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  Britain’s oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 110.Mr.John Evans had never found the time or the money-to make the trip from his home near Swansea.But, when British Rail offered him an all-expenses-paid birthday trip to the capital, he just could not refuse.

  Until yesterday he had never been far from home.Except for one trip to Abredeen.Mr.Evans, who spent 60 years working as a miner in South Wales, almost made the journey to London once before at the turn of the century.“There was a trip to the White City but it was ten shillings(1 shilling=1/20 pounds)return from Swansea-too much I thought.All my money went to the family then, ” he said.

  During the next two days Mr.Evans will be taken on a whistle-stop tour of London to see the sights.Top of his list is a visit to the Houses of Parliament(国会).

  The only arrangement he does not care for is the wheelchair provided to move him about if he gets tired.“I don’t like the chair business-people will so think I am getting old, ” he said.

  His secret for a long and healthy life has been well publicized-no alcohol, no cigarette and no anger.Before setting off from Swansea with his 76-year-old son, Amwel, he quipped, “I’m glad to see they’ve given me a return ticket.”

(1)

It was reported that Mr.Evans’s healthy long life was to a certain extent due to his ________.

[  ]

A.

wine drinking

B.

proper smoking

C.

mild temper

D.

sense of humor

(2)

Which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.

A single trip from Mr.Evans’s home to the White City used to be ten shilling.

B.

The first place for Mr.Evans to visit is the Houses of Parliament.

C.

He appreciated people’s arrangement of a wheelchair during his visit.

D.

Mr.Evans once made the journey to London at the turn of the century.

(3)

The word“quip”most probably means ________.

[  ]

A.

to make a witty remark

B.

to express a happy message

C.

to make a wish

D.

to tell a joke

(4)

What might be the best title for his passage?

[  ]

A.

110-Year-Old Tourist

B.

Secret for Long and Healthy Life

C.

Free Return Ticket

D.

Sightseeing in London

答案:1.C;2.B;3.A;4.A;
解析:

(1)

从最后一段第一句话可知,老人长寿的秘诀是“不喝酒、不吸烟、不生气”。

(2)

从第三段可知,老人第一个要参观的地方是国会大厦。

(3)

从老人所说的话“I’m glad to see they’ve given me a return ticket.”可知,他是用一种诙谐的语气说的。

(4)

从整篇短文的内容可知,主要报道了一位百岁老人参观伦敦的新闻。


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  The film is a tale of witchcraft(魔法)  2   in modern-day Britain. Based on a book by J. K. Rowling,   3   tells the story of a very   4   baby, seared at birth by an evil wizard who kills his parents. The only legacy (遗赠物)of the tragedy is a red   5   on the baby’s forehead-and magical   6   , inherited(继承)from his mother and father, to fight against and overcome evil.

  The Harry Potter myth was founded five years ago by Joanne Rowling, a   7   single mother living in Edinburgh, in the north of the United Kingdom. To date, 110 million   8   of her books have been sold worldwide. But before her publishers would   9   the first manuscript(手稿),Joanne Rowling   10   agree to change her name on the book cover to J. K. Rowling

   11   it was feared that child,   12   young boys,   13   not read an adventure story written by a woman.   14   , when the books became an overnight success, did it become generally known that the talented and creative author was   15   a young and attractive woman.

  At the start of production, forty thousand   16   actors were auditioned(试演)and

   17   for the screen role, yet Daniel Radcliffe was discovered when the producers took a

   18   and went out to a theatre in London’s west end. There in the   19   row sat young Daniel who was visiting the theatre with his father for an evening’s entertainment. Daniel was screen tested and with J. K. Rowling’s agreement was immediately   20   the part. Now kids around the world together with their parents are quite familiar with Harry Potter and the actor Daniel Reddiffe.

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The first Olympic Games at Olympia were held in 776 B. C. They were held  1  four years from 776 B. C. to 393 A. D. In ancient  2  , games were closely  3  to the worship(尊敬)of the gods and heroes. They were also held as part of religious ceremonies(宗教仪式)to  4  dead heroes. But from the beginning, the games at Olympia served to   5  the Greek sense of national unity. So every four years over 1 100 years, thousands of  6  stopped all wars and  7  to a small sanctuary in northwestern Greece for five days in the late summer for  8  reason—to watch the Olympic Games. During that time,   9  from all over the Greek world competed in a number of  10  events and worshipped the gods at Olympia. The athletes competed not for  11  or material goods,   12  only for the honor of being Olympic visitors. Like our Olympics,   13  athletes were heroes who put their hometowns on the map. However,    14  our Olympics, only  15  who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any  16  and the games were  17  held at Olympia instead of moving around to different places every time.

The  18  Olympics had a rich variety of games. Many of these games are the ancestors of our modern Olympic Games and had  19  and playing conditions which modern athletes would be very  20  with. They include boxing, jumping, running, wrestling and so on.

