She used to have three _____.
A.boys friends
B.boys friend
C.boy friends
D.boy friend
A.boys friends
B.boys friend
C.boy friends
D.boy friend
第1题
A. but that; might have taken B. for that; should have found
C. in that; could have spent D. with that; would have used
第2题
The news was a terrible blow to her, but she will ______ the shock soon.
A.get out
B.get through
C.get off
D.get over
第3题
The Extended Family
Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas, a 'new town' in the countryside outside London, since 1958. Before that she lived in Bethnal Green, an area of inner London. She was moved to Greenleas by the local authorities when her old house was demolished.
She came from a large family with six girls and two boys, and she grew up among brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, grandparents and cousins. When she married her boyfriend from school at eighteen, they went on living with her parents, and her first child was brought up more by her mother than by herself, because she always worked.
As the family grew, they moved out of their parents' house to a flat. It was in the next street, and their life was still that of the extended family. "All my family used to live around Denby Street," said Mrs Sharp, "and we were always in and out of each other's houses." When she went to the shops, she used to call in on her mother to see if she wanted anything. Every day she would visit one sister or another and see a nephew or niece at the corner shop or in the market.
"You always knew 90% of the people you saw in the street everyday, either they were related to you or you were at school with them," she said.
When her babies were born (she had two sons and a daughter), she said, "All my sisters and neighbours would help – they used to come and make a cup of tea, or help in some other way." And every Saturday night there was a family party. It was at Mrs Sharp's mother's house. "Of course we all know each other very well. You have to learn to get on with each other. I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business. She was forever asking questions and gossiping. But you had to put up with everyone, whatever they were like."
1.Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to Greenleas? ()
A.Because she had to work there.
B.Because she didn’t like the old place at all.
C.Because her house in the downtown area was knocked down.
2.When she got married, she lived ______.
A.together with her parents all the time
B.together with her parents for some time
C.far away from her parents’ house
3.Why did she know so many people? ()
A.Because she was easy going.
B.Because they were either her relatives or schoolmates.
C.Because she was good at making friends with people.
4.The sentence “I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business.” in the last Para. means ______.
A.I had one neighbour who was always warm-hearted.
B.I had one neighbour who was always ready to help us.
C.I had one neighbour who always showed her interests in our private affairs.
5.What does this passage mainly deal with? ()
A.What the extended family is like.
B.The relationship between Mrs Sharp and her neighbour.
C.How Mrs Sharp brings her children up.
第4题
If you think you are sick, you are sick no matter what anyone else says. On the other hand, if you have belief in your doctor, and if he tells you that you’re going to feel better, you _1_ will. Take the case of Mrs. Brown for example. She was _2_ to get to sleep at night. She lacked energy and was too tired during the day even for the simple thing that she used to enjoy doing. Occasional headaches, which were becoming more frequent, _3_ reading or watching TV. The more she thought about her condition, _4_ she felt. At last, she went to see her doctor, _5_ she had known for years. The doctor listened to her complaints and gave her a fairly thorough examination. Then, he said to her, “There is _6_ seriously wrong with your physical condition, but I accept the fact that you don’t feel well. I am going to give you some pills that should _7_. I want you to take one after dinner and one a half hour before going to bed tonight. Call me tomorrow and tell me how you feel.” The next morning Mrs. Brown telephoned to say, “Doctor, it’s very nice of you. I had the first _8_ night’s sleep last night in two months. What on earth is in those pills?” The doctor said, “It’s an old formula I have used for years. Just _9_ taking them for a week.” Turning to his nurse, he said, “It’s _10_ what a little soda can do.” [共10题]
(1)
(A) certainly (B) really (C) immediately (D) probably
(2)
(A) able (B) unable (C) going (D) about
(3)
(A) helped her with (B) separated her from
(C) prevented her from (D) about
(4)
(A) the worse (B) the more
(C) the better (D) the happier
(5)
(A) whose (B) whom
(C) that (D) which
(6)
(A) everything (B) anything
(C) nothing (D) something
(7)
(A) do (B) use (C) help (D) take
(8)
(A) good (B) strange (C) bad (D) short
(9)
(A) give up (B) remember (C) start (D) keep on
(10)(A) necessary (B) wonderful (C) important (D) harmful
第5题
David Lansdale has found a way to spark up the lives of the elderly. He gets them wired to the Internet.
“If you hit your enter key, it will bring up this particular email...”
Pauline Allen is one of those who have started using the Internet, “I thought I was through with life, I was ready for a rocking chair, because I was 86 years old. And I haven’t found the rocking chair, yet. ”
“You found the keyboard ?” asked the reporter. “That’s right, I found the keyboard.”
The average age of Lansdale’s students is around 68. All are in nursing homes or assisted care homes. He used family relationships to introduce them to the World Wide Web.
