One day, Tomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn’t have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask present for help? Did you know him?” The man was shocked because he didn’t know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.”

1. 1.

   Who was Tomas Jefferson?

   1. A.
      He was a businessman.       
   2. B.
      He was a teacher.
   3. C.
      He was a captain.           
   4. D.
      He was the president of the US
2. 2.

   How did they cross the river?

   1. A.
      In a boat.
   2. B.
      On their horses.
   3. C.
      By swimming.
   4. D.
      By building a bridge.
3. 3.

   When the group were crossing the river, ________.

   1. A.
      water was flowing out of the river
   2. B.
      it was windy and very cold
   3. C.
      there were many empty boats in the river
   4. D.
      everyone wrote a word on the face
4. 4.

   At last, __________.

   1. A.
      both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the river
   2. B.
      only Jefferson crossed the river
   3. C.
      only the man crossed the river
   4. D.
      Jefferson’s horse died
5. 5.

   From the passage, we know that _________.

   1. A.
      all the travelers were kind
   2. B.
      Jefferson was helpful
   3. C.
      nobody knew the president
   4. D.
      the man gave Jefferson some money

One of the greatest mysteries on Earth is the statues which stand on Easter Island. Easter Island, which was almost uninhabited when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain, is the most distant island in the world covered with hundreds of giant statues, each weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall.
Who built these statues and why and how did they get there? Nobody knows the answer for sure.
One theory suggests that Easter Island was first inhabited by Polynesians, who traveled thousands of miles in their canoes（独木舟）in 400 A.D. However, the ocean currents（洋流）which carried them there would not take them back, so that they could not leave.
The statues appear to have been made out of the top edge of the walls of a volcano on the island. Then, it may have been rolled or dragged down to the foot of the volcano(火山). Then, it was stood upright（直立）and ropes were tied around it, which was made to act as a pulley（滑轮）. Over a period of months, a statue could be walked for miles down to the ocean. Finally, it was placed in line with other statues, all of them looking towards the center of the island.
This process was difficult. If a statue fell over, it was too heavy to be pulled upright again, so the islanders went back and carved another statue.
The population of Easter Island must have reached 11,000. Later, the resources of the island were used up and people began fighting and eating each other. Work on the statues stopped and the statues were knocked over. When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of these people had died out.
【小题1】This passage is mainly about ________ .

Few of them hurt themselves in the accident , ______?

A. don’t they???? ????????????? B. didn’t they??? ????????????? C. did they????? ????????????? D. do they