题目内容
Strange but true!
A motorist in Spain was driving along the road when he saw a
rabbit. He stopped, shot the rabbit and put it in his car. As he was driving
along, the rabbit woke up and jumped out of the window. On the way out, it
bumped（与某物相撞）into the motorist's gun and shot
him in the neck!
The Greek writer Aeschylus was talking to a friend one day
when a tortoise fell on his head and killed him! Eagles often drop tortoises
onto rocks and then eat them. This eagle thought Aeschylus' bald（秃顶的）head was a rock!
In 1994, while Veronica Ronn was playing football in Stockholm, Sweden, a thunderstorm started and she was hit by lightning. The lightning threw her out of her boots and into the air. Her heart stopped, but the teacher saved her life with heart massage （推拿；按摩）. When she woke up in hospital, her first words were “how did the match go?”
1. Was the motorist walking when he saw the rabbit?
No, he wasn’t. He was…
2. What happened next?
3. Was Aeschylus running when the eagle saw him?
4. What happened next?
5. What was Veronica Ronn doing when the lightning hit her?
6. What happened next?
解析：
| 1.
No, he wasn't. He was driving along the road.
2. 略 3. No, he wasn't. He was talking to a friend. 4. 略 5. She was playing football. 6.略
|
Dear Dr Jackson,
My parents are never happy with me. They are always criticizing my clothes, my hair and the music I listen to. They hate my friends’ looks and they keep complaining when I go with them. I’m not allowed to stay out as late as my friends do, so I can’t have any fun. My parents only seem to care about my school grades. Although I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, can’t they understand me? How can I make them understand me?
Angel
Dear Angel,
Your problem is common to both teenagers and parents. Don’t worry, because all this is natural. You see, your parents have grown up at a different time and they have different experiences. So, they think some things are strange, but you find the same things are all right. For example, the music you like may sound like noise to them. Your parents love you, so they feel they must stop you from doing whatever they find strange. On the other hand, you don’t want to be different from other teenagers, so you feel that your parents restrict you.
I think you should talk about this problem with your parents. Try to explain to them what you want and make them know they can believe you. And then they’ll find you are a responsible person and they will give you more freedom.
Jackson
【小题1】Why has Angel written to Dr Jackson?
| A．Because her parents make her happy. |
| B．Because her parents can’t understand her. |
| C．Because her friends don’t like her. |
| D．Because she is not good enough at school. |
| A．more fun |
| B．less freedom |
| C．more freedom |
| D．less clothes |
| A．Be different from other teenagers. |
| B．Pay no attention to whatever her parents tell her. |
| C．Discuss her problem with her parents. |
| D．Don’t tell her parents what she wants to do. |
| A．限制 | B．保护 | C．放纵 | D．抛弃 |
| A．Dr Jackson thinks Angel’s problem isn’t usual. |
| B．Angel’s father likes the music that Angel likes. |
| C．Angel should show her parents that she is a responsible person. |
| D．Angel probably doesn’t love her parents at all. |
Hotels can make a person’s stay away from home as restful as possible. Hotels provide warm beds to allow guests a peaceful night’s rest. Besides, some hotels offer guests special services such as newspapers to read in the morning, fresh coffee, and even breakfast. Hotel workers want their guests to feel warm and welcome when they stay in their hotel.
One hotel near the Arctic Circle, however, is different. This hotel gives its guests a cold welcome. The Ice Hotel, in Sweden, is all made of ice. The Ice Hotel might sound strange, but in some ways it is a special hotel. It has a front lobby where guests check into the hotel, plenty of rooms to sleep in, and even room service, which guests can use to have food delivered to their rooms. The Ice Hotel is different, though, because most of the items are made from ice.
It takes more than 30 tons of ice and snow to build the Ice Hotel. It melts(融化) in the summer and is rebuilt each winter. Different builders and artists create the Ice Hotel, so each winter this famous hotel has a new shape and design.
The effort of building the Ice Hotel is worth it, however. Walking into the Ice Hotel is like walking into a diamond. The walls reflect even the smallest bits of light. Ice pillars（柱子）support the roof. The floor below shines like glass. Almost every inch of this hotel sparkles inside. Visiting the Ice Hotel is truly an unusual experience.
Temperatures inside the Ice Hotel are usually below freezing. Guests wear warm jackets, hats, gloves, and thick boots. Even the owners of the Ice Hotel know that staying in a building with walls of ice four feet thick can be a bit cold. They have a solution though. The Ice Hotel has a sauna for its guests. A sauna is a room filled with steam, where guests can warm themselves. In a way, then, one could say that the Ice Hotel does give their guests a warm welcome after all.
【小题1】Why must the Ice Hotel be rebuilt each year ?
| A．Because the hotel melts during the summer. |
| B．Because guests suggest changes to the hotel. |
| C．Because the hotel is damaged by the sauna. |
| D．Because more rooms are needed at the hotel. |
| A．the Ice Hotel has temperatures below freezing but is warm inside |
| B．guests of the Ice Hotel check in at the front lobby |
| C．the Ice Hotel is like other hotels except that it is made of ice |
| D．guests of the Ice Hotel may order food that is delivered to their rooms |
| A．To describe the temperature inside a hotel. |
| B．To give information about an uncommon hotel. |
| C．To compare different kinds of hotels. |
| D．To encourage people to visit hotels. |
creatures. Then he dreamed that he had become as small as a mouse by a bad
scientist. He had to find a way to stop the plot（阴谋）of
the mad scientist!