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Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had—not legs but stumps(残肢) that could be fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.
Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself get cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be—a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.
Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room , and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.
When World War II came , he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs

  1. 1.

    Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because ______

    1. A.
      he didn’t talk to them
    2. B.
      he kept away from them
    3. C.
      his arms touched the ground when he moved
    4. D.
      he couldn’t use his arms
  2. 2.

    It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is ______

    1. A.
      an average height for a fully grown person
    2. B.
      too tall for an average person
    3. C.
      too short for an average person
    4. D.
      none of the above
  3. 3.

    When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he ______

    1. A.
      did everything the other soldiers did
    2. B.
      did nothing the other soldiers did
    3. C.
      did some of the things the other soldiers did
    4. D.
      took some special training
  4. 4.

    The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _______

    1. A.
      had no friends
    2. B.
      never saw himself as different from others
    3. C.
      was very shy
    4. D.
      was too proud to accept help from others
CAAB
试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，叙述了身残志不残的Hank的事迹。身为一名残疾人的Hank ，凭借自己的毅力做到了与正常人一样工作学习和生活，具有很强的教育意义。
1.C 细节理解题。从第一段最后一句话“Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.”可知C为正确选项。“drag”在此意思为“拖在地上”
2.A推理判断题。从文章可知Hank因为残疾从小接受到人们好奇的目光和孩子们的嘲笑，所以内心应该是一直渴望像个正常人一样，而且文章第三段“ For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be—a full five feet eight inches tall.”也证实了这点，所以A为正确答案。
3.A推理判断题。从文章最后一段“ He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless.”可知他应该是和别人做一样的事情，所以正确选项是A
4.B推理判断题。从整篇文章的叙述可知Hank和别人一样学习工作甚至在部队行军操练，从来没把自己看做一个不同于别人的人，而且其余三个选项文章中没有涉及，所以正确选项是B。
考点：考查人物类短文阅读。
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There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external（外部的） result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language--- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they go through new experiences and unexpected obstacles. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to be faced with the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow.
These feelings of insecurity and self – doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not face and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making

  1. 1.

    A person is generally believed to achieve personal growth when______.

    1. A.
      he has given up his smoking habit
    2. B.
      he has made great efforts in his work
    3. C.
      he is interested in making anything new
    4. D.
      he has tried to determine where he is on his journey
  2. 2.

    In the author’s eyes, one who views personal growth as a process would______.

    1. A.
      judge his ability to grow from his own achievements
    2. B.
      succeed in climbing up the social ladder
    3. C.
      face difficulties and take up challenges
    4. D.
      aim high and reach his goal each time
  3. 3.

    When the author says “a new way of being” (para. 3), he is referring to______.

    1. A.
      a new way of taking risks
    2. B.
      a new approach to experiencing the world
    3. C.
      a new system of adapting to change
    4. D.
      a new method of finding ourselves
  4. 4.

    For personal growth, the author may not support ______.

    1. A.
      curiosity and more chances
    2. B.
      being quick in self – adaptation
    3. C.
      open – minded to new experiences
    4. D.
      avoidance of internal fears and doubts

How to Get What I Want?
There’s an expression: “What you see is what you get.” My grandfather used to say: “If you looked at a tree long enough, it will move.” We see what we want to see. Psychologists tell us that nothing controls our lives more than our self-image. We live like the person we see in the mirror. We are what we think we are. If you don’t think you’ll be successful, you won’t. You can’t be it if you can’t see it. Your life is limited to your vision. If you want to change your life, you must change your vision of your life.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was not that famous in 1976 when he met with a newspaper reporter. The reporter asked Schwarzenegger: “Now that you’ve retired from bodybuilding, what do you plan to do next?” Schwarzenegger answered very calmly and confidently: “I’m going to be the No. 1 movie star in Hollywood.” The reporter was shocked and amused at Schwarzenegger’s plan. At that time, it was very hard to imagine how this muscle-bound bodybuilder, who was not a professional actor and who spoke poor English with a strong Austrian accent, could ever hope to be Hollywood’s No. 1 movie star!
So when the reporter asked Schwarzenegger how he planned to make his dream come true, Schwarzenegger said: “I’ll do it the same way I became the No. 1 bodybuilder in the world. What I do was create a vision of who I want to be, and then I start living like that person in my mind as if it were already true.” Sounds almost childishly simple, doesn’t it? But I worked! Schwarzenegger became the No. 1 highest paid movie star in Hollywood. Remember: “If you can see it, you can be it.”
There’s a successful businessman who often wears a shirt with these words on it: “Don’t just pursue your dreams. Chase down and tackle! ” you only get one life to live, so why not live the best life possible? So you can be fully satisfied at what you see and get

