题目内容
One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon(外科医生), had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself
The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls.It was 60 miles away.And it was snowing heavily in the sky.The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat.Gun in hand,the man ordered the doctor to get out.Then the man drove the car down the road,leaving the doctor in the falling snow.
while playing with a gun.
It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before. The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Cunningham,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “this is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who came all the way from Albany to save your boy.”
【小题1】Choose the right order of the events given in the story.
a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.
b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.
c. The boy shot himself.
d. The boy died.
e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.
f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.
A.a,c,f,d,b,e | B.c,e,f,a,b,d |
C.a,c,f,e,d,b | D.c,a,f,e,d,b |
A.Dr. Haydon didn’t to anything to save him |
B.he was too far away from hospital |
C.something was wrong with Dr. Eyck’s car |
D.Dr. Eyck was not able to arrive at the hospital in time |
A.The hospital. | B.The boy’s father. |
C.Dr. Haydon. | D.Dr. Eyck. |
【小题1】D
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
解析试题分析:短文大意:一天晚上九点左右,,外科医生博士艾克接到一个一个电话要求去那里一次,给一个重病的男孩做手术。但他没有及时赶到,孩子去世了。
【小题1】细节理解题。仔细读短文就可知该选D。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.可知医生没有及时赶到医院而导致孩子死亡,所以该选D。
【小题3】推理判断题。读短文第二段可推知该选B。
考点:故事类阅读。
Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of ears. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo unload his boat and pack the fish in a box.
Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. “Just a few hours,” replied Pablo. Martin asked, “Why didn’t you stay longer and catch more fish?” “I have enough for my family,” Pablo said. “And what do you do with the rest of your day?” asked Martin. “I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards, I have a full and busy life.” Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish, he could make more money. With the extra money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets.
“Then what?” asked Pablo. “Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars,” replied Martin. “How long will that take?” asked Pablo.
Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years.
“And then what” asked Pablo.
“Well, that’s the best part,” Martin said. “You will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards.”
【小题1】.What is the story mainly about?
A.A businessman and a fisherman have become friends. |
B.A businessman learns how to fish from a fisherman. |
C.A businessman wants to become a businessman. |
D.A businessman gives advice to a fisherman. |
A.many friends to visit him | B.a full and busy life |
C.more boats and more fish | D.the house near the ocean |
A.By buying a supermarket. |
B.To move to Mexico City. |
C.By selling his own business. |
D.To work longer and catch more fish. |
A.put … into | B.take … away from |
C.break down | D.set off |
A.the fisherman will stay the same with his life |
B.the fisherman will leave the village for Mexico City |
C.the business man will buy the fisherman’s boat |
D.it takes all day for the fisherman to catch large fish |
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “If you go on, one day something good will happen.” When I graduated from college, I decided to try for a job in a radio station and then work hard to become a sports announcer (广播员).
I took a taxi to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station, but I was turned down every time because I didn’t have any working experience. Then, I went back home.
My father said Montgomery Ward wanted a sports-man to help them. I applied (申请), but I didn’t get the job, either. I was very disappointed.“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad let me drive his car to look for jobs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already had an announcer. His words made me disappointed again. After leaving his office, I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling after me, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to broadcast an imaginary (虚构的) game. I did so and Peter told me that I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again:“If you go on, one day something good will happen.”
【小题1】What kind of job did the writer want to get after he graduated from college?
A.A programmer. | B.A sports announcer. |
C.A sportsman. | D.A taxi driver. |
A.Because he didn’t want to get it. |
B.Because he didn’t have any experience. |
C.Because his parents didn’t agree with him. |
D.Because no stations needed an announcer. |
A.said nothing to him | B.told him to give up |
C.encouraged him to go on trying | D.advised him to get further education |
A.asked | B.invited |
C.refused | D.taken |
A.He disliked the job in Montgomery Ward. |
B.He got a good job in Davenport, Iowa at last. |
C.He was given a chance by Peter. |
D.His father also gave him some help. |
A farmer carelessly lost an expensive gold watch in the barn on the farm, where he searched for everywhere but failed.
So he put a notice on the gate of the farm: whoever finds the gold watch will be rewarded 100 dollars.
People tried their best to look for the watch in order to get the reward. However, the barn was too large and the straw in the barn was too thick,it was getting dark they were still unable to find it. So they give up the reward of 100 dollars one by one.
But only a small boy was still not discouraged but kept looking for it .He had nothing to eat throughout the day.In order to solve the family problem, he looked forward to finding the gold watch and let his parents,brothers and sisters have a full meal.
