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  A man named Smith was sitting on his roof during a flood, and the water was up to his feet. Before long a fellow in a canoe passed and shouted, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground?"

  "No, thanks," said Smith. "I have faith in God and he will save me."

  Soon the water rose to Smith's waist. At this point a motor boat pulled up and someone called out, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground?"

  "No, thanks, I have faith in God and he will save me."

  Later a helicopter flew by, and Smith was now standing on the roof with water up to his neck. "Grab the rope, "shouted the pilot. "I'll pull you up."

  "No, thanks," said Smith. "I have faith in God and he will save me. "But after hours of struggling with water, poor exhausted Smith drowned and went to his reward. As he arrived at the Pearly Gates, Smith met God and complained about this. "Tell me, God, "he said, "I had such faith in you to save me and you let me drown. What happened?"

  To which God replied, "What do you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter."

  56.When the pilot asked Smith to grab the rope, ______.

    A. Smith pulled the pilot up      B. Smith did so

    C. Smith didn't do so         D. Smith didn't hear him

  57.At last, poor exhausted Smith drowned and ______.

    A. went to his reward        B. passed away

    C. went to heaven          D. all of the above

  58.What do we know about Smith? ______.

    A. He was a lazy man

    B. He was a lucky man who believed in God

    C. He was a poor man

    D. He was a silly man who believed in God 

   59.What do you think of this passage? This passage is very ______.

    A. moving    B. humorous   C. depressing   D. surprising 

 

  60.The best title of this passage is" ______" .

    A. What Do You Want from Me?    B. How Do You Believe in God?

    C. How God Loved Smith!      D. Smith Obeyed God's Order

 

56—60 DD:B::C A

 

56—60解析:对于"死亡"的几种含蓄说法。

解析:对于文中人物进行评价。要求学生在阅读中注意细节描写,进行归纳,并推测作者的描写意图,最后得出结论。

解析:考查在速读中捕捉有效信息的能力。解析:读完短文,让人忍俊不禁,这正体现了行文幽默所具有的感染力。

解析:"你想从我这里得到什么?"即"你想让我怎样帮你?"用上帝的这句话作文章题目,正是作者要表达的主题:一个人这样愚蠢和固执,连上帝也无法帮他。

 

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  When you are little, it's not hard to believe you can changed the world.I remember my enthusiasm when, at the age of 12, I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit.“I am only a child,” I told them."Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this would be.In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not be greedy.Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?You grownups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect your words."

  I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation.Some of the delegates even cried.I thought that maybe I had reached some of them, that my speech might actually spur(刺激)action.Now, a decade from Rio, after I've sat through many more conferences, I'm not sure what has been accomplished.My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual's voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.

  When I was little, the world was simple.But as a young adult, I'm learning that as we have to make choices-education, career, lifestyle-life gets more and more complicated.We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful.We are learning a shortsighted way of looking at the future, focusing on four-year government terms and quarterly business reports.We are taught that economic growth is progress, but we aren't taught how to pursue a happy, healthy or sustainable way of living.And we are learning that what we wanted for our future when we were 12 was idealistic and na?ve(天真).

  Today I'm no longer a child, but I'm worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in.I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think.I am still deciding how to live my life.The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of the change.I hope this goal will be met through our common efforts.Thank you all.

(1)

The purpose of what the speaker said at the age of 12 was to ________.

[  ]

A.

end poverty and make school beautiful

B.

find environmental answers and show off

C.

focus people's attention on some social problems

D.

find a wonderful place and clean it up

(2)

What does the underlined word “ovation” in the second paragraph refer to?

[  ]

A.

A long period of laughing.

B.

A cold and unfriendly welcome.

C.

An expression used for greeting.

D.

Great applause or cheering.

(3)

The information in the text is presented mainly through ________.

[  ]

A.

question and answer

B.

a personal lecture

C.

cause and effect

D.

listing steps in a process

(4)

Which of the following best describes the speaker?

[  ]

A.

He is an experienced educator.

B.

He is an impolite man.

C.

He is a man of great worries.

D.

He is a man of social responsibility.

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