A nine-year-old girl named Arwa lives with her parents and six brothers and sisters in an old, two-roomed house. She knows nothing of wealth and power but, in her own way, she has helped make history. 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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A nine-year-old girl named Arwa lives with her parents and six brothers and sisters in an old, two-roomed house. She knows nothing of wealth and power but, in her own way, she has helped make history.

Arwa was the youngest of three Yemeni girls who recently went to court complaining they were married against their will and asking for a divorce（离婚）. It forced the government to change its law on early marriage.

Her father Abdul Ali described how a stranger asked him in the market if he knew some marriageable girls. After visiting their home and seeing Arwa and her 15-year-lold sister, he chose the younger child. Abdul Ali said the man had promised he would wait for the girl to reach puberty（青春期）before calling her to his house but then changed his mind.

So why did he sell his daughter to a stranger? “He gave me $150 and promised another $2,000. I was really in need of money and thought it was a solution for the family,” he explained.

When Arwa fought against her husband, she was beaten. The pain only came to an end when her husband and father quarreled and Abdul Ali allowed her to seek outside help. Then she went looking for a neighbor to lend her money for the journey to court. The judge at court took pity on her and gave her freedom.

Yemen’s Minister for Social Affairs, Professor Amat al-Razak Hammed, recognizes that the government needs to make a change and will personally decide on a legal age of 16. She says that both fathers who marry their children off early and officials who sign the marriage contracts should be punished.

Arwa’s courage to seek a divorce was inspired by another young girl from the capital, Sana’a who has become a national famous person.

60. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Arwa’s behavior influenced the government to change the law on early marriage.

B. Arwa was the first girl to fight for the right of women to have freedom of marriage.

C. Arwa worked together with the government to draw up new marriage laws.

D. Arwa set a good example to other girls who have similar problems.

61. How much money did Arwa’s father probably get in total by selling her?

A. $150. B.$2,000. C.$2,150. D.$3,000.

62. Which of the following statements about Arwa is NOT true?

A. She is too young to know anything about wealth and power.

B. She got the money for the journey to court from her father.

C. She was one of the Yemeni girls who used the law to seek a divorce.

D. Her husband treated her very badly.

63. According to the new marriage law in Yemen, _______.

A. girls can’t get married until they are 20 years old

B. girls can get married without their parents’ permission

C. officials are forbidden to sign marriage contracts

D. fathers who marry their children off early will be punished

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She said, “Hi, girl! My name is Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically（热情地）responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel!”

“No seriously,” I said. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor everyday. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die!” she said.

“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added.

“The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Song of Rose”. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics（歌词）and live them out in our daily lives.

At the year’s end, Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

4. Rose made herself known to the author in a ______ manner.

A. serious B. cold C. humorous D. crazy

5. From the information provided in the passage, we know ______.

A. Rose finished the college degree within a year

B. Rose did realize her dream of meeting a rich husband and getting married through college education

C. Rose enjoyed her campus life very much

D. Rose grew so old that she stopped playing

6. Rose delivered the speech ______.

A. at the graduation B. which she prepared carefully

C. ended with “The Song of Rose” D. to challenge all the other speakers

7. According to her speech, ______.

A. whenever you have a dream, you succeed

B. all people don’t grow up while growing older

C. Rose usually regretted having done something

D. a nine-year-old is as old as a 87-year-old if he doesn’t do anything

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What made him sad was 42 his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent. You will never be a pianist.” 43 a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly 44 . He decided that he didn’t want to be a 45 any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano.

46 , his father didn’t push, but waited．

Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to 47 some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he 48 that he could show others that he had talent 49 .That day he told his father 50 he had been waiting to hear---that he wanted to study with a new teacher. 51 that point on, everything turned around!

He started 52 competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was 53 that Lang Lang had won, he was too 54 to hold back his tears. Soon 55 was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever---he had to play on the world big 56 . In 1997 Lang Lang 57 again, this time to Philadelphia, U.S. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his 58 performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs(特邀演出) in Lincoln’s Center and Carnegie Hall started 59 . Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him, and lets him 60 .

