题目内容
It is so cold on that dark winter day in 1942. But it is no different from any other day in this Nazi concentration camp (纳粹集中营). I am 1 dead, living on from day to day, from hour to hour, 2 I was taken from my home and brought here with tens of thousands of other Jews (犹太人). Will I still be 3 tomorrow?
I walk back and forth (来回) next to the barbed wire fence (带刺的铁丝网), trying to keep my body 4 . I am hungry. I have been hungry for long. Each day, as more of us disappear, the happy 5 seems like a dream, and I sink deeper and deeper into hopelessness.
Suddenly, I notice a young girl walking past 6 the other side of the fence. She stops and looks at me with sad eyes that seem to say she cannot understand why I am here. I want to look away, but I cannot move my eyes away from hers. Then she reaches into her pocket, and pulls out a red apple. Oh, how long has it been since I saw 7 ! She looks round carefully and then with a smile quickly throws the apple over the fence. I run to pick it up, holding it in my shaking (颤抖) 8 fingers. In my world of death this apple is a sign of life, of love. I looked up in time to see the girl disappearing.
The next day I cannot help myself-I am 9 at the same time to that place near the fence. And again she comes and brings me an apple. For seven months we meet like this. One day I hear terrible news: We’re being shipped to another camp.
The next day when I greet her, my heart is 10 and I can hardly speak as I say what must be said: “Don’t bring me an apple tomorrow.” I tell her, “I am being sent to another camp.” Turning before I lose all my control (控制), I run away from the fence. I cannot 11 to look back.
And then one day the war has ended. Few of us who are still alive are freed. I have 12 everything, but I still have the memory of this girl.
1. A. almost B. mostly C. probably D. quite
2. A. long before B. soon after C. even though D. ever since
3. A. out B. alive C. free D. hungry
4. A. healthy B. strong C. warm D. comfortable
5. A. past B. future C. moment D. present
6. A. by B. on C. to D. from
7. A. it B. this C. one D. that
8. A. frozen B. dirty C. little D. painful
9. A. pushed B. taken C. drawn D. driven
10. A. beating B. hurting C. sinking D. breaking
11. A. imagine B. bear C. stop D. expect
12. A. forgotten B. left C. missed D. lost
1~5 ADBCA 6~12 BCACDBD
Comets(彗星) are parts of our solar system. Like the planets, they go around the sun.
But comets are not made of solid rocks like planets. A comet is a ball of dust, stones, and ice. Many people call comets dirty snowballs.
The “snowball” may be only a few miles across. But when the sun heats the “snowball,” much of it is changed to gases. The gases spread out and form the comet’s head, which may be thousands of miles across.
A comet moves fast in its trip around the sun. But when we see it, the comet does not seem to move. That’s because it is so far away. The moon moves fast, but when you look at it, you can’t see any motion(运动). That’s because the moon is far away.
Each year astronomers(天文学家) discover new comets. Some of them are seen only once. They make one trip around the sun and then go away out into space. The sun’s gravity cannot hold them.
Other comets, like Halley, keep returning. They have been captured by the sun. Halley’s earliest visit was probably 3,000 years ago. It may keep returning for another 3,000 years.
But every time a comet goes around the sun, the comet loses part of itself. Gases and dust are pulled out of the comet. That’s why Halley is now dimmer(暗淡的) than it used to be. Next time it visits us, in 2062, it may be even dimmer. Each visit it may get dimmer and dimmer, until it finally disappears.
【小题1】What is this passage mostly about?
A.Comets and the sun. |
B.Why comets are like snowballs. |
C.Who discovered the first comet. |
D.Facts about comets. |
A.By telling about a famous one. |
B.By explaining how far away it is. |
C.By describing how fast it moves. |
D.By describing it as a dirty snowball. |
A.To give information about comets. |
B.To tell readers about famous comets. |
C.To explain the importance of comets. |
D.To encourage readers to look for comets. |