Michael froze as he heard the voice on the radio saying that a man had been murdered by a bullet that had come from the sky. Thinking that the shot they had fired possibly was the shot that killed Mr. Ward, he immediately drove off. For the next two months, Michael and Joe hid the secret that the bullet had actually shot Mr. Ward.

    During this time, Jenna Ward started to realize life without her father. While Jenna mourned the death of her father, a strange boy started to appear at the front steps of the church. After many nights of watching this boy, she finally recognized that it was Michael who was sitting on the steps every night.

    After months of finding out where the shot came, the police arrived at Michael’s house. His dad mentioned the gun that Michael had received from his grandpa at his birthday party. Michael told the police that Joe had borrowed the gun. Upon this, Joe said that the gun had been stolen out of his car along with his CD player. After the police were gone, Michael met Joe and told Joe the gun was under the wood pile in his backyard.

One day , Michael came home to find the police searching his backyard with metal detectors .When the Sergeant(警官)went into the woods behind the house , he came out with a bullet that Joe and he had shot off on his birthday .The bullet matched the one that they had recovered from Mr Ward , but without the gun , the police could not place Michael as the killer.

  With the pressure increasing .Michael finally broke down and realized he had to give up .On a Saturday morning , he went to Jenna’s house to confess(忏悔) to her and her mother and then turned himself in .

1.It can be inferred from the story that Michael and Joe _____.

A. shot and killed Mr. Ward by accident

B. shot and killed Mr. Ward deliberately

C. fired a bullet that killed Ward from the sky

D. were experienced professional murders

2.Why did Michael sit on the steps of the church every night?

A. He was monitoring Jenna’s whereabouts (行踪).

B. He was probably feeling upset and guilty.

C. He wanted to make sure that Ward was dead.

D. He wanted to show sympathy for the Wards.

3.The underlined phrase “turned himself in” in the last paragraph means _____.

A. returned home              B. went into the room

C. fled into the woods        D. delivered himself to the police

4.From the passage we can learn that _____.

A. Michael lent the gun to Joe at his birthday party

B. the gun together with a CD player was stolen from Joe’s car

C. Michael hid the gun under the wood pile in his backyard

D. the Sergeant discovered the bullet in the wood pile

 

If you live in America in the 21st century you'll probably have to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It's become the default response when you ask anyone how they are doing:"Busy!""Crazy busy!".It is,pretty obviously,a boast disguised as a complaint. And the common response is a kind of congratulation:"That's a good problem to have,"or"Better than the opposite."

Notice it isn't generally people pulling back-to-back shifts in the ICU or commuting by bus to three minimum-wage jobs who tell you how busy they are.What those people are is not busy but tired.Exhausted!Dead on their feet.It's almost always people whose busyness is purely self-imposed:work and obligations they've taken on voluntarily,classes and activities they've "encouraged" their kids to participate in.They're busy because of their own ambition or drive or anxiety,because they're addicted to busyness and dread that they might have to face in its absence.

Almost everyone I know is busy. They feel anxious and guilty when they aren't either working or doing something to promote their work.It's something they have chosen.Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance(令人安心的保证),a measure against emptiness,obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or tiny or meaningless if you are so busy,completely booked,in demand every hour of the day.

Idleness is not just a vacation.It is as necessary to the brain as vitamin D is to the body,and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as ugly as rickets.The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole,for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration."Idle dreaming is often the essence of what we do,"wrote Thomas Pynchon.Archimedes' "Eureka"in the bath, Newton's apple :history is full of stories of inspirations that come in idle moments.

1.When many Americans say"Crazy busy", they mean______.

A.they are really tired of their present situation

B.they are really proud of their present life

C.they are complaining about their current work

D.their life are full of all kinds of problems

2.The writer mentions Archimedes' "Eureka"and Newton's apple to show that________.

A.history is full of interesting stories

B.Archimedes and Newton were very busy, so they made great discoveries

C.people may get inspiration when they are idle

D.inspirations come from hard work

3.The word "its" in the second paragraph refers to_______________________________.