David Lansdale says, “Here they are in California, the family was back in New York, the opportunity to connect, to cross the time and space, was an incredibly precious opportunity for them.”
“I hear you are so beautiful.” Lillian Sher dictates e -mail to a newborn great-granddaughter. Working with one another, the seniors learn as a group. They learn to master the Internet and to overcome what Lansdale calls the maladies of the institutionalized: loneliness, helplessness, boredom, and cognitive decline.
Mary Harvey says, “Bingo just doesn’t appeal to me. But this does, believe me, this does. ”
Ninety-four year old Ruth Hyman is a star pupil and instructor. She says, “When I send a letter to my grandchildren, and great grandchildren, they hang it up in their offices, just like I used to hang their drawings on my refrigerator. Ha, ha. ”
David Lansdale says, “There’s a collective benefit. There is an element, a tremendous element of therapy. Remember we started as a support group. ”
Dixon Morehouse says, “I just wish I were 15 years old and getting to learn all this.” The seniors call their weekly meetings Monday Night Live. And many say the meetings have given them new life.
Ruth Hyman says, “Three years ago, they told me I wasn’t going to live. But I showed them, and got work, and I’ve worked ever since. ”
1、The suitable title of this news story is ()
A、Lonely Senior Citizens and Their Volunteers
B、Senior Citizens in Nursing Homes
C、Senior Citizens Surf the Web for Health of Mind and Body
D、How Senior Citizens Learn to use Computer
2、What does the phrase “spark up ” mean?
A、light up
B、fire
C、bring
D、encourage
3、By saying “I thought I was through with life, I was ready for a rocking chair, because I was 86 years old And I haven’t found the rocking chair yet.” Pauline Allen means ()
A、she used to think she was too old to do anything、But now she doesn’t think so
B、she is eager to look for a rocking chair to sit on
C、she would rather die in her rocking chair
D、she is too old and finds life is meaningless
4、Why did Mary Harvey’s grandchildren and great grandchildren hang her letter up in their offices?
A、Because there was a picture in her letter
B、Because she used to hang their letters up
C、Because they were proud of her
D、Because they liked to read the letter every day
5、Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of a web session on the Internet?
A、It can make senior citizens become closer to their family
B、It can contribute to family’s occasional visit to the seniors
C、It serves as a therapy
D、It can bring the senior citizens self-confidence
第6题
What is the main subject of the passage?
A.A solution to man"s food problem.
B.A solution to the population problem.
C.Advantages of soybean.
D.How to develop good eating habits.
第7题
"The pen is more powerful than the sword (剑)." There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them. She was born in the USA in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freezing the slaves. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won. This book was named "Uncle Toms Cabin". There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) peoples sympathies (同情). The writer herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the novel, which they said did not at all represent (代表) true state of affairs,
1、According to the passage ().
A、every English-speaking person had read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
B、"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not very interesting
C、those who don''t speak English can not have read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
D、the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" did a great deal in the American Civil War
2、How old was Mrs. Stowe when her world famous book was published? ()
A、About 60 years old.
B、Over 50 years old.
C、In her forties.
D、Around 30 years old.
3、What do you learn about Mrs. Stowe from the passage? ()
A、She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War.
B、She herself encouraged the northern Americans to go to war and set the slaves free.
C、She was better as writing as using a sword.
D、She had once been a slave.
4、Why could Mrs. Stowe's book cause a civil war in America? ()
A、She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much.
B、She disclosed (揭露) the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States.
C、The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it.
D、The book had been read by many Americans.
5、What can we learn from the passage? ()
A、We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong.
B、 writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.
C、We must understand the importance of literature and art.
D、No war can be won without such a book as "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
第8题
She ______ sit-ups before sleep, but not now.
A、used to do
B、was used to
C、used
D、used to
第9题
66.We can learn from the passage that the personal computer __________.
A.has been around for a long time
B.has been accepted by all people
C.is not welcome to everyone
D.is not widely used yet
67.The man’s wife was upset because __________.
A.he loved another woman
B.he wanted to divorce her
C.she didn’t have her own computer
D.he was neglecting her and the family
68.The man’s wife threatened to divorce him if __________.
A.he continued to spend long hours with the computer
B.he did not quit his job with the computer company
C.he did not spend time with her parents
D.he did not go to see the doctor with her
69.The marriage was saved __________.
A.with the help of a doctor
B.with the help of a fortune teller
C.after the wife took over the computer
D.after the husband sold the computer
70. What seems to be worrying the author as far as the computer is concerned?
A.People may become isolated from one another.
B.Offices may no longer be necessary.
C.People will no longer read books or magazines.
D.Factory workers will lose their jobs.
