题目内容
Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working in Germany, was fed up with traffic jams. At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers’ route through Germany and Austria.
How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out the way. Going home from work one night he passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problems. An old ambulance(救护车) was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring. It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident.
But then the Yugoslav made his big mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing , to late realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12. 5 pounds.
1.At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to ____.
A.drive home in Germany |
B.get caught in terrible traffic jams |
C.meet other foreign workers |
D.get to the place where he worked by a special quick route |
2.Why did he decide to buy the ambulance?
A.because he had always wanted one |
B.because he wanted to resell it at a higher price |
C.because he liked the siren and the flashing light |
D.because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance. |
3.The red cross had been removed ____.
A.but he soon put up a new one |
B.because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more |
C.so he asked the garage to paint another one on |
D.but the siren and the flashing light still worked |
4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Drive quickly |
B.How to Avoid accidents |
C.A quick Way Home? By An Ambulance |
D.A Safe way Home? Non-Stop |
1.B
2.D
3.D
4.C
【解析】文章讲述的是一个人买了一辆旧的救护车了,一达到快速到达目的地的目的。
1.B 细节题。根据第一段2,3行At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars说明他遇见了交通堵塞,故B正确。
2.D 细节题。根据第二段1,2行How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out the way.他知道救护车可以快速达到,故D正确。
3.D 细节题。根据第2段4,5,6行But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive.说明the siren and the flashing light还是有用的,故D正确。
4.C 主旨大意题。文章讲述的是一个人买了一辆旧的救护车了,一达到快速到达目的地的目的。
Since ancient times, people have known about its ability to reduce pain and high body temperature. More than 2000 years ago, the Greek doctor Hippocrates advised his patients to chew on the bark and leaves of the willow.
The tree contains a chemical called salicin(柳醇). From salicin, researchers in the 1800s discovered how to make salicylic acid(酸). And in 1897, a chemist named Felix Hoffmann at Friedrich Bayer and Company in Germany created acetyl salicylic acid. Later it became the active substance in a new medicine that Bayer called aspirin. The "a" came from acetyl. The "spir" came from the spirea plant, which also produces salicin. And the "in" Well, that is a common way to end medicine names.
In 1982, a British scientist shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in part for discovering how aspirin works. Sir John Vane found that aspirin blocks the body from making natural substances called prostaglandins(前列腺素).Prostaglandins have several effects on the body. Some cause pain and the expansion, or swelling( 肿瘤; 膨胀), of damaged tissue. Others protect the lining of the stomach and small intestine. Prostaglandins also make the heart, kidneys and blood vessels (血管)work well. But there is a problem. Aspirin works against all prostaglandins, good and bad. Scientists learned how aspirin interferes with an enzyme(酶). One form of this enzyme makes the prostaglandin that causes pain and swelling. Another form of the enzyme creates a protective effect. So aspirin can reduce pain and swelling in damaged tissues. But it can also harm the inside of the stomach and small intestine(肠).
【小题1】What sickness can the medicine from the willow deal with according to the passage?
A.Cold | B.Toothache | C.Cancer | D.Skin disease |
A.It results from pain. |
B.It prevents the lining of the stomach and small intestine. |
C.It causes blood vessels to work wrongly. |
D.It is sometimes good but sometimes bad. |
A.Aspirin can treat almost diseases. |
B.Aspirin can create the protective enzyme. |
C.Aspirin can harm the inside of the stomach and small intestine. |
D.Aspirin can protect the inside of the stomach and small intestine. |