For many years Henry had been a journalist. He had worked on many international newspapers and magazines and traveled over the world.
Henry had witnessed war and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and erupting volcanoes ( 火山爆发).
He had reported on serious accidents such as major fires and airline crashes.
He had seen every kind of terrible crime and strange event there was.
He had met and written about some of the most unusual people in the world.
In fact, there wasn’t much that Henry had not seen or done.
Now he was retired from journalism(新闻业). He owned a very expensive restaurant and spent his days talking to his wealthy and important customers. He liked to say that nothing surprised him.
One day he was sitting at the bar in his restaurant when a big gorilla(大猩猩) walked in and asked for a table.
Henry showed no surprise. He took the gorilla to a table and handed him a menu. He treated him politely and pretended there was nothing at all strange about having a gorilla in his restaurant.
The gorilla looked through the menu and ordered a salad.
Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too frightened.
At last the gorilla finished his salad and asked for the bill.
Henry wrote out the bill and handed it to the big animal.
The gorilla studied it, shook his head sadly then gave Henry fifty dollars.
“Thank you,” Henry said, and then to make conversation, he added, “we don’t get many gorillas in this restaurant.”
“At fifty dollars for a salad,” the gorilla said, “I’m not surprised.”
1.According to the story, Henry had________.
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A．had the most exciting experiences |
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B．told the longest stories |
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C．made history |
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D．caused accidents |
2.One day when a gorilla came into the restaurant, Henry was_____.
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A．very surprised by the gorilla |
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B．not disturbed(烦忧) by the gorilla |
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C．very interested in the gorilla |
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D．scared of the gorilla |
3.From the sentences “Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too frightened” you can learn that______.
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A．his staff were not brave people |
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B．Henry didn’t normally serve customers |
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C．the gorilla had eaten there before |
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D．the gorilla was careful with his money |
Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗)? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can give you a false picture.
For example, someone might say, I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (彩票). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!
This guy's a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $ 200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser!
He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
Some politicians often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents (对手) says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. However, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”
Advertisers (广告商) will sometimes use half-truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
1.How much did the lottery winner lose?
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A．One hundred dollars. |
B．Two hundred dollars. |
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C．Three hundred dollars. |
D．Four hundred dollars. |
2.We may infer that the author believes people should ______.
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A．buy lottery tickets |
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B．make use of half-truths |
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C．not take anything at false value |
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D．not trust the Yucky Company |
3.What do the underlined words net gain in Paragraph 5 mean?
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A．final increase |
B．big advantage |
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C．large share |
D．total saving |
4.What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement?
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A．False statements are easy to see through. |
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B．Half-truths are often used to mislead people. |
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C．Doctors like to act in advertisements. |
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D．Advertisements are based on facts. |
Hillary Diane Clinton arrived at the White House after serving as First Lady of Arkansas for twelve years. During that time she worked as a full-time partner of a law firm, chaired an education committee that set public school standards in Arkansas, managed a home, and cared for her husband and child.
Hillary Diane Rodham, daughter of Hugh and Dorothy Rodham, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1947. She and her younger two brothers grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, as a close-knit family. As an excellent student, she was also a Girl Scout and a member of the local Methodist youth group. Hillary also enjoyed sports and was always interested in politics. She entered Wellesley College in 1965. Graduating with high honors, she moved on to Yale Law School, where she served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. While at Yale, she developed her special concern for protecting the best interests of children and their families. It was there that she met Bill Clinton, a fellow student.
In 1973, Hillary became a lawyer for the Children’s Defense Fund. In 1975 Hillary left Washington and followed her heart to Arkansas（阿肯色州）, marrying Bill Clinton. The couple taught together in the University of Arkansas. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.
As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary continued to work tirelessly on behalf of children and families. In addition to chairing the Arkansas Education Standards Committee, she founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She introduced a pioneering program called Arkansas Home Instruction for Preschool Youth, which trained parents to work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy. Hillary also served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital. In recognition of her professional and personal accomplishments, Hillary was named Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.
Women’s International Center proudly presents the Living Legacy Award to Hillary Rodham Clinton for her vast contributions in so many fields, especially honoring her work for women and children.
1.Hillary did all the following things before going to college EXCEPT .
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A．joining the local Methodist youth group |
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B．taking an active part in sports |
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C．showing great interest in politics |
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D．beginning to care for the interests of children |
2.The topic sentence of the fourth paragraph is .
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A．sentence 1 |
B．sentence 2 |
C．sentence 4 |
D．sentence 5 |
3.What is the main reason why Hillary won the Living Legacy Award?
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A．Her being Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983. |
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B．Her tireless work for woman and children. |
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C．Graduating with high honors from Yale. |
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D．Being a perfect wife and caring for her child |
4.What do we know about Hillary from this passage?
A She and Bill Clinton were schoolmates at Yale.