A.ambition          B.anxiety           C.busyness          D.dread

4.From the article,we can infer that ___________________________________.

A.generally people pulling back-to-back shifts in the ICU tell you they are busy

B."Dead on their feet" means "being tired out"

C.all the kids are self-imposed due to the drive and motivation

D.The author seems to agree that idleness is better than busyness

 

Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and Iron Man ... .There is no shortage of superheroes. You find them in comic books, on the TV and the big screen.

In a survey of fans by the sci-fi and fantasy website, SFX.co.uk, Batman, 70 years old this year, was voted Britain's favorite superhero.

Unlike many crime-fighting superheroes Batman has no special powers. He can't fly like Superman or shoot a sticky web like Spider-Man.

Bruce Wayne is born to a wealthy Gotham City business family. However, when his parents are murdered his life changes completely.

Wayne feels anger at their deaths and guilty that he did not prevent them. He travels around the world learning how to fight. Upon returning to Gotham, he creates a disguise (伪装) to enable him to fight crime without being recognized.

A childhood fear of bats leads him to choose to dress as one. His idea is that through the bat person he can prove to himself that he has overcome his childhood fears.

Wayne is the CEO of the company he inherits (继承) from his father. He seems to live the lifestyle of a millionaire playboy. But this is a ruse (计策). He works hard at the image to allow himself the freedom he needs to do his work as a crime fighter. "Bruce Wayne, playboy" is the disguise Batman is the real person.

"Wayne is not a born superhero. Instead, he is a real, complex person," said Dace Golder, editor of the website. "He is the most realistic of all the superheroes. I am particularly interested in the emotional process by which a boy becomes a hero. His superhero qualities come from within."

1.What is the article mainly about?  

A.How Bruce Wayne develops into a superhero.

B.How to overcome childhood fears.

C.What makes a superhero.

D.Why superheroes enjoy great popularity in Britain.

2.Bruce Wayne decides to dress like a bat because of ______ .

A.his curiosity about bats

B.his childhood fear of bats

C.his parents' sudden death

D.his unusual travel experiences

3.Why does Wayne live like a playboy?

A.He prefers the lifestyle of a playboy.

B.He doesn't know how to run a company.

C.He loves freedom more than anything else.

D.He needs to disguise his crime fighting activities.

4.Which of the following statements is true about Batman? 

A.Batman is a born superhero

B.He has special powers

C.The turning point of his life is due to his parents' sudden death

D.He actually lives the lifestyle of a millionaire playboy

 

My First Long Kun

Two weeks ago, I had a quarrel with my husband. After he had driven off in anger, I realized that I wasn’t going to feel any better just sitting there. Feeling abandoned and guilty, I put on my gym shoes to get some fresh air.

   Our driveway has a slope(斜坡) that is easier just to jog down if you are lazy, taking advantage of gravity. Instead of stopping at the end of the slope, I decided t see if I could just jog to the end of the street. I had tried a few months ago and failed miserably. Since that first attempt I had been jogging regularly and was significantly fitter, but still very lazy. However this time around I managed to reach the stop sign with ease and I figured I would go a little further.

  After about one kilometer, however, I noticed that my upper body was tense. To make the movement easier I had to relax my body, and tried to take deep breaths of air.

  I kept giving myself the excuse to stop. No one would be disappointed. No one would even know. But I didn’t stop. I wanted to keep going harder, better, stronger. To my great surprise, I ran 4.9 km in 31 minutes. When I got back, I had tears in my eyes. I did something I thought I could never do.

It was the first long run of my life. Since I have improved my stride (步幅) and time, after every run I feel fitter, happier and motivated to keep progressing. I love the runner’s high, I normally jog because I want look good. I want to run because it makes me feel good.

1.    Why did the author feet guilty? (No more than 9 words ) (2 marks)

                                                                             

2.    What did. The author fait to do miserably few months ago? ( no more than 11 words) (2 marks)

                                                                             

3.   What excuses did the author keep giving herself to stop? (no more than 9 words ) (3 marks)

                                                                             

4.    How is running different from jogging t the author? (no more than 14 words) (3 marks)

                                                                             

 

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