41．A．exercise B．fortune C．knowledge D．wealth

42．A．whether B．why C．when D．that

43．A．Like B．With C．To D．As

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A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle (水坑) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn’t possibly imagine how this had happened. It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out, especially Jack, he would never hear the end of it. When the girls found out, especially Martha and Jackie, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived.
He prayed this prayer, “Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes from now I’m dead meat!” He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered. As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water. Susie lost her balance in front of the teacher and dumped (倒) the bowl of water in the boy’s lap. The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, “Thank you, Lord!”
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule (嘲笑), the boy was the object of sympathy (同情). The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. Martha even gave him her own candy. The sympathy was wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been turned to someone else—Susie. She tried to help, but they told her to get out.
When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”
【小题1】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means _______.

A．the boys would never play with him

B．the boys would treat him as usual

C．he would hardly hear any praise from the boys

D．he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly

【小题2】After Susie dumped water in his lap, the boy was in a state of _______.

【小题3】What did the other kids do after the incident?

A．They offered him dry clothes.

B．They laughed at the boy rudely.

C．They helped the boy do the cleaning.

D．They urged the boy to get out angrily.

【小题4】Why did Susie dump water in the boy’s lap?

A．The boy asked her to do so.	B．She just did it by accident.
C．The teacher told her to do so.	D．She knew the boy’s trouble.

【小题5】Besides Susie, _______ also knows what had really happened to the boy.

Drunken driving sometimes called American's socially accepted form of murder has become a national epidemic（流行病）．Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years．A drunken driver is usually referred to as one with 0．10-blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wines or shots of whisky drunk within two hours．Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken killing has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially concerning young children, that public opinion is no longer tolerant．

Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend （逆转潮流） in the 1960s to reduce it to 18．After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21．

Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink．

Some states are punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks．A bar in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was "obviously drunk" and later drove off the land, killing a nine-year-old boy．

As the accidents continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years national prohibition （禁令） of alcohol that began in 1919, which President Hoover called the "noble experiment"．They forget that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption （腐败） and organized crime．As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution．

1.It can be inferred from the passage that drunken driving has become a major problem in the United States because___．

A．most Americans like drinking

B．heavy dinking is hard to avoid

C．Americans are not shocked by traffic accidents

D．many Americans are killed by traffic accidents

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A．Drivers should not be allowed to drink．

B．Young drivers were usually bad．

C．The legal drinking age should be raised．

D．Some drivers didn't reach the legal drinking age．

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A．cruel B．serious C．determined D．merciful[来源:Z§4.Which of the following best shows the writer's opinion of drunken driving?

A．It may cause organized crime．

B．The new laws can stop heavy drinking．

C．There should be no bars to serve drinks．

D．It is difficult to solve the problem．

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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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang.He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight.“You need 36 ,”his father said.“But if you don’t work hard,no fortune will come.”

What made him sad was 37 his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him.“You have no talent(天赋).You will never be a pianist.” 38 a nine-year-old boy,Lang Lang was badly 39 .He decided that he didn’t want to be a 40 any more.For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano._ 41 ,his father didn’t push,but waited.

Luckily,the day came when his teacher asked him to 42 some holiday songs.He didn’t want to,but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys,he 43 that he could show others that he had talent 44 .That day he told his father 45 he had been waiting to hear—that he wanted to study with a new teacher. 46 that point on,everything turned around.

He started 47 competitions(比赛).In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition,when it was 48 that Lang Lang had won,he was too 49 to hold back his tears.Soon 50 was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big 51 .In 1997 Lang Lang 52 again,this time to Philadelphia,U.S.There he spent two years practising,and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over.After his 53 performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival,gigs(特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started 54 in.Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(发现) him,and lets him 55 .

36.A.exercise B.fortune C.knowledge D.wealth

37.A.whether B.why C.when D.that

38.A.Like B.With C.To D.As

39.A.hurt B.weakened C.ruined D.frightened

40.A.singer B.pianist C.conductor D.player

41.A.Hopefully B.Patiently C.Wisely D.Painfully

42.A.play B.sing C.write D.study

43.A.seemed B.admitted C.noticed D.realized

44.A.in all B.above all C.after all D.at all

45.A.that B.what C.which D.when

46.A.From B.At C.Since D.After

47.A.receiving B.accepting C.winning D.beating

48.A.told B.mentioned C.announced D.recognized

49.A.excited B.encouraged C.shocked D.satisfied

50.A.this B.it C.that D.what

51.A.concerts B.tours C.competitions D.stages

52.A.started B.left C.moved D.performed

53.A.successful B.cheerful C.respectful D.meaningful

54.A.pulling B.breaking C.falling D.pouring

55.A.brighten B.shine C.admire D.develop

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