  1. 1.

    What did Arnold Schwarzenegger do before he became a Hollywood star?

    1. A.
      He worked for a newspaper
    2. B.
      He was a man working on bodybuilding
    3. C.
      He worked in a small film company
    4. D.
      He was a businessman
  2. 2.

    Why was it hard for the reporter to believe that Schwarzenegger would become a star one day?

    1. A.
      Because he was not famous
    2. B.
      Because he was not professional and spoke poor English
    3. C.
      Because he was good at nothing except bodybuilding
    4. D.
      Because he only spoke English fluently
  3. 3.

    What did Schwarzenegger plan to do to make his Hollywood star dream come true?

    1. A.
      He continued to build his body
    2. B.
      He went to make more movies
    3. C.
      He lived a life like a movie star
    4. D.
      He tried his best to meet the movie directors
  4. 4.

    What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

    1. A.
      Have a dream and make it come true
    2. B.
      Stop your dream and find realistic things to do
    3. C.
      You can just daydream alone
    4. D.
      There’s nothing to do in the world but dream

Four people in England back in 1953, stared at Photo 51,It wasn’t much—a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring out what the photo really showed –the shape of DNA The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins. The fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out.
Her name was Rosalind Franklin.”She should have been up there,” says historian Mary Bowden.” If her photos hadn’t been there, the others couldn’t have come up with the structure.” One reason Franklin was missing was that she had died of cancer four years before the Nobel decision. But now scholars doubt that Franklin was not only robbed of her life by disease but robbed of credit by her competitors
At Cambridge University in the 1950s, Watson and Click tried to make models by cutting up shapes of DNA’s parts and then putting them together. In the meantime, at King’s College in London, Franklin and Wilkins shone X-rays at the molecule(分子). The rays produced patterns reflection the shape.
But Wilkins and Franklin’s relationship was a lot rockier than the celebrated teamwork of Watson and Crick, Wilkins thought Franklin was hired to be his assistant .But the college actually employed her to take over the DNA project.
What she did was produce X-ray pictures that told Watson and Crick that one of their early models was inside out. And she was not shy about saying so. That angered Watson, who attacked her in return, “Mere inspection suggested that she would not easily bend. Clearly she had to  go or be put in her place.”
As Franklin’s competitors, Wilkins, Watson  and Crick had much to gain by cutting her out of the little group of researchers, says historian Pnina Abir-Am. In 1962 at the Nobel Prize awarding ceremony, Wilkins thanked 13 colleagues by name before he mentioned Franklin, Watson wrote his book laughing at her. Crick wrote in 1974 that “Franklin was only two steps away  from the solution.”
No, Franklin was the solution. “She contributed more than any other player to solving the structure of  DNA . She must be considered a co-discoverer,” Abir-Am says. This was backed up by Aaron Klug, who worked with Franklin and later won a Nobel Prize himself. Once described as the “Dark Lady of DNA”, Franklin is finally coming into the light

  1. 1.

    What is the text mainly about?

    1. A.
      The disagreements among DNA researchers
    2. B.
      The unfair treatment of Franklin
    3. C.
      The process of discovering DNA
    4. D.
      The race between two teams of scientists
  2. 2.

    Watson was angry with Franklin because she ______.

    1. A.
      took the lead in the competition
    2. B.
      kept her results from him
    3. C.
      proved some of his findings wrong
    4. D.
      shared her data with other scientists
  3. 3.

    Why is Franklin described as “Dark Lady of DNA”?

