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     Powerbocking is enough to realize anyone's dreams of super powers:jump six feet in the air and run at
25 miles an hour or more.But,instead of costing six million dollars,you can get a pair of "powerbocks"for
just a couple of hundred.
     Mankind seems to have a strong desire to get off the ground.In the late 1890's stilt walking(踩高跷)
attracted  Europe,with Sylvain Dornon walking from Paris to Moscow on stilts in 58 days.
     The inventor of the Powerbock,German engineer Alexander Boeck,studied the movements of
kangaroos in order to develop his original design.And the Powerbock allows humans to extend their own
Achilles tendon(跟腱)to come close to the length and power of those in animals like kangaroos.As a
result,exercising using the stilts reduces wear and tear on feet and knees while still giving the body enough
exercise.
     Powerbocking is considered as a form of exercise.You'll burn calories five times faster than jogging and
it employs 95% of the body's muscles.It's also an extraordinarily easy form of extreme sport to take up -it
only takes about 30 minutes to master the basics.
     For a start,you'll instantly add 18 inches to your height.And then you'll be capable of the most
extraordinary skills of athleticism.Flipping(翻)backwards 20 times in 20 seconds to set a Guinness World
Record,for example,or leaping over cars.Acquiring them_is an awful lot of fun.It's not surprising that
Powerbocking has been turning up everywhere-on talent shows,commercials and even as part of the
closing ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
     But,he warned-if you're interested in taking up this sport,you need to know that no one can agree what
it should be called.The equipment is sometimes referred to as power stilts,jumping stilts,kangaroo boots
and many more.But there seems to be general agreement that the sport ought to be named
"Powerbocking"in honor of its inventor,Herr Boeck.
1. What do we know about Powerbocking from the passage?
A. It is difficult to learn.
B. It doesn't cost much money.
C. It is a kind of ordinary sport.
D. It was invented in the late 1890's
2. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Powerbocking can help people lose weight.
B. Power stilts and kangaroo boots are two different things.
C. Alexander Boeck is good at stilt walking
D. The invention of the Powerbock was inspired by stilt walking.
3. What does the underlined word "them"in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Leaptover cars.
B. Talent shows and commercials.
C. Guinness World Records.
D. Extraordinary skills of athleticism.
3. People think the sport should be called "Powerbocking"because _____.
A. it should have a regular name
B. they want to honor its inventor
C. the name has a long history
D. the name sounds most interesting
15. What is this passage mainly about?
A. The way to learn Powerbocking.
B. The advantages of doing exercise.
C. An introduction to Powerbocking.
D. The history of Powerbocking.
6. 用20个词左右概括文章大意
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1-5: BADBC
6. This passage mainly tells us how Powerbocking was invented,how it works and its benefits.
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　　Chair Miller and his crew picked up a new B-24 at California’s March Field on Christmas Eve, 1943, and prepared to fly to England．But they decided to have“one more hamburger”before going out for the distant land of fish and chips．

　　As the airmen sat in a local restaurant, a beautiful young waitress approached．“I understand you’re going to England,”she said to Miller．Then she told him that her fiancé, an aviation gunner like Miller, was stationed there．

　　The woman said she was waiting for him to provide an address so she could send him a picture of herself．“You might run into him,”she told Miller hopefully．“Would you take it?”

　　Miller knew it was unlikely he’d ever see her fiancé．But he didn’t want to disappoint the woman．He took the picture and placed it in his wallet．Later he realized he hadn’t even asked the man’s name．Then he was on to Europe and the war．

　　On August 9,1944, Miller’s plane was shot down, and he was forced to parachute to an island off the coast of Holland．Captured by the Nazis, he spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war．

　　It was on Christmas Eve that someone told him a 19-year-old American prisoner down the hall was badly depressed and possibly suicidal(有自杀倾向)．Miller decided to pay the man a visit．

　　To break the ice, he mentioned the POW band he’s started, with the help of the Red Gross．The young man, he learned, played the saxophone．The two began to exchange details about their families．Was he married, the kid asked．“Yeah, since 1938,”responded Miller．

　　“Have you got her picture?”the soldier asked．So Miller reached for his wallet, and pulled out a photograph of his wife．

　　“She’s beautiful!”the young man responded．Then he noticed that a second picture had fallen out, and an expression of wonder crossed his face．“Where did you get that?”Miller told the story of the waitress at the California hamburger stand．

　　“That’s my fiancée,”the surprised man said．Miller kept his promise to the beautiful girl back home and turned the picture over to its rightful owner．

(1)

The reasonable connection between Miller and the young man is that ________．

[　　]

A．

they were in love with the same waitress

B．

they played with the same POW band

C．

they were kept prisoner in the same camp

D．

they both served as gunners in a new B-24

(2)

