Nate suffered a devastating blow when he lost his job．His boss had spoken rudely, "Your services are no longer needed．" Nate left the building filled with despair．By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression．When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, "I lost my job．I am a complete, utter failure．" A tense silence followed．Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face．"What great news!" she responded．"Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write．"
"But I have no job and no prospect of a job," he objected, completely without hope．"If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on?Where will the money come from?"
Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen．Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash．"Where on earth did you get this?" Nate gasped．"To whom does it belong?"
"It’s ours!" Sophia replied．"I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance．From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance．Now there is enough to last us a whole year．"
What a surprise!What encouragement!What a wife!The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece．The book is The Scarlet Letter．Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master．
(1)
What would be the best title for the passage?
[ ]
A．
Sophia’s Achievement
B．
A great writer’s struggle to success
C．
Great encouragement in hard times
D．
Failure is the mother of success
(2)
The underlined sentence in the first paragraph suggests ________．
[ ]
A．
Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news
B．
Nate was too sad to speak any more
C．
Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate
D．
both husband and wife had no idea what to do
(3)
Sophia saved money because ________．
[ ]
A．
she knew her husband would lose his job one day
B．
she knew their life would be in difficulty
C．
she was very careful with money
D．
she was trying to help her husband in every possible way
(4)
From the passage we can know that Sophia was ________．
Jacksonville, Florida, Nov．10－A 14-year-old boy was arrested today after the rotten body of an 8-year-old girl who was his neighbor was found hidden in his bedroom．She had been stabbed(用刀刺)and beaten．
The boy, Joshua Earl Patrick Philips, admitted and was charged with murder in the death of the girl,Maddie Clifton, who disappeared on Nov．3,Sheriff Nat Glover said．
Joshua, who has no criminal record, would not be eligible(够条件的)for the death punishment because of his age．Detectives recovered a knife and a baseball bat believed to be the weapons used to kill the girl, the Sheriff said．
The girl had been stabbed at least nine times and was struck in the head, Sheriff Glover said at a news conference．The authorities did not say whether she had been attacked sexually, or did they give motive for the attack．
The boy’s mother, Melissa Philips, grew suspicious after the police searched her home on Monday and detected an odor(smell), the Sheriff said．This morning she pulled aside the frame of the bed, saw a child’s feet and called an officer, he said．
Maddie’s body was found under a sheet of wood supporting the frame of the water bed, which was filled, Sheriff Glover said, adding,“He put her under the bed and taped her up in it．”
Investigators believe the third-grader was killed in the boy’s house shortly after she disappeared last Tuesday, touching off a widespread search．
On Friday, Maddie’s parents, Steve and Sheila Clifton, made an earnest request for her return．
The boy’s house, like others in the neighborhood, had been searched three times．During the third search on Monday, he mother had at first said she thought the odor came from family pets．
Hundreds of volunteers had distributed thousands of leaflets with Maddie’s picture since she disappeared that evening, about 30 minutes after she went out to play with friends．
The girl’s house is one of the well-kept, single-family homes in the older working class of Jacksonville．Yellow ribbons(丝带)still hung from the trees this morning．
(1)
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the report?
