story。
2. B。语义理解题。本来8:30播放的节目，在他8:30赶到时却播完了，所以Jim 感到奇怪，其实Jim不知道别人的时间往前提了1小时。
3. C。语义理解题。从第4段最后一句话You don?t do that in Indiana, I guess 可以做出正确选择。 4. A。语义理解题。因为别人的时间往前拨快了一小时，所以2点钟也就是你的手表显示的1点钟。
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The producer appeared behind the recording studio window and smiled and waved to me like an old friend. And after I had read out a little test piece, he said, “That?s fine, wonderful, your voice is perfect, lively, wonderful.” Then I read a longer passage in English about the delights of touring in Britain, and another about the delights of visiting London, and both were “excellent” and “just right”, and I began to consider a job in radio.
To be honest, I was fairly sure of myself though I lacked experience. Across the room in the Hamburg News Agency where we both worked, a friend named Peter Turner called to me, “I say, Mike, a man on the phone here wants someone to do a recording in English, and I? m booked up. Would you read something to him in English as a sort of test?” I did, and they said, “Perfect, lovely, wonderful, …” Would I come round?
It was after reading their passage in English in the studio that they noticed my vowel(元音) pronunciations were not altogether King?s English, or even Prince Philip?s, there was a larger silence than usual, then the voice said: “Fine, lovely…, but you said the word ?castle? with a short ?a?. Could we have the passage again please, but this time say ?castle?.” This was easy. But then he noticed other differences in my pronunciation. “It?s my northern English accent,” I said angrily because I had to apologize for it.
“Oh, I see…but Mike, we?ll have to get it right, I?m afraid. The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren, and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools.”
I read the passage again…and again…and again. But of course you cannot change the pronunciation of a lifetime in an hour. The studio men were in the state of having lost hope and underlined the vowels which caused me to feel angry, so that I?d remember them. Few, really. But because I had to concentrate(集中) on them, I made a lot of mistakes in my reading. Everyone got somewhat irritable(easily made angry), so we all went out for a beer.
1. Broadcasting did not make Mike nervous _______. A. although he had never done any before
B. because he worked in a news agency C. because he was used to talking on the phone D. although the passages were long
2. What happened after Mike had read the third passage? A. They made him repeat it. B. They said nothing.
C. They began to discuss the King?s English. D. They could not understand one of the words.
3. They wanted Mike to change his pronunciation because _______. A. German schoolchildren did not like a northern accent B. it was different from the English taught in German schools C. it was different from the English spoken in Germany D. German schoolchildren were taught through recordings 4. Why did Mike?s reading of the passage get worse? A. He needed a drink to clear his throat. B. He was trying to do the recording in an hour. C. He was trying hard to get certain sounds right. D. He could not learn so many new sounds.
【答案与解析】一个偶的机会使“我”想进入电台工作，但在面试时，电台的人发现“我”的元音发音不准确。尽管“我”试了很多多次，但最后还是以失败而告终。
1. A。语义理解题。作者在第2段第1句话已坦言…I lacked experience，故选A。
2. A。细节题。从第3段中的Could we have the passage again please, but this time say ?castle? 可以做出正确判断。
3. B。判断题。根据第4段第2句话The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren, and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools 可以判断为什么选B。
4. C。推断题。根据最后一段第5句话…because I had to concentrate(集中) on them, I made a lot of mistakes in my reading可以推知答案是C。
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A great French writer said that we should help everyone as much as possible because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. To this effect, he tells a simple story.
An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She tried hard to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant, almost tired out, was still bravely doing her best when a bird saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade (叶片) of grass, which supported her like a boat, and thus she reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man coming near. He was walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. As he saw the bird he wished to kill her, and he would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just before he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the bird immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.
1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, therefore we should________. A. not help others
B. help those who may be helpful to us D. help others as much as we can
C. get as much help as possible A. when the water pushed her B. with the help of a piece of wood C. with the help of a blade of grass D. when the bird reached out a leg for her
3. The French writer tells the story in order to show _______.
2. The ant finally got on the bank _______.
A. how an ant saved a bird C. how clever the bird is
B. how brave the ant is
D. even the small can help the great
【答案与解析】本文通过一个寓言故事讲述了小东西可帮大忙的道理。
1. D。细节题。根据文章第1句we should help everyone as much as possible可推知此题答案为D。 2. C。推断题。根据文章第2段第4句the bird threw her a blade (叶片) of grass, which supported her like a boat, and thus she reached the bank again可推知此题答案为C。
3. D。主旨题。根据文章第1段第2句The small even can help the great可推知此题答案为D。
三、新闻类
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The 12-month bloody conflict has been a nightmare(噩梦) in the lives of thousands of Israelis(以色列人)and Palestinians(巴勒斯坦人). Khalaf is one of them.
Although she was born in fear of bombs and attacks. Finally, her parents made a painful decision to send her back to the US.
