题目内容
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词,每词只能填一次)
A. strange?????? B. tradition??? C. allowed??
D. turned over???????? E. turned out
??? A good trick doesn’t leave lasting damage and always makes people laugh. It can even amaze them with its creativity. Some schools and universities have a long 1. of students playing good tricks. These tricks sometimes include school buildings and cars.
???? The California Institute of Technology, a university in the US, has a special day on which students are? 2. to play big tricks. One time, a group of students took apart a car, moved the parts into a student’s room and then put the car back together next to the bed.
???? It was a quiet evening at an American high school. Going home, the headmaster got into his car and started the engine. It’s quite 3. that the wheels turned, but the car didn’t move! It ? _4.? that some students had found a way to lift the car up so that its tires were just above the ground.
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.E
【解析】
试题分析:这篇短文讲述的是在一些学校里有一个奇怪的传统,就是学生们玩恶作剧。这些恶作剧不会给人们带来伤害,只会让人们开怀大笑。文章中给我们介绍了两个发生在学校里的恶作剧。
1.句意:一些学校和大学里,学生们搞恶作剧有着很长的传统。tradition 名词,传统。这里是说在学校里搞恶作剧有很长的历史,这在一些学校里是一个传统。
2.句意:在美国的加利福尼亚理工学院有一个特殊的日子,在这一天可以允许学生们玩大的恶作剧。be allowed to do sth. 被允许去做某事。这里学生和allow 构成被动的关系。
3.句意:在美国一所中学,一个安静的晚上,校长要开车回家,他做到汽车里,发动汽车,很奇怪车轮转动起来,但是车却不走。根据文意可知,校长想开车回家,但是他发动了汽车后,汽车却不往前走,所以这让他感到很奇怪。strange 奇怪的。
4.句意:原来学生们想了一个办法把汽车抬高了,汽车的轮胎在地面以上,所以汽车就走不了了。turn out 结果是,原来是。turn over 翻阅,移交。根据句意可知填turned out。
考点:选词填空。
Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip.
Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?
Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家) for help. He taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter: How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?
Chris: Not too long. I bought a female elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars.
Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey?
Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern India. There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1, 200 km away. It took us 64 days to complete the journey.
Reporter: Did you have any problems on your journey?
Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. Btu that got better quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?
Chris: My plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn’t take her back to Britain and I didn’t want to sell her at the market. I happened to meet some people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I gave her to them. I was very sad to say goodbye.
【小题1】Chris got the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant from __________.
A.a visit to a zoo |
B.an elephant expert from India |
C.the photos of elephant |
D.an old friend who lived in India |
A.when to buy an elephant |
B.how to feed an elephant |
C.where to sell his elephant |
D.how to ride an elephant |
A.it is a very interesting place |
B.he would be able to sell Tara there easily |
C.elephants cannot be sold anywhere else |
D.it would take only a short time to get there |
A.he realized that he did not really want to sell Tara |
B.he visited some shopkeepers |
C.he sold Tara to a national park |
D.he decided to take Tara home with him |
A. clothes B. left C. though D. difficult E. parent F. reading G. happy with H. angry about I. came true |
When I went to school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool __3___ and hung out with friends. I went from being an A-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night, I complained about not having enough Italian T-shirts. Then my mother gave me all her money. She said I could get the money __4__ to buy shirts if I finished buying all things the family needed. I was very __5__that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how _6__ it was for my mother to do all this. I went back to my studies and become an A-student again. Finally, my dream __7__ and I become a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story--a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a __8__. So, I believe there is no job more important than parenting.
If you are riding a bike in foreign countries, you need to know what these traffic signs mean.
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This sign means “walk”, you can cross the street along with other people. |
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This sign is the “don’t walk” sign. It means you should stop to wait for a while until the sign of “walk” is showing. |
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This sign means that there is a bike lane. If you see such a sign, you must use the bike lane. |
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Car drivers and bike riders must come to a complete stop at “STOP” signs. |
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This sign means you are coming to a zebra crossing. You must slow down to allow people in the zebra crossing to cross the street. |
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This sign means parts of the road are rough. Be careful! Rough roads make you fall off your bike. |
1.Which of the following signs means “walk”?
A. B. C. D.
2.What should bike riders do when they see the sign?
A.To ride against traffic.
B.To ride on the left side of the road.
C.To ride on the bike lane.
D.To ride on the right side of the road.
3.Which of the following sign has the same meaning as the sign?
A. B. C. D.