The underlined words“To break the ice”would probably mean“________”．

[　　]

A．

to keep warm in icy surroundings

B．

to start a conversation after a silence

C．

to get rid of the ice around the house

D．

to escape from the freezing place

(3)

It can be inferred from the passage that ________．

[　　]

A．

Miller did not ask about the young man’s name on purpose

B．

the young man killed himself on account of missing his fiancée

C．

Miller joined in the war against the Nazis and was captured

D．

the young man got the photo of his fiancée by accident

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　　When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr．Gibbs．He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known．He never yelled at us for playing in his yard．I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than most of the adults in our community．

　　When Dr．Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees．His house sat on ten acres, and his life's goal was to make it a forest．

　　The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant care and growth．He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants spoiled them so that each successive tree generation would grow weaker and weaker．So you have to make things rough for them and weed out(淘汰)the weaker trees early on．

　　He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture．I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured．

　　So he never watered his trees．He planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper．Smack!Slap!Pow!I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention．

　　Dr．Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home．Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty-five years ago．They're extremely tall, big and robust since they have deep roots now．However, the trees in my garden trembled in a cold wind although I had watered them for several years．

　　It seems that adversity(逆境)and suffering benefit these trees in ways comfort and ease never could．I stood there deep in thought．

　　Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons．I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within．I often pray for them．Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy．But I think it's time to change my prayer(祷词)because now I know my children are going to encounter hardship．

(1)

According to Dr．Gibbs' theories, trees will become weaker if they ________．

[　　]

A．

are lack of care

B．

are watered

C．

are weeded out

D．

are beaten

(2)

According to Para．3 and Pare．4, we can infer that Dr．Gibbs'moto(座右铭)may be ________．

[　　]

A．

“seeing is believing”

B．

“Put everything in proper use”

C．

“Practice makes perfect”

D．

“No pains, no gains”

(3)

The underlined word robust in Para．5 most probably means ________．

[　　]

A．

strong

B．

strange

C．

deep

D．

old

(4)

Which of the following may be the author's best prayer for his two sons now?

[　　]

A．

I wish them strong wings, with which they can fly higher and touch the sky．

B．

I wish them nice fortune so that they can meet people like Dr．Gibbs in the future．

C．

I wish them deep roots into the earth since the rains fall and the winds blow often．

D．

I wish them great shades under the tree since the sunlight is always sharp and bitter．

(5)

Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．

A Nice Doctor

B．

The Deep Roots

C．

Adversity and Suffering

D．

My Childhood Memory

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　　Kendrick "caught the acting bug" at the age of 10, when her parents would let her and her brother catch a bus from Portland, Maine, to New York- City so that she could attend interviews．Kendrick's first acting role was as Dinah in the Broadway musical High Society in August 1998 when she was twelve years old, a performance for which she earned Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award nominations(提名), making her the third-youngest Tony Award nominee．

　　Kendrick went on to appear in a number of other theater productions, including the musical A Little Night Music, before making her film presentation in the 2003 musical comedy Camp, for which she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress list at the 2004 Chlotrudis Awards and Best Debut Performance Independent Spirit Award for her acting of the character Fritzi Wagner．

　　In 2007, she appeared in her next film．Rocket Science, in which she acted Ginny Ryerson, a fast-talking high school debater．Although she says she found the role terrifying and challenging after watching an actual national college championship debate, her performance was praised by critics and she was nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award in the list of Best Supporting Actress．

　Kendrick's theater singing experience gave her the opportunity to star in her next project, 2009's The Marc Pease Experience, where she appears opposite Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller as a high school senior involved in musical theater．She appeared in the 2009 film Elsewhere, in which she plays her first lead character, a girl whose best friend(played by Tania Raymonde)goes missing, and in director Jason Reitman's Up in the Air, based on Walter Kim's 2001 novel of the same name, alongside George Clooney and Vera Farmiga．

　　In 2010 Kendrick also appeared in LCD Soundsystem's Music video Pow Pow as a "shape-shifter" who collects "the souls of bad men"．In October she attended the 2010 Top Glamour Awards in Mexico where she won for "Best International Actress"．

(1)

According to the first paragraph, at the age often, Kendrick liked ________．

[　　]

A．

taking a bus

B．

catching a bug

C．

playing a game

D．

working as an actress

(2)

Which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．

Keifiirick was one of the youngest Tony Award nominees．

B．

Kendrick was awarded Oscar Best International Actress in 2010．

C．

The charae Kenjrick played in Rocket Science was a terrifying debater．

D．

Kendrick played a main role in the 2010 film Elsewhere．

(3)

Kendrick was nominate for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award because ________．

[　　]

A．

Rocket Science very successful

B．

she played a challenging role

C．

she was thought highly of by critics

D．

She was praised by the audience

(4)

Which would be the best title for this passage?

