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He ate a _________ breakfast and rushed off to work.


  1. A.
    swift
  2. B.
    quick
  3. C.
    fast
  4. D.
    rapid
B
swift强调动作的迅速和敏捷;quick此处表示“匆匆忙忙的”;fast指运行的速度;rapid指“快的,湍急的”。句意:他匆匆吃了早饭就赶着上班去了。
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Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa. He was 51 years old at the time. When doctors examined Napoleon's body, they said that the former emperor of France had died from cancer of the stomach. That was the cause of death recorded in the official report. However, other doctors disagreed. One doctor who was present during the examination of the body said that Napoleon died of hepatitis(肝炎). Other historians and medical experts have suggested that Napoleon died of syphilis(梅毒), tuberculosis(肺结核), or perhaps malaria. Now, after careful research, a British chemist thinks that Napoleon might have been poisoned -- not by a person, but by his wallpaper.

    Napoleon was sent to the island of St. Helena in 1815 after he lost the battle of Waterloo. He was a prisoner on the island. Although he had servants to attend to him, he had to live in one small building. St. Helena is a very wet island, so the walls of the building were always covered with mold. Napoleon became ill from spending too much time inside his house. Almost constantly he had a fever, chills, and felt sick to his stomach. He often felt pain in his shoulders and in his side. His skin turned yellow. He got frequent headaches, and he would become dizzy and vomit. None of the medicine that the doctors gave Napoleon seemed to help. They were not sure what was the matter. Finally, Napoleon was too weak to leave the house. One night, while he was sleeping, he went into a coma (昏迷)and died.

Many doctors who later reviewed the reports of Napoleon's illness found that the symptoms did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. It seemed obvious that Napoleon had died from some other cause. In 1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s hair and found a high level of arsenic(砒霜), a chemical poison. Was Napoleon murdered? It is doubtful. Arsenic was used in many types of medicine during Napoleon’s time, so he might have taken the arsenic as a cure for his illness. Then, in 1982, Dr. David Jones from England began to look into the mystery and suggested that Napoleon might have breathed in arsenic which was in the air of his house. In the 1700s and 1800s, arsenic was used to make a kind of green paint used on cloth and wallpaper. If the paint was used on a wet wall, the arsenic would go into the air. A person in the room might breathe that air. After studying the wallpaper in the room where Napoleon died, Dr. Jones found high levels of arsenic in the green paint on the walls.

The passage says that                      .

    A. a British doctor thinks he has found the cause of Napoleon's death

    B. many doctors have tried to guess the cause of Napoleon's death

    C. Napoleon could have died from poison

    D. all of the above

Why did Napoleon live on St. Helena?

    A. He owned the island.          B.  He was a prisoner there.

    C. His family lived there.         D. He liked the island.

Napoleon suffered from the following symptoms except __________.

   A. chills         B. fever         C  dizziness     D. bleeding

The official report said that Napoleon died of____________.

   A. cancer        B. a coma        C. mold        D. poison

According to Dr. Jones, how did the arsenic probably get into Napoleon's body?

   A.  He ate it.                 B. He breathed it in.           

   C.  He touched it.             D.  He drank it.

Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups (打嗝).Hiccups are so mysterious.We really don't know why they start and why they stop.

       Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups.Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well.Others eat a teaspoon of sugar.Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it.

       An American man named Jack O'Leary said he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years.He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked.At last he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.

       It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups.People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well.He tried them all, but the hiccups continued.Finally, he drank a "secret" mixture someone had sent him.By that evening his hiccups were gone.

       Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows.But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea—hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.

How did Jack O'Leary stop his hiccups?

       A.He took a deep breath.       B.He prayed to Saint Jude.

       C.He ate a teaspoon of sugar.        D.He drank a "secret" mixture.

The British plumber spent _ ___in stopping his hiccups.

       A.4 hours  B.2 days      C.8 months D.8 years

       might be the best cure for hiccups according to the passage.

       A.Cold water              B.A spoonful of salt

       C.Special pills             D.What you believe in

From this passage, we can learn ____.

       A.Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups

       B.the reason why the hiccups start and why the hiccups stop

       C.some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups

       D.the British plumber drank a "secret" mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well

What is the main idea of this passage?

       A.Different ways to stop hiccups.    B.What makes hiccups happen.

       C.How to get hiccups.     D.Jack O'Leary's hiccups.

Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact,he had been so lonely that he drowned his feeling with food. As a result,he had put on a lot of weight,and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him.

Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick(恶作剧)had worked. Everyone was pleased that Jess thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up.

At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings(积蓄), Cindy had a second idea. She knew that Jess’s family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her. What could she do now?

1.The sentence “…he drowned his feeling with food” means “________”.

A. he ate a lot to make himself feel less lonely

B. he asked for a lot of food from his classmates

C. he brought his food to his classmates

D. he had a lot of food to put on weight

2.What would happen if Cindy told Jess the truth?

A. Jess would go on the camping trip himself.

B. Jess's family would be angry with Cindy.

C. Cindy might have trouble with her friends.

D. Jess would be thankful to his classmates.

3.If Jess really bought a sleeping bag, ________.

A. everyone else would also buy one

B. it would be the best in the class

C. Cindy would pay for it

D. he would have it for no use

4.From the story we can guess ________.

A. everybody would go camping in the class

B. Jess had few friends in the class

C. Cindy was Jess’s best friend in the class

D. Jess joined in many out-of-school activities

5.Choose the best title for this passage.

A. Jess and His School          

B. Jess and His Friends

C. An Invitation for Jess      

D. Jess and His Camping Trip

 

A victim of climate change

         A polar bear's dead body found on the Arctic island of Svalbard, the northernmost part of Norway, has shocked experts who say climate change may be to blame for the death. The starved polar bear in Norway was said to be in good bones by the time a group of explorers came across its body in July.

The bear is thought to have been heading north in a desperate search for sea ice that would allow it to hunt for seals."From his lying position in death, the bear appears to simply have starved to health in April when the Norwegian Polar Institute examined and labeled it. However, the animal was reduced to skin and bones and died where he dropped," polar bear expert Dr. Ian Stirling, a professor at the University of Alberta said, "He had external suggestion of any remaining fat, having been reduced to little more than skin and bone."

Stirling believes the bear starved to death as a result of a lack of sea ice which the animals use as a platform for hunting seals. That may also explain why the 16-year-old male bear was found about 155 miles north of where it was seen in April.

Arctic sea ice reached a record low in 2012, according to a report released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that pointed to continued signs of climate change.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently classifies polar bears as vulnerable on its Red List of Threatened Species.

1.How did Stirling know the reason for the death of the polar bear?

A.By the food he ate.                         B.By doing further experiments.

C.By observing other polar bears.              D.By his lying position in death.

2.The underlined word "vulnerable" probably means _____.

A.easily hurt                        B.difficult to hunt

C.dangerous                        D.amazing

3.What is the author's attitude to the incident?

A.Favorable.           B.Uncaring.         

C.Doubtful.             D.Concerned.

4.Where does this text probably come from?

A.A novel.                       B. A guidebook.      

C.A news report.                  D.An advertisement.

 

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