A drunken burglar in the Orrell Park area of Liverpool, ended up leaping out of a window after a 10-year-old girl asked him to prove he was a superhero.The drunken thief who pretended he was Superman 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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A drunken burglar in the Orrell Park area of Liverpool, ended up leaping out of a window after a 10-year-old girl asked him to prove he was a superhero.

The drunken thief who pretended he was Superman to stop a child raising the alarm has been caught after he leapt from the apartment building in his pants to make the girl convinced.

Thief Ethan Adamson, 25, told police that he had broken into a fifth-floor flat after a drinking party, believing it was empty.

But he was horrified when the owner’s 10-year-old daughter woke up while he was there.

From his hospital bed, the thief told reporters, “To keep her quiet, I told her I was really Superman and I’d soon be flying off back to my secret headquarters.”

“She called my bluff (向…摊牌) and told me, ‘If you’re Superman, show me you can fly or I’ll scream’.

“I had no choice so I stripped to my pants to look more like a superhero and went to the window. I saw another roof below and I thought I could make it but it turned out to be a lot further down than thought. I know it doesn’t make sense but it did to me when I was drunk.”

Police later found him on the roof in just his yellow pants, covered in cuts and bruises(淤青) after a neighbor heard his cries of pain.

He now faces seven years behind bars for burglary.

Police spokesman Frank Armado said, “He was in quite a serious state and couldn’t move until we got up there using ladders. He was treated for his injuries and we got him some fresh clothes, before taking him to hospital where he is being kept under guard until he is well enough to be arrested.”

1.What does the underlined part in the passage mean?

A. I could land safely on the roof.

B. I could make the girl trust me.

C. I could prove I was a superhero.

D. I could make a successful escape.

2.What’s the right order of the event?

a. Ethan Adamson told reporters of the burglary.

b. The 10-year-old girl called Ethan Adamson’s bluff.

c. Ethan Adamson attended a drinking party.

d. Ethan Adamson leapt out of a window.

A. cabd B. dbca C. cbda D.dcab

3.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To report on a joking burglary.

B. To call our attention to the burglary.

C. To explain how the burglar was caught.

D. To look back on an adventure story.

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When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing．His mother took him to see the famous showman, P．T．Barnum．Mr.．Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show．He hired Charles' parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.

He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb． He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes．When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads．To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.

During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people．He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall．Tom's act was very popular and brought in a lot of money．By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich．He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five.

Fortunately for Tom, Mr.．Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well．One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher．Tom was able to win her love, and they married.

The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town．They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guests．Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage．The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Tom's house in Connecticut.

Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war．Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored "Tom Thumb" weddings．In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.

1.The underlined words "talk of the town" means________.

A． it was in the newspaper

B． it was the most popular topic

C． people spread bad rumors about it

D． it was discussed in a city meeting

2.Which one of the following statements is true according to the text?

A． Charles mother took him to see the famous showman because he stopped growing.

B． Tom had to fight with others during the show.

C． Tom’s wedding ceremony helped people cheer up in a dark time.

D． Tom and his mother came from England.

3.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A． Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.

B． People are always disappointed during war time.

C． Entertainment can serve an important purpose.

D． People should be married when they are small children.

You are the collector in the gallery of your life. You collect. You might not mean to but you do. One out of three people collects tangible things such as cats, photos and noisy toys.

These are among some 40 collections that are being shown at “The Museum Of”—the first of several new museums which, over the next two years, will exhibit the objects accumulated（积累）by unknown collectors. In doing so, they will promote（推动）a popular culture of museums, not what museums normally represent(代表).

Some of the collections are fairly common—records, model houses. Others are strangely beautiful—branches that have fallen from tree, for example. But they all reveal （显露）a lot of things: ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they are.

Others on the way include “The museum of Collectors” and “The Museum of Me.” These new ones, it is hoped, will build on the success of “The Museum Of.” The thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect, and what it means to do so. They hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they, too, collect.

Some collectors say they started or stopped making collections at important points: the beginning or end of adolescence ( 青春期 )—“it’s a growing-up thing; you stop when you grow up,” says one. Other painful times are mentioned, such as the end of a relationship.

1.How will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums?

A. By collecting more tangible things.

B. By correcting what museums normally represent.

C. By showing what ordinary people have collected.

D. By accumulating 40 collections two years from now.

2.What can be learned about collectors from their collections?

A. Who they are.

B. How old they are.

C. Where they were born.

D. Why they might not mean to collect.

3. Which of the following is an aim of the new museums?

A. To help people sell their collections.

B. To encourage more people to collect.

C. To study the importance of collecting.

D. To find out why people visit museums.

4.According to the last paragraph, people may stop collecting when they _______.

A.are in their childhood B. feel happy with life

C. are ready for a relationship D. become adults

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Weight loss is a hard topic. Lots of people aren’t satisfied with their present weight，but most people aren’t sure how to change it. You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines or on TV，but those goals might not be healthy or realistic for you. 1. So what should you do about your weight control?

2. The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or a dietitian(营养学家). 3. If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss , then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started.

4. People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost，because they haven’t permanently(永久地) changed their habits. Therefore，the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain(保持)for a lifetime.

Small changes are a lot easier to stick with(坚持) than large ones. Try reducing the size of what you eat. 5. Once you have that done，start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your life.

It’s a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because it’s just that：healthy.

A. Try giving up regular soda for a week.

B. Weight management is about long-term success.

C. Try to pay attention as you eat and stop when you’re full.

D. Besides，no magical diet will make you look like someone else.

E. Changing from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea.

F. Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you.

