Today I want to introduce a writer Greg Mortenson to you, especially one of his works called Three Cups of Tea. It has been one of the best sellers. Why can it be so popular?
Greg Mortenson was born in the state of Minnesota and grew up near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Mortenson later became a nurse. He loved to climb K2 in Pakistan, the second highest mountain in the world. One day, he failed to reach the top of K2, and he became separated from his climbing group on the way down. He was very tired, sick and lost. He had no food, water or shelter(住所).
Mortenson reached a poor village called Korphe in the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan. The villagers had never seen a foreigner before. They provided food and a place for him. Mortenson became friends with the villagers and he wanted to see their school. But they had no school.
He promised(承诺) to return and build a school for the children of the village. This was not easy. He had to return to the United States, ask people for money, buy materials in Pakistan, send them to the village and build the school. But he finally carried out his promise after more than three years. That first school in Korphe was so successful that he decided to continue building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It turned out to be a great act.
Three cups of Tea is about many interesting people Mortenson met and the problems he faced.
I think he is really wonderful. He should be the pride(骄傲) of his country.
1.Three cups of tea is ______________.
A. a book B. a kind of drink
C. a kind of cup D. a programme
2.Greg Mortenson grew up___________ and his birth place was ___________.
A. in Asia; Mount Kilimanjaro
B. in Africa; England
C. in Europe; Tanzania
D. in Tanzania; the state of Minnesota
3.The underlined words “turned out” mean ________ in Chinese.
A. 证明 B. 打开 C.出来 D.解雇
4. Rearrange（重新排列） the things happened to Greg Mortenson.
a. He built a school for a poor village called Korphe.
b. He became a nurse.
c. He failed to reach the top of the second highest mountain in the world.
d. One of his works called Three Cups of Tea has been a best seller.
A. d-c-a-b B. b-c-a-d C. b-a-c-d D. d-b-c-a
Many Chinese people who have been to the United States think that Americans pay a little part of their money for food each day. Yet, in the latest 13 years, food prices have gone up 30% for most American families. Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen sharply. But who is really responsible（有责任的）?
Many people say the farmers who produce the vegetables, fruit, meat, and eggs are responsible. But farmers say that the rise in food prices is very small compared to (和…相比) the rise in their cost of living. Farmers think middlemen（中间人）have got much more money than they do. Middlemen are those people who stand between the farmers and the people who buy and eat the food. For example, truck drivers, owners of food stores and so on. Are middlemen really responsible for higher food prices?
Economists（经济学家）don’t think so. They have found that the money that meat packers（包装商）and food stores get is less than 1% in all. They say that food costs more now because modern housewives have jobs outside the home. They have less time for cooking after a day’s work. They like to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market. They want to buy many kinds of food that can be put on their dining tables easily and quickly. But of course they must be prepared to pay for the services of those who make their work easier.
It seems that the answer to the question of rising prices is not an easy one. Quite a number of people share the responsibility for the sharp rise in food costs.
1.Farmers speak for themselves because _____.
A. the middlemen have had the biggest share of profit（利润）
B. the cost of their products have risen sharply too
C. their cost of living has gone up a lot, too
D. they’ve got very little in the rise of food prices
2.Economists blame (责怪) _____.
A. farmers B. middlemen C. housewives D. storeowners
3.What’s the writer’s opinion (观点)?
A. He agrees with the economists.
B. He doesn’t think farmers are responsible.
C. He thinks the middlemen might get a lot of profit.
D. He thinks all those people should be responsible.
根据短文内容，选出正确答案。
Airline | Flight number | Destination （目的地） | Departure time | Gate |
Air Canada |
137 |
Beijing |
10:12 a.m. |
24 |
Japan Airlines |
320 |
Tokyo |
10:30a.m. |
18 |
British Airways |
405 |
Paris |
11:00a.m. |
20 |
Pan Am | 226 | London | 11:20a.m. | 12 |
Pan Am | 12 | Beijing | 11:43a.m. | 15 |
Air Canada | 178 | Tokyo | 12:32p.m. | 21 |
CAAC | 289 | Hong Kong | 12:32p.m. | 14 |
1.If you want to fly to Paris, you should take ___________.
A. Flight 137 B. Flight 320
C. Flight 226 D. Flight 405
2.Flight 289 to Hong Kong leaves at ________.
A. 11:43 a.m. B. 10:12 a.m.
C. 12:32 p.m. D. 10:30 a.m.
3.A lady wants to take Flight 12 to Beijing, she should go to Gate ______.
A. 14 B. 15 C. 12 D. 18
完形填空，先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将该选项填入答卷上相应的空格内。
On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain. _______ as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm (韵律) of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t _______ listening to it and thinking of the garden where I spent my childhood in my hometown.
When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and _______, with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I _______ to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the _______ raindrops.
When small drops of rain fall from the heaven (天国) in a row, they became a curtain made up of pearls (珍珠); when the raindrops _______ the ground, a lot of small sprays (水花) will splash (溅出) and then _______ slowly.
I have _______ been interested in watching such a scene. As the Indian poet wrote in his novel, “The raindrops kissed the earth and whispered. We are the homesick children, Mother; we come back to you from the heaven.”
Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel peaceful in my heart. This feeling makes me think a lot about life. We are the _______ of the earth, and one day we will embrace (拥抱) our earth and stay with her forever (永远). Life is short and we should treasure it. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the _______ of life.
1.A. Surprised B. Sad C. Excited D. Angry
2.A. stand B. stop C. like D. think
3.A. leaves B. animals C. children D. trees
4.A. happened B. wanted C. wished D. used
5.A. falling B. singing C. dancing D. breaking
6.A. see B. get C. reach D. cover
7.A. come B. disappear (消失) C. cause D. rise
8.A. always B. never C. sometimes D. seldom
9.A. children B. owner C. friends D. master
10.A. length B. meaning C. number D. quality
Lucy _______ a good teacher and the cinema near her school _______ a big garden now.
A. has become; has turned into
B. becomes; becomes
C. has become; has become
D. has turned into; has become
Cutting down too many trees ______it _____for people to protect wildlife in the world.
A. make, impossible B. makes; possible
C. make; possible D. makes; impossible
