题目内容
When it______the writer’s pastime, I was reminded______of the writer’s love of the sea.
A. came to; once more B. talked to; once more
C. refers to; again and again D. took up; once again
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解析:
when it comes to sth为固定搭配 意思为 “谈及某事”， once more/gain再一次。句意： 谈到作者的业余爱好时，我再一次被提醒这位作者喜欢观海。
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In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity．The most interesting example is that of a so – called “banana”, which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values．
In Shanghai, there now live a group of people from abroad．They look no different from the locals and speak fluent Chinese or even Shanghai dialect, but when it comes to writing Chinese characters, they are almost illiterate（文盲）．Jack is such an example．He never learned to read or write Chinese characters, which he finds mysterious and difficult．From time to time, he files to the US as he does not feel Shanghai is where he comes from．“But when I am in the States, I feel that’s not my home either,” he said．
At De Gaulle Airport in France, there is a Swiss man who has been living in the waiting – room for a long time because he lost h is passport during his travels．He was refused entry into several countries．But when he was eventually allowed to return to Swizerland, he refused to leave the airport．His reason was very simple—“I am sure who I am．I need no acknowledgement from others,” he said during an interview．For th is reason he was honored by the Western media as “the Hero of identity．”
As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the problem of identity becomes more serious．In a virtual world, people can have different addresses registered with different names．In the Internet chat room, even one’s gender（性别） is hard to determine．It seems that in the glohal village, people are saying hello every day to each other without knowing whom they are talking to．
What will be the next crisis（危机） of identity? With the development of cloning technology, it might be: who is the real “I”?
【小题1】What does the passage mainly talk about?
| A．The importance of identity． |
| B．The crisis of identity． |
| C．Differences between Eastern and Western cultures． |
| D．Difficulty in living in foreign counties． |
A．he needed to board a plane at any time
B．he couldn’t afford to live in a hotel
C．he needed others acknowledgement
D．he couldn’t prove who he was
65．A “banana” in the passage is in fact an ．
A．American traveling to Asia B．American keeping Eastern culture
C．American born in Asia D．America – born Asian
【小题3】We can infer from the passage that the author believes ．
| A．there will be more problems relating to identity in the future |
| B．Internet technology helps solve problems of identity |
| C．only people traveling abroad have problems of identity |
| D．people don’t need to worry about identity |
| 完形填空 | |||
| In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a lifeboat, but his supplies were __1__. His chances of surviving were small. __2__ when three fishermen found him 76days later, he was alive-much __3__ than he was when he started, but alive. His __4__ of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness-how he __5__ to catch fish, how he evaporated(使蒸发) sea water to __6__ fresh water- is very interesting. But the thing that __7__ my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no __8__ in continuing the struggle. He was starved and __9 exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice. When people __10 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds, which gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in __11 desperate circumstances __12 in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on __13 difficulties. "I tell myself I can __14 it," wrote Callahan in his book. "Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate, I tell myself these things over and over, __15 up courage… I wrote that down after I read it. It __16 me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed __17 off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I've said it, I've always come back to my __18 . The truth is, our circumstances are only bad __19 to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you're fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you __20 through the rough situation with a little more courage. | |||
| ( ) 1: A. full ( ) 2: A. And ( ) 3: A. th inner ( ) 4: A. attitude ( ) 5: A. helped ( ) 6: A. make ( ) 7: A. attacked ( ) 8: A. operation ( ) 9: A. partly ( )10: A. deal ( )11. A. similarly ( )12: A. bring ( )13: A. for the lack of ( )14: A. make ( )15: A. rolling ( )16: A. defeated ( )17: A. far ( )18: A. feelings ( )19: A. related ( )20: A. see |
B. rich B. Yet B. stronger B. decision B. pretended B. absorb B. caught B. taste B. completely B. defend B. differently B. take B. in the face of B. carry B. using B. told B. long B. senses B. measured B. cut |
C. few C. Still C. worse C. instruction C. managed C. choose C. froze C. message C. hardly C. survive C. gradually C. break C. in exchange for C. follow C. building C. introduced C. ever C. ideas C. contributed C. get |
D. enough D. Thus D. healthier D. account D. intended D. replace D. cheated D. point D. generally D. observe D. commonly D. give D. as a result of D. respect D. making D. struck D. even D. influences D. compared D. think |
Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A – F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
| A．How many people have participated in the well – received competition? B．Does the well – received competition of tall tales have an origin? C．Who was the constant winner of the annual competition of tall tales? D．Is there any secret to win the competition? E．Does the competition win the hearts of the people all over the world? F．Who is the annual competition of tall tales given to honour? | |
| 1． |
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John Graham won the annual competition of tall tales, which is held at the Bridge. Inn in Santon Bridge, in Britain’s Lake District. The “world’s biggest liar” has been crowned, after telling a tale about a German World War II submarine invading Britain to get digital television decoders. The 69 – year – old Graham, who has won the title five times before, insisted to BBC radio that “it was a true story”.
| 2． |
The annual World’s Biggest Liar Competition, which now draws tourists and competitors from around the world, dates back to the 19 th century when it was founded to honor a famous man called Will Ritson （1808 – 1890）.
| 3． |
The contest is always held at the Bridge Inn. Ritson was a popular pub owner who lived in the western Lake District. He always kept his customers interested with his funny stories. Of course, Ritson was a very honest and sincere man, who insisted that all his tales were true.
| 4． |
Each year, a contest is held to award the title of “The Biggest Liar in the World” to the person who is worthy of following in Ritson’s footsteps. More than 120 people from across the country, and from as far away as Sweden and South Africa, have taken part in this interesting competition.
| 5． |
Competitiors have five minutes to tell the biggest lie. Last year’s winner Sue told the truth of “telling a successful lie”, “I think you have got to keep that element of truth and then add some mad and fantastical elements. If you start off in a spaceship then you’ve lost people straight away.”
“Politicians and lawyers are banned from entering as they are judged to be too skilled at telling lies.”