B. She was in her thirties when she married Bill Clinton.
C. She has been a full-time lawyer for more than 20 years.
D. She once worked as a doctor in the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Mea and vegetables are measured in grams and kilograms . Milk and other liquid foods are measured in liters or milliliters , These units only measure quantity : they do not measure the value of the food to the body . The unit which measures the quality or value of food is the calorie, the amount of heat given off by food when it burns . This measurement tells how much energy a certain food has when it is completely used by the body .
Our bodies use varying amount of calories . The more exercise we take, the more calories we burn . If we eat food which contains more calories than we use up , then it is possible that we would increase in weight . In order to avoid becoming overweight , it is advisable to eat a balanced diet and not to eat too many foods that have a high calories rating . The table below gives you some idea of the number of calories in food .
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A. Meats |
B. Fruits |
C. Sweets and pastries |
D. Vegetable |
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Slice of bacon 50 |
Apple 70 |
Small chocolate bar 190 |
60g bean 15 |
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Hamburger 300 |
Orange 60 |
Large chocolate bar 225 |
60g carrot 18 |
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Slice of beef 100 |
Pear 80 |
Slice apple pie 300 |
60g potato 60 |
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Sausage 180 |
Banana 80 |
Doughnut 200 |
60g onion 25 |
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Meat pie 500 |
Plum 20 |
Scoop of ice cream 85 |
60g cucumber 10 |
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Sausage roll 350 |
Tomato 20 |
Bag of potato crisps 145 |
60g cabbage 15 |
1.Which is the best title of this passage ?
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A．How to measure the quality of food |
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B．Calories in foods |
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C．The units of measurement |
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D．How to keep fit |
2.How many slices of bacon equal the same number of calories as in a sausage roll ?
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A．7 |
B．6 |
C．5 |
D．8 |
3.To keep he calorie intake down , it is better to eat more ________ .
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A．chocolate |
B．meat pie |
C．fruit |
D．apple pie |
4.When do you need the most calories from your diet ?
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A．When we sleep |
B．In working in the fields |
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C．While watching a play |
D．After having sports |
With rising temperatures there’s concern for some freshwater fish. If the water gets too warm , then it can change their living activities .For some species in UK the river water needs to stay below 20℃. The problem is as the climate gets warmer so do the streams and rivers .The problem is particularly of concern for the smaller streams and rivers which respond to air temperature changes much more than the deeper and larger rivers .
The method to keep the temperatures of rivers down could be as simple as planting woodlands along the river course .Research has shown that trees cover lowland streams can keep water temperatures 5 ℃ lower than streams running through treeless environments .That 5 ℃ can make the difference between the water temperature being habitable for fish or being too warm for their living .
While it looks like a good method to a problem , there are things that need to be considered . We need to remember that trees are not the favorite habitat of all animals . Some of the habitats need open countryside . Trees can also bring their own problems .A nutrient poor stream has its own life . Plant trees alongside it and leaves fall in the stream. Falling leaves can change the nutritional makeup of the stream , which will affect the stream and local species of the stream . You have to be careful with this type of management, but his method does offer a real chance to help freshwater living things against climate changes and increasing temperatures.
1.It can be inferred from the text that some freshwater fish ______.
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A．have to live in the small streams and rivers |
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B．never need to change their living activities |
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C．are threatened by increasing temperature s |
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D．are becoming rare and expensive in the UK. |
2.An easy method to protect freshwater fish is to ________ .
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A．develop more different fish species |
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B．explore lots of fish protection areas |
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C．make streams run into the deeper rivers |
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D．plant trees around the streams and rivers |
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the method ?
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A．It brings problems if the water grows warmer |
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B．It needs little management . |
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C．It has its advantages and disadvantages |
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D．It is green but costs a great deal of money |
4.What’s the main purpose of the text ?
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A．To help people know more about freshwater fish |
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B．To introduce a method to protect freshwater fish |
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C．To explain why freshwater fish lost their habitat |
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D．To show how the weather affects freshwater fish . |
People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual; they can paint them, and change them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of the individual.
People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train? Have you marked the space around yourself as yours ? If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner or chair which is your own.
Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us .The man on the space on my side of the table at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table .I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had invaded his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!
If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don’t have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long ,you share public spaces with other people. You see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and “outside”. Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you don’t know about .And you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveler !But if you understand it then it helps you .Haven’t you enjoyed being part of a group and “owning” a bit of space?
1.The writer was angry as he was traveling on a train to London because______.
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A．he had no place to sit |
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B．someone had invaded his “space” |
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C．too many people shared a section with him |
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D．some other people talked about things he didn’t know about |
2.“… you feel lonely and ‘outside’” in paragraph 4 means that_______.
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A．you are alone outside the house |
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B．you feel lonely because you travel on your own |
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C．you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some fun |
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D．you feel lonely and you don’t belong to that place or that group of people |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．British people dislike marking their space. |
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B．You always feel at home in another country. |
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C．Most British people prefer living in houses to flats. |
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D．You can’t mark your private space in a foreign country. |
4.Tha main purpose of the passage is to tell readers to _______.
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A．own private spaces by living in houses |
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B．have one corner of their own in public places |
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C．realize the importance of “space” in communication |
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D．create their private spaces by talking with local people |
