题目内容
-Tom ___________.
B. took
C. did
D. does
They decided to build a city.Unfortunately,they argued over the appropriate site and Romulus killed his brother Remus.Romulus ruled this city — called Roma — for thirty-seven years.
The city of Rome is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world.If you travel there you can see a statue of the two baby boys feeding from their mother - the wolf.
【小题1】What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Wolves like to take care of human children. |
B.The city of Rome had many wolves in the old days. |
C.The city of Rome was founded by a wolf. |
D.Romulus established the city of Rome. |
A.someone who builds cities |
B.someone who cares for children |
C.someone who cares for domestic animals |
D.someone who can hear very well |
A.They attacked the king who had harmed their mother and made them orphans. |
B.They went to court to sue the king for his crime against their mother. |
C.They hired some gangsters to take care of their problem with the king. |
D.They went to talk to the king about his crime against their mother. |
A.It was the king who made Romulus and Remus orphans. |
B.The boys didn’t grow well for lack of food. |
C.The herdsman killed the wolf and took Romulus and Remus home. |
D.The herdsman treated the boys well and told them to kill the king. |
A.Romulus was cruel and became a bad ruler. |
B.Animals can be as smart as humans. |
C.Love is more powerful than revenge. |
D.People of Rome want to pass on the story of the wolf boys. |
Do you sometimes argue about what seems to you to be a simple fact? Do you argue whether it’s cold outdoors or whether the car in front of you is going faster than the speed limit (限速)?
If you get into such arguments, try to think about the story about the six blind men and the elephant. The first blind man who felt the elephant’s trunk (象鼻) said it was like a snake. The second who felt the elephant’s side said it was like a wall, while the third said it was like a spear( 矛 ) as he touched the animal’s tusk. The fourth, who took hold of the elephant’s tail, insisted that it was like a rope. The fifth man said it looked like a tree as he put his arms around one of the elephant’s legs. The last, who was tall and got hold of the elephant’s ears, said it was like a huge fan.
Each man’s idea of the animal came from his own experience. So if someone disagrees with you about a “simple fact”, it’s often because his experience in the matter is different from yours.
To see how hard it is for even one person to make up his mind about a “simple fact”, try this simple experiment. Get three large bowls. Put ice water in one. Put hot water in the second. Put lukewarm water (温水)in the third. Now put your left hand in the hot water. Put your right hand in the lukewarm water. Your right hand will tell you the water is cold. Your left hand will tell you it is hot.
【小题1】There were _______ blind man who were trying to tell what an elephant was like in the story.
A.two | B.four | C.five | D.six |
A.heavy | B.thin | C.tall | D.strong |
A.your left hand | B.your right hand | C.the water | D.the bowl |
A.People’s wrong ideas. |
B.People’s different experience. |
C.Simple facts are different sometimes. |
D.People often disagree with each other. |
A.learn from the blind men |
B.not agree about simple facts |
C.never think about simple facts |
D.never decide anything with one side |
“You know, these cups brings to my mind a story I heard,” Mary said to her students.
She poured some tea. There were four of them and there were four completely different cups on the tables.
“I heard there was a teacher who took all his students for tea. His students were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher said, “Did you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other’s tea cup and some of you even envy(羡慕)the finer cups of others.”
“I put the different cups here on purpose. I want to say life is like this tea. You all have the same thing in your cups——tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy it in your envy of another’s cup. You forget to enjoy your own life when you envy someone else’s life. We all have the same thing——life. We should care more about the tastes of your own life. So now, taste your own tea. Does it matter from which cup it came from?” Mary finished telling her story and her students all sat in silence for a while, enjoying their tea. And it really did not matter a bit from which teacup they drank.
【小题1】 Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A.All of the students had the same kind of cups. |
B.One of the cups is different from others. |
C.All of the cups were filled with the same tea. |
D.There was different tea in different cups. |
A.Envy others and make progress. | B.All the lives are the same. |
C.Work hard and catch up with others. | D.Try to enjoy your own life. |
A.More than tea in a cup | B.The same cups, the same tea |
C.The taste of the tea | D.Different cups, different tea |