题目内容
In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki When she was a teenager, she 36 of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American 37 was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a 38 in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room,
Mummy 39 cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."
Atsuko 40 to attend college in
One of her hardest 43 was physical education. "We played volleyball." she said.
"The other students were 44 it, but I wasn't."
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 45 the ball to her teammates so they could knock it 46 the net- NO problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face 47 she failed.
A young man on her team 48 What she was going through." He walked up to me and 49 , 'Come on. You can do that'"
"You will never understand how those words of 50 made me feel.. Four words: You can do that I felt like crying with happiness"
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 51 .
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 53 to her. "He probably doesn't even remember it," she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind---you have no idea how long the words will 54. She's all the way over in
36. A. learned B. spoke C. dreamed D. heard
37. A. way B. life C. education D. spirit
38. A. photo B. painting C. picture D. drawing
39. A. baking B. frying C. steaming D. boiling
40. A. hoped B. arranged C. liked D. attempted
41. A. described B. imagined C. created D. discovered
42. A. tense B. cheerful C. relaxed D. deserted
43. A. times B. question C. classes D. projects.
44. A. curious about B. good at C. slow at D. nervous about
45. A. kick B. pass C. carry D. hit
46. A. through B. into C. over D. past
47. A. after B. if C. because D. until
48. A. believed B. considered C. wondered D. sensed
49. A. warned B. sighed C. ordered D. whispered
50. A. excitement B. encouragement C. persuasion D. suggestion
51. A. interested B. doubtful C. puzzled D. sure
52. A. never B. already C. seldom D. almost
53. A. happened B. applied C. seemed D. meant
54. A. continue B. stay C. exist D. live
55. A. merciful B. bitter C. simple D. easy
解析:
36.C.依据文章可以判断出她对美国感兴趣而且一直是梦想着去那里。
37.B.从后文中:watching TV…off to the cinema with…这一句话看出她从书本中了解到的是美国人的生活。
38.C.依据后面的“…in mind”可以判断C符合.
39.A.依据习惯搭配和美国的生活习惯。
40.B.依据四个动词各自的意思并结合后文中“when she arrived…she found…”可以看出是早就“安排好了”不仅仅停留在计划或者憧憬中。
41.B.依据上文可知她以前没有来过美国,所以只能I have a picture in mind,因此对美国只有一种“想象”。
42.A.从后文:I felt very alone可以看出没有人与她交流,他们都很紧张。
43.C.依据后文:the other students were ____it和she made it through the class这两处得到正确答案。
44.B.从后句but I wasn’t以及Come on, you can do that说明the others were good at it.
45.D.依据常识可知排球是hit。
46.C.磁体同上题一样需要一些生活常识,只要了解排球的游戏规则,便知“过网”。
47.B.从上文but I wasn’t和but it terrified Atsuko可看出Atsuko根本就没有击球,只是她心中的一种假设,她担心失败。
48.D.从上文提到Atsuko 有一种“害怕,犹豫”的情绪。对于这种内在的心理只能靠心里去感知。
49.D.此题与上一题有很大关系,因为the young man觉察到了Atsuko的害怕和犹豫,但既要鼓励又不能伤害她的自尊,这种情况下只能whisper才合情合理。
50.B.依据以上两题的分析可以看出是对她的“鼓励”。
51.D.本题,一可以依据前句的perhaps一词推断,二可以从Atsuko当时从害怕到犹豫到接受鼓励,最后made it through的惊喜,这一连串复杂情感变化,不难看出Atsuko自己心中的一种难以表达的,说不清楚的迷惑。
52.A.依据下文的when things are not going so well, I think of them。
53.D.从上下文中得知the young man的话对她当时克服困难有意义,更对她以后的人生有重要的意义。
54.B.依据文章:一个人言语对其他人的影响会保持很久。
55.C.从上下文可以看出You can do that这句话是很朴素但很感人的。
One of the world's richest men has taken a close interest in one of man’s most basic functions: visiting the toilet.Bill Gates’s charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, which, they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people around the world.
So, what's wrong with the traditional flush toilet? Firstly, it wastes a huge amount of potential drinking water.Secondly, they are more likely to cause pollution.This is a real problem in many areas of the developing world, where, according to United Nations estimates, unsafe sanitation causes half of all hospitalizations.Younger people are particularly at risk.Illnesses which cause diarrhea are responsible for the deaths of about 1.5 million children a year.Finally, standard lavatories simply aren’t practical in remote areas.
The challenge set by Bill Gates was to come up with a latrine which works without running water, electricity or aseptic tank(化粪池).It also needed to operate for less than 5 cents.28 designs were displayed at the recent Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle, USA.Among them was one which turned human waste into electricity using microwaves, another which converted human waste into charcoal, and yet another which used urine for flushing.
But the winner was a solar-powered design which generated hydrogen gas and electricity.The team from the California Institute of Technology(CIT)picked up a prize of $ 100,000.
But clearly Bill Gates doesn’t feel he’s flushing money down the toilet.After the Seattle event he said, “We, couldn’t be happier with the response we’ve gotten,” Gates has even pledged $370m more to the future toilet project.They hope to field test more prototypes over the next three years.
【小题1】Why is Bill Gates paying people to invent new toilets?
A.Because he wants to test people’s sense of creativity. |
B.Because he wants to improve sanitation for many people. |
C.Because he thinks the traditional ones are out of fashion. |
D.Because he can’t design this kind of things himself. |
A.They waste too much water. |
B.They might cause diseases. |
C.They are not always practical. |
D.They are too complicated to use. |
A.Loo | B.sanitation | C.diarrhea | D.prototype |
A.can change human waste into electricity |
B.can turn human waste into charcoal |
C.can produce power with solar energy |
D.can use urine for flushing |
A.showing off their wealth |
B.being angry with their work onditions |
C.wasting money for nothing |
D.expressing their great determination |