    1. A.
      She developed pictures in dark labs
    2. B.
      She discovered the  black X-the shape of DNA
    3. C.
      Her name was forgotten after her death
    4. D.
      Her contribution was unknown to the public
  4. 4.

    What is the writer’s attitude toward Wilkins, Watson and Crick?

    1. A.
      Disapproving
    2. B.
      Respectful
    3. C.
      Admiring
    4. D.
      Doubtful

Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go. But they can also cause a lot of problems, sending you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost. Many times, the driver is to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, says Barry Brown, it is a combination of the two.
Barry Brown is with the Mobile Life Centre in Stockholm, Sweden. The center studies human-computer interaction, or HCI, especially communications involving wireless devices. We spoke to Mr. Brown by Skype. He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use during his stay.
Barry Brown: “And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination. And, then it wasn’t until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they had put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived. They actually put their home address in. So again, the GPS is kind of “garbage in garbage out”. Mr. Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem worse has to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment.
Barry Brown: “One problem with many GPS units is they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn. Because they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it’s going to the wrong place.”
Barry Brown formerly served as a professor with the University of California, San Diego. While there, he worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh. The two men studied the effects of GPS devices on driving by placing cameras in people’s cars. They wrote a paper based on their research. It is called “The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS.”
Barry Brown: “One of the things that struck us, perhaps the most important thing was that you have to know what you’re doing when you use a GPS. There are these new skills that people have developed. There are these new competencies that you need to have to be able to use a GPS because they sometimes go wrong.” Barry Brown says this goes against a common belief that GPS systems are for passive drivers who lack navigational (导航) skills.
“The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS” lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers. These include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. They also include timing issues related to when GPS commands are given.
Barry Brown says to make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers, passengers and GPS systems work together

  1. 1.

    What is the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Is GPS system reliable to use?
    2. B.
      What is the use of GPS?
    3. C.
      How to make the most of GPS?
    4. D.
      Blame! GPS or Passengers?
  2. 2.

    What is the implication of the underlined part?

    1. A.
      GPS is just a garbage device
    2. B.
      GPS will not correct human errors
    3. C.
      GPS adjusts your wrong destination
    4. D.
      GPS is just as smart as human beings
  3. 3.

    Which is NOT mentioned as a GPS shortcoming in the passage?

    1. A.
      Small screen
    2. B.
      Timing of commands
    3. C.
      Outdated maps
    4. D.
      Dear cameras GPS uses
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, people commonly believe that ______.

    1. A.
      you have to know where to go when using GPS
    2. B.
      you need to have new competencies to use GPS well
    3. C.
      GPS is proper for drivers with little sense of direction
    4. D.
      GPS is fit for people having good understanding of maps

The city of Rome has passed a new law to prevent cruelty to animals. All goldfish bowls are no longer allowed and dog owners must walk their dogs.
This comes after a national law was passed to give prison sentences to people who desert cats or dogs.
“The civilization of a city can be measured by this,” said Monica Carina, the councilor behind the new law.
The newspaper reported that round bowls don’t give enough oxygen for fish and may make them go blind.
“Rome has tried to protect fish more than anywhere else in the world. It stands out for recognizing that fish are interesting animals that deserve over respect and pity every bit as much as dogs and cats and other animals,” said Karin Robertson, a director of the People for the Ethical treatment of Animals.
Lat year a law was passed in Italy that gives people who desert pets big fines and prison sentences. Since then local governments have added their own animal protection rules.
The northern city of Turin passed a law in April to give pet owners fines of up to $598 if they do not walk their dogs three times a day.
The new law in Rome also says that owners mustn’t leave their dogs in hot cars or cut their dogs’ tail to make them look lovelier. The law also gives legal recognition to the “cat ladies” who feed homeless cats. The cats live all over the city from ancient ruins to modern office car parks

  1. 1.

    The new law passed in Rome will _________

    1. A.
      help improve fishing environment
    2. B.
      guarantee better conditions for goldfish
    3. C.
      stop people from catching goldfish
    4. D.
      discourage keeping goldfish at home
  2. 2.

