69. According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.

A. brave　 　　 B. diligent 　　 　　C. quick　 　　　　　　 D. humorous

68. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?

A. Her eyes were badly poked.　　 B. She had eight wounds altogether.

C. One of her fingers also got hurt.　 D. One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.

67. The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.

A. swimming in the river　　　　　 B. standing on the river bank

C. watching the crocodile　　　　　 D. fishing in the water

66. This passage is most likely to be found in _____.

A. a travel guide　 B. a newspaper　　 C. a textbook　　 D. a novel

70. The emperor _____________.

A. died soon after Taj Mahan died　　　　 B. was killed by his son

C. was beloved by his people　　　　　　　 D. died after 1648

BACD

18　　 (江西省安福高一第一次月考)　　　 Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.

　　　 Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.

　　　 Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.

　　　 Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.

　　　 “This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.

　　　 He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.

　　　 Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.

69. The emperor’s own tomb was designed to be ____________.

A. 61 meters high B. eight-sided C. black-coloured　 D. white-colored

68. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Taj Mahal?

A. It was completed quickly owing to the efforts of the best artists and workers.

B. A lot of people took part in the building work

C. It is a magnificent building.

D. It is a tomb for the emperor’s beloved wife.

67. The whole passage tells us about ______.

A . a beautiful fairy tale

B. the story of the Taj Mahal

C. white and black marble tombs made for two emperors

D. the love story of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife

63. __________ helped the boy become cleverer.

A. A good meal　　　　　　　　 B. The raw fish head

C. Nothing　　　　　　　　　　 D. What had happened

　 CBCC

17(江苏省王集中学高一第一次月考)　　 The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is a love story, a sad and beautiful one. If it didn’t exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale. Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahan, means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne. He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.

He summoned the best artists and architects from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete. It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahan, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.

The building itself stands on a marble platform 29 meters square and 6-7 meters high. Towers rise from each of the four corners. The Taj itself soars another 61 meters into the air. It is an eight-sided building made of white marble.

The emperor planned to build an identical tomb of black marble for himself on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge. However his son put him into a prison in the palace before he could finish, and for the rest of his life, he could only gaze across river at the tomb of his beloved wife.

62. The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.

A. a whole fish　　　　　　　　 B. a fish head and one pound back

C. a whole fish and one pound back　

D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back