题目内容
B. beat
C. fall
D. pass
The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案
【小题1】One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.
| A.be used to be the best in riding |
| B.the pubic had belief in him |
| C.he could not control his horse easily |
| D.the other riders had agreed to fail in the race |
“Shoo-in” is _________.
| A.due to his honest in the races he ran in |
| B.duo to his great effort(努力) shown in more than one hundred races |
| C.that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games |
| D.that the old meaning of “shoo-in’ had changed |
| A.“Shoo-in” came from the word “shoo”. |
| B.The US runner Moses was worthy of (配得上 ) a shoo-in. |
| C.The public did not know they were being cheated |
| D.Some riders bet a lot of money on the chosen horse. |
| A.used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game |
| B.used to admire( 钦佩 ) a person who seems to be sure to win a race |
| C.A word used to describe a dishonest person |
| D.used for any athlete or competitor that too clever to be cheated |
| A.who Edewin Moses was |
| B.Moses won a lot of races |
| C.Moses was the best runners in America |
| D.We can use “shoo-in” to describe an excellent runner. |
The Red Cross is an international organization. It cares for people who are in need of help. A man in Paris hospital needs blood, a woman in Mexico hurt in an earthquake and a family in India lost their home in a storm. All of them may be helped by the Red Cross. The Red Cross is in almost every country around the world. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent(新月). All of these agencies(机构)share a common goal of trying to help people in need. The idea of forming such an organization started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he saw how people were suffering during the war in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded (受伤害的) people regardless of(无论)which side they were fighting for. The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the people, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid and providing blood.
【小题1】A good title for this passage is _______________.
| A.People in Need of Help | B.Forming an Organization to Help the Soldier |
| C.The International Red Cross | D.Join the Red Cross |
| A.受苦的 | B.生活的 | C.欢庆的 | D.喜悦的 |
| A.The soldiers. | B.The American. | C.All the wounded people. | D.Anyone. |
A. We can only find it in the USA. B. We can find it all over the world.
C. We can find it only in India, Mexico and Paris. D. In the places with natural disasters.
The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案
1.One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.
|
A.be used to be the best in riding |
|
B.the pubic had belief in him |
|
C.he could not control his horse easily |
|
D.the other riders had agreed to fail in the race |
2.The reason why American runner Edewin Moses was regarded as a
“Shoo-in” is _________.
|
A.due to his honest in the races he ran in |
|
B.duo to his great effort(努力) shown in more than one hundred races |
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C.that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games |
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D.that the old meaning of “shoo-in’ had changed |
3.Which is the following statement is not true?
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A.“Shoo-in” came from the word “shoo”. |
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B.The US runner Moses was worthy of (配得上 ) a shoo-in. |
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C.The public did not know they were being cheated |
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D.Some riders bet a lot of money on the chosen horse. |
4.The main idea of the passage is that “shoo-in” is_______.
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A.used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game |
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B.used to admire( 钦佩 ) a person who seems to be sure to win a race |
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C.A word used to describe a dishonest person |
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D.used for any athlete or competitor that too clever to be cheated |
5.In the last paragraph the author means to tell us ________.
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A.who Edewin Moses was |
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B.Moses won a lot of races |
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C.Moses was the best runners in America |
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D.We can use “shoo-in” to describe an excellent runner. |