Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet fighter pilot in Viet Nam. After 75 missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb parachuted down into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison.

One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man from another table came up and said “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Viet Nam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!”

“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb.

“I packed your parachute,” the man replied. “I guess it worked”. Plumb assured him, “It sure did. If your chute（降落伞） hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Plumb couldn’t sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, “I kept wondering what he looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said ‘Good morning. How are you?’ or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was ‘just a sailor’”.

Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds(伞罩) and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn’t know.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachutes.

1.Why didn’t Plumb say hello to the sailor each time he passed him on the Kitty Hawk?

A. He thought the sailor was just an unimportant man.   

B. He didn’t like him at that time.

C. He was very busy then. 

D. He didn’t know him well then.

2. What did the sailor do on the Kitty Hawk at the Viet Nam War?

A. weaved clothes for the pilots.          B. repaired the wooden table in the ship.

C. helped the jets start.                  D. packed the parachutes for the fighter pilots.

3. What does the writer think we should do?

A. We should help each other if they are in trouble. 

B. We shouldn’t look down upon the sailors.

C. We should be thankful to others’ help.

D. We should be honest to our friends.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. A story about a sailor.                       B. Who pack your parachutes?

C. Don’t forget your past!                      D. Never forget your friends!

Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.

Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until last century had we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector (放映机).

In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.

A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.

Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Flcischer in 1933.

But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly onto an empty film and then run the film through a projector.

1.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

   A. Animal world      B. Movie camera    C. Cartoon making      D. Movement

2.

Which of the following statements is True?

   A. People were unable to recreate the movement or record it in the nineteenth century.

   B. Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.

   C. It is impossible to make cartoon characters to do what they are designed to do.

   D. Only professional animators can make animated films.

3.

 According to the passage, Felix the Cat _________.

   A. was created by the American cartoonist Felix.

   B. was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century.

   C. was unable to do what natural cats could not do.

   D. was created in the United States in the nineteenth century.

4.

It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

   A. Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier than Pat Sullivan’s.

   B. only professionals can create cartoon character

   C. Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists.

   D. the cartoon industry started in the United States.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought in and while they were   16  it, some of them told interesting stories about  17  pearls and other   18   things inside fish.
An old gentleman, who up to now had   19   quietly to their conversation, at last said,
“ I’ve heard all your stories, now I’ll tell you   20  . When I was a young man I was working in a large importing factory in New York, and   21   is usual with young persons, I fell in   22   with a pretty young girl. Very __23__ we were engaged（订婚）. About two months __24___ our marriage was to take place, I was suddenly   25  to Birmingham on a very important business. I left my sweetheart,   26   to write to her. ”
“ I had to stay in Birmingham longer than I had   27  . At last my work was done and I could leave Birmingham. But just before I  28  New York, I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond   29  , planning to give it to my sweetheart. ”
“ On my way to New York, I was__30___ the morning newspaper, which had been brought on board by the sailor. Suddenly I   31   an announcement of my sweetheart’s   32   with another. This made me so angry that I threw the ring overboard. A few days  33  , when I was eating fish, I bit(咬) on something   34  . What do you think it was ? ”
“ The diamond ring, ” cried his companions. “ No ” , said the old gentleman  35  , “ it was a fish-bone.”
16. A. eating       B. cooking          C. peeling        D. weighing
17. A. exchanging     B. tasting                 C. finding          D. searching
18. A. valuable                    B. terrible                 C. common                D. cheap
19. A. sat                    B. listened                C. stood                      D. thought
20. A. one                       B. all                     C. some                D. another
21. A. it                  B. which                          C. that                        D. as
22. A. trouble             B. debt                               C. quarrel                            D. love
23. A. quickly              B. fast                       C. soon                 D. lucky
24. A. when                    B. before                         C. after                 D. since
25. A. reported                   B. sent             C. caught           D. taken
26. A. promising                 B. agreeing              C. refusing                 D. wishing
27. A. regretted            B. wondered                  C. expected       D. finished
28. A. left for              B. left to                          C. returned back   D. returned from
29. A. watch               B. ring                       C. earring                            D. necklace
30. A. looking at       B. looking up                  C. looking through   D. looking for
31. A. looked              B. saw                       C. heard                     D. recognized
32. A. marriage                  B. fight                            C. talk                         D. agreement
33. A. before              B. later                          C. earlier              D. ago
34. A. hard                           B. sweet                         C. soft                         D. crisp
35. A. happily             B. loudly                    C. angrily             D. sadly 

完形填空

Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was   36  by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was   37  and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now   38  about lessons learned from that experience.

One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You   39  jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母舰) Kitty Hawk . You were   40  !"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.

"I   41  your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped（倒吸一口气） in surprise and   42  .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"

Plumb assured him, "It   43  did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."

Plumb couldn't sleep that night，thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him   44  the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything   45  , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a   46  ."

Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels（深处）of the ship   47  working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the   48  of someone he didn't know.

Plumb asks his   49  , "Who's packing your   50 ? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it   51  the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down-he needed his   52  parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these   53  before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to   54  and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through   55  times.

1.                A．followed        B．destroyed       C．spied     D．seen

2.                A．released        B．wounded       C．captured  D．killed

3.                A．lectures        B．gives           C．studies   D．hears

4.                A．repaired        B．made           C．flew D．cleaned

5.                A．taken down     B．looked down     C．set down  D．shot down

6.                A．bought         B．checked        C．found    D．packed

7.                A．gratefully       B．suspiciously      C．happily   D．sadly

8.                A．almost         B．surely          C．narrowly  D．nearly

9.                A．abroad         B．in             C．on   D．at

10.               A．so             B．because        C．unless D．though

11.               A．sailor          B．captain         C．pilot D．technician

12.               A．unwillingly      B．immediately     C．worriedly D．carefully

13.               A．death          B．fortune         C．fate  D．chance

14.               A．wife           B．children        C．sailors D．audience

15.               A．luggage        B．bag            C．parachute D．future

16.               A．through        B．to             C．up to D．as

17.               A．psychological    B．physical        C．imaginary D．safe

18.               A．spirits          B．emotions       C．supports   D．people

19.               A．award          B．recognize       C．reward    D．help

20.               A．happy          B．tough          C．comfortable    D．cosy

Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.
Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until last century had we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector (放映机).
In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.
A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.
Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Flcischer in 1933.
But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly onto an empty film and then run the film through a projector.
【小题1】
What does the passage mainly discuss?

A．People were unable to recreate the movement or record it in the nineteenth century.

B．Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.

C．It is impossible to make cartoon characters to do what they are designed to do.

D．Only professional animators can make animated films.

A．was created by the American cartoonist Felix.

B．was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century.

C．was unable to do what natural cats could not do.

D．was created in the United States in the nineteenth century.