题目内容
London, May 5, 2003 Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race. The journey started in New York last September and went east around South Africa to New Zealand. It crossed the Pacific Ocean and went around South America, ending up yesterday in Rhode Island, the smallest state in America. In the end, the trip covered over 46,000 kilometres. The same sea route was taken in the past by many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.
Emma, a 1996 graduate (毕业生) of the University of Glasgow, finished the race at the age of twenty-eight. The race requires competitors to sail alone. Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long time even though she’s really into sailing. Her worst moment was when she had to climb the high mast (船桅) in a bad storm to fix some broken parts. She sailed hundreds of kilometres away from land and the wind was blowing very hard. Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way. These days, Emma is happy to be home with her parents and sleep in a bed that stays still.
【小题1】The first paragraph is mostly about .
| A．the Around Alone race |
| B．a terrible wind storm |
| C．the start of the journey |
| D．the smallest state in America |
| A．Emma sailed alone around the world. |
| B．Emma made a new route for the sea travel. |
| C．Emma is the youngest person to finish the race. |
| D．Emma is the first woman to finish Around Alone. |
| A．Emma’s parents | B．how to repair a broken boat |
| C．the University of Glasgow | D．Emma’s sailing experience |
| A．About four months. | B．About six months. |
| C．About eight months. | D．About twelve months. |
| A．The other racers had many problems. |
| B．Her parents encouraged her to keep on. |
| C．She had strong willpower to make it to the end. |
| D．She had received a good education in a university. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】C
解析试题分析：本文叙述了一个名叫Emma的女孩成为了世界上第一个女子也是最年轻的独自完成环球的航行比赛的人。在比赛中她遇到了许多困难，正是Emma的毅力使她坚持进行完这次独自航行比赛。
【小题1】主旨大意题。根据第一段的Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race.可知这一段在讲独自航行环游世界的比赛。故选A。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第一段的The same sea route was taken in the past by many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.可知Emma航行的路线以前有人行驶过，并不是一条新的路线。故选B。
【小题3】主旨大意题。根据第二段的Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long time even though she’s really into sailing.可知这一段介绍了Emma的航行经历，故选D。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据The journey started in New York last September和ending up yesterday 以及报道的时间May 5, 2003可知这次航行时去年9月开始的，今年5月4日结束的，大约共8个月。故选C。
【小题5】细节理解题。根据最后一段的Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way.可知正是Emma的毅力使她坚持进行完这次独自航行比赛。故选C。
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Do you write your own blog(博客)? Do you often other’s blogs on the Internet?
All over the world, not only famous persons but also many students use blogs as diaries and places to share their experiences and advice or help.
“ I write my activities every day, funny things and worries in my life.” says Lili, a high school student in Washington. “ I like putting pictures on my blog because it can make my blog more and more people will like it. It’s a good way my life to the world.” She has had her blog for eight months.
Students like writing blogs they can write anything they want to, but don’t need to any money.
When you start to write your blog, you will find necessary to open up your eyes to a new world. But what you write down may trouble you . So use the blog carefully you can keep yourself away from some trouble. The blog makes everyone’s life colorful.
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Tommy buys a ticket(票) and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out. He buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. Then the girl selling tickets says to him, “Why are you buying all these? Are you meeting friends in the cinema all the time?”
“No, I’m not doing that.” the small boy says, “But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears (撕掉) my tickets up.”
【小题1】Tommy goes to the cinema to .
| A．see a film | B．buy tickets |
| C．meet his friends | D．sell tickets |
| A．first | B．second |
| C．third | D．fourth |
| A．Tommy’s friend |
| B．the girl’s mother |
| C．a worker in the cinema |
| D．a shopkeeper near the cinema |
| A．Tommy is the first time to go to a cinema. |
| B．Tommy doesn’t like the small boy. |
| C．The girl likes the small boy. |
| D．The girl asks the woman to do so. |
Stress is a normal physical response to things that make people feel worried or break their balance of life in some way.
Stress isn’t always bad. Sometimes, people’s stress is important during emergency situation, such as when a driver has to stop his car to avoid an accident. Sometimes, stress can help people do their best, like while getting ready before a big competition or exam.
However, too much or long-term stress gives people a stress overload. People with stress overloads may have problems remembering or concentrating on things. They are quick to get angry or lose patience. They may even have other problems, such as sleeping problems, headache and often getting colds.
What are some ways to deal with stress?
Ask for help.
Everyone has stress. For many people, stress is so common that it has become a way of life. Don’t be too shy to tell your parents or teachers that you are having a hard time. They may comfort you or give you some useful advice. Sometimes just sharing your problems with someone else can make you feel better.
Solve the little problems.
Develop skills to calmly look at a problem, choose a way to solve it and take action. Solving the little problems successfully helps to build confidence to move on life’s bigger ones.
Learn to relax.
Activities that make people clam and happy can help manage stress. For example, reading a good book, enjoying music, spending time with your parents, getting a good night’s sleep, or just taking a relaxing bath are all good ways to reduce your stress..
Encourage yourself with positive words.
