题目内容
The tunnels ________ dead leaves and branches.
- A.choked up
- B.are choked up
- C.is choked with
- D.are choked up with
On the day of a big event, many people came to Big Bend Mountain to watch. John Henry and the salesman stood side by side. Even early in the day, the sun was burning hot.
The competition began. John Henry kissed his hammer and started working. At first, the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did. Then, he started working with a hammer in each hand. He worked faster and faster. In the mountain, the heat and dust were so thick that most men would have had trouble breathing. The crowd shouted as clouds of dust came from inside the mountain.
The salesman was afraid when he heard what sounded like the mountain breaking. However, it was only the sound of John Henry at work. Polly Ann and her son cheered when the machine was pulled from the tunnel of the mountain. It had broken down. Polly Ann urged John Henry to come out. But he kept working, faster and faster. He dug deep into the darkness, hitting the steel so hard that his body began to fail him. He became weak, and his heart burst.
John Henry fell to the ground. There was a terrible silence. Polly Ann did not move because she knew what had happened. John Henry’s blood spilled over the ground. But he still held one of the hammers. “I beat them,” he said. His wife cried out, “Don’t go, John Henry.”“Bring me a cool drink of water,”he said. Then he took his last breath.
His friends carried his body from the mountain. They buried him near the house where he was born. Crowds went there after they heard about John Henry’s death.
Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers. Many laborers left their families to look for work. They took the only jobs they could find. As they worked, some sang about John Henry.
【小题1】What does the big event mentioned in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.John Henry’s work on a machine. |
B.A competition between John Henry and a salesman. |
C.John Henry’s work with his hammer and the steel. |
D.A competition between John Henry and a drill. |
A.flat ground | B.big rock | C.underground passage | D.hard metal |
A.He was tired and had to have a rest. |
B.He had heart trouble and was dying. |
C.He was thirsty and wanted to drink some water. |
D.He was injured slightly and was bleeding. |
A.He won the competition finally. | B.He was buried under the mountain. |
C.He loved his work very much. | D.He said nothing before his death. |
A.Humans can never beat machines. | B.John Henry was regarded as a hero. |
C.Laborers hated machines very much. | D.It was easy for laborers to find work. |
Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel(隧道).
We waited. We expected the lights to come on again soon. But nothing happened. Then I began to smell something. Yes, I could smell smoke. So I asked myself, “Is this train on fire?” People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried.
Then the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to myself, “I will be burnt alive!”
But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. I thought, “No one can save me from certain death but God. Only God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train.”
Before the flames reached me, I found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnel. Then as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down the tunnel. Now as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for help. I knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran on.
Then for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw a light in the distance. I asked myself “Why did God enable me to escape death?” I decided, “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them.”
【小题1】 What caused the woman next to me to fall?
A.The fire. |
B.Fear. |
C.The smoke. |
D.Anxiety. |
A.they didn’t find the way out |
B.they were too frightened to move |
C.the fire and smoke were too much |
D.too many people were in their way |
A.Going home. |
B.Blaming himself. |
C.Calling reporters. |
D.Returning to help. |
I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.
A.Between Paragraph 2 and 3. |
B.Between Paragraph 3 and 4. |
C.Between Paragraph 4 and 5. |
D.Between Paragraph 5 and 6. |