题目内容
Seated on a rock, she could be waiting for a bus. But if so, she could be in for a terribly long wait.
A photo of what looks remarkably like a female figure with her arm outstretched was among several taken on Mars and sent back to Earth by NASA’s Mars explorer Spirit, Britain’s Daily Mail reported yesterday. Though no official confirmation has come from NASA on whether the figure is an alien or an optical illusion(视错觉)caused by landscape on Mars, it has set the Internet an excited discussion whether there really is life on Mars.
As one enthusiast put it on the newspaper’s website: “These pictures are amazing. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what appears to be a naked alien running around on Mars.” Another wrote: “If you show me another rock in another photo from Mars that naturally looks like that, I will reconsider.” A third contributor, who came closer to the majority’s view, said: “Ah, the human eye can be tricked so easily.”
The news of the mystery woman on Mars came just days after a team of French scientists claimed to have discovered a proof that Mars has high dense clouds of dry ice, which float quickly across its orange sky, Indian newspaper Hindustan Times reported.
Using data obtained by OMEGA spectrometer on board European Space Agency’s Mars Express, the team found the existence of ice clouds which sometimes become so dense(密集)that they throw quite dark shadows on the dusty surface of the planet.
1. What does “she” in the first paragraph refer to?
A.an unknown woman B.a mystery alien
C.an optical illusion D.a lady-shaped image
2. According to the passage, what’s the majority’s view of the female-shaped photo?
A.They think it must be a photo a mystery woman on Mars.
B.They think it couldn’t be a photo from a mystery woman on Mars.
C.They are not sure that it is a photo from a mystery woman on Mars.
D.They don’t express their opinions on the female-shaped photo.
3. From the passage, we can know that .
A.there must be water existing on Mars. B.there must be a certain of life on Mars.
C.there is low dense clouds of dry ice on Mars. D.the surface of Mars is orange and rocky.
4. The first paragraph mainly serves to.
A.attract readers’ attention
B.describe a mystery woman
C.introduce the mystery photo
D.prove the discovery of life on Mars
DBAC
About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen
All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
【小题1】What was the writer a decade ago?
A.A worker working in a university. |
B.A teacher teaching in a college. |
C.A clerk working in a museum. |
D.A university student who had not yet taken a degree. |
A.Life difficulty. | B.Troublesome problem. |
C.Failure in work. | D.Physical disability. |
A.She felt full of hope. |
B.She was filled with confidence. |
C.She felt unhappy because of poverty. |
D.She felt life was beautiful. |
A.A Disabled Girl. | B.A Disabled Girl’s Smile. |
C.Full of Hope. | D.Full of Confidence. |
____________, the car stopped all at once.
A.Seeing a boy lying on the road |
B.On seeing a boy sitting on the road |
C.The minute the driver saw a boy seated on the road |
D.The driver had seen a boy standing on the road |