[ ]
A．
After the girl disappeared, the police searched on a large scale(范围)．
B．
Quite a lot of people handed out lots of papers to look for the girl．
C．
The police searched the boy’s house and found the girl’s body by a strange smell．
D．
The girl’s parents are still waiting for their girl to return safely on Friday morning．
(2)
We can know from the report that ________．
[ ]
A．
the girl was killed by one of her classmates
B．
the girl was attacked because she had broken away from the boy
C．
it is the second time that the boy has been charged for murder
D．
according to the law the boy will not be sentenced to death
(3)
The word“motive”probably means“________”．
[ ]
A．
reason
B．
action
C．
method
D．
information
(4)
According to the report the boy was arrested ________．
[ ]
A．
on Monday
B．
on Friday
C．
on Tuesday
D．
on Sunday
阅读理解
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan．10－A 14-year-old boy was arrested today after the rotten body of an 8-year-old girl who was his neighbor was found hidden in his bedroom．She had been stabbed and beaten．
The boy, Joshua Earl Patrick Philip, admitted and was charged with murder in the death of the girl, Maddie Clifton, who disappeared on Jan．3, Sheriff Nat Glover said．
Joshua, who has no criminal record, would not be eligible(符合条件)for the death punishment because of his age．Detectives found a knife and a baseball bat believed to be the weapons used to kill the girl, the Sheriff said．
The girl had been stabbed at least nine times and was struck in the head, Sheriff Glove said at a news conference．The authorities did not say whether she has been attacked sexually, nor did they give motive for the attack．
The boy's mother, Melissa Philips, grew suspicious after the police searched her home on Monday and detected an odor(怪味),the Sheriff said．This morning she pulled aside the frame of the bed, saw a child's feet and called an officer, he said．
Maddie's body was found under a sheet of wood supporting the frame of the water bed, which was filled, Sheriff Glover said, adding, “He put her under the bed and taped her up in it．”
Investigators believe the third-grader was killed in the boy's house shortly after she disappeared last Tuesday, touching off a widespread search．
On Friday, Maddie's parents, Steve and Shelia Clifton, made an earnest request for her return．
The boy's house, like others in the neighborhood, had been searched three times．During the third search on Monday, the mother had at first said she thought the odor came from family pets．
Hundreds of volunteers had distributed thousands of leaflets with Maddie's picture since she disappeared that evening, about 30 minutes after she went out to play with friends．
The girl's house is one of the well-kept, single-family homes in the older working-class of Jacksonville, Yellow ribbons still hung from the trees this morning．
(1)
It can be inferred from the report that ________．
[ ]
A．
The boy won't be sentenced to death
B．
The girl was stabbed many times and struck by a baseball bat
C．
It is the first time that the boy has been charged
D．
The girl was killed in the boy's home
(2)
The man, Sheriff Glover, may be ________．
[ ]
A．
a reporter
B．
a government official
C．
the girl's father
D．
a person in charge of the case
(3)
What does the underlined word earnest mean?
[ ]
A．
encouraging
B．
sincere
C．
evident
D．
desperate
阅读理解
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov．10－A 14-year-old boy was arrested today after the rotten body of an 8-year-old girl who was his neighbor was found hidden in his bedroom．She had been stabbed and beaten．
The boy, Joshua Earl Patrick Philips, admitted and was charged with murder in the death of the girl, Maddie Clifton, who disappeared on Nov．3, Sheriff Nat Glover said．
Joshua, who has no criminal record, would not be eligible(合格的)for the death punishment because of his age．Detectives discovered a knife and a baseball bat believed to be the weapons used to kill the girl, the Sheriff said．
The girl had been stabbed at least nine times and was struck in the head, Sheriff Glover said at a news conference．The authorities did not say whether she has been attacked sexually, nor did they give motive for the attack．
The boy's mother, Melissa Philips, grew suspicious after the police searched her home on Monday and detected an odor(strange smell), the Sheriff said．This morning she pulled aside the frame of the bed, saw a child's feet and called an officer, he said．
Maddie's body was found under a sheet of wood supporting the frame of the water bed, which was filled, Sheriff Glover said, adding, “He put her under the bed and taped her up in it．”
Investigators believe the third-grader was killed in the boy's house shortly after she disappeared last Tuesday, touching off a widespread search．
On Friday, Maddie's parents, Steve and Sheila Clifton, made an earnest request for her return．
The boy's house, like others in the neighborhood, had been searched three times．During the third search on Monday, the mother had at first said she thought the odor came from family pets．
Hundreds of volunteers had sent thousands of leaflets with Maddie's picture since she disappeared that evening, about 30 minutes after she went out to play with friends．
The girl's house is one of the well-kept, single-family homes in the older working-class of Jacksonville．Yellow ribbons(丝带)still hung from the trees this morning．
(1)
Which of the following statement is not fit for the report?
[ ]
A．
After the girl disappeared, the police searched on a large scale(大规模地)．
B．
Quite a lot of people handed out lots of papers to look for the girl．
C．
The girl's parents are still waiting for their girl to come home safely on Friday morning．
D．
The police searched the boy's house and found the girl's body by a strange smell．
(2)
It can be inferred(推断)from the report that ________．
[ ]
A．
the girl was killed in the boy's home
B．
the girl was stabbed many times and struck by a baseball bat
C．
it is the first time that the boy has been charged
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