题目内容
Shooting, as ____ means of survival originally, developed into _____ sport only in the late 19th century.
A. a; a B. the; the C. a; the D. the; a
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Long long ago, there was a man who was good at shooting arrows．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer（射手） of the country．The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years．”
The man could not believe what the servant said，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer．”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，and I’m nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is very old，so go fast! Find the old man!”
1.The young archer wanted to kill the old man because_______.
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A．he could then become the greatest archer |
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B．he had nothing more to learn from him |
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C．the old man refused to teach him everything |
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D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO |
2.What do you think would most probably happen next?
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A．The young archer died from the wound soon after． |
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B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer． |
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C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him． |
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D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’s master． |
3.What lesson can you learn from the story?
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A．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow． |
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B．You must never try to become better than your teacher． |
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C．The older a man is，the better archer he usually becomes． |
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D．There’s always someone better than you in this world． |
Math teacher David Benke said he had no time____his life when he stopped a man shooting at students．
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A．for fear of |
B．for fear that |
C．to fear for |
D．in fear of |
If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonnet and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.
Arthur Bonnet works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, 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 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 for an endangered butterfly called E1 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 astragals, 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 Bonnet, he earned something more: he turned his life around.
For six years now Bonnet 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.
1.When he was young, Arthur Bonner
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A．broke the law and ended up in prison |
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B．was fond of shooting and hurt his morn |
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C．often offered necessary help to other people |
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D．often caught butterflies and took them home |
2.Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he ______.
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A．found the butterfly had died out |
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B．won many prizes from his professor |
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C．met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology |
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D．collected butterflies and put them into a lab |
3. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has ______
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A．made Bonner famous |
B．changed Bonner's life |
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C．brought Bonner wealth |
D．enriched Bonner's knowledge |
4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
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A．A Promise to Morn |
B．A Man Saved by Butterflies |
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C．A Story of Butterflies |
D．A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni |
The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played on the playground. She seemed so small as she pushed her way 36 the crowd of boys on the playground. She 37 from them all. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 38 . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until 39 . One day I asked her 40 she practiced so much. She looked 41 in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “ I want to go to college. The only way I can 42 is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My daddy told me if the dream is 43 enough, the facts don’t count.”
Well, I had to give in to her—she was 44 . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 45 in her arms. I walked toward her and 46 asked what was the matter. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “ I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably 47 get to play for a top ranked team, 48 offered a scholarship. So she 49 stop dreaming about college.
She was 50 and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not 51 the power of the dream. He told her 52 she really wanted to pay for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 53 could stop her except one thing---her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was 54 by a college recruiter(招聘人员). She was indeed offered a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had 55 and worked for all those years.
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