题目内容

He had travelled thousands of miles in the hope of earning some money, but 18-year old Lin Kongming never knew danger was waiting for him.

He and six other migrant workers from Fujian Province spent 36 hours in Iraq as international hostages(人质). But luckily, they were set free last Tuesday morning, unharmed by the people who had taken them hostages.

After hard work by Chinese diplomats(外交官) in the region, the Iraqi kidnappers(绑架者) agreed to hand them over to a local religious group. “The friendly relations between the Chinese and Iraqi people have played a key role in the release(释放) of the hostages,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan. China refused to join the US-led coalition(联军) in the Iraqi war.

Since April 4, over 60 hostages from 12 countries, including America, Italy and Japan, have been taken in Iraq. Some have been released, others were killed.

The Iraqi resistance groups have started taking foreigners hostages in an attempt to force the US-led troops out of their country. As a result, many foreigners have left, fearing the situation will get worse. Some nations are also considering removing their troops from Iraq. Thailand has ordered its forces not to leave their camp and may bring them home before September as originally planned. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is considering similar action.

But Dan Senor, spokesman for the US-led coalition in Baghdad, said that it would not negotiate(谈判) with “terrorists(恐怖分子) or kidnappers” to get hostages released.

59. The seven workers from Fujian were set free mainly because _________________.

  A. they were too poor to pay anything

  B. kidnappers didn’t know they were Chinese

  C. China didn’t take sides with the US-led coalition

  D. kidnappers were friendly to the Chinese

60. Why did the Iraqi resistance groups start to take foreigners hostages?

  A. To show their anger towards the occupation of foreign troops.

  B. To tell the world they would fear nothing.

  C. To make foreign armies leave their country.

  D. To resist the American troops.

61. The author talks about Dan Senor to show the US ______________.

  A. wouldn’t give in to Iraqi terrorists or kidnappers

  B. had enough power to station in Iraq

  C. wouldn’t give up unless it could get something

  D. had no plan to bring its troops home

62. The passage mainly tells us _____________________.

  A. the hostage crisis(危机) in Iraq

  B. foreigners were not welcome in Iraq

  C. the Chinese hostages were set free

  D. keeping away from Iraq is a wise choice

练习册系列答案
相关题目

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。

One day Tom bought , for two dollars , a large number of second-hand books . He put them in a  21  and pulled them to the   22   . He had to remain at work  23   three in the morning .

At three , he began to walk home . The streets were dark . Tom could   24   wait to arrive home to begin reading his new books . “  25   ! ” a voice shouted . But Tom was too  26    to hear the shout . A moment later , a gunshot went  27   his ear . He heard the shot . Tom turned to see what was  28   . An angry policeman ran towards him . The policeman didn’t  29   that the bag was Tom’s . He shouted at Tom , “   30    it !”

“Open it ! ” the policeman   31    .

Tom opened it and the old books fell out of it .

“Why did you not stop  32   when I shouted ?” the policeman asked , “If I could shoot  33   , you would be dead .”

“I didn’t  34   you , ” Tom said , “ I am almost deaf . ”

The policeman told Tom he was  35   for having shot at him . “  36   would be better for you not to walk on the  37   at night . ” he said .

Tom smiled , and told the policeman that his job   38   a clerk in the telegraph office was a  39   job . The policeman could think of  40   to answer this .

A. basket      B. box          C. desk         D. bag

A. office      B. bedroom      C. bookstore     D. police station

A. at          B. by          C. until          D. to

A. eagerly     B. really        C. hardly         D. almost

A. Stop       B. Thief         C. Hello         D. Danger

A. nervous     B. excited       C. delighted      D. frightened

A. off         B. into          C. from          D. past

A. breaking    B. taking        C. happening     D. following

A. say         B. think         C. hope         D. wish

A. Fall        B. Throw        C. Drop         D. Keep

A. ordered     B. asked         C. begged       D. wanted

A. hearing      B. running       C. crying       D. carrying

A. earlier       B. later         C. worse        D. better

A. recognize    B. hear         C. know         D. understand

A. careless     B. brave         C. angry        D. sorry

A. It          B. That          C. Things        D. This

A. way        B. ground        C. streets        D. shops

A. like         B. as           C. with         D. of

A. dawn        B. daytime      C. dark         D. night

A. nothing      B. everything    C. anything      D. something

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Last night, when I was driving back home, I noticed a hitchhiker(搭便车的人) who was having no luck getting a ride. I rolled down my  36  and signed to the man to my car. I asked him where he was  37  and he told me he needed a  38  to his doctor’s office which would close in 15 minutes. I told him to  39  and he gratefully did so.

40  he got in he told me that he was a  41  and went out to sea for weeks at a time. He took medicine for his nerves and  42  to get another prescription(处方) before he left on the boat. He said that he had prayed (祈祷) 43  would stop for him so he could be there before the  44      office closed. With some  45  driving we managed to make it there in about 10  46. I then asked him how he  47  on getting back home and he said he could walk. “I’ll patiently  48      for you and bring you back,” I told him. He  49  me and said he should only be about 15 minutes.

Afterwards he got back in my 50 and tried his hardest to pay me back: offering me dinner, gas money, even offering to ship me 40 lbs of scallops (海扇贝)! I  51  refused, gave him a smile card and asked him to help someone else the next time he had a  52. I drove him back to where I had picked him up and  53  one more “thank you” he was on his way.

I feel that the universe  54   provides us with what we need. In the man’s  55  it was a ride, in mine the opportunity to help someone else.

