题目内容
To stay awake, he finished a cup of coffee and ordered ______.( )
A. the other B. other C. the others D. another
D
The annual marathon in my town usually took place in summer. My job was to 21 behind the runners in an ambulance 22 any of them needed medical attention. The driver and I were in an air-conditioned ambulance behind nearly one hundred athletes 23 to hear the sharp crack of the starting gun.
“We’re supposed to stay behind the 24 runner, so take it slowly ,” I said to the driver , Doug , as we began to creep forward .
“Let’s just hope all the runners are fast!” he laughed.
As they began to pace themselves, the front runners started to 25 . It was then that my 26 were drawn to the woman in blue silk running shorts and a baggy white T-shirt.
“Doug, look!”
We knew we were already watching our “last runner”. Her feet were turned in, but her left knee was turned out. Her legs were so crippled and bent that it seemed impossible for her to be able to walk , let alone run a marathon .
Doug and I watched in 27 as she slowly moved forward. We didn’t say a thing. We would move forward a little bit, then stop and wait for her to gain some distance. Then we’d slowly move forward a little bit more.
Finally, she was the 28 runner left in sight. Tears streamed down my face as I sat on the edge of my seat and watched with amazement and even respect as she 29 forward with strong determination through the last miles.
When the 30 line came into sight, rubbishes lay everywhere and the cheering crowds had already gone home. 31 , a man waited proudly there. He was 32 one end of a ribbon (带子) tied to a post. 33 slowly crossed through, leaving both ends of the ribbon fluttering behind her.
I do not know this woman’s name, but that day she became a part of my life –a part I often depend on. For her, it wasn’t about 34 the other runners or winning a competition, it was about finishing what she had set out to do, no matter 35 . When I think things are too difficult or too time-consuming, I think of the last runner. Then I realize how easy the task before me really is.
【小题1】
A.interview | B.watch | C.follow | D.fall |
A.when | B.since | C.because | D.in case |
A.searching | B.sitting | C.wishing | D.waiting |
A.slow | B.last | C.wounded | D.helpless |
A.run | B.miss | C.disappear | D.lose |
A.attention | B.mind | C.eyes | D.sight |
A.happiness | B.silence | C.disappointment | D.hope |
A.single | B.only | C.last | D.careful |
A.pushed | B.fought | C.pulled | D.jumped |
A.close | B.end | C.match | D.finish |
A.Yet | B.But | C.Thus | D.Therefore |
A.catching | B.handing | C.holding | D.bringing |
A.He | B.She | C.I | D.They |
A.winning | B.competing | C.beating | D.fighting |
A.what | B.where | C.when | D.why |
If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say,“Hey,Butterfly Man,”his face would break into a smile.The title suits him.And he loves it.
Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly(蝴蝶),once thought to have died out.Today the butterfly is coming back—thanks to him.But years ago if you’d told him this was what he’d be doing someday,he would have laughed,“You’re crazy.”As a boy,he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”.At age thirteen,he was caught by police for stealing.At eighteen,he landed in prison for shooting a man.
“I knew it had hurt my mom,”Bonner said after he got out of prison.“So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”
One day he met Professor Mattoni,who was working to rebuild the habitat(栖息地) for an endangered butterfly called EI Segundo blue.
“I saw the sign‘Butterfly Habitat’and asked,‘How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?’”Bonner recalls,“Dr.Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大镜),‘Look at the leaves.’I could see all these caterpillars(蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant.Dr.Mattoni explained,‘Without the plant,there are no butterflies.’”
Weeks later,Bonner received a call from Dr.Mattoni,who told him there was a butterfly that needed help.That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue.Since then he’s been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back.He grows astragalus,the only plant the butterfly eats.He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs.Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.
The butterfly’s population,once almost zero,is now up to 900.For their work,Bonner and Dr.Mattoni received lots of awards.But for Bonner,he earned something more:he turned his life around.
For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison.While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue,the butterfly has helped bring him back,too.
【小题1】When he was young,Arthur Bonner _______.
A.broke the law and ended up in prison |
B.was fond of shooting and hurt his mom |
C.often laughed at people on the streets |
D.often caught butterflies and took them home |
A.found the butterfly had died out |
B.won many prizes from his professor |
C.met Dr.Mattoni,a professor of biology |
D.collected butterflies and put them into a lab |
A.made Bonner famous |
B.changed Bonner’s life |
C.brought Bonner wealth |
D.enriched Bonner’s knowledge |
A.A Promise to Mom |
B.A Man Saved by Butterflies |
C.A Story of Butterflies |
D.A Job Offered by Dr.Mattoni |