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Fat and shy,Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football,tennis,cricket—anything with a round ball,I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire,England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually,Saunders set up his mind on building up his body,increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18,he ran his first marathon.
The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure in Scotland,where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested,Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures,then decided that this would be his future.
In 2001,after becoming a skillful skier,Saunders started his first long-distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite,ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit,pulling his supply-loaded sled up and over rocky rice.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole,and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
Next October,Saunders,27,heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back,a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.
Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?
a. He ran his first marathon.
b. He skied alone in the North Pole.
c. He rode his bike in a forest
.d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.
A. a-c-d-b B. c-d-a-b C. a-c-b-d D. c-a-b-d
The underlined word “exploits” is closest in meaning to______
A. journeys B. operations C. researches D. adventures
The story mainly tell us about Saunders that he is______
A. a good instructor at school B .the best British skier
C. Ridgway’s favorite student D. a success in sports
Ben Saunders______after he was 15 years old .
A. become good at most sports. B. began to build up his body.
C. made friends with a runner. D. joined a sports team
查看习题详情和答案>>My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite: “You won’t catch me putting my money in there!” he declared, “Not in that glass box!”
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money. In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen.
Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable(难以渗透的), the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an architecture symbol reflected people’s prevailing attitude toward money.
But the attitude toward money has, of course, changed. Excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replaced by credit. A deficit (赤字) economy, accompanied by huge expansion, has led us to think of money as product of the creative imagination. The banker no longer offers us a safe: he offers us a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. It is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that we are witnessing the disappearance of the heavy-walled bank.
Just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of imaginative powers. From this point of view it is hard to say where architecture ends and human assertion (人们的说法) begins.
36. 1.The main idea of this passage is that________.
A.money is not as valuable as it was in the past |
B.changes have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of banks |
C.the architectural style of the older bank is superior to that of the modern bank |
D.prejudice makes the older generation think that the modern bank is unreliable |
37. 2.How do the older generation and the younger one think about money respectively?
A.The former thinks more of money than the latter. |
B.The younger generation values money more than the older generation. |
C.Both generations rely on the imaginative power of bankers to make money. |
D.To the former money is a real commodity but to the latter be a means to produce more money. |
38. 3.The words “tangible commodity” (Line 2, Para. 4) refer to something ______.
A.that can be replaceable |
B.that is usable |
C.that can be touched |
D.that can be reproduced |
39. 4.According to this passage, a modern banker should be _______.
A.ambitious and friendly |
B.reliable and powerful |
C.sensible and impenetrable |
D.imaginative and creative |
40. 5.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards the new trend in banking is _______.
A.cautious |
B.regretful |
C.positive |
D.hostile |
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Why don’t birds get lost on their long migratory (迁移的) flights? Scientists tried their best to find the 1 to this question for many years. The reasons have been discovered only lately.
2 ago experiments showed that birds depend on the sun to guide them 3 . But what about birds that fly mainly by night? 4 with man-made stars have 5 that certain night-flying birds are able to follow the 6 in their long distance flights.
One such 7 , a warbler (鸣禽), had spent its lifetime in a 8 and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet is showed its 9 by birth to use the stars for guidance. The bird's cage was put under a man-made star-filled sky at migration 10 . The bird tried to fly 11 the same direction as 12 taken by other birds in the building. Any 13 in the position of the make-believe (虚构的) stars 14 a change in the direction of its flight.
Scientists think that warblers, 15 flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But stars are clearly their important 16 of navigation(导航). What do they do when the stars are 17 behind the clouds? Clearly, they find their way by such land 18 as mountains, coastlines and river courses. But when it's too 19 to see these, the warblers circle 201 , unable to find out where they were.
1. A. reply B. answer C. discovery D. replies
2. A. Not long B. Long C. Centuries D. Years
3. A. during the night B. during daylight hours
C. in winter D. in the dark
4. A. Examinations B. Labs C. Tests D. In the dark
5. A. been proved B. found C. been found D. proved
6. A. stars B. moon C. route D. sun
7. A. star B. scientist C. bird D. flight
8. A. forest B. cage C. nest D. cave
9. A. strength B. ability C. experience D. practice
10. A. time B. place C. way D. season
11. A. to B. towards C. in D. under
12. A. that B. which C. one D. it
13. A. one B. change C. way D. bird
14. A. caused B. gave C. resulted D. meant
15. A. for B. when C. after D. they are
16. A. ways B. means C. objects D. homes
17. A. shown B. covered C. moved D. hidden
18. A. areas B. surface C. marks D. signs
19. A. far B. high C. dark D. bright
20. A. helplessly B. quickly C. easily D. freely
查看习题详情和答案>>The poor boy, _____ with extraordinary strength, _____ from the ground.
A. filled;rose B. filling;rose C. full;raised D. filled;risen
查看习题详情和答案>>Practising Chinese kung fu can not only________one’s strength,but also develop one’s character.
A.bring up |
B.take up |
C.build up |
D.pull up |
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