第11题
Out of Africa
1 When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City Marathon in 1994, she was presented with nine cattle, 16 sheep and some land by the grateful people of her hometown. But it was the words of the ordinary womenfolk which Loroupe valued the most. "You did a good job," they told her. "You showed us that women can be successful just like men. We are not useless"
2 In a country where most people think women are supposed to stay home and care for the kids, Loroupe, s victory meant a lot. It was the first time a black African woman had ever won a major marathon, and the triumph provided her independence, both financially and culturally. It also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters
3 Male athletes have made Kenya synonymous with success in long-distance running, but women are discouraged from competing beyond the age of 16, when they are expected to start a family. Most people think that if a woman goes out of the dountry, she will be spoiled, that she will learn more than the others, and that when they tell her to do something, she will say no. Due to this situation, Kenyan male runners have gained international success, while the female runners have been left at home
4 The Kenyans' success in distance running began at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where Kep Keino captured the gold in the 1,500-meters. The domination by Kenyan men across all distance running, from road races to cross-country, stems from youngsters running many miles to school each day, a nutritious diet, the benefits of living at high altitude and having no diversions from other sports
5 Loroupe, now 25, recalls her early running days and the discouragement she received from others. When she ran to school, the men in her tribe would tell her she was
wasting her time. "They didn't want me to do sports," she said. But Loroupe, from a town called Kapenguria on the Ugandan border, about 400 miles from Nairobi, began running for the same reason most of the men did 一 to avoid being late for school. "If you were late, they beat you," she said
6 One of seven children, Loroupe, s was a traditional family, and her parents took a
long time to be convinced that she was not wasting her life. They wanted their daughter to give up the i dea of finishing school so she could stay at home and look after her younger siblings. But she insisted on going and continuing to run even though, as a child, she developed problems with her lungs
7 Loroupe' a family is a member of the Bokot tribe, nomads who once drove their cattle across the plains of Kenya. Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on. As a child, Loroupe used to chase the family's cattle herd for up to 12 miles, and looking back on it now, she says it was great training. The more she ran however, the more distance Loroupe put between herself and the expectations of her society. And having been overlooked four times by the Kenya Amateur Athletics Association for major championships both nationally and internationally, she eventually had to travel abroad for opportunities. It was in Germany that Anne Roberts, the elite-athlete coordinator of the New York City Marathon, first discovered Loroupe, s huge talent
8 The launching pad for her success began in 1994 when Roberts invited Loroupe to take part in the New York City Marathon. Winning it gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite the problems back home. Roberts has marvelled at Loroupe,5determination to succeed, and the obstacles she has overcome. "I think she has a very strong sense of what' s fair and what isn ' t," she said. "When you' re running everywhere, to school, to get the cows in, all over the thousand acres of farm, and yQu, re running with your brothers and you're beating them" . she fought long and hard to get out of the country to compete"
9 Her victories m New York and Rotterdam have smoothed wrink!ed relationships back home. In April 1997, Loroupe won the New York Central Park City Marathon. in October of the same year, she won the World Half Marathon in Slovakia, setting a world championship record of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 14 seconds. Although Loroupe developed a knee injury from over use during the fall of 1997, she recovered, and in April 1998 she set a world record of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 47 seconds in the Women's Marathon in Rotterdam. Now many people expect Loroupe to go further and become the first woman to run under 2:20:00 一 a barrier only broken by a male marathon runner in 1953, when Britain Jim Peters clocked 2,18,40. These world records and her promising future have changed the attitudes of Kenyan people
10 Loroupe now lives in Germany where she shares a house with Tanzanian and Ethiopian male runners, as well as other Kenyans. These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running, but is taking it step by step. She trains 100 miles per week, while many of her rivals log 180 miles. At 25 years of age, she realizes that she is still young and inexperienced, and knows there is plenty of time. As a Kenyan woman, she knows the meaning of the words patience and strength, especially patience
Questions 1-10 Directions:
Read Passage 1 and find which the underlined woid (s) in each of the follow 吨 sentences refer 恤
1. When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City
Marathon in 1994, she was presented with nine cattle, 16 sheep and some tand by the
grateful people of her hometown. (paragraph 1)
2. "You did a good job," they told her. (paragraph 1)
3. it also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters
(paragraph 2)
4. Most people think that if a woman goes out of the country, 业 will be spoiled,.
(paragraph 3)
5. "They didn't want me to do sports," she said. (paragraph 5)
6. Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on. (paragraph 7)
7. As a child, Loroupe used to chase the family's cattle herd for up to 12 miles, and
looking back on it now, she says it was great training. (paragraph 7)
8. Winning 丝 gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite the
problems back home. (paragraph 8)
9. '1 think she has a very strong sense of what' s fair and what isn' t," she said
(paragraph 8)
10. These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running, but is taking it step by step. (paragraph 10)