The night was already getting late,the boy was also tired. He was lying in the straw to have a rest when he heard a strange “tick--tock ”.
He immediately held his breath and listened carefully,and followed the sound. He found the watch and got the 100 dollars.
Like the gold watch in the barn,success has been around us and spread in every corner of life. Only when we are calm and firmly look for it ,we can find it.
【小题1】If someone found the gold watch, what would the farmer offer him?
A.100 yuan | B.100 dollars |
C.100 pounds | D.100 pence |
A.Because he liked the gold watch.. |
B.Because he wanted to own the watch. |
C.Because he was silly |
D.Because he wanted to get the reward |
A.A newspaper | B.a science book |
C.an advertisement | D.a notice |
A.The boy had no brothers or sisters. |
B.The boy’s family had a hard life. |
C.It was easy for the boy to find the watch. |
D.The farmer didn’t look for the watch for himself |
① The boy succeeded in finding the gold watch
② The farmer offered the boy a reward of 100 dollars
③ A farmer lost a gold watch carelessly
④ Many people tried to find the watch,but they failed.
A.②①④③ | B.④②③① |
C.③④①② | D.①③④② |
Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world’s rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and medicine.
Destruction of the world’s rain forests is a serious problem. Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute! As part of a class project, Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 per acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.
So last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. “The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at e us,” one of the students said, “It was a great learning experience for all of us,” said Myers.
Each student chose something specific about Costa Rica to study involving the plants, animals, food, and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activities. They went whitewater rafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.
Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.
【小题1】How much did Myers’ students pay for the rain forest they bought?
A.$25 | B.$75 | C.$80 | D.$2000 |
A.They went into the rain forest. | B.They bought acres of rain forest. |
C.They took a boat ride down a river. | D.They visited Costa Rica’s active volcano. |
A.destroyed | B.developed | C.described | D.discovered. |
A.felt excited | B.felt angry | C.jumped off the trees | D.left the rain forest |
A.did something to protect rain forest |
B.wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa Rica |
C.were interested in the culture of Costa Rica |
D.went to the rain forest for various fun activities |
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音员). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申请). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
【小题1】After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in at first.
A.Chicago | B.Dixon |
C.Davenport | D.Illinois |
A.he had played high school football |
B.he did not pass the interview |
C.he had no working experience |
D.he had no interest in the job |
A.In all, the writer went to three cities to look for the job. |
B.The writer took the train to different places to look for the job. |
C.The writer gave up finally when he was refused again and again. |
D.MacArthur gave the writer a chance to broadcast Saturday’s game directly. |
A.it is hard to find a job |
B.mother’s help is necessary |
C.we should hope for the best |
D.life is full of disappointment |
How can we improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, “this is my destiny (命运). I cannot change it.”
Certainly not! You don’t have to suffer too much. Your destiny depends on yourself, not on any other factors.
I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows. Huh! Is this what she calls “doing her best”? She believes she has tried her best. But in fact she hasn’t.
Remember that you get what you pay. You just don’t sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone. Don’t expect your luck to change unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a little failure, but use it as feedback (反馈). Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It’s not enough to think positively (积极地), you also have to act positively.
If someone’s life is in the trouble, do you just hope that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don’t just stand (or sit) there, do something to improve your life.
【小题1】The writer’s attitude towards destiny is that ________.
A.we can change it | B.we can’t depend on ourselves |
C.we must accept it | D.we have to suffer it |
A.Regard it as a little failure. | B.Get your hands off your phone. |
C.Sit around and wait for luck. | D.Do something to solve the problem. |
A.翻转 | B.关闭 |
C.变得 | D.清空 |
A.we only need to hope for the best in our life. |
B.we can get what we pay if we think positively. |
C.the woman has tried her best to improve her life. |
D.maybe our luck will change if we do something about the life |
A.Understand Yourself | B.Improve Your Life |
C.Believe in Yourself | D.Accept Your Life |
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.
【小题1】We know from the passage, the doctor______.
A.didn't know how to plant trees at all |
B.wasn't good at his own medical job |
C.had his own ways of planting trees |
D.had nothing to do but plant trees |
A.some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning |
B.he would choose the weak trees to water earlier |
C.the weak trees would be sent to his patients later |
D.he would not plant weak trees so early anymore |
A.should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper |
B.didn’t often water his trees |
C.didn’t have a large field |
D.took too much care of his trees |
A.his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs′ |
B.his trees will not be beaten down |
C.his sons will be better at planting trees |
D.his sons will be able to face difficulties |
A.Watering Trees | B.Growing Roots |
C.Doctor and his Neighbor | D.Father and his Children |