    People in Rome believe that the civilization of a city can be judged by _________

    1. A.
      exchanges with other cities
    2. B.
      Protection of ancient ruins
    3. C.
      awareness of animal protection
    4. D.
      recognition of animal lovers
  3. 3.

    People may break the law in Turin if they _____________

    1. A.
      keep their dogs or cats in cars
    2. B.
      feed homeless animals in car parks
    3. C.
      raise their cats near ancient ruins
    4. D.
      shut their dogs home all day long

Is It OK to Snap （拍照） Your Food?
Have you ever taken a snap of a luxurious cake or photographed a juicy steak when you eat in restaurants? You may want to share what you eat with your friends or just post part of your daily life onto the Internet. However, such action may be very annoying(讨厌的) to other diners, or even to chefs and restaurant owners. Currently, more and more people begin to consider “ foodstagramming” as very silly and a bad manner.
In many restaurants, diners complain of being blinded by flasher(闪光灯), snapped without their permission and disturbed by people climbing on to chairs for a better angle. Even chefs and restaurant owners are annoyed at food photography. A Michelin-starred(米其林星级) chef said, “It’s hard to build a memorable evening when flashes are flying every six minutes.”
At the start of 2013, the debate on whether it is OK to take photographs of your food in restaurants seemed to swing (摇摆) towards a definite “no.” According to several chefs in New York City, some restaurants there have started banning customers from taking photos of their food. Policies around the ban of food photography vary from restaurant to restaurant, ranging from restrictions on using a flash to outright(完全的) bans. If other restaurants follow such policies, it may signal the death of “ foodstagramming”.
Nevertheless, instead of banning food photography, some restaurants are offering food photography courses. In Spain, the restaurant group Grupo Gourmet has started running a “ Fotografia para foodies” course to instruct its customers to better take food pictures. The course teaches customers to take photos in a proper way without disturbing other dinners, such as never use a flash

  1. 1.

    Who are annoyed with food photography in restaurants?

    1. A.
      Restaurant owners
    2. B.
      Other diners
    3. C.
      Chefs
    4. D.
      The above all
  2. 2.

    What did some New York restaurants do about food photography?

    1. A.
      They started to ban customers from taking photos of their food
    2. B.
      They had no idea about taking photos for the profits
    3. C.
      They wanted to talk with some customers
    4. D.
      They decided to learn from Spain
  3. 3.

    What did the Spanish restaurant group do about food photography?

    1. A.
      It told the customers when to take food pictures
    2. B.
      It asked the customers to pay for taking food pictures
    3. C.
      It ran a course to instruct customers to better take food pictures
    4. D.
      It also prevented the customers from taking food pictures
  4. 4.

    What is foodstagramming?

    1. A.
      It’s a popular practice where diners take photos of their meals and share them online
    2. B.
      It’s a popular practice where dinners take photos of their meals and sells to others
    3. C.
      It’s a habit that people take photos when they eat
    4. D.
      It’s an idea how to take photos of their meals
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is True?

    1. A.
      Customers in America like others to use flashes when they eat
    2. B.
      Restaurants in Spain think of a methord to meet people’s need
    3. C.
      American government is discussing the problem of foodstagramming
    4. D.
      People in China are trying to think of an idea to deal with the problem

---I’d like you to do the work with me.
---But I can _____ a lot more work when I'm on my own


  1. A.
    get into
  2. B.
    get through
  3. C.
    get down
  4. D.
    get off

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a ‘territory’ is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting(筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories

  1. 1.

    Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually ______.

    1. A.
      an expression of happiness
    2. B.
      a way of warning
    3. C.
      an expression of anger
    4. D.
      a way of greeting
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word“territory”mean?

    1. A.
      A place where families of other species are not accepted
    2. B.
      A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice
    3. C.
      An area for which birds fight a against each other
    4. D.
      An area which a bird considers to be its own
  3. 3.

    Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?

    1. A.
      Because they want to invite more friends
    2. B.
      Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away
    3. C.
      Because they want to find outsiders around
    4. D.
      Because they want to express their happiness

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