题目内容
________ famous woman singer will remarry has been reported in today’s newspaper．
- A.What
- B.That that
- C.This
- D.That
Paparazzi, or "paps", are photographers who take pictures of famous people when they are not at the center of public attention. Paps are different from professional photographers or journalists because they never take ordinary photos.
The goal for paparazzi is to get pictures that no one else will get and then sell the pictures to the buyer who offers the most money —normally a small newspaper, magazine or website.
There is no law against paparazzi taking pictures in public places. However, there are laws that protect certain individuals. For example, child protection laws stop improper (不合适的) pictures of anyone under 16 from being published.
There is also no law that stops paparazzi from following celebrities (名人) and taking their pictures either. However, if paps are secretly following them and taking pictures of their faces, they could get into trouble.
Most paparazzi hang out on streets and hot spots for celebrities, waiting for the opportunity to take a picture of a star. Many stay on the streets until the early hours of the morning when celebrities are leaving nightclubs and looking a little worse for wear. However, some have other ways to make sure they get pictures. Many paps are in contact with "informers" who know the locations of celebrities at any given time. They then pass the information on to paparazzi. An informer could be anyone —from a restaurant waiter to a salesman.
Most of the time, paparazzi get a bad reputation for following celebrities. But sometimes stars or their managers will contact paps themselves and tell them exactly where and when they will go.
What a love-hate relationship between paparazzi and celebrities!
1.Which of the following things paparazzi might do would be against the law?
|
A．Taking pictures of famous people in public places. |
|
B．Getting unsuitable pictures of a 10-year-old actress published. |
|
C．Following a famous woman singer secretly and taking her pictures. |
|
D．Hanging out at the places where celebrities often appear. |
2.In order to earn big money a pap has to ________.
|
A．get the only first-hand pictures |
|
B．sell the pictures to a big newspaper |
|
C．make friends with famous people |
|
D．know the locations of celebrities |
3.The fifth paragraph mainly tells us ________.
|
A．how paparazzi get the pictures |
|
B．how dangerous paparazzi’s job is |
|
C．how much paparazzi pay for the pictures |
|
D．how paparazzi contact informers |
4.What can we infer from the passage?
|
A．Paparazzi always take pictures when famous people are tired. |
|
B．Stars hate paparazzi and don’t want to be followed. |
|
C．Paparazzi and famous people rely on each other sometimes. |
|
D．Informers might get paparazzi into trouble. |
We all have weaknesses and strengths—no matter who we are .Some get sick easily.
Some are 36 people in communication, struggling with 37 .
Sometimes weaknesses seem to outweigh (胜过)the strengths and sometimes it’s the other way around. 38 ,facing huge limitations, many people tend to 39 it as just bad luck ---but not everyone. Those who rise over their weaknesses can still manage to 40 extraordinary things.
I 41 a school prize –giving ceremony and the guest speaker was Andrew Becroft, 42 had a severe stutter (结巴 ) as a child . 43 allowing this to limit him , he chose to overcome it. Now he is a famous judge . Not only 44 he become successful, but he did so in a profession 45 he had to speak before others regularly. Had he not worked on his 46 ability, it would have been very limiting to his success in life and work.
Many people face far huger limitations, such as loss 47 legs or arms , being born extremely poor, 48 you do. But whatever the limitation, you’ll 49 find people who have overcome it. Helen Keller, who fell 50 and lost her sight and hearing at 19 months old, worked hard to be a famous woman with great 51 . Mark Inglis lost both his legs in a mountain climbing accident, 52 has since climbed Mt. Everest.
If one of them had told you what they hoped to achieve, you would have nodded kindly while 53 thinking to yourself that they had no chance . And yet the results speak for 54 .
Though most of us will never have to face such challenges , yet most of us will never achieve to the 55 that these people have either if we never seriously think of what we can do.
|
1. |
|
|
2. |
|
|
3. |
|
|
4. |
|
|
5. |
|
|
6. |
|
|
7. |
|
|
8. |
|
|
9. |
|
|
10. |
|
|
11. |
|
|
12. |
|
|
13. |
|
|
14. |
|
|
15. |
|
|
16. |
|
|
17. |
|
|
18. |
|
19.A. yourself B, ourselves C. themselves D. itself
|
20. |
|
Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.
As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.
At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.
“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.
“Then I will make it so,” she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.
Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.
After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.
Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.
1.When she was a child, Florence ____ .
|
A．loved to travel very much |
|
B．knew what her duty in life was |
|
C．loved to help the sick people |
|
D．was most interested in music and drawing |
2.What made Florence make up her mind to become a nurse？
|
A．Her father’s support. |
|
B．Her desire to help the sick. |
|
C．Her education in Germany and France. |
|
D．Her knowledge from reading great books. |
3.During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____ .
|
A．she earned a little money |
|
B．work was very difficult |
|
C．few soldiers died because of her work |
|
D．she didn’t have enough food or clothes |
4.The passage can best be described as ____ .
|
A．the life story of a famous woman |
|
B．a description of the nursing work |
|
C．an example of successful education |
|
D．the history of nursing in England |
Dr. Marie Curie is known to the world as the scientist who discovered radioactive metals i.e. Radium and Polonium.
Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements and studied the x-rays they emitted. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors. By the end of World War I, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent methods of processing radium or its medical applications.
Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867 in Poland and died on July 4, 1934. Her co-discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901 with the Nobel Prize for Physics. In 1911, Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel prize, this time for chemistry, to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium's atomic weight.
As a child, Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory. She learned to read when she was only four years old. Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie. She dreamed of becoming a scientist, but that would not be easy. Her family became very poor, and at the age of 18, Marie became a governess. She helped pay for her sister to study in Paris. Later, her sister helped Marie with her education. In 1891, Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie, a well-known physicist.
Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x-rays. She received two Nobel prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.
1.The underlined word “emitted” in the 2nd paragraph means_______.
|
A．gave off |
B．gave away |
C．set out |
D．set off |
2.According to the passage, which order of the following is right?
① Marie Curie worked as a governess. ② Marie Curie met and marry Pierre Curie.
③ Marie Curie learned to read. ④ Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize.
⑤ Marie Curie discovered radium.
|
A．①②③④⑤ |
B．③①②⑤④ |
C．①②③⑤④ |
D．③①②④⑤ |
3. When did Marie Curie win a Nobel Prize for a chemistry?
|
A．In her twenties |
B．In her thirties |
C．In her forties |
D．In her fifties |
4.What does the passage mainly talked about?
|
A．Marie Curie discovered radium |
B．Marie Curie, a famous chemist |
|
C．Marie Curie won two Noble Prizes |
D．The brief biography of Marie Curie |