[　　]

A．

Kendrick and Her Family

B．

How to Become a Debater

C．

Tony Award Nominees

D．

Kendrick's Professional Life
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     It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for "Six days shall you labor and all your work" was taken
seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own
houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.
     Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother
caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string (线). It seemed there was no limit to
the heights to which kites would fly today.
     My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a
look toward the window. "Come on, girls! Let's take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute."
     On the way we met Mrs. Patric, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her
girls.
     There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys' kites and they
went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then
we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to
earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.
     Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls.
I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday
fights and little jealousies. "Perhaps it's like this in the kingdom of heaven," I thought confusedly.
     It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the housed. I suppose we had some sort of
supper. I suppose there must have been surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly
enough. The strange thing was, we didn't mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none
of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep "the
things that cannot be and yet they are."
     The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some
work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to "go park, see duck."
     "I can't go!" I said. "I have this and this to do, and when I'm through I'll be too tired to walk that far."
     My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. "It's a wonderful day," she
offered,"really warm, yet there's a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?"
     I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories.
"Come on," I told my little girl. "You're right, it's too good a day to miss."
     Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波) of a great war. All evening we had been asking
our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely,
but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of-what dark and horrible things?
     "Say!" A smile sipped out from his lips. "Do you remember-no, of course you wouldn't. It probably didn't
make the impression on you as it did on me."
     I hardly dared speak. "Remember what?"
     "I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (战俘营), when things weren't too good. Do you remember
the day we flew the kites?"
1. Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought _____.
A. she was too old to fly kites
B. her husband would make fun of her
C. she should have been doing her how
D. supposed to the don't game
2. By "we were all beside ourselves" writer means that they all _____.
A. felt confused
B. went wild with joy
C. looked on
D. forgot their fights
3. What did they think after the kite-flying?
A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.
B. They should have finished their work before playing.
C. Her parents should spend more time with them.
D. All the others must have forgotten that day.
4. Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?
A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.
B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.
C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.
D. She thought it was a great day to play outside.
5. The youngest Patrick boy is mentioned to show that _____.
A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories
B. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life
C. childhood friendship means so much to the writer
D. people like him really changed a lot after the war
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     TIJUANA, Mexico-A powerful earthquake swayed (摇动 ) buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing
two people in Mexico, blacking out cities and forcing the evacuation (疏散) of hospitals and nursing homes.
One California city closed offits down town because of unsteady buildings.
     The 7. 2-magnitude quake centered just south of the US border near Mexicali was one of the strongest
earthquakes to hit region in decades.
     "It sounds like it's felt by at least 20 million people," USGS seismologist (地震学家) Lucy Jones said."
Most of Southern Califomia felt this earthquake."
      Sunday aftemoon's earthquake hit hardest in Mexicali, a busi ne8s center along Mexico's border with
California, where authorities said the quake was followed by at least 20 smaller aftershocks, in- cluding ones
of magnitudes 5. 1,4. 5 and 4. 3.
     "It has not stopped trembling in Mexicali," said Baja Califor nia State Civil Protection Director Alfredo
Escobedo on Monday.
     Escobedo said one man was killed when his home collapsed (倒塌) just outside of Mexicali and another
died when he rushed into the street in panic and was struck by a car. At least 100 people were injured in the
city, most of them struck by falling objects. Pow er was out in virtually the whole city.
     Susan Warmbier was putting away groceries in the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista when her husband
asked, "Is the house mov ing?"
     Elsewhere in San Diego, there were reports of shattered windows, broken pipes and water main breaks in
private buildings, but no reports of injuries, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokes- man Maurice Luque
said. Coronado Bridge over San Diego Bay was briefly closed as a safety measure.
     Across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, the quake caused build- ings to sway and knocked out power in
 some areas. No tsunami warning was issued, but hundreds of people on Tijuana's crowded beach feared the
worst and fied when they felt the ground shake.

1. What's the best title of the passage?
A. A strong quake in Mexico, but no tsunami
B. A strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, frightens US states
C. A strong quake, downtowns closed off
D. A strong quake, buildings collapses
2. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Some cities had power failure after the quake.
B. One of the cities closed off its downtown because of the swa ying buildings.
C. Many smaller quakes happened after the 7. 2-magnitude one.
D. Hundreds of people on the beach died because of the tsunami.
3. Coronado Bridge over San Diego Bay was briefly closed _____.
A. to avoid further dangers
B. by the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
C. as a reminding of the quake
D. to prevent the bridge from destroying

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