题目内容
Sophia Brent came to visit me nearly every day. She didn't make me angry most of the __1__ , though she smoked continually and __2__ used an ashtray. She followed me into the __3__while I made tea or coffee or supper and helped herself __4__ the children's orange juice. She was very __5__ with my two-year-old daughter Flora, who would hang about her for hours and __6__ to her lovingly as "Sofa", and she was always talking about my husband and asking me __7__ he was.
I could not decide why she chose my __8__ , although I realized that nobody __9__paid her very much attention. Her __10__ was very difficult in that she was straight out of a drama school and only nineteen, being required to __11__ a lead part with a fairly experienced __12__. They would not have liked her much__13__ she had been good. They took every opportunity to speak evil(坏话) __14__her. I think she thought I was the __15__ person around who was both unconnected with the __16__and really patient. For my__17__ , although I was sometimes made angry by her I did not __18__ her. There was something attractive in her enthusiasm(热情) and she had __19__ physical charm that with me she could get away with anything. She was__20__to have around, like flowers or a bowl of fruit.
1. A. time B. care C. need D. step
2. A. never B. almost C. even D. ever
3. A. room B. kitchen C. garden D. car
4. A. at B. to C. with D. about
5. A. hard B. strict C. angry D. successful
6. A. listen B. stick C. refer D. devote
7. A. where B. that C. which D. when
8. A. model B. neighbor C. company D. help
9. A. else B. one C. another D. other
10. A. clothes B. family C. appearance D. situation
11. A. accept B. play C. control D. like
12. A. actor B. friend C. enemy D. husband
13. A. even if B. as if C. so that D. now that
14. A. for B. of C. near D. around
15. A. other B. alone C. only D. exactly
16. A. anywhere B. things C. theater D. people
17. A. news B. opinion C. idea D. part
18. A. like B. dislike C. allow D. obey
19. A. very B. quite C. such D. pretty
20. A. nice B. difficult C. painful D. serious
1-5 AABBD 6-10 CACAD 11-15 BAABC 16-20 CDBCA
When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make – A –Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia listen to what she had to say.
Sophia told us that Make – A –Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. ” It’s a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make – A –Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true, ” Sophia explained.
We asked Sophia how Make – A –Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream come true ----so, with everybody’s help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. ” when people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too , and that was the beginning of Make – A –Wish, ” explained Sophia.
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
【小题1】Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had .
| A．benefited from it | B．volunteered to help it |
| C．dreamed about it | D．told the author about it |
| A．is an international charity |
| B．was understood by nobody at first |
| C．raises money for very poor families |
| D．started by drawing the interest of the public |
| A．He has been a policeman since he was seven. |
| B．He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish |
| C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true. |
| D．He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up. |
| A．They are important for making wishes come true. |
| B．They try to help children get over their illnesses. |
| C．They visit sick children to make them feel special. |
| D．They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular. |
It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland’s oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women’s Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives (档案) by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said: “We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus (校评议委员会) at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn’t know documentary evidence existed. While searching the archives for information about the university’s higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote.”
In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
【小题1】Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted _______.
| A．to carry out a research project there |
| B．to set up a medical institute there |
| C．to study medicine there |
| D．to deliver lectures there |
| A．by pure chance |
| B．in the school office |
| C．with her supporters’ help |
| D．while reading history books |
| A．the London School of Medicine for Women |
| B．a degree programme for women |
| C．a system of medical education |
| D．the University of Berne |
| A．In 1873. |
| B．In 1874. |
| C．In 1877. |
| D．In 1892. |
In 2003, Bethany Hamilton,13, lost her left arm to a shark attack while surfing off Kauai, Hawaii. A new film ,Soul Surfer, is based on the story of how she overcame that to achieve her dream of becoming a professional athlete.
Growing up on the “garden isle” of Kauai, Hamilton spent every minute she could riding the waves. She was on the verge of (即将) becoming a top competitor in professional surfing. But while she was practicing at an isolated cove (小湾)，a four-meter-long tiger shark ripped off her left arm. Though her life was saved ,nobody could imagine she would ever get back on a surfboard again.
In a true test of her faith and by tremendous will power, Bethany did get back up on a surfboard only a month after the attack. Six months later, she was competing again. Bethany Hamilton won her first amateur surfing championship just two years after she lost her arm. She also established the “Friends of Bethany,” a non---profit foundation dedicated to supporting sharks attack victims.
It’s a story told in her autobiography, which is the basis for the film that stars teenager Anna Sophia Robb. “I knew Bethany’s story, of course, but I thought ‘What an incredible role’ ,”explains Robb. “I was so fascinated by all of the challenges. What would it be like to have your arm taken and what would go through your head and how would your faith be challenged?”
The filmmakers used special effects to digitally remove Robb’ s arm .However ,no tricks were necessary for the surfing scenes because Hamilton herself did the breathtaking wave riding .
Now 21, Hamilton says she hopes audiences find inspiration in the description of the sport she loves.
“Not a lot of people know that much about surfing, so I hope they’re educated about it,” Hamilton says. “And most of all if people are going through a hard time, they could be encouraged and find inspiration to push through those hard times and see that, in my case ,so much good has come out of it.”
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?.
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A．Hamilton was severely injured when surfing. |
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B．Nobody thought Hamilton could overcome the troubles. |
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C．Rob did the breathtaking wave riding in the film Soul Surfer. |
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D．Hamilton established the “Friends of Bethany” to help shark attack victims. |
2.Which of the following can best take the place of the underlined word “tremendous” in the third paragraph?
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A．Free. |
B．Easy |
C．Smart. |
D．Strong. |
3.What can we learn from Anna Sophia Robb’s words?
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A．She was absorbed in the story. |
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B．she wasn’t sure she could play the role well. |
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C．She wants to challenge her faith. |
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D．She doesn’t believe Bethany’s story. |
4.How does Hamilton hope people will be affected by her story?
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A．she hopes more people will take up surfing. |
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B．she hopes people will be inspired and encouraged |
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C．She hopes more people will keep off the sharks. |
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D．She hopes people will donate something to her charity. |
5.What can we learn from the passage?
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A．A lot of people are fond of surfing. |
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B．Good things will happen to the disabled in the end. |
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C．Faith and will power will help people go through hard times. |
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D．People can always overcome every difficulty in life. |