题目内容
The fifth month of the year is ________.
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It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Captain, a huge rock almost 1.2 kilometers high. Mark had long dreamed to climb El Captain when he was a child. At the age of twenty?one, he had fallen while climbing mountain, losing his legs. But he never lost his love for life.?
Mark knew he couldn't finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter would be there to lend a helping hand. They thought it would take seven days to reach the top. Now Peter climbed about 30 meters up and hit a piton(岩钉) into the rock. Fastening(拴紧) one end of a 50?meter rope(绳子) to the piton, he let the other end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-bar(丁字铁) to the rope. Mark took a deep breath, pushed the T?bar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first pull?up. High above, Peter let out a cheer, “You're on your way.”?
For the first four days the two men progressed upward(向上) without accident. But on the fifth day, a very strong wind began to blow, making it hard for Mark to hold on to his rope. But Mark kept on pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up.?
It took them one day more than they had expected. But as the two heads appeared the group of people waiting on the top went wild with joy.?
Mark Wellman showed that if you set your heart and mind on something, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.
【小题1】 With the help of his friend, Mark could climb up El Captain about meters in height each day.?
| A．300 | B．150 | C．50 | D．30? |
| A．carried the T-bar on his back and stepped upward? |
| B．pushed up the T-bar and pulled himself up? |
| C．sat in his wheelchair and pushed himself up? |
| D．held on to the rope drawn up by his friend? |
a. push up the T-bar
b. tie the rope to his belt?
c. hit the piton into the rock
d. fasten the T-bar to the rope?
e. tie the rope to the piton?
| A．c?e?b?d?a | B．e?c?a?b?d |
| C．e?b?d?c?a | D．b?d?e?c?a? |
| A．He realized his dream without anyone helping him. ? |
| B．He was badly injured when he climbed El Captain. ? |
| C．He dreamed to climb up El Captain for a long time. ? |
| D．He climbed up the rock by using a tool for the disabled.? |
| A．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| B．Dreams will come true in the end. ? |
| C．Each step is important to success. |
| D．Nothing can stop a strong will.? |
Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With the help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.
“A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”
George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. “It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.
Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy
—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joines said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.
Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being interested in it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.
【小题1】According to George, reading aloud to children_______________.
| A．helps them correct mistakes |
| B．is helpful to their reading |
| C．is parents’ first duty to their children |
| D．can get children out of television’s attraction |
| A．can improve children’s reading |
| B．can help children’s right way of reading |
| C．can make children interested in reading |
| D．can make children not attentive |
| A．Reading skills. | B．Reading speed. |
| C．Reading materials. | D．Reading environment. |
paragraph?
| A．Parents choose reading materials for their children. |
| B．Advice is given to control their children. |
| C．What TV programs children can watch during reading. |
| D．How children improve their reading by themselves. |
| A．Children Spend More Time Reading with Parents. |
| B．Parents Are Their Child's First Teacher. |
| C．How Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader. |
| D．How to Improve Children's Reading Ability. |
根据对话内容，从方框中选择5个恰当的句子完成对话，并将句子前的字母代号填在答题卡上的相应题号后。
| A. What happened to him? B. Is there a Chinese festival in June, too? C. Thank you for telling me. D. Yes, you are very smart. E. It sounds very interesting. F. What do you usually do on that day in China? G. What a pity! |
Li Fei: Yes, it’s on the fifth day of the fifth lunar(阴历)month. We call it Dragon Boat Festival
Nathan: 62
Li Fei: We make and eat zongzi and hold dragon boat races.
Nathan: 63 Why do you celebrate Dragon Boat Festival?
Li Fei: Oh, it is a story about Qu Yuan. He lived about two thousand years ago. His job was to give advice to the emperor. But he wasn’t trusted and often got punishment（惩罚）. So he jumped into the Miluo River and died.
Nathan: 64 Was the day that Qu Yuan died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in that year?
Li Fei: 65 From then on , Chinese people began to eat zongzi and have dragon boat races on that day to memorize him.