1. A. some                          B. each

C. every                          D. any

2. A. Britain                        B. Greece

C. Russia                        D. China

3. A. stuck                          B. known

C. connected                     D. owed

4. A. welcome                    B. honor

C. call                           D. meet

5. A. strengthen                     B. invent

C. reach                          D. form

6. A. soldiers?                     B. athletes?

C. people                        D. players

7. A. marched                       B. rode

C. flew                         D. crowded

8. A. a single                       B. some

C. a certain                       D. no

9. A. people                        B. audience

C. competitors                     D. soldiers

10. A. physical                      B. athletic

C. political                    D. interesting

11. A. money                        B. fame

C. victory                        D. medal

12. A. and                         B. while

C. but                         D. because

13. A. good                         B. all

C. winning                      D. brave

14. A. for                         B. unlike

C. like                         D. as

15. A. free men                     B. slaves

C. poor men                      D. Frenchmen

16. A. continent                     B. town

C. period                       D. country

17. A. always                        B. again

C. usually                        D. sometimes

18. A. recent                       B. biggest

C. ancient                        D. modern

19. A. armies                        B rules

C. competitors                   D. fields

20. A. agreeable                     B. delighted

C. familiar                    D. popular

 

The first Olympic Games at Olympia were held in 776 B. C. They were held  1  four years from 776 B. C. to 393 A. D. In ancient  2  , games were closely  3  to the worship(尊敬)of the gods and heroes. They were also held as part of religious ceremonies(宗教仪式)to  4  dead heroes. But from the beginning, the games at Olympia served to   5  the Greek sense of national unity. So every four years over 1 100 years, thousands of  6  stopped all wars and  7  to a small sanctuary in northwestern Greece for five days in the late summer for  8  reason—to watch the Olympic Games. During that time,   9  from all over the Greek world competed in a number of  10  events and worshipped the gods at Olympia. The athletes competed not for  11  or material goods,   12  only for the honor of being Olympic visitors. Like our Olympics,   13  athletes were heroes who put their hometowns on the map. However,    14  our Olympics, only  15  who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any  16  and the games were  17  held at Olympia instead of moving around to different places every time.

The  18  Olympics had a rich variety of games. Many of these games are the ancestors of our modern Olympic Games and had  19  and playing conditions which modern athletes would be very  20  with. They include boxing, jumping, running, wrestling and so on.

1. A. some                          B. each

C. every                          D. any

2. A. Britain                        B. Greece

C. Russia                        D. China

3. A. stuck                          B. known

C. connected                     D. owed

4. A. welcome                    B. honor

C. call                           D. meet

5. A. strengthen                     B. invent

C. reach                          D. form

6. A. soldiers?                     B. athletes?

C. people                        D. players

7. A. marched                       B. rode

C. flew                         D. crowded

8. A. a single                       B. some

C. a certain                       D. no

9. A. people                        B. audience

C. competitors                     D. soldiers

10. A. physical                      B. athletic

C. political                    D. interesting

11. A. money                        B. fame

C. victory                        D. medal

12. A. and                         B. while

C. but                         D. because

13. A. good                         B. all

C. winning                      D. brave

14. A. for                         B. unlike

C. like                         D. as

15. A. free men                     B. slaves

C. poor men                      D. Frenchmen

16. A. continent                     B. town

C. period                       D. country

17. A. always                        B. again

C. usually                        D. sometimes

18. A. recent                       B. biggest

C. ancient                        D. modern

19. A. armies                        B rules

C. competitors                   D. fields

20. A. agreeable                     B. delighted

C. familiar                    D. popular

 

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Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling’s life is like a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling  1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone  2 a table in a café during her daughter’s naps – and it was Harry Potter  3 rescued her.

Rowling  4 that she always wanted to write and that the first  5 she actually wrote down, when she was five or six, was a story about a rabbit  6 Rabbit. Many of her favorite  7 center around reading – hearing The Wind in the Willows  8 aloud by her father when she had the measles(麻疹), enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E. Nesbit, and her favorite story of all, The little White Horse.

At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and  9 one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to  10 as a researcher and bilingual secretary. The best thing about working in an office, she has said, was  11 up stories on the computer when no one was  12 . During this time, on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea  13 her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn’t know it. He  14 a school for wizardry – she could see him very plainly in her mind. By the time the train  15 into Kings Cross station four hours later, many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully  16 in her head. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in  17 and cafes over her lunch hours.

After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce, Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and  18 . She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and  19 to finish the book before looking for a teaching job. Wheeling her daughter’s carriage around the city to escape their  20 , cold apartment, she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep. In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers.

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2.   A. on            B. in             C. around         D. at

3.   A. what          B. that           C. which          D. who

4.   A. remembers      B. thinks          C. reminds        D. supposes

5.   A. book          B. story          C. novel          D. fiction

6.   A. naming         B. published       C. called          D. replaced

7.   A. songs          B. sports          C. things          D. memories

8.   A. spoken         B. said           C. told           D. read

9.   A. cost           B. spared         C. took           D. spent

10.  A. regard         B. consider        C. work          D. treat

11.  A. searching       B. reading         C. listening        D. typing

12.  A. noticing        B. watching       C. observing       D. seeing

13.  A. came to        B. struck to        C. stuck to        D. hit on

14.  A. studies         B. attends         C. builds          D. goes

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16.  A. organized       B. taken          C. formed         D. appeared

17.  A. theatres        B. pubs           C. cinemas        D. concerts

18.  A. chapters        B. books          C. magazines       D. newspapers

19.  A. set about        B. set off         C. set up          D. set out

20.  A. splendid        B. large           C. comfortable      D. tiny

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