“I wanted so much to stay here and to go to university here,” she said. “I?m afraid of leaving my home and my parents. But here, the bloody attack is not going to end soon.”
The war has broken the dreams of a generation raised in peace.
In the 1990s Israeli and Palestinian leaders were moving towards an agreement to end the long-lasting fight over territory(领土) and the ownership of the Holy City Jerusalem. This gave the new generation hope for a peaceful future.
But now, at the Friends School in Ramallah, attended by children of each English-speaking Palestinian families, only 300 pupils started the new school year, while last year there were 480.
According to a recent report, 28 per cent of Isreaelis aged from 18 to 28 have considered leaving the country in the past 6 months. “To have a safe future, we have no other choice but to go abroad,” a 16-year-old Israeli boy said.
Not only does the future of the young generation lie in another place, but also the adults in both Palestine and Israel don?t see any hope in their own countries.
1. Khalaf?s parents wouldn?t to send her back the US, would they? A. Yes. B. No, but they had to. C. Perhaps. D. Sure. 2. Why did the new generation have hope for a peaceful future? A. The two sides settled their problems. B. The two sides fought against each other.
C. The two sides moved towards an agreement in the 1990s. D. The two sides reached a final agreement. 3. Which is true according to the news report?
A. Khalaf has lived in the Palestine since she was born. B. Khalaf has lived in the US since she was one year old. C. Khalaf has lived in the Palestine since she was one year old.
D. Khalaf has ever been to the US.
【答案与解释】巴以双方长期的军事冲突给两国人民带来深重的灾难，尤其是青年学生被迫背井离乡、他国求学。人们痛恶战争、向往和平的殷切之情跃然纸上。
1. B。语义理解题。根据 Finally, her parents made a painful decision to send her back to the US 可以做出正确选择。
2. C。细节理解题。从第 5 段可知答案。
3. D。语义理解题。从第 2 段第 2 句话中的 …to send her back to the US 可知答案为 D。
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TOKYO, Japan — An earthquake measuring 8.0 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday. The quake was the strongest anywhere in the world this year. Several million people live on the island. Japan's national broadcasting agency, NHK, reported 236 people had been hurt, but no deaths had been reported. Tsunami waves measuring about 3 feet (1 meter) began hitting the eastern coast of Japan's northernmost island, and officials warned all residents in the region to seek higher ground. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island after the earthquake, and television stations reported a train derailment and a landslide near a highway tunnel. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.0 but authorities in Japan initially gave it a magnitude of 7.8. The USGS said the temblor was located 33 kilometers (20 miles) under the Earth's crust, about 796 miles north / northwest of Tokyo, and began at 4:50 a.m. local time (1950 GMT). The second quake occurred at 6:08 a.m. (2108 GMT).
On average, there is one magnitude-8, or greater, quake a year in the world. The amount of energy released in a magnitude-8 earthquake is equivalent to that contained in 1.01 billion tons of TNT, according to the USGS. A tsunami watch has been issued for the U.S. state of Hawaii. \tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter,\ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan. The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers (540 miles) south-southeast of Tokyo, near Japan's Bonin Islands, a remote volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this month, Japan marked the 80th anniversary of a magnitude 8.3 quake that devastated Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama, killing at least 140,000 people. In January 1995, a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than 6,000 people.
1. An 8.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Japan ____. A. in January 1995 B. on September 20, 2003 C. on September 26, 2003 D. in September, 1923 2. What is NOT the result of this earthquake? A. 236 people were hurt B. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island C. A train was out of track D. two people died 3. What does tsunami mean in Chinese? A. 震中 B.海啸 C. 火山 D. 余震 4. We can infer that __________.
A. this might be the biggest earthquake in the world this year B. this earthquake has no effect on the USA
C. Japan is a country where earthquakes frequently happen
D. the second quake occurred only half an hour after the first one 【答案解析】本文报道了2003年9月发生在日本北海道的大地震。 1. C。细节题。根据Only six days ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan. The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers (540 miles) south-southeast of Tokyo, 我们可以推算，这次日本北海道大地震发生在2003年9月26日。
2. D。细节归纳题。这次地震造成的后果有：236 people had been hurt；A fire broke out at oil refinery；a train derailment and a landslide near a highway tunnel等，而D项则与事实不符。
3. B。词义猜测题。根据后面对这种现象的描写：hitting the eastern coast 可知 tsunami 是“海啸”的意思，因为只有地震引起的海啸才能冲击海岸。
4. C。推理题。短文最后一段最后一个部分描述了日本发生的几次大的地震，据此我们可以得出结论：日本是一个地震多发国家。
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China's first astronaut 38-year-old Yang Liwei returned safely to earth Thursday morning, when his craft Shenzhou 5 touched down as scheduled after more than 21 hours in the earth's orbit. Chinese premier Wen