When you are under your stress, saying certain things to yourself may help you feel more confident. For example, you might tell yourself, “I will do the best that I can.” or “I can handle this if I take it one step at a time.”
【小题1】People with stress overloads may___________.
a. have trouble concentrating on things b. have good memories
c. have sleeping problems d. easy to get impatient
| A．abd | B．acd | C．abc | D．bcd |
| A．Stress is a kind of serious heart disease. |
| B．Stress is always bad for people. |
| C．Stress is always useless for an exam. |
| D．Stress is greatly needed sometimes. |
| A．Sharing problems with others to get help. |
| B．Relaxing by enjoying music. |
| C．Try to be confident. |
| D．Having disagreement with someone else. |
| A．处理 | B．触摸 | C．把柄 | D．搬运 |
| A．how to get good results with the help of stress |
| B．what a stress overload is and how to get rid of it |
| C．how to deal with stress and reduce it |
| D．what problems stress overloads might cause |
Wang Yan, a 15-year-old Chinese girl, likes eating snacks very much. She prefers cream biscuits, McDonald’s food, KFC chicken. As a result, she has become overweight.
Today in China, there are many children like Wang Yan. Health experts say that children should have healthy eating habits. First, they must eat regular meals and begin with a healthy breakfast. Second, they should have different kinds of foods, such as fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat. Third, children shouldn’t eat too much junk food. It’s delicious, but eating it often is bad for their health. If children do as the experts say, they won’t become overweight. They will be healthier. Students won’t become tired at school, and they will have enough energy to study hard.
【小题1】Why has Wang Yan become overweight?
| A．Because she doesn’t like sports. |
| B．Because she likes eating vegetables |
| C．Because she likes eating snacks. |
| D．Because she likes eating fruit. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. |
| C．Four | D．Five. |
| A．Milk, fruit, KFC chicken. |
| B．Cream biscuits, McDonald’s hamburgers and KFC chicken. |
| C．Packages of biscuits. |
| D．fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat. |
| A．overweight. | B．healthier. |
| C．tired at school | D．confident. |
| A．Terrible. | B．Healthy. |
| C．Unhealthy | D．Sweet. |
“Eat your breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day!” Why are parents always saying that?
Well, a person is like a car. After a long night of sleeping, there is no fuel in your fuel tank(燃料箱). Breakfast is like the fuel. It makes you work or walk on the road.
What should you eat? Any breakfast is better than no breakfast, but try not to have hamburgers or dessert(甜点) all the time. They don’t have the necessary nutrients(必需的营养素). And if you have a hamburger for breakfast, you won’t feel full for long.
Try to eat all kinds of foods like grains, fruit, vegetables and drink some milk. Oh, try to eat more apples because an apple a day can help to keep the doctor away.
【小题1】 From the passage, we know people should try not to ______ all the time if they want to keep healthy.
| A．eat grains | B．eat vegetables |
| C．eat dessert | D．drink milk |
| A．fuel | B．car | C．friend | D．teacher |
| A．sleeping is very important |
| B．breakfast is the most important meal of the day |
| C．getting well with our friends is very important |
| D．exercise can help us study better |
| A．sugar | B．meat | C．dessert | D．apples |
| A．Any breakfast is better than no breakfast. |
| B．Some children like eating breakfast at school. |
| C．Parents are strict with their children |
| D．Children should have hamburgers for breakfast. |
More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At the speed of only 30 miles per hour, it is the same as falling from a third-floor window. Wearing a seat belt（安全带） saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half in traffic accidents.
So drivers or front seat passengers over 14 years old in most vehicles(车辆) must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined(罚金) up to ￡50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s duty to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle（倒车）; or if you are a postman using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which allows you not to wear it. Make sure about all the above before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to the police station for not doing so.【小题1】This text is most probably taken from ________.
| A．a medical magazine | B．a police report |
| C．a diary | D．a story book |
【小题2】 Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle ________.| A．reduces road accidents by more than half |
| B．saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hour |
| C．reduces the chance of death in traffic accidents |
| D．saves more than 15,000 lives each year |
【小题3】It is the driver’s duty to ________.| A．make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt |
| B．make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt |
| C．stop children riding in the front seat |
| D．wear a seat belt each time he drives |
【小题4】According to the text, which of the following people riding in the front do not have to wear a seat belt?| A．Someone who is reversing your vehicle |
| B．Someone who is picking up the children from the school. |
| C．Someone who is driving. |
| D．Someone who is under 14. |
Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in pubic before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋)he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too，have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because .
| A．she had paid him for this |
| B．she knew him very well |
| C．she wanted to have a change |
| D．she enjoyed his singing |
| A．the lady helped him a lot |
| B．he caught the chance |
| C．he continued to play in the bar |
| D．he stopped playing the piano |
| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use |
| C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
| A．hide it and wait |
| B．ask others for help |
| C．pay no attention to it |
| D．work hard to improve yourself |
| A．Sing in the Bar | B．Achieve Success in Life |
| C．Never Lose Heart | D．Find Your Hidden Talent |
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