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On July 2 ,1937,Amelia Earhart ( an American pilot) and Fred Noonan left New Guinea for Howland Island in the Pacific. This was the longest and most dangerous part of their ( 1 )

t around the world. Earhart had trouble soon after the plane took off. The weather was very bad,so she had to (2) fat 3,000 metres. Going this high,the plane used fuel quickly.

After about 20 (3 ) h ,Earhart and Noonan got close to Howland Island. The island was (4) o about 65 miles (英里) away,but the bright sun was shining in their faces so they couldn’t see it. Near Howland,a ship was

(5) w for the plane. Earhart contacted the ship: “We don't have enough fuel ,” she said. The ship tried to stay in touch with her (6)b got no answer. Finally,the ship called for help. People looked for Earhart and Noonan for days. However,they found nothing.

What happened to Amelia Earhart? No one knows for sure. (7) D the flight,she probably moved in the wrong direction (方向) because the sun was bright and it was ( 8 )

d to see. So she got lost;soon after,her plane ran out of fuel,and she died at sea. Another idea is that she survived (幸存) the plane crash (飞机失事) ,(9) s to a lonely is land,and later died there. Still other think she survived the crash and secretly returned to the U.S. with a new identity (身份) .

Till now,none of these (10) i has been proved. People are still wondering about them. (Noonan's body has never been found either. ) No matter what happened,Earhart probacy died as she wished. “When I go,” she said , “ I'd like best to go in my plane."

(2014天津)

18. (1) travel/tour/trip (2) fly (3) hours (4) only (5) waiting (6) but (7) During (8) difficult (9) swam (10) ideas

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“It's raining cats and dogs!"Grandpa shouted.

Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the 1 falling from the sky. He looked out of the window,but is was 2 that there were no cats or dogs. He only saw small pools of water on the ground.

“Man,it's really coming down out there!” Uncle Bob agreed 3 he looked out of the window,too. Richie scratched his head (挠头) . What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that 4 be seen. Now someone said “it”. What was going on with these 5 ?

“Wow!” Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window. “ It's raining really hard ” Richie 6 his aunt. “It is raining hard ,” he agreed, “but 7 are the cats and dogs?”

Grandpa laughed. uRichie,that just 8 it's raining really hard. ”

“So why didn't you just say that?” Richie 9 It was irritating (恼人的) when people spoke like they were not speaking English at all.

“We did You just didn't understand these 10 .” Richie's cousin said with a big smile.

“Well,now I do. ” Richie said.

() 1. A. tigers and lions

   B. pigs and sheep

   C. cats and dogs

   D. chickens and ducks

() 2. A. important   B. possible

   C. necessary   D. strange

() 3. A. unless   B. after

   C. till   D. though

() 4. A. couldn’t   B. shouldn’t

   C. needn’t   D. mustn't

() 5. A. days   B. animals

   C. ideas   D. people

() 6. A. shouted at   B. looked at

   C. laughed at   D. pointed at

() 7. A. what   B. how

   C. where   D. who

() 8. A. explains   B. proves

   C. means   D. shows

() 9. A. ordered   B. thought

   C. repeated   D. asked

() 10. A. sayings   B. questions

   C. objects   D. stories 

(2014河南) 

(三) C篇类

1 When he was a teenager,Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital with people with mental (心理的) health problems.

When he left the hospital,Adam decided to become a doctor,so he went to a medical school in Virginia,USA. But when he was there,he did things in a different way. For example,he didn't like the doctor's white coats,so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn't like Adams,because he was too different.

But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people,and he tried to help them as parents,but as people,too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh.

When he finished medical school and become a doctor,Adams opened his own hospital,called “the Gusundheit Institute”,together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.

Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s,and in 1988,Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film,Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said ,“ Hunter is a really warm person,who be-lieves that patients need a doctor who is a "friend.I enjoyed playing him. ”

() 1. When did Adams have mental health problems?

   A. After he left medical school.

   B. During the 1980s.

   C. When he was a teenage boy.

   D. After the film came out.

() 2. Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?

   A. Because he was a warm person.

   B. Because he had mental health problem.

   C. Because he was a clown.

   D. Because he wasn’t the same as others.

() 3. The Gusundheit Institute .

   A. was a hospital

   B. belonged to Universal Pictures   C. could make films

   D. was a medical school

() 4. According to the passage,which state ment is NOT true?

   A. Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients.   

   B. Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend.   

   C. In Adams’ opinion,not only medicine was needed for patients.

   D. Robin Williams was an actor.

() 5. The passage mainly tells us about .

   A. how to cheer up patients

   B. people with mental health problems

   C. a film about Adams

   D. a doctor named Hunter Adams (2015山东青岛)

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