题目内容
The police received a report that six men had stopped a truck. It was carrying some goods and two bags full of something 1 . The six men had gone 2 the police arrived. After 3 for three hours the 4 found the truck near the river. The driver was sitting on a 5 in the truck and his hands were 6 behind his back. The robbers had put a handkerchief into his mouth 7 he couldn’t shout. The police climbed into the back of the truck and freed the 8 . They asked him 9 had happened.
“I was stopped soon after I left the bank,” the driver explained.“Six men 10 me and made me 11 to the river.‘ 12 you shout,’ one of the men said,‘ we will 13 you. ’When I got near the river, they tied me up. Then they threw me into the 14 of the truck. There were two bags in it and they took 15 of them.”
“How many 16 did the bag contain?” a police officer asked.
“It didn’t contain 17 money at all,” the driver 18 .“It was full of letters. 19 one contains all the money. I’ve been sitting on it for 20 !”
1.A.important B.expensive C.mysterious D.dangerous
2.A.after B.since C.before D.once
3.A.waiting B.searching C.asking D.inspecting
4.A.driver B.robber C.banker D.police
5.A.chair B.floor C.bag D.seat
6.A.wrapped B.tied C.crossed D.put
7.A.so that B.so C.because D.unless
8.A.robbers B.driver C.seat D.goods
9.A.what B.that C.how D.whether
10.A.invited B.stopped C.noticed D.waited for
11.A.drive B.walk C.return D.swim
12.A.Unless B.If C.As if D.Whether
13.A.tie B.kill C.search D.hide
14.A.darkness B.windows C.front D.back
15.A.all B.one C.neither D.both
16.A.dollars B.checks C.bills D.letters
17.A.no B.some C.any D.much
18.A.cried B.laughed C.insisted D.nodded
19.A.This B.No C.Each D.That
20.A.half an hour B.an hour C.three hours D.two hours
1、A。两个袋中装的分别是钞票和信件，可谓“重要”。余者不合逻辑。
2、C。由语境和从句中的时态可知，强盗是在警察到来之前溜走的。
3、B。警察是在追踪强盗，故用search为宜。
4、D。发现河边卡车的自然是一直在搜寻的“警察”了。。
5、C。见文章末尾。
6、B。根据and freed…可推知，他的双手曾被“绑”在背后。
7、A。在其嘴里塞上手帕，目的是不让他喊叫。
8、B。警察爬到车后，显然是为“司机”松绑。
9、A。根据句子结构和意义不难选定。
10、B。见上句。
11、A。逼我“驾车”到河边，从……found the truck near the river中可以得到暗示。
12、B。这里显然表示的是条件。
13、B。喊的结果自然是将其“杀”死。
14、D。由The police climbed into the back of the truck…可推知。
15、B。共有两只袋子，强盗拿走了其中的“一只”。余者不合语境。
16、A。可根据答语推知。“支票”、“帐单”并不等于钱，故B、C应予排除。
17、C。四个选项中只有any与not连用可表示全部否定。
18、B。说话时，喜悦之情溢于言表，因为在他与强盗的较量中，他赢了。
19、A。在他身边的“这只口袋中装着所有的钱”。余者不合文意。
20、C。由“警察接报后搜索了三个小时才找到他”来看，他在袋子上至少坐了“三个小时”。
The first ting we do is to put an APB and this goes to all the police stations in the country.
Next we telephone the hospitals. Often the person we are looking for has been in an accident.
Then we might try parents, friends or relatives they might be with. We try to follow their movements and to find the last person they saw in local or national papers—especially papers they might read. There are other things we can do: put posters in places where they might be, go on television.
Here in America there is a magazine in which there are photographs of missing children. This is often the last hope. Of course, with nearly two million missing children every year, we can’t do all these things for everyone. We haven’t got the time, or the money , or the people who work for it.
【小题1】 Who do they look for?
| A．Criminals. |
| B．The drivers who have caused accidents. |
| C．News reports. |
| D．Missing children. |
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Two. | D．Seven. |
| A．might not know the exact reason | B．might find out the reason first |
| C．set out to look for him at once | D．first turn to the police for help |
| A．people will tell them what will happen to the missing persons |
| B．the missing persons might come back after reading them |
| C．everyone will know the missing persons |
| D．all the people will read them |
| A．can always find him |
| B．couldn’t always try every way mentioned above |
| C．just try one way or another |
| D．won’t give up until they find him |
When an emergency situation occurs, observers are more likely to take action if there are few or no other witnesses．This phenomenon is referred to as the bystander effect．
The bystander effect is also called the Genovese effect, which was named after Catherine Kitty Genovese, a．young woman who was murdered on March 13, 1964．Early in the morning, 28-year-old Genovese was returning home from work．As she approached her apartment entrance, she was attacked and stabbed（刺）by a man later identified as Winston Moseley．Despite Genovese]s repeated cries for help , none of the dozen or so people in the nea
rby apartment building who heard her cries called the police for help ．The attach first began at 3:20 , but it was not until 3:50 that someone first contacted the police．
There are two major factors that contribute to the bystander effect．First, the presence of other people creates a diffusion（分散）of responsibility．Because there are other observers, individuals do not feel as much pressure to take action, since the responsibility to take action is thought to be shared among all of those present．
The second reason is the need to behave in correct and socially acceptable ways．When other observers fail to react, individuals often take this as a signal that a response is not needed or not appropriate．Other researchers have found that onlookers are less likely to take action if the situation, is ambiguous^ R^E^?）．In the case of Kitty Genovese, many of the 38 witnessing reported that they believed that they were witnessing a " lovers' quarrel" , and did not realize that the young woman was actually being murdered．
【小题1】The passage seems to suggest that Genovese might not have been murdered if there had been_____．
| A．no observer | B．fewer observers |
| C．more observers ． | D．younger observers |
| A．while she was going out | B．in her apartment |
| C．halfway home | D．in front of her apartment ? |
paragraph probably refers to ____．| A．not doing anything to help | B．behaving in correct ways |
| C．taking action | D．murdering |
| A．were afraid of being attacked by the murderer |
| B．thought someone else might come to her rescue． |
| C．didn't get along well with her |
| D．were sure it was murdering |
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.
Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.
A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s not about going to a temple to burn some incense(香) hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it’s practical advice you can follow each day.
Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.
It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day.
I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. Like many foreigners, my plan was to teach English for one year. Seven years later, and still here, I’ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. I did not dream these would have been possible. I’ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman’s studies I think not.
As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but it’s important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem.
Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.
【小题1】Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer’s point?
| A．Make the best of a bad job. |
| B．Rome was not built in a day. |
| C．All is not gold that glitters. |
| D．A good heart conquers ill fortune. |
| A．She became famous through her family background. |
| B．She was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life. |
| C．She is a British talk show host. |
| D．She became successful by her own effort. |
| A．luck is in your own hand |
| B．bad luck can turn into good |
| C．you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you |
| D．man can conquer nature |