A. wheel                       B. window                  C. engine                    D. door

A. heading                       B. working                  C. living                     D. studying

A. walk                         B. talk                        C. trip                        D. ride

A. go out                       B. run away                       C. get in                     D. lie down

A. As far as                     B. As soon as               C. Even if                  D. Just before

A. farmer                      B. pianist                    C. doctor                    D. fisherman

A. needed                      B. stopped                   C. agreed                    D. preferred

A. someone                    B. nobody                   C. anyone                   D. everybody

A. teacher’s                     B. doctor’s                  C. manager’s               D. captain’s

A. good                        B. normal                   C. wrong                    D. fast

A. days                          B. hours                     C. minutes                  D. weeks

A. focused                     B. depended                       C. turned                    D. planned

A. look                         B. call                        C. wait                       D. drive

A. doubted                   B. thanked                  C. greeted                  D. accepted

A. car                            B. home                     C. office                    D. shop

A. politely                     B. angrily                   C. immediately           D. surprisingly

A. dream                       B. problem                  C. chance                   D. choice

A. before                       B. until                       C. besides                   D. after

A. never                       B. always                   C. sometimes               D. seldom

A. opinion                     B. way                       C. case                       D. condition

通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。

As I had my first child, I promised myself never to be a pushy parent. I was going to be a very 36  and understanding mother.

       Five years later my little boy was about to 37  for his yellow belt in karate(空手道). As a five-year-old child, he wasn’t taking it  38  , because it was Mom trying to help him. I found myself yelling and telling him he would never get the belt acting like that. I was trying to   39  him his back-flip(背摔). He continued to play and I continued to   40  . Finally I had made him feel like he couldn’t  41  anything, just as I promised myself I wouldn’t do.

       Still mad and stubborn I couldn’t  42  . I had to teach him his flip. He was doing fine with it by the time we had to leave to go to karate. While taking the test, he did  43  . His instructor would ask him to do something, and it became  44  for him. He never asked him to do the back-flip. He had passed his yellow belt test.

       We got in the car to  45  when he looked at me and said ”Mom, why did you make me do that back-flip so many times,  46  it wasn’t even on the test.” The words wouldn’t have  47  anything to anyone else, but it was a slap in my face. That night while  48  in bed, I told him I loved him.

       He was  49  and didn’t say anything, just giggled. I said “I really do love you baby.” I was still feeling  50  , and also wondering if he had  51  me. Finally he replied in the  52  voice, “I know you do, but I love you more.”

       He had forgiven me and I had decided that his feeling were more  53  than any test he would  54  take. I made a new  55  to be better mother and to accept that he was only a child.

A.patient   B.good C.polite       D.affectionate

A.look      B.test    C.play  D.practise

A.easy       B.happily    C.seriously   D.fairly

A.help       B.tell    C.make D.teach

A.yell       B.speak C.smile D.teach

A.acplish   B.feel   C.try    D.pass

A.give up  B.give out    C.give away D.give in

A.bad B.worse       C.great D.better

A.quick     B.natural      C.mon  D.normal

A.go shoppingB.go home    C.rest ourselves   D.enjoy ourselves

A.while   B.once  C.when D.if

A.expected      B.meant       C.demanded D.reached

A.reading       B.studying   C.lying D.talking

20090117

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from13~19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

   Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

   Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

   Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual(个人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

   “Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

   At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize(批评)American schools,” he said. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In    Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

This year ________teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.

A. twenty-three hundred

B. thirteen hundred

C. over three thousand

D. less than two thousand

The whole exchange programme is mainly to__________.

A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B. send students in America to travel in Germany

C. let students learn something about other countries

D. have teenagers learn new languages

Fred and Mike agree that__________.

A. America food tasted better than German food

B. German schools were harder than American schools

C. Americans and Germans were both friendly

D. There were more cars on the streets in America

What is particular in American schools is that________.

A. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings

B. there are a lot of after-school activities

C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D. students go out side to enjoy themselves in a car

Which of the following is not true according to this passage?

A. There were few outside activities in Germany.

B. Fred had his own car when he was in America.

C. Subjects seemed easy for Mike in the USA.

D. All family activities were around the individual in Germany.

Thirteen, for me, was a challenging year. My parents divorced and I moved to a new town with my father, far from my old family and friends. I was terribly lonely and would cry myself to sleep each night. To ease my sadness, my father purchased an old horse for me at a local auction. I named him Cowboy.

Cowboy was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didn’t care. I loved him beyond all reason. I joined a riding club and suffered rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks. I never let on about how I felt, but deep inside, my heart was breaking. The other members rode beautiful, registered horses.

When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse is judged on appearance, we were quickly shown the gate. No amount of preparation and love would turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the speed events. I chose the jumping race.?

One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons.  Needless to say, she didn’t feel threatened when I competed against her at the next show. She didn’t need to. I came in next to last.

The stinging memory of Becky’s smirks made me determined to beat her. For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Cowboy five miles to the arena (赛马场). We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home totally exhausted. All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came. I sat at the gate and sweated it out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the course and finish in first place.

My turn finally came. I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line. As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!

I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it.

63. The underlined expression "shown the gate" (paragraph 3) most probably means ______.

A. told how to enter the arena

B. shown how to make the horse beautiful

C. removed from the competition early

D. told to enter the timed-speed events

64. When the final race finished, nobody cheered because        .

A. the audience didn’t like Cowboy             B. people envied the writer

C. the win was unexpected?            D. the writer bad run out of time

65. Why was the writer not confident of victory?

A. He was an inexperienced rider.

B. He had not practiced enough.

C. He believed he was unpopular with the crowd.

D. He thought his horse wasn’t so good as the others.

66. What did the writer learn from his experience?

A. Life can sometimes be unfair.

B. Anything is possible if one tries hard enough.

C. A positive attitude will bring success.

D. One should not make judgments based on appearance.

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网