G. They will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals.

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There once live a boy named Woo Sing, __1.___ father brought home a mirror. Woo Sing had never seen one before. So when he saw it for__2.___first time, he didn’t understand what it was, but thought he saw__3.__boy in the mirror, which made him happy, for he thought the boy had come to play with him. He spoke to the stranger in a friendly way, but received no reply. He laughed and waved at the boy, who did ___4.___ (exact) the same thing. Then he thought, “I’ll go closer. It may be because he doesn’t hear me.” But when he began to walk, the boy imitated him. Woo sing stopped _5.__ (think) about these strange actions, saying to himself, “this boy is fooling me. He does what I do.” The more he thought about it, the _6.____ (angry) he become and soon he noticed the boy became angry too. So Woo Sing _7.__ (strike) the boy in the glass, but only hurt his own hand and went __8.___ (cry) to his father, who said, “The boy you saw was __9.___ (you) image. This should teach you an important lesson, my son. You should never show your anger to others. Now remember that in real life when you strike_10.__ cause you’ll hurt yourself most of all.”

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The Netherlands on Monday launched its first?ever “intelligent bicycle”， fitted with a set of electronic devices to help bring down the high accident rate among elderly cyclists in this country.

The intelligent bicycle runs on electricity. Its seat shakes when other cyclists approach from behind, while the handlebars do the same when obstacles appear ahead to inform cyclists to pay attention to the danger. It also has a cradle (置物架) in which a computer can be inserted, to wirelessly connect and “talk” to the bicycle through a particular application. The computer also flashes a bright signal if there is an approaching obstacle in the bicycle's path, like a tree, or if another cyclist comes up from behind intending to pass.

A commercial?available bicycle is expected to be on the market in the next two years and should sell for between 1,700 euros to 3,200 euros per bicycle. It weighs about 55 pounds but researchers are working on making the on?board systems smaller.

“Accidents often happen when cyclists look behind them or get a fright when they are passed at high speed，”said Maurice Kwakkernaat, one of the scientists involved in the project, “The on?board system technology has already been at work in the automotive industry.”

“More and more elderly people are using a bicycle, not only for short distances, but also for longer distances，”Dutch Environment Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen said.“This type of bicycle is truly needed in the Netherlands because it will help us bring down the number of elderly people who are injured every year and allow them to continue enjoying cycling，” she said.

1.What does the text mainly talk about?

A．The newly?invented bicycle can warn of danger.

B．The intelligent computer runs on electricity.

C．More elderly people enjoy electronic devices.

D．The means of transportation in the Netherlands.

2.When a car appears ahead, the intelligent bicycle will________.

A．stop by itself B．make a noise

C．warn its cyclist D．change its color

3.What do you know about the intelligent bicycle?

A．It uses gas as the fuel.

B．It is widely used now.

C．It will be lighter in weight.

D．It will be free for everyone.

4.More and more elderly people in the Netherlands________.

A．try to invent intelligent bicycles

B．enjoy themselves by cycling

C．drive cars for longer distances

D．devote themselves to computers

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Do you have lunch at school? Do you like having lunch at school? School dinners (that means “lunch”) are a hot topic in the UK these days and there are lots of different opinions about what young people eat at lunchtime. Some people think that school meals are unhealthy; some people say that they are much better than in the past and others say that midday meals should be free for all school children.

A typical school dinner costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil in the UK. There is usually a main course, a dessert and a drink. Parents often pay in advance online. School dinners must include food groups such as fruit and vegetables, protein (for example meat, fish or cheese) and carbohydrate (for example rice or pasta). There are rules about how the food is prepared, for example there are limits on the quantity of fried food.

Martha Payne, from Scotland, started a blog called Neverseconds about her school dinners when she was just nine years old. She posts photographs of her lunch every day and gives the food a grade out of ten. The grade depends on the quality and quantity of the food and how healthy it is. She doesn't always give good grades. Her complaints include too much fried food, small quantities and hair in the food. Many people read her blog and young people from all over the world post pictures, of their school meals on Neverseconds.

Jamie Oliver, the celebrity British chef, is concerned about school dinners. He thinks that they need to be healthier and tastier. Jamie helped to promote Martha's blog by tweeting (在推特上写) about it and Neverseconds became very popular, very quickly on social media websites. On the blog, Martha also collects money for charity. The money is used to provide food for more than 600,000 poor children around the world.

1.School dinners can be a hot topic in the UK these days because ________.

A．parents cannot afford to pay for them

B．they have led to many healthy problems

C．people have different opinions about them

D．there are no rules about how the food is prepared

2.What do you know about the typical school dinner in the UK?

A．It's free for all school children.

B．It costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil.

C．It's low in protein and carbohydrate.

D．It has no fruit or vegetables.

3.Which of the following is the example of the underlined word “complaints”？

A．He has never phoned me since we parted.

B．She posts photographs every day in her blog.

C．They are always doing their work pretty well.

D．Today we had pizza, salad, then an apple for dessert.

4.How did Martha Payne's blog become popular?

A．Jamie Oliver helped to promote it.

B．Many people collected money for it.

C．Poor children could get free food from it.

D．Martha Payne spent most of her time on it.

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I threw my magazines into a waste basket and decide to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. I stared at everything as if I were looking at it the first time. The day passed fast. I looked at my watch but was surprised that it was 3 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautifully. When my uncle arrived at with a smile, I threw my arm around him to give him a warm hug. I had never done this ago. He seemed surprising and then his weather?beaten face warmed up with the huge smile. We walked arm in arm to her car.

After walking the whole day, I was almost ______, not feeling bad, though.

A.out of shape B. out of